The "Xinghua Department Store" in the play was founded by Yi Xinghua, the head of Yijia. This 1928 department store celebrating its 10th anniversary really has its historical prototype in old Shanghai. He was the "Yong 'an Department Store" which was known as the first of the "Four Big Department Stores in Shanghai" at that time. Yong 'an Department Store Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Ambry Group. Founded in 19 18, the company passed through Shanghai Yong 'an Company, Shanghai Tenth Department Store and Shanghai Hualian Department Store, and in 2005, it turned over the brand Yong 'an Department Store Co., Ltd., which featured the operation of "Global Department Store", symbolizing Shanghai's elegance, fashion and dignity before liberation, and was the leader of Shanghai's high-end department stores.
Guo Biao, one of the main founders of Yong 'an Department Store, has different life experiences from Yi Xinghua in the play, but he has a family business model similar to Yi Xinghua. In Family Story, Yi Xinghua and his brother Yi Shuye are in charge of the related matters of Xinghua Department Store. In reality, "Yong 'an Department Store" was also founded and operated by the Guo family. The best link between Xinghua Department Store and Yongan Department Store is Yi Zhongyu's shareholder list. In this list, in addition to shareholders and directors Yi Xinghua and Yi Shuye, there are also two directors, An and Guo.