Besides "Na Tra: Ghost Boy in the Sea", the movie "Detective Chinatown 1900" starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran also made a splash at the Chinese box office during the 2025 Lunar New Year.
The film was released on January 29, attracting viewers and ranking second in the Tet film race of the billion-people country. To date, "Detective Chinatown 1900" has accumulated 2.96 billion yuan, expected to reach more than 3.5 billion yuan when it finishes showing.
The film's revenue of nearly 3 billion NDT has helped director Tran Tu Thanh rise to the top 1 in the ranking of directors with the highest revenue in Chinese cinema. Dong Le A's ex-husband currently has more