Zhang Momo(Mainland China)
Creative Award
Author Biography:
Zhang Weiwei: After graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering, she was assigned to Shandong Iron & Steel Group and later engaged in family education work. She is a national Level-2 psychological counselor, a senior family education instructor, a specially appointed expert of the Family Education Lecturer Team at the Open University of China, and the president of the Family Education Association in Gangcheng District, Jinan. She has published educational books such as Why Should Children Be Excellent, and her poetry collection The Past Is Also Youth was included in the Famous Writers Library of Blog China. Her script Ah! Noli Valley received an Honorable Mention in the “First Global Micro-Series Film & Literature Script Competition” organized by the US-China Writers Association Cup.
Awarded work："Ah! Noli Valley" (80 episodes)
Synopsis:
Zhang Jialin and Su Haochen meet by chance at Noli Valley in Sanya, Hainan Province. It is love at first sight, and thus begins a story of love that redeems both soul and life.
Noli Valley was founded by Mr. Zhang Xinghua, a national first-class screenwriter. He has worked as a farmer and a teacher, achieving remarkable accomplishments throughout his life. After retirement, he moved to Sanya, Hainan Province, to enjoy his later years and established Noli Valley Industrial Co., Ltd. He is affectionately known as “Bunbun Grandpa” or “Grandpa Noni.”
Zhang Jialin, 23, is a kind, cheerful girl, always full of dreams. When she was ten, her mother died in a car accident, leaving her father Zhang Yugong to raise her alone. Her bright personality and unpredictable ideas attract entrepreneur Wang Pu, who sees in her a continuation of his youth and immediately begins to pursue her.
Su Haochen, 25, is tall, handsome, and works as a radiology doctor. His mother Li Hui is the head of a middle school department, and his father Su Wen, a chief physician at a top-tier hospital, later became the hospital director. Despite an enviable family background, he has a strained relationship with his parents, separated by an unbridgeable gap.
At Noli Valley, Su Haochen encounters Zhang Jialin, whose sincerity and openness shine a light into his life. Meanwhile, Wang Pu also flies to Sanya. Outgoing and frank in personality, Wang Pu is deep and reserved when it comes to emotions.
Zhang Jialin discovers that beneath Su Haochen’s tall and handsome exterior lies deep-seated insecurity, seemingly bound by invisible shackles and trapped in an inescapable cage.
By chance, Su Haochen has a brief encounter with Grandpa Noni, who, like a lighthouse on the sea, illuminates his long-dormant heart.
Su Haochen then confides in Zhang Jialin, revealing his past. He had an older brother, Su Haoyu, who ended his life by suicide. Witnessing his brother’s death left a profound shadow on Su Haochen, shaping his subsequent insecurity and the unresolvable conflicts with his parents. Su Haochen’s parents also grew distant in their marriage after their son’s death.
Li Hui chooses the daughter of a high-ranking official, Li Miaoxue, as Su Haochen’s potential spouse, while Su Haochen has developed a deep attachment to Jialin. The disagreement between mother and son further strains their relationship.
To reject Wang Pu’s pursuit, Jialin pretends to have an eye disease and claims she will soon go blind. Believing her, Wang Pu leaves Sanya but arranges for her treatment at the best hospital.
Su Wen and Li Hui, unable to agree on Su Haochen’s situation, seek Grandpa Noni’s guidance. Through his advice, they open their hearts, confront their issues, and finally release long-held guilt and regret. Su Haochen overhears their conversation and comes to understand that his parents are not as cold or hypocritical as he imagined, reconciling with them.
Back in Quancheng, Li Miaoxue and her mother happen to see Su Haochen and Jialin together, confront Li Hui, and reveal their true character.
Unable to resist Wang Pu’s sincerity, Jialin goes to the hospital he arranged for her checkup, only to discover she has a serious illness and is told she has only six months to live. Zhang Yugong struggles to accept this reality.
Not wanting Su Haochen, who has just emerged from his own shadow, to lose hope in life, Jialin pretends to be in a relationship with Wang Pu and breaks up with Su Haochen, hiding her illness. Su Haochen, thinking she has moved on, is heartbroken.
Lying in her hospital bed, Jialin loses hope. Her father is deeply worried. Doctors advise that a positive and optimistic mindset is crucial for her treatment.
Unable to bear her suffering, Wang Pu informs Su Haochen of the truth. Upon learning it, Su Haochen rushes to the hospital. Jialin regains the will and courage to live, and her condition begins to improve.
They decide to abandon chemotherapy and return to the place where they first met—Noli Valley.
Before leaving, Su Haochen takes Jialin to his childhood home, where his brother Su Haoyu ended his life. Here, he realizes that the past is over; the only thing they can do now is accept what cannot be changed and pursue a better life.
At Noli Valley, they transform their love into daily warmth, sharing meals, seasons, and companionship.
When they later return to the hospital, doctors are puzzled to find that all test results are normal, suspecting a previous misdiagnosis.
Golden sunlight filters through the dappled trees, bathing their faces in warmth, as the entire world glows around them.
Professional Review:
This series presents Noli Valley as a spiritual sanctuary, weaving together elements such as family mysteries, childhood trauma, terminal illness reversals, and complex love triangles. The narrative progresses in layers, rich in emotion. Using the natural setting as a backdrop, it conveys hope and warmth in life. This is a romantic realist micro-series with both healing power and emotional intensity.
