Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestLin Zhihua, Xu Weibiao, Wang Lei, and Zhang Peng are childhood friends with different personalities who parted ways and took different paths due to their choices during a time of change, leading them to stand on opposite sides.
Acting
Elvis Han ages Xu Weibiao's soul across 30 episodes.
Production
Northeast China rust belt recreated in grimy, loving detail.
Writing
Time jumps that land like punches years later.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'layoff wave' of 1990s state-owned enterprises haunts Chinese millennials; this series made their parents' trauma personal for a new generation.
Director reportedly cast actual factory workers as extras—their silence in crowd scenes carries real grief.
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