The Three-Part Chrysanthemum Tragedy

Of the world's three great emotions, love is the most troubling! What is love? No one can say for sure. Perhaps it's the dazzling feeling that strikes when you turn around for a fleeting moment. Perhaps it's a bond that grows over time until you can no longer bear to part. Or perhaps it's a twisted affection born of anger at losing something you believed you were entitled to. No one can say for sure. There is only the ease of picking chrysanthemums beneath the eastern fence and gazing serenely at the southern mountain, and the helplessness of knowing there is truth in it all, yet forgetting how to put it into words.

Jushang 1: The Past. A tree that grows too tall catches the wind. At the height of its fame, a tea house renowned throughout the country suffers the revenge of its enemies and an attack by the Japanese. How can they save the tea house, now on the brink of ruin? The Lu Mansion is home to Shanghai's famous financial emperor. But fortunes change. Can he keep sitting in that chair after decades in power? The Meng Corporation is a rising star on the Shanghai Bund. Under the stewardship of the head of the Meng family, can it shine in the sky forever?

Jushang 2: Splendor Like a Dream. The Zhang family's road to resurgence. Meng and Lu vie for supremacy, but who will emerge as the ruler?