Tuesday 13 October 2020

Young and Beautiful

Web Drama: Young and Beautiful
Chinese Title: 我的漂亮朋友 / Wo De Piao Liang Peng You
Broadcast Website: Tencent

Broadcast Date: May 14, 2021

Air Time: Friday-Monday 20:00 (2 eps)
Genre: Idol, Modern, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 42
Director: Zhang Xiaoan
Screenwriter: Li Wanbing, Chen Guo
Production Company: Tencent Penguin Pictures, Yuekai Film & Television, The Big Pictures Production
Executive Producer: Jia Shikai, Fang Fang
Chief Producer: Teng Huatao
Producer: Wu Xingyan
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from a novel of the same name by Chen Guo
Watch Episodes On: Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

The story of a young woman from the rural area who ventures out on her own. She may have been born ordinary but she dares to live ever minute of her life filled with an unteeming fighting spirit. Although she lost her way once, she manages to find herself to become the epitome of a modern day woman.

In the year 2008, Liu Wenjing (Crystal Zhang) was just a 19-year-old girl from a mountain village in Shanxi. Wanting to change her fate, she travels to Shanghai where she meets Hua Hua (Li Muchen), Xu Wei (Sheng Langxi), Xing Tianming (Xu Kaicheng), Qiao Haifeng (Yang Tingdong) and Yan Liangkun (Gao Zhiting). They are a group of young men and women who are all struggling to make it in the big city.

Liu Wenjing is smart and hardworking. Through the help of Xing Tianming, she is admitted to college and also finds a job selling red wine. Alas, her family situation is unforgiving. With both her parents being old and sickly, Liu Wenjing is desperate for money to the point that she was deceived several times and had to rely on her friends to help her.

Liu Wenjing's insecurities only grew as she began dating Ye Hui (Niu Zifan). Wrong turns in life lead to dire consequences. She and Yue Hui have a falling out, Xing Tianming lands in prison and worst of all, her mother dies. Looking around at her friends who continued to fight for their ideals, Liu Wenjing gets a wake up call as she decides to pick up the pieces and start over.

Fun Facts

Gao Zhiting takes a special starring role.
Filming took place in Wuxi.
Filming lasted four months from May 11, 2019 to September 5, 2019.
The Chinese title translates to, "My Beautiful Friend."

Cast

	Crystal Zhang Tianai as Liu Wenjing
	Xu Kaicheng as Xing Tianming
	Gao Zhiting as Yan Liangkun
	Daisy Li Muchen as Hua Hua
	Niu Zifan as Ye Hui
	Yang Tingdong as Qiao Haifeng
	Joy Sheng Langxi as Xu Wei
	Zhan Ni as A Li