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 "excerpt": "Please Give Me a Pair of Wings (请赐我一双翅膀) is a 2019 Chinese Republican-era suspense drama starring Ju Jingyi and Aaron Yan, 60 episodes on iQiyi, Tencent Video, and Youku, about a framed police commissioner's daughter.",
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 "markdown": "# Please Give Me a Pair of Wings (请赐我一双翅膀)\n\n**Please Give Me a Pair of Wings** (请赐我一双翅膀; pinyin: *Qing Ci Wo Yi Shuang Chi Pang*) is a 2019 Chinese television series set in the Republican era, starring [Ju Jingyi](https://www.edgepedia.org/ju-jingyi) and [Aaron Yan](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaron-yan) with Han Dong, Zhang Yuxi, Merxat, and Zhu Shengyi. It follows Lin Jiuge, daughter of a police commissioner, who is framed for her adoptive father's murder and imprisoned, and her fight to clear her name with the help of a young detective.<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup> The 60-episode series premiered on July 9, 2019 on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video), iQiyi, and Youku.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 请赐我一双翅膀 (*Qing Ci Wo Yi Shuang Chi Pang*)<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup> |\n| Genre | Republican-era romantic suspense drama<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> |\n| Episodes / runtime | 60 episodes of 45 minutes each<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> |\n| Broadcast | July 9 to August 2019 on Tencent Video, iQiyi, and Youku<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> |\n| Directors / writer | Lai Shuiqing and Guo Jianyong; chief screenwriter Wang Jie<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> |\n| Lead cast | Ju Jingyi as Lin Jiuge; Aaron Yan as Long Tianyu<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup> |\n| Viewership | 4 billion cumulative video-platform views by August 17, 2019<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> |\n| Recognition | Audience's Favorite Drama, 2021 6th China Quality Television Drama Awards<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup> |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe story is set in the 1920s in the fictional city of Shanggu (上沽). Police commissioner Lin Aodong is shot dead, and his adopted daughter Lin Jiuge is identified as the murderer and wrongfully imprisoned.<sup>[3](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrh1hlqt.html)</sup> Inside Saint John women's prison she must survive among the inmates while contending with hidden forces reaching in from outside, and she ultimately decides to escape to seek the truth.<sup>[4](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrhzswrp.html)</sup>\n\nPolice officer Long Tianyu investigates the case and finds that the real killer is Leng Shinan, the powerful customs inspector of Shanggu, who also controls the city's drug trade.<sup>[3](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrh1hlqt.html)</sup> In the end, Jiuge joins forces with Long Tianyu and others to bring Leng Shinan and his associates to a fair trial.<sup>[3](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrh1hlqt.html)</sup>\n\nA parallel storyline follows Jiuge's friendship with Leng Nianzi, with whom she works to build an all-girls school to improve the fate of women in their town, an effort opposed by people determined to destroy it.<sup>[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/49322/please-give-me-a-pair-of-wings)</sup>\n\n### Cast and characters\n\nThe main cast and roles:<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup>\n\n- **Ju Jingyi** as Lin Jiuge, a research graduate and daughter of Shanggu's police commissioner.\n- **Aaron Yan** as Long Tianyu, captain of the police detective team, with an extraordinary talent for criminal investigation and tracking.\n- **Han Dong** as Leng Liwei, adopted son of the Leng family and a key figure in underworld dealings, Leng Shinan's right-hand man and scapegoat.\n- **Zhang Yuxi** as Leng Nianzhi, young mistress of the Leng family.\n- **Merxat** as Xiao Linfeng, an orphan, disciple of Mao Jiu, and a humorous gambler and con artist versed in chess and instruments.\n- **Zhu Shengyi** as Long Xiangxiang, a passionate news reporter and Long Tianyu's younger sister.\n\nSupporting players include Tse Kwan-ho as Leng Shinan, the underworld leader who outwardly holds a customs provincial military command; Qiu Xinzhi as Tang Dezong, the idealistic head warden; Tao Huimin as Yu Linglong, a famous thief known as the Thousand-Handed Buddha; and [Yuen Wah](https://www.edgepedia.org/yuen-wah) as Mao Jiu, a former gambling master.<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup>\n\n## Production\n\nThe series was produced by Beijing Dongfang Feiyun International Film and [Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/television) with partner companies including Zhejiang Dongyang Changlong Feiyun and Yili Changjiang Rongyi Hesheng.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> Filming began in Hengdian on October 26, 2017, and the final scenes wrapped on February 9, 2018, for a shooting period of 107 days.