What is the theme of the movie "Starting Today"?

The story of the movie "Starting Today" tells the story of the hapless old Cui who met a disastrous girl unexpectedly and began a nightmare day.

Lao Cui (Fan Wei), a cowardly man living in Cyprus, wants to make a fortune and return to China to worship his ancestors. Unexpectedly, he was forced to return to China for divorce before he got his wish. Lao Cui, who hurried back to China, suddenly found that his wife was not only pregnant, but also pregnant with the flesh and blood of her child Lao Wei.

In the face of his ex-wife's cynicism, Lao Cui can only swallow his frustration silently. He just wants to return to Cyprus as soon as possible, because the Chinese restaurant he hopes for the rest of his life will be sold by his partner. Unfortunately, the unfortunate old Cui accidentally met the disastrous girl Xiao Xia (played by Ju Wenpei), and his nightmare began.

Lao Cui kindly sent drunk Xiao Xia home, but Xiao Xia mistook him for a bad guy and kicked him out of the house. In order to retrieve the lost luggage and passport, Lao Cui is trapped by Mao Mao (Ren Zhengbin). It turns out that Xiao Xia's boyfriend Dabao (Wang Qianyuan) hacked into a sum of money and dollars robbed by Mao Mao and Lao Wu (He Jiang) from the creditor's decoration manager Tang Jinshan (Zhang Xilin) and hid it.

Xiao Xia, a shrewish and clever ghost, saw Lao Cui's timid and honest character, deliberately hid Lao Cui's passport, and on this condition asked Lao Cui to help him get the stolen money back and send it to Dabao, who was hiding. Lao Cui and Xiao Xia got the stolen money after many twists and turns, and found that the money was fake. After spending some time together, Xiao Xia was moved by Lao Cui's frankness. She took the initiative to return her passport to Lao Cui and let him leave the wrong place as soon as possible.

Tang Jinshan kidnapped Xia and threatened Lao Cui in order to recover counterfeit money with shocking secrets. Lao Cui, who was preparing to board the plane back to Cyprus to save Xiao Xia, resolutely returned. At a critical juncture, Lao Cui showed unprecedented courage. Lao Cui gave his life to save Xiao Xia.

Be cornered by decoration manager Tang Jinshan and others. At the critical moment, the police arrived in time and rescued Lao Cui and Xiao Xia. The police traced the case of Tang Jinshan's premeditated theft of a national treasure of a museum for two years. All the troubles were finally solved, but Lao Cui didn't want to go back to Cyprus. I believe everyone has a happy ending in their hearts.

Important characters in the play:

1, Lao Cui

Actor: Fan Wei

Lao Cui, a timid and honest person living in Cyprus, wants to make a fortune and return to China to worship his ancestors. Unexpectedly, he was forced to return to China for divorce before he got his wish. Lao Cui came home and found that his wife was not only pregnant, but also pregnant with his little friend's flesh and blood.

2. Little summer

Actor: Ju Wenpei

Dabao's girlfriend is lively and frank, using her passport as an excuse to ask Lao Cui to help her get the stolen money back and send it to Dabao, who is hiding. After spending some time together, Xiao Xia was moved by Lao Cui's frankness. She took the initiative to return her passport to Lao Cui and let him leave the wrong place as soon as possible.

3. Group leaders

Actor: Liu Hua

The middle-aged man with short hair, as the leader of the crew, is a good friend of Lao Cui. He is warm-hearted to his friends and generous in character. He helped his friend Lao Cui out of danger twice after he met with difficulties.