The in-depth exploration of desire, power, human depravity and karma, and by focusing on the struggles of ordinary people in the market, the bloody game of shopping malls, and the secrets of rent-seeking in officialdom, greatly expand the breadth and depth of social criticism, making it an ukiyo-e depicting the appearances and operating rules of contemporary Chinese society. Money is the maze of bricks, desire is the only guide, and the final outcome often points to the same abyss.
