In the 1980s, three young people with enthusiasm and dreams met on the campus of Yanjing University, an institution of higher learning, and began their thirty-year journey of friendship and dreams. Meng Xiaojun (played by Deng Chao), who was born in a family of overseas students, longed to stand on American soil to change the world. The romantic and free Wang Yang (played by Tong Dawei) enjoyed the vigorous and exciting youthful atmosphere in the early days of reform and opening up. Cheng Dongqing (played by Huang Xiaoming), a rural youth who failed the college entrance examination twice, studied hard with Xiaojun as his goal and gained a beautiful love. However, among the three friends, only Xiaojun finally obtained a US visa. The huge gap between reality and dreams hit Dongqing and Wang Yang hard. By chance, Dongqing, who was dismissed from public office, set up an English training school with the help of Wang Yang and began to taste the joy of success. Xiaojun, who had a bad development in the United States, returned to China and joined the school, which undoubtedly pushed the three friends to take a big step towards their dreams. But with the advent of success, their friendship began to withstand severe tests...