The film revolves around the story of Li Yitian, who struggles in a big city, showing the current situation of the life of a new generation of young people, focusing on the ordinary people who are trying to live in contemporary society, and their pain and struggle from ideals to helplessness to new life.
Zhang Guoli is a Chinese film actor and director. Before transitioning to film and television, he began his career as a crosstalk performer. He is best known for portraying emperors in various dramas set in Qing Dynasty imperial China. In 2014, he also served as a host for the CCTV New Year's Gala. Zhang is married to actress Deng Jie and has a son, Zhang Mo, from a previous marriage, who is also an actor. A practicing Buddhist, he is a member of the Taiwanese Buddhist organization Dharma Drum Mountain and holds the dharma name Changsheng.