The Great Thief

1930s, Shanghai. The master thief Bao De (Chun Yu Shanshan) is famous and hates evil. He adopted a group of homeless orphans. One day, Bao De used stolen counterfeit money to earn a lot of US dollars in a casino. Inspector Zhu (An Ruiyun) found out and ordered the patrol to arrest Bao De. In court, barrister Xia Bingyun (played by Zhou Lijing) defended Bao De's innocence, and Bao De was released in court. Later, Xia Bingyun became the chairman of the disaster relief committee, trying to monopolize 2 million yuan in disaster relief funds, and framed Bao De. An unknown court sentenced Bao De to 50 years in prison. Xia's friend Li San (played by Ji Chunhua) took the opportunity to deceive the orphans adopted by Bao and train them to be thieves. Fortunately, Bao De was helped by Xia's daughter Jiahui (played by Ju Xue) to escape from the prison. He rescued the deceived orphan and also obtained evidence of Xia Bingyun's crime. Xia Bingyun and his wife threw the stolen goods into the porridge pot during the chaos. When Bao De saw this, he hatched a plan...