Courtyard House: Starting as a mediocre engineer

In fact, many people don't know that the free shipping zone is the most terrifying, and it is the strongest moat protecting China's industry.

Thanks to China's robust logistics system, any product can be shipped free of charge to any region in the Yangtze River Delta region (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai) within three days. Within seven days, it can be delivered to virtually any region nationwide. Even the shipping costs are negligible.

This has led to an extremely dire situation—if any factory cannot master the latest technology, its competitors can arrive at its doorstep within seven days. And force it into bankruptcy in about six months?

What's the point of even trying? Let's all engage in cutthroat competition! The cutthroat competition is so intense that everyone's pulling out all the stops. It's forcing every company to endlessly evolve its latest technology.

On the other hand, China is a huge market of 14 billion people. Such a massive population base means that no matter how niche the field, there are countless people engaged in fierce competition. Absolute monopoly is simply impossible. You manage to drive one group out of business, and then a new batch emerges to compete with you?

For example, smartphones. The US had Apple, then Samsung from South Korea, leaving almost no room for other brands to survive. But in China, Xiaomi and its partners immediately emerged? The US had Tesla, and in China, BYD and its partners immediately appeared?

What the hell? A bunch of insane, competitive lunatics showed up? Anyone would be furious in this situation!

Therefore, this situation often occurred later: after many years of involution, I looked up and realized that the devil was myself?

This demonstrates the immense power of transportation and logistics systems. Let's not even talk about other things; high-speed rail and highways are simply outrageous. Just consider inland waterway transport. China has several golden waterways like the Yangtze and the Grand Canal. But what about internationally? The Nile, the Ganges, the Amazon, the Volga, the Danube… they're practically a joke. Even the most developed country, the United States, hasn't fully grasped the Mississippi River.

Do you think you scum can take advantage of our ancestors' thousands of years of water management heritage?

However, the most ridiculous thing is that the professors in domestic universities are completely out of touch with society. Perhaps they've gotten too used to being in their ivory tower? Their WeChat Moments are probably still in the era of "Zhiyin" and "public intellectual" styles. They constantly indoctrinate university students with the idea that our country is still very backward, that we need to catch up with advanced foreign levels, and that our industry is large but not strong...

To be honest, quite a few college students have indeed been brainwashed by them, causing significant distortion in the media and public opinion.

To give a common example, why are domestically produced car engines so outdated?

Let me tell you the truth! No matter how advanced a domestically produced engine is, it's always portrayed as inferior in the media. In short, "domestic" is inherently sinful! If I say it's inferior, it's inferior!

Other products include domestically produced machine tools, domestically produced bearings, and domestically produced...

Please! Didn't you see the latest military parade? They even showed up fully intelligent tanks and armored vehicles powered by gas turbines and electric motors. Isn't that just a domestically produced engine? Why don't you get those developed countries to build one and show us?

See that? What do you mean by advanced or backward? We can manufacture advanced engines domestically, but foreign countries simply don't have that technology!

But the media just doesn't care. Is it still true that domestically produced engines are outdated?

This is the imprint of thought, this is the collective distortion of media hegemony!

Honestly, that's one of the good things about being a STEM student. You don't need to engage in the kind of philosophical debates that liberal arts students do. If it exists, it exists; if it doesn't, it doesn't. If you're so confident, then show me something to prove me wrong!

Of course, before he transmigrated, this was Zhuang Zhongchen's favorite thing; he hoped there would be more idiots like this.

That's why those outdated equipment were sold at rock-bottom prices, allowing Zhuang Zhongchen to make a fortune. Many people have no idea how advanced those domestically produced, outdated equipment are when compared to foreign counterparts!

On a side note, in the next phase, the domestic medical device and pharmaceutical industries have already begun to experience intense competition. Haven't CT scanners already seen their price drop from 3000 million to 300 million for domestically produced models? This is clearly a call to arms against foreign medical giants!

At that moment, the veteran cadre was deeply impressed by Zhuang Zhongchen. He smiled and nodded, "Very insightful, that's good. Regarding the topic we just discussed, everyone should submit an assignment after class. There are no restrictions on content or word count; the more insightful, the better."

"..."

Since he needed to do homework, Zhuang Zhongchen didn't have any particular ideas. He would just write a proper essay, simply telling the truth based on his "personal experience."

Undoubtedly, these are all successful experiences "proven by history," and they are well-founded and justified. What is there to hide?

This is where it becomes clear. Compared to the real natives, Zhuang Zhongchen, this transmigrated genius, is quite different. Although he has always hidden it well, in terms of inner temperament, they are worlds apart.

On the surface, in this vibrant era, people's spirits were indeed burning with passion, exuding a sense of exhilaration and high spirits. But Zhuang Zhongchen was arrogant and dismissive of everything, truly disregarding foreign countries. His arrogance was so similar to that of the local inhabitants.

However, the indigenous people lack confidence. They talk about making the country prosperous and strong, but how can they achieve that? It seems like an unattainable fantasy, and they can't even imagine the slightest possibility of it.

He arrived at a certain transmigrated, overpowered protagonist's world. He already considered himself the greatest in the world, and developed countries were nothing compared to him! Okay! Let's be humble, everyone here is trash!

See? That's the mindset. Because they understand the true strength of domestic industry, they have complete confidence.

This is actually similar to the domestic film industry.

In the beginning, the Oscars and the three major European film festivals were like temples of gods, so revered? Even the film festivals in Hong Kong and Taiwan were so unattainable.

But after the involution of competition, the red carpets at European film festivals have become like those in public restrooms. Even internet celebrities are jumping around and doing performance art? They've completely ruined those film festivals.

Finally, they opted for domestic storytelling, which resulted in astonishingly high box office returns. They didn't bother with international awards at all. It was pure covetousness.

This also includes some Chinese entertainment articles on certain platforms. In the beginning, how impressive was winning one of the three major European awards? Later, it became that criticizing the three major European awards made articles very popular?

He's such a heartless scumbag! He turns his back on you as soon as he's done with you!

Of course, the domestic entertainment industry does have many problems. But what I'm talking about here is a change in mindset. They completely disregard international standards.

The same applies to the tech industry.

At the beginning, the three top journals and honors such as the Nobel Prize were so tempting?

But later on, the three top journals were practically ruined by domestic practices. The number of papers published each year was increasing? It's not that there wasn't any genuine content, but the intense competition led to all sorts of bizarre practices!

I really don't know when those scoundrels in China will set their sights on the Nobel Prize. I guarantee they'll make those awards a living hell.

And after they've completely ruined it, will these bastards just abandon it without a second thought?

So, seeing their neighbor's little devil win another Nobel Prize, domestic STEM students are just smiling silently. Their capabilities have already reached that level; it's just a matter of whether we want to engage in cutthroat competition.

Do you really think the Nobel Prize can't be rigged? Do you really think we won't engage in cutthroat competition? Everyone knows that companies like the Nobel Prize spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on "public relations" for the prize.

Alas! The biggest enemy of Chinese Nobel laureates is actually the anti-corruption bureau!