Liu Dan is a Chinese actress who was born on December 4. She rose to prominence in the entertainment sphere in the early 2000s, and appeared in dramas like “Da Zhai Men” (2001) and the 2007 movie “Night Train.” More recently, she starred in the movie “Drop Your Cat” (2022) and the drama series “Discovery of Romance” (2022).

Liu Dan

Tencent

Having grown up in Leshan, Xia Guo (Zhong Chu Xi) has made a nice, comfortable life for herself, but when she receives an extraordinary job offer, she suddenly finds herself forced to make a difficult decision. Presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Xia Guo must decide whether to continue her predictable life or seize the chance to pursue a career in Shanghai. Well aware that leaving would mean leaving her boyfriend, Yu Jian (Liu Xue Yi) behind, Xia Guo must decide which path before her will lead to the brightest possible future. This 2024 Chinese drama series was directed by Han Qing and Xia Xiao Yun.

What If

Destiny Deciders

Zhang Xiao Qin

Mango TV

Ever since he was a young boy, Chen Mo Bai (Zhai Zi Lu) was obsessed with speed, and dreamed of becoming a top-level race car driver. He wants to fulfill his ambitions of becoming a leading Chinese Super Formula driver. But his family disapproves of his choice of careers, considering race driving to be too dangerous and unstable a job.

But his dreams are given a brand new lease of life when he meets the ace engineer Shen Xi (Alice Ke). The latter is going through a troubled period in her life, with her career on the rocks and family problems looming large. Can this motor racing-obsessed duo inspire one another to attain greater success as they begin to work together?

“We Go Fast On Trust” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was directed by Huang Ying Xiang.

We Go Fast On Trust

Racing Into Your Heart 

Wu Xiu Mei

iQIYI

In the year 2035, the development of artificial intelligence has progressed so far that the world now has a substantial population of humanoid robots. Entirely indistinguishable from humans, these androids have started to raise some serious concerns among the general public.

While the vast majority of the population has found more civilized ways to voice their concerns, there have been some who have decided to take more drastic measures. When a string of android murders begins to make headlines, an organization known as Mingmou is called in to investigate. Assigned to the team charged with investigating this series of murders are Cheng Nuo (Song Wei Long) and An Qiu (Vicky Chen). While Cheng Nuo is cool and level-headed, An Qiu demonstrates an exceptional level of empathy, making them an excellent team.&nbsp;

Determined to unravel the mysteries surrounding these android murders, Cheng Nuo and An Qiu quickly discover that the complexities of life itself have severely blurred the lines between human and android. Caught up in a series of cascading crises, does this dynamic duo have what it takes to rewrite the fate of both humans and androids?

Set in the not-too-distant future, “The Bionic Life” is a 2023 science fiction thriller drama directed by Leste Chen and Hsu Chao Jen.

The Bionic Life

🏃Humanoids on the Run💉

Zhang Ya

WeTV

Zheng Da Qian (Qiao Xin) is a young woman who works at an advertising company. Although she seems happy, independent, strong-minded, and carefree, she actually has low self-esteem and is wracked with worries. She comes from a smaller Northeastern town, but has been trying to make it in the big city. But when she suffers a setback in her professional life – and another blow in her love life – she finds herself hankering for home. When she receives a relocation package, however, her luck takes a turn. And when she is caught in a freak magnetic storm, things start getting strange…

She is suddenly reunited with a man she once felt affection for: Mu Zi Li (Ma Si Chao), now the owner of a small startup company. Mu Zi Li, like Zheng Da Qian, seems to most observers to be a confident and outgoing young man. But, like her, deep inside he is quite different. The duo starts to realize that the storm may have shifted time for them, somehow. But if there is a way back to the “present” for one of them, should they take it – or would it be better to stay in the world of the past?

“Winter Night” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Tian Yu.

Winter Night

Shine on Your Winter Nights

Xia Tian (Wu Qian) is a successful furniture designer. Now in her 30s, she feels that she is settled and content, and to all outside observers, she appears to have it all, including a devoted cosmetic surgeon boyfriend named Guan Xin (Yang Bing Zhuo) who hangs on her every word. Life is rosy and peaceful...until she bumps into her ex-boyfriend! This man, the head of a design company and is named Xu Ze Hao (Qin Jun Jie), turns out to be a real bother. He claims that he s still in love with her and begins to pester her to get back together.

She is frustrated with his persistence and initially just wishes he would go away. But his devotion to her appears to be true, and she begins to wonder if just maybe this man might be worth a second chance – if only he weren’t so annoying! But could her hand be forced when her doting boyfriend suddenly meets a woman from his distant past? Can love strike twice for these people? Or, when it comes to romance, is it better to let bygones be bygones?

