In a mountain village in the south in the 1970s, the three-year-old boy Huang Yong (played by Huang Haibing) paid a heavy price for his curiosity: his left arm was taken away by a fan in the factory, dooming his fate to be a rough one. and extraordinary. When he was 15 years old, bad luck struck again, and his father accidentally fell and injured himself. In order to treat his father's illness, Huang Yong followed his mother to borrow money everywhere, and he deeply understood the relationship between money and dignity. In order to get a loan from his rival Lu Tianyu's family, he had to endure humiliation and whip himself. This incident deeply hurt him and he decided to drop out of school to earn money to support his family. He had excellent academic performance, so this decision caused an uproar at home and at school. Huang Changsheng was stubborn and stubborn. His father's beatings, his mother's pleas, and the school's efforts to persuade him to stay were all unable to stop him.
Full of longing, Huang Yong came to Guangzhou, a city where people can make money, but he was rejected by 31 units one after another because of his disability. Huang Yong, a ghost spirit, rolled up a newspaper into a prosthetic limb and put it into a sleeve to pretend to be a broken arm. He sneaked into a factory, but the falsehood was quickly exposed. He lived on the streets and took a turn for the worse: an old lady was about to fall from a building. Everyone shouted but were afraid of causing trouble and refused to come forward to rescue her. Huang Yong supported the old lady with his one arm. Later, the old man used crutches and took Huang Yong to the factory where Huang Yong was fired. He grabbed the factory owner and beat him. It turned out that the factory owner was her son, and Huang Yong finally found a job again.
Lu Tianyu (played by Zhu Tie) is a rich boy from the same village as Huang Yong. Because his crush Li Jiahui, a classmate girl, always helps Huang Yong, Huang Yong becomes his mortal enemy. He came to his uncle's house in Guangzhou to spend the summer vacation, and bumped into Huang Yong at his uncle's factory. Lu Tianyu took advantage of his uncle's absence to create trouble and drive Huang Yong out of the factory.
Huang Yong lives on the street again. Lai Xingqing, a beggar pretending to be a disabled person, takes a fancy to Huang Yong's disability and lures him to join a beggar gang. An old lady kindly offered alms to Huang Yong, but Lai Xingqing and his gang took the opportunity to steal the 1,000 yuan the old lady had given to save his son's life. Huang Yong pestered Lai Xingqing to return the money to the old man. Lai Xingqing threw the money into a pot of boiling water. Huang Yong resolutely went to fish it out and subdued Lai Xingqing and his gang. Lai Xingqing caught a street boy named Luo Ke and wanted to break his arm and force him to beg. In the process of rescuing the snail shell, Huang Yong accidentally discovered the drug trafficking shady story of drug dealer Zhai Bingxi, and was chased by Zhai Bingxi.
Li Jiahui wanted to help Huang Yong, so she used her summer vacation to catch up with Kong Lili to Guangzhou, but was ruthlessly rejected by Huang Yong. Kong Lili satirized Li Jiahui for being sentimental.
The experience in Guangzhou made Huang Yong understand a truth: only by relying on yourself can you have food and dignity. The most convenient way to make a living without anyone relying on it is to pick up trash. After three months, he found his first pot of gold: 1,500 yuan.
A few years later in Jiangmen City, Huang Yong worked hard from dawn to dusk, and with hard work and integrity, he made his small fruit stall business flourish. A fruit wholesaler took a fancy to him and paid for his son Wei Jianxin to sell fruit with him. However, he was deceived and the fruit was shipped back to Jiangmen, where most of it would rot! I wanted to help my family get rid of poverty, but instead it became a burden on my family.
Huang Yong returned to Cenxi to raise funds for a comeback and met Li Jiahui, whom he had not seen for many years. After graduating from university, Li Jiahui worked in Lu Tianyu's family business. In order to help Huang Yong, Li Jiahui borrowed money from her friend Kong Lili. Instead of borrowing money, Kong Lili asked Huang Yong to stay away from Li Jiahui. After learning about the contacts between Li Jiahui and Huang Yong, Lu Tianyu's assistant Awang suggested that Huang Yong be driven out of Cenxi by force. Lu Tianyu, who has become much more mature, invited Huang Yong to work in his company, intending to surrender Huang Yong, but Huang Yong refused.
