In the late autumn of 1948, a modern man from 2024 accidentally traveled to Shanghai on the eve of the Kuomintang's defeat. There is no golden finger or system. He only has a brain filled with seventy years of historical knowledge.
When he first arrived at Shiliupu Pier, he was targeted by gangsters from the Qing Gang and almost lost his life. With his understanding of historical details, he fabricated an identity as a "Fugitive from the Nanjing Government" and barely escaped, but he also realized that on the eve of this power reshuffle, he would either become a pawn or an abandonment, and there was no third option.
In order to survive, he began to make a living in the black market by taking advantage of the information gap. A piece of news about the imminent introduction of foreign exchange controls attracted the attention of Hengshe boss Gu Wentang. Gu Wentang gave him a task: to approach a mysterious businessman named Zhou Huaili and find out his details.
Zhou Huaili appeared to be engaged in import and export trade, but in fact he had dealings with the military and the Secrecy Bureau. But what shocked the protagonist even more was that internal documents from the Bureau of Secrecy revealed that Zhou Huaili was suspected of being a communist. A person who has a relationship with Song Ziwen and is engaged in military supplies business, is being watched by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party at the same time?
As the investigation deepens, the protagonist finds that he is being involved in a secret war that is more dangerous than a gang war. Various forces are secretly wrestling in this city that is about to change hands, and the only trump card in his hand is to know what will happen in three months, one year, and three years.
But knowing the future does not mean that you can live into the future.
In Shanghai in 1948, the tide was rising, and every choice was a gamble.
