Zhang Han

After finding a mystical dagger in a forest, Han Zi Qing (Zhu Xu Dan) finds herself thrust into a strange world with a new identity as the Prime Minister's illegitimate daughter. Through a series of peculiar events, Zi Qing ends up in the running to become the princess consort to the fourth prince Jun Bei Yue (Zhang Han), a fearsome warrior nicknamed the War God of Tianming who possesses a dagger that looks like the one Zi Qing saw in the forest. Despite opposition from the court, Bei Yue selects Zi Qing as his wife-to-be, thrusting Zi Qing into a complex web of politics and conflict as she searches for a way to return home. Zi Qing must work with Bei Yue to uncover the mystery behind her transmigration and defeat evil forces that threaten the stability of the kingdom, but she might end up falling in love, too! This 2024 Chinese fantasy romance drama was directed by Cheng Yuan Hai, adapted from a novel by Mao Xiao Mao.

Fateful Love

Jun Bei Yue

Dragon TV

Workaholic fashion mogul Tang Mingxuan (Zhang Han) is all but married to his job, leaving little time for anything in his personal life. Everything changes when he meets Mo Fei (Xu Lu), a passionate embroidery artist, at a design fair, with whom he shares an immediate attraction. However, they’re both professionals dedicated to their existing plans – Mingxuan focusing on his business in China and Fei heading to Paris to study – and the relationship goes no further. When they later reunite for a European fashion venture, their professional partnership evolves into a deeply personal connection, challenging their long-held aspirations and changing their lives forever. This 2021 Chinese drama was directed by Tien Jen Huang.

Sunshine of My Life

You Are My Good Days

A successful lawyer, with a great career, Ruan Man Jun (Kan Qing Zi) was living the good life. With a bright future ahead of her and a good man at her side, she had it all. Everything in her life was perfect, until the day her boyfriend’s company fell into a major financial crisis.

Desperate to help, Man Jun was willing to do everything in her power to keep her boyfriend’s company from ruin, but in the process the lines between right and wrong were blurred. Suddenly finding herself on the wrong side of the law, Man Jun had no choice but to accept the consequences of her actions. Disgraced, disbarred, and sentenced to prison, Man Jun lost everything for the sake of love.

Now, having served her time, Man Jun is free to return to the life she once lived, but it doesn’t take long for her to realize that everything has changed. With her ex-boyfriend married, her career gone, and no chance of picking up the pieces of her old life, Man Jun is forced to carry on alone. At least until she meets Tong Zhuo Yao (Zhang Han).

Scarred from his own traumatic past, Zhuo Yao recognizes a kindred spirit in Man Jun and wants to help; but she is determined to go through life standing on her own two feet. Strong and independent, Man Jun is ready to take on the world, but that doesn’t mean she can’t use a little emotional support, from time to time.

Adapted from the novel written by Bai Jin Hu, “If Paris Downcast” is a 2018 romantic melodrama directed by Yu Zhong Zhong.

If Paris Downcast

Team Hope in Love

Hunan TV

She has more than work on her mind.

Wen Nuan (Janine Chang) decides to quit her high-paying job in England to work as an executive assistant to the founder of a high-tech company in China. Zhan Nan Xian (Zhang Han) started the company with his classmates and used his financial savvy to weather the economic downturn and keep the company successful.

It turns out that Wen Nuan and Nan Xian were in a relationship in the past. Can Wen Nuan make herself indispensable to Nan Xian in both his work and his life? 

“Here to Heart” is a 2018 Chinese drama series. It is based on the novel Warm Chord by An Ning.

Here to Heart

JSTV

Some lives are just destined for greatness. Set in 1930s Shanghai, Gu Yan Mei (Zhang Han) is the youngest of four Gu brothers who are working break into the film industry. He follows his third brother, Gu Ruo Xia (Kevin Tan), to Singapore to grow their film business. However, when war breaks out, the brothers decide to move their film production base to Hong Kong.

Yan Mei takes the reigns of the family business and grows it to become the leading film production company in Hong Kong, gaining fame as the “Czar of Asian Movies.” His illustrious life also is marked by his love for three women, Hu Bi Yu (Jia Qing), Mei Gui (Joe Chen) and Qu Meng (Song Yi), as well as his generous philanthropic contributions.

“The Legendary Tycoon” is a 2017 Chinese drama series. It is based on the life of Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist who founded Shaw Brothers Studio and is considered one of the most influential people in the Asian entertainment industry prior to his death in 2014.

The Legendary Tycoon

Gone with the Shirt Team

Gu Yan Mei

Aloof conglomerate CEO Feng Teng (Zhang Han) cares only about one person: his younger sister Feng Yue (Zhang Yang Guo Er). When she falls ill and needs a blood transfusion, Feng Teng desperately searches for a donor – eventually finding one among his employees, Xue Shan Shan (Zhao Li Ying). Shan Shan agrees to help, and Feng Yue recovers. But instead of paying Shan Shan for her kindness in cash, Feng Teng’s sister suggests that he sends her delicious lunchtime meals instead. He agrees, and Shan Shan is delighted to receive all this free food! However, what she doesn’t know is that Feng Teng has started secretly watching her savor every mouthful of the food he sends her, and her joyous eating causes him to fall for her! Will this bizarre lunchtime ritual pave the way to workplace romance? This 2014 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Gu Man and was directed by Liu Jun Jie.

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