“Ugly Beauty” is a new Chinese romance drama which comes out in 2021. The drama tells a story about a man Chen Mo who suspects the actress Yao Menggui killing another actress Li Daixuan. He wants to find the real looks under her face. So he becomes her assistant. But he doesn’t expect that he falls for her.
“Ugly Beauty” is adapted from Bayue Changan’s novel “The looks Under the Face”.
Zhenghe Huizi and Huang Shengchi are the lead actors.
Zhenghe Huizi starred Chinese romance drama “Love is Fate” in 2019. She played the role Ma Keai. She also starred “Bedtime Hero” in 2018. She played the role Ai Mei.
Huang Shengchi starred Chinese romance drama “Mountains and Ocean” in 2019. He played a man Ye Lin who falls for his older brother’s girlfriend. He also starred “Summer’s Desire” in 2018.
Ugly Beauty (2021)
Information
Title: Ugly Beauty
Director: Shen Qingyuan
Writer: Bayue Changan
Network: Youku
Runtime: From May. 11
Episodes: 24
Language: Chinese
Summary
Li Daixuan hands over the flowers to Song Ci. He thanks her. But she points out that he prefers to star the drama “First Snow in the Summer” with Yao Menggui. Yao Menggui shows up. Li Daixuan throws the flowers to Yao Menggui’s face. She begs her to forgive her. Chen Mo spots it and takes a photo of the two.
The curtain hits Song Ci when he acts the drama with Yao Menggui. He’s sent to the hospital. She catches the chance to flee. Chen Mo spots Yao Menggui and tries to tail her. But she bumps him and makes his camera fall into the sewer. He visits Xiang Jiao and tells him that he lost his camera. Xiang Jiao punishes Chen Mo from sitting on Chen Mo when he does plank.
Chen Mo learns that Li Daixuan took her life last night. He thinks Yao Menggui murdered Li Daixuan. He wants to become her assistant to find her secret. But the manager Chang Ming doesn’t want to hire male assistant. Yao Mengguo appears and tells Chen Mo to be her assistant. She doesn’t want to hire a female because she worries the woman will find out that she’s not the real Yao Menggui.
Chen Mo drives the van on the road. His partner shows Liu Xuefei’s photo to him. He feels regret for the previous star after her husband cheated on her. Chen Mo wonders if they will be paid for shooting Liu Xuefei because the lady isn’t hot anymore.
Chen Mo’s partner asks Chen Mo not to mention the money because he worries that his apprentices will hear it. Chen Mo points out that he needs money. His partner asks him to go to see his father. Chen Mo sees Yao Menggui in the cab. We learn that he hates the beauty because she made him be a paparazzi.
The reporter tries to film Song Ci. But Song Ci’s assistant stops the reporter. He persuades Song Ci to go to the separate lounge. But Song Ci doesn’t want to be special. The girls think Song Ci is a good person. He lets his assistant drive the girls away because he thinks they’re bored.
Li Daixuan walks into the room. She hands over the flowers to Song Ci. She notes that Song Ci’s assistant Xiao Bai is shooting her. Song Ci explains it to Li Daixuan that Uncle Jiang asked Xiao Bai to do that. He believes that Uncle Jiang asked her to visit him.
She asks him about Yao Menggui. She reveals she prepared some flowers for Yao Menggui as well. Song Ci complains to Li Daixuan that Yao Menggui was always late. But she knows he prefers to star the drama “First Snow in the Summer” with Yao Menggui.
The guy reports to Chen Mo that Xiang Jiao is missing. Chen Mo sees the truck. He goes to the rooftop to shoot the truck. Liu Xuefei gets off the truck. She trips. Chen Mo captures it. He reports it to Xiang Jiao. Xiang Jiao asks Chen Mo not to delete the photos because he thinks Chen Mo got some ugly photos of Liu Xuefei. But Chen Mo deletes Liu Xuefei’s photo. Because he wishes to keep pride for Liu Xuefei. The beauty passes though Chen Mo. He knows she’s Yao Menggui. He calls her. She stops for a while. She runs into the house and she closes the roll-up gate.
