This article focuses on the anti-corruption rectification of the Oriental Academy of Drama (Dong Drama). After taking office, the new dean Lu Wei faced the corruption in the academy and the unspoken rules of the casting industry, and joined forces with honest forces such as Song Yu to carry out a series of rectification actions - verifying illegal training institutions, strictly investigating teacher qualification fraud (such as Liu Zhenbang's forged degrees, academic plagiarism), publicly denounced the notorious casting director Cui Zhenghao, and resolutely safeguarding the rights and interests of students.
During the process, Lu Weiyin's decisive actions affected the interests of many parties. She encountered pressure from superior departments, public opinion and internal resistance. She was shaken in her heart and proposed the idea of "strategic and step-by-step" compromise. A conflict of ideas broke out with Song Yu, who adhered to her original intention and had a radical attitude. The two gradually broke up from comrades fighting side by side.
The core of the novel depicts the game between the original intention of education and the temptation of profit, the collision between idealism and realism, and exposes the entanglement of interests behind the scenes between universities and the drama industry. It also shows the struggle and persistence of Lu Wei and others in adhering to justice in the darkness and promoting the reform of the college. In the end, the corrupt elements are liquidated, allowing Dongxi Opera to gradually get rid of chaos and regain a new life.
