Luo Ji

The story chronicles four decades in the lives of a family deeply rooted in the soil of Northeast China. Through times of prosperity and hardship, they navigate cycles of love and hatred, fortune and misfortune. Though buffeted by the twists of fate, they never relinquish their steadfast guardianship of one another and the profound commitment to this ancestral land that sustains them.

Some lives are linked across time, connected by destiny. While aiding old theatre attendant Lin Ge, aspiring dancer Qiu Qian stumbles upon his diary which chronicles the life and memories they shared together since childhood, thus discovering a timeless love story concealed in another dimension.

When he was a child, A Zhen was thought to be a thief by his whole school after a classmate framed him for stealing the principal’s wallet. As a grown-up, A Zhen has become a real thief. Perhaps due to karma, he is struck by lightning which gives him the ability to communicate with non-humans. A Zhen frantically seeks medical help and meets his first love, Cao Mei, once again.

Music composer Yao is at the peak of his career when a brain tumour surgery leaves him with anterograde amnesia. As such, his memory `resets` everyday, that he can only recall past information but not new events. Unable to perform the simplest day-to-day tasks on his own, Yao hits rock bottom until meeting his psychotherapist, Xingyue.

In post-war Shanghai, idealistic law graduate Gu Yaodong becomes a policeman, only to face corruption and political turmoil. Caught between the Communists and Nationalists, he teams up with unexpected allies and sets out on a path of resistance, determined to fight for justice.

In 1990, crimes often happened in Shuangyuhe, a small city in the Northeast. And all these cases had something to do with Shang Quanliang (Fan Wei), who worked in the security department of the thermos factory. Everyone wanted the gold. When the legend about gold in Laoyao Mountain became known, forces of evil came here to look for the gold one after another and the conflicts escalated. What could people do when motivated by greed? The situation was so mysterious...