Zhang Jiandong

After Shi Ba -- a privileged youth turned con artist -- meets a fetching dancer named Yu Jing, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. But his checkered past will come back to haunt Shi Ba when a blackmailer comes calling.

Both husband and wife at this well known kite family were killed by the Japanese bombers, leaving behind the grandmother and her two grand-children. The grandma threw herself into the Anti-Japanese War, starting her courageous fight against the invaders.

Set during China’s 1990s economic reform era, a group of former college friends reunite in Beijing to chase success. As they navigate the challenges of ambition and changing values, their bond is tested by betrayal, revenge, and personal sacrifice.