东北某小镇，当了大半辈子火车修理工的大耳朵王抗美（范伟 饰）光荣退休。王本身患有气管病，老婆患病住院，儿子大军整天不务正业，女儿小萍跟丈夫春洋的婚姻也出现问题。虽然很多人说他耳朵大有福，生活美满，但时下的现状仍让他愁眉不展。拿着比原来少了一半的退休金，王总觉得心里没底，于是他开始琢磨找点儿事干。不过老王出师不利，老婆的病友给他介绍一个网络商务的工作，可没曾想竟是个传销组织，刚加入没多久便遭到警方取缔。在此之后，他又跟擦鞋女工、倒骑驴蹬车工、广告促销员、二人转演员、自行车修理工等各类手工艺者讨教赚钱之道，由此开始了自己别样的退休生活……
A middle-aged man sets out to find a new career when he learns he's picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedy-drama from China. Wang Kangmei (Fan Wei) is a good-humored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement. Wang's timing was less than ideal, as his wife (Cheng Shubo) falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wang's leaves his job. But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that he'll be able to find work if he tries. Wang's father (Cheng Shubo) isn't so confident, but that doesn't stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment, from operating a bicycle-cab to auditioning for an opera company.
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