 Although Wei has no money to run an ad on TV , the station manager is interested in her story and decides to feature Wei in a talk show special about rural education . On the talk show , Wei is nervous and hardly says a word when the host ( Li Fanfan ) addresses her , but Zhang — who has been wandering the streets begging for food — sees the show . After Wei and Zhang are reunited , the station manager arranges to have them driven back to Shuiquan village , along with a truckload of school supplies and donations that viewers had sent in . Upon their return , they are greeted by the whole village . In the final scene , Wei presents the students with several boxes of colored chalk that were donated , and allows each student to write one character on the board . The film ends with a series of title cards that recount the actions of the characters after the film ends , and describe the problem of poverty in rural education in China . 
