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Set in a heavy industrial town in Northeast China in the 1990s, Lin Jianjun, a factory kid, is laid off overnight—his long-held "iron rice bowl" shatters, leaving him frustrated by the era's pain. Refusing to give up, he uses his mastery of factory equipment and the tenacity of northeasterners, starting with reselling parts to cracking technical innovation. Struggling through the times, he gains a new "golden rice bowl" with his own hands and finds a kindred love, staging a passionate counterattack of a small figure in the big era.
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