Never Give Up – Zheng Kai, Yukee Chen, Dylan Wang

The Planning Department Three of Gao Fa Group is a thorn in the group's side. Under the leadership of Minister Yu, it is home to a group of oddballs, including those who pass the buck, those who undergo cosmetic surgery, and those who slack off. It seems that the only reason they have survived until now is due to a bit of good luck.

For Li Tianran, who is at the bottom of the food chain, today is the most important day of his career. He will finally be promoted to the vacant position of team leader which has been empty for a long time.

Feeling confident and full of energy, Li Tianran is met with a surprise blow as he almost collides with a young man named Bai Mashuai, who is the nephew of the chairman, at the entrance of the company. Bai Mashuai has come to the Planning Department Three to gain some grassroots work experience.

Minister Yu is extremely respectful to him, the deputy director treats him like a brother, and even the chairman happily takes selfies with him. Li Tianran tries to be friendly but is repeatedly hurt by him.

As the team leader position slips away, and with the possibility of becoming an unfortunate unemployed youth, Li Tianran summons up the courage to take the initiative to apologize and reconcile. But Bai Mashuai joyfully announces that he completed the task assigned by the leader on his first day of work.

It turns out that Bai Mashuai's seemingly "vengeful" actions were just testing the front-facing camera of his new phone, and his identity is just an ordinary intern.

Today is indeed a lucky day, as Minister Yu promotes Li Tianran to deputy team leader and introduces the newly appointed team leader, Fan Sisi.

Li Tianran now has an archenemy, Fan Sisi, who snatched his position as team leader. Li Tianran can't see what's so great about her. Not only did she publicly call him "Little Li" to humiliate him, but she also chats and orders takeout during work hours and leaves earlier than a rabbit. Yet she still managed to become the team leader and suppress him. Li Tianran decided to change his fate and impress Minister Yu with his superior intelligence to reclaim his position. Finally, he came up with an important proposal: to make the phone the size of an iPad for a better gaming experience, and make the iPad the size of a phone for convenience. However, Minister Yu immediately kicked him out of the office. Li Tianran looked devastated and saw the mockery and disdain in Fan Sisi's eyes. He became depressed. In fact, Fan Sisi didn't care about Li Tianran's little tricks. She was transferred to the Planning Department Three for an easy job with no overtime. Unexpectedly, after a week of work, she had to attend seven dinners, all of which were split equally. This hurt her physically, mentally, and financially. Fan Sisi decided to change her fate and provoke Minister Yu with a suicidal proposal to transfer her out of Planning Department Three. In front of all her colleagues, she presented a fatal proposal: to make the phone the size of an iPad for a better gaming experience and make the iPad the size of a phone for convenience.

Fan Sisi is an inescapable jinx who appears everywhere Li Tianran goes, from the hallway in front of his house to the elevator, subway, shared bike parking lot, and office. Fan Sisi is a smiling tiger who gets along with everyone. Only intern Bai Mashuai can bring Li Tianran some comfort, and Li Tianran is determined to share his knowledge and train Bai Mashuai into a new generation of outstanding talents, not only changing the fate of this low-level workplace worker but also showing Fan Sisi what he is capable of. Bai Mashuai takes Li Tianran's guidance as his guiding principle and implements it without compromise. Li Tianran asked Bai Mashuai to improve his likeability by buying bubble tea for department colleagues, and Bai Mashuai meticulously bought a cup of bubble tea for every person in the company. The two accompanied Minister Yu on a business trip but failed to secure plane tickets. While Li Tianran was begging the flight attendant, Bai Mashuai made a phone call and got free upgrades to the business class thanks to his uncle's special privileges as an airline employee. In the hotel, Li Tianran shared his experience of saving money by sharing a room, and Bai Mashuai took him to a nearby six-star hotel owned by his uncle, where they stayed for free and saved two rooms' worth of money, splitting the cost evenly.

