Lin Qiang, the male lead, is an honest rural bricklayer with exceptional craftsmanship. At the beginning of the story, he suffers a devastating double blow. His own cousin, Liu Biao, pockets 300,000 yuan in construction payments and humiliates him by dismissing him with just 10,000 yuan. That money was supposed to pay for Lin Qiang's mother's heart bypass surgery. Meanwhile, fellow villagers from his hometown, incited by his cousin and angered by their unpaid wages, direct all their frustration at Lin Qiang. Betrayed by family and misunderstood by his fellow villagers, Lin Qiang is pushed to the brink. He finally awakens and turns ruthless, smashing his cousin's luxury car and vowing to use his own hands to reclaim justice and lead his fellow villagers toward earning an honest living.