Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar

The May 1998 riots mostly targets Chinese Indonesians. Merry Riana's family flee to the airport, where her father sells clothes and other riches in order to buy Merry a boarding pass to Singapore, asking her to study and live happily there. At Singapore, the overwhelmed Merry meets Irene, her high school friend, who shelters Merry illegally at her dorm room. She was later caught by the guard, and after a discussion, Merry decides to study at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in order to legally stay at Irene's room. However, she must pay the expensive student loan. Irene's friend Alva promises to be her loan guarantor, but with the condition that she get a job. Irene defends her, but Merry insists and frustratingly searches for a job. She eventually becomes a brochure sharer, although Alva has signed the agreement anyway. Because she doesn't have a student pass, the store was later taken down; because evidence is limited, the manager tells her to disguise herself.

Irene reveals to her that she has a crush on Alva and plans a date with him, however Alva is with Merry finding her a new job, and they, without each others' knowledge, fall in love with each other. Merry is hired at Success Forever, a company which promises monetary miracles. She brings Alva there, and it turns out the company was a scam. Merry nearly gives up, but Alva tells her that failures are essential for success. He brings her to the Singapore Flyer, where she is hired as janitor. Alva shares to her a novel s.h.m.i.l.y ("see how much I love you.") Merry refuses to accept his proposal. At the dorm, Irene kicks Merry out for being with Alva at the Flyer, assumingly romantic. Merry rushes to Alva's address to bring him and clarify things to Irene, but a naysaying guard claims Alva does not live in the address, when he is at a factory he is hired in. Irene leaves the dorm for Merry on anguish. Merry moves on from Irene, motivated by Alva, who shows her an online trading platform she can profit from.

At Valentine's night, Alva plans to propose Merry. Merry tells Alva of airline she can trade with. He disagrees, calling out her greed. Merry says that she is done being poor, assuming Alva has never been poor. Triggered, Alva leaves, and hands the wedding ring to an old street artist. Days later, she learns that the airline had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Her mother surprised her at the dorm, and tells her that she must finish what she started. To be resilient, she becomes an accountant; one of her customers, Mrs. Noor, helps her pay quarter of the loan.

One day, the street artist gives Alva's wedding ring to Merry who happens to be passing by; she reveals that Alva referred to her as "Shmily Merry." Merry runs to the Flyer and tells Alva that she loves him and apologizes for her arrogance; Alva accepts. Years later, she graduated, and they later marry.

• "Sempurnalah Cinta" – Andien & Marcell
• "Sempurnalah Cinta" (solo version) – Marcell Siahaan

• Dion Wiyoko as Alva
• Chelsea Islan as Merry Riana/Merry
• Karim Niniek as Miss Noor
• Kimberly Rider as Irene Lee (Irren)
• Selen Fernandes as Hars (security eater lollypop)
• Mike Lucock as Success Forever Office Manajer
• Chyntia Lamusu as Merry Riana's Mother
• Tuti Mentari as Women who playing old violin
• Ferry Salim as Merry Riana's father

Special appearance

• Julia Perez as office manager
• Bella Garnier
• Merry Riana

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