Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Ermo is hardworking village woman in northern province of Hebei, Fact2: neighbor buys brand new television, Fact3: film changes Chinese society, Fact4: role was meaningful during Mao era, Fact5: competent capitalist-minded characters do n't find satisfaction
Output (English): Ermo is a hardworking village woman in the northern province of Hebei, who makes noodles to feed her husband and child. When her neighbor buys a brand new television, she is consumed by dreams of owning one herself. Desperate to own the largest television in the village, she becomes obsessive in her desire to earn money, eventually leaving the village to work in town. Her efforts to earn enough money damages her health and her relationship with her family. The film demonstrates new trends and changes the Chinese society during the reform era and the different attitudes between those who joined the capitalist race and those who remained behind. Ermo becomes a wise merchant even if she only sells dry noodles and a consumer full of aspirations, while her elder husband still drinks his Chinese medicine and sees himself as the former head of village, a role which was meaningful during the Mao era. While Ermo is becoming more and more attracted to Xiazi, her businessoriented neighbor, and the lifestyle he represents, her husband remains impotent, both physically and metaphorically. As the film progresses it is evident that the competent capitalistminded characters also dont find satisfaction, though it is also clear that those who dont join the race are completely irrelevant in the modern society.