1983: Light of Industry

In 2026, Gu Changhe closed his eyes with the regret that "China Heavy Industry is still short of a breath". Open your eyes again, 1983. He became an apprentice working on the next shift at Jiangcheng Hongxing Machinery Factory. His father died of a work-related injury, the family was in debt, and his younger siblings were waiting for food. The factory is losing money every year, and if it loses money for another year, it will have to be merged. The best C620 lathe in the workshop was rusted into a pile of scrap metal, waiting to be sold for money. Everyone said that the factory was hopeless. Gu Changhe looked at the scrap lathe in the corner, and then at the light blue panel in front of him. Industrial Light Industrial point: 0 [Technology tree: not unlocked] He knelt down and picked up the vernier caliper. Sixty-seven years of skills in building bridges, making steel, and repairing machine tools, coupled with a system that can convert the entire modern industrial civilization. Start by repairing a scrap lathe, start by reviving a loss-making workshop. The people in the third workshop said, Xiao Gu, no one in the factory believes you. Gu Changhe wiped the rust on his hands: Don't believe me, just look at the data. The year is 1983. The land is filled with gold and people who do not believe in evil. What he wants to do is to make all China remember a name—— Jiangcheng Hongxing Machinery Factory, Gu Changhe.