Lin Geng Xin is a Chinese actor. Born on February 13, 1988, he also goes by Lin Gengxin and Kenny Lin. He made his acting debut in the 2009 film “The Blue Cornflower” but it was the 2011 television series “Scarlet Heart” that made him a star throughout Asia. Lin Geng Xin has starred in many popular films and television dramas since, including “Xuan Yuan Sword: Rift of the Sky” (2012), “Dancing Legend” (2013), “God of War, Zhao Yun” (2016) and “Princess Agents” (2017).

Lin Geng Xin

Tencent

Born into the demon world, ShenLi (Zhao Li Ying) grew in power, her skill on the battlefield eventually earning her the title of General Bi Cang. Pressured into a political marriage against her will, the general chose to fight for her freedom rather than accept the match. Sustaining injuries, ShenLi reverts to her original form and falls into the human world as a phoenix where she is picked up by a mortal vendor and sold as a plucked chicken at a local human market to Xing Zhi (Lin Geng Xin).

A ruthless warrior who single-handedly brought an end to the god and demon wars millennia ago, Xing Zhi finds himself unable to pass by the plucked demon chicken he sees caged at the human market. With that single purchase, Xing Zhi inadvertently links his fate with that of ShenLi. What will become of the demon and the warrior who rescues her?

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang, “The Legend of ShenLi” is a 2024 Chinese fantasy romance drama directed by Deng Ke.

The Legend of ShenLi

The God and the Phoenix Team

Youku

For as long as she can remember, Ning Meng (Tan Song Yun) has dreamt of becoming an investment director, but since graduation, she seems to be drifting farther and farther from that dream. Currently working at an investment firm under Lu Ji Ming (Lin Geng Xin), Ning Meng has never once been given a chance to advance in her career. Believing Ning Meng doesn’t have what it takes to become a qualified investor, Lu Ji Ming keeps her stuck in a dead-end job.

Finally fed up with a position that’s going nowhere, Ning Meng decides the time has come to seek employment elsewhere. Applying for countless jobs, Ning Meng finds the search for a new position to be difficult at best, but despite the setbacks, she refuses to give up. Finally landing a job at a new investment firm, Ning Meng takes the lessons she learned while working under Lu Ji Ming, and applies them in her new position.

Secretly helping Ning Meng from the sidelines, Lu Ji Ming learns a few lessons of his own while watching Ning Meng grow into a talented professional. Both influenced by the other, will these two unique inventors use what they’ve learned to become the best version of themselves?

An unexpectedly sweet office romance, “Master of My Own” is a 2022 Chinese romantic comedy drama directed by Yao Ting Ting.

Master of My Own

⌨️ Investing in Love 💘

Xia Qian (Wu Jin Yan) and He Zhi Juan (Nicky Wu) are due to marry, and to celebrate their engagement, they decide to throw a big and extravagant party at a big hotel. But instead of celebrating in front of her friends and family, she is instead humiliated as He Zhi Juan jilts her, leaving her alone for the big event. Filled with anger, she demands to see the takes out her ire on Sheng Zhe Ning (Lin Geng Xin), the hotel manager. But during their argument, they both recognize that she is a formidable business negotiator. Taken aback by her own talent, Xia Qian decides to make a brand new start in life – as a professional negotiator.

She sets up her own company, which frequently crosses paths with Sheng Zhe Ning’s own business interests. They start to collaborate and begin to spend more time together. A close bond forms, and romance is also in the air. But then things take an awkward turn when Sheng Zhe Ning is cheated by his business associates and He Zhi Juan returns to the scene...as Sheng Zhe Ning’s sister’s boyfriend! A messy scenario is in the cards – and Xia Qian will need all of her negotiating skills to help clear it up!

“My Bargain Queen” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Zhang Si Lin.

My Bargain Queen

👑💅🏼Queens Of Bargains💅🏼👑

The deputy head of a criminal investigation unit Zhao Ting Hui (Du Chun), a former undercover cop named Yan Jin (Lin Geng Xin), and an innocent-seeming café owner called Ji Xiao Ou (Gai Yue Xi) become embroiled in a fateful murder investigation that threatens to turn their worlds upside down.

