The 54-year-old Ekin Cheng has not made a public appearance for a long time, and has rarely released film and television works in recent years. However, there have been many new trends recently. In addition to filming in Taiwan earlier, it was recently pointed out that he participated in the filming of the mainland drama “The Most Brilliant” in 2018. “We” will premiere simultaneously on local TV stations and video platforms in July and August, which has aroused heated discussions among netizens.
The play is directed by Hong Kong director Liang Shengquan, starring Zhang Tianai and Sheng Yilun. The two became popular in 2015 with the online drama “The Promotion of the Crown Princess”, but the development has been flat since then. The second cooperation in “The Most Splendid Us”, in addition to Ekin Cheng, also includes Guan Xiaotong, Ye Tong, Zhu Yin, etc., all of whom seem to be more famous than the male and female protagonists. The crew went to Venice, Italy, to film scenes, so they must have invested a lot. Judging from the drama poster, Ekin Cheng should be playing a couple with Ren Rongxuan in the drama. Some netizens pointed out that he once said that his Mandarin was not good, but the director tried his best to persuade him and agreed that he would use Cantonese dialogue, so he took over the filming.
Ekin Cheng filmed a large number of TV dramas and co-productions in the 1990s and the millennium. The last TV series in which he played the leading role dates back to “Huo Yuanjia” in 2007. Looking forward to it: “Wow, there is still Yimian’s drama to watch”, “The requirements are not high, can I make Yimian run a publicity”, “The salary must be the highest” and so on.
“The Most Splendid Us” tells the story of Ye Rongxuan (played by Sheng Yilun), an ambitious editor-in-chief of traditional paper media, and Zhou Ran (played by Zhang Tianai), a girl with fashion dreams, under the background of the declining traditional paper media. A story of revitalizing new opportunities, overcoming obstacles, forging ahead, and chasing dreams bravely. The filming of the episode was completed as early as 2018, with a backlog of 4 years. It is said that the episode was sold because Zhang Tianai recently became popular in the variety show “Riding the Wind and Waves”. It is also pointed out that in 2020, the drama has appeared in Zhejiang Satellite TV’s investment promotion conference, but it has been backlogged and not broadcast.