Sun Shaoyang, a young man from northern Shaanxi, inherited his father's ambition and started mining small coal mines in the barren Maoliang Valley, quickly accumulating wealth. Under the temptation of Hong Kong businessman Lin Yongji, he invested a huge sum of money in Hainan's real estate boom, abandoning his simple fiancée Xiu Qin and his feelings about his hometown. However, the Hainan real estate bubble burst, Lin Yongji fled with the money, Shaoyang went bankrupt and was deeply involved in legal disputes, and was imprisoned. When Xiuqin visited the prison, he drew a boat on the cold glass to remind him not to forget his roots.
Shaoyang, who had nothing, lived in Chinatown, New York, washing dishes numbly in the back kitchen of the "Old Sichuan" restaurant, enduring the humiliation of life. After accidentally breaking a plate, he met Emily, a student at the art college. Her care and a sketch describing him as a "tired ship" quietly touched his silent heart. When the theme song of "Titanic" came from the theater across the street, the scene of Ruth letting go and letting the "Heart of the Ocean" sink into the deep sea hit Shaoyang like a thunder - the cheap porcelain cup in his hand broke, and an absurd and hot idea was born in despair: to return to the dry land where he was born and build a giant ship of his own.
Ten years later, in the northern suburbs of Xi'an, 800 kilometers away from the ocean, Shaoyang spent all his money and stubbornly built a giant steel ship in a dry dock despite being called a "madman" and questioned about "money laundering." Zhao Yongkun, who was in charge of the Hainan case back then and now holds power, tried to seize the project with coercion and inducement, but was flatly rejected by Shaoyang, saying "the keel is the backbone". Emily used her brush to record the hardships of construction and portraits of workers. Her work "Shipbuilding Notes on the Dry Plateau" caused a sensation overseas, winning the reputation of "Noah of the East" and critical support.
The giant ship "long"
