An Academician Reborn in 1978: Returning to the Educated Youth Years to Build a Family and Career

This sent-down youth is no ordinary man! In his previous life, Zhu Shunhua abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city for university. His wife’s family was ruined, and he ultimately died alone, never having married again. When he passed away as an academician of the National Academy of Engineering, his only dying wish was to be buried beside the pond where his wife and daughter had jumped to their deaths. When he opened his eyes again, it was 1978. While everyone else was doing whatever they could to get back to the city, this time he tore his Tsinghua admission letter to shreds in front of his family! In this era when everything was waiting to be rebuilt, Zhu Shunhua knew that time was life itself, and his daughter's illness couldn't wait. Drawing on the mind of the academician he had once been, he made use of what was at hand and set his sights on an abandoned steel furnace in the hills behind the village. He tested the soil, modified the furnace, and searched for fuel. Working with the barest of resources, he started by firing his first red brick, then built a pigsty, put up a new house, and constructed bridges and roads... Thus began his hard-nosed journey to provide for his family and build a career. Years later, he lived in a mansion, drove a Mercedes, and turned the village girl from the mountains into the richest woman in the country by doting on her. Even the village dogs ate imported canned food. Want to know why he changed so much? In his previous life, Mr. Zhu spent a lifetime working himself gray-haired to build the nation's heavy industry. Can't he build a business empire for his wife and children this time around, then enjoy the good life?