Master of Needles

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.

As the party’s 19th National Gifts Film, he actively responded to the call of “There is no comprehensive well-being without the health of the whole people”. With full of sincerity, he tells the story of the “White Angel” sowing love, Pan Feng (Bao Jianfeng), chief physician of the emergency department, The appearance is rigorous and unsmiling, but the heart is warm and there is a fiery "healer's benevolence." "As long as there is one percent of hope, we have to pay 100% of the effort." This is the longest words of the warmhearted doctor Pan Feng.

In 1946, to prevent the Chinese civil war, Zhou Enlai who represented the Communists held a talk with the Chinese Nationalist Party, and George C. Marshall, who represented the Americans at Plum Village in Nanjing. A lost notebook stirred the already turbulent peace talk. The ripples alert the three sides and a battle of spy and anti-spy began. Many historical figures like Zhou Enlai, George Marshall, Chiang Kai-shek, Soong May-ling, He Yingqing, Chen Cheng, and Hu Zongnan are depicted in the movie. Other fictional persona such as the ace agent Xiong Huiquan, the female journalist, and a secret spy who belongs to the Confidential Bureau adds tension to the critical moment.

In the capital city of Beijing, there is a special group who are affectionately called "alley housekeepers" by the people. The "alley housekeeper" is not a leader, but in their heart they wear all things of the neighborhood. There are many problems directly related to the common people, such as neighbourhood disputes, parking on roads, private construction, public toilet renovation, environmental improvement, and caring for the empty-nest elderly.

A strange incident occurred somewhere in the Northeast, and all the sheep of the villager Xie Yifei disappeared overnight without a trace. His plan to marry the widow Dajuan was also ruined by his grandson Xie Xiaoxie and his love rival Wang Er Zhou. In order to find out where the sheep was, Xie Yifei embarked on the path he was looking for, but was kidnapped by the alien Mo Ji in the middle, so he accidentally learned that the alien wanted to move the village to an alien exhibition plan.