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In 1980, as the reform and opening-up policy sweeps across China, Lin Zhuolang, a young man just back from the rustic youth settlement, is unwilling to live a conventional life. He quits his stable railway job and ventures into the fledgling private economy. With his savings, he starts a hardware stall, facing misunderstandings from conservative relatives, underhanded tricks from rivals, and estrangement from his childhood sweetheart Su Xiaoyu. Amid the surging era, Lin Zhuolang keeps fighting through setbacks. Finally, he gains a firm foothold by seizing policy opportunities and understands true love, forging his own life path in the youthful struggles of the 1980s.
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