Cheng Yiyan (played by Tony Leung) plays a villain in the movie, showing his rare openness.He enjoys the attention of everyone and laughs with dignity, which is in obvious contrast with Liu Qiyuan played by Andy Lau.Cheng Yiyan is caught in the whirlpool of tens of billions of crimes. The Jiawen Group behind it is making money crazily in the global market, revealing the truth about sudden wealth.
He proudly declared, "I can print as many copies as I want," showing his arrogant attitude toward wealth.Jiawen Group's status in the upper class is gradually exposed.Cheng Yiyan kept shouting “buy, buy, buy, buy”, acquiring billions of companies and buildings, breaking the audience's imagination of wealth.Faced with huge wealth, the gang members fell into a game of drunkenness and extravagance, and Cheng Yiyan showed a crazy and arrogant attitude, triggering a bloody struggle about money and power.
However, just as he was pursuing wealth insatiably, Liu Qiyuan, as the director of ICAC investigation, began a fifteen-year pursuit of cases in order to uncover the inside story of Jiawen Group's scam.The movie - The Goldfinger - tells the story of Jiawen Group from obscurity to prosperity to bankruptcy in just a few years, with its market value evaporating by more than 10 billion.As the boss behind the scenes, Cheng Yiyan has also changed from an idol of investors to a character despised by everyone.Liu Qiyuan continued to collect evidence, conducted cross-border investigations, and spent more than 200 million in litigation fees. He eventually discovered more inside stories, involving several lives and affecting the entire upper class society in Hong Kong.Who is behind everything?Who can escape?Who will fail?