In Shalan City in the northwest in 1980, the wind and sand continued all year round, and the power network of the state-owned salt field enveloped the entire city. Young Lin Xiaoshu discovered the secret of the saltworks and drowned mysteriously by the river. The official concluded that it was an accident. Bookkeeper Zhou Shouzhuo was entrusted by his master and embarked on the road of appeal. In a small town where power and money are intertwined, a little man uses his life as a candle to try to pierce the darkness.