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Three girls from the provinces turn up in Beijing, each seeking fortune and succes in the capital.
Yu Qin with a degree in the lyric arts, sets out from her native village, leaving her tow year old daughter behind. She works as a bar hostss in a night-club frequented by the senior cadres and the nouveaux riches, but retains a nostalgia for her past.
Hu Jin deserts her studies to try her luck in the labyrinthine city. Working variously as bit part player and fashion model, her path is sown with misadventure.
After several suicide attempts, Zu Ji, a repentant junkie, be come a dancing-queen in a Beijing discotheque. Rebellious and with a devil may care attitude to life, she dances till the wee hours in this ancient city to forget her heavy past.
Under the harsh glare of neon lights, the faces of the three girl, like millions upon millions in China, shine with hope for a better future.
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