The Huang family finally found out about Huang Yong's huge debt. It was like a thunderbolt, and his mother fainted just like when Huang Yong broke his arm. Huang Yong finally walked home dragging his tired legs, but was kicked out of the house by his father.
Huang Yong began to wander and lost contact with his family for five years. Huang Yong invented a patented product-"One-Armed Cleansing God", and Huang Yong finally became a rich man! When Luoke heard that Huang Yong wanted to repay the debt, he tried his best to dissuade him because the creditor had already given up hope of repaying the debt. In fact, hundreds of thousands of arrears were placed on the coffee tables of the Lu family and the Wei family. The two families were dumbfounded and did not believe it was true.
Huang Yong returned to Cenxi, only to learn that Li Jiahui had married Lu Tianyu. Although he was not surprised, he still felt very melancholy.
Huang Yong's parents were also at the wedding banquet, and they couldn't help but burst into tears when they recalled the scene when Huang Yong and Li Jiahui were doing homework together when they were young. Huang Yong led a construction team to the village and built a new house next to his hut like a legend. The parents cried with joy, because of their son's success and even more so that he was still alive!
Li Jiahui and Lu Tianyu divorced. After the divorce, Li Jiahui was in trouble. Huang Yong persuaded her to join his team. Huang Yong was determined not to let go of the opportunity of love. He pursued Li Jiahui regardless of pressure from all sides, and for this reason he did not hesitate to conflict with his father who came to stop him. Just as Huang Yong was preparing for his marriage to Li Jiahui, Lu Tianyu had his sentence commuted and was released from prison early.
Huang Yong had to face painful emotional choices. Huang Yong, who never gave up, gave up and led the sales team to quietly stay away from his hometown.
The gypsy-like sales team traveled all over the country, attracting the curiosity and interest of Zhang Lanfang (played by Zhang Nala), a college student in Beijing. Zhang Lanfang was doing social research for his graduation thesis, and used this reason to join Huang Yong's team. Huang Yong's story moved Zhang Lanfang, and she suggested that Huang Yong tell the story to inspire more people. Zhang Lanfang's inspiration gave Huang Yong a direction. He worked hard to practice his speech skills and went into schools, prisons, and wherever needed. Every time he came back from a lecture, he had to communicate with Zhang Lanfang. The two were in two places, and the calls often lasted for several hours. The beautiful, intelligent, happy and cheerful Zhang Lanfang quietly walked into Huang Yong's heart.
Huang Yongfei came to Beijing. He took advantage of the opportunity to give lectures to various universities and invited Zhang Lanfang to be his guide. He took both public and private considerations into account and got close to Zhang Lanfang. As a result, they made many ridiculous jokes during the process, but instead of arousing Zhang Lanfang's resentment, they made her feel Huang Yong's sincerity and simplicity.
When Zhang Lanfang was graduating and choosing a career, Huang Yong invited Zhang Lanfang to "intern" in his company. Zhang Lanfang lied about being an intern at a securities company in Beijing, but actually went to Huang Yong's company in Nanning without telling his parents. This internship allowed Zhang Lanfang to see that his value can be fully realized in Huang Yong's company, and he also felt Huang Yong's personal charm.
Love comes naturally, and worldly resistance also comes as expected. Although Zhang Lanfang's family is grateful for Huang Yong's life-saving grace, they are determined not to agree to the marriage and do everything possible to obstruct it. Facing the Zhang family, Huang Yongyong was impatient and allowed the old man to slowly understand him.
After some hardships and twists and turns, Zhang Lanfang’s parents finally sat under Huang Yong’s podium. When they listened to Huang Yong's inspirational stories about his difficult life, they shed tears. They finally understood that their daughter's choice was the right one.
“There are no desperate situations in the world, only people who are desperate for their situation.” Huang Yong pursued and realized his dream tenaciously. At the grand wedding scene, with a bright smile on his face, Huang Yong took Zhang Lanfang's arm and walked into the palace of a happy marriage.