Lost on Journey

Lost on Journey is a 2010 Chinese comedy film directed by Raymond Yip and starring Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang.

Arriving at the crowded airport, Li finds he has been mistakenly booked in the economy class and sits next to the first-time flyer Niu Geng (Wang Baoqiang), a naïve and gullible migrant worker who works as a milk extraction technician.

After the airplane takes off, the Changsha airport experiences a heavy snowstorm so their flight is cancelled and they are forced to turn back.

He has gone from scoffing beggars to believing that honesty still exists in the world; from a cold-blooded boss to a real human being.

One year later, Li is boarding a plane and questioning a stewardess why it was not taking off despite being forty minutes overdue, receiving the answer that one last passenger was late.

The final passenger arrives just after that and calls out excitedly to Li upon seeing him, revealing himself to be Niu in a suit, who had quit his job after receiving his "wage" and became his own successful boss.

Reviewers were generally complimentary, citing good chemistry between the two leads,[5] and the realistic depiction of modern Chinese society,[6] especially the trials of Spring Festival,[7] although one thought the inconsistencies in the plot were slightly distracting.

[5] Another review stated the plot was deeper than the superficial farce of traveling woes in rallying human spirit to overcome an indifferent world.