Tencent

A modern-day explorer and adventurer, Gao Zhen He (Ren You Lun) makes his living by traveling the globe in search of the world’s rarest and most precious gems. An expert in high-end gemstones, Zhen He is a shrewd businessman who will stop at nothing to obtain the gems which will fetch the highest price. Not one to shy away from a challenge, Zhen He has faced dangers and perils too numerous to count, and has always managed to walk away unscathed. But his luck can only last for so long.

When an accident on one of his expeditions sends him tumbling over the edge of a cliff, Zhen He finds himself in a rather dire situation. Lost, alone, and injured, Zhen He is in desperate need of rescue, but with no connection to the outside world, his chances of survival are slim. Lucky for him, he has landed not far from the location of a primitive tribe, whose leader, a strong woman by the name of Xing Yue (Zhang Ya Qin), finds him and agrees to nurse him back to health. There’s just one catch: he has to agree to marry her.&nbsp;

Realizing the tribe possesses one of the rarest gems in the world, Zhen He agrees to Xing Yue’s proposal, using their marriage as a means of obtaining the gems. With the prize gems in his possession, Zhen He takes off, his return to the big city promising to be a lucrative one. But Xing Yue isn’t letting him go that easily. Tracking him down, Xing Yue is determined to take back what is hers, but are the gems really what she’s after?

A fun and fantastical romantic romp, “Mr. Fox and Miss Rose” is a 2020 romantic comedy drama directed by Zhu Dong Ning.

Mr. Fox and Miss Rose

Team 7

A budding young art editor named Chen Jia Xin (Liang Jie) takes a cruise ship bound for Hungary.

While onboard, she happens to meet Wang Xi Yi (Xing Zhao Lin), a dashing, young, intellectual – but somewhat immature – man who happens to be the heir to a multi-billion dollar business empire.

The two are drawn together by passion, and – swept away with emotion – impulsively decide to marry.

Soon after, Chen Jia Xin discovers she is pregnant, and the newlyweds start to dream of nuptial bliss with their offspring.

But there are complications…and when it turns out they are not set to be parents after all, the heartache turns out to be too much for both Chen Jia Xin and Wang Xi Yi to bear.

Wang Xi Yi returns to his family business, and Chen Jia Xin stays in Hungary, where she slowly starts to discover a love for pottery.

But when Wang Xi Yi ends up back in Hungary seven years later, the two former lovers’ paths cross once again.

This drama is based on a 2009 Taiwanese series, also named “You’re My Destiny.”

“You Are My Destiny” is a 2020 Chinese drama series co-directed by Ding Ying Zhou and Zhou Jun Lun.

You Are My Destiny

Fated to Love

A young, 22-year-old pop star hopeful named Nuan Nuan (Eleanor Lee) is forced to reinvent herself after the girl group she is a member of disbands before its debut.

At first, she struggles in her search for a post-pop career, but fate intervenes, and she has a chance encounter with a man named Han Che (Leon Leong).

Han Che is a cold but successful sound and lighting engineer who also has an excellent memory. 

However, one day he experiences a rare lapse in memory – a lapse that could threaten to throw his relationship with Naun Naun into doubt. 

Regardless, Han Che’s success inspires Nuan Nuan, who has always had a keen eye for fashion.

She begins to explore her love of clothes and resolves to become a designer – hoping to one day gain a job at the clothing store’s headquarters.

Although their relationship is often adversarial, Han Che and Nuan Nuan also have a growing fondness for one another, and try to help each other along the way. As their careers start to get off the ground, could love bloom here too?

“My Love, Enlighten Me” is a 2020 Chinese drama series co-produced by Fang Fang and Shao Wen Yi.

My Love, Enlighten Me

KBS02

Jun Hwi seems like a regular office worker. But the truth is, he's actually an undercover boss who is first in line to succeed the chairman. With his stylish and dashing good looks, many women show their interest in him. However, as a man who doesn't believe in marriage, he rejects them all. He is also a strict individualist who absolutely detests being on the giving or receiving end of loss. On the other hand, Cheong Ah is a bit pathetic, barely scraping by with part-time jobs while attempting to pass the civil service exams for the eighth year in a row. A real-life youthful romance begins when Cheong Ah, a girl who is loyal to a fault, meets Jun Hwi, a self-centered 'man of the times' who doesn't believe in marriage.

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life

Dragon TV

A rising star in the police force, Xia Yuan (Wang Kai) has often been recognized for his exemplary work. But when a wave of economic crimes wells up out of the crashing stock market, his reputation for being the best, is put to the test. Hot on the trail of the criminals behind these invisible crimes, Xia Yuan soon comes face to face with his nemesis, the business tycoon, Wang Bolin (Liu Yi Jun).

