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The novel mainly describes the ups and downs and legendary story of Hong Dabing, the youngest son of a wealthy family in the late Qing Dynasty, a small handicraftsman at the bottom of society. The novel uses a structure of intertwined time and space and parallel clues, and uses smooth and graphic language to describe the vicissitudes of history in the vast area from Jiangyin on the Yangtze River to Jingyang on the bank of the Jing River, connecting the two mother rivers. It reveals the tragic fate of small people and the difficult and tortuous development process of China's national industry, and promotes the national spirit of unyielding struggle, self-improvement, diligence and bravery in the face of suffering.

With the ardent expectations of his parents and the unremitting efforts of his family, Kuang Tianqiong, an intellectual who graduated from university, entered the society with ambition and embarked on an official career, becoming the deputy director of the Hanyang Municipal Party Committee Office. However, Kuang Tianqiong, who was suffering from depression, was in trouble at home and abroad, and was exhausted mentally and physically. He was promoted to the chairman of the labor union of the municipal party committee and was promoted to the chairman of the municipal party committee's trade union. Half a year later, Pang Junjie, the newly appointed secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Kuang Tianqiong's graduate tutor, had a keen eye for talents and appointed Kuang Tianqiong as the director of the Construction Bureau. The officialdom is very different from the ivory tower. His mentor at that time had already given up his beautiful architectural ideals. In order to produce the most significant achievements in the shortest time, Pang Junjie, who was once the most authoritative architectural expert, built the skyscraper Star Tower knowing that he could not do it. However, his proud disciple could not understand that his mentor, who was now in a high position, violated official taboos and argued with reason. Faced with complicated interpersonal relationships and heavy pressure from superiors, colleagues, relatives, real estate developers, and the people, as the director of the Construction Bureau, Kuang Tianqiong's soul was always ups and downs, entangled in the vortex of reality and ideals, obedience and wavering, conspiracy and confrontation, escape and advancement, and finally chose to commit suicide by jumping from the Star Building.