Eight Diagrams(2009)
On the 29th lunar New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month of a certain year, it was getting late in Guangzhou. A trance-looking boy drove through the urban jungle, wandering alone on the streets, waiting to meet his girlfriend a few years ago, expecting a result to happen. In an old town, a middle-aged woman brought a girl along the street to beg for food. At the gate of a certain community, they encountered a middle-aged man who was driving around after drinking and eating. The man invited them to have a barbecue at a roadside stall and made a suggestion. In a hospital, two security guards were bored at the gate. After work, I decided to go to a certain village in a city and village to win money after work. Unexpectedly, the night was getting thicker and the flow of people was surging. The Spring Festival Gala is going on grandly, and the air is full of noise and anxiety, three realities Event, tearing apart the absurd reality of the crazy city•••
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On the 29th lunar New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month of a certain year, it was getting late in Guangzhou. A trance-looking boy drove through the urban jungle, wandering alone on the streets, waiting to meet his girlfriend a few years ago, expecting a result to happen. In an old town, a middle-aged woman brought a girl along the street to beg for food. At the gate of a certain community, they encountered a middle-aged man who was driving around after drinking and eating. The man invited them to have a barbecue at a roadside stall and made a suggestion. In a hospital, two security guards were bored at the gate. After work, I decided to go to a certain village in a city and village to win money after work. Unexpectedly, the night was getting thicker and the flow of people was surging. The Spring Festival Gala is going on grandly, and the air is full of noise and anxiety, three realities Event, tearing apart the absurd reality of the crazy city•••
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2009-01-01
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