Tears in Heaven (TV series)

Tears in Heaven (in Chinese:海上繁花; Hai Shang Bang Hua, also known as "My Dear Chief") in Spain, Tears in Heaven, in Mexico, Tears in Paradise is a Chinese television drama series based on the novel written by Fei Wo Si Cun and directed by Hua Qing. It stars Shawn Dou, Li Qin, Leon Zhang, Ai Ru, Sheng Ziming, Wang Rui Zi, Li Ting Zhe, the drama was filmed in Shanghai and Pingtan island which was broadcast on various channels from June 23 to July 24, 2021.

Synopsis
Du Xiaosu is an entertainment reporter looking for the scoop to interview actress Yan Jingjing on her arrival at the airport, on the other hand, a businessman Lei Yuzheng is seen who was about to go on a business trip. Suddenly Du Xiaosu and Lei Yuzheng collide on the road, they meet again since they met in the past, she apologizes horrified, while Lei Yuzheng upon seeing her recognizes him and remembers that night when he was driving and saw Du Xiaosu walking on the road, fainting under the rain. rain while he saves and took him away, since that night his memory left a mark on him all his life and he has not forgotten it. Later, Du Xiaosu, missing the interview, finds a way and poses as a nurse and sneaks into a hospital room to take a photo of the rising star patient after the car accident, then meets Shao Zhenrong, a friendly man. and handsome doctor on duty, who begins to feel attracted, both meet and begin their relationship, finally they were going to get married and have a home, given that the love interests towards Du Xiaosu were Shao Zherong, Lei Yuzheng as well as Lin Xiangyuan and the Mr.Liu.

She has an appointment with Shao Zhenrong for her birthday, when leaving the restaurant she sees Lei Yuzheng with the new actress Xu You, Du Xiaosu met him through social networks and interviews seemed unfair and decides to talk to actress Yan Jingjing who was fired Du Xiaosu decides to do him justice, looking to interview him and claim him, he stops on the road while Lei Yuzheng sees him inside the vehicle remembering her, so they communicate in person for the first time but both begin to have prejudices. Later, when he invites to meet all his family, Du Xiaosu meets and is reunited with his brother to his horror he discovers that he is Lei Yuzheng, then Shao Zhenrong's mother reveals that she had an affair with his father who had abandoned him leaving his heart wounded as he that he forbids his relationship with Shao Zhenrong because he could not welcome him into the family, since it would be a constant reminder of his pain, due to the situation Du Xiaosu breaks up with Shao Zhenrong, he without knowing the reason is heartbroken and decides to go to Yunnan . On his way, he faces a landslide on the highway, resulting in serious injuries. Du Xiaosu travels to Yunnan to recover Shao Zherong but finds out that he had an accident, and, horrified, he goes to look for him. While in the hospital, he sees Shao Zhenrong fighting for her life while she sees him for the last time saying goodbye and dies in front of her leaving her in pain after fainting she sees Shao Zhenrong crying while Lei Yuzheng full of anger and pain separates Du Xiaosu from Shao Zhenrong judging her cruelly and coldly asks her to go away and walk away that is not worthy of him.

With everyone in the cemetery at the end, Du Xiaosu decides to go but on the way he meets Lei Yuzheng, preventing him from approaching, both of them start to argue in pain and he begins to speak ill of her, having prejudices, Du Xiaosu not knowing why he treats him so badly, Lei Yuzheng confesses to her the rainy night how they met, making her remember, a year ago he saw her unconscious on the road while driving, he got out of the car to help her and took him to his apartment, while there Lei Yuzheng took off her outfit wet and takes Du Xiaosu in his arms in the bedroom laying her down, hence Du Xiaosu woke up drunk and saw her and begins to seduce him by giving him her love and captivation, at that moment Lei Yuzheng felt attracted and wanted by her, both were together that night, but she faints and since then she does not remember. When Du Xiaosu finds out, she is surprised what happened, what she remembers is that she went to the restaurant and they told her that a man sent her back the night before without realizing it that he went to Lei Yuzheng's apartment and paid for the alcohol by informing the waiter, to which Lei Yuzheng asks him to leave and not bother Shao Zhenrong.

