主(🈯)人公(gōng )(🍅)洪(hóng )三携母(mǔ )亲和好友齐林到上海投(🔼)奔严华,卷入两大公司权利斗争。严华此时(shí )(🐉)是(shì )一名码(mǎ )头工人,他(💤)不畏强权被推举(🎲)为工(❣)人(🌗)领(lǐng )袖(♑)。洪三(🚤)则(zé )凭(⚫)借机智多次在凶险的上海滩(tān )化险为夷。洪三与忠义之士(shì )沈达义结(jié )金兰,与来(🙁)上(shàng )海报(🖍)父仇的(🥀)林依依在斗(dòu )(🤷)智(zhì )斗(dòu )勇(yǒng )(⏺)中(🚢)成为莫(🧚)逆(nì ),女扮(🌚)男装的林依(yī )依(yī )爱上洪三。洪三接(jiē )近富家女(nǚ ) 于(📙)梦竹(zhú )(✋),于(🏂)梦竹爱上洪(hóng )三。严华遇险,为共(gòng )产党人(🥫)梁(liáng )兴义所救,加入(rù )共产(💠)党。林依(yī )依为(🥕)报仇铤(dìng )而走险,洪三(sān )与其奔走(zǒu )天(tiān )涯。林依(yī )(🏉)依(yī )遇难,洪(💍)三重回上海滩(tān )。在(🐛)严华和梁兴义(🤷)进步思想的感召(📟)下,洪(😝)三放(fàng )(🏒)弃来(💿)之不易(yì )的“美好(hǎo )生活”,为护送梁(liáng )兴义离开(💸)上海倾其所有甚至(📐)生命(🌂)。洪三逐渐懂得,共产党带(📞)领的这(zhè )条道(dào )路,才是(😳)他所(🎦)想(xiǎng )追求的远(yuǎn )大前程。