The Military Flag Flutters

This film (drama)Also known as军旗飘扬，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2009Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.2(For reference only)。

Seeking and gaining, disillusionment and hope, love and hatred, sincerity and deception, kindness and evil—these opposing contradictions intertwine and entangle between the four protagonists: Ma Bayi, Wang Changgui, Yang Wuyue, and Lin Hongying, accompanying their growth and maturity for nearly twenty years. The carefree military scion Ma Bayi (played by Xia Yu) unexpectedly steps into the military, prompted by the call of a beloved girl, seemingly fated: someone like him would actually enter the army, and his life is completely transformed from the moment he steps through the military gate—unwilling to become slag in the furnace and after more than a decade of tempering, he finally turns from a piece of scrap iron into steel! His squad leader, Wang Changgui, is like a flame that never stops burning. This squad leader from a poor mountain village in Northeast China knows better than anyone that to progress, to rise, and to hold his head high in front of others, someone like him, with no background or foundation, must ignite himself, continuously burn, and rely on the light and heat he emits to gain opportunities for promotion. Overcoming the poverty of his background and becoming a respected person is Wang Changgui's life ideal, and serving in the military is his best way out of his family background at that time. As such, for the sake of his personal ideals, he deceives his first love, deceives his comrades, deceives his mother, and deceives the organization, to the point that he eventually deceives even himself... He gains honor and promotions through deception, while suffering from internal contradictions and heart-wrenching pain. Therefore, it can be said that both Wang Changgui and Ma Bayi initially joined the army with impure intentions; they did not enlist to become true military talents. Enlisting was merely a means to fulfill their different ideals. However, they did not anticipate that the army, this furnace, would ultimately rewrite the lives of those who entered it, and they are no exception! The transition from strangers to adversaries, and eventually to being indispensable to each other, showcases a heart-stirring brotherhood! More plot details at Mtime.com>>