This is a true story.
Xu Yuliang, an ordinary rural boy, left Shangoogou by chance and grew up step by step to become the director of a large national coal mine. This is a modern inspirational story.
The Jiaocheng Mining Bureau in the era of planned economy can be said to be a paradise on earth. When most people in the country are hungry, they not only have good treatment and high wages, but also have their own Henan Opera Troupe...
Since the implementation of the market economy, the leadership team of the Jiaocheng Mining Bureau, accustomed to the unified allocation of resources by the state, has been stuck in the old ways. The unit's efficiency has been declining. Many employees have gone home to wait for work. Everyone has complained. The Henan Opera Troupe has also been disbanded, and capable people have left...
How Xu Yuliang led all mine workers out of trouble. Can his right-hand man, Wang Guiping, who walked out of the countryside with him, resist the temptation of power and money...
There are also many daily lives of miners' families in the branch line, which praises many ordinary working people and reflects the bad social habits of the time such as patriarchal preference for sons over daughters and domestic violence. It is a condensed version of various aspects of the human world.