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Leo Wu
Wu Lei (, born December 26, 1999), also known as Leo Wu, is a Chinese actor. He started appearing in commercials at the age of three. In 2007, he made his acting debut as Nezha in the series ''The Legend and the Hero''. He is known for his supporting roles in ''Nirvana in Fire'' (2015) and ''The Whirlwind Girl'' (2015) and for his starring roles in ''Battle Through the Heavens, Fight Breaks Sphere'' (2018), ''Tomb of the Sea'' (2018), ''The Long Ballad'' (2021), and ''Love Like the Galaxy, Love like The Galaxy'' (2022). Wu ranked 63rd on ''Forbes'' Forbes China Celebrity 100, China Celebrity 100 list in 2017, 29th in 2019 and 47th in 2020. Early life and education Wu Lei was born in Shanghai on December 26, 1999 and was raised in Chengdu, Sichuan. In 2018, Wu entered Beijing Film Academy, placing first on the entrance examination. Career 2002–2013: Beginnings Wu Lei was scouted when he was 3. Thereafter, he appeared in the commercial of Chinese dietary supplement brand Hua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiongnu
The Xiongnu (, ) were a tribal confederation of Nomad, nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese historiography, Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC, founded the Xiongnu Empire. After overthrowing their previous overlords, the Yuezhi, the Xiongnu became the dominant power on the steppes of East Asia, centred on the Mongolian Plateau. The Xiongnu were also active in areas now part of Siberia, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang. Their relations with the Chinese dynasties to the south-east were complex—alternating between various periods of peace, war, and subjugation. Ultimately, the Xiongnu were defeated by the Han dynasty in a Han–Xiongnu Wars, centuries-long conflict, which led to the confederation splitting in two, and forcible resettlement of large numbers of Xiongnu within Han borders. During the Sixteen Kingdoms era, listed as one of the "Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sina Corp
Sina Corporation () is a Chinese technology company. Sina operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, Sina Mobile, Sina Online, and Sinanet. Sina has over 100 million registered users worldwide. Sina was recognized by ''Southern Weekend'' as the "China's Media of the Year" in 2003. Sina owns Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog social network, which has 56.5 percent of the Chinese microblogging market based on active users and 86.6 percent based on browsing time over Chinese competitors such as Tencent and Baidu. The social networking service has more than 500 million users and millions of posts per day, making it the largest Chinese-language mobile portal. The company was founded in Beijing in 1998, and its global financial headquarters have been based in Shanghai since October 1, 2001. Sina App Engine (SAE) is the earliest and largest PaaS platform for cloud computing in China. It is run by SAE Department, which was founded in 2009. SAE is dedicated in providing stable, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xianxia
''Xianxia'' ( zh, t=, s=仙侠, p=xiānxiá, l=immortal heroes, first=t) is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Chinese mythology and influenced by philosophies of Taoism, Chan Buddhism, Confucianism, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese folk religion, Chinese alchemy, other traditional elements of Chinese culture, and the ''wuxia'' genre. Protagonists of ''xianxia'' stories are often practitioners or cultivators of immortality and supernatural powers, or else are transcendent beings () already possessing such powers to varying degrees. Antagonists have similar powers, and often belong to either the '' yao'' (妖) tribe (i.e. fae tribe) or '' mo'' (魔) (i.e. demon tribe) or similar category of inhuman sentient beings. Persons in the ''xianxia'' genre manifest superhuman talents or physics-defying superpowers such as flight/levitation, teleportation, telekinesis, divination/soul flight, shapeshifting, materializing objects and force fields, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daomu Biji
