The heroine Ye Qiangwei, born in 1901, is the fifth daughter of Ye Jingxiu, a great financier in Shanghai during the Republic of China. She is also known as Miss Ye Wu. She has a doctorate in chemistry from France and is the chairman and general manager of the "Die Lian Hua" cosmetics company.
The male protagonist Zhang Jiashu, born in 1898, is the eldest son of Zhang Guangbiao, a great financier in Shanghai during the Republic of China. He studied in France with a PhD in economics. In the 15th year of the Republic of China, after studying abroad for six years at the University of Paris in France, they returned to China and held their wedding ceremony at the Xinxin Hotel by the West Lake in Hangzhou. Then, they joined hands to start a business, founded Dielianhua Cosmetics Company, and launched Dielianhua perfume. They became famous and achieved great success at the Hangzhou West Lake Expo in 1929. Later, they experienced the Anti-Japanese War together and moved the company from Shanghai to the rear area of Chongqing. During the Anti-Japanese War, the soldiers of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were short of medicines. Ye Qiangwei changed Dielianhua Cosmetics Company into a pharmaceutical company to provide medicines to the anti-Japanese soldiers. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ye Qiangwei relocated the company back to Shanghai and continued to produce cosmetics and medicines. And with the help of the underground party organization of the Communist Party of China, he grew into a red capitalist. After the founding of New China, we promoted public-private partnerships and continued to contribute to the development of the chemical industry in New China.
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