Somewhere in Northeastern, China, where everything is covered in snow for most of the year, Chen (Wang Qian-Yuan), who supervises recreational activities at factory, fights for custody of his daughter against his estranged wife (Jang Shin-Yeong). The court allows their daughter who she wants to live with. The daughter then makes the announcement that she will live with whomever provides her a piano. Chen attempts to borrow money from friends and even steal a piano, but all those plans fail. He think comes up with the idea to build a piano from scratch...