The film is set in the desert, and tells a tale between a mine owner and several money-mad people who want to buy his mine. The mine owner spends 10 years trying to find gold in the mine, while fending off people's attempts to take it over. In the end, the forces of nature and human triumph over greed. Actress Zhang Xinyu (poster cover) of China attends the Tokyo International Film Festival's opening green carpet event in Tokyo on 22 October 2011. Her latest movie, 'No Liar, No Cry' participated in the nine-day-long film festival.

老裴（吴刚 饰）与家人枯守无人荒漠十年，为的是捍卫他发现的金矿，而十年来一直有金主欲买走该矿，而老裴迟迟不肯答应，金主盛怒之下派出杀手“解决”老裴，同时老裴与金矿的信息不胫而走，引起各路人马奔向荒漠。炒房三剑客：西风（应采儿 饰）、六条和八筒首先发难，借麻将局试图瓦解老裴与妻子秀嫂（岳秀清 饰）的互信，反被技高一筹的老裴赶出门去。导演灯哥携剧组与地质学博士张青和其病弱的女友月月先后赶到，两组人马拿出美人计和专业地质知识，试图在老裴的矿中得到蕴藏金子的切实证据。老裴、妻子和儿子小裴经历连番挑战，要为老裴的梦想而捍卫金矿到底。