Lin Xiaoman, a junior who believes in "living down but not curling up", relies on takeout and watching TV dramas to survive, until the retired intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting inheritor Grandma gave her an ultimatum - if she doesn't learn paper-cutting, her living expenses will be cut off. In order to get through the difficulties, Lin Xiaoman perfunctorily cut with scissors, printed "Lie down without disturbing" and "Happy Fishing" on the phone case, used pottery to create emoticon ornaments of "Ge You Paralysis" and "Speechless and Choking", and casually asked his roommate to post a TikTok. Unexpectedly, these "not doing business" intangible cultural heritage jokes unexpectedly became popular, and the orders were so high that the phone crashed.
During this period, she met Shen Zhixing, a Douyin blogger who focused on spreading national trends. The other person helped her optimize the design and connect resources. She also discovered for the first time that intangible cultural heritage is not a dusty antique. The hollows of paper cutting can cut out the emotions of young people, and the texture of pottery can capture the resonance of contemporary people. From dealing with his grandma to taking the initiative to study, from being scolded for "ruining tradition" to becoming a representative of intangible cultural heritage innovation, Lin Xiaoman finally found his own "passion path of playing tricks" - it turns out that the end of "ruining" is to play with old skills in new ways.
