Wage Trap

Construction worker Li Jianguo demands his unpaid wages—owed for a full year—from his company, only to be told he must pay 300,000 yuan in taxes. But Li Jianguo’s annual salary is just 100,000 yuan—and his daughter lies on a hospital bed, waiting for life-saving surgery. Project manager Zhou Qiang forges evidence and threatens Li Jianguo with the withheld wages of his fellow workers. With no choice, Li Jianguo grits his teeth and takes out a loan to hand over the 300,000 yuan.