Criminal police Li Hongqi accompanied his girlfriend back to his hometown for the Chinese New Year, and accidentally discovered that his father-in-law Lao Tao was involved in this crime-related case. Li Hongqi, with a strong sense of justice, decided to give up his vacation and cooperated with the local police to start an investigation.
Gu Xi is about to lose her job because of undocumented citizenship status. While making use of all her connections in her effort to get official registration papers, she also tries to getting along with her brother's new girlfriend.
Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that Tang's death is tied up with another case several years ago. Soon he is framed and suspended from duty, but he never gives up. The film unfolds how individuals and family make fortune in the past 30 years since the reform in China began.
