In a small county in Shandong Province in 2008, single mother Wei lives alone with her daughter Miao. A mother's desperate efforts to get her daughter into China's top universities through "college entrance exam immigration" change both of their destinies. However, this has put them into an even more precarious situation than when they started.
On an ordinary day in a city in northern China, people struggle with their lives as usual. A middle-aged man finds his job has been given to a young person. The man's wife wants a new life. Some high school students are numbly arranged in the schoolyard. And a young teacher is trying to change the traditional education system. The owner of a barbershop forces the barbers to go into the streets to grab customers. Similarly, a barbecue shop owner is transforming his shop into a nightclub. When night falls, people finish work and come to the new nightclub. They lose themselves in the gorgeous illusion.
트럭기사 쉬동은 아내 메이링의 출산일이 다가오자 사랑하는 개를 떠나보낸다. 새 주인이 된 부동산 개발업자 마첸리는 빚쟁이들의 독촉에 어쩔수 없이 개를 요리하게 되고, 그 사실을 알게 된 쉬동은 분노에 가득 차 복수를 시도한다. 하지만 실패를 거듭하며 마첸리의 어려운 상황을 공감하게 된다. 한편, 쉬동의 외도 사실을 알게된 메이링 또한 복수를 결심하고 주체할 수 없는 증오가 세 사람 사이에 퍼져간다. 사육사의 먹이에 길들여진 만주의 시베리아 호랑이처럼 사람들도 그들의 부조리한 일상의 삶에 갇힌다.
18-year-old Shengnan is invited to a mysterious party by her cousin. Upon arrival, Shengnan finds herself surrounded by greasy middle-aged men, with the exception of Jianguo, who is different. Shengnan and Jianguo decide to bail on the party, embarking on a night of adventures in the adult world.
Schoolboy Cui Lin, the president of the university's voice club, was captured by the Cosmic Correctional Facility for being overly narcissistic, arrogant and toxic, causing a lot of negative energy to those around him. He was sentenced to turn into an umbrella for the rest of his life to serve humanity. To escape the tragic fate of being turned into an umbrella, Trey Rin sets off to another land on another planet and sets out to find the dragon's soul left behind there. He meets the powerful martial artist Jin Haitang, who is able to recharge his batteries, and the crown prince, who is forced to be in trouble in the palace. In order to break the master's plot, they set up a trap to lure him into a trap, but unexpectedly the master releases negative energy that is strong enough to destroy the planet.