The East is the Sea

This film (drama)Also known as向东是大海，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2012Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the merchant Hu Xueyan competed with foreigners for the market, leading to a collusion between foreign merchants and the government, resulting in the collapse of many money houses and the untimely death of Hu Xueyan. During the early trading period at the Sanjiangkou in Ningbo, an overloaded cargo from the Zhou family caused a shipwreck, resulting in significant losses. Coupled with other previous issues, this created animosity between the shipowner Dong family and the Zhou family. Zhou Hanliang (played by Wang Zhifei) was constrained by the social situation and could only engage in some smuggling along the port. His mother (played by Sarina) felt that this was not a long-term solution and urged her son to conduct legitimate business. Following his mother's advice, Zhou Hanliang went to the big city of Shanghai and began his real business journey. After a few years, he established himself in Shanghai. However, Shanghai at that time was filled with challenges for genuinely starting national enterprises. When Zhou Hanliang intended to establish a cement manufacturing industry, he not only faced oppression from foreigners but also had to guard against the schemes of his old rival Dong Zhiheng (played by Feng Lei)...