With the environment deterioration of Erhai Lake, all production activities are banned. Yang Yuegang, a trainer of cormorant who is living beside Erhai lake, he has been diagnosed with the colon cancer. Along with the pain of chemotherapy, the training center for cormorants which Yang also participated is demolished, he’s suffering from the ordeal inside and outside. But Yang doesn’t want to compromise, he takes the cormorants from the cage, tries to find his own way of life.