Recaps

Chen Qi turned a cooperative tea stall and a published letter into public attention, then revised Romance on Mount Lu until Beijing Film Studio approved it. The arc left him with 800 yuan, renewed plans for the cooperative, and a tape recorder to share with his parents.

• Chen Qi joined Huang Zhanying and twelve other unemployed youths in selling tea at Qianmen, then defended them when workers from the No. 2 Plastics Factory mocked their jobs.
• Chen Qi submitted his letter about the tea sellers to China Youth Daily, where its publication drew widespread responses and led the plastics factory to suspend the workers involved.
• Chen Qi proposed expanding the cooperative’s sales, while the newspaper’s attention brought readers to the stall and Liang Xiaosheng invited him to revise his screenplay at Beijing Film Studio.
• Chen Qi revised Romance on Mount Lu after editors urged him to strengthen its conflict and themes, and the studio approved it as a priority film.
• Chen Qi received 800 yuan for the script and returned to the tea stall, where Huang Zhanying told him rival stalls had appeared and five hundred pairs of sandals were ready for sale.
• Chen Qi told his parents he wanted to spend his earnings on household goods, and Yu Xiuli scolded him before they agreed to buy a tape recorder.
• Chen Qi and his parents bought a Sanyo tape recorder and three Teresa Teng tapes, then listened to a song together at home.