话说故事发生在五百年前的大明朝，巍巍京师，人头攒动，摩肩接踵，好一派盛世繁华的景象。在京城一隅经营着一家天和医馆，馆主陈幕禅（杨皓宇 饰）以专治疑难杂症而享誉京城，但是他却有一个不为人知的身份，那就是西厂的特务。某天，陈幕禅突然失踪，志愿成为御医的学徒朱一品（陈赫 饰）得到一个关系重大的卷轴。家庭变故让大小姐陈安安（张子萱 饰）伤心不已，而卷轴的出现则让一品、师兄弟赵布祝（佟磊 饰）、陈安安卷入了前所未有的风波中来。分别隶属东厂和西厂的两大高手杨宇轩（王传君 饰）和柳若馨（姜妍 饰）相继潜入天和医馆，在钩心斗角、尔虞我诈的同时，也衍生出一段有一段剪不清理还乱的儿女情长戏码……

In the latter part of the last century, Lu Xiaolu has just graduated from technical school and is currently working in a chemical factory. He hasn't a clue about what he will do in the future or how he should lead his life. Lu Xiaolu lacks skills. Moreover, he loves to play games, fight with his colleagues and is often found redoing poorly executed tasks. However, Lu Xiaolu is captivated by a beautiful young girl named Bai Lan, who he pursues and eventually falls in love with. Bai Lan in the end applies for graduate school and abruptly leaves for Shanghai...

时尚杂志编辑周小辉（周渝民 饰）天赋才华，入职三年就坐上了副主编职位，却引发一手培养提拔他的杂志主编Alex（谭咏麟 饰）嫉妒。Alex耍手腕逼迫周小辉辞职，不甘心的周小辉试图带领手下精英另立门户，然而，只有一个不靠谱的编辑助理以及整天一身运动服、毫无时尚气质的素颜干物女英红（徐若瑄 饰）愿意追随。周小辉说服了好友——煤老板之子武阳（乔任梁 饰）出资，又召集了以拍摄时尚大片为梦想的农村土鳖摄影师（王太利 饰）等人组成新团队，创办新刊与老东家对垒。
然而，这群乌合之众组成的团队既不专业又不靠谱，作为精英的周小辉再怎么努力，还是难以在圈中立足。就在周小辉绝望之际，英红的意外表现却唤起他的灵感，为杂志的定位找到方向。在团队成员的共同努力下，周小辉的理想在众人追寻梦想的过程中一点点实现……

2013 film by Peter Chan