Based on real life events, the film revolves around the heroic efforts of a team of firefighters as they attempt to deal with a fire that breaks out at an oil refinery in Dalian
In the past 40 years Foshan City was frontier of government reform. The story describes the different experiences, encounters and life choices of the people who live in Foshan from beginning of this time. The character and temperament of the Foshan people are “dare to be first, chongwen is pragmatic, and economically harmonious”.
At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. Huang Xing has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword.
He Baigang and Lu Jiajia work at same company as manager and staff, and are secret lovers. They murder He Baigang's wife Xue, but the ghost of Xue always appears.
Wu Xueying comes back with her doctorate. Once at home, she hears of her brother's suicide and Mad Lu takes away her file case. The police believes that her brother was murdered.
