The empire of money, power, and flesh and blood collapsed under the bloody shovels of migrant workers.
Sanshang Ancient City, the cold winter at the end of the century. The 25-year-old "Western Poison" Yang Gaofeng has a net worth of eight million, is ruthless and can cover the sky with one hand. In order to swallow up the 50 billion "Da Ming Lake" project, he carefully planned: fake divorce to transfer assets, get the qualifications of his cousin uncle, and domesticate Zhao Xiaoli, an innocent bank employee, into a "social butterfly" who can deal with the powerful. The blueprint for a wealth empire is laid out at the expense of the dignity and hard work of the lower-level migrant workers.
Lao Geng's daughter-in-law was coughing up blood and waiting to die in the dilapidated house, and the work shed was wailing in the cold wind. When Yang Gaofeng uttered "Whose life is not life" coldly and froze all wages, the accumulated despair detonated the powder keg. The foreman kneeling down to beg for money, the letter from home held high, the brains splattered - a bloody storm set off by the silent ones, nailing the arrogant "Western Poison" to the frozen soil forever.
The trees fell and the hozens scattered. Zhao Xiaoli in the lunatic asylum talked about blood and Land Rover cars; creditors frantically ripped into the 20 million inheritance left by Yang Gaofeng to his ex-wife Feng Xuemei after "cleansing up and leaving home"; the police investigation revealed the bribery scandal. Feng Xuemei, the mother of six children, held her wealth stained with original sin and remained silent in court. She won the law, but she was burdened with heavy shackles.
When the black commercial vehicle drove orphans and widows to an unfamiliar coastline, behind them was the unfinished "Daming Lake" and countless broken lives. The feast of wealth finally turned into scraps, and the game of power turned into dust. The turbid water of Laogou River still flows, unable to take away the blood and mud under the frozen soil and the undercurrent of the abyss of humanity.
