Pear Ink Stains Mountains and Rivers

During the Republic of China, an orphan girl Zhou Yunli relied on her talent to enter the Chunhe Opera Troupe to learn art, and spent the difficult years under the protection of her senior brother Li Mosheng. The troupe rented a house in the house of wealthy businessman Wang Ranzhi. Wang Ranzhi accidentally saw Zhou Yunli practicing and fell in love at first sight. Wang Ranzhi created a grand performance for Zhou Yunli, which helped her become an instant hit. Wang Ranzhi took her to see the upper class society, and the relationship between the two gradually deepened. However, when Zhou Yunli discovered that she was just a pastime before Wang Ranzhi's marriage to the family, and that her senior brother Li Mosheng had been silently guarding her, she fell into an emotional choice. She must make a choice between love, career and dignity, and finally find her self-worth and true love, and grow into a famous actress. However, the Japanese pirates' iron hoofs shattered the tranquility. The invaders took a fancy to the troupe's influence among the people and tried to coerce Zhou Yunli to whitewash peace and distort people's hearts. She sternly refused, but brought disaster to the entire troupe: members were arrested and killed one after another, junior sister Xiaofang committed suicide in humiliation, and troupe leader Li Defu died tragically while seeking explanation. Under the threat of successive blows and death, Li Mosheng suffered a nervous breakdown and chose to surrender to the enemy. Faced with the betrayal and questioning of his former classmates, Zhou Yunli was filled with grief and anger. He returned to the devastated theater and sang the last song for Wang Ranzhi, the only audience member, in an empty audience, vomiting blood to prove his ambition. After that, the mountains and rivers were broken, and art could not save the country. Zhou Yunli and Wang Ranzhi resolutely joined the more secretive front...