This is an urban novel about desire and price. It tells the story of a young man in distress in rural Sichuan who breaks into the business world of Wenzhou with his shrewdness and ruthlessness. He is appreciated by the nobles and then climbs the ranks. But when he gained a foothold and owned a company, a wife and a status, he began to get lost in greater desires - extramarital affairs, annexation of shares, betrayal and separation. It took him ten years to climb to the top of the mountain and fall from the top of the mountain in only one month. What floats must eventually sink.
