Uncle: Brother, Let’s Conquer the Black Soil Together

[Uncle + Brothers Though We Share Neither Father Nor Mother + The 1990s]

In the bitter winter of 1990, Hongqi Machinery Factory teeters on the brink of collapse, and security guard Zhao Weidong and technical genius Cui Guoming are forced out of work. Faced with pressure from Wang Dama Zi, the spendthrift factory director, the two brothers spot a bargain at a scrap yard, paying the “astronomical” sum of fifty yuan for a German precision machine tool and a Soviet heavy-duty milling machine. They found Guodong Precision.

They gather top artisans like Zhang Yidao, handcraft precision gears from scrap, repair imported agricultural machinery, and even take on military contracts for armored vehicles, earning their first fortune. From repairmen to owners of their former factory, they use cutting-edge technical know-how to deliver face-slapping justice to the powerful, building a mighty industrial empire on the black soil…