She on the Tip of a Needle

Forty-five-year-old Shen Xiu was once hailed as a national treasure master of Suzhou embroidery. Thirteen years ago, she was betrayed by her most trusted best friend and partner Lu Man, and was forced to sign a trademark transfer agreement. She fell from the altar and became a cleaner at the Manxiu Group. For thirteen years, she wore gray work clothes, wiped the logo she designed on the floor tiles, endured the ridicule of her former colleagues, and was even looked down upon by her daughter Xiaohe. The only thing that supported her was the box of "Shen's Acupuncture" heirloom needles hidden in the chairman's safe. When the layoffs hit, Shen Xiu finally decided not to remain silent. She knocked on Lu Man's door, took back the box of needles, and resumed the craft that had been neglected for thirteen years. Encouraged by young designer Lin Xiaoxi, she signed up to participate in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Rebirth" design exhibition, starting with a gardenia and finding herself step by step. Daughter Xiaohe went from doubt to understanding, and her former rival was also struggling between interests and conscience. This is not a revenge story, but a legend about the craftsman who "loses when he puts down the needle, wins when he picks up the needle." She used forty-eight needles to embroider the stolen time and restore the dignity of a mother and a craftsman. When the painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", which took ten years to be completed, was unveiled in the exhibition hall of the Forbidden City, everyone finally remembered her name - Shen Xiu, the national treasure on their fingertips.