Shanghai is a city with flashing neon lights and an undercurrent of commercial activity. Lu Chengze, the president of Xinghan Group, uses thunderous means to stabilize the family business, but he encounters a strong opponent in the bidding for the "Smart City" project - Shen Zhixia, CEO of an innovation and technology company that has only been established for three years. Shen Zhixia holds the core AI technology in hand and breaks into the battlefield with determination to break the boat, vowing to open a gap in the market monopolized by giants.
A bidding involved the secret manipulation of capital giants, internal strife among established companies, and even old family feuds. While Lu Chengze was maintaining his business empire, he discovered that there were secrets related to Xinghan hidden behind Shen Zhixia; in the process of competing for projects, Shen Zhixia also gradually saw the cruel rules of the capital game. When a third-party force offered an olive branch, and when the project data was suddenly leaked, the two were forced from tit-for-tat opponents to tentative cooperation.
This is a battle between ambition and ideals, a choice between trust and betrayal. In the whirlpool of money and power, can they keep their original aspirations, break the shackles of commercial monopoly, and jointly rewrite Shanghai's business landscape? And the greater conspiracy hidden behind the project is quietly approaching...