When she woke up, Lin Manman, a top student in the Department of Fashion Design, became the "master" in the state-owned textile factory in the 1980s who was used as a negative example throughout the compound. Her parents are worried, her neighbors are dissatisfied, and her fiancé is breaking off the engagement because she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself for a "good" dress. Lin Manman looked at her sallow face and the dirty work clothes on her body in the mirror, and her vision went dark. Good news: She is still "young" and has not been laid off due to "optimization". Bad news: She will be laid off from Optimize soon. The factory's efficiency deteriorated year by year, and half a year later there was the first wave of layoffs. Everyone was waiting to see Lin Manman's jokes and see how she would survive without her iron rice bowl. Unexpectedly, Lin Manman turned around and handed in her resignation letter and started sewing at home. The family members were heartbroken: "Are you crazy! Why don't you want the iron rice bowl?" The ex-fiancé sneered: "Without a job, I wonder who would dare to want you!" The aunts and ladies in the compound whispered to each other: "The daughter of the old Lin family is completely useless." However, not long after, they were surprised to find that Lin Man-man was wearing Hong Kong-style bell-bottom pants that could not be bought in supply and marketing cooperatives. Lin Manman is wearing the puff-sleeved dress that is popular in big cities. Fashionable bat shirts, bodybuilding pants, denim jackets... Lin Manman not only wore them herself, but also set up a stall at the door of her courtyard! Starting from changing trousers and making blouses for the aunts in the compound, then riding a big bar to deliver goods in the city, and then contracting small factories in towns and villages to create their own clothing brands... The "Zuojing" of that year became a well-known "household with ten thousand yuan", leading the trend of an era.
