A Small-Town Factory Breaks the Overseas Blockade with Hard-Core Tech

Lin Chen takes over a heavily indebted, nearly bankrupt agricultural machinery factory in a small town, hoping only to live quietly and pay off its debts.

An ordinary piece of fishing gear he casually makes turns out to be made of a material far stronger than military-industrial standards. Testing it leaves a group of leading research academicians stunned. What seemed like an unremarkable civilian product is actually a high-end core material that foreign countries guard fiercely and restrict at enormous cost.

The news spreads through the military in no time. Major research institutes and senior military officials arrive one after another to seek purchases and partnerships.

The dilapidated little factory that once attracted no customers is transformed into a core national heavy-industry base. Civilian steel now rivals parts made specifically for aircraft carriers, ordinary protective coatings match stealth coatings for fighter jets, and one cutting-edge technology after another, long monopolized overseas, falls to him with ease.

When foreign powers join forces to impose a technology embargo, vowing to choke off the development of Longguo's heavy industry, Lin Chen holds the complete set of core blueprints and resolutely hands over all his advanced technology for free.

With nothing but a small-town factory, he breaks through layer upon layer of technological barriers, shatters foreign monopolies, and becomes the backbone of a great power's heavy industry, raising Huaxia's industry to the top of the world.