The Paint Kingdom

I skimmed through the table of contents and read a few chapters. Author, I wonder if you've actually had any experience with powder coatings. 1. Entering this industry in 2005 was actually late. The golden age of powder coatings was from 2000 to 2005. Price wars started in 2006, and then the financial crisis hit in 2008. Your timeline is too late. 2.

I quit, quit! I'm competing for team leader with a classmate and three other long-time employees. Because of my good grades, the boss said they wanted to toughen me up, so they deliberately chose the student with the worst grades as team leader!!? Is this some kind of competition for an inner disciple position...? Like something out of a fantasy novel.

Industrial fiction is a niche genre, and this one is pseudo-industrial. It's basically the same formula as those reborn internet novels, a purely business story that only talks about how many formulas the protagonist has mastered and how amazing his technology is, but it's all talk and no action. There's no substance, no process.

Fuyao Glass has become number one in the world, but the boss says he has never done anything wrong. Our country's main leaders are certainly upright; don't think of our country as so dark. If our country were truly so dark, would we still have hope? Our country has grown strong thanks to its many upright, patriotic, and lovable people. 🙂

I was ready to drop the story when I saw the male lead getting all lovey-dovey with a pair of scheming sisters!

How can I put it? He's in his forties or fifties, can't he be a little more mature? Does he have no strategy for doing things? Is it okay to just do one thing his whole life? And he took so long without even contacting the target, without doing any research or preparation, just barging in headfirst. Seriously! Is he in his forties or fifties or not a teenager?

I can't read past chapter 100. All the men in the world are dying, and all I hear are sisters, sisters, and falling in love with someone.

The subject matter is novel, and the writing style is also good. However, there are three illogical points regarding the opening. 1. The protagonist said that the person his aunt introduced was a relative or a fellow villager, but a normal person would definitely ask who it was. How could the other party not even ask? 2. Anyone who becomes a big boss must have brains.

He died from poisoning! The protagonist is a ruthless businessman who loves to exploit people who can't resist temptation, make mistakes, and lack ability. Which businessman isn't ruthless, using both carrot and stick tactics? Yet this protagonist actually got ripped off in business! He went bankrupt and is now working as a technician at someone else's company!

The memories and the protagonist's ability to process information felt too abrupt in the first chapter!