The story tells a contemporary story. A group of people from the countryside, with the intention of changing themselves, their hometown, and the destiny of their motherland, studied hard and entered the society. With true dreams, true purity, adhering to the bottom line, and maintaining the character of the original intention, he struggled in society. Most of the stories took place in Beijing, the capital of the motherland. There are two protagonists in this book, represented by the construction and journalism industries respectively. They have experienced dullness, confusion, pressure, responsibility, etc. In their own industries from newcomers to leaving the industry. However, they cannot change themselves and make their own efforts for the society. The quality of leaving positive energy cannot be changed. They continue to struggle in the muddy society with a hot water. They gave up their honor, forgot their desire for pleasure, and even sacrificed their families, and worked together to support their ideals and principles. The final theme comes back to people like them who go out with dreams in mind. When their dreams cannot be realized, they want to return to their hometowns, but when they really come back, they find that they can no longer go back.
In the trend of the times, they are not the mainstream of society after all. They are not willing to be ordinary and fall into the world because of real problems. They have continued to grow through unremitting efforts. Until the end, they could not escape the elimination of the laws of reality. Some directly chose to end their lives by themselves, and some retreated in the midst of the storm, becoming a sad and deplorable type of people.