Wei Li is the product manager of an Internet delivery company. His mundane life is carved up by excessive overtime and all-nighters. His wife operates a dance studio, and his adolescent daughter is busy preparing for the high school entrance exam. This seemingly rather peaceful life has been shattered by a sudden accident…
In 1943 Shanghai, military agent Chen Qian, tasked with assassinating a Japanese official, uncovers a conspiracy. Disguised as a Japanese envoy, he infiltrates enemy territory, relying on the help of Communist Party member Chun Yang to thwart the invaders' plans.
A story that details the the lives of ordinary civilians amidst the magnanimous changes in Chinese society over the years. At the end of the 1970s, the Zhou family lived in a provincial city in the north. The father, Zhu Zhi Gang, has just participated in the Third Front Movement in Xi Nan. The eldest son, Zhou Bing Yi, responds to a national call to become part of the first batch of "educated" youths sent to live and work in rural areas. The eldest daughter, Zhou Rong, follows her poet husband to the countryside of Guizhou. The youngest son, Zhou Bing Kun, is the only one left at home with their mother. In the span of 50 years, the Zhou family is swept by the tides of change in China.