Urban underworld + period saga + fiery action + gangland turmoil + street-level underdogs + ruthless decisiveness + humor + ensemble cast + one female lead
Slicked-back hair, a white Jetta, a black sauna, and a trunk full of guns.
Spring 2000, as layoffs sweep across the Northeast.
The factories stand empty, while the streets grow crowded.
Gang bosses carve up the territory. The Yiren Company monopolizes the supply routes, and night market vendors dare not complain, no matter how angry they are.
His father was bought out of his job, his older brother hauls heavy loads at the freight yard, and Jiang Chuan can't even scrape together twenty cents. He's so poor his eyes burn green.
For a twenty-yuan protection fee, he kicks a demolition thug to the ground and pours potent massage oil into his pants.
At a dimly lit night market stall, a gorgeous, worldly manager leans close. "Move three hundred kegs of draft beer, and big sis will make sure you get rich."
Each keg of draft beer brings in one yuan in pure profit. Jiang Chuan and his three childhood friends are determined to pull the gold teeth right out of these hard cases' mouths!
Will the times grind him to dust, or will he stride across the ruins and become the last big boss on this black soil?