This drama was based on a 2014 South Korean drama series of the same name.

“Discovery of Romance” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Yu Chung Chung.

Discovery of Romance

♡°Love Persists Team°♡

When Li Shi Qing (Zhao Jin Mai) awoke that fateful morning, she had no idea her life was about to change forever. Going about her day as usual, Shi Qing boarded the bus without ever giving her actions a second thought. But when the bus she was on was involved in a horrendous accident, Shi Qing had only seconds to realize that her life was about to end. Or was it?

Waking up that very same morning, going through the exact same motions, boarding the same bus, and dying in the same accident, over and over again, Shi Qing soon realizes that she has become trapped in a never-ending time loop. Desperate to find a way to escape not only the loop but her tragic fate, Shi Qing inadvertently drags fellow bus passenger, Xiao He Yun (Bai Jing Ting), into the loop with her. Together they try to find a way to alter their fate, by ensuring the bus arrives safely at its destination but attempting to do so proves anything but easy.

Just as Shi Qing and He Yun attempt to free themselves from their endless time loop, two other individuals find themselves stuck in a loop of their own. Connected by forces none can understand, the four trapped souls attempt to solve the riddles surrounding their mysterious fates. Will they be able to unravel the clues surrounding their peculiar fates or will they be stuck in these endless loops forever?

Adapted from the novel, “Kai Duan,”&nbsp;by Qi Dao Jun, “Reset” is a 2022 Chinese sci-fi thriller drama directed by Sun Mo Long.

Reset

The Unstoppable Team 🚃

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

As any working woman in this modern era can tell you, trying to find your way through the corporate jungle is no easy feat. As a corporate powerhouse, Xia Meng (Naomi Wang) can attest to that fact. Having worked harder than any man around her, Xia Meng has reached the top in her profession but even with her success, struggles inevitably follow.

Dating a man who feels insecure next to a woman as powerful as Xia Meng, she often wonders why she even bothers with him. But Xia Meng isn’t the only working woman with relationship issues. As a food blogger with a reputation for being a perfectionist, Liu Jing (Li Chun) has always struggled with finding a partner, as no one seems to be able to live up to her impossibly high standards. Anchorwoman Fang Xin (Zhang Han Yun), on the other hand, finds herself struggling with love following her divorce.

As different as each of these women are, they each share several commonalities, including facing opposition and oppression in the workplace and setbacks in their personal lives. Despite everything, can these three hard-working women rise above the challenges they face and find the happiness and fulfillment they each desire?

“Delicious Romance” is a 2021 Chinese romance drama directed by Leste Chen and Hsu Chao Jen.

Delicious Romance

 Taste the Romance

Thirty years ago, Qiao Zu Wang (Liu Jun) and his wife welcomed their fifth child into the world. But what should have been a time of rejoicing soon turned into a period of overwhelming grief as Zu Wang’s wife slipped quietly from this world. Now left to raise his five children alone, Zu Wang’s true colors were revealed. Selfish and unfeeling, Zu Wang turned all of his focus inward, leaving his children to fend for themselves.

Realizing his father would never be the man he ought to be, the eldest son, Yi Cheng (Bai Yu) voluntarily stepped into the role of caretaker. Fully aware of the fact that they were now on their own, the younger Qiao siblings, Er Qiang (Zhang Wan Yi), San Li, (Mao Xiao Tong), Si Mei (Song Zu Er), and Qi Qi (Zhou Yi Ran) came alongside their big brother, willing to do whatever was necessary to keep their family together. Despite overwhelming odds, the Qiao siblings not only survived, but thrived.&nbsp;

Now, more than three decades later, the Qiao siblings are each living their own lives, doing their best to turn their personal dreams into reality. Even as they go their own way, the bonds they formed during childhood remain strong as they continue to support each other through the endless challenges of life.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Wei Xi, “The Bond” is a 2021 family life drama directed by Zhang Kai Zhou.

The Bond

 A Family of 7️⃣

Tormented by rumors about her elder sister Qiao Bai Yu's death, teenager Qiao Qing Yu (Zhang Jing Yi) and her family move away from their village to the province's capital. However, Qing Yu still has her suspicions about what happened, and eventually teams up with her new classmate Ming Sheng (Zhou Yi Ran) to help her investigate the truth. Together, Qing Yu and Ming Sheng discover what really happened to Bai Yu, heal old family wounds... and even find love. This 2024 Chinese drama was directed by Liu Zi Wei and adapted from the web novel "Huan Yu" by Qiang Yu.

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