The story takes place in the early twentieth century. In order to explore the truth of saving the country and the people, a group of progressive young people such as Zhou Enlai (Zhu Yawen) and Deng Xixian (Zhong Qiu) came to France to work-study. Deng Xixian was dismissed by the school because of insufficient tuition. From then on, he and his partners began a work-study life in a foreign country. In 1921, Zhou Enlai, Zhao Shiyan (played by Li Liang) and others established the Paris Communist Group. Inspired by them, the Chen Yannian brothers began to believe in Marxism. The Beiyang warlords stopped supplying students studying in France. Cai Hesen (played by Zhang Nianhua) led people to the embassy in France to petition, but was suppressed by the police. In the constant struggle, Cai Hesen and Xiang Jingyu (played by Lu Xia) became revolutionary partners, and Cai Chang (played by Wu Xiaodan) and Li Fuchun (played by Liu Zhiyang) also got married. Because the University of Lyon refused to accept Chinese students on work-study programs, Zhao Shiyan, Cai Hesen and others stood up to negotiate, but were arrested by the military police and later deported back to China. The baptism of blood made the majority of young people studying in France consciously stand under the banner of communism...
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