For Nathan Clarke, 29, a PhD candidate in computer science at a university in California, short dramas offer a totally different vibe - classic over-the-top romance, contract marriages, and the whole ...

Fresh out of university, Yue Qian Ling (Zhou Ye) lands a job at HC Game, only to find herself working alongside Gu Xun (Lin Yi), the object of her long-standing, slow-burning crush.

He Yi Qian, popularly known as He Yu, is a well-known actor and producer from China. Although he graduated from university with a degree in architecture, he has always been interested in the showbiz.

Instead, it’s on FlexTV, a Chinese app filled with short dramas like this one. The shows on FlexTV are shot for phone screens, cut into about 90 two-minute episodes, and optimized for today’s ...