The film deeply analyzes the tragedy caused by the Greed of human nature. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. When a Chinese-European immigrant Mike Teague was practicing medicine in San Francisco, he met Marcus Scholer, who was also an immigrant, and became friends with the latter. He found out that he was in love with Skole’s fiancé Trina, Trina also liked him, and they got married. Trina's personality changed after winning the $5,000 lottery: Greed stingy took root in her heart. In order to repay his wife's hatred, Schöller accused Mike Teague of private medical treatment, causing him to close the clinic. Mike Teague, who has lost his source of life, drank all day long, but Trina would rather be a servant than take out the bonus. After Mike Teague killed Trina and ran away with the money, Scholer tracked all the way to Death Valley in the desert. There, after a desperate fight, Mike Teague was handcuffed by the handcuffs that Scolka put on his belt, but after Mike killed Scoler with the snatched pistol, he could not find the key to the handcuffs. He had to drag him. Scoler's body crawled hard in the desert, and was finally dying.