In 1965, Chen Jianguo opens his eyes and finds himself transmigrated into an unremarkable apprentice fitter at the Red Star Steel Mill, living in that courtyard from Love in the Courtyard.
Faced with a country starting from almost nothing, he only wants to keep his head down, avoid trouble, do his job well, and use his skills to help the country build machines while safely making it through the turbulent years.
But just as he is preparing to stay unnoticed, the System suddenly binds itself to him:
[Beginner Mission: Find the hidden equipment hazard at the steel mill.]
[Mission Failure: One random skill will be erased.]
Elder Yi likes to use moral pressure to get his way. Silly Zhu is always stepping in to defend others. Xu Damao schemes behind people’s backs, while Qin Huairu tries to use the situation to plead for favors.
Chen Jianguo neither argues nor makes a scene. He gives way on the surface and keeps evidence behind the scenes. Anyone who tries to manipulate him will pay for their choices.
Everyone thinks he is just a sinister schemer hiding in a corner, but no one knows that the first machine he repaired transformed the productivity of the entire workshop.
From upgrading machine tools and mastering precision machining to joining the Third Front construction campaign and helping develop major national projects, Chen Jianguo gradually makes his way beyond the courtyard.
Years later, when a team of experts arrives at his door, the whole courtyard finally understands:
The man who only wanted to go unnoticed has long since become a national treasure.
But the System’s final mission asks him to make a choice that is truly his own: personal security or the greater good of the country.
A good joke depends on 100 points. The technical reform of steel mills in 2017. Qin Huai Ru and Yan Degui came over for a meeting. A junior worker and a teacher died laughing.