The TV series "The World" is adapted from Liang Xiaosheng's work of the same name, with a civilian community in the northern provincial capital city "Light Word Piece" as the background, and the life history of the three brothers and sisters of the Zhou family as a clue, narrating the twists and turns of the lives of more than a dozen civilian children such as Zhou Bingyi, Zhou Rong, and Zhou Bingkun from the early seventies of the twentieth century to the present.
The Zhou family lives in the Guangzi area, their father Zhou Zhigang is a first-generation construction worker, he has been working in the field for a long time, only returning home every two to three years, and the three siblings of the Zhou family were raised by Zhou's mother.
Zhou Bingyi, the eldest brother of the Zhou family, is a smart and academically excellent person, and he attends a key high school. The daughter of the Zhou family, Zhou Rong, is equally smart and beautiful, while the third child of the Zhou family is a kind, honest and kind person. If it weren't for the things that Zhou Rong experienced, Zhou's mother's education would have been very successful.
In the past fifty years, the brothers and sisters of the Zhou family have experienced many difficulties, and the fates of Zhou Rong and Bingkun are quite good, but only the eldest brother has the most tragic ending.
1. The eldest son, Zhou Bingyi, unfortunately died of cancer, and he had no son and daughter in his life, and his wife chose to remarry.
Zhou Bingyi started a relationship with Hao Dongmei, the daughter of the vice governor, when he was in high school, and then the two responded to the call and participated in the activity of "going to the mountains and going to the countryside" of educated youth.
Due to some ingredient problems, Hao Dongmei was arranged to cut in line in a distant village. At that time, she was a typical "rural woman", with no education, no skills, no identity, and could only do the simplest housework, getting up early every day and working greedily at night, and living a hard and hard life. Out of concern for Dongmei, Zhou Bingyi went to the corps not too far from Dongmei.
Because of his prudence and moderation, Zhou Bingyi was soon appointed as an officer of the Education Department of the Corps Divisional Headquarters and sat in his office.
In addition, he was highly praised by the top leaders, and it was decided to promote him from a young cadre to a full-fledged soldier on an exceptional basis, which caused envy and criticism from many people.
However, for the sake of Hao Dongmei, the affectionate Zhou Bingyi resolutely refused to accept any transfer and refused the opportunity to be promoted to a regular soldier, such an opportunity he had missed twice.
Zhou Bingyi ignored Hao Dongmei's identity in the activity of "going to the mountains and going to the countryside" and chose to marry her.
Both men successfully completed their university studies before the educated youth returned, and both returned to their hometowns after graduating from college.
Zhou Bingyi was appointed deputy inspector of the provincial department of culture after completing his studies, a position he endured for several years but was never promoted.
Later, with the assistance of his mother-in-law, Kim Yue-hee, he was appointed party secretary of the military factory. However, at that time, the military factories were undergoing a transformation, and because wages could not be paid, even heating in the winter became a problem for the workers, causing the workers to complain.
In order to simplify Zhou Bingyi's work process, his mother-in-law gave him 30,000 yuan to buy dozens of tons of high-quality coal to meet the heating needs of the factory.
Despite this, the core issues within the plant remain unresolved. Zhou Bingyi was dissatisfied with the food and was very anxious. After three months of overseas research and multi-faceted mediation, he finally brought back a contract and more than a million business opportunities.
In order to get a job offer, he indulged in alcohol, which caused him to have another stomach problem and was taken to the hospital immediately after getting off the plane.
During Zhou Bingyi's tenure as party secretary of the military factory, the military factory was successfully transformed into a Chinese-controlled joint venture for the manufacture of household appliances, with its main production lines including televisions and video recorders. He actively guided employees to change their way of thinking, improve their work skills, promoted the sound and rapid development of enterprises, and became one of the typical representatives of state-owned enterprise reform and management innovation in the province. Zhou Bingyi put in great efforts and results, so he was promoted to the secretary of the municipal party committee of the second largest city in the province.
Although he received good reviews at the organizational level, he was widely criticized after his departure. In the munitions factory, two-thirds of the employees received only a meager compensation, but were completely bought out of their seniority and dismissed as jobless citizens. The workers thought that he had "become a big official" and wanted to demote him and remove him. As a result, the workers put all the blame on him, and after announcing his transfer, many families in the housing complex began setting off firecrackers.
