In the 1930s, rural boy Tang Shuisheng came to Shanghai to seek refuge with his sixth uncle (Li Xuejian). Under his recommendation, he became the personal servant of the song and dance queen Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li). Xiao Jinbao is the woman who dominates Mr. Tang (Li Baotian) in Shanghai, but she has an affair with his subordinate Mr. Song, who already covets Mr. Tang's position...