In Beijing Hutong in 1975, the cold wind blew soot into the south room of the No. 95 Courtyard. When museum restorer Chen Yan opened his eyes, he was reborn as an orphan who had just returned to the city, with a life-saving pension of 280 yuan in his arms. In the past, Mrs. Jia and Zhang blocked the door with their arms akimbo and demanded "alimony". Later, the second uncle Liu Haizhong stared at the accusation of "speculation". The third uncle Yan Bugui's abacus beads were rattling. Even the most loyal fool in the courtyard felt that he was a useless "rag picker".
But no one expected that this guy, with two generations of cultural relic appraisal skills, would 30 Yuan picked up a Qing Dynasty bamboo carving, and resold it in Liulichang to earn back half a year's salary; in the early days of reform and opening up, he grabbed Panjiayuan and used compliance management to frustrate Xu Damao's report; he opened an antique store, renovated dilapidated buildings, and took on national restoration projects. He just took a group of old neighbors like Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu to become a benchmark in Beijing's antique industry from the poor days when food stamps were not enough.
There is no brainless bickering, only the sobriety of using professionalism to break the situation; there is no golden finger from the sky, only pragmatism that steps on the trend of the times. Watch how Chen Yan settles the scores of favors in the courtyard house, distinguishes the true from the false in the antique shop, and transforms the bustling neighborhood life into a comfortable life that has both the fireworks of old Beijing and the sense of counterattack - after all, good times are not earned through quarrels, but through hard work!
