Stop It, President Lin! The Country Really Can't Bail You Out Anymore

Lin Chen is reborn in 2002 and takes over the Xinghuo Machinery Plant, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.

To save the factory, he develops a carbon-fiber fishing rod that promises to never come back empty-handed, hoping to sell enough to keep the business afloat.

But just a week after it hits the market, a fully armed military unit kicks down his door and declares him a national treasure of S-rank!

"You call this fiber, strong enough to pull a tank, fishing line?!"

When a senior military officer storms into the warehouse to take inventory, the entire leadership is driven crazy.

"Your high-powered flashlight can be used as a laser weapon?"

"The anti-rust paint on your tractor is stealth coating for fifth-generation fighter jets?"

"Your weather-modifying bird-scaring rockets can precisely guide themselves across the globe to hit satellites?!"

Facing the dumbfounded academicians, Lin Chen can only spread his hands helplessly. "I'm really just the bankrupt head of a factory that makes ordinary consumer goods."

Years later, when the White Eagle Nation's carrier fleet flaunts its power, a near-Earth-orbit mining ship bearing the words "Xinghuo Heavy Industry" launches and locks onto the Pentagon.

The Eagle is scared witless. "You call this star destroyer a civilian ship?!"

The military bigwigs are near tears. "Please stop, President Lin! If you keep building things, the country really won't be able to handle it anymore!"