In his previous career as a policeman, Yan Jin posed as an underworld mobster to take down a powerful drug cartel. During his time spent undercover, he met Ji Xiao Ou, and the duo began on a romance that has since become idyllic.

But the lovebirds get a rude awakening when a friend of Ji Xiao Ou’s – a man who had a crush on her – is suddenly killed in mysterious circumstances.

Yan Jin is identified as the prime suspect, and attempts to evade the authorities so he can clear his name, while Zhao Ting Hui is dispatched to investigate.

But the case proves far from easy to solve – and the deeper this trio gets into it, the more tangled the web becomes…

“To Love” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was co-produced by Cao Ping and Chen Hui Jin.

To Love

As the newly appointed head of the Court of Judicature and Revision, the Emperor Gao Zong (Chien Sheng) personally gifted Dee Ren Jie (Mark Chao) the powerful “Dragon Taming Mace”. Seeing the Emperor’s gift to Dee as a personal threat, the Empress Wu Ze Tian’s (Carina Lau) tasks the head of the royal guard, Yuchi Zhenjin (Feng Shao Feng), with stealing the mace from Dee. But tracking down the elusive Dee and the Mace soon proves next to impossible.

Furious that her plans have been thwarted, the Empress sees an opportunity to exact her revenge when an unknown force begins wreaking havoc across the empire. Blaming Dee for the ensuing carnage, the Empress demands Dee’s head. But Dee refuses to fall prey to the Empress’s plans. Seeking to uncover the truth behind the strange wave of crime sweeping over the empire, Dee soon finds himself up against a number of unbelievable foes.

Realizing his opponents are too powerful to defeat on his own, Dee recruits the help of Shatuo Zong (Lin Geng Xin) and the defected sorceress, Moon Water (Sandra Ma). With these new allies by his side, will Dee be able to stop the monsters responsible for this wave of destruction or will he ultimately fall prey to the powers who wield them?

The third installment of the “Detective Dee” series, “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” is a 2018 Chinese action-adventure fantasy mystery film directed by Tsui Hark.

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly King

🐲The Golden Dragon Team🐲

Hunan TV

During the lawless times of the Northern Wei, innocent citizens were kidnapped and turned into slaves.


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Chu Qiao (Zhao Li Ying) is one of the unlucky people who becomes enslaved and then thrown into a forest as a hunting target for the rich lords. Yan Xun (Dou Xiao), the Prince of Northern Yan, rescues Chu Qiao, and they develop a strong bond. But when she becomes embroiled with the powerful Yuwen family and Yuwen Yue (Lin Geng Xin) takes an interest in her, Chu Qiao will have to decide where her loyalties lie.


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“Princess Agents” is a 2017 Chinese drama series directed by Wu Jin Yuan. It is based on the novel 11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei written by Xiao Xiang Dong Er.


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Princess Agents

The Dancing Fingers

Yu Wen Ming

Yen Shih San (Peter Ho) is a heavily tattooed and critically ill sword fighter who is enlisted by Mi Yung Chiu Ti (Jiang YiYan), the princess of a powerful clan, to help her seek revenge on another highly skilled sword fighter, who has angered her by rejecting her romantic advances. He is told that if he does so, he will become officially recognized as the top sword fighter in the realm. Yen Shih San is reluctant, but when he learns that the rival swordsman has died, he decides to buy a coffin and wait for death in a cemetery.

But Fate isn’t finished with him just yet: Ah Chi (Lin Geng Xin) is a former martial arts trainee with a secret identity. Many years ago, he turned his back on fighting. He is now an odd job man who works in a brothel. But when he rushes to defend Li (Jiang Meng Jie), a prostitute at the brothel, from attackers, the duo finds their lives are now in danger. They flee to a village, but the thugs follow and attack the villagers, too. Mi Yung Chiu Ti is also in pursuit. Yen decides to intervene – but finds he may have to fight an unexpectedly deadly opponent...

This film is based on a 1975 novel by Gu Long, which also spawned a 1977 movie named “Death Duel.”

“Sword Master” is a 2016 Chinese movie that was directed by Derek Yee.

