"Be There or Be Square" is a comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang. The film tells the love story between two Beijingers living in the United States. Liu Yuan, a Beijing native, has immigrated to Los Angeles for many years, but he has never had a serious job. He struggles with eating, drinking and drinking every day, and the way of earning money is mostly related to Chinese people. On this day, he was in charge of receiving a film crew from China. During his work, he met Li Qing, a girl who was also from Beijing. That day the big house was robbed by thugs, and Li Qing was too frightened to go back. After Liu Yuan found out, he took Li Qing into his RV, and the two Beijingers, who were also down-and-out, cherished each other. Liu Yuan advised Li Qing to return home. But Li Qing didn't go back. Another year later, the two met unexpectedly, and Liu Yuan invited Li Qing to a travel agency run by a friend. As a result, the two were both detained for receiving illegal immigrants. This unpleasant experience caused the two to fall out completely. But Liu Yuan couldn't let go of Li Qing anymore, he kept trying to find Li Qing, and finally after being published in a newspaper, the two met again, and the two who understood each other boarded the flight to Beijing together