Mechanical engineering graduate student Lin Zhenhua travels back in time to 1979 and becomes a young factory worker. With his solid technical skills and a foresight into history, Lin Zhenhua leads his fellow workers in the toil of building a heavy industrial conglomerate spanning Europe and Asia, creating a legendary story of industrial dominance.

The whirring of welding arcs and the roar of forging hammers compose a powerful paean to China's industrialists.

In 1994, the domestic machine tool industry fell into a comprehensive loss. Superiors dispatched veteran director Zhou Heng and young college student Tang Zifeng to the Linhe No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, to help the company turn around losses. After hard work, Linyi Machinery was reborn and continued to grow bigger and stronger. The "Changying Brand" series of machine tools it produced entered the international stage, outperforming the crowd and becoming a shining business card of China.

Today I have a long tassel in my hand, when will I be able to bind the blue dragon?

Materials are the foundation of industry and the cornerstone of an industrial power.

Qin Hai, a material science expert from the 21st century, traveled to a small agricultural machinery factory in 1985. As a result, all regrets will cease and all glory will continue.

Electrical functional materials, optical functional materials, biomedical functional materials, superconducting materials, nanomaterials, chemical thin film materials, smart materials, sensitive materials, hydrogen storage materials … all kinds of magic are in “Material Empire”.