Qingqing (Athena Chu) is a getai singer, an entertainer who sings for the souls of the departed in boisterous street shows held during the Hungry Ghost Festival. She meets and falls in love with an enigmatic but oddly familiar young man (Chen Hanwei) visiting Singapore, in this simple tale of love, loss and a lifelong friendship that reaches across death.

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.

To save the orphanage he grew up in unsuccesfull Mike needs a lot of Cash very fast. After the death of a loanshark right in front of his eyes he gets a great idea. He wants to pretend to work for the loanshark and collect debt money from the debtors. Therefore he seeks out the help of his two "orphanage Brothers" Jeff and Chief . Together they travel through Malaysia to collect the debt money. The only problem is they are no tough guys and the real tough guys are after them

With World War II looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.