''Daomu Biji'' () variously translated as ''Grave Robbers' Chronicles'',Title of the English translation of the book. ''Grave Robbery Note''Title seen on manhua edition of the story. and ''The Lost Tomb'',Title seen on serial edition of the story. is a novel series about the grave-robbing adventures of Wu Xie, a young man hailing from a family that had been tomb-raiders for centuries. The series was written by Xu Lei (), better known by his pen-name Nan Pai San Shu (). It was first serialized online at Qidian China (), a Chinese website for publishing, writing and reading novels, as a fanwork of '' Ghost Blows Out the Light'' originally. Written over a span of five years and published as nine separate novels, it is one of the most popular novel series in China from 2007 with several million fans and over 20 million copies sold. The author has also written two sequels, ''Zang Hai Hua'' (), ''Sha Hai'' (), which continued the leading character's story, neither of which were finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asura (2018 Film)
''Asura'' zh} is a Chinese epic fantasy film based on Buddhist mythology. It is the directorial debut of Peng Zhang. It was released on 13 July 2018 and was withdrawn on 15 July 2018. The film, which was reportedly costing RMB 750 million (US$113 million), was withdrawn from theaters after only three days of release. It was widely considered by the media for being used for money laundering. Synopsis The story is set in Asura, the dimension of pure desire according to ancient Buddhist mythology. The mythical realm is threatened by a coup from a lower heavenly kingdom and the story follows from there. Cast Production The film is directed by renowned Hollywood stunt coordinator Peng Zhang ('' The Twilight Saga'', ''Ant-Man'') and produced by Alibaba Pictures. The film's screenplay is written by Zhenjian Yang ('' Painted Skin: The Resurrection''). Oscar winner Ngila Dickson (''The Lord of the Rings'' franchise) serves as the costume designer, while Martín Hernandez ('' The Reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Rainbow
''Into the Rainbow'' (titled: 奇迹：追逐彩虹; The Wonder: Chasing Rainbows) is a fantasy adventure film directed by Norman Stone, co-directed by Gary Wing-Lun Mak, and written by Ashley Sidaway and Robert Sidaway. The film stars Willow Shields, Leo Wu, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Joe Chen, Jacqueline Joe, Archie Kao and Christy Chung. The film is a co-production between China and New Zealand. The film was shot in 3D. Plot Two troubled teenage girls, Rachel and Grace, discover an incredible natural phenomenon and find themselves transported inside a super-powered rainbow to China. Due to this, they disturbed nature's balance and are chased down by an obsessed scientist and her mysterious international organisation. Using Rachel's connection to the energy of the rainbow and with help from their new friend Xiao Cheng, they must race against time to restore nature's balance before catastrophic storms destroy the entire Pacific and threaten the world. Cast Production The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Martin (director)
Charles Martin is a British television producer. In 2007, he was awarded a British Academy Children's Award. He made his film directorial debut with '' S.M.A.R.T. Chase'' in 2017. Filmography Director *The original ''Big Brother'' Eye Logo (2000) *'' The Giblet Boys'' (2005) *'' My Life as a Popat'' **"Juvenile Delinquent" (2007) **"Ghost" (2007) **"Girlfriend" (2007) **"Tit for Tat" (2007) *''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' **"Warriors of Kudlak" (2 parts, 2007) **" The Lost Boy" (2 parts, 2007) *'' Skins'' Series 2 (2008) **Episode 9 - "Cassie" (Bryan Elsley)" **Episode 10 - "Everyone" (Jack Thorne)" *'' Skins'' Series 3 (2009) **Episode 1 - "Everyone" (Bryan Elsley) **Episode 5 - "Freddie" (Ben Sciffer) **Episode 7 - "JJ" (Bryan Elsley) **Episode 8 - "Effy" (Lucy Kirkwood) **Episode 9 - "Katie and Emily" (Malcolm Campbell and Bryan Elsley) *''Married Single Other'' (2010) **"Episode 4" **"Episode 5" **"Episode 6" *'' Being Human'' Series 2 (2010) **"Episode 6" **"Episode 7" **"Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shanghai Job
''The Shanghai Job'' (, ''S.M.A.R.T. Chase'' in North America) is a 2017 British-Chinese action thriller film by director Charles Martin, with a cast that includes Orlando Bloom, Leo Wu, Simon Yam, Hannah Quinlivan and Lynn Hung. The film was set for a 30 September 2017 release in China, with later dates for other countries. Plot Danny Stratton, a washed-up private security agent, is given the rare opportunity to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai, but is ambushed en route. With the safety of the woman he loves in jeopardy, Danny has to work with his Security Management Action Recovery Team members to save her, as a dreadful conspiracy begins to unravel. Cast *Orlando Bloom as Danny Stratton *Hannah Quinlivan as J. Jae Anh *Simon Yam as Mach Ren *Leo Wu as DingDong Tang *Lynn Hung as Ling Mo, Daniel's girlfriend. * Jing Liang, as Yen, a ruthless and cunning gang leader. * Yanneng Shi *Rong Chang *Da Ying * Tom Price as Ciem Production Development Formerly k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NetEase
