In 1994, a crowd of outsiders poured into Beijing. They scraped by on construction sites, sang for a living in karaoke bars, and gambled away their futures at card tables. They all started at the same line, but as they went along, their paths split apart: some got rich, some went to prison, and some disappeared. Years later, you want to ask, “Hey, how have you been?” This is sixteen years of joy and sorrow, and the story of a generation scattered.
