After middle-aged factory worker Li Jianguo and his wife were laid off without compensation, Li Jianguo followed his junior high school classmate Wang Zongcai to work on a project. Not only did he not get paid, but he also had to pay for the project himself. To pay for his seriously ill son's medical expenses, a desperate Li Jianguo and his former apprentice Hao Min planned to kidnap Wang Zongcai's daughter, Wang Xiaomeng, to force Wang Zongcai to repay the money.