Story summary:
Based on the work and life of "journalists" who were engaged in paid news in Shenzhen before the "Resumption Movement" of Xinhua News Agency's "Reference News" in 2001, it describes the essence and inside story of "paid news", and through this special industry, shows the embarrassing living conditions of the generation born in the 1970s "cannot find it and can never go back" and the struggle and decline of idealism...
Zhu Qianming, who longed to get rich but was constrained by traditional morality, tried to make himself "worse" in the process of soliciting orders. However, his efforts did not allow him to achieve performance success, but he was inexplicably caught up in a series of complicated, intrigues and intrigues. In the incredible whirlpool of fighting, Lu Laifu repeatedly asked him for non-existent debts in front of everyone. Ni Shiqiang was vaguely behind many things, but behind Ni Shiqiang, there seemed to be a huge network unfolding...
The business of soliciting orders has also changed rapidly from "just picking up money on the ground" to doing everything possible, from prosperity to decline. Just as Zhu Qianming's love gradually moved from youth to maturity, his lover Fang Xiaowei suddenly made a 180-degree turn and met Zhu Qianming for the first time on Valentine's Day night. It was also the last kiss. After Zhu Qianming got drunk, he spent the night in Wu Chunni's house in a daze... Just when he was caught in a complex emotional tangle, the contract for "Reference News·Local Edition" that made him full of hope suddenly announced the cancellation of all cooperation without warning...