The Other Side of Sleep

Marvi, a determined village girl, pursues city education to uplift her community, but her dreams are shattered when she's abducted, sparking a fierce battle for her rights against oppressive Kharis traditions and feudal systems

In the early 1990s, orphan Jian Ai (Liu Tao) is forced to drop out of school due to her family's poverty and work in Guangzhou toiling as a small restaurant waitress and tea girl in a foreign trade company. Due to her intelligence, kindness and daring spirit, she works her way up as an excellent foreign trade merchandiser and business manager. But Jian Ai is not satisfied with the career leap she manages to achieve. After several setbacks, she establishes her own textiles company, embroiling herself romantically with affluent Lin Hengzhi (Raymond Lam) and his complicated family business. Upon the 1998 financial turmoil in Southeast Asia and the 2008 financial crisis, she relies on China's reform and opening up to succeed. China's booming foreign trade development eventually lifts her to be the head of a multinational trade company.

Six friends who are learning to navigate the inevitable nuances that are a part of life- relationship changes, family dynamics, tragedy and joy. It shows flawed people in real life situations through the lens of faith

-At the center of the story is the Diva modeling agency. This is where the girls arrive, where they make their nest, where they come to seek comfort, to confide their sorrows, their hopes, to let off steam when things go wrong, to complain when they feel cheated. The star model, Clara Baly, 26, is at the top of her game. But faces wear out quickly in the fashion world, and it's to bring in new blood that Victor Savaria, owner of the agency, and his partner, Marcelle Turcotte, organize a modeling contest, which Ariane, Caroline and Rose win.