Sword Master

⚔️ Warriors Team ⚔️

In pre-World War II China, the nation is under attack from the Imperial Japanese, who have attempted to colonize Nanjing. The invaders are trying to add legitimacy to their rule, and have hatched a plan to do just that by stealing a precious cultural relic, a dragon-motif wine vessel with a hidden tale to tell. To foil them, Zhuang (Lin Geng Xin), a hustler who thinks that he has no peer in the world of con artists, steps up to the plate. He must work with the cool-headed secret agent Ruo Yun (Zhang Jing Chu) if he is to complete the task.

With rival spies from the Soviet Union also on the hunt for the relic, the duo must also seek help from a wizened con artist named Shi Fo (Tengger) and his wife (Liu Xiao Qing). But as this motley crew tries to defend the relic against its would-be thieves, they end up accidentally exposing its biggest secret. As the hunt intensifies, can the quartet succeed in their important quest? 

“For a Few Bullets” is a 2016 Chinese movie that was directed by Pan An Zi.

For a Few Bullets

The Imperial Jade Seal Team

Huayi Brothers

Will his first case be his last?

Detective Dee Ren Jie (Mark Chao) arrives in the capital city of Luoyang to work as an officer of the law, known as the Da Lisi. A sea monster has been terrorizing the town, and city officials have chosen the most beautiful courtesan, Yin Rui Ji (Angelababy), to be offered as a sacrifice to the sea monster. Empress Wu Ze Tian (Carina Lau) demands that Yu Chi Zhen Jin (Feng Shao Feng), the Chief Minister of Da Lisi, investigate the sea monster or he himself will be executed. 

When Detective Dee saves Rui Ji from being sacrificed to the sea monster, he is imprisoned by Yu Chi. Sha Tuo Zhong (Lin Geng Xin), the prison doctor, helps Dee escape from prison and investigate the mysterious sea monster. 

When the sea monster is somehow tied to Yuan Zhen (Kim Bum), Rui Ji’s lover, can the two lovers help Detective Dee uncover the sinister conspiracy that leads straight to the Imperial family?

“Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” is a 2013 Chinese drama series produced, directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. It is a prequel to Tsui’s 2010 hit film “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.” The film was followed by the sequel “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” (2018).

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

Detective Dee Team

Sha Tuo Zhong

Can they put their differences aside for the greater good? Chen Jing Chou (Jiang Jin Fu) is a playful, childish descendant of the Chen Dynasty. Yu Wen Tuo (Hu Ge) is the descendant of the rival Northern Zhou Dynasty who is on a mission to recover his fallen empire. When Jing Chou’s shifu (master) is placed into a frozen limbo by Satan, Jing Chou and Wen Tuo join forces to hunt down 10 mystical weapons that can close the Gates of Hell and banish the evil demons from the human world. Joining them on this epic journey are Tuo Ba Yu’er (Liu Shi Shi) and Du Gu Ning Ke (Tiffany Tang). Can the bickering group put their personal feelings aside for the good of humanity? “Xuan Yuan Sword 3 Legend - Rift of the Sky” is a 2012 Chinese drama series produced and directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is adapted from “Xuan-Yuan Sword,” a role-playing game series.

Xuan Yuan Sword - Rift of the Sky

Sword Fanatics Team

Zhang Lie

After a terrible car accident, 25-year-old Zhang Xiao (Liu Shi Shi) travels from modern-day China back to the 18th century. She is incarnated as one of her previous lives – that of 16-year-old Maertai Rouxi, the daughter of a Manchu general, during the Qing Dynasty. 

When attempts to return to her life in the future fail, Rouxi tries to adjust to her new life in the court of Emperor Kang Xi but soon becomes entangled in the princes’ struggle to succeed the throne. With her modern-day knowledge, Rouxi toys with history in her romances with the Eighth Prince, Yin Si (Kevin Cheng), and Fourth Prince, Yin Zhen (Nicky Wu), while sharing the confidences of the 13th prince, Yin Xiang (Yuan Hong). 

Will Rouxi be able to return to her modern-day life or is she destined to live out her life in the past? 

“Scarlet Heart” is a 2011 Chinese drama series directed by Wu Jin Yuan, Lin Yu Fen and Deng Wei En. It is based on a novel by Tong Hua.

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