At 26, Shen Yan is the youngest gala director at China Central Television. After pulling all-nighters revising proposals, he works himself to death, only to wake up and find that he has transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty.
He plans to coast on his past-life experience, take it easy, and never get caught up in the rat race. But the System refuses to let him lie flat, and one thorny problem after another comes his way: Cui Xuanli, a scholar at the Jiaofang, thinks he “doesn’t know the rules”; the foreign merchant Amik is captivated by his “illusions of light and shadow”; the nobleman Li Jin wants to use him to curry favor with the emperor; and the musician Su Xiaoman sees in him a chance to change her fate...
From small banquets in the city markets to grand palace celebrations, from being doubted to winning recognition, he uses one spectacular gala after another not only to change his own destiny, but also to show all of the Tang Dynasty a new way to understand art.
But when the shadow of An Lushan falls over Chang’an and pressure from the conservative faction continues to mount, can he still stay true to his original ideals?
