We Workers Have Power! Turning a Little Workshop into an Arms Dealer

Reborn in 1982, Lin Tian takes over a military-restructured machinery plant and uses whatever materials are on hand to produce pressure cookers. He never expects a rival to report him, accidentally landing him a huge order from the Middle East. A pressure cooker converted into an anti-tank mine? Customer feedback: “It’s so-so for stewing meat, but even better for blowing up tanks!” A steel pipe with rifling added, turned into a high-precision sniper rifle? The flip-flop army wants to make headshots from a hundred kilometers away! A thermos hollowed out and packed with explosives, turned into a time-delay grenade. Five-star review from a desert customer: “Steep goji berries and blow up bunkers, one cup does it all!” A fire extinguisher with a new valve and adjusted pressure, turned into a smoke-incendiary bomb? The fire brigade falls silent: “This thing can’t put out fires, but it can wipe out a whole company!” A loudspeaker with its frequency band changed, somehow turned into an electronic jammer? They play “Good Days” nonstop, driving enemy signalmen mad: “They’ve hijacked our entire command channel!” A farm drone rigged with a couple of firecrackers, turned into a reconnaissance-and-strike drone? The neighboring superpower is furious: “You call this a crop-dusting drone?” What? A Yadea electric scooter with a modified frame has become a light combined-arms assault brigade? Then the bureau chief comes knocking: “You call this a ‘civilian transport vehicle’?” “Well... would you say we’ve helped the country earn foreign currency through exports?” The bureau chief gives a wry smile. “What you’ve created is strategic deterrence... The Pentagon just listed your factory as a key subject of interest.” Lin Tian looks helpless. “I’m just running a little workshop. How did I become an arms dealer?”