Character Relationship Map: Keep Cool

Characters

• Zhao Xiaoshuai (played by Jiang Wen) — protagonist

  A bookseller obsessed with his ex-lover An Hong. His persistent but clumsy pursuit leads to a beating by nightclub owner Liu Delong, a forced compensation dispute with Mr. Zhang, and a failed revenge...

• An Hong (played by Qu Ying) — supporting

  Zhao Xiaoshuai's volatile ex-lover. She alternates between rejecting and accepting his advances, temporarily invites him over for a tryst that is ruined by a megaphone interruption, and later becomes...

• Liu Delong (played by Liu Xinyi) — supporting

  A nightclub owner and An Hong's new boyfriend. He hires thugs to assault Zhao Xiaoshuai, later agrees to compensate Mr. Zhang, and appears at a restaurant where he is unexpectedly injured by a falling...

• Junk Peddler (played by Zhang Yimou) — supporting

  A vendor initially hired by Zhao Xiaoshuai to publicly declare his love for An Hong. He later absconds and employs a poet to interrupt Xiaoshuai and An Hong's private encounter, highlighting the chaot...

• Restaurant Customer (played by Fu Biao) — minor

Key Relationships

• Liu Delong → Restaurant Customer (Conflict Accident Victim)
• Zhao Xiaoshuai → Restaurant Customer (Social Bystander)
• Zhao Xiaoshuai → Junk Peddler (Professional Employer)
• Liu Delong → Zhao Xiaoshuai (Conflict Physical Attacker)
• An Hong → Liu Delong (Romantic New Couple)
• Zhao Xiaoshuai → An Hong (Romantic Ex-Lovers)

Story Analysis

A chaotic comedy of errors where a bookseller's obsessive pursuit and failed revenge plot entangle him with his ex-lover's new boyfriend and a stranger over a broken laptop.

Plot Progression

1. The Obsessive Pursuit
2. The Laptop Entanglement
3. The Revenge Setup
4. Accidental Retribution