One Hundred Thousand Households

The story is about Zhejiang merchants "One Hundred Thousand Houses" tells the story of Zhejiang merchants: an ancient water town in Huzhou with traditional mulberry silk as its pillar industry encountered trade barriers in product exports unexpectedly. Through a series of stories after the industrial leader Shen Group fell into crisis, it vividly reproduced the difficult process of contemporary Zhejiang merchants facing numerous contradictions and problems in regional economic development, constantly changing the mode of economic growth, vacating cages and changing birds, and realizing the transformation of enterprises and themselves. The tenacity and hard work of the Zhejiang businessmen in the play may bring warmth and add strength to the Zhejiang businessmen who are in the midst of an economic downturn. In order to get a deeper understanding of Zhejiang businessmen, the directors and screenwriters traveled all over Zhejiang, visiting companies one after another and having long talks with local private entrepreneurs. "Many plots in the play came from them. For example, the script stated that the river was polluted due to traditional industrial methods. When I was editing that, I didn't know what to write later. Shen Aiqin, the boss of Wanshili, took me to visit their factory and gave me ideas." Director Chen Guoxin said. The sentiment is for the whole country. "This film is so timely. This year has hit the financial tsunami, with shortages of funds, rising labor force, and declining market demand. Enterprises are facing choices in their development. The TV series is the most direct reflection on the current economy."