In an abandoned theater, French actress Marina Vlady recites from Borges' "The Immortal"... Japanese research scientist Shin Kubota sings praises to the "immortal jellyfish"... Milan Duomo workers subject the cathedral's exquisite statues to perpetual regeneration... Swiss musician/inventors Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer persistently refine their percussion instrument, the Ha...
浙江绍兴，沈、章两家因清末南洋劝业会“第一品牌”之争而结下梁子。十八年后，民国十五年，沈王联姻，谁知，沈仪狄竟与青梅竹马的章家大公子汉民私定终身，逃婚私奔，引来匪患，沈家的百年基业毁于一旦。沈老爷临终，将沈家兴衰荣辱托付女儿。沈仪狄遵父遗嘱，嫁入王家，并有条不紊酝酿复兴沈家的计划。沈仪狄和气生财，沈家重现当年的风光，沈仪狄重建沈园，还逐渐在上海稳住了阵脚。此时，一无所成的章汉民回到绍兴，试图挽回沈仪狄被拒。章汉民受家母感化，幡然醒悟，决定子承父业，将章家酒带到上海，与沈家分号开在了同一条街上。对沈家酒推崇备至的日本商人伊藤，多次上门劝沈仪狄与之合作遭拒。最终，沈、章、王三家秉承民族大义，和日本人展开了殊死斗争。