Delivery boy Ma Mingqi's counterattack in life, female college student Wen Wen's road to revenge, retired state-owned enterprise executive Lao Niu's confession and atonement, Lao Niu's friend He Yawei who is also a state-owned enterprise executive, the last madness, the leader's rebellious son Fatty's escape from life and sacrifice for love, retired spy Lao Yang's life for twenty years He is searching for his missing daughter, but sacrifices himself when he meets her. Xiao Sichuan, who is struggling at the bottom of life and addicted to gambling, and Zhang Qiang, who is willing to work hard for the powerful in pursuit of profit, their life trajectories unexpectedly intersect in the Shanghai city, and they are entangled in love and hate, staging a Ukiyo-e of modern society. Everyone is trying their best for life, but everyone seems to have gained nothing in the end. Being born as a human being, he is destined to work hard.
