Old Boy (TV series)

Old Boy is a 2018 Chinese television series starring Liu Ye and Ariel Lin alongside Lei Jiayin and Hu Xianxu. It aired on Hunan TV from March 4 to April 19, 2018.

Synopsis
A handsome airline pilot Wu Zheng (Liu Ye) and a beautiful but temperamental, elite private school English teacher Lin Xiao Ou (Lin Yichen) meet by chance in Australia under rather unpleasant circumstances. They start off on the wrong foot, but fate makes them cross paths many times.

Cast

 * Liu Ye as Wu Zheng
 * Ariel Lin as Lin Xiao'ou
 * Lei Jiayin as Shi Fei
 * Hu Xianxu as Xiao Han
 * Guo Shutong as Ye Zi
 * Wang Yanzhi as Fei Wenli
 * Li Jianyi as Li Liqun
 * Ni Hongjie as Ding Fangru
 * Wang Ding as Li Lei
 * Zhou Qi as Zhou Zhou
 * Wang Ce as Zhou Zhengyi
 * Wei Wei as Ye Xin
 * Zeng Li as Xiao Wei
 * Chi Feng as Wang Xiujuan
 * Liang Jingxian as Wang Shan
 * Yang Xizi as Li Keman
 * Tan Kai as Captain Zheng
 * Li Guangjie as Xiao Yue
 * Lin Peng as Lu Dazhi
 * Hua Mingwei as Principal Ou
 * Zhou Xianxin as Wu Shuying
 * Li Jialin as Aunty Wen
 * Hu Kun as Xiao Qi
 * Zhang Lan as Mother Ou
 * Liu Qi as Wang Yifu

Production
The series is directed by Yu Cuihua (Love O2O, Eternal Love), written by Mobao Feibao (Scarlet Heart, My Sunshine) and produced by Xiong Xiaoling (Love O2O, My Sunshine). Other notable cast members include Teng Huatao (Dwelling Narrowness, Fu Chen) as its executive producer and Di Kun (To Be a Better Man) as its artistic director.

Tangjia Sanshao, the original author of the novel, acts as the promotional ambassador of the series. This is the first cross-over collaboration between entertainment media (television) and literary work.

The series was filmed in Shanghai, Beijing and New York from April to August 2017.