In the early 1990s, amid China’s economic reform, computer researchers Xiao Chuang and Pei Qinghua seize an opportunity in the growing tech industry. Under Tan Qizhang’s guidance, they evolve from selling foreign computers to leading independent innovation, rising as industry pioneers.

Ph.D. candidate in Physics Mu Cheng He catches a third-year student in English Xue Tong cheating on an exam. When he even becomes the substitute teacher in her elective course Russian and makes her study with him after classes, her hatred for him only grows. Over time, however, Xue Tong discovers Teacher Mu’s true character and comes to secretly love him.