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?

In the last episode, Zhao Hui put on a white shirt and came alone to the most glorious building in his life, shutting everyone out and preparing to die as an apology.But Zhao Hui did not die. For the sake of his daughter and to face his mistakes bravely, he walked downstairs.

The episode outline of the show began in 2018.During the preparation process of the series, in order to sort out the financial history of Shanghai, the team did a lot of homework and interviewed bank executives in Shanghai, staff of Lujiazui Financial City, and reporters who have been in the financial field for many years.

The original author Teng Xiaolan himself has a thorough understanding of the financial industry. During the content creation research, the screenwriter conducted many in-person interviews with practitioners in different positions such as bank front desk, credit, risk control, investment banking, auditing, and training., observe and experience the working life of bank staff at close range, study relevant professional materials and documents, observe actual operations, listen to their communication with each other, and integrate yourself into their context and atmosphere.

The new era bank credit business involved in the play involves cloned credit cards, loan officers flying orders, Internet loans, student loans, support for small, medium and micro enterprises and other livelihood financial services that are closely related to people's lives.