Zhou Qiming refused to endorse a project built on fabricated growth figures. In response, his former boss, Han Zhenbang, froze him out, stripped him of his authority, and transferred him to another position. Even Shao Yan, whom Zhou had personally mentored, began to waver. After the newly appointed Senior Vice President of Strategy, Xu Zhiheng, arrived, he tested Zhou with a financing crisis on the verge of spiraling out of control. Armed with evidence he had kept for years, Zhou returned to the table and teamed up with Xu to win over Deputy Finance Director Tang Shikun and legal counsel Zhao Zhining. Amid layoffs, power grabs, and a capital siege, they tear open the company's deepest secrets.