This is the first domestic urban emotion-themed novel with the underwear industry as the background. Through the experience of the protagonist Sang Ming, it reflects the development status of the contemporary economy and underwear industry, as well as the hard work of a generation of professional managers. Under the intertwining of emotion and career, it expresses the survival pressure and hesitation that people face while social and economic progress, and how to pursue their dreams in a small space.
In order to pursue a better material life, Sang Ming took his wife Chen Xi from a remote and backward town to this prosperous city in the south. Through the painstaking efforts of himself and Chen Xi, he finally climbed to the peak of life and career development step by step. However, in the big dye vat of society, the pleasure brought by material things often hides huge pain. In this social environment, no one can change the various factors brought about by the changes of time, such as happiness, sadness, joy, and pain. After witnessing the innocent girl Xuanxuan committing herself to Zhang Yifa in order to treat his brother's illness, Sang Ming's thoughts also changed dramatically. For money, he worked with people in the company's human resources department to find ways to steal workers' hard-earned money; in order to advance his position, he plotted everything, and climbed up step by step through flattery and observation of looks; in order to seek excitement, he indulged in women's sex every night.