Siheyuan: I Worked My Way Up to Factory Director. Are the Troublemakers Scared Yet?

Liu Xingguang comes from a poor family but dreams of becoming a chef. He borrows money to take an apprentice position in the steel mill cafeteria. Though his coworkers look down on him, he keeps working hard and grows through both opportunity and adversity. He falls in love with Zhou Xiaoxi, a nurse at the clinic. Her parents oppose the relationship, but the two stand by their love. Meanwhile, the neighbors in the courtyard scheme against one another, and Liu Xingguang writes his own story amid all the complications.