Du Xiaosu, in pain and feeling guilty, wants to fulfill Shao Zhenrong's dream and get the house that he gave her, but she finds out that it is for sale by Lei Yuzheng, so she is going to claim it by confronting and fighting for it, Lei Yuzheng fires her from the house. company but Du Xiaosu without giving up begins to look for work as a waitress in a bar, fighting for her designs, working in the construction site risking her life without stopping until one day she visits the grave of Shao Zhenrong confessing that her effort is in vain that he can no longer go on, Lei Yuzheng, seeing Du Xiaosu's suffering and pain, is moved, decides to help her without knowing why he decides to return her house, Du Xiaosu, upon finding out, thanks him, taking him to the restaurant where Shao Zhenrong used to eat after leaving from the hospital, surprised Lei Yuzheng sees Du Xiaosu crying, showing his tenderness and sweetness before him, feeling anguished at seeing her suffer and affected by being treated so badly without knowing her, then Du Xiaosu shares a boat ticket asking her for a favor to go to visit the children in Pingtan Island in company, Lei Yuzheng is excited and both travel together get to know the children and the sun teacher who brings them joy, love and happiness, Du Xiaosu and Lei Yuzheng begin to get along, understand each other Starting their friendship being friends, Lei Yuzheng confides in her for the first time, he tells her about his past to which Du Xiaosu encourages and supports him.

After the trip, being in Shanghai, his school takes him to a secret place where he tells him about his childhood with Shao Zherong, letting his memories affect Du Xiaosu, to which Lei Yuzheng gives him encouragement. As the months go by, they both spend pleasant moments together in the annual yutian festival, the engagement of Lin Xiangyuan and Jiang Fanlu, in business matters, visiting the island to see the children, leaving behind the prejudices and misunderstandings they had, Lei Yuzheng sees in her a wonderful woman and special so she can't resist secretly helping her, who she believes is a pervert who only wants to harass him, on several occasions Du Xiaosu gets nervous and blushes when Lei Yuzheng approaches her or when they are alone, they both fall in love hiding his feelings. On the other hand, Lin Xiangyuan ruins Lei Yuzheng by taking him to prison, from there he changed his attitude, becoming cruel. Upon learning what happened, Du Xiaosu is affected and sad so she decides to help him, he takes care of his father, Mr. Lei Ting, making sacrifices. for Lei Yuzheng, while spending eight months, he is released from prison, he learns the truth about his mother and loses his father, leaving him deeply hurt, he enters a depressive trauma, compulsively begins to treat everyone badly, including Du Xiaosu, for which he hurts his feelings, being affected and hurting himself, seeing that Du Xiaosu is by his side without giving up helping him Lei Yuzheng is shocked, regretful, depressed, he values it very much and clung to her, thanks to Du Xiaosu Lei Yuzheng returns to the company, so he makes up for lost time, both being in love, they begin to be together supporting each other, but Du Xiaosu, upon meeting his rich friends, feels that he will not fit in, he will not be like them, so he walks away, being indifferent to Lei Yuzheng leaving him devastated as the circumstances some men chase him so he distances himself to protect her, but she believes and feels that she is being betrayed so she begins to doubt her feelings towards Lei Yuzheng causing great pain and affecting her health, Lei Yuzheng, seeing her in poor condition, cannot resist being separated from Du Xiaosu for even a moment, so he wants to conquer her and recover her.

On the other hand, Zou Siqi and He Qunfei, Jiang Fanlu and Lin Xiangyuan get married, they invite both to the wedding as witnesses, the couples are already married, He Siqi and Lin Fanlu, the brides throw the bouquets, choosing Du Xiaosu and Lei Yuzheng, being the following boyfriends to get married so Du Xiaosu is amazed, shakes hands while Lei Yuzheng feels lucky and excited, both accept with great happiness to which Lei Yuzheng finds it difficult to resist his love for Du Xiaosu decides to get closer and pursue her by becoming her assistant, while Du Xiaosu continues with his design work, he asks her to help her, so she agrees, spending a week Lei Yuzheng wants to have a serious love relationship with Du Xiaosu but she rejects him, which makes her sad, Du Xiaosu doesn't know if her Destiny is to be together with him since she does not want him to change and try hard for her because she knows her true self and is afraid of being harmed, but deep down she loves him. Then director Liu breaks the news to Du Xiaosu that she will be the chosen one. arcticteta designer contestant in Paris for a year so she has to go abroad putting her in a difficult decision, Lei Yuzheng upon finding out goes to look for her, asking her not to leave and wants to help her but Du Xiaosu decided to go fulfill her dream so He asks her to let her go, Lei Yuzheng with a wounded and devastated heart feels that he is losing her and is hurt by his decision and seeing her leave his side, but Lei Yuzheng does not give up, he feels that he cannot live without her, he realizes that his love and happiness that he longed for and hoped was Du Xiaosu had fallen in love with her from the beginning, he loves him deeply, secretly Lei Yuzheng has an engagement ring to give her as a gift, willing to fight for the love of his life.

