The Legend of Meng Laicai

This film (drama)Also known as孟来财传奇，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2010Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。

In Tianjin during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, beggar Meng Laicai is forced to sell his young daughter, Xiaoxue, for a living. He encounters Han Naigen, a down-and-out German arms dealer, and successfully helps him gain access to the court, signing an order with the commander of the Beiyang New Army. Meng Laicai dramatically becomes a comprador for a German trading house, becoming wealthy overnight and navigating the treacherous waters between the scheming Beiyang warlords and German and Japanese arms dealers. After becoming rich, Meng Laicai is determined to find his daughter, whom he sold during his impoverished days, and marry the attractive Yao, unaware that she is a pawn placed by the Japanese to gather intelligence on him. His eldest daughter, Xiaoyun, despises her treacherous stepmother and frequently fights with Yao, who is focused on wealth. To survive, Meng Laicai struggles carefully between the treacherous business world and the conflicts within his family. However, after diplomatic relations between China and Germany are severed, Meng Laicai's property is confiscated, and he is imprisoned, becoming destitute once again. His experiences rise and fall with the turbulent times, willing to forsake wealth and honor for national righteousness. The frequent shifts from poverty to richness and back to destitution make him acutely aware of the harsh and often ironic nature of life.