This movie is actually a social satire presented in a semi-comical way, a social satire of some sort.This movie criticized the problems of the contemporary Chinese society by the personal experience of common citizens, and the cast is perfect: Mr. You Ge is not only good in playing comic characters like Mr. Pei-Si Chen, but he is also equally good in playing role in drama with serious topic, such as To Live (Huozhe), and the combination of the two is not a problem for him.Desperate to collect a debt from Ruan, Han kidnaps Ruan's girlfriend Liu and threatens to kill her if Ruan doesn't pay up. But when Ruan still refuses flatly, the hostage's feelings are hurt and she agrees to help Han.