There is a workplace legend circulating within the company that there is a "promotion and salary increase group." Once you join the group, it's like reaching the pinnacle of life. Li Tianran is extremely eager to join this mysterious group. On Friday, the workplace fitness group sent out a message recruiting participants for a weekend marathon. Li Tianran scoffed at the idea of using his weekend time for this kind of activity. However, everyone else immediately signed up in the group, including Ji Wawa who had a pulled calf muscle. When Li Tianran asked Ji Wawa about the reason, she revealed that Vice President Zheng was the hidden leader of this workplace fitness group. By actively participating in various sports activities organized by him, there is a possibility of getting promoted and receiving a salary increase. Li Tianran took Fan Sisi's spot and joined the weekend marathon. He thought he had worked hard, but lost to someone who scored high marks in flattery, which was clearly evident. He couldn't impress Vice President Zheng. The following weekend, Vice President Zheng organized a basketball competition group, and surprisingly, Li Tianran was also invited to join the group. This was his chance. Li Tianran practiced his basketball skills diligently and even gave some guidance to the game-loving handsome Bai Ma. During the competition, Li Tianran gave it his all, dodging left and right, and ultimately won the game with a high-difficulty block that sent Vice President Zheng tumbling to the ground.

If there's someone in Planning Department 3 who is more hated than Minister Yu, it must be Yao Siwen. He's like a fierce beast hidden in the tropical rainforest, always jumping out unexpectedly and wiping out all the little animals who are slacking off. One day, Yao Siwen organized a weekend training session and pretended to be democratic by asking everyone to vote. But he stared at everyone with a piercing gaze, daring anyone to vote against him. Just when the weekend seemed doomed, Li Tianran silently prayed and, miraculously, a dissenting vote appeared in the ballot box right under Yao Siwen's nose. Li Tianran joyfully shared the news with Fan Sisi and Bai Mashuai. There has always been a "god of the corporate slaves" in Planning Department 3, quietly blessing the hardworking employees. This beloved "god" is actually the old employee Wu Mingshi, whom everyone has overlooked and ignored. He wanders around Planning Department 3, knowing everyone's secrets and seeing everyone's dark side, but he himself remains unseen and unheard. He has worked tirelessly for Planning Department 3, but without any recognition or reward. When Vice Chairman Zheng wanted to completely eradicate the conspiracy in Planning Department 3, Wu Mingshi heard about it and tried to warn everyone, but to no avail. In the end, Wu Mingshi decided to single-handedly save Planning Department 3. He collected all sorts of information, eavesdropped on the chairman's preferences, and worked day and night for a week, ultimately replacing the original plan with his own perfect plan in the final second.

Fan Sisi is facing an economic crisis. She loves two men, one who has a birthday coming up and the other who wants new clothes. Her home internet service is about to expire and her favorite live-streaming host is having a big sale. Despite her calculations, she can't make ends meet. During a department meeting, Minister Yu assigns her the task of selecting a new product endorser, which is known to be difficult. While worrying about all of these issues, Fan Sisi doesn't even notice the task given to her by Minister Yu. Li Tianran, on the other hand, thinks that she is just showing off her skills.

Fan Sisi's home is a mess, and she is too upset to clean up. The internet was down, and the carrots that Fan Sisi had bought for her live broadcast were now covered in flying insects. She screamed in despair. Meanwhile, Li Tianran next door imagined all of her sounds and actions as preparations for career success and became even more worried. He decided to sabotage Fan Sisi's plans. Li Tianran broke into Fan Sisi's house and accidentally helped her tidy up the place and cut the carrots. He also discovered her secret: she had chosen two anime characters as the spokespersons for her new product. Li Tianran was thoroughly impressed. Fan Sisi decided to go ahead and use the two "husbands" as her spokespersons, and to her surprise, Minister Yu approved. She continued to work hard and managed to use Li Tianran's gigabit fiber broadband by piggybacking off his $100 router. She even exchanged a limited edition skin by introducing her younger schoolmate to a quality gentleman. While eating the carrots Li Tianran had cut, Fan Sisi felt that she should do something nice for him in return.

Li Tianran accidentally discovered Fan Sisi's shocking secret: she was in a love triangle with two men! Li Tianran couldn't believe it, but Fan Sisi admitted it calmly - Momo and Yanyan were both her favorites. She didn't like working overtime or going to dinner because she wanted to spend time with her men! However, Li Tianran observed that she never went out for dates and seemed to be in an online relationship.

Li Tianran felt responsible as a good colleague and neighbor and didn't want Fan Sisi to succeed in love but fail in the workplace. From then on, Fan Sisi's beautiful after-work hours were disrupted. Although she was determined not to look at work group messages, Li Tianran would organize the messages for her and knock on her door late at night to call her to work overtime. He even helped her get the boss's big tasks before her planned anime-watching night. Fan Sisi was furious, so she made two signs saying "neighbor" and "colleague" for Li Tianran to hold up when knocking on her door so she could decide whether to let him in or not.