Du Xiaosu prepares his luggage to go to Paris to compete but not before calling the sun teacher to tell him to visit her without realizing that Lei Yuzheng follows him, having prepared a gift especially for her, Du Xiaosu travels to the island to visit The children being there see the teacher Sun telling him that the foundation is in his name by Lei Yuzheng to which he is surprised and that both are in charge of helping to build buildings so that better donors come for new teachers and for the children in the school Later, later Du Xiaosu walking towards the shores of the sea feels a great sadness and loneliness in his heart that he misses and at the same time remembers the good times he spent together with Lei Yuzheng, to his surprise fate brought them together again, they both meet again while they are together on the island Lei Yuzheng confesses her love to Du Xiaosu asking him to be by her side, she will wait for him on the island until his return after a year has passed and be part of it for the rest of his life, she sadly crying to go to the foreigner and not wanting to leave him, he realizes his sacrifice that he cannot live without her, destined to be together being his true love of Du Xiaosu, he accepts it to which Lei Yuzheng with full of happiness fulfills his dream of being happy and loving, being Both happily surrender to each other, demonstrating their love, giving each other a passionate kiss and a warm hug under the setting sun, fulfilling their dreams, being the lucky lovers in love, they will be the next to marry, so their paths were separated, now Du Xiaosu and Lei Yuzheng are a united parallel.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Recurring Characters

The Du Family

The Lei Family

The Shao Family

The Jiang Family

The He Family

The Lin Family

Other characters 
Zhang Xiao Gui as Lei Yuzheng's friend.
Zhang Hao Cheng as Liu Siyang.
Zhao Yue Cheng as Xie Li.
Wei Guan Nan as Shangguan Bo Yao.
Gao Shu Yao as Yan Jingjing the first actress.
Yi Shan as Xu You the second actress.
Dong Zi Liang like master Xiao Sun, takes care of children.
Karl Robert Eislen as Professor Ohm, idol of Du Xiaosu.
Ma Xiao Kai as Ye Shenkuan.
Liu Bo Xi as Li Mengnan.
Hu Jia Hua as Lin Dun.
Wei Jun as Wang Guixiang.
Li Dong as Lao Mo.
Yuan Fan as a reporter.
Yan Yi Min as Ceo Liu.
Zhu Xiao Gang as Yan Jingjing's assistant.

Episode 
Tears in Heaven series was confirmed for 41 episodes (Direct Uncut Version) in China from 2021.

According to the original book, the novel has more chapters, so less is told in the drama.

It is said that there will be another season, since it was a nice ending to the last episode.

Soundtrack
The Tears in Heaven soundtrack is confirmed by seven songs:

Production 
The series is based on the novel " Variety Flowers At Seaside" (Chinese:佳期如梦之海上繁花) by Fei Wo Si Cun.

The series was also known as "Tears in Heaven" (Chinese:海上繁花).

It was directed by director Hua Qing and Shen Yi.

In the production, he had Zhang Sheng Yan and Jiang Xiao Ping along with the support of executive producer Yang Yu and Bu Yu.

The protagonists who play their characters were called similar to their names but interspersed.

The soundtrack are by various artists and the melody is by the director.

It featured production companies Shuimu Qingyuan Entertainment, Dream Sky Films, Impact Media, Omnijoi, and was distributed by Jiangsu TV.

Filming started on November 18, 2016, in Shanghai and on Pingtan Island until March 9, 2017.

Popularity 
The drama has been surprised by fans of the author, who is known for her melodramas and uncontrollable tears that took four years to show.

International transmission 
The series was broadcast internationally through YouTube, the recount of episodes for international broadcast was 41.

References

External links 
https://www.betaseries.com/es/show/tears-in-heaven-2021
https://www.cdramalove.com/tears-in-heaven-chinese-drama/

Chinese romance television series
2021 Chinese television series debuts
Television shows based on works by Fei Wo Si Cun