Reset (Chinese TV series)

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开端
Genre	Time travel Mystery Thriller
Created by	Hou Hongliang
Based on	The Beginning by Qidaojun
Written by	Qidaojun Qiu Yujie Suan Huang Kaiwen Yuan Jixi Wei Shining
Directed by	Sun Molong Liu Hongyuan Suan
Starring	Bai Jingting Zhao Jinmai Liu Yijun
Ending theme	"My Only" by Zhou Shen
Composer	Kim Hyun-do
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	15
Production
Executive producer	Li Liming
Producers	Li Huabing Han Zhijie
Production locations	Xiamen, China
Running time	40-50 minutes
Production company	Daylight Entertainment
Original release
Network	Tencent Video
Release	11 January (2022-01-11) – 25 January 2022 (2022-01-25)
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Reset (Chinese: 开端; pinyin: Kāiduān; lit. 'Beginning') is a 2022 Chinese time-travel whodunit television series based on a novel by Qidaojun directed by Sun Molong and Liu Hongyuan. It tells the story of a college student Li Shiqing (Zhao Jinmai) and a video game designer Xiao Heyun (Bai Jingting) who are trapped in a time loop on a soon-to-explode bus. The drama premiered on Tencent Video on January 11, 2022.^[1]

The show was a critical and commercial success. In September 2023, producer Hou Hongliang and writer Qidaojun announced an upcoming companion series titled Restart (开启).^[2]