Going North to the Xiangjiang River

The time is 1918. The land of China has been tortured and war-torn. There are warlords internally and powerful foreign invaders. The fate of China is uncertain. In Changsha, Hunan, Mao Zedong (played by Bao Jianfeng), Cai Hesen (played by Tao Shuai), Xiao Zisheng (played by Qian Feng) and other passionate young people who care about the country and the people organized the Xinmin Society to discuss the future of the motherland. In order to raise funds for a work-study program in France, Mao and his friends traveled north and came to Peking University to join their mentor Yang Changji. Introduced by his mentor, Mao worked as a librarian at Peking University. During this period, he met cultural giants such as Gu Hongming, Chen Duxiu (played by Li Zixiong), and Li Dazhao (played by Shi Liang). He also came into contact with Marxism that changed his destiny and that of the whole of China. At the same time, Mao Zedong also started a troubled love affair with Yang Changji's daughter Yang Kaihui (played by Zhou Dongyu)...