In the foggy city of Chongqing, the story of Chen Mo and Lin Xiaotang is like a song of fate with ups and downs. In Huangjueping in 1997, they grew up in a street full of fireworks, and their innocent friendship quietly sprouted in the mist of the Jialing River. However, the dispute between his parents at Chaotianmen Pier, like a bolt from the blue, plunged the two families into a whirlpool of grudges. Lin Xiaotang went to Shanghai, and their life trajectories changed.
Ten years later, the gears of fate turned again. Lin Xiaotang returned as a female entrepreneur and reunited with Chen Mo during the conflict over the demolition of a hot pot restaurant. At this time, one of them adheres to the family inheritance, the other carries the mission of revenge, and the conflict is about to break out. But in the process of pursuing the truth, secrets that had been hidden for many years gradually surfaced. From the group photo in the Burmese jade farm, to the promise made at the father's tomb, to the astonishing discovery at the intersection of two rivers, every clue is rewriting their understanding of the past.
In the end, with the opening of the "Jiugongge" hotpot flagship store in Hongyadong, the two put aside their hatred and worked together. In the process of running a hot pot restaurant, they integrated Chongqing's traditional culture and jointly explored the future territory, making this hot pot business originated from the foggy city a new legend of inheritance and development.
Concept: The novel takes the grievances and grievances of Chen Mo and Lin Xiaotang as the main line, and uses Chongqing's unique regional culture and hot pot world to convey a diverse and profound concept. It shows the struggle of human nature between hatred and forgiveness, as well as the power of persevering in the face of fate. Lin Xiaotang was once blinded by hatred and bent on revenge; Chen Mo was torn between safeguarding family honor and exploring the truth. In the end, the two achieved self-salvation through reconciliation, highlighting the brilliance of human nature. At the same time, the work also explains the important significance of inheritance and development. The "Jiugongge" hot pot restaurant carries the hard work of three generations of the Chen family. Chen Mo sticks to the ancestral recipe, which is his persistence in inheriting the family's skills; and after Lin Xiaotang joined, they integrated cultural elements and innovative business models on the basis of tradition, making the hot pot restaurant revitalized in the new era and embodying the concept of innovative development in inheritance. In addition, the novel is set in Chongqing, integrating the mountain city's fog, yellow oak trees, docks and other characteristic elements into the story. It uses the protagonist's experience to show the changes in the city, expresses the love and inheritance of regional culture, and triggers people's thinking about the past, present and future.