The current feast of C-dramas airing will continue into April as Youku has announced the premiere of period C-drama Blossoms in Adversity (formerly titled Story of Hua Zi) for April 2nd. Starring Hu Yi Tian and Zhang Jing Yi, the drama is about the female lead from a well-do-to family who steps up to build a family business and take care of all the women in the clan after their family falls from grace. Zhang Jing Yi absolutely is perfectly cast as the go-getter get shit done business woman by necessity while Hu Yi Tian is still an unknown to me why he’s male lead level as he always has the exact same flat expression set in his boyish face. This drama isn’t big budget but the visuals look pretty but the story could be a series of obstacle/overcome rinse and repeat situation for the female lead that could get repetitive.
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