Trailer: ‘To Gather Around’

By   |  Nov 13, 2024

‘To Gather Around’ (胜券在握 / Brave New World) is a 2024 Chinese drama co-written and directed by Liu Xunzimo.

The film revolves around a veteran employee of a tech company who is dragged into workplace drama and uncovers an unexpected mystery. The cast includes Deng Chao, Deng Jiajia, Zheng Yunlong, Yu Entai, Zhang Benyu, and Ke Da.

Synopsis: Bai Sheng (Deng Chao), an employee of a tech company, is called in by Hao Dai (Yang Hao Yu) for a debt and is laid off. In order to win back his $8 million in options, he must stay at the company for 100 days. Bai Sheng has no choice but to return to the company by setting up a scam, and although the man in charge of the layoffs, Zhang Jian (Zhang Ben Yu), repeatedly obstructs his efforts, he is accidentally given the opportunity to start his own company under the sponsorship of Ren Yuanlao (Yu Entai)! He searches for talent to set up his company, Bubble Factory, and gathers together Fang Fang (Deng Jiajia), an all-rounded HR person, and Harley (Ke Da), a technical programmer, The ‘output-oriented’ publicist Johnny (Li Naiwen). Just when Bai Sheng thinks he can get away with it, the appearance of supervisor Zhou Wanggao (Zheng Yunlong) breaks the plan, and a bigger scam awaits them… [© Far East Films]

‘To Gather Around’ opens across China on November 15, 2024.

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