Introduction to "Lowland Heights Midnight Hearth"
Chen Shouyi, the owner of the Chinese restaurant "Shan Hai Ju" in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles, only wants to run a stable business and earn money to repay his son's study abroad loan. He has always adhered to the principle of living without getting involved in right and wrong. During an ordinary dinner, he made a polite comment and became the first domino to fall. Diner Ma Li believed it to be true and invested all her savings into the investment project of Chinese intermediary Zhou Kai. The scam quickly exploded and her life savings were wiped out.
Desperate, Ma Li comes to pester the restaurant. In order to avoid the risk of her illegal stay, the front desk Su Xiao chooses to mediate privately and gets the landlord, Lao Liao, to finance the turmoil. A piece of joint and several guarantee ties up the fate of the restaurant. Everyone thought the turmoil was over, but Zhou Kai, who disappeared unexpectedly, quietly returned and revealed that the loan funds actually came from stolen money from fraud. Continuous negotiations, sealing, concealment and compromise continue to breed new lies and conflicts.
Everyone just wants to resolve the immediate crisis, and every hasty remedy triggers a larger chain crisis. Under the fireworks on the stove, the desires, fears and selfishness of the immigrant community are entangled with each other. No one can predict when the next storm will come. In the end, a small incident that started from gossip will completely tear apart the life that everyone wants to keep.
