In the late 1990s, a wave of layoffs swept through the old city, and the dilapidated long streets became a quagmire for the bottom class to struggle. Lu Zheng, an orphan, has no family and no one to rely on. He lives in the market with a forbearance. He originally just wanted to be able to earn a living in peace, but he was forced into a desperate situation by the world's tyranny and tyranny.
Gao Mang, a burly and reckless man, protects each other with his life, and Shen Ci, a failed scholar, defectes with his wisdom. The three of them form a grassroots team to guard the hawkers, quell the disputes, and gain a foothold in the gap between black and white. The old gangster Zhou Laoguai sticks to his moral principles and slowly withdraws from the game. The foreign careerist Chen Xiao breaks the rules and plunders wantonly. The old detective Niu Dui watches by the law and constantly beats him to prevent him from sinking completely.
Fame and fortune corrode people's hearts, and friendship cannot outweigh calculations. After the rise of the team, cracks arose. The former military advisors turned traitors, the most loyal brother died in the siege, and half of his life's foundation collapsed overnight. Lu Zheng, with a body full of killings and scars, did not choose revenge and violence, but faced all his mistakes and took the initiative to bow to the rule of law.
The old city was demolished and the world came to an end. He wiped out the malevolent spirit, put aside the half-life struggle for the mountain and river hegemony, and returned to ordinary life by holding a small shop with the bookstore girl Wen Zhixia.
This is the tragic song of the times in a deserted city and a long street. It describes the forbearance and price of grassroots heroes, and reveals the friendship, desire and fate: there is no road in the world, and a stable heart is the way back for ordinary people to spend their entire lives.
