Guo’s Summer (2022)
Also Known As: 张卫国的夏天, Zhang Weiguo’s Summer , Zhang Wei Guo’s Summer , Zhang Wei Guo De Xia Tian
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Country: China
Episodes: 12
Aired: Jul 18, 2022 – Aug 16, 2022
Aired On: Monday, Tuesday
Network: Hunan TV, Mango TV

Synopsis:

Zhang Weiguo is a middle-aged man, and he is still a good actor in the Peking Opera Troupe. As an ordinary person in Beijing Hutong, he is content and happy, just like the goldfish he raised in a large porcelain basin, in his own small world. Until one day, the old father died suddenly, and many unexpected troubles followed, completely disrupting his life.

This series of changes forced Zhang Weiguo to “think about change if you are poor”, and he finally realized that he was too “indifferent to the world” in the first half of his life. Zhang Weiguo decided to challenge himself. In the process of changing, he experienced the peak of his life and lost himself, but his family and friends guided him to realize the true meaning of life at critical moments. He finally realized that a happy life is all around, don’t just focus on the goal and bury your head on the road, and miss the ordinary beauty.

This play tells the story of Zhang Weiguo, a prop master of the Peking Opera troupe who has been content and has been a Peking Opera artist for most of his life. Although he lives a very ordinary life, he is convinced that he is a “descendant of the royal family”.

At a party of brothers and sisters in a troupe, a group of frustrated middle-aged men began to make all kinds of exaggerated self-packaging and comparisons with each other. Zhang Weiguo, who returned to life with this kind of packing, experienced the feeling that he became rich, but he was in debt overnight. , after a series of great joys, great sorrows and jumps, he finally removed his disguise and faced his true story.