Chinese Showbiz: A Promo for Shanghai, and You’re Filming Blossoms?

Back in 2009, Gu Dongyang is tasked with filming a promotional video for the Magic City's World Expo. Instead, he pulls out a series called Blossoms, and it earns rave reviews when it airs.

“Cinematic quality!”

“A shining light of Chinese television!”

“A masterpiece that’s a feast for the eyes. Fellow filmmakers, study every frame and learn what good taste looks like!”

From then on, Gu Dongyang becomes a star who seems to have fallen from the heavens, sweeping away the era of terrible dramas.

His series Meet Yourself sparks a tourism boom in Dali and earns official thanks!

His series The Long Season directly kicks off a Northeast literary and artistic renaissance!

After reaching godlike status in television, the film industry is about to be gripped by fear of his dominion…

(This book is also known as The Whip of Chinese Entertainment, They Don’t Want to Improve, So I Make Them, and This Director Is Ridiculously Talented, But Also Crazy.)