The early 1960s. Kim San graduates from the Korean Military Academy and then goes to the United States to study economics at university. He returns to South Korea with a dream to help transform the country into a major industrial nation. Kim then crosses paths with Park Doo-chill, a shady fixer. He assures Kim that he can make any dream come true. Could it be true? Or is he a devil who draws Kim into political games and turns him into a monster?