I am a university teacher who transferred to the city from the countryside. I hope to be a real city guy, but my uncle always sent to me directive notice which put me into a dilemma. Later, I quitted my job as the teacher and went to Beijing with my classmate Camel. The life in Beijing was not as beautiful as I expected, I lived in the basement for several months. After our success in Beijing, Camel and I went to Shenzhen and Shanghai to expand our business. Though Camel is handicapped, his intelligence and sharpness in the stock market have won him great fortune.《生命册》荣获2015年第九届茅盾文学奖。“我”是从乡村走入省城的大学教师，希望摆脱农村成为一个完完整整的“城里人”，无奈老姑父不时传来的要求“我”为村人办事的指示性纸条让“我”很是为难，在爱情的憧憬与困顿面前，“我”毅然接受大学同学“骆驼”的召唤，辞去稳定的工作成为一个北漂。北京的模样完全不是我们当初预想的那般美好，在地下室里当了几个月的“枪手”挖到第一桶金后，为了更宏大的理想，“我”和“骆驼”分别奔赴上海和深圳开辟新的商业战场。“骆驼”虽有残疾，却凭借超出常人的智力和果断杀入股票市场并赢得了巨额财富。