Wuhan / 武汉

Wuhan is the central city setting for Lan Shili / 兰世立’s career in No.203 "不死鸟"兰世立. The episode places his early computer shop near Wuhan University, then follows East Star Group / 东星集团 through Wuhan restaurants, real estate, tourism, ticketing, and East Star Airlines / 东星航空 as a local private-airline project.

The city also matters institutionally. Wuhan officials helped coordinate support for East Star’s airline application and later participated in the attempted restructuring with Air China / 国航 and China National Aviation Holding / 中航集团. The episode’s 2009 crisis turns Wuhan from market base into a Local Government Enterprise Rescue setting where headquarters, routes, jobs, aircraft, creditors, and local prestige all mattered.

Source Position

• Wuhan is not only Lan’s hometown base; it is the local demand, government, and airport ecosystem that made East Star possible.
• The proposed move of East Star’s headquarters to Zhengzhou became a flashpoint because the airline was treated as a local asset.
• Later projects such as Wuhan Erchang Soda / 武汉二厂汽水 show Lan continuing to use Wuhan identity and local brand memory after the airline era.

Connections

• Hubei / 湖北 and China — broader provincial and national setting.
• Lan Shili / 兰世立, East Star Group / 东星集团, and East Star Airlines / 东星航空 — local business branch.
• Yuan Shanla / 袁善辣 and Local Government Enterprise Rescue — government-coordination layer.
• Wuhan Erchang Soda / 武汉二厂汽水 — later local-brand relaunch project.