Barbara is a very rich girl who falls in love with Norman Phiffier, a poor young man. She doesn't tell him who she really is and prepares to marry him. But, Mrs. Tuttle (Barbara's mother) doesn't want her daughter to mary such a poor man. So, she hires Norman at one of her big stores, and gives him the most difficult and disgusting works. She hopes that seeing Norman humiliated, Barbara will finally leave him. But things don't work exactly this way...

抗战胜利，陆太太的大女儿文兰的未婚夫司徒炎就要从重庆回到上海，陆太太和文兰以为他是接收大员显得非常兴奋，小女儿文惠却对这个未曾谋面的接收大员非常反感。当陆太太和文兰见到司徒炎后却发现原来他只是个穷记者，两人顿时变得非常冷淡，不久文兰便和司徒炎解除了婚约，文惠则渐渐对正直的司徒炎产生了好感。一天，司徒炎在报上揭露了一桩贪污案，此案牵连了陆太太的哥哥韩大爷和他的