Wang Wenhua, a star detective and deputy head of the criminal investigation team at the municipal Public Security Bureau, took on a poverty-alleviation assignment in Xiangxuehai Village. Within days, a serious incident occurred: the village director and general manager of the Xiangxuehai Resort, Ma Jiahui, fled with the resort's money. To protect the reputation of the Xiangxuehai tourist attraction, the township Party committee appointed Wang Wenhua as the resort's general manager.
With all the resort's working capital gone, Wang Wenhua found himself unable to do anything without resources. To make matters worse, creditors from the past came demanding repayment. He decided to go after Ma Jiahui himself and recover the money.
When he found Ma Jiahui, he learned that the man had fled with the money because Xu Zhong, the village Party secretary and chairman of the resort, had forced him to. Wang Wenhua recovered the huge sum and was about to return to deal with Xu Zhong, but the township Party committee turned on him once he had served their purpose and removed him as general manager.
Wang Wenhua kept quiet about recovering the money and deposited it in a secret account belonging to the resort.
Unable to keep things under control, Xu Zhong asked to resign. The township Party committee had no choice but to appoint Wang Wenhua as both chairman and general manager of the resort. From then on, Wang Wenhua began his real poverty-alleviation campaign.