The story takes place in Songjiang City, a small city in Northeast China. A group of migrant workers from all over the country, with all kinds of dreams, gathered on the construction site of the "Champs Elysees" apartment. They know very well that what they built with their sweat is the dream bed of tomorrow's city people. They don't ask for anything else as long as they don't owe wages. Thank God. In the simple shed, hundreds of migrant workers of different ages and personalities crowded together and asked the foreman Xie Lao Da (played by Ma Shaohua) when the arrears of wages would be paid. Many people pointed to this little money to send their children to school and see a doctor for the elderly. Xie Lao Da's answer was disappointing and angry. The desperate migrant workers smashed the office of Zhang Biao (played by Hu Xiaoguang), the person in charge of the construction site, but he had already fled. Faced with the misappropriation of hard-earned money by others, the migrant workers were forced to collectively recover it, but what awaited them was shameless threats and intimidation. At this time, who can help this group of helpless migrant workers...