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It concerns a boy from an average family who suffered from minor disabilities due to high fever. Later, he slowly recovered ten years later, and his family situation declined. What happened during these ten years, what happened after that, and why.

"Guardian of Life and Death" is a long legendary novel based on real historical materials. The Central Library is the first central-level secret archive of the Communist Party of China, and can be called the "No. 1 Red file" of the early memories of the Communist Party of China. From the establishment of the Central Library in 1927 to the liberation of Shanghai in 1949, during the turbulent years and the smoke of war, "Red File No. 1" Was secretly stored on the Shanghai Bund of Shili Yangchang, hidden under the noses of various forces at home and abroad. For twenty-two years, more than a dozen underground party members guarded "Red File No. 1", And three people paid their lives for it. The organization requires them not to attend branch meetings, mass rallies or marches, distribute leaflets, participate in political activities other than protecting the library, and have less contact with the outside world to avoid exposure. In this sense, they are both guardians of solitude. However, they are not alone in their hearts. They are supported by their comrades, their families, the people, and their firm ideals and beliefs. This can be said that I am not alone in my way.

There is a landmark building in Shanghai, the Wukang Building, which was named Normandy Apartments before 1953. In old Shanghai in the 1930s, the originally peaceful Normandy Apartments fell into crisis due to the disappearance of a caretaker. In order to find out the truth about his father's disappearance, young Zhou Ding began to sneak into the homes of every expatriate, looking for a mysterious box related to his father. As more people got involved, a bigger secret was gradually revealed. A "cat-and-mouse game" between the brave and the wise is unfolding... Maybe everything will end in vain. After all the changes in the world, only the Normandy Apartment still stands, with people constantly staying and leaving, like eternal passers-by. The novel "Normandy Apartment" uses a brand-new spatial narrative to show a love past in the war-torn era, constructing a heroic history that can be sung and cried. The Wukang Building also witnessed the war and peace, pain and glory, glory and dreams that belong to old Shanghai.

"China Pathfinder" is a selection of close-ups by Gao Yuan, chief reporter and senior editor of Liberation Daily. In this anthology, the author describes in detail the important figures who have contributed to China's contemporary development model and the pathfinders of reform. Including: 15 people including Shao Ning, Wang Xinkui, Zhou Qiren, Chen Jia'er, and two character groups: "WTO negotiators" and "Three Heroes of China in the Tokyo Trial". The lives of these characters are not only a process of self-realization, but also a profile of China's progress. Through gentle interviews, the author connects the ups and downs of the interviewees' life stories with the destiny of the country, gossiping about China's 70-year development history. Sparks were sparked in the collision of ideas, leaving a precious record of the great changes in New China in the past 70 years.