The Story of 100,000 Families

This film (drama)Also known as十万人家，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2008Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating8.1(For reference only)。

The story depicts Zhejiang merchants. The "The Story of 100,000 Families" tells the story of Zhejiang merchants: a traditional silk town in Huzhou, with silk as its pillar industry, unexpectedly encounters trade barriers in product exports. Following a series of events after the leading enterprise, the Shen Group, falls into a crisis, it vividly portrays the immense contradictions and issues faced by contemporary Zhejiang merchants amid regional economic development, the constant shift in economic growth models, and the difficult process of transforming enterprises and themselves. The resilience and determination of Zhejiang merchants depicted in the drama may provide warmth and strength to those Zhejiang merchants struggling in the economic winter. In order to gain a deeper understanding of Zhejiang merchants, the director and screenwriters traveled all over Zhejiang, visiting company after company and having in-depth discussions with local private entrepreneurs. "Many plot points in the drama come from those discussions. For example, when the script mentions river pollution due to traditional industrial methods, I didn’t know how to proceed at that point; the president of Wan Shi Li, Shen Ai Qing, took me to visit their factory and offered me some ideas," said director Chen Guoxin. Emotions are for the whole nation. "This film is very timely; it coincides with the financial tsunami this year, facing funding shortages, rising labor costs, and declining market demand, enterprises are at a crossroads, and the drama directly reflects the current economy." At yesterday's press conference, one of the planners, Cheng Wei Dong, the editor-in-chief of Zhejiang Radio and Television Group, stated. In the trailer played at the event, when the Shen Group encounters export trade barriers, various hidden contradictions are intensified, and the entire industrial chain suddenly plunges into crisis. "The issues faced in the development of private economies, such as the generational handover of family businesses, the industrial upgrade of township enterprises, and the modern transformation of traditional enterprises, are all reflected in 'The Story of 100,000 Families,' and today’s Zhejiang merchants are facing these challenges. This drama does not simply pose questions but profoundly reveals the transformation of a generation from production and operation models to psychological endurance and conceptual renewal. It clearly tells people about the hardships during the transition period; today’s millionaire may be impoverished tomorrow, and facing the realities of economic trends and market risks, years of accumulation can vanish in an instant. This reality is harsh, sharp, and extremely profound," stated Guo Yunde, a reporter from the Literature and Art Department of the People’s Daily. In the eyes of experts, "The Story of 100,000 Families" is a rare textbook and motivational piece for merchants nationwide amidst the current financial tsunami. The price of 500,000 per episode is very high. With the task of "celebrating the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up" and taking on the "topic of the transformation of Zhejiang merchants during the transition period," "The Story of 100,000 Families" is bound to be quite a mainstream theme. "Who says mainstream themes are not good?" said Yan Bingyan, the actress who plays a young, beautiful, and capable female factory director, as she took the stage, boasting, "The drama features love triangles and rich family's vengeance that homemakers love, as well as urban business battles that business elites adore, and all of these are based on the core of 'Zhejiang merchant transformation.'" Zhejiang Film and Television Group Chairman Ni Zhengwei also proudly revealed that "The Story of 100,000 Families" has made its way to the prime time of CCTV-1 and has sold for a high price of 500,000 per episode, comparable to historical blockbusters. This price is already very high for dramas with realistic themes because the story is well told.