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Lin Mingxiu (played by Ma Wei) / the daughter of the owner of the town's "Lin Yuan Ji" / was despised by her classmates for wearing a cheongsam made of Japanese fabrics. She returned home and cried / blaming her father for selling all the Japanese goods. At this time / Boss Lin (played by Xie Tian) is also troubled by the county party headquarters' order to stop selling Japanese goods. As a last resort / he had no choice but to label Japanese goods as "domestic goods" and sell them. The New Year is approaching / and it is the time to collect debts and use money. Stores are competing with each other with discounts and sales. The news that the Shanghai War broke out on January 28th added new worries to Boss Lin / because he still owed money to a certain trading house in Shanghai. At this time / a Shanghai customer (played by Shun Shun) came to collect the debt / so Boss Lin had to borrow a loan from the bank. However / the bank not only refused / but also asked him to pay off the old debt. Fortunately / his clerk Shousheng came back from the countryside to collect debts and sent away the Shanghai customer. At this time / the competitor of "Lin Yuan Ji" / "Yuchang Xiang" / spread rumors that Boss Lin was planning to run away with the money. Small shareholders came to ask for their capital one after another. Boss Lin had no choice but to ask Chairman Yu (played by Han Tao) to help refute the rumors. Chairman Yu took the opportunity to ask Lin's daughter to be the concubine of the police chief. Boss Lin scared the two away after hearing this.
1931年“九一八”事变后的冬天,浙江某小镇也和全国各地一样,掀起了抵制日货的运动。镇上“林源记”老板的女儿林明秀(马薇 饰),因穿了一件日本面料的旗袍而受到同学的鄙视。她回到家中哭闹,责怪父亲尽卖些东洋货。此时林老板(谢添 饰) 也正为县党部勒令停售东洋货伤透脑筋。不得已他只好把东洋货冠以“国货”的标签出售。年关将至,正是讨债用钱的时候,各商铺纷纷以打折甩货来相互倾轧。“一.二八”沪战爆发的消息
