Chen Bailu is a high class prostitute who leads a self indulgent and pleasure-seeking life in a luxury hotel patronized by rich bankers, socialites and an assortment of loan sharks, gigolos, and gangsters. When her old boyfriend Fang Da-shang arrives in the city from the countryside hoping to rescue her from the decadent life she is living it sets in motion a series of events that leads Bailu on a tragic path from which there is no escape. Cao Yu for the 21st century with a breathtaking mix of touching realism and bruising physicality.

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In 2009, the work was commissioned by Macau Cultural Centre, collaborated with a group of theatre lover in Macau to adapt this classic play. In 2020, a new vision was further developed and performed at the Cao Yu Drama Festival presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department as a part of his centenary celebrations.