靠替人送车为生的司机小王（姜武）在公路上偶遇搭顺风车的莫莉（莫文蔚），因对莫莉生出好感，他随莫莉去找其“黑社会”男友阿东（张震岳），不久，两人目睹阿东“黑吃黑”，小王不幸成了阿东手上的人质，后在警方的追踪下，阿东逃亡，并将莫莉托付给小王。警察审问小王和莫莉一番后，无果。 自此，莫莉接连不断地收到阿东的传呼，但每次她和小王赶到呼机上指示的会面地点时，都不见阿东的人影，在莫莉绝望之时，阿东留言要她去他的家乡。在阿东的家里，莫莉只见到阿东的遗物，并从中看到了阿东对她的爱和歉疚。

A satirical comedy about a country bumpkin who goes to the big city, and ends up teaching the cynical city folk a few lessons about basic human decency. The hero leaves home for the first time to go to Shanghai, to collect his lottery prize - a brand new apartment. However, when he arrives, he is told by the developers that his apartment block will take a year and a half to complete. He decides to find a job in Shanghai and wait for his apartment to materialise...