Zhu Min Xin is a Chinese actor who was born on March 3, 1996. He debuted on the variety TV show “I Actor” in January 2019 and followed up with a number of drama roles, including “Maiden Holmes” in 2020 and 2022’s “Rock Sugar Summer.”

Zhu Min Xin

In contemporary China, Sheng Xia (Ke Ying) is a 21-year-old actress who has never been in a relationship and dreams of landing a starring role in a movie or TV series. But as she is always overlooked for major roles, she makes ends meet by working as a “kiss guide” – a staff member who gets leading actors into the right position for kiss scenes. But one day, her life is turned upside down when a strange man hands her a book filled with comic book pages...and then vanishes. When she later looks at these pages, she is somehow sucked into them – and enters a “comic book universe.”

Here, she becomes a noblewoman in Imperial China, and is told that her kiss can cure “all of the poisons in the world.” She is also told that she can return to her normal life if she can accrue enough points. But it soon turns out that in the comic book world, she must cross paths with the devilishly handsome, but cold-hearted villain Shen Shi Yi (Li Ge Yang). She soon discovers that this world is full of plotting, conniving characters who all want to seize power and take over the (fictional) world. Could this strange “comic book universe” set her on a path to romance? And will she ever return to her “normal” world?

“Supervisor Husband” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was directed by Hu Xing.

Supervisor Husband

Lai Dui Dui (Zhu Rong Jun) is a young college student who dreams of becoming a successful artist. She has little talent or ability when it comes to other subjects, however: She detests math, English, and other matters – and that is reflected in her dreadful grades. She is in serious danger of flunking if she does not do something about her academic performance. Also attending the same college is Jiang Zuo (Zhu Min Xin), a straight-A student who has no peers when it comes to all things study-related. The two have actually crossed paths before in high school. But due to a bout of prosopagnosia (a condition that means Lai Dui Dui could not recognize faces), she cannot recall who he is.

Jiang Zuo is trying to escape the attention of a possessive ex-girlfriend, so he agrees to help Lai Dui Dui if she pretends to be his girlfriend. She agrees, but this decision leads to countless complications. It turns out that Jiang Zuo used to have feelings for Lai Dui Dui, and that these feelings might be reunited by spending more time together with her. And when a love rival appears on the scene, the whole rouse threatens to break apart. Will Lai Dui Dui improve her terrible grades? And will she find love on the way to an A?

“Rock Sugar Summer” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Ren Hai Ming.

Rock Sugar Summer

📚 The Straight A Students 

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It is the sixth century CE and the Qi Kingdom, in what is now Eastern China, is a land at war.

The young teenage prince Pei Yan Zhi (Zhang Ling He), a prodigal young military talent, is sent to ward off a force of invaders. Although he makes a valiant effort, his army is ultimately ambushed and defeated in a decisive battle.

An opportunist foe at the imperial court takes advantage of the situation, forcing Pei Yan Zhi to step down as head of the army – and manages to get a young subservient candidate to take the throne.

Pei Yan Zhi feels he was betrayed. He vows to get to the bottom of the intrigue and goes undercover to investigate, pretending to be a commoner to help him work undetected. On his quest for the truth, he meets a remarkably smart and resourceful young female detective named Su Ci (Chen Yao).

Together, they form a close bond. They team up with two other quick-witted young sleuths and make a joint bid to discover the scale of the scheming that has undermined the Imperial Palace.

“Maiden Holmes” is a 2020 Chinese period drama that was directed by Li Xiao Jiang.

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