Scripted series · Tencent Video
No Pain No Gain
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Peng Yuchang
Pei Qian
26 eps
Lin Yun
Lin Wan
26 eps
Liu Guanlin
Huang Sibo
26 eps
Wang Tianfang
Ma Yang
26 eps
He Ruixian
Xin Hailu
26 eps
Wu Junting
Lv Mingliang
26 eps
Yao Yiqi
Bao Xu
26 eps
Chang Long
Li Shi
26 eps
Ye Zuxin
Zhou Muyan
26 eps
Yang Xinming
1 eps
Dong Kefei
1 eps
Wang Chengsi
2 eps
Huang Yixin
1 eps
Yue Yang
1 eps
Mu Liyan
1 eps
Li Hongquan
1 eps
Sui Yuan
2 eps
Qin Yu
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How No Pain No Gain actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
No Pain No Gain reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Pei Qian accidentally gets an invitation from a mysterious big brother to start a company that must aim to lose money, and eventually becomes a conscientious boss in the hearts of his employees and an industry-recognized business whiz!
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Huayi CaoProducer
- Li EryunProducer
- Liu WenyangProducer
- Wang JuanExecutive Producer
Direction
- Qichen ZhaoDirector
- Liu WenyangDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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