This film began in the 1980s. Born and raised in rural areas, Cheng (played by Huang Xiaoming) has failed in the college entrance examination twice, and is about to succumb to the fate of being a farmer. He made a final effort, memorized the whole English dictionary, became nearsighted from a discerning person, took the third exam and was admitted to Yanda University. Meng Xiaojun (played by Deng Chao), an elite intellectual, has strong self-confidence and believes that he will always be the best one. Wang Yang (played by David), a romantic in the 1980s, is handsome and loves literature. His lifelong dream is to be a poet. In this way, three extreme people met in Yanda University, established a dramatic friendship and walked through the changes of life together.
Three people, like students in the 1980s, hold an American dream. The result of applying for a visa is: two were successful and one was rejected.
Meng Xiaojun successfully studied in the United States, ready to show his ambition, but he never expected to find a job in the United States. He quit his job as a teaching assistant after only a short time and had to work as a waiter assistant in a restaurant. The impact of ideals and reality made him re-examine himself.
Wang Yang succeeded in getting a visa, but she gave up going abroad because of an American girl who fell in love at first sight and carried out romantic personality.
Cheng's visa was refused. Seeing that his two friends had both fulfilled their dreams of going abroad, he had to stay in Yanda University to teach, but the school found out that he was teaching outside without permission. He knelt down and begged for repentance, but he was still removed from the list, leaving no room for becoming a real "loser". Cheng, who has nothing, only secretly runs an English cram school in KFC. His unique self-deprecating teaching method gradually attracted many students. This is fate, and it is also the most successful opportunity in his life.
The cram school gradually became bigger, and Cheng invited Wang Yang to join the cram school. At the same time, Cheng invited Meng Xiaojun to join us and officially launched the "New Dream" school. By virtue of their personal charm, including Cheng's self-deprecating humor teaching method, Meng Xiaojun's American experience and visa skills, and Wang Yang's innovative film teaching, their new dream has achieved unprecedented success.
The new dream expanded again, and Cheng was shaped by the media and young people as the godfather of studying abroad. He involuntarily sends out the light from the terrapin to the leader, so that Meng Xiaojun can't see the past, and the two gradually became inseparable, making it difficult for Wang Yang to be a man.
Meng Xiaojun went to Shenyang, and their friendship faced many tests. However, the challenges of the times came one after another, including 1999 NATO military plane bombing the Yugoslav Embassy in China, and the accusation of copyright infringement by Prince ETS Publishing House in the United States, which brought the three together again and faced the dilemma of new dreams together. [ 1]?