About the Screenwriter
Ge Rui: male, Han Chinese. Holds a master's degree in film creation from the Communication University of China. Has studied screenwriting under director Guan Hu for many years, writing across war, history, legend, urban mystery and romance; his work combines artistic quality with commercial value. He has contributed to more than 400 episodes of TV series, and the films he has worked on have grossed more than 7 billion yuan in total. Main credits: the films Black Dog (2021), The Eight Hundred (2020), The Sacrifice (2020), My People, My Country (2019) and Run for Love (2016), and the web series Candle in the Tomb: The Wrath of Time (2018). Li Chenxi: male, Han Chinese. Graduated in 2015 from the New York Film Academy with a master's degree in directing, and afterwards studied under director Guan Hu. He Liangyu: female. Holds an MFA from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, and is a member of the Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild. She has worked in film and television for more than ten years as a development executive, screenwriter, assistant director, script supervisor and post-production coordinator. Credits: screenwriter's assistant/assistant director on Unbeatable and That Demon Within; first-draft writer on Operation Mekong; co-writer on Sons of the Neon Night; post-production writer/coordinator on My Beloved Bodyguard; contributor to Better Days; screenwriter on ICAC Investigators 2014, ICAC Investigators 2019, ICAC Investigators 2022, Zombie Night, Cold War (prequel), Equator 2 and A Man and a Woman.