During the day, he was a handyman repairing watches silently in the telegraph room of the puppet government. He seemed ordinary and indifferent. Late at night, he is a lurker who transmits hope through radio waves.
In 1926, the Shanghai Concession was full of neon lights and undercurrents. Luo Xiaoman, a young watch apprentice, was accidentally involved in this silent war, codenamed "Watchmaker".
When he first entered this field, his hands were shaking and his heart was flustered. The code book was as heavy as life and death. The enemy's muzzle was cold and approaching. He once survived the long night by relying on half a piece of sesame cake exchanged for his life by his comrades.
In betrayal and sacrifice, he was tempered like steel. Relying on the meticulousness of a watch repairman, he learned to identify crises from silence, decipher conspiracies from the smallest details, and quietly weave a web of intelligence in the trap of the Japanese and puppets.
From a trembling newcomer, he gradually became the backbone walking on the blade. When he looked at the clock glass again, what was reflected was no longer a person alone, but an eternal light, the soul of a nation awakening in the darkness.