Zhou Bingyi was burdened with negative labels such as "traitor", "thief" and "official fan who climbs up by unscrupulous means", and was appointed secretary of the municipal party committee.
After Zhou Bingyi took office, he felt physically and mentally exhausted, his hair turned gray significantly, he faltered in his position as secretary of the municipal party committee, his work results were not satisfactory, he was burdened with many baseless notoriety, and even his personal safety was seriously threatened.
At that time, he needed to quietly return to his younger brother Bingkun's house at night so as not to cause him unnecessary trouble.
During his two consecutive terms, Zhou Bingyi was again transferred to the Beijing Central Commission for Discipline Inspection because of his outstanding political achievements. He was a man with big ideals. At a critical moment as he was about to enter retirement, Zhou Bingyi offered to be reassigned to his hometown. He said that it would be nice if he could go back to his hometown and do what he could. He plans to contribute to his hometown before he retires.
He was reassigned to the post of deputy mayor, a relatively late position in charge of the city's construction. In his opinion, this position is a good position, but it is not his ideal career, so he arranged this job very low-key and cautious. Those who didn't like him very much were very happy to see his position, and those who liked him were very unhappy with him.
Zhou Bingyi is unconcerned about all the gossip about him, and he is carrying out a large-scale demolition with the goal of providing quality housing for the residents of the photon area.
Although they provided comfortable accommodation for the villagers and greatly improved their living standards, their greed caused them to forget the kindness of justice and began to report everywhere because the villagers found that the houses in the Photon area were more valuable.
Members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection therefore investigated Zhou Bingyi, and they found that although Zhou Bingyi controlled more than 10 billion yuan, there was nothing that he could not explain with a penny. This also shows his true identity - an ordinary Communist Party member, an ordinary cadre, and an ordinary civil servant. Zhou Bingyi's past story is as clear as a mirror.
In his life, Zhou Bingyi's biggest dream was to become a university teacher, but things did not go as he wished, so he chose to enter politics. Because his father was a secretary of the prefectural party committee, and he was a member of the Communist Party. He is passionate about everything he does, and he gives his all and does his best, no matter what position he is in.
Despite all the gossip and notoriety, he chose to ignore it, which did not diminish his enthusiasm for his work, and he made many substantial contributions to the people and always maintained his integrity.
Zhou Bingyi put in a lifetime of hard work, and after retirement, he originally wanted to enjoy life, but unfortunately suffered from stomach cancer and eventually died. Due to the health of his wife Hao Dongmei, they have no children in their entire lives.
After Bingyi's death, his wife Dongmei chose to remarry a wealthy man.
2. Because of her daughter, Zhou Rong went into exile abroad for 10 years.
Zhou Rong is recognized as a beauty, but she is not just a beautiful "vase", she is a very intelligent and assertive person.
When she was in school, she did very well academically, but because she was unwilling to enter a key middle school, she deliberately chose the way to do poorly on the exams and successfully entered a school not far from home.
In her second year of junior high school, she fell in love with the poet Feng Huacheng, who was twelve years older than herself.
She believes that good times are better than good years. Out of her attachment to her love, she quietly went to the remote Guizhou to carry out "going to the countryside" activities alone, and had no contact with her family for four or five years.
He married Feng Huacheng when he went to the countryside and had a daughter.
Zhou Rong behaves very willfully, she always acts according to her own wishes, completely without considering the feelings of her parents and family. Her mother cried a lot because of her, and her father worried about her a lot because he cared about her.
Later, during Zhou Rong's return to her hometown to visit relatives, an accident occurred, she and her husband Feng Huacheng **, while her daughter was placed next to her mother.
When it was learned that she had suffered a misfortune, her mother lost control of her emotions and became in a vegetative state. If it weren't for the careful care of Bingkun's wife, Zheng Juan, she might never have regained consciousness.
After the educated youth were allowed to return to their hometown, Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng returned to Beijing together. In that city, they lived in a small community. Feng Huacheng regained his reputation with several new poems, but for fear of being forgotten by the times, he betrayed himself several times, and despite being taught many times, he never changed. Zhou Rong angrily divorced Feng Huacheng and returned to her hometown after completing her graduate studies.
Although she suffered a failure in her first marriage, fortunately, Cai Xiaoguang was always waiting for her arrival.
