Wang Cailing (Jiang Wenli), an older female music teacher in a small city in the north, is ugly in appearance, but she is rather aloof because she has[Expand All]
Wang Cailing (Jiang Wenli), an older female music teacher in a small city in the north, is ugly in appearance, but she is rather aloof because she has a natural voice for singing opera. Unwilling to lead an ordinary and mundane life like those around her, she is determined to take root in Beijing. Zhou Yu, a worker at a steel factory, fell in love with Wang, who provided her voice on the radio. She pursued her under the pretext of becoming an apprentice, but indirectly made Wang fall in love with his cousin Huang Sibao (played by Li Guangjie), who was eager to study at an art academy in Beijing but failed the exams repeatedly. However, Huang only regarded Wang as a kindred spirit in his troubled spiritual world. Later, Huang went to Shenzhen because he believed that this pure relationship had been defiled by Wang. Zhou's pursuit of Wang again also came to nothing. When Wang thought she could no longer find like-minded people around her, Hu Teacher (Jiao Gang), who had been obsessed with ballet since childhood and was regarded as an oddity by others, entered her life. However, Hu's tragic ending of her own life with the mundane world further hurt Wang, who was pursuing her dream. At the moment of sadness, she discovered from her parents that the mundane life she had always been reluctant to shake hands with also had a beautiful side. At this time, Gao Beibei (played by Zhang Yao), who claimed to be suffering from cancer and had no time left, found Wang and asked him to help her go to Beijing to participate in the Youth singer competition. Wang hesitated for a while and decided to help her fulfill her dream, but Gao's story turned out to be fabricated. When Wang reached a crossroads in his life, he became friends with his neighbor (Dong Xuan), whom he had never looked at seriously before. After ending their brief friendship, Wang made peace with the mundane life in his own way.[Collapse]
