"Chronicles of Forest County was personally adapted and directed by Comrade Wang Yan, starring Tang Guoqiang, Zhu Lin, and others. From the perspective of the people of Forest County, it recounted the county's achievements in reform and praised the spirit of the people of Northern Shaanxi in battling heaven and earth..."
During the Spring Festival of 1982, Chronicles of Forest County, a film that had taken more than a year to shoot and complete in post-production, was finally released.
The film had several main characters: the villagers of White Shop Brigade, the commune secretary, and a junior county cadre.
They were all highly representative. The people of White Shop Brigade had experienced everything from beginning to end. They did carpentry, dug wells, planted trees, raised livestock, opened factories, engaged in foreign trade, and a whole series of other endeavors. They were there through it all.
The secretary of Harmony River Commune had fully exercised his leadership role throughout the process. He trusted and helped others, boldly delegated authority, and had a strong sense of responsibility. He could shoulder burdens. Later, he also became one of the principal leaders behind Forest County's development.
Wang Yan later went to work in the county. After the industries were restructured, the secretary rose to become the second-in-command, then the top leader, before eventually leaving.
As for that junior county cadre, he had only been junior back then. Now, he was the county's top leader...
Besides them, there were all sorts of other people: old farmers, experts, and some leaders from the provincial and municipal levels. But they were all background figures, showing that the leaders' decisions were not made on a whim, and that there were reasons Forest County had been given its opportunity.
As the undisputed protagonist, however, Wang Yan did not have