Happiness Comes Knocking

Jiang Lu works as a make-up artist for an acrobatics group. She's kind, beautiful and talented, but to everyone's bewilderment, still unmarried at the age of 35. Song Yu Sheng is the photographer of a publishing house whose wife, Xiao Yun, died in a motorcycle accident 6 years ago, leaving him a widower with 2 children, Zheng Zheng and Jun Jun. His former mother-in-law, Qian Shu Hua, repeatedly attempts to introduce him to potential romantic partners with the main intention of finding a good step-mother for her grandchildren, but Yu Sheng finds it difficult to feign interest. However, during a chance encounter with Jiang Lu at the phone kiosk outside her apartment building while trying to avoid yet another blind date set up by Shu Hua, sparks begin to fly.

Directed by —, Happiness Comes Knocking leans on a strong ensemble — 骆嘉琦, Jiang Wenli, Sun Chun — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about family titles of 2011.