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Shenzhen, China, the present day. Nineteen-year-old Wang Baihe is a migrant worker from a village in Shaanxi province. She has a baby son from a one-night stand with a man from Hong Kong and a small income from making Chinese decorative knots at home. Her dream is to open a noodle restaurant and “make lots of money and become a city person” but she finds it difficult to find regular employment because of her baby boy. Her story emerges through interviews with journalist Liu Nan, who is writing a book about her. When Baihe discovers her son has congenital heart disease, she tries desperate ways to raise the RMB80,000 (US$12,000) for the operation, helped by her friend and fellow migrant worker Hu Jinling.
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The police have to recapture an escaped killer who is traveling on a train to Beijing.
Officer Lei tracks down embezzler Chen Ziliang in Mongolia. Although Chen insists he was innocent, Lei must escort him across China to bring him to justice, but it soon becomes apparent that an unknown organization wants Chen killed.
Zhou Yi, a strong woman who serves as the CEO of a certain company, has another relationship with Tang Kai (played by Sun Chun), an ordinary employee in her company. The two are an unmarried couple who are about to enter the marriage hall. After the grand wedding, the pair of lovers finally tied the knot. Unexpectedly, the festive atmosphere has not yet dissipated, and all kinds of unimaginable and weird events will follow one after another.
A humble noodle-maker in a remote Chinese province, Ermo feels that she's being taken for granted by family and friends. She decides the best way to impress them is to bring home the biggest, most expensive television set she can find - no matter how many noodles she has to peddle.