Determined to bring down his most hated foe, Xia Yuan assembles a team of specialists to track down Wang Bolin and bring him to justice. But the job ahead of them is anything but easy. As the team digs deeper into the case, they uncover a tangled web of powerful companies, large syndicates, and crimes being committed on an international scale.&nbsp;

With a dedicated team of experts behind him, Xia Yuan initiates a global operation to hunt down the criminals behind these crimes of corruption. But will the efforts of just one team really be enough to bring the mastermind behind it all to justice?

Loosely based on the decade-long “Sky Net Investigation” and adapted from some of the actual cases, “Hunting” is a 2020 crime thriller drama directed by Liu Xin.

Hunting

iQiyi

Three millennia ago, an epic clash of mortal and supernatural forces ended with a mighty deity defeating the fearsome Wolf King. The Wolf Queen begged the victor for mercy, and the deity acquiesced. In doing so, he stated that the Wolf King’s Phantom clan would have to wait for the arrival of the redeeming Way Seeker, who would one day come to determine the clan’s ultimate destiny.

Now, 1,000 years later, a group of heroes joins the bold Five Fairy Alliance as it embarks on a fierce race to find the Way Seeker before the forces of the Phantom clan.

The quest’s protagonist is Zhang Ling (Tong Meng Shi), a young man abandoned by his father and raised by his aunt and her family. His martial arts skills are unparalleled, and he proves a formidable warrior – despite his unorthodox weapon of choice (a parasol).

Zhang Ling’s closest ally is Tie Lang (Pei Zi Tian), a loyal but introverted swordsman whose own weapon possesses remarkable powers.

He also strikes up a strong bond with the attractive yet fierce Fei Fei (Wang Xiu Zhu), the warrior daughter of the leader of the Five Fairy Alliance. Fei Fei has also caught the eye of both Tie Lang and the most senior warrior disciple in the alliance.

Together the heroes must battle mythical beasts, magical warlocks, and fierce martial artist rivals as the Phantom clan fights for supremacy.

Who will win Fei Fei’s heart? Who is the Way Seeker? And can Zhang Ling outsmart – and outfight – the powers of darkness?

“The Taoism Grandmaster” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Wong Chun Man.

The Taoism Grandmaster

The Taoism Grandmasters

During the Joseon Dynasty, King Lee Jo (Kim Eui Sang) is a toady of the Qing Emperor in China – and the Crown Prince decides to attempt a coup to free the nation from the Qing’s influence. His plan involves buying arquebuses, an early form of firearm, from Dutch traders.

However, a rival plot is being hatched by the war minister Kim Ja Joon (Jang Dong Gun), who wants to launch a rebellion and take the Joseon throne. Kim Ja Joon exposes the Crown Prince’s scheme and foils him.

The Crown Prince agrees to commit suicide if his men are spared but sends word to his brother Gang Lim (Hyun Bin), who is now in Qing territory, that he wants his brother to take care of his pregnant wife.

The minister orders his troops to board the Dutch traders’ cargo ships to seize the weapons.

But while aboard, one of the soldiers is bitten by a terrifying zombie being kept in a cage.

The soldier returns to his home village, unaware that he is now the host of a savage infection.

Soon, the entire village becomes infected – with its population turning into flesh-eating zombies.

Gang Lim must navigate this chaos and save his sister-in-law from the twin peril of warring powermongers and gruesome zombies. Is he up to the challenge?

“Rampant” is a 2018 South Korean horror-action movie directed by Kim Sung Hoon.

Rampant

The fresh meat team

Tencent TV

Trying to figure out what you want to do in life is hard enough, but with graduation fast approaching, Si Tu Mo (Fei Xing) is finding the task nearly impossible. Standing on the brink of adulthood, the pressure to make this next big step in life the right one, was starting to make Tu Mo second guess everything. Finding herself wavering between what she wants and what everyone expects of her, Tu Mo has no idea where she should go from here. At least not until she meets Gu Wei Yi (Lin Yi).

A brilliant physics student, Wei Yi knows exactly what he wants from life and he isn’t afraid to chase his dreams. Watching Tu Mo flounder through these last fleeting days of university life, Wei Yi decides to step in and help her out.&nbsp;

Encouraging Tu Mo to think about what it is she really wants, Wei Yi helps his lost friend see that life doesn’t always have to have structure and a plan, by reminding her that sometimes it’s best to follow your heart.

Based on the novel by Zhao Gangan, “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” is a 2019 romantic drama directed by Zhu Dong Ning.

