A simple technician at a rural factory is mistakenly promoted to a high-level managerial position at corporate headquarters due to a series of clerical errors and a bribery scheme gone wrong.
Writing
Sharp corporate satire that stings because it's true.
Acting
Dong Chengpeng's deadpan fish-out-of-water perfection.
Production
The sterile corporate hellscape is a character itself.
Director
Dong Runnian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film became a viral phenomenon among Chinese white-collar workers who saw their own '996' culture brutally satirized.
Director Dong Runnian based the corporate structure on real conglomerates where title inflation masks hollow power; the 'Johnny' name itself is a mistranslation joke about Western corporate worship.
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