新加坡珠宝商贾老板受新加坡华侨商会重托，携情同手足的仆人阿三赴上海，向中国共产党捐赠一笔用以购买抗日军火的巨款。不料两人一到上海立即成为日本远东情报局、国民党军统特务及上海黑社会等几股恶势力围追堵截的目标，几方均想截获巨款。 肩驮小猴的洪先生与坐黄包车的薛小姐分别与贾老板接触以言试探，贾老板不敢贸然行事，机警地搪塞过去。咖啡厅内，滚地龙与王秃头均想劫持主仆二人，但都未得手。贾老板与阿三虽经历一番凶险，总算平安回到住处。 第二天，贾老板按约定来到黄浦江畔又见到了薛小姐，交谈中得知薛小姐和洪先生正是他要找的人。由于情况突变，薛小姐要贾老板立即回饭店。贾老板赶回饭店匆匆收拾东西，洪先生的小猴出现在窗台上，贾老板把一条带银铃的项圈戴在猴子脖子上将它放走。之后，日本远东情报局特务小林多喜抓到贾老板，命他们交出巨款，正在难解难分之际，贾老板被滚地龙乔装的日本兵带到一仓库内。混乱当中，薛小姐与洪先生率人救出贾老板与阿三。但因寡不敌众，薛小姐不幸被捕。 洪先生告诉贾老板，猴子脖子上银铃里的银行帐号已经取出，他代表中国共产党和中国人民感谢新加坡爱国华侨捐赠的巨款。贾老板和阿三毅然谢绝返回新加坡的安排，奋勇参加了营救薛小姐的行动。经过一场恶战；他们救出了薛小姐，而滚地龙、小林多喜等在爆炸声里葬身于废墟之中。

为抗日而落难的东北军二0六师卫队长邓天野，这天来到上海十里洋场，寻找被拐卖到上海大世界春乐园的妻子——著名的评剧皇后欧阳秋凤。邓天野刚下轮船，就被人监视。来到春乐园后，班头看其来者不善，指使人来围攻邓天野。邓天野摆脱了他们的纠缠后，来到城隍庙九曲桥，与上海利得大舞台的南国歌星李秀丽相遇，向她打听秋凤的下落。这时，上海警察局的探长张成远来到他的身后，转眼间李秀丽已不知去向。邓天野来到李秀丽演唱的台下，看到受大世界老板徐福鉴指使的一伙警察来抓舞台老板邱致。邓天野趁乱施展超群武功，救出李秀丽。随后来到福天楼，救出被关押在此的秋凤。警卫涌来，因寡不敌众，李秀丽、秋凤又被抓回，秋凤为保贞节跳楼自尽。邓天野救出李秀丽后，发誓要为秋凤报仇。邓天野杀上春乐园，结果被警察抓住。在遣返原籍的火车上，他跳车断镣，再闯大世界。但刚推开福天楼的大门，就被枪顶住太阳穴，邓天野与徐福鉴的众打手展开殊死搏斗。当他将枪口对准徐福鉴时，警察局杜局长的枪已对准了他。一场枪响后，倒下的不是邓天野，而是杜局长。原来是张成远探长开枪打死了这个与黑社会勾结的败类，徐福鉴终成邓天野的刀下鬼，随后张成远使用“苦肉计”放走了邓天野。邓天野挥泪离开了上海，奔向东北抗日前线。

A middle-aged man sets out to find a new career when he learns he's picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedy-drama from China. Wang Kangmei (Fan Wei) is a good-humored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement. Wang's timing was less than ideal, as his wife (Cheng Shubo) falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wang's leaves his job. But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that he'll be able to find work if he tries. Wang's father (Cheng Shubo) isn't so confident, but that doesn't stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment, from operating a bicycle-cab to auditioning for an opera company.