Tech bro falls in love, loses everything, writes his way back to the top. Classic 90s China glow-up.
Season 1 • Episode 48
LatestIt’s 1998, and Zhang Chang Gong gets his first taste of success as a developer in an IT company. At the same time, he meets and falls in love with Li Mu Zi, a kind and intelligent university student. Unfortunately the IT bubble soon bursts, and Zhang Chang Gong is left unemployed. With the help of his friends and family, Chang Gong faces the challenges head on, and eventually becomes a top-selling author.
Acting
Zheng Shuang's soft resilience anchors every scene
Production
Painstaking 90s Beijing detail without nostalgia overload
Writing
Based on actual author's semi-autobiographical novel
Creator
Tang Jia San Shao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tang Jia San Shao is one of China's highest-paid web novelists; this adapts his actual rise from IT failure.
The 1998 dot-com crash hit China's emerging tech sector differently—this captures that specific 'loss of first promise' generation.
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