In the desert, the charming lady boss (played by Yan Ni) ordered a revolver from a Persian businessman, who also demonstrated the power of a cannon. The sound of the cannon attracted the patrol. After the lady boss and her lover Li Si (played by Xiao Shenyang) hid the gun, they played jokes and treated them to a good meal, which stabilized the shrewd captain (played by Zhao Benshan). The captain's right-hand man Zhang San (played by Sun Honglei) knew about the ambiguous relationship between the lady boss and Li Si, but did not say it. It turned out that he and the boss (played by Ni Dahong) had something going on. Clerk Six had a crush on Clerk Seven. The two were deducted wages by the boss. They had the same fate. Six tried to ask the boss for wages and was scolded. The boss suspected that the lady boss had cheated on her and threatened her with the death penalty. In the secret room, Zhang San told the boss the truth. After hearing it, the boss was furious and went to beat the two, but was driven away by the lady boss with a pistol. Afterwards, the boss and Zhang San conspired to hire a killer, which triggered a ridiculous bloody case... This film is adapted from the Coen brothers' film "Blood Simple", which is Zhang Yimou's first New Year comedy after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.