Chen Kun is a celebrated Chinese actor, singer and author. Born on February 4, 1976, he made his acting debut in the 1999 film “The National Anthem” and then rose to fame with his role in the 2001 television drama “Love in Shanghai.” Other famous roles include the films “The Knot” (2006), “Painted Skin” (2008), “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” (2012) and “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013). Chen Kun sang many of the soundtracks to his television dramas and also released three studio albums. He established his own agency, K Pictures, in 2010 and founded a charity called Power to Go, which promotes a healthy lifestyle by encouraging people to go outdoors and walk. As an author, he has written many books, becoming the first actor to make China’s Writers Rich List.

Chen Kun

The year is 228 of the Common Era, and China is divided into Three Kingdoms, which find themselves at odds with each other. A seemingly decisive battle has just taken place, with the Shu army clashing with the Wei. But military leaders in the state of Shu believe that the battle’s result was swayed by a campaign of misinformation – with faulty information leading to a critical misjudgment. They believe that this was all masterminded by Chen Gong (Chen Kun), a powerful spy believed to be located somewhere in Wei lands.

The Shu leaders respond by dispatching their own spy – the counter-intelligence ace Xun Xu (Bai Yu). But when Xun Xu tracks down Chen Gong, he learns that the mole may in fact be a spy known as the Candle Dragon. Worse still, the Candle Dragon has put plans into place that could help his masters get their hands on the blueprints for a powerful new crossbow. If the enemy captures these designs, its army could be equipped with these powerful weapons, swinging the tide of the war in their favor...once and for all. Xun Xu and Chen Gong have no choice but to join forces. And the spy duo must act quickly, cracking codes, and evading traps at every step – if they are to save their realm from ruin!

“The Wind Blows from Longxi” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Lu Yang.

The Wind Blows from Longxi

🍃 Leaves in the Wind 🍃

Having met with overwhelming success as a regional sales director at Jieke, a major multi-national company poised to claim a lion’s share of the Chinese market, Zhou Rui (Chen Kun) is thrilled when he learns his business acumen has granted him a huge promotion. Transferring to the company’s headquarters in Beijing, Zhou Rui is dazzled by the endless opportunities that await him. However, it doesn’t take long for him to realize that this glittering new life of his comes at a cost.

Deprived of the sales team he personally trained, Zhou Rui has only his most trusted aide, Fang Wei (Zhang You Hao) beside him. To make matters worse, Zhou Rui has recently been assigned an impossible task, with an equally impossible deadline. With pressure mounting from his boss, Zhou Rui’s only hope of survival lies in landing a huge deal with one of the country’s most prestigious banks. Working against the odds, Zhou Rui approaches the bank with a lucrative offer, only to discover that their biggest competitor, Huikang, has been working on a deal with the bank for more than a year. As if to add insult to injury, Zhou Rui soon learns that heading up the opposition’s cutthroat team is none other than his first love, Luo Jia (Xin Zhi Lei).

Overwhelmed by impossible odds and distracted by Luo Jia’s sudden return to his life, Zhou Rui must find a way to rise above the opposition, if he’s ever going to succeed. Will he be able to achieve the impossible, or will this life in the fast lane prove to be too much?

Adapted from the novel “Win or Lose” by Fu Yao, “Win The Future” is a 2021 romantic Chinese drama directed by Zhang Li.

Win The Future

The Team Winning Future

When unhappy circumstances force Feng Zhi Wei (Ni Ni) to run away from her powerful family, she must seek help from Prince Ning Yi (Chen Kun). This Prince has been wronged, and seeks to find the truth about mysteries from his past and attain justice. The Prince orders Zhi Wei to disguise herself as a man and gain admission to the elite, all-male Qingming Academy so she can become an advisor to the Emperor. As the political intrigue and deceit thicken, love begins to bloom between Zhi Wei and the Ning Yi — but will their paths lead them to happiness… or ruin? This 2018 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Tian Xia Gui Yuan and directed by Liu Hai Bo and Shen Yan.

The Rise of Phoenixes

Rise from the Ashes

Ning Yi

As a single, career-driven woman, Li Yu Ran (Kwai Lun Mei) had everything she needed in life to be happy. A successful attorney, with a well-established practice, she had the income to do what she pleased, whenever she pleased, and she never once had to worry about anyone other than herself. While there might have been those in her life who wished she would shift her focus to a more domesticated lifestyle, Yu Ran was happy and she had no intention of changing anything anytime soon. But fate, it would seem, had other plans.

