Fu Dalong

In The Mo (家业), a single secret recipe turns neighbors into enemies, fathers into schemers, and sons into killers. When Tian Benchang’s (田家昌) men beat Luo Wensong (骆文松) to death in broad daylight, no one expected the dying man to cling to a small ink formula instead of begging for mercy. But Luo Wensong took that secret to his grave. His blood on the cobblestones finally cracked open a ten-year-old mystery: who really burned the Li family’s Gongmo (贡墨) tribute ink? The answer, it turns out, had been hiding in plain sight—inside three families, two marriages, and one man’s terrifying patience. The Fire That Changed Everything That night on the road to the capital, guards watched three oxcarts burn. Inside the carts sat the Li family’s tribute ink, chosen after a brutal competition against the Luo, Chen, and Pan families. A young girl named Li Zhen (李祯) had tipped the scales with her bold idea—“water-fire ink testing and five-layer ink inspection”—giving the Li family victory. But victory turned to ash before dawn. Three men escorted the ink: Li Jingdong (李景东), Li Jingqi (李景祺), and Li Jingfu (李景福). Only Li Jingfu walked away with scratches. Li Jingqi died in prison. Li…

On May 17, the drama The Mo (家业) premiered on CCTV-8 and iQiyi. Within hours, its reservation count on iQiyi surged past 2.33 million—up from 2.29 million just a morning earlier. Starring Yang Zi (杨紫) and Han Dongjun (韩东君), the story drops its heroine into a brutal trap: a forced breakup, a "husband-killer" curse, and an order to die as a martyr. Set in Huizhou (徽州) during the Jia Jing (嘉靖) reign of the Ming Dynasty, the plot revolves around the Gong Mo (贡墨) tribute-ink scandal. Why are so many viewers hooked? Because this is not just another rags-to-riches tale. It's a bloody fight against prejudice written in ink and fire. Hellish Start Li Zhen (李祯), played by Yang Zi, wakes up in a poor family's home after a mysterious time-cross. Her predecessor faked illness to steal money, so she already has a rotten name. Worse, her fiancé Tian Benchang (田本昌) supposedly fell off a cliff. The village calls her a jinx. They demand she kill herself to prove her "virtue." She is only fifteen. Her family refuses to let her die. Grandfather Li Jinshui (李金水) sells his own coffin wood to return the engagement gifts. The clan matriarch, her…

In the misty mountains of Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Huizhou (徽州), ink was not just for writing. It was bloodline, power, and a woman’s forbidden battlefield. The upcoming historical drama The Mo (家业) brings this forgotten world to life. When a corrupted tribute ink case topples the century-old Li family ink empire, one banished daughter, Li Zhen (李祯), picks up the soot-covered tools her ancestors used. She has no clan, no fortune, and no permission—women do not make ink. Yet by May 17, 2026, her story will ignite screens on CCTV-8 and iQiyi. Starring Yang Zi (杨紫) as Li Zhen and Han Dongjun (韩东君) as Luo Wenqian (骆文谦), this is not another palace romance. It is a gritty, ink-stained fight for survival, legacy, and the right to grind a new future. The Ink Massacre A single forged tribute ink stone collapsed a dynasty. In the drama’s opening, the emperor’s tribute ink case explodes into scandal. For generations, the Li family’s Hui ink— prized for its pine-soot depth and lasting luster — dominated the empire. But now, the head of the Li family is disgraced. The eight branches of the clan fracture. And the eighth branch, Li Zhen’s own blood, is expelled…