The Mad Scientist Who Made Hou Liangping Kneel and Apologize

Tan Cong transmigrates from being a top scientist on Weixing to an ordinary researcher at the Handong Provincial Research Institute. Others think he's young and easy to push around, never realizing that his mind holds photolithography machine blueprints fifty years ahead of the rest of the world. When Tan Cong declares that he'll have Xia Country using a domestically developed 3-nanometer lithography machine next year, everyone thinks he's crazy. Hou Liangping even tries to plant a returnee with fake credentials on his team, but Tan Cong shuts him down on the spot: “The research institute isn't your backyard!” Hou Liangping sneers at him. “In Handong, no one dares to disrespect me.” From then on, Hou Liangping targets Tan Cong, auditing his accounts, interrogating his staff, and seizing his computer. He even forces him to produce “evidence of embezzlement” during a livestream watched by the entire internet. But then Zhao Yunlong storms into the livestream with his troops, and Deng Kai personally calls to protect Tan Cong. At last, Hou Liangping realizes he's picked a fight with the wrong person and drops to his knees, begging Tan Cong to spare him! Tan Cong sneers. “Who do you think you picked a fight with?”