1978: I Got into Harbin Institute of Technology

Xie Wei transmigrates to the year 1978, the year before the old man drew the circle in the south by the sea, and the second year after the college entrance examination was restored.

With a grasp of the historical trend of the times, Xie, a technician, takes the college entrance exam. Out of 500 total points, he scores 494. Before he even gets to the school, department heads are already fighting over him; at the same time, the factory is blocking him from getting an introduction letter and refusing to transfer his organizational relations.

With the intervention and persuasion of Du Guowang, the head of the mechanical department, Xie Wei heads to Harbin the day after receiving his Harbin Institute of Technology admission notice, thus beginning a nameless life that nonetheless profoundly influences the development of the entire country...