Reborn in 1978: I Turned Around and Blockaded Western Technology

[Reborn in the 1970s + Technological Powerhouse + Military Industry High-Tech + Academic Prodigy + No System]

After an accident, military industry PhD Lin Xiangdong wakes up in 1978, back at an old military factory.

The Soviet experts have withdrawn overnight, the blueprints are wrong, and the machines have ground to a halt.

The entire factory is waiting for its technician to come up with a solution.

He glances at the blueprints. “Use my design. Redraw them.”

After seven failed attempts to copy an engine, he says, “Stop copying it. I’ll design something better myself.”

The veteran expert who studied in the Soviet Union angrily slams the table, until he sees Lin’s diagram for a new combustion chamber.

Build powerful weapons for the military industry, break IT monopolies, and push both fronts forward in parallel.

Special steel production gets underway, and the engine passes its test run. CPUs, operating systems, EDA software, AI… He plans ahead of the curve.

Years later, as Western sanctions intensify, he smiles and produces a list of patents:

“Sorry, but I hold the patents on the technologies you’re trying to restrict.”

“Starting today, we’re the ones restricting you in this field.”