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Cell Phone

2010 · 1 season

A slow-burning, talky drama about office politics and tangled love lives that feels grounded and quietly tense.

Created by
Shen Yan
Genres
Drama
Overview
A story that follows the host of a popular TV show. Because the old GM has retired, Yan Sho Yi loses his biggest supporter and faces the pressures from the new GM who only cares about ratings. Television host Yan Shou Yi and producer Fei Mo have been racking their brains to find a way to increase ratings for the show without sacrificing their style. In the face of corporate politics that are difficult to navigate, Yan Shou Yi's love life is equally complicated. Yan Shou Yi forms a unique relationship with publishing house editor Wu Yue while his wife Yu Wen Juan demands a divorce. Yan Shou Yi also meets the cheerful dialog coach Shen Xue and they become mutually attracted to each other. (Source ChineseDrama.info)

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Genres
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • media
  • ambition
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Shen Yan
Starring
Chen Daoming, Wang Zhiwen, Mei Ting, Yu Mingjia, Xia Fan, Ke Lan, Liu Bei, Fan Ming
Length
1 seasons, 36 episodes, 41 min each
Network
Beijing Television, Zhejiang Television, Dragon Television, SHENZHEN SATELLITE TV
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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