Zhang Wenlian, who was born as a farmer, studied hard until he taught at the university. In order to realize his wish to go abroad and reunite with his wife, he gave his beloved student Mi Wei to his classmate Li Lun.
When he moved from the ivory tower to the officialdom, he still had the persistence of an intellectual at first, but in the end he found that he had always been a pawn.
Through the political story of Dr. Zhang Literary, who was born as a farmer, it demonstrates the integrity, integrity, and responsibility that intellectuals still adhere to despite wavering in a society filled with desires and in the face of the interests of the country and the people.