Promo Round-up: A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower

Whodunit mystery drama A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower stars Angelababy as the victim and Yang Zishan and Guo Tao as the detectives on her case.

Directed by Leste Chen (Battle of Memories), Xu Zhaoren (Moonshine and Valentine) and Wu Zhongtian, the 16 episode miniseries is split into 8 chapters, focusing on the seven main suspects and the victim.

First teaser

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Fanfic writer meets her idol in Love is All

Fanfic writer Tan Lingyin got rich off her stories about town leader Tang Tianyuan, but what happens when she meets the real Tang Tianyuan hiding under a pseudonym?

Love is All 师爷请自重 features Zhang Ruonan (Cry Me a Sad River)in her first ancient drama opposite Zhang Haowei (Joy of Life). It’s a Youku drama, so it may drop any minute now.

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Long for you is basically Moonshine & Valentine 2.0

 No, this isn’t a The Wandering Earth poster.

With a similar plot (thousand-year-old male lead vs true love female lead) and even the exact same supporting female actress playing the also thousand-year-old unrequited third wheel,   Long for you 我与你的光年距离Ⅱ is basically an over-filtered version of Moonlight & Valentine.  The fantasy series is not related to the first one (which was very boring) and stars mostly up-and-coming new actors.   You can watch the whole series on Youtube here.

Ye Gu (Riley Wang) plays a Time Lord tasked with saving people by manipulating time and space.  However, during one of his assignments, he becomed mysteriously bonded to Xia Xi (Xu Xiaonuo) so that whenever she is frightened, he apparates to her side as her “immortal servant”. Meanwhile, Xia Xi’s adopted brother (Wanyan Luorong) and his immortal professor (Zhang Baijia), are setting up a exhibit focused on the mysterious Jing dynasty and they’re all searching for an artifact that bears striking resemblance to Xia Xi’s heirloom necklace.

 

Find a guy who looks at you like the way you look at puppies.

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