"Floating City Embers" tells the story of Chen Mo, who went from being bullied at the bottom to enduring humiliation in a state-owned enterprise in Shanghai. He fell to the bottom after meeting a scumbag, and then struggled in the gray area. During his probation period, he relied on his skills to counterattack, and finally found a balance between Vietnam and China. From smoking cheap cigarettes to buying top-quality cigars, in his daily life of indulgence and fireworks, he wrote a life story about struggle, desire and redemption, describing the ups and downs and transformation of the low-level people in the tide of the times.