His name is Zhou Zheng. But in the past twenty-four years, everyone only remembers his nickname - Big Head.
Datou was malnourished when he was a child, with a big head and a small body. Datou was admitted to the provincial capital from the village and was the only college student in his family. The year after Datou graduated, it was the most difficult season for finding a job.
Now he lives in a rental house in an urban village with three digits left on his card, and rides an electric bike to deliver lunch to people every day. His father urged him to go home, but he didn't know how to answer.
He studies Chinese and he wants to write. But in 2026, a young man who wants to make a living by writing will be either an idealist who is ridiculed, or a cheap labor force that is exploited - or both.
This is a story about holding on. There is no victory.
