Late autumn, a train station in a provincial capital in northwest China. The weather has become cold. In the crowd in the square in front of the station, two young people whispered to each other, and then hurried to the ticket window. There was a long queue in front of each window. The two chose the window that exclusively sells tickets for the southbound train. They followed the people in the queue and moved slowly.
These two men, the tall one is named Zong Dayong and the short one is named Wang Zhiguo, they are fellow villagers of Donghe, Yuanchang County in the northwest. Their trip was not to go south to work, nor to do business or travel, but to receive a special job: to assassinate a man. Location: A county in the south. Remuneration: 500,000 yuan.