This story is purely fictional.
In the precarious Shanghai, a three-legged chaos took shape: the Japanese army penetrated the Chinese border, the French concession took independent power, and the official government of the Republic of China was in decay.
The Chinese gangs are rampant, exorbitant taxes and heavy taxes are imposed, and the people at the bottom are living in poverty; the French Concession is a land outside the law, where foreigners monopolize trade, powerful compradors are rampant, and the rules are made by the strong; the Japanese army encroaches on Shanghai in the name of trade and garrison, supporting the forces of traitors and suppressing local businessmen. The forces of all parties are intertwined.
The protagonist is forced into a situation, unable to control himself at every step, taking advantage of the situation to break the situation and reach the top, the twenty-year game between good and evil, and the core context of the pull between good and evil in human nature.
The protagonist has no natural ambition. In the early days, he just wanted to survive and protect the people around him. He was forced to grow up in the face of bullying, desperate situations, and betrayal. By using the rules of troubled times, human connections, and ruthless means, he started from the bottom of the street vendor, breaking down class barriers step by step, and became the top giant who controls the black and white in Shanghai, and checks and balances foreigners and Japanese invaders.
