The Legendary Tycoon - Season 1

It is a story of a Chinese film tycoon who devoted his entire life to spreading Chinese culture in the form of popular film to the world. In the 1930s, the film industry as an emerging business began to flourish in Shanghai. When the four brothers of Gu Family, born in a Zhejiang businessman family, tried to pursue their dreams to make a career in the film industry, but they were boycotted and obstructed by the six large film companies at that time. The four brothers’ film studio experienced a lot of difficulties and obstructions. The youngest one, Sige, was a high school student and tired to learn how to make films for their brothers to explore the film market. Since then, he was destined to become tightly bound to the film industry. Sige has always seen the audience as the driving force, so he always made films telling about the favorite stories of the common people, which led to their film studio to obtain great success. What’s more, he was not only a tycoon in the entertainment business, but also a respected philanthropist. He is a household name to the Chinese around the world, the buildings in campuses and hospitals donated by and named after him are all around the world. For nearly a century, Sige owned a high reputation worldwide for his contribution to the Chinese film industry, so he was affectionately revered as "Chinese film tycoon."