Official Zhao Zhifu is appointed by the leadership to go to Longtan Village to work on poverty alleviation and development. He finds that the only people left in the village are the old, the sick and the disabled, who live on white work. Zhao Zhifu's plan to help the poor is soon challenged and suppressed by the local snake Ma Sanbao.
Although working at the same bank, Meng Xiaoxian and Hebi secretly live a love affair. But the financial institution has just created a new code of conduct: two employees can not have affective relationships.
Two Chinese university dropout audiophiles set out on a quest to decode a mysterious message received from the Moon, but quickly find themselves fighting against the mother of all conspiracy theories – the Illuminati.