"Time Traveling: Chasing Dreams in the Official Career" tells the legendary story of modern young man Lin Yu who accidentally time travels and becomes Chen Yu, a grassroots cadre in a remote town in 1980. When he first arrived, Chen Yu faced the dilemma of being marginalized at work and being ranked based on seniority. However, with the help of modern knowledge, he was keenly aware of the bottleneck of the town's agricultural development, and against all opinions, he proposed a plan to introduce new crop varieties and improve planting techniques, successfully breaking the deadlock, making a name for himself in the town, and starting a career advancement.
At a county economic development seminar, Chen Yu met Su Yao, a propaganda officer from a neighboring town. The two got to know each other very well because of their work discussions. After that, they exchanged letters frequently and gradually developed a secret love. At the same time, Chen Yu's official career was not smooth. He was maliciously criticized by the deputy mayor and others because of the location selection for the new factory, which touched the interests of others, and he fell into a crisis of public opinion. However, with his firm belief, he traveled around to collect information and mobilize the masses, and successfully resolved the crisis.
With the advancement of reform and opening up, Chen Yu seized the opportunities of the times and led the town to attract investment and establish enterprises. He achieved outstanding political achievements and continued to be promoted, growing from a grassroots cadre to an important leader in the city. And he and Su Yao finally got married after going through ups and downs, and worked together to achieve a happy ending in career and love, composing a chapter of passionate struggle in the 1980s where opportunities and challenges coexisted.
