Knowing nothing more than the working-class life he is born into, headstrong Lu Xiao Lu reluctantly starts down the path he is expected to follow. At age nineteen in 1990s China, he feels pressure to follow suit with those around him and takes a job at the town’s saccharin factory. Slowly, he adjusts to the bureaucratic factory routine, making the best of the situation by bonding with coworkers, flirting with girls, and refusing to give in completely to the expectations of those around him.
As Lu Xiao Lu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiao Lu decides to fight for the life he wants.
(Source: Goodreads)
Adapted from the novel "Young Babylon" (少年巴比伦) by Lu Nei (路内).
Episodes: 26
Duration: 45 min.
Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Ratings: 8.3
Jiang Tian left home to work as an interior designer in Beijing and was transferred out to a branch in her hometown of Suzhou where she meets her 60-year-old roommate and fellow colleague, Wu Jing Fang. They establish a deep friendship through many setbacks while realizing their plan to help renovate old houses.
Jiang Tian's plan to return to Beijing falls through when she not only gets dumped but also loses her job. Brokenhearted and unemployed, Jiang Tian has no choice but to stay in her hometown. Wu Jing Fang accompanies Jiang Tian out of her darkest days and becomes her assistant in order to learn how to design.
Under Wu Jing Fang's influence, Jiang Tian finds a way to achieve a personal breakthrough while integrating into her hometown. Wu Jing Fang also rediscovers her self-worth in her sixties and reenters the competitive society. While helping others build their ideal homes, they have also determined the path they will take in the future.
(Source: ChineseDrama.info)
Episodes: 37
Xiao Feng is the Deputy Chief Physician of the Cardiology Department at Dongli Hospital. He is introverted and strict. He becomes work partners with the impulsive doctor Lin Yi, yet friction arises due to the differences in their medical beliefs. Meanwhile, Xiao Feng's younger sister also gets a job working as a doctor at the Intensive Care Unit.
Xiao Feng is the backbone of the Cardiology Department and the person chief director Ren Bai and the institute leaders have high hopes for. Lin Yi has just joined the hospital. In the past when he used to work at Xili Hospital, he would only focus on his surgeries and failed to communicate and collaborate with colleagues. His teacher and immediate superior, Cao Nuo Ya, believed that this was not conducive to his growth, so he recommended Lin Yi to the newly-established heart center of Dongli Hospital.
In order to pursue her ideals and ease the relationship between her brother and her mother, Zhou Xiao Feng's younger sister Fang Xiao Ran applies to Dongli Hospital and becomes a doctor in the Extracardiac Intensive Care Unit. In the process of curing diseases and saving lives, the three people become great colleagues.
(Source: ChineseDrama)
Episodes: 40
Veterinarian Tao You You once had a dream: She wanted to study to become a medic who could treat humans. Instead, she has had to settle for a career healing animals – following in the footsteps of her father. She still thinks she can make a change, however – and thinks that studying abroad might help her make a career change.
But fate has other plans for her – with a family situation forcing her to take charge of the Taotao Veterinary Clinic, her father’s business. Worse still, the clinic has fallen on hard times and could soon go bankrupt. Destiny intervenes once again, however: She crosses paths with Ke Mi, the president of the Luchuan Group veterinary pharmaceuticals firm. Over time, they strike up a secret business partnership. Will this venture lead them on the path to love?
(Source: Viki)
Episodes: 40
The story of the prince Cang Han Yu of the Wu Dynasty who, in order to save his childhood sweetheart Nan Si, did not hesitate to pay a heavy price in exchange for the opportunity to live a new life. He joins hands with Nan Si to control their destiny and love.
(Source: Chinese = Baidu)
Episodes: 24
Duration: 10 min.
Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Liu Xia, a psychological counselor, uses her knowledge of psychology to guide a man who is attempting to jump off a building, successfully rescuing him, which is the impetus for her to establish her own studio to help more people. Qi Lian Shan, a screenwriter focusing on adapting his psychological mystery novel into a drama script, witnesses the whole scene and invites Liu Xia to give some professional advice to his script. The two gradually come into contact and work together. Liu Xia also collaborates with Shen Qin to develop an AI psychological testing system, which is applied to children and community welfare. Liu Xia and Qi Lian Shan jointly devote themselves to the cause of mental health public welfare, using their professional knowledge and skills to help those in need, and gradually grow closer in their cooperation, ultimately ending up together.
Adapted from the novel “Hard to Find Only Because of Twilight” (只因暮色难寻) by Yujing Pengxiang (御井烹香).