The Rise and Fall of a Bank

After graduating from a finance college, Ye Fan and Su Qing both passed the hiring exam for entry-level positions at a branch of Nancheng City Commercial Bank's downtown office. Neither came from a family with connections, but they supported each other at work: Ye Fan was good at analyzing data and helping Su Qing understand clients' needs, while Su Qing excelled at communication and helped Ye Fan resolve customer issues. As they spent their days together, affection grew between them. Under the weight of demanding performance targets, they became each other's strongest support. When a deputy manager position at their office opened up, Ye Fan, Su Qing, and Zhang Min, a veteran employee, became candidates. Zhang Min knew all the unspoken rules of the workplace and had already allied herself with Wang Jianjun, the branch manager. To secure the position, she turned their colleagues against Ye Fan and Su Qing, spread rumors that their relationship violated the rules and gave them an unfair advantage, and used her access to the consolidated reports to claim for herself the tens of millions in deposits Su Qing had worked hard to bring in. When Ye Fan discovered the figures had been altered, he tried to appeal on Su Qing's behalf. But Wang Jianjun rejected his complaint, claiming it was necessary to maintain team stability, and threatened to transfer them both to a remote branch if he pursued the matter. Torn, Ye Fan chose to endure it for the time being. Su Qing took this as a sign that he was a coward who cared only about his own future, and their relationship fell apart amid a crisis of trust. When the quarterly evaluations were announced, Su Qing lost out because her results had been erased, and Ye Fan was eliminated for having an "unsteady stance." Zhang Min was promoted. At his lowest point, Ye Fan happened to fix a payment system failure for an elderly business owner who had come in to conduct a transaction. Impressed, the tycoon offered him support and access to resources in retail finance. In the end, Ye Fan and Su Qing cleared up their misunderstanding and decided to fight back together. Refusing to let workplace corruption swallow them, they use an innovative approach to attracting customers through digital channels to break the outdated promotion system and turn their careers around.