Chronicle of Labor

After graduating from a vocational college, Lin Zhou and Su Wan head to Shenzhen with only 700 yuan. They endure cramped housing, meager meals, and 12-hour assembly line shifts, believing hard work will lead to success. But when Lin Zhou is injured and laid off, Su Wan is forced to work in a factory, then an office, and encounters her fellow villager Afang in a red dress. Torn between a 400-yuan monthly factory job and a stranger earning over 10,000 in the office district, and between Lin Zhou's promises and his descent into gambling debts and lies, Su Wan navigates Shenzhen's long nights. Yet, from the moldy six-square-meter room, some manage to light their own lamp. 'This place doesn't believe in tears, only in whether you can earn 20 more yuan tomorrow than today.' — Description from novelcodex.org