Similar to King of Comedy, the story follows a person's dream to become a star.
A woman named Ru Meng (E Jingwen) who dreams of becoming a star waits year after year without much success. She and her father are both anxious and family and friends have been unanimous in telling her to give up. Only her boyfriend Charlie (Michael Jack) still supports her.
Ru Meng meets Ma Ke (Wang Baoqiang), the actor who inspired her to go into acting. However, he has become difficult and hot-headed due to being left behind by the times and mistreats Ru Meng repeatedly. As more obstacles hinder her acting career, Ru Meng decides to go home to her parents to find a stable job, but when she learns that she has been selected for a role in a movie by a big shot director, she is faced with an important decision.