It is the early years of the tumultuous Republic of China period of mainland Chinese history (1912–1949). Shanghai is a city divided into a number of jurisdictions, known as Concessions, mostly ruled by foreign powers – and crime is rife.
Amid the chaos, one young man named Wu Qian enters a lucrative but shady competition, in a desperate bid to help his best friend, Wei Cheng Feng, whose grandmother has been struck
