On August 5, iQIYI International announced that the first Southeast Asian self-made drama "Soul Ferry Nanyang Legend" was officially launched recently, and announced that the male protagonist of the drama, Wang Guanyi, was the first VIP member ambassador of iQIYI International Station. This is the first Southeast Asian self-made content since iQIYI International Station opened overseas market services, and the drama has been localized in Southeast Asia from multiple levels such as the main creative background, the localization of plot content, and the selection of scenes.
"Soul Ferry • Nanyang Legend" is adapted from iQIYI's classic suspense IP "Soul Ferry", based on the original story, with Singapore and Malaysia "World War II" as the main story background, recreating the history of Singapore and Malaysia at that time. The drama will be supervised by the famous director Guo Jingyu, veteran media producer Yang Xibin as the producer, the original "Soul Ferry" director Guo Shimin and singaporean famous director Xie Minyang co-directed, Singapore young actor Wang Guanyi, Singapore's well-known actress Ou Xuan, Chinese actor Qi Yuwu led the starring. "Soul Ferry • Nanyang Legend" innovates and integrates the Nanyang style, integrating Nyonya and other elements with Nanyang cultural symbols, which is very localized in Southeast Asia. The series will be filmed mainly in Singapore and Malaysia, with locations such as The Merlion, Marina Bay Sands, Clarke Quay, Orchard Road and more. Wang Guanyi, the first VIP member ambassador of iQIYI International Station, starred in the drama, and Wang Guanyi has performed well in movies, dramas, variety shows and other fields, and has accumulated high popularity in Southeast Asia. In 2018, Wang Guanyi played the role of Highlander in iQIYI's global hit drama "Yanxi Raiders", and won awards such as The Best Supporting Actor of the Year at the China-US TV Festival and the Golden Oak Award for Asian Emerging Actor.
iQIYI International Edition was launched in June 2019, and after a year of localization in Southeast Asia, it has made remarkable progress. With Singapore as its international headquarters, iQIYI International station has introduced a number of executives with Southeast Asian work backgrounds to explore overseas markets, while iQIYI is setting up local offices in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. Previously, iQIYI International's global hit variety show "Youth with You 2" opened the post-production of English and Thai variety shows for the first time, the overall translation and live broadcast in English and Thai, meeting the needs of users in Southeast Asia for the same frequency of popular content. At present, iQIYI International Station's first Southeast Asian local self-made drama has started, which means that iQIYI International Station is opening a new stage of development in creating content that is close to the needs of local users and serves overseas local users.
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