On 8 August 2024, weibo of movie “The Hutong Cowboy” announced that the movie will be released on National Day, 1 October 2024. The movie is directed by Ning Hao and Xu Lei , starring Ge You , Li Xueqin , Yang Haoyu , Liu Mintao , and Wu Lei. It is a sequel to the feature film “Hello Beijing” (in the movie “My People, My Country” in 2019) and “Beijing Good Man” (in the movie “My People, My Homeland” in 2020).

Summary of the movie according to Douban: Taxi driver Zhang Beijing (Ge You) is not successful enough, and everything goes wrong. Even the speech he carefully prepared for his son’s (Wu Lei) wedding was replaced by his stepfather (Jia Bing). Full of resentment, he had an argument with single mother Xiaoqin (Li Xueqin). Unexpectedly, his anger was filmed by passers-by and spread across the Internet and unexpectedly became popular. The sudden attention made Zhang Beijing gain everything he wanted before. However, after experiencing the absurd ups and downs of fame and fortune, Zhang Beijing finally realized that the warm and true feelings of fireworks and the world are what he really needs.

In this movie, Wu Lei will make a special appearance as Zhang Xiaojing, Zhang Beijing’s son. Ge You and Wu Lei will play father and son for the first time and people anticipate what kind of encounter will be there.

Source: The Hutong Cowboy weibo, 163.com