However, Li Tianran didn't give up. When she refused to work overtime with him, he started pulling Fan Sisi to improve herself, such as jogging and learning English, like a motivational speaker. Fan Sisi was overwhelmed by his enthusiasm. In fact, Li Tianran just happened to hear that a girl's boyfriend was also named Li Zeyan and was afraid that Fan Sisi would be scammed, so he tried to divert her attention.

Bai Mashuai was forced to go on a blind date with a wealthy girl, but he took the wrong turn and ended up in a roadside stall. He was unexpectedly flirted with by a young, drunk and outspoken girl who touched his hand, whispered loudly in his ear, and even asked him to buy shares in a company called "Little Shrimp." The next day at work, Bai Mashuai met his colleague Jiang Mei, who had just returned from a business trip and turned out to be the girl from the night before! They were both embarrassed and Jiang Mei tried to explain her behavior, but things got worse as Bai Mashuai misunderstood her and thought she was a dishonest and drunken woman. Meanwhile, Fan Sisi tried to deceive Li Tianran into working overtime for her, as she needed to arrange some stock sales. Li Tianran felt betrayed and decided not to be soft-hearted anymore.

The two guys vented their frustrations to each other, but they got mixed up and thought they were talking about the same person, which led to more surprises and anger. During the Qixi Festival promotion, Li Tianran wore a teddy bear coat and handed out flyers, but mistook Jiang Mei for Bai Mashuai and accidentally revealed his negative opinion of her. Jiang Mei was furious and Bai Mashuai and Li Tianran tried to explain, but ended up offending Fan Sisi who was nearby.

The cosmetic surgery enthusiast Wu Yimei is known for her expressionless, icy demeanor throughout the company. It's rumored that even Vice President Zheng can't handle her cold gaze for more than a round. People joke that the elevators she's been in can be used as freezers.

The client that High Hair (a department in the company) was negotiating with, Violent Hippo, was a tough one. After several rounds of negotiations, they still couldn't agree on a price, and the project was at a standstill. Vice President Zheng reduced the budget by 30% and handed the project over to Planning Department 3.

Minister Yu, faced with Wu Yimei's intimidating presence and icy demeanor, entrusted her with the task of negotiating. In reality, Wu Yimei was frightened inside, having never been involved in business negotiations before. She sought last-minute help, studying smiling techniques, negotiation tactics, and persuasive language overnight. However, on the surface, she maintained her dignified composure, which scared Bai Mashuai and Ji Wawa into not daring to move.

Wu Yimei formed a negotiating team with the two of them, hoping to have some support. Unfortunately, the two of them only felt that Wu was testing and torturing them, and they were both trembling with fear of making a mistake. On the day of the negotiation, Wu Yimei was blanked out by the opponent's top-notch negotiating team, but luckily her expression always remained cool, and she remembered the price of 8 million yuan. With just these three words, Wu Yimei successfully defeated the opponent's micro-expression analysis expert and won the order for 8 million yuan.

Vice Director Zheng has done something sneaky again. He calculated the average age of employees in each department and found out that the Planning Department 3 is the "oldest" department with an average age of 35.1. Vice Director Zheng announced that in order to improve the company's vitality and competitiveness, a large-scale layoff will be conducted, with the target departments being obvious. Minister Yu remembered that several old guys in the company had been laid off recently, and he was worried that he might be next because of his age. Ji Wawa and Yao Siwen were busy slacking off and watching dramas at work, enjoying themselves, until Minister Yu informed them of the upcoming layoff. Ji Wawa, who has the lowest position and the oldest age, is in danger! In a life-and-death situation, Ji Wawa suddenly becomes inspired and begs Li Tianran and Bai Mashuai to take him bungee jumping, dancing, clubbing, and playing games in an effort to feel young again. However, all his efforts only made him feel even older! Ji Wawa walks alone on the street feeling lonely, seeing delivery guys, restaurant owners, and phone film installers who are all middle-aged and still working hard to make a living. They may look tired, but they are full of vitality. With the impending layoff, Ji Wawa's blood boils with anger and he storms into Vice Director Zheng's office, accusing him of taking credit for the achievements of the old employees and now treating them like disposable assets!