Huang Xiao Ming plays dual roles in this drama as both the young Cheng Da as well as his great grandson Cheng Yuan. The story starts at the turn of the century and quickly tells the story of how Cheng Da transformed from a poor orphan into a wealthy heartless man of power.
Decades later the story centers around Cheng Yuan, the fourth generation heir to the rich and powerful Cheng family based in Southeast Asia. After pursuing studies in the United States, Yuan is on his way back home to attend his father's funeral and to make plans for his own marriage, when he meets a couple of Chinese travelers. The man, Li Ke Jin, is wrongly arrested for possession of marijuana, and the woman, Wu Yue, pleads with Yuan to save him. Already deep in the chaos and conflicts of his family and the future of their empire following the death of his father, Yuan agrees under some conditions. He will help Wu Yue free Li Ke Jin if she helps him avoid marriage by pretending to be his girlfriend. However, as the two play the happy couple, Wu Yue becomes a target for the feuding family and two things are propelled into danger... their hearts and their lives.
中国人下南洋的历史,最早可以追溯到明代郑和下西洋之后,清早期海禁之后有所停止,到晚清,尤为大盛。一部下南洋史,也是一部中国人在海外血泪斑斑的创业史。
华人企业先受到英国殖民者的压榨,又受到二战时期日本侵略军的洗劫。直到今天,南洋的华人企业仍然有领导亚洲的蓬勃气势,不能不说这是值得骄傲的事情。
闯南洋的先辈们,从未忘怀过祖国。辛亥革命,孙中山起义十一次,失败十一次,终于成功,革命款项大部分来自南洋富商。二次世界大战时期,日本人为了战略物资,侵占南洋,就在那样的环境下,南洋的商会也自发地破家为国,倾尽家财支持沿海沿线不同国家不同民族的抗日队伍。开国大典时,毛主席还盛情邀请捐助中国革命的南洋华侨代表陈嘉庚,共享盛典。南洋华商是中国近代史永远不能抹去的一笔。
本剧借助一个南洋的中国家族,讲述了几代人的兴衰和在今天这样一个大时代里,家族企业发生的巨变。
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