Involved in a horrific car accident, Yu Ran wakes to find herself trapped in a horrifying alternate reality. No longer single, nor an attorney, Yu Ran is now the full-time housewife of Zhang Tao (Chen Kun), a demanding architect and the mother of his two difficult children. With no idea how she got here or how she’s ever going to find a way back to her old life, Yu Ran has little choice but to accept her fate.

Taking on the challenges of married life and motherhood, Yu Ran does her best; but stepping into a life you never imagined for yourself isn’t easy. Will she find a way to adjust to her new life or will she find a way to return to the one she left behind?

An entertaining story full of “what ifs”, “Beautiful Accident” is a 2017 comedy drama film directed by Ho Wi Ding.

Beautiful Accident

💍Oops, I woke up married Team

Liu Bo (Chen Kun) is a man with heavy gambling debts. He has teamed up with Xu Dong (Qin Hao) Four Eyes (Yu En Tai), his former schoolmates to launch a business venture. They have decided to follow along with a food craze and open a hot pot eatery. For their restaurant location, they decided to use a converted bomb shelter in a built-up urban area. But trade is not going well and they consider selling the business and cutting their losses. An interested buyer wants to buy the place, but only if they expand it before selling. They decide to do so, but accidentally drill through a wall leading to a neighboring bank’s money-filled vaults!

The friends are suddenly faced with a dilemma – should they take the money and run, or confess to their mistake? By chance, they discover that Yu Xiao Hui (Bai Bai He), another former classmate, happens to work at the bank, and agrees to help them patch up the damage before the bank finds out and alerts the police that there has been a break-in. But clearing up after this chaotic mess turns out to be a much bigger job than any of these former schoolmates could have imagined!

“Chongqing Hot Pot” is a 2016 Chinese movie that was written and directed by Yang Qing.

Chongqing Hot Pot

🍜​💰 Golden Hot Pot Team 💰🍜

Wanda Pictures, Huayi Brothers

Hu Ba Yi (Chen Kun) and Wang Kai Xuan (Huang Bo) are enjoying the retired life in Manhattan after a life filled with dangerous, yet exciting tomb raids. 

One day a mysterious stranger approaches them about investigating the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess to help undo a dangerous curse, and the team just can't resist. 

Will the two retired tomb raiders, and Hu Ba Yi’s fiance, Shirley Yang (Shu Qi), be able to release the ancient curse, or are they in over their heads? 

"Mojin - The Lost Legend" is a 2015 action-fantasy thriller film based on the novel "Ghost Blows Out The Light."

Mojin - The Lost Legend

♞ Candle Knights ♘

Hu Ba Yi

How much will a legendary warrior risk to save his people and the woman he loves?

Zhong Kui (Chen Kun) is a fabled warrior with mysterious powers. The minor deity Zhang Diao Xian (Winston Chao), who controls the city of Hu, dispatches Kui to Hell to steal the valuable artifact known as the Dark Crystal and rid the city of all demons. 

While carrying out his mission, Kui learns that his long-lost love Snow Girl (Li Bing Bing) has been enslaved in Hell. When Snow Girl is then sent from Hell to the city of Hu to retrieve the Dark Crystal, the couple face off on opposite sides. Where will their loyalties lie when their feelings for one another get in the way of their missions?

“Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal” is a 2015 Chinese film directed by Peter Pau and Zhao Tian Yu.

Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

Zhong Kui

Huayi Brothers

Will his first case be his last?

Detective Dee Ren Jie (Mark Chao) arrives in the capital city of Luoyang to work as an officer of the law, known as the Da Lisi. A sea monster has been terrorizing the town, and city officials have chosen the most beautiful courtesan, Yin Rui Ji (Angelababy), to be offered as a sacrifice to the sea monster. Empress Wu Ze Tian (Carina Lau) demands that Yu Chi Zhen Jin (Feng Shao Feng), the Chief Minister of Da Lisi, investigate the sea monster or he himself will be executed. 

When Detective Dee saves Rui Ji from being sacrificed to the sea monster, he is imprisoned by Yu Chi. Sha Tuo Zhong (Lin Geng Xin), the prison doctor, helps Dee escape from prison and investigate the mysterious sea monster. 

When the sea monster is somehow tied to Yuan Zhen (Kim Bum), Rui Ji’s lover, can the two lovers help Detective Dee uncover the sinister conspiracy that leads straight to the Imperial family?

“Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” is a 2013 Chinese drama series produced, directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. It is a prequel to Tsui’s 2010 hit film “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.” The film was followed by the sequel “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” (2018).

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