Xiǎoshídài fǎnyìngle Shànghǎi báilǐng de xiāofèi shēnghuó.
Tiny Times reflects the consumer lifestyle of Shanghai white-collar workers.
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The title riffs on 大时代 (Great Age) — deliberately 'small' in scope, focused on personal lives rather than grand narrative. A touchstone for conversations about 拜金 (money-worshipping) media in the 2010s.
Novel trilogy by Guo Jingming (郭敬明) published 2008-2011, adapted into four films directed by Guo himself and released 2013-2015. Centers on four Shanghai university friends navigating fashion, luxury, and romance. Commercially huge (box-office total around 1.8 billion yuan) but divided critics over perceived materialism.
