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In the era of "stuck" technology, Lin Tao, a top programmer, was dissatisfied with the technical barriers and arrogance of foreign companies towards the Chinese market. He resolutely resigned and roped in several partners with different personalities (technically paranoid architects, market-savvy sales, and meticulous product managers) to start a business together, determined to develop industrial simulation software with independent intellectual property rights. The story has no golden fingers and truly depicts the hardships of starting a business: financing setbacks, technical bottlenecks, team infighting, poaching by major manufacturers, and copycat plagiarism. They crowded into a small shared office and worked all night on a bug. The heroine, Xia Nan, a science and technology reporter who knows the difficulties well, records and witnesses their ups and downs. The climax of the story is not an overnight success, but after being on the verge of collapse countless times, the team finally won the first benchmark customer. Their code "ran" in the manufacturing process of the most important equipment in the country, proving the wisdom and backbone of Chinese engineers.