Pegasus (film)

Zhang Chi (Shen Teng) had dreamed of becoming a rally driver since he was a child. In his racing career, he has won the Bayanbulak Rally 5 times which represents the highest level in the country. At only 32 years old he has won the highest honour in Chinese racing and is in his prime. He gets caught up in illegal drag racing, and after being caught he is suspended from racing for five years. He is left caring for an orphan child, bringing it up as his own son, Zhang Fei - he never gives up on his racing dream, and just wants to regain his honour in front of his son as soon as he can.

So during the five-year suspension he abides by the law, relies on working at a fried-rice stall and then his book stall to support his family, and never touches a car again. Now the five years is up, he has the chance to get his racing licence back and to get back to racing. He appeals for his racing licence to be reinstated, and the decision is that his race license will automatically be reinstated once his driving license is obtained. Zhang Chi reunites with his old co-driver Sun Yuqiang (Yin Zheng), who left the team and worked odd jobs for a living. With Zhang Chi's call, he quits his job as a mascot at an amusement park, and returns to racing with Zhang Chi.

Lin Zhendong (Huang Jingyu) is the most famous rally driver today. He received racing training in England at the age of thirteen and at eighteen watched Zhang Chi race. At 20, Lin Zhendong returned to China and wanted to compete with Zhang Chi on the track, but Zhang Chi was suspended for the incident. In the past five years, Lin Zhendong became the new king of Bayanbulak Circuit. He is due to leave the Chinese arena after the next seasons racing, which is leaving him feeling unchallenged as no other competitor can keep up with him, and wants to get the answer he has been waiting five years for at this year's Bayanbulak Rally ... a battle with Zhang Chi to see who is the real king of Bayanbulak. Zhang Chi wins the rally but after he crosses the finish line his car malfunctions and he flies off a cliff. The film ends as the car is flying through the air.

• Shen Teng as Zhang Chi
• Huang Jingyu as Lin Zhengdong
• Yin Zheng as Sun Yuqiang
• Zhang Benyu as Ji Xing
• Yin Fang as Hong Kuo
• Yu Tian as Driving School Instructor
• Zhao Wenxuan (Winston Chao) as Wan Heping
• Tengger as Big Brother
• Feng Shaofeng as Japanese Drift Master
• Sui He as Sun Yuqiang's Wife
• Li Qingyu as Zhang Fei
• Xiaoxing Yi as Gao Huayang
• Niall McShea as Himself

This film is based on director Han Han's personal story and is based on the real story of Xu Lang, the enlightenment teacher of Han Han Racing. He was competing in a rally, racing for Zhengzhou Nissan, and died aged 31 years old the day after being injured when he had stopped to help a fellow racer that had crashed in a rallying accident.^[4][5] The character of Lin Zhengdong is based on Han Han's friend Zhang Zhengdong^[6] and the character of Sun Yuqiang is based on Han Han's true pilot call Sun Qiang. The word "dedication" (奉献) sees frequent use in Pegasus because Han Han wanted to use this film to tell the story of how he dedicated his life to racing.^{[citation needed]}

"Everyone can dream, but there are only a handful of people chasing dreams. Even fewer people persist to the end. The happiest thing for a person is to dedicate his life to the things he loves."^[5]

• "Half a Life" (一半人生) by Ashin.
• "How are you brother" (大哥你好吗) by Shen Teng&Tengger
• "Fei Chi De Ren Sheng" (飞驰的人生) by laolang
• "Dedication" (奉献) by Han Han
• "A Number on My Back" by John Williamson

In early August 2018, Han Han made a public announcement of Pegasus (飞驰人生) on Weibo, the early promotion of the film involved him uploading behind the scenes footage of himself and some of the main cast. A thirty-second teaser trailer was released on October 4, 2018.^[7]