The Woman at the Tailor Shop

In 1987, a large quantity of buttons goes missing from a clothing factory. The workshop director insists that Jiang Xiaohe's mother, Tu Ruihua, stole them. Seventeen-year-old Jiang Xiaohe sets out to prove her mother's innocence. Following the trail of the missing buttons, she points the finger at a factory worker named Chen Lanfang, only to uncover an illicit affair.

After enduring all kinds of hardships, Jiang Xiaohe decides to focus on making money and sells women's trousers from a street stall. When faced with harassment from street thugs and framing by competitors, she deftly overcomes every crisis and builds an industry legend, making Jiang the name synonymous with women's trousers in China.

But the troubles aren't over. Just as Jiang Xiaohe's business reaches its peak, her younger brother Jiang An usurps her position, while the conceited Jiang An falls into a trap, plunging the company into crisis after crisis. Called back to take charge in a time of danger, Jiang Xiaohe reenters the business world and ultimately leads China's textile and garment trade through the turmoil and onto the international stage...