Shangrao Concentration Camp

An episode from the life of a metallurgical plant collective. Lu Zhong-kui, an advanced worker appointed as head of the smelting shop, initiates the re-equipment of the open-hearth furnace. The plant director and some specialists warn him that the furnace, built by Americans, is operating at maximum capacity. However, many refer to the experience of the Soviet people and support Lu. And then an accident occurs: steel bursts out of the furnace... This episode is full of drama, as is the entire story about the selfless and persistent struggle of a worker-promoter to fulfill the state plan.

Set in 1950s, along the Minjiang River, Fujian Province. Li Yinhua and Yang Xiaolong are childhood growing up friends and have similar interests and ambitions. They work for Baihua Isle mutual aid group now. Xiaolong's father is an individual peasant household and has a different standpoint against his son. There are several self-serving members in Yinhua's team and they are contentious about the fairness of work-points. When citrus trees suffer plague of insects, Xiaolong's father fails in rescuing the trees. At this critical moment, Yinhua get insecticide and sprayers from the district government and help peasants riding out the storm.

Set in a village in north China, a veteran leads villagers to raise productivity by scientific methods.