“比家美”旅店的经理二子（陈佩斯 饰）经历一番风雨，终于将旅店搞得有声有色。不料二虎的一根筋却令他处处不讨好，一次听音乐会时遇到工商局的老齐没有票却不懂得让票，张大菊趁机让票讨好。没几天，张大菊的“菊香”旅店在“比家美”对面开张了，“菊香”旅店利用一批美貌妖艳的女子吸引顾客，“比家美”生意大幅下跌。二子为了对抗“菊香”，借钱重新装修旅店，岂料麻烦一个接一个……

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring the child back to Japan to train him as a professional Go player. Years pass, and as the young Chinese master grows to maturity in Japan, the Japanese invasion of China forces him to choose between his triumphant career and his loyalty to his native country. His decision is complicated by his marriage to the daughter of the Japanese master, with whom he has produced a child. His choice will profoundly alter the lives of two families. Their saga serves as a reflection of the tragic relations between their two great countries, and the possibility of reconciliation and healing.

故事发生在华北某山区。遭裁员的笨山（赵本山 饰）巧遇郁郁寡欢的木犊（石国庆 饰），二人在县城贴出广告：山木多功能有限公司承揽婚丧嫁娶、推拿按摩、美容化妆。一时间顾客盈门，可他俩根本不懂广告中所吹项目，被按摩的客人叫声像杀猪，割双眼皮基本靠画，来占卜的人更是被晕得五迷三道。开张第二天，就有人吊着胳膊找他俩算帐，二人落荒而逃。二人逃到乡下，承揽了某乡长为孙子搞的百日庆典，笨山还捎带着接下为张大妈（陈立中 饰）和王二婶（黄素颖 饰）两家结阴亲的活儿。冒充厨师的木犊正为一道广东莱猴脑着急上火，笨山赶忙弄一盘猪脑端上去充数。由于找不到王二婶儿子的坟地，笨山弄一副狗骨头冒充其儿子的遗骨......