Gu Zhun, a talented man in the eyes of his fellow villagers, returned to his hometown with great honor and restarted his theatrical life on an ancient stage.
Former classmates meet again. Some are cautious as officials, some are struggling in business, and some are struggling to make a living. Each has its own secrets and embarrassment.
The hot-blooded girl Sun Yingying came here because of his fame. Under the conflicts in and out of the play, she couldn't distinguish between the play and the reality. She fell in love with this down-and-out talented man and at the same time discovered the secret of his return home. Zhou Chunmo, a young drama student, showed his sharpness and exposed the disguise of Gu Zhun's creation and life. Gu Zhun was forced to revise again and again to keep himself up with the pace of young people.
The ups and downs of Jiangnan are described in the play, and the real joys and sorrows are staged outside the play. Old relationships, scandals, ideals and reality are entangled endlessly. There are stories above the stage and life below the stage.
When the curtain opened, applause broke out. Some people rushed to a new life, while others ended suddenly.
