1994: Starting from a Bankrupt Textile Mill

Fashion designer Bai Yao dies in a car accident and is reborn back in 1994. He has only three years left before the massive textile industry layoffs that will sweep the nation in 1998. In his previous life, his family's small textile mill crumbled under the tide of that era. His father, once a respected "ten-thousand-yuan household," fell overnight into a life of debt and desperation. The entire family sank into darkness, never recovering their former glory. His father never repaid the loans, dying at fifty-eight from years of exhaustion; his mother succumbed to despair; and his younger sister was left with a permanent mental affliction from the trauma. But now, given a second chance, Bai Yao returns armed with thirty years of experience and foresight in the fashion industry. This time, he is determined to save his family's failing mill, navigate past the unforgiving waves of history, and ride the crest of policy shifts. Starting with niche, cutting-edge fabrics, he will gradually build his own trendsetting brand, earn a reputation, and lay the foundation for what will eventually become a top-tier luxury label known both at home and abroad.