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup>\n\nTo recreate the look of a treaty-port city, the producers built a full \"Shanggu city\" set; the [Saint John](https://www.edgepedia.org/saint-john) women's prison, martial arts hall, and factory scenes were shot on practical locations, with the prison set constructed in a combined Byzantine and Baroque style.<sup>[6](https://ent.rednet.cn/content/2019/07/09/5704587.html)</sup>\n\nThe action-heavy production took a physical toll on Aaron Yan, who was playing a police role and performing fight scenes for the first time. Near the end of filming he strained his back and injured his neck, could not turn his head freely off camera, and briefly returned to Taiwan for examination and treatment before resuming shooting; the director moved his remaining fight scenes to the final day.<sup>[7](https://ent.dzwww.com/ds/201907/t20190716_18950234.htm)</sup>\n\nThe soundtrack album was released on July 31, 2019, with music composed by A Kun (阿鲲). The opening theme \"I Want to Fly\" (我要飞翔) is sung by Aaron Yan, and the closing theme \"A Pair of Wings\" (一双翅膀) by Ju Jingyi; Hu Shasha performs the insert song \"By Your Side\" (在你身边).<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup>\n\n## Broadcast and viewership\n\nThe drama premiered on July 9, 2019 on Tencent Video, iQiyi, and Youku, with two new episodes at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and ten episodes available early to VIP members.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> Within a week of release, cumulative views across the three platforms exceeded 700 million.<sup>[7](https://ent.dzwww.com/ds/201907/t20190716_18950234.htm)</sup> Cumulative views passed 2 billion by July 26, 2.5 billion by July 29, and reached 4 billion by August 17, 2019.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> In a Maoyan-based ranking of the ten most-watched dramas over the five days to August 24, 2019, it ranked third with 700 million cumulative views, behind *Go Go Squid!* and *A Little Reunion* and ahead of *The Untamed*.<sup>[8](https://qccdata.qichacha.com/ReportData/PDF/60f27d3f53105b31d5729b2e52972689.pdf)</sup>\n\n## Reception\n\nDespite the strong viewership, the drama's commercial outcome was poor for its producer. Dongfang Feiyun's 2019 annual report attributed the year's operating loss mainly to the drama's high production cost, with actual revenue falling short of expectations.<sup>[9](https://file.finance.sina.com.cn/211.154.219.97%3A9494/MRGG/SBGG/2020/2020-5/2020-05-27/6324123.PDF)</sup>\n\nAudience ratings were low. On Douban the series held a score of 4.6 out of 10 from 33,486 users as of September 4, 2025.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> Chinese press reviews were mixed. *Wenhui Bao* judged that beneath an obvious idol-drama surface the series actually unfolds against convention, presenting high-tension suspense while emphasizing the resolve not to give up or bow to evil.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup> NetEase Entertainment praised the clear plot structure, frequent reversals, and more than forty named characters with distinct personalities, while a Baidu Baike commentary criticized the conversion of the genre's usual three-detective team into a familiar one-female, two-male love triangle that widened toward a four-way romance.<sup>[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[10](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-tashuo-feed&id=679728105e38b11d5963cba1)</sup>\n\nThe series received industry recognition: it won Audience's Favorite Drama (Dong Fang Ying Shi, 2019–2020) at the 2021 6th China Quality Television Drama Awards,<sup>[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)</sup> and at the Golden Bud, The Fourth Network Film and Television Festival it was nominated for Best Web Series, with Ju Jingyi nominated for Best Actress.\n\n## References\n\n1. [Please Give Me a Pair of Wings, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Please_Give_Me_a_Pair_of_Wings)\n2. [请赐我一双翅膀, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E8%AF%B7%E8%B5%90%E6%88%91%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8C%E7%BF%85%E8%86%80/22181811?fromModule=lemma_inlink)\n3. [请赐我一双翅膀, iQiyi](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrh1hlqt.html)\n4. [赐我一双翅膀 林九歌, iQiyi](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrhzswrp.html)\n5. [Please Give Me a Pair of Wings, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/49322/please-give-me-a-pair-of-wings)\n6. [《请赐我一双翅膀》开播 硬核高能悬疑剧引期待, Rednet](https://ent.rednet.cn/content/2019/07/09/5704587.html)\n7. [炎亚纶《请赐我一双翅膀》为戏拼命颈椎受伤, Dazhong Wang](https://ent.dzwww.com/ds/201907/t20190716_18950234.htm)\n8. [广发证券文化传媒行业周报 (2019)](https://qccdata.qichacha.com/ReportData/PDF/60f27d3f53105b31d5729b2e52972689.pdf)\n9. [北京东方飞云国际影视股份有限公司 2019 年度报告](https://file.finance.sina.com.cn/211.154.219.97%3A9494/MRGG/SBGG/2020/2020-5/2020-05-27/6324123.PDF)\n10. [《请赐我一双翅膀》的三重困境, Baidu Baike TA说](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-tashuo-feed&id=679728105e38b11d5963cba1)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › East Asian web and streaming serials › Titles My to So*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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