At twenty-four, Chen Weiguo takes over as director of a clothing factory in a small town. Facing pressure from veteran worker Wang Guifang, who demands that the factory's funds be divided among the employees, as well as a collective slowdown in production, he invests his entire family savings of 8,200 yuan in developing original designs. Using the factory regulations left behind by his father, he stands firm against the deliberate slowdown and exposes the insider responsible for sabotage and stealing designs through solid evidence. In the end, he transforms a small factory with just 26 machines into a provincial model enterprise with 280 machines.