In 1980, you finally secure a job as a bank teller, only to face absurd policies, strict regulations, difficult supervisors, and all kinds of customers every day. The small counter both protects your livelihood and creates pressure; while handling documents and transactions and shouldering family responsibilities, you must also uphold your conscience and kindness toward others.
In the turbulent autumn of 1980, being a bank teller is more than just a job—it's your means of survival in these unstable times.
The words "probation period" weigh on your mind like a mountain. You know that hidden eyes are constantly watching, testing, and even interfering with you. Every transaction you handle is strictly controlled and recorded. Any minor error could lead to unexpected consequences, and different choices will lead to different endings.
Your mother's medical bills, your siblings' education fees... Your father's passing forces you to shoulder the burden, but how will you make a living in these turbulent times?
Fortunately, help from a distant uncle landed you a job as a bank teller. Checking documents, processing transactions, and settling wages daily—this small counter, like a safe haven, allows you to survive and carve out a place for yourself in this city.
Though diligent work may not make you rich, it at least keeps your mother alive and gives your siblings hope.
However, absurd policies, strict regulations, difficult supervisors, and cunning customers turn this job into your personal battlefield.
In your daily life, you may have grown accustomed to the new government's ever-changing policies, but as a teller, you must understand and comply with even the most absurd regulations. Not all customers entering the bank are upstanding citizens—forged certificates, incorrect documents, sophisticated counterfeit bills, fabricated excuses... You must handle all of these with care. Remember, under the surveillance system, even the smallest mistake will result in warnings and penalties.
Those eyes hiding in the shadows are not just watching you—they manipulate public opinion, control people's livelihoods, and interfere with Everythinggj you can imagine.
As a bank teller, you are an extension of their power and a tool of their rule. Though your life behind the counter may seem monotonous, going back and forth between home and work, you have already witnessed the warmth and coldness of human nature within the small space of the window. Mired in ethical dilemmas and bureaucratic satire, the stamps in your hand determine people's joys and sorrows.
High-pressure work constantly tests your patience and determination, while the temptations of power and money become increasingly heavy.
You may find yourself questioning late at night: will you cling to your moral底线 for mere survival, exploit your position for personal gain, or perhaps... offer a more substantial pledge of loyalty to those in power? The weight of family follows you like a shadow, while pressure from above intensifies. How will you shape your fate? Will you follow the rules or take dangerous risks? The choice is entirely yours... Of course, every choice comes with its price.
