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“Desert Rose” Ye Liu Xi (Ni Ni) is blighted with amnesia and desperately wants to discover the truth about her past. Chang Dong (Bai Yu) is wracked with anxiety after a mysterious desert storm left his 18-member team seemingly buried underneath the hot desert sand two years ago. When their paths cross, Chang Dong realizes that Ye Liu Xi could help him discover the truth about what happened to his ill-fated team. She, meanwhile, thinks that this battle-scarred warrior could help her find the answers she’s after. But the closer this duo gets to the truth, the deeper into the fiery desert they must go – and the heart of the desert turns out to be full of unspeakable dangers. Can they find the answers they are looking for...or will they suffer the same gruesome fate as Chang Dong’s team? 

“Parallel World” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was based on a hit novel by Wei Yu and directed by Su Chao Bin.

Parallel World

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

Chen Mai / Shen Man

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On the day her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Lin Zhao Xi’s (Zhang Zi Feng) heart is broken. Already suffering a fatal blow, her heart almost shatters completely once she learns that her long-time crush, Chu Pei Zhi (Steven Zhang) is going abroad to further his studies. Unable to follow Pei Zhi abroad, unsure of how to help her father, and miserable with the life she’s made for herself thus far, Zhao Xi finds herself sinking into a veritable pit of despair. But when she stumbles upon a mysterious mathematical formula, everything changes in an instant.

Transported to a parallel world, Zhao Xi finds she’s reverted to her twelve-year-old self. Realizing she has the ability to change her fate in this new world, Zhao Xi decides to follow her heart. With the help of her father, Zhao Xi allows herself to pursue her long-hidden love of mathematics. After participating in the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Camp, Zhao Xi returns to her current world but is soon-after transported back to another parallel universe. This time a high school senior, Zhao Xi finds herself relying on Pei Zhi to help her find the courage she needs to face life.

Learning more about herself with every trip she takes, Zhao Xi once again returns to her real world. With the lessons she’s learned, will she finally have the courage she needs to change her fate?

Adapted from the web novel “Genius Fundamentals” by Zhang Er, “The Heart of Genius” is a 2022 Chinese science-fiction romance directed by Shen Yan.

The Heart of Genius

🌏A genius' world 🌏

Poon Shing Fung (Andy Lau) is one of the Hong Kong police force’s most brilliant bomb disposal. When he and his team discover a deadly device at a public site, the stakes are high. Despite his team’s efforts to defuse the device, it detonates, leaving him with crippling injuries. Distraught, he leaves the force.

But several years later, a gang of terrorist bombers named Vendetta is on the loose. When the police find Poon Shing Fung unconscious at the site of a Vendetta attack, they investigate, suspecting him of turning terrorist and joining the group. But Poon Shing Fung’s memory has been badly affected by the blast – he cannot clearly recall if he is indeed a member of Vendetta or an undercover cop trying to take the organization down. He also cannot remember his years as a police officer. What ensues is a deadly battle between police officers – including Pong Ling (Ni Ni), Poon Shing Fung’s ex-girlfriend and the head of the Counter-Terrorism Response Unit and his former bomb disposal partner Tung Cheuk Man (Sean Lau) – and the terrorists. When Vendetta hatches a plan to detonate a small nuclear-powered device named Davy Crockett in the city, this trio might be Hong Kong’s only hope of salvation. But where do Poon Shing Fung’s loyalties really lie?

“Shock Wave 2” is a 2020 Hong Kong movie that was written and directed by Herman Yau.

Shock Wave 2

Ten thousand years ago the God of War, Jiu Chen (Chang Chen), fought the vile demon lord in a battle so intense, it pushed him to the outermost edge of his limits. Desperate to save the world from the all-consuming evil of the demon lord, Jiu Chen fought with all his might and in the end, managed to seal the foul demon away for good.

Exhausted after his victory, the God of War fell into a deep slumber, his sleep a guarantee to the people that they were safe. And so they were until the young fairy maiden, Ling Xi (Ni Ni), accidentally wakes him from his slumber.

Despite his irritation at being disturbed, Jiu Chen can’t help but notice the fair maiden’s beauty. Smitten from the very beginning, the two soon fall in love but their happiness together is short-lived. Born with an evil miasma that can free the demon lord from Jiu Chen’s seal, Ling Xi is the living embodiment of everything evil in the world; her very existence, a dangerous threat to the world.

Encouraged by the gods to end the world’s suffering before it begins, Jiu Chen has two choices before him: save the woman he loves, or let the world fall to darkness. Forced to make an impossible decision, Jiu Chen struggles against his destiny, knowing that whatever he chooses, the fate of the world rests solely in his hands.

“Love and Destiny” is a 2019 historical fantasy romance drama directed by Lin Yu Fen.

Love and Destiny

Divine Destiny

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

Feng Zhi Wei

In a time of great unrest, many rely on the strength of the local constables to maintain some semblance of order. Among these men of honor is Wan Yi Zhang (Aarif Rahman), a rookie constable with much more enthusiasm than actual experience. Often hazed by his superiors, Yi Zhang has spent more time chasing imaginary villains than real ones, but when an actual demon begins wreaking havoc in the ancient city of Kaifeng, Yi Zhang is the first on the scene to investigate.

It’s during his hunt for the demon of Kaifeng that Yi Zhang meets a mysterious woman by the name of Metal Dragonfly (Ni Ni). A member of the mysterious Wuyin Clan, Dragonfly does her best to steer clear of Yi Zhang, but when fate intervenes, she has no choice but to introduce him to the rest of the clan. Joining the clan on their quest to find the Dunjia, an orb of infinite power which, in the wrong hands, has the potential to destroy worlds, Zi Zhang soon finds himself becoming an accidental hero.

Facing off against an ancient creature, hellbent on destroying the world, Zi Zhang and the supernaturally powerful members of the Wuyin Clan engage in a fight to the death. Will their combined strength be enough to bring down this monster or will the world fall to chaos and ruin?

Based on the ancient legends of Qi Men Dun Jia, “The Thousand Faces of Dunjia” is a 2017 Chinese fantasy martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo Ping.

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