Zhu Yi Long

He Fei (Zhu Yi Long) and his wife, Li Mu Zi (Huang Zi Qi) are celebrating their first marriage anniversary at a resort in Southeast Asia. The happy occasion quickly turns chilling when Mu Zi goes missing and the local police refuse to investigate, believing there isn't enough evidence of a crime, which leaves He Fei furious. However, He Fei wakes up one morning to find a strange woman next to him, claiming to be his wife! Suspecting that something strange is going on, He Fei hires successful attorney Chen Mai (Ni Ni) to help him figure out the truth behind Mu Zi's disappearance. As layers of mysteries unfold, everyone realizes that absolutely nothing is as it seems. This is a 2022 Chinese film directed by Cui Rui and Liu Xiang, adapted from Alexey Korenev's film "A Trap for Lonely Man."

Lost in the Stars

He Fei

Having recently been released from prison, Mo San Mei (Zhu Yi Long) finds himself facing an uncertain future. As an unmarried thirty-something ex-convict, his father considers him a disgrace to the family and his sister isn’t much better. But despite his father’s disappointment, he still sees fit to give San Mei a chance to turn his life around.

Hoping to retire, San Mei’s father decides the time has come to pass the family business along to his wayward son. Without any real say in the matter, San Mei finds himself the new director of the family’s small funeral home. Living and working at the funeral parlor, San Mei settles comfortably enough into his new life. But things take an extremely unexpected turn the day Wu Xiao Wen (Yang En You) walks into his life.

Abandoned by her relatives after the death of her grandmother, San Mei has no choice but to take Xiao Wen in. With absolutely no idea what he’s doing, can this ex-con find a way to become the father this little girl needs?

A truly charming story about life, love, and loss, “Lighting Up The Stars” is a 2022 Chinese drama comedy film directed by Liu Jiang Jiang.

Lighting Up the Stars

Giving Hope

In Wuhan, China, at the epicenter of what will eventually become the global coronavirus pandemic, a group of ordinary folks is trying to get to grips with a brand new way of life. Lockdowns and hygiene laws are starting to be imposed – dividing some families and bringing others closer together. As the health crisis begins to intensify, four groups of people prove that heroes come in all shapes and sizes – and prove that while suffering is inevitable, the human spirit is indomitable.

A Yong (Huang Bo) is a courier who finds a new calling in his line of work: transporting vital supplies to the city’s beleaguered hospitals. Meanwhile, also in the world of delivery, Wu Ge (Jia Ling) is a food delivery worker who gets to know a piano teacher. There is also a couple in the autumn of their lives – a restaurant owner and former medic – who discover a new depth to their relationship as society begins to close down around them. Small business owners also wonder what will become of their travel agency and supermarket. As case numbers rise, so too does the love – with everyone determined to keep smiling, no matter what!

“Embrace Again” is a 2021 Chinese movie that was directed by Xiao Lu Xue.

Embrace Again

The Everyday Heroes

For the past ten years, the Yunjiang Tunnel Project has been diligently burrowing its way through the porous heart of Yudang Mountain. Nestled in the ruggedly beautiful county of Yunjiang, in the Southwestern province of Guizhou, Yudang and its surrounding peaks are the result of eons of volcanic activity. As the Yunjiang Tunnel Project draws to a close, the surrounding area is rocked by a series of geological disasters which threaten the lives of the nearly 160,000 people who call this region home.

As a member of the China Railway Construction team, Hong Yung Bing (Huang Zhi Zhong) has dedicated the past ten years of his life to the tunnel’s construction. With an entire decade’s worth of work and countless lives now threatened, Yung Bing teams up with his son, geo-engineer Hong Yi Zhou (Zhu Yi Long) to save them all. Going up against Mother Nature herself, the only way this estranged father and son stand a chance of winning is if they learn to put aside their differences. But overcoming an entire lifetime of shared trauma and guilt takes time and time is a luxury neither currently possesses.&nbsp;

With the entire region being rocked by everything from earthquakes and landslides to ground fissures and mudslides, the future of this region is woefully bleak. Will father and son find a way to save both the people and themselves, or will their efforts ultimately cost them everything?

