Primeiro filme de Hou, Menina bonita é uma comédia romântica que conta, assim como Vento gracioso e A grama verde de casa, com a presença de Kenny Bee, então astro pop de Hong Kong. Bee interpreta um topógrafo que vai ao campo a trabalho e conhece a personagem de Feng Fei-fei, uma moça que mora na cidade grande, mas que está visitando a família no interior. Os dois se apaixonam, mas têm de enfrentar a família de Feng Fei-fei, uma vez que ela havia sido prometida em casamento a outro homem.
Handsome and young, Shih Hsing flew to Bangkok with his close friend Ping Ho with the hope to find his father who was a rich merchant. However, he found that his father died for a long time owing to business failure. Shih wandered in the street and met Liu Kun, who was as poor. The three poor fellows had great hopes that one day fortune would knock on their door. Rich merchant Chen Chi-ching came Bangkok for sight-seeing. Local businessman Hu Te-piao tried hard to get him invest on entertainment business. Chen hated being disturbed, he found Shih look like himself and asked Shih to impersonate him to meet Hu. Shih was pleased to do so as the pay was high. The three had a good time, they find girls and enjoying it very much.
