Chinese Studies

Call Number
CHI0078

刘元是个移民美国多年的北京人，没有固定工作，什么都干，什么都不专。眼下，他正接待国内一个电影摄制组，帮他们选景、找演员及一些零零碎碎的杂务事。这天，刘元带着副导演选景，来到一个台湾人的豪宅。一问，这家人到夏威夷度假去了，只有一个被雇来看管房子的小姑娘李清在。李清是刚从国内来美的打工妹，见到刘元一通神侃，大献殷勤，李清便同意了借房子拍戏的要求。谁知拍完戏当天晚上，豪宅遭劫，直到刘元第二天来赔被剧组损坏的灯罩，才发现被绑成一团的李清。之后，刘元每次遇见李清，总碰上麻烦事，或遇上车祸，或遇人抢劫，或被人贩子蒙蔽或遇警局拘审，一句话，总是不顺，可就是在这一而再，再而三的倒霉交往中，使年轻漂亮的李清认识了刘元在玩世不恭外表下藏着的那颗善良的心，他们相爱了……

Two Chinese expatiates living in California find their paths keep crossing, for good or ill, in the comedy Bu Jian Bu San/Be There Or Be Square. Li Quig (Xu Fan) is staying is Los Angeles and housesitting for a friend when a group of aspiring filmmakers, including Liu Yuan (Ge You), accidentally destroy the place. Liu lets her stay at his place, glamourously located in a trailer park, but they don't get along very well and he's hardly upset when she leaves, supposedly to return to Beijing. However, she never gets out of L.A., and over the next two years Li and Liu find they can't seem to avoid each other. In time enmity grows into a grudging friendship, but will a romance ever bloom for this mis-matched pair?[source]