Rolling Waves

1958, the era of the Great Leap Forward. Not long after Zhong Yeping (played by Qin Yi) became the party secretary of the Qinglong Reservoir, he formulated a leap forward plan to complete the reservoir one year ahead of schedule. Provincial Water Resources Director Chen Chaoren (played by Zheng Danian) believes that this plan goes against science and does not agree with its implementation. Secretary Ni of the Provincial Party Committee (played by Chen Ge) supported Zhong Yeping's plan and asked her to organize cadres and the masses to conduct research and come up with feasible plans. Zhong Yeping and the subjective and arbitrary Chen Chaoren argue with each other. Su Shirong (played by Lu Fei), director of the Party Office, wrote to the provincial party committee to reflect Chen Chaoren's wrong plan to open up and close the mouth. Chen Chaoren, who became angry with shame, prepared to remove Zhong Yeping from his post. At a critical moment, Secretary Ni came to the construction site. He learned through investigation and criticized Chen Chaoren and others. The criticized Chen Chaoren ignored construction safety and started the "everywhere" project, causing large-scale landslides on the overflow steep slope. The bloody lesson made Chen Chaoren severely punished...