Wu Yan Shu, or Estelle Wu, as she’s also known, is an award-winning Chinese actress. She was born in 1938 and made her acting debut in 1959. Since then, she has appeared in a number of theater productions, films, and television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018), “My True Friend” (2019), and “Fagara” (2019).

Wu Yan Shu

Mai Cheng Huan (Yang Zi) has always lived her life according to the wishes of her overbearing mother. But after her mother’s interference brings about the end of an important relationship, Cheng Huan decides enough is enough. Breaking free from her mother’s hold, Cheng Huan pours all her focus into advancing in her career, and takes a position as the manager of a family hotel. While the hotel heir, Yao Zhi Ming (Xu Kai) has doubts about Cheng Huan’s abilities, it doesn’t take long for him to recognize her many talents. Working side by side, Cheng Huan and Zhi Ming navigate the turbulent waters of family and business together, finding unexpected love along the way.

A classic tale of enemies to lovers, this is a 2024 Chinese romantic comedy drama directed by Tian Yu and Wang Cheng Xin.

Best Choice Ever

✨ The Best Love Story ❤️

Chen Shu Zhen

Eight years ago, Lin Xi (Victoria Song) faced a tough choice: honor her mother's wishes or to follow her heart. Choosing to prioritize her career, she let her boyfriend, Xia Yi Cheng (Chen Xing Xu), go. Now a successful professional, Lin Xi is unexpectedly tasked with securing a contract with the company that Yi Cheng works for. Forced to interact regularly, will long-buried feelings start to resurface? Will fate give their lost love a second chance? Directed by Zhang Tong, this 2024 Chinese romance series explores the complexities of love, career, and second chances.

Our Interpreter

🙅‍♀️No GT-Team🚫

Hunan TV, Mango TV

Hotel industry professional Xu Hong Dou (Liu Yi Fei)’s life takes a sudden turn after her best friend passes away, causing her to reconsider her life trajectory. She decides to take a break from the rat race, trading in her big-city life for a spell in a tranquil Yunnan Province village. However, Hong Dou is in for a rude awakening when it turns out that the countryside is not quite as idyllic as she’d imagined. She eventually meets Xie Zhi Yao (Li Xian), another big-city refugee who has come back to his hometown to launch a tourism business that showcases the village. Hong Dou offers to help him by sharing her hotel industry knowledge. As they begin to work together, they start to develop feelings for one another! Could love bloom as they try to put the little village on the tourist trail? This 2023 Chinese drama series was directed by Ding Zi Guang.

Meet Yourself

The Windy Team

As the chairman of a successful technology company, Lu Sen (Connor Leong) often finds himself in large group settings. While he has no problem addressing any number of people, he has incredible difficulty with any sort of direct, physical contact. Suffering from a strange allergy which is only triggered by direct skin-to-skin contact, something as simple as a handshake could prove deadly. Without the ability to directly come into contact with others, Lu Kun is intrigued when he learns a doctor by the name of Fu Yang (Wang Fang) has created an incredibly lifelike robot companion dubbed “Friday” (Sun Qian).

Willing to invest further in Dr. Fu Yang’s work, Lu Kun has requested Friday be delivered to his home so he can test out the full capabilities of this incredible creation. Though agreeing to Lu Kun’s request, the doctor is mortified when a last-minute technical issue renders his robot useless. Unable to bear the thought of losing both his credibility and his funding, he asks his former assistant, Yang Shan Shan (Sun Qian) to take the robot’s place, just long enough for him to get it up and running again. Being the real-life model for the robot’s looks, Shan Shan is identical to the robot in every way and only agrees to the doctor’s request when she realizes she really has no other choice. Arriving at Lu Kun’s home as “Friday”, Shan Shan does her best to emulate the robot’s behavior and quickly wins Lu Kun’s approval.&nbsp;

Unaware that his new robot friend is actually a human, none of Lu Kun’s allergies are triggered by her touch but when Shan Shan discovers the truth about his condition, her heart breaks. Desperate to keep her identity a secret, Shan Shan does her best but the more time she spends with him, the more she realizes she has to tell him the truth. Will he be able to accept her as the human she is once her secret is revealed?