NetEase, Inc. () is a Chinese Internet technology company founded by Ding Lei in June 1997. It provides online services with content, community, communications, and commerce. The company develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services, and e-commerce platforms in China. It is one of the largest Internet and video game companies in the world. The company owns multiple pig farms. NetEase has an on-demand music-streaming service ( NetEase Cloud Music). The video games include, '' Fantasy Westward Journey'', ''Tianxia III'', ''Heroes of Tang Dynasty Zero'', and ''Ghost II''. NetEase operated the Chinese version of Blizzard Entertainment games from 2008 to 2023, such as ''World of Warcraft'', '' StarCraft II'', and '' Overwatch''. NetEase trades on the Chinese and American stock markets. The company trades as 9999 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and NTES on Nasdaq. History Ding Lei founded the company in June 1997. It grew due in part to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of Sword And Fairy (video Game)
''The Legend of Sword and Fairy'' ( zh, 仙劍奇俠傳, link=yes), also known colloquially as ''Sword and Fairy 1'' (), is a fantasy adventure role-playing video game developed by the Taiwanese game company Softstar Entertainment, incorporating elements of ''wuxia'', '' shenmo'' and '' xianxia'' and heavy inspirations from traditional Chinese mythology. Initially released in 1995 for the MS-DOS platform, the game was later re-released for Windows 95 in 1997, for Sega Saturn in 1999, and as a re-rendered version for Windows 98/Windows XP in 2001. The game was a huge critical and commercial success (despite rampant video game piracy, piracy) across Greater China and has been widely praised as one of the most iconic and influential Chinese RPG games of all time, and its further worldbuilding has since spawned The Legend of Sword and Fairy, a successful video game franchise in Taiwan and Mainland China. In addition to video games, it has also developed into a media franchise of liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tencent
Tencent Holdings Ltd. ( zh, s=腾讯, p=Téngxùn) is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology Conglomerate (company), conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments. Founded in 1998, its subsidiaries globally market various Internet-related services and products, including in entertainment, Artificial intelligence industry in China, artificial intelligence, and other technology. Its twin-skyscraper headquarters, Tencent Binhai Mansion, Tencent Seafront Towers (also known as Tencent Binhai Mansion) are based in the Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Nanshan District of Shenzhen. In December 2023, architect Büro Ole Scheeren unveiled the latest helix-inspired design of Tencent's new global headquarters in Shenzhen. Known as Tencent Helix, it will accommodate more than 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Zheng
Yu Zheng (; born 28 February 1978) is a Chinese screenwriter and showrunner. He is known for historical romance dramas such as ''Palace'' (2011), ''Story of Yanxi Palace'' (2018), and '' The Double'' (2024). Biography Early life Yu was born and raised in Haining, Zhejiang. After high school, he moved to Shanghai, where he became an auditor at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Career In August 1998, Yu signed with TVB as a screenwriter. One year later, he signed with Li Huimin Studio (). In July 2003, Yu transferred to Taiwan Star International Entertainment Company (). In 2008, he founded Yu Studio (). In June 2009, he founded the Quansheng Time Film and Television Company (). In 2012, Yu co-founded Huanyu Entertainment with Yang Le (Coco Yang), subsuming Yu Studio. Controversies Feuds Raymond Lee In December 2004, Yu, then a total unknown, was threatening to sue director Raymond Lee over the drama '' Assassinator Jing Ke'', because Yu's name did not appear in the credits. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
