Reborn in 1980: From Technician to Industrialist

Reborn in 1980, Lin Jianjun was the lowliest apprentice at a state-owned machinery factory. He returned to his youth carrying forty years of hard-won memories and top-tier industrial expertise. In his previous life, he was honest and hardworking, but inflexible. His coworkers stole credit for his work, his relatives took advantage of him, and he could only watch as his family fell into poverty and his loved ones struggled. In the end, he spent half his life down on his luck, with nothing but regrets. Returning to the golden age when reform was just beginning, Lin Jianjun understands the tides of history and proceeds carefully, one step at a time. With his advanced skills in welding, machinery repair, and process improvement, he makes a name for himself on the factory floor, outclasses veteran technicians, solves one production problem after another, and wins commendations from the entire factory. From apprentice to skilled backbone of the workshop, he starts taking on jobs for extra income and testing the waters of business, steadily earning his first pot of gold. Riding the wave of reform and opening up, he breaks free of the constraints of the system, opens workshops and builds factories, and devotes himself to manufacturing. Keeping his feet firmly on the ground, he seizes every opportunity the times offer. He rises from an ordinary worker to an industrial tycoon in his region, leads his whole family toward a prosperous and secure life, and takes advantage of every opportunity of the 1980s and 1990s, forging a down-to-earth legend of success.