Du Jiangshan

A young man travels from his hometown to Hengdian, the place where the country's biggest movies are filmed. Like many others, his dream is to become a movie star. However, the life of an actor proves to be very harsh, and only a select few will ever be anything more than extras.

In Taiping Town, a frail young girl named Liu Yuenu makes a living by crafting paper figures. Disdained by her brother, Yuenu lives alone in the mountains. Unexpectedly, within half a month, the siblings suffer tragic fates. One commits suicide in her bedroom, her blood staining the ground; the other is found hanged by a woman's long hair in a theater. Detective Zhang Yiren, invited by the town's old headman, arrives to investigate. On his arrival night, he encounters strange events, but is fortunately helped by a beggar girl named Gouzi. However, a series of bizarre murders occur in the town, and rumors of paper figures possessing souls and vengeful spirits begin to circulate…

Set in the 1940s, former lovers Zuo Shuangtao and Chen Jiaping unexpectedly reunite and rekindle their love in a sea of spies as they pursue the same goals.