However, Zhou Rong's life experience is indeed full of twists and turns. She and Cai Xiaoguang had just entered the palace of marriage, but because her daughter left the motherland with Feng Huacheng, she decided to follow suit.
Due to some unexpected circumstances, she lived abroad for 10 years before returning to her home country with her daughter.
She was very lucky to meet the affectionate Cai Xiaoguang, who was always there waiting for her despite being separated for ten years.
Although Cai Xiaoguang is over fifty years old, his feelings for her are still deep, and the two are far more separated for a long time than they are newly married. In his eyes, she is the pearl of his palm and his top boss. In the future, Cai Xiaoguang will always love and love her deeply.
In her later retirement, she earned her remuneration by writing, and traveled around the world with Cai Xiaoguang, living a very happy life.
3. Because his son Zhou Nan injured Mianhou, Zhou Bingkun was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Zhou Bingkun is the youngest son of the Zhou family, and he has been ignored since he was a child due to the outstanding performance of his brother and sister.
When his brother and sister became educated youths in the countryside, he chose to stay in the city.
He initially worked in a timber factory and later joined a soy sauce factory with the assistance of Cai Xiaoguang.
Because of his good relationship with Tu Zhiqiang, he went to send money to Tu Zhiqiang's wife Zheng Juan at the request of "Mian Hou" and "Cripple", and fell in love with Zheng Juan at first sight.
Zheng Juan initially mistakenly thought that he was with Mian Hou and others, so she was not interested in him. But because he insisted on sending money and gave her an extra five yuan, Zheng Juan gradually developed a good impression of him.
Zheng Juan did not hesitate to sacrifice her body in order to repay Bingkun's favor. Bingkun was very happy about this, because deep down in his heart, only Zheng Juan was the only one he would not marry.
Because Zheng Juan was a "widow" and had the identity of dragging oil bottles, the Zhou family did not accept her.
Subsequently, Zhou Bingkun's mother became a vegetative state, and Zheng Juan was responsible for taking care of Bingkun's mother. In the half year that Zhou Bingkun was sent to **, Zheng Juan took care of Bingkun's mother and Bingkun's nephew Zhou Yue alone, and her diligence and loyalty touched countless people.
Under Zheng Juan's careful care, Bingkun's mother miraculously regained consciousness.
Zheng Juan became the benefactor of the Zhou family, and Zhou's father told Bingkun that the people of the Zhou family knew about Entubao, so they fulfilled the two of them.
Later, Zheng Juan gave birth to a boy for Bingkun. Father Zhou was very pleased with this, especially more satisfied with Zheng Juan's performance.
Bingkun and Zheng Juan have a deep relationship after they get married, and Zheng Juan takes care of them meticulously to ensure that Bingkun does not have any worries.
Because of his good interpersonal relationships, kind personality and integrity, Bingkun met many nobles, and their lives gradually became better.
However, the appearance of cotton monkeys has completely changed their daily lives.
Mian Hou lost the ability to have children after being imprisoned that year, and Zheng Juan's son Zhou Nan was his biological son, and when Mian Hou became richer, he wanted to compete with his son Zhou Nan. Unless he gets the explicit consent of Bingkun and Zheng Juan, he plans to send Zhou Nan abroad to study.
Bingkun loved Zhou Nan deeply, but he was more worried that losing Zhou Nan would make Zheng Juan feel sad, so he went to Mian Hou to ask Zhou Nan's location.
Mian Hou deliberately launched a provocation, which infuriated Bingkun. Bingkun angrily went to fight Mianhou, but during the scuffle between the two, an accident occurred, and he fell from the second floor. Although Bingkun was unharmed, Mian Hou unfortunately became a vegetative state and died soon after.
Bingkun was imprisoned for this reason, where he spent 12 years. After he was released from prison, he was in his fifties, but he never found a suitable job, so he could only work as a temporary worker, as a coolie, and later sell breakfast with Zheng Juan.
With the help of his brother Bingyi, he finally moved into a building and was also given a façade house to live in. He had to sell eggs and noodles every day before going to the city to earn money. He used that store to run a breakfast shop with Zheng Juan, and although the income was not very good, his living conditions were still quite good.
Zhou Bingkun encountered many twists and turns in his life, although he did not reach the point of great wealth, he still lived a happy life, married an excellent wife like Zheng Juan, and made many friends.
His only drawback was that his son Zhou Cong married a very strong daughter-in-law, but this did not live up to their expectations.