A non-stop thrill ride of cataclysmic proportions, “Cloudy Mountain” is a 2021 Chinese disaster film directed by Li Jun.

Cloudy Mountain

Mango TV

Three female friends –&nbsp;Li Si Yu (Liu Shi Shi), Gu Xiao Ling (Chen Mi Qi), and Yu Meng (Kan Qing Zi) – have a close bond and a shared goal: to make a success of their busy urban lives.

But their lives have taken very different paths, and now present them with a host of very different obstacles.

Li Si Yu is a focused woman with a brilliant career as a sales rep. She thinks she has met her perfect match in a boyfriend who also has a successful career. However, when he suddenly loses his job, the pressure starts to take a toll on their relationship.

Things are a little different for Gu Xiao Ling, who has been holding out for Mr. Right. Beautiful and attractive, she has always relied on her many charms to help her on her quest, but she discovers that age is no longer on her side…until she meets a certain someone.

Yun Meng, meanwhile, wants a quiet life. She has a husband and adoring young daughter, as well as an unassuming office job. But things take an unexpected turn when she discovers that her husband is having an affair. Things get even worse when he finds his job is under threat and then falls ill. Can Yun Meng forgive his wrongdoings?

Will the trio find happiness? And can their friendship help them through the rough times – and the smooth?

“To Dear Myself” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was co-directed by Ren Zhong, Den Zhing, and Fu Ce Xin.

To Dear Myself

My Dear Myself

Youku

A decade has passed since the now-famous “iron triangle” tomb raiders Wu Xie (Zhu Yi Long), Wang Pang Zi (Chen Ming Hao), and Zhang Qi Ling (Huang Jun Jie) went on their last tomb-raiding mission at the heart of the South China Sea.

Ten years later, the friends have gone their own ways and think they have turned their backs on tomb raiding forever.

The hardened Wu Xie has been struggling to recover from a debilitating lung-related illness. But when he receives a mysterious text from his adventure-loving third uncle, he decides to call upon the help of the two other members of the iron triangle to investigate.

What they discover is a whole new world full of danger, intrigue, supernatural forces, scheming villains, and fearsome beasts – all of which could pose an existential threat to the whole world.

The gang isn’t getting any younger, but can they start up where they left off all those years ago to complete this – their most dangerous mission yet?

This drama is the follow-up to 2018’s “The Lost Tomb 2” and the third installment in a series that began with “The Lost Tomb” in 2015.

“The Sound of Providence” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Pan An Zi.

The Sound of Providence

In a compilation of seven short films, seven directors explore the history of modern China and its people, going back to the 1940s and the aftermath of World War II, on the eve of the birth of the People’s Republic of China, through to the 1960s, the 1980s, the 1990s, and finally the 2010s, with stars like Song Jia and Ou Hao making appearances.

The first film focuses on an engineer struggling to organize a ceremony to mark the birth of the nation and the second tells the story of a love-sick nuclear scientist. In the third film, a young boy does what he can to help his neighborhood watch the gold medal match of the women’s volleyball competition in the 1984 Olympic Games.

The remaining films focus on more recent events, including two groups of people preparing for the handover of Hong Kong by the British colonial government in 1997. There is another Olympic story in a film about events surrounding the 2008 Olympics, which were held in Beijing, as a taxi driver decides to gift a ticket he had bought for his own son to another boy.

In the sixth film, two homeless boys watch a spectacular space mission in the 2010s. And in the final film, a female air force pilot attempts to ensure that a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War goes off without a hitch

“My People, My Country” is a 2019 Chinese movie that was directed by Chen Kai Ge,&nbsp;Zhang Yi Bai,&nbsp;Guan Hu,&nbsp;Xue Xiao Lu,&nbsp;Xu Zheng,&nbsp;Ning Hao, and Wen Mu Ye.

