Gong Xiangdong

An anthology about the lives of eight legendary figures in China: Yu Min, Shen Jilan, Sun Jiadong, Li Yannian, Zhang Fuqing, Yuan Longping, Huang Xuhua, and Tu Youyou.

It tells the story of the people's enhanced sense of gain, happiness and security during the ten years from 2012 to 2022.

A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.

Rising from poverty, Chen Sanjiu defies fate through resilience—surviving widowhood, entrepreneurship, and rival sabotage. Capitalizing on Reform policies, she builds a commerce empire while overcoming corrupt adversaries, ultimately finding love and legacy amid China’s era tides.

Guo Jiaju ran a little company after graduation, but the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Guo Jiaju’s father, who was seriously ill, desired Guo to bring his girlfriend home and get married, but his girlfriend left him. Guo decided to lease a “three accompany girl” called Lily to pretend to be his fiancee….