From Peony to Hui Mo, Yang Zi's new drama look is so subversive to netiz...

At the beginning of 2025, “National Color Fang Hua” sparked a craze for its gorgeous peony image, while Yang Zi's costume drama “Family Business” quietly released stills showing her in a grey and white tunic with a plain silver hairpin, making her almost unrecognizable as the vivacious “He Weifang”.

Netizens marveled, “Is this really Yang Zi? The modeling is too plain!” However, this “plain” shows the bones of the Ming Dynasty Huizhou ink industry family, and also reflects Yang Zi's ambition to challenge the “business heroine”.

Yang Zi's look spans a wide range from the splendor of “National Beauty” to the simplicity of “Family Business”. Although some people questioned whether her face shape could carry the heaviness of the “Huizhou ink merchant”, the crew had good intentions - the color of the dress echoed the pattern of the pine smoke of the ink, the hairstyle was simple, and the ink stains on her fingers showed her resilience.

This “imperfection” counters the stereotype of the “big heroine”, and “Family Business” chooses to write a realistic account of the growth of businesswomen. Yang Zi needs to be more restrained in this drama to revitalize her family with wisdom and patience, and she controls the whole scene with her firm eyes and short lines in the “confrontation scene in the ancestral hall”.

Not only does “Family Business” replicate the success of “National Colors”, but it also focuses on women's breakthroughs in the hierarchical system with the “Huimo culture” at its core, and weakens the emotional line. Yang Zi's challenge lies in her courage to “de-idolize” and her empathy for culture. She uses silence to show her true ambition, and while the audience is arguing, she has already dived into history, opening up new horizons for costume dramas.