In 1986, when Yugoslav nuclear power expert Lehmann came to the East China Sea to inspect nuclear power and question China's ability to build nuclear power plants, fitter Ye Jia Ming and buyer Lin Tian Chen, becomes his first supporters.

But during the building of a plant, Tian Chen was corrupted by Ding Li, and accused by his superior, of variety of crimes. Feeling betrayed, Tian Chen resigns from his post and went to the United States, leaving his son Lin Qi to the Ye's family to raise. But what he didn't except, is that his son, will folllow his footstep, and as an adult become key figure, in developing nuclear weapons.