The Dream Makers (Chinese: 志在四方) is a 30-episode drama serial that aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 from 24 June 2013 to 2 August 2013.
Weiyun initiates a breakup, but Zhiming pleads with her not to leave him, claiming that he has a strained relationship with his wife and will divorce her.
It is at this time that Weiyun's good friend and partner, Yu Fan, enters into her world.
Sapped from taking care of her and after quarreling with her one-day, his wife died from knocking her head into an ornament at their house.
Yao Jianguo (Guo Liang), Kangli's husband, is a well-known plastic surgeon who often cheats on her.
To save face, Kangli hides his condition from everyone and bears the brunt of Naonao's unpredictable behavior by herself.
Kangli suffers a breakdown when she discovers that Jianguo has fallen for his lover and tries to salvage the marriage.
However Jianguo's mother (Zhu Xiufeng) had long saw through her son's escapist attitude and opposes his decision.
With help from his good friend, Yu Fan, Jianguo gradually regains his old self and makes a great effort to win Kangli's heart back.
Zhao Fei Er is a very hardworking second-tier to third-tier artiste waiting hard for her big break.
Fei Er comes from a broken family; her mother is an adulteress while her father, Zhao De, is a useless bum who drinks and gambles.
Fei Er vows to leave her past life behind and works very hard in her acting job.
In order to take care of, and protect his girlfriend, Jason becomes a freelance director at the TV station.
She even hides the fact that Zhao De is a drunkard and her paternal grandfather is living in an old folks’ home from the media.
When her grandfather is critically ill and dies, Fei Er is in the midst of filming and fails to attend his funeral.
It pains Jason to see Fei Er fighting hard to gain fame and fortune.
At this time, Fang Tonglin, producer of Variety Unit, falls in love with Jason at first sight, the reason being that he looks uncannily like her late faithful father.
Her unwavering admiration for Jason's disregard for conventions ends in a one-sided love affair that she tries very hard to sustain.
A stroke of luck lands Tonglin a spot on TV which is widely received by viewers and she even gains an acting role.
After Tonglin's transformation, Du Zhanpeng, Head of Artiste Liaison Unit, makes the surprise move of courting her.
He showers her with a number of advertising contracts to endorse products, sponsors her programmes, chauffeurs her around in a luxury car, provides a listening ear to her and stands up for her secretly.
As she gradually realizes that hard work is not enough to get one far in showbiz, Fei Er learns to curry favour to establish relationships and leans on Gao Jian as her backer.
Tonglin's tender loving care of him finally makes Zhanpeng see that his girlfriend's heart is with Jason.
Kangli and Weiyun, who have been hardened by their life experiences, advises Jason not to follow in their footsteps of losing himself.
Gao Jian is under pressure to break off with Fei Er and marry a rich man's daughter.
Estranged from her kin and kith, and suffering untold loneliness, Fei Er regrets losing herself for the sake of fame and fortune.