My People, My Country

The Patriots Team

Dragon TV

New to the world of real estate, Cheng Zhen Zhen (Angelababy) is an enthusiastic rookie agent determined to become the very best in her field. Joining a local real estate agency, 'Love and Family', as an entry-level associate, Zhen Zhen is soon paired with another low-level rookie, Shao Peng Cheng (Deng Lun). The only child of the company’s president, Peng Cheng has decided to keep his true identity as secret as he attempts to climb the ranks of the company, in an ongoing effort to prove his worth.

Together Zhen Zhen and Peng Cheng set out to make their dreams come true, neither one of them realizing just how personal the world of real estate can be. Diving into the wide world of home buying and selling, Zhen Zhen and Peng Cheng soon find themselves caught up in the swirling emotions that come with home ownership.

Sharing in the joys and sorrows of their client’s lives, while facing trials of their own, Zhen Zhen and Peng Cheng come to learn several valuable lessons about life, love, what it really takes to make dreams come true.

“My True Friend” is a 2019 romantic drama directed by Zhang Si Lin.

My True Friend

True Lovers

Hunan TV

Following the tragic and untimely death of her concubine mother, Sheng Ming Lan’s (Zhao Li Ying) life becomes a nightmare. Her stepmother and half-siblings mistreat her, leaving her seething from the injustice, and longing for revenge on those responsible for her mother’s downfall. However, Ming Lan is constantly looked down upon, despite her beauty and keen wits. She decides to pretend that she is content with her fate, but will secretly devise a way to bring down those who wronged her mother. Fate shines on Ming Lan when she meets Gu Tingye (Feng Shao Feng), the hedonistic but determined son of the Marquis of Ningyuan, eventually falling in love and marrying. Tingye hopes to help his beloved take her revenge. But as evil schemes begin to unfold, will they succeed in their shared goal? This 2018 Chinese drama, based on the novel of the same name by Guan Xin Ze Luan, was directed by Zhang Kai Zhou.

The Story of Ming Lan

MEI DAXIA  (大俠)

Qi Heng

A young woman yearns to learn about her past and finds a story she didn’t expect.

Lin Jing Yun (An Yue Xi) is a food critic and food magazine editor based in France. She travels to Shanghai to explore the local cuisines and rediscover her heritage. What she finds is an old family diary belonging to a woman named Duan Tian Ying (An Yue Xi), who lived during 1930s Shanghai. 

In the diary, Tian Ying talks about her torn feelings between the gentle Xu Xing Cheng (Kevin Chu) and the arrogant Luo Fu Sheng (Zhu Yi Long). However, Hong Lan (Eva Cheng) has a secret crush on Fu Sheng and Duan Tian Ci (Alen Fang) is in love with Tian Ying and will do anything to protect her.

What will Jing Yun discover about her own history through this diary?

“Granting You a Dreamlike Life” is a 2018 Chinese drama series. It is based on a novel by Chen Ju Zi.

Granting You a Dreamlike Life

🌟 You Are My Sunshine 🌟

Luo Fu Sheng / Cheng Mu Sheng / Luo Qin Geng

Supersleuth Zhao Yunlan (Bai Yu) meets unsuspecting university professor Shen Wei (Zhu Yi Long) and the two men are drawn together. They strike up a close – if somewhat unconventional – friendship. But they soon find themselves at the heart of a high-stakes supernatural battle involving mysterious evil foes. The evil mastermind behind the scenes is the mysterious and powerful Black Robe, who bears no small resemblance to Shen Wei. Will the heroic duo’s unique talents – and special bond – help them outwit the forces of darkness?

"Guardian" is a 2018 Chinese drama produced by Zhou Yuanzhou.

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