In 2025, Jiang Yan, Shen Biechen, and Wen Sui, three people down on their luck, found Thirty and Thriving Ltd. Its main business: helping people "pretend their lives are going great."
They rent girlfriends to fend off pressure to get married, disguise clients as successful people for class reunions, and create beautiful final dreams for terminally ill patients. Using scripts and technology, they tailor imaginary lives for their customers.
Then a "virtual idol romance experience" goes out of control, and a client loses themselves completely between reality and illusion.
The three are forced to confront the central question: When pretending becomes the norm, is there any room left for reality?
From selling illusions to helping people live honestly, the company chronicles a generation's struggle, collapse, and rebuilding in an age of anxiety.
This is not a story about success. It's about a group of imperfect people finding a way to make peace with themselves in an imperfect world.
