Danmei Novel ‘Sammy’s Children’s Day’ Gets TV/Film Adaptation

China Danmei

2024-04-09
12:19

On April 2nd, a user on Weibo noticed and announced that the Danmei novel ‘Sammy’s Children’s Day’ has been licensed for foreign TV or film adaptation.

‘Sammy’s Children’s Day (初三的六一儿童节)’, also known as “Chu San & Liu Yi’s Children’s Day,” is a Danmei novel by She Xie Dian Dian that has more than 100 million followers, 50 million Weibo super topics, 22 million Douyin topics, and is ranked #1 in the Baidu Event Record of 2018. The original storyline is set in 1980s Hong Kong, depicting the romance between a gangster and a college student, which also features two BL couples and one sapphic couple.

The announcement quickly escalated on X, formerly Twitter, which received positive feedback from its readers and BL fans, creating anticipation for the project.

In the 1980s, powerful and corrupt triads dominated Hong Kong, compromising the police. The most notorious area, the Snapdragon Walled City, is a lawless zone where many triads operate. To launder money, Xia Liu Yi opened a film studio. The gang recruited their sister-in-law as the lead actress, a popular star under duress as the male protagonist and a former X-rated film director, but they needed someone to write the screenplay. This leads to He Chu San, a college student, getting hostaged on his way home, who initially resisted but was forced into compliance.

After completing the film, Chu San believed he was free, only to encounter a wounded Liu Yi outside his home. This encounter marked the beginning of an unlikely relationship between the mafia boss and the educated white-collar worker, intertwining their fates in the chaotic world of Hong Kong.

As of this writing, no further information has been released. Stay tuned to BLtai for more updates!

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