Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming (Lei Jiayin) who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.
Mother Ji Peizhen (Xu Fan) is the soul of this family. She takes care of the family so well, it seems there is clones of her. The home looks orderly under her gaze, but that is not the whole truth. Ji Peizhen thinks her daughter, Li Xiaomei, is the best, however there is other side of Xiaomei while she works and lives in Beijing. Peizhen's husband, doctor Li Wengfan, has been unable to pick up the scalpel due to mistake a few years earlier. With all this, Peizhen thinks she will be able to relax after retirement... But she is diagnosed with cancer. If the mother has only four months to live, how can the family's life continue?
The story follows Shanghai hitman Zhao as he prepares to retire. He receives two kill contracts, both to take place at the same time and the same location: but the target of one contract is the consignor of the other. In order to make up for a mistake he made long ago, Zhao decides to take on both contracts and to make a fortune for his salvation. But what awaits him is a huge and complex abyss.
In response to the death of her husband and young son, peasant Zhang Meili founds a school in the dry desert landscape of northwest China. When cultured and chipper Xia Yu arrives from Beijing to help her out, the two women bond and learn from each other's character how to best serve the children. Various subplots include the arrival of Xia's husband, who tries in vain to persuade her to return to the city, Xia's quick abortion, and the comically clandestine relationship between Zhang and a local projectionist.
Una película de drama criminal urbano que cubrirá temas que van desde la lucha contra la corrupción hasta la lucha contra el crimen. La historia gira en torno a Su Jian Ming y Li Hui Lin que investigan conjuntamente un caso criminal que involucra a un gran grupo de interés. Para investigar el caso, Su Jian Ming ignora la persuasión de su poderoso padre Zheng Gang y se apresura al "Banquete Hongmen", organizado por el rico empresario Li Zhi Tian. Más y más pistas emergen gradualmente. El trasfondo que surge detrás de estas pistas hace que la gente sienta vagamente que se está planeando un gran juego de ajedrez.
