Young actors and actresses of Hebei Drama Theater Arts Performing Company were featured in the play, including Zhao Haishuo playing the leading role of Tang Dong, the head of the Chinese steel and iron company, and Wu Xueyan playing the role of the head of the Serbian steel mill, Vlada.
The play premiered in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, in 2021 and later Huang revised six versions of the script before it was staged in the capital.