A story that proves you can find love in the most unexpected places, “A Robot in the Orange Orchard” is a 2022 Chinese romantic sci-fi comedy drama directed by Xing Xiao.

A Robot in the Orange Orchard

🤖 The AI Assistants ❤️

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

Ji Pei Zhen (Xu Fan) has devoted her life to her daughter Li Xiao Mei (Zhang Jing Yi) and husband Li Wen Fang (Xu Ya Jun), and her career as a teacher. However, Xiao Mei has long struggled under her mother's overbearing tendencies, fleeing their hometown of Qingdao to Beijing to pursue a career in TV production with limited success. After a last-minute change of plan, Xiao Mei returns to Qingdao to visit her family, but the family reunion quickly takes a turn when a CT scan reveals that Pei Zhen has an aggressive form of uterine cancer. With Pei Zhen's days numbered, can this family reconcile before it's too late? This 2021 Chinese film was directed by Zhao Tian Yu.

All About My Mother

It's All Greek To Me Team

Grandmother

CMC Pictures

A Chinese expatriate now working as an executive with a major energy company in Australia, Mark (Lei Jia Yan) is about as average as they come. With a good job and a happy marriage, he spends his days just like any other middle-aged man would do. But when an explosion at one of his company’s test facilities forces him to travel to Africa to do some damage control, things begin to go very wrong.

While placating a group of visiting executives from a Chinese coal company, Mark runs into an old flame, Siliang (Tang Wei). Trapped in a loveless marriage, Siliang seduces Mark, setting into motion a series of events that go from bad to worse.&nbsp;

Unwillingly caught up in the machinations of both the Chinese and Australian companies, Mark uncovers a global conspiracy with ties to a multinational clean energy that could cause an environmental catastrophe on a scale unlike any the world has ever seen. Knowing what must be done, Mark sets out to right countless wrongs but with a team of skilled assassins on his tail, every step he takes towards uncovering the truth, could be his last.

An exciting international thriller, “The Whistleblower” is a 2019 film directed by Xue Xiaolu.

The Whistleblower

🔍 The Researchers Team 🔎

When Hong Kong travel agent Acacia (Sammi Cheng) learns of her estranged father, Ha Leung’s (Kenny Bee) sudden death, she has no choice but to make the trip to Chongqing to arrange his funeral and settle his affairs. Soon after her arrival, Acacia gets the surprise of a lifetime when she learns that she is not her father’s only child. Having harbored deep resentment towards the woman who took her father away from her, Acacia is more than a little conflicted, now that she’s come face to face with not one, but two grown sisters.&nbsp;

A professional pool player who grew up in Taiwan, the androgynous Branch (Megan Lai), has spent her entire life incessantly hounded by her status-conscious mother. Disappointed in her daughter’s choices, both personally and professionally, Branch’s relationship with her mother is nothing short of toxic. Cherry (Li Xiao Feng), on the other hand, is a digital fashionista from China who was raised by her adoring grandmother. Brought together by their father’s death, the three sisters connect through their grief and together begin the arduous task of settling their father’s affairs.

Leaving behind a hot pot restaurant and a mountain of debt, the sisters agree that keeping their father’s restaurant open is the best way to satisfy his creditors. Running the restaurant together, the sisters slowly begin to open up to each other. Sharing their respective dreams and the struggles they face as they deal with the ever-mounting pressures of work, family, and relationships, the sisters begin to bond, not just as friends, but as family.&nbsp;

Adapted from the novel, “My Spicy Love” by Amy Cheung, “Fagara” is a 2019 family drama film directed by Heiward Mak.

Fagara

Sisters💖United 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

Tencent

Based in 1996, Yang Xi (Wan Peng) is spending her summer break training for a long distance run. One day, she is injured by a lab explosion while chasing a bike thief ruining her chances to compete. 

When the school year begins, a new transfer student is introduced, Hua Xiao (Hou Ming Hao). He is an intelligent and reliable student with a hot-blooded exterior. 

But when Yang Xi realizes it's the same culprit from her accident and that he's running for class president, a new rivalry begins. 

How will daily school life change when a tomboyish girl and a hot-blooded genius go head to head? 

"When We Were Young" is a Chinese web drama based on the Yan Sheng web novel of the same name.

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