The Century Pact

This film (drama)Also known as世纪之约，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2002Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating8.7(For reference only)。

This is a long television series reflecting the contributions of those who participated in the construction of the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" project in the nuclear industry. After the Cold War ended, they emerged from the deep mountains to the forefront of the reform and opening-up in the Special Economic Zone. A large group of nuclear industry workers, represented by Leimer, left the nuclear submarine base in Northwest China, bidding farewell to the long-term secretive and semi-military lifestyle. They participated in the management and construction of China's first large-scale commercial nuclear power plant and a nuclear power plant constructed in collaboration with France and twenty-four other countries. Faced with an open international stage, they needed to transform their mindset and achieve a revolutionary transformation to align with international standards, completing the "second entrepreneurship" and ultimately recreating glory. The core part of the Nanhai Nuclear Power Plant, the "nuclear island," refers to the reactor, with the supplier and engineering general contractor being the French company Thomas. The on-site president of Thomas, Bode, had no regard for the Chinese. As the owner and manager, Leimer, motivated by pride for the Chinese people, took advantage of his intelligence during their first confrontation to undermine Bode's arrogance and establish the status of the Chinese company as the subcontractor for the nuclear island installation. However, Liang Dong's daughter, Liang Xiaoke, as a representative of the new generation of educated women, concurred with the French side, believing that the Chinese could not even manage a toilet properly. Therefore, the Chinese side was incapable of serving as a subcontractor for installation and could not undertake the construction management of a nuclear power plant. Indeed, during the subsequent construction phase, the Chinese company blindly engaged in large-scale operations, overtime, and labor competitions, typical of Chinese construction methods. This quickly led to delays in auxiliary equipment, oil pipeline leaks, and oil tank leaks. Furthermore, there were incidents of concrete leaking steel bars in the civil engineering of the nuclear island. At this point, a small group of Chinese, represented by the owner's deputy general manager Zhou Zhi, did not seriously seek reasons within themselves; instead, they shifted the responsibility onto the foreign side, even suggesting, from a narrow patriotism perspective, to abandon the foreign construction standards and use their own! The choice was ultimately between accommodating the blind arrogance of the Chinese and protecting their outdated production and management models, as advocated by Zhou, or humbling themselves, learning from the foreign side, and accepting international advanced management and construction experience, as advocated by Leimer. This became a challenging crossroads for all involved with Nanhai. In essence, it was a clash between backwardness and advanced productivity. As the decision-maker, Nanhai Company Chairman Liang Dong can be seen as a representative and epitome of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries. It was he and Leimer, along with a large group of truly patriotic Chinese, who after a painfully difficult decision-making process, finally recognized that under the new world situation, the only way to achieve national rejuvenation was to infuse the spirit of scientific advancement into the hard-fought national spirit, akin to Iron Man Wang Jinxie's struggles. Thus, the people of Nanhai underwent a profound ideological liberation, replacing the backward "self-reliance" mindset with a new "bring-in" ideology, beginning to adopt a humble approach of learning from foreign parties and comprehensively accepting their management from top to bottom. Of course, this process was extremely challenging and painful. These former heroes of the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" suddenly became subordinates or even data entry clerks for the arrogant French. Particularly, the long-standing flag bearer of the nuclear industry, the Chinese company, suddenly found itself in a position where it merely provided labor to the French. Emotionally and practically, this was incredibly difficult to accept... However, they deeply understood that for the future prosperity of the nation and the people, they had to go through this painful process. In light of China's accession to the WTO today, it can be said that the choice made by the people of Nanhai over a decade ago with a pragmatic and scientific attitude was incredibly correct. They effectively stepped into the cutting-edge field of nuclear power technology over a decade ago, achieving alignment with international standards in management and production ahead of time! Remarkably, during the construction of the second nuclear power plant in the Nanhai region, they began to promote the advanced management and production models they grasped to relevant domestic manufacturing industries, transforming a large number of state-owned enterprises to approach international standards while also advancing their path toward rejuvenating the national industry. The two nuclear power plants standing majestically along the southern coastline are landmark achievements of the reform and opening-up. The journey taken by Nanhai can be seen as a concentrated reflection of the "Three Represents" thinking; and the choices and actions of the people of Nanhai can also be understood as a new interpretation of patriotism in today's WTO context.