Yao Menggui walks in the hallway. The guy takes photo of her. She turns around and she calls him classmate. He apologizes to her. He shows her the way to the dressing room. The makeup artist wears makeup for the actress. She looks around because she thinks she should wear makeup for Yao Menggui first.
The actress thinks the makeup artist isn’t reasonable because Yao Menggui is late. Yao Menggui shows up. She gets into the storeroom. Song Ci learns that she wishes to go to the lounge. He shows her the way. She leaves. The actress thinks Yao Mengguo shouldn’t be the lead role because Yao Mengguo doesn’t know the lounge.
Song Ci turns around. He finds out that Li Daixuan is missing. Chen Mo thinks Yao Menggui has a problem because she chose to walk through warehouse. Xiang Jiao explains it to Chen Mo that the actress did it for avoiding the fans. Xiang Jiao tells Song Ci not to wrong Yao Menggui. He claims that they only shoot real.
Chen Mo sees the fans wearing Song Ci’s T-shirt. He takes off his clothes. We see him wearing Song Ci’s T-shirt as well. But he sees Tang Xin handing over the present to the guard for thanking the guard for taking care of Song Ci. Chen Mo avoids Tang Xin because she’s Xiang Jiao’s younger sister. Xiang Jiao asks Chen Mo not to confess about him if he gets caught. He hangs up. Chen Mo has to wear Yao Menggui’s T-shirt. He joins the guys who are Yao Mengguo’s fans.
Yao Menggui walks into the room. She reads the message someone sent to her. It teaches her how to be an actress. She walks to the window and she closes the curtains. She takes out Song Ci’s photo. She tries to review her lines. Someone knocks at the door. She goes to open the door. She sees a girl with flowers.
Yao Menggui recognizes Li Daixuan. She thinks she came to watch her drama. Li Daixuan points out that she should come because Yao Menggui prepared the drama for her. Yao Menggui wants to talk about the business later. But Li Daixuan gets into her room.
Chen Mo tails the two. He uses his card to block the door. It makes the door not close. He films the two ladies. Li Daixuan mentions what Yao Menggui said that she wore the sunglasses for hiding herself. She thinks they’re best friends.
She blames her for not greeting her when she took out the flowers. She’s furious to throw the flowers to the wall. Yao Menggui explains it to Li Daixuan that she didn’t intend to do so. But Li Daixuan thinks it’s fine even if Yao Menggui intended to do so.
She grabs Yao Menggui’s hand. She thinks Yao Menggui wishes her to die. She asks her to forgive her. She wonders if she saw the sword of Damocles she put on her head. Li Daixuan cries. Chen Mo captures it. He flees when someone is close to him.The girl knocks at the door. She reminds Yao Menggui that she will be late if Yao Menggui doesn’t wear makeup.
Cast
Zhenghe Huizi as Xiao Mu (Yao Menggui)
She’s a girl who hands over the foods to the customers. She is surprised to meet with her sister Yao Mengguo who has been a popular actress. She agrees to pretend to be her sister because they have parted for many years. But Chen Mo finds her secret.
Huang Shengchi as Chen Mo
He’s a paparazzi who spots Yao Mengguo and Li Daixuan’s fight. He wants to find the truth after knowing Li Daixuan takes her life after she jumped off the building.
Hu Wenzhe as Song Ci
He’s a top actor. He likes Yao Mengguo because she doesn’t cover herself.
Li Dianzui as Xiang Jiao
He’s Chen Mo’s boss. He earns money from getting Chen Mo to take photos of actresses. But he’s a kindness man. He has a sister Tang Tang who always brings troubles to him.
Zheng Miao as Tang Tang
She’s the president of Song Ci’s fan group. She loves him deeply.