Series highlights work dreams and reality

Produced by the Shanghai Media Group, among others, the documentary recounts the stories of eight ordinary Chinese people, showing their bittersweet working experiences.

According to Qin Bo, general director of the production, everyone can shine in their career, although, for ordinary people, a spotlight is rarely shone on their achievements.

What crew members tried to accomplish was to highlight such moments.

Each episode features stories of one age group, namely those in their 20s, 30s, 40s and people above 60.

"It shows people who have just entered the workplace, those who are trying to maintain a career, those that persist to achieve a goal and, finally, those who have grown old but are still ambitious," says Qin.

Qin is impressed by a story told in the third episode, which focuses on a 40-something couple who make a living by transporting goods by truck. Crew members followed and shot their 33-hour journey driving 18 metric tons of furniture from Foshan, Guangdong province, to Wenzhou, Zhejiang province.