The story tells the story of the protagonist in the 1960s who experienced the ups and downs of life during the Cultural Revolution, the resumption of the college entrance examination, going to the mountains and countryside, and the decades of reform and opening up. When he was a student, he was active and motivated; later he responded to the call and went to the mountains and countryside. After the college entrance examination was resumed, he seized the opportunity to enter university and entered an enterprise after graduation. He was steadily promoted based on his ability and worked hard all the way from the grassroots to a leadership position. However, after occupying a high position, he gradually lost his original intention, abandoned his ideals and bottom line, and became corrupted by power and desire. The striver of the times who emerged from Huangtupo became a prisoner under bars and became a negative teaching material in life.
