A realist masterpiece that panoramically displays China's football reform and youth growth.
In 2027, the "Greenery Project" will enter the deep water area. When ideals meet reality, a group of people running on the road of football usher in the most important "growing season."
Zhang Yang has grown from a delivery rider to a main force in the National Olympics. His bloody battle in France with injuries during the Olympics helped him land at Sampdoria in Serie A, completing his transformation from the bottom of the bench to a professional fighter. Ma Xiaofei learned to survive in the rough competition in the German Bundesliga. When the invitation from the Eredivisie came, he chose to jump out of his comfort zone and rush to more turbulent waters. Chen Zhijie took root in Shanghai's grassroots youth training, led children with no basic knowledge to enter the district-level finals, and opened a community football park using the "co-construction" model. Chen Mo leads the "Greenery Project" in a difficult game between the temptation of capital and the original intention of public welfare. Every decision makes him question: When ideals and capital dance together, how to keep the pure original intention?
The four lines are intertwined to outline the portrait of contemporary Chinese football dream chasers. There are sweat and tears here, there is the light of ideals, and there is even more cold reality.
Growth is not only when you stand at the top. Every time you calibrate your direction in the mud, it is the new power of greenery.