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Lean on Me 

Beijing Enlight Pictures 

The host of the most-listened-to late-night radio program, Chen Mo (Deng Chao) was living the good life. His career was solid, his fame grew, and best of all, he got to go to work every day with the love of his life, his radio show co-host, Xiao Rong (Du Juan). But everything changed the night a lonely listener called into the show, his words inspiring Xiao Rong to leave Chen Mo for good. With the loss of his love and co-host of his career, his life begins a serious downward spiral that ultimately ends him making a ridiculous bet that’s sure to end in disaster.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo’s “little brothers” aren’t faring any better, in either life or love. Mao Shiba (Yang Yang), a struggling inventor living off his cousin, Chen Mo, spends most of his days running from a local police officer, Li Zhi (Bai Bai He). For some reason, Li Zhi seems to have it out for him, unfortunately for Shiba, which he can’t seem to figure out why.

At the same time, Chen Mo’s other “brother”, Zhu Tou, has spent the past eight years in a relationship with his college sweetheart, Yan Zi. Though they’ve been together for years, they’ve spent most of their time apart, as Yan Zi has spent the majority of those years traveling the world at Zhu Tou’s expense. Tired of missing his globe-trotting girlfriend, Zhu Tou hopes a marriage proposal will bring her home for good but can either of them really be happy after spending so much time apart?

With so much working against them, will these down-and-out souls find a way to be happy in both life and love?

Based on the popular web novel by Zhang Jiajia, “I Belong to You” is a fun yet thought-provoking 2016 romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yibai.

I Belonged to You

Miss Broadcast

After the death of her older sister, Yuan Zhilan (Deng En Xi), Yuan Zhihua (Zhou Xun) is left with nothing more than a letter and an invitation to her sister’s 30-year high school reunion. Deciding to attend the reunion in her sister’s stead, Zhihua runs into Yin Chuan (Qin Hao), a currently struggling novelist and the boy on whom Zhihua once harbored a secret crush. With her older sister always stealing the spotlight, Yin Chuan had never bothered to pay much attention to Zhihua, until now.

Connecting with Yin Chuan in a way she never could in high school, Zhihua begins a series of correspondence with her childhood crush, all while pretending to be her deceased sister. As the two connect through old-fashioned letters, they begin to understand the underlying stories that brought each of them to where they are now.

As old memories are re-lived, new feelings are evoked, bringing hearts and lives together in ways neither of them could ever imagine.

A story of love and loss, heartbreak and healing, “Last Letter” is a 2018 romantic drama film directed by Shunji Iwai.

Last Letter

The Last Team ❤️

Raised in the wilderness by his grandfather, Mo Ge Li (Ma Tian Yu) has spent his entire life surrounded by nature. Completely oblivious to the modern world, he has never had any sort of companionship, aside from his grandfather and the animals he calls friends. But all that changes the day Ling Xi (Yang Zi) walks into his life.

A modern, independent, career woman, Ling Xi meets Mo Ge Li by accident and inadvertently brings him home with her. Painfully aware that she needs to return this wild man to his home as quickly as possible, Ling Xi does her best but nothing seems to work out the way it should. Out of options, Ling Xi does the only thing she can, she lets Mo Ge Li stay with her until she can find a way to take him home. But living under the same roof comes with some very unexpected complications and even more complicated feelings.

Can a boy from the wilderness and a modern city girl find a way to bring their two worlds together or will their differences drive them apart?&nbsp;

Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”, “My Mowgli Boy” is a 2019 romance drama directed by Han Yang.

My Mowgli Boy

🌴 The Jungle Team 🌴

Beijing Enlight Media 

Super-intelligent but shy math teacher Shi Hong (Zhang Lu Yi) falls in love with his neighbor – a single mother named Chen Jing (Ruby Lin). His neighbor, who lives with her young daughter, is not aware that Shi Hong often listens in to her domestic conversations through the thin walls that divide their homes.

Things take a sudden turn for the worse when Chen Jing's former husband arrives on the scene, demanding money from her, and threatening to harm her and her daughter if he does not get what he is after. A scuffle ensues, and her ex-husband is killed.

Shi Hong – a witness to everything – turns up and attempts to help Chen Jing and her daughter dispose of the evidence linking her to the crime. But he has not counted on his old school friend and fellow child math prodigy Tang Chuan (Wang Kai) being the detective assigned to the case.

Will Tang Chuan discover the truth behind the death of Chen Jing’s ex-husband? Or will Shi Hong outwit his former classmate?

The movie was based on a novel of the same name, written by mystery novel author Keigo Higashino. The novel was the third in the author’s popular “Detective Galileo” series.

“The Devotion of Suspect X” is a 2017 Chinese film directed by Alec Su.

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