


No sooner has Ling expressed her deep fear of not becoming successful enough to make her mother proud than Ying is fatally injured in a road accident that miraculously leaves Ling unscathed. Surrounded by relatives obsessed with personal wealth, career opportunities and luxury goods, Ling’s painfully aware that such things were out of reach for her mother, Ying (Liu Jia), when she was young and China’s economic reforms had only just begun. Slightly awkward and immediately likable, Ling narrates her story as it begins in 2001. Now 38, Jia plays the autobiographical role of daughter Ling with such sincerity and enthusiasm it hardly matters that she’s twice the character’s age. The character Li Huanying in the movie is based on Jia Ling's late mother.Expanded from a popular TV comedy sketch Jia performed in 2016, “Hi, Mom” is based on memories of her mother, who passed away when Jia was 19. Ace co-star Shen Tang makes a special appearance. Jia Ling's fellow actor-comedian and Ace vs. Filming lasted over three months from Septemto January 7, 2020.It is based on a 2016 comedy skit made for season one of Comedy General Mobilization on Zhejiang TV which also starred Jia Ling, Chen He and Zhang Xiaofei. It is one of the movies for Chinese New Year 2021.Xiaoling assumes that she can apply ideas that are ahead of the times to broaden the world of those around her and help her mother "succeed." However, Jia Xiaoling is surprised by the outcome. As the two become inseparable, Jia Xiaoling also meets a group of good friends. In a state of emotional breakdown, Jia Xiaoling unexpectedly returns to the year 1981 and meets her mother Li Huanying (Zhang Xiaofei). One day in the year 2001, Jia Xiaoling (Jia Ling) who has just been admitted to university experiences the most unimaginable heartbreak when her mother dies from a tragic accident. However, she is able to travel through time and space to learn the story of her parents when they were young. Actress Jia Xiaoling experiences the grief of wanting to serve her parents but having lost the chance.
