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THE COST OF HAPPINESS

By Xiaoou ZHAO, Xiaoxi ZHAO

Family - Completed 2008

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Family
- Countries
- CHINA
- Languages
- MANDARIN
- Director(s)
- Xiaoou ZHAO, Xiaoxi ZHAO
- Writer(s)
- Qingsong CHENG
- Synopsis
- The greatest dream of a middle aged couple was to have an apartment of their own. LuJun’s parents give them 150,000 RMB out of the compensation fund paid by the government for tearing-down their old house.
  　LuJun came across his puppy lover, Hao Xia, whose desperately needed an amount of money, Hao Xia’s father, however, suddenly lost his memory because of cerebral hemorrhage. In order to retrieve back the money, Lu Jun had to try all means to wake up Uncle Hao.
  Lu Jun’s thoughtful care to Uncle Hao infuriated his wife, Guo Xiaoli. In order to change her circumstance, Guo Xiaoli quickened the process of buying an apartment of their own. Uncle Hao was still in a coma.
  After having gone to great length, LuJun got the money back. But while Lu Jun was about to pay for the apartment. However, Lu Jun got an apartment to his satisfaction. During the whole process, all the characters in the story have grasped the true meaning of happiness in life.