Siheyuan: In the Name of an Eighth-Level Worker

Name: Siheyuan: In the Name of an Eighth-Level Worker
Author: The Cicada Who Has Reached Foundation Establishment

四合院：八级工的名义

by The Cicada Who Has Reached Foundation Establishment (筑基的夏蝉)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 484k Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban Everyday
Updated: 3mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

[No System, no pocket dimension, not fanfiction, industrial power fantasy]

In 1963, Qiao Cheng transmigrated to Dongfeng Machinery Factory and moved into the gatehouse of a courtyard compound. Widows, cooks, projectionists... A lively comedy of everyday life unfolds in the compound!

With his certificates in hand, he strides into Dongfeng Factory! As an eighth-grade worker, he intends to challenge the factory's established power structure!

At the factory, he's a legend of engineering!

In the courtyard, he's no grandpa, but he's every bit as imposing!

He makes his way through his skills and defends his principles with his fists. The martial world isn't far away: it's right here beside him!

Monday brings workplace disputes and repair lessons; Tuesday, he asserts his authority in the courtyard; Wednesday, romance...

From eighth-grade worker to engineer, he writes his own legend, one step at a time, in the “Three Courtyards World”!

[No characters from films or TV, entirely original, intelligent characters, no mindless decisions]

[Period setting, workplace, technical expertise, social dynamics. Jump right in!]

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