Based on the novel of the same name by Teng Xiaolan, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award, it tells the story of two generations of financial people facing the financial crisis and constantly making choices between their career bottom line and monetary interests. It is presented with group portraits of senior executives and ordinary employees in the financial industry.The broad reality is represented as the main theme.

It's graduation season again in Shanghai's Lujiazui Financial City. Tao Wuji, a young man from a small town, was admitted to the Binjiang Branch of Shenmao Bank and started working as a teller at the lowest level. His girlfriend Tian Xiaohui, a Shanghai girl, entered a trust company under the introduction of her cousin..

The two agreed to develop their ambitions in the financial industry and strive to establish themselves in Shanghai and start a family as soon as possible.Tao Wuji was diligent and hard-working and stood out. He was favored by branch president Zhao Hui and audit director Miao Che and was carefully cultivated. He gradually found the meaning and direction of his work in the bank.

However, after Xiaohui entered Trust Capital, she struggled to survive. Step by step, she found that in this world of money, the two of them faced various challenges, choices, and tests.On the other side, Tao Wuji's spiritual mentor Zhao Hui made one mistake after another in the face of interests, temptations, and favors, and fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire.Miao Che, the head of the audit department of the branch, is upright and resists pressure from all parties to investigate Zhao Hui, an old classmate and colleague.

Two generations of financial professionals, Wuji Xiaohui and Zhao Hui Miaoche, experience career choices and destiny ups and downs in the city. Faced with temptations and dilemmas, they need to make choices again and again. Should they follow the trend?Or should we not forget our original intention and start well and end well?