The Tide Turns: Reborn in 1970

China's social changes from 1970 to 1999, covering major historical milestones such as the Down to the Countryside Movement, the Third Front construction campaign, the restoration of the national college entrance exams, and reform and opening up. The story focuses on rural communities and county towns in the plains of southwestern Shandong, portraying the people caught up in the shift from a planned economy to a market economy. The story of Zhou Weidong, unexpectedly reborn and determined to change his fate through knowledge, begins here...