2019-06-11

Appreciation of Magnolia | The Thai Version of FLEET OF TIME, A High-quality Cultural Export Oversea

At 19:00 on the evening of June 10, the Thai drama FLEET OF TIME held the film-watching event and a post-premiere meeting at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Zhang Dong, president of Artop Media, starrings including BANK, Victor Zheng, BEST, Zhuang Jia and others all attended.

Chinese culture exports overseas and gains emotional recognition

The Thai drama FLEET OF TIME is adapted from the novel of the same name by Chinese writer Jiu Yehui. The drama tells the growth story of five boys and girls with laughter and tears, full of beautiful and pure youth.

The Chinese movie FLEET OF TIME was released in theaters of Thailand in 2015. Sakon Tiachareon, a famous Thai director, was deeply impressed after watching the whole movie. He believes that the story of the millennium described in FLEET OF TIME is very universal, and that the memories of youth in Thailand and the world are equally beautiful and worthy of reappearance. Therefore, he put forward the idea of directing a remake of Thai edition of in FLEET OF TIME to his good friend, Mr. Zhang Dong, president of Artop Media. After one year\'s preparation and one year\'s shooting, the Thai version of FLEET OF TIME produced by Artop Media has finally finished. Meanwhile, the Thai edition of book FLEET OF TIME will be available in July.

On May 15, the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations was just held in Beijing. At the forum, President Xi Jinping proposed to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning among different countries, nationalities and cultures in the world, consolidating the humanistic foundation of jointly building an Asian community of common future and community with shared future for mankind, and advocating openness, tolerance and mutual learning. The broadcasting of the Thai version of FLEET OF TIME was just in time when China\'s domestic IP has been first remade into a fashion show overseas, and Chinese Story + Overseas Production has created a new model of cross-cultural communication.

FLEET OF TIME premiered in China with remarkable achievements

The Thai version of FLEET OF TIME premiered on June 6 in China\'s Tencent video, iQIYI, and bilibili. The first week of the show has seen remarkable results in the same type of drama. The number of videos played in Tencent exceeded 80 million in 4 days. In iQiyi, both versions have attracted more than 20 million viewers. Thail version of FLEET OF TIME broadcast on bilibili + mandarin version attracted nearly 2 million hit, ranking 2 and 4 of TV series in the region. The success of the first broadcast is gratifying.

Regardless of national boundaries and languages, as long as good works are well made and stories are true enough, they can be recognized by audiences at home and abroad. The Thai drama FLEET OF TIME is really such an excellent work that can resonate with everyone\'s emotions.

Matching of actors meticulously is the foundation of success

The pretty and fashion appearance of the leading stars is very appropriate to the main characters in the play, and the proper choice of role is one of the most important reasons for the success of the play. Once the poster of the main character was released, it was highly recognized by the original author and people in the industry.

This play was recognized and valued by the Shanghai TV Festival, and it was included in the "Appreciation of Magnolia" for offline screening for the benefit of the people. The off-line screening of The FLEET OF TIME was held at Mercedes-Benz Arena and many audiences attended this activity.

After the screening, the stars BANK, Victor Zheng, BEST and Zhuang Jia appeared on stage. They shared the fun and experience during shooting THE FLEET OF TIME, and also interacted with fans at the scene, drawing lots, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.