In Shanghai, brand strategy expert Chen Yi's press conference was a great success, but her perfect disguise was pierced by photographer Jiang Ye's lens backstage - he photographed her tired hands and an old scar that she had forgotten. That frame of reality became the first crack in her delicate life.
In Beijing, Gu Zhonglou, the head of the Gu family, made a calm assessment in the audience: This woman is available, but she needs to be stable and reliable. And Jiang Ye, an artist with a complex background and close ties to the troublemaker Meng Kuangge, is a dangerous variable.
Since then, a chess game that started in Shanghai has quietly unfolded. Chen Yi oscillates between the stable order provided by Gu Zhonglou and the true freedom represented by Jiang Ye; Gu Zhonglou breaks through the family power struggle and emerging capital; Jiang Ye uses his camera to confront the ruined past, but unexpectedly records emotions that should not be moved.
Between the two cities, in the elite circles, everyone's desires, ideals and traumas intersect and collide. This is not only a love choice, but also a profound exploration of how individuals can find the power of "all things grow" between system rules and self-truth.
Purpose: To explore how contemporary people maintain their true selves and grow bravely amid individual awakening, social roles and emotional needs.