Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

A supermarket employees plots revenge against his bosses who refused to pay out a winning lottery ticket.

Shanghai mob boss, Liang Xiao Tang, has been murdered by his ambitious eldest son. After his death, his second son, Liang Jia Jin, is beset with great difficulties. To add to his troubles, he finds out that his girlfriend, whom he loves dearly, is actually a hitman planted by another mob. In the face of great adversity, Liang Jia Jin embarks on a journey to revive Tianhe Company, destroy the entire mafia, reveal his girlfriend's identity as a hitman, etc. through a series of detailed plans.

A Chinese serial feature film, released in 6 parts (8 episodes) between 1988 and 1989. The film adapts the major events and incidents of the novel of the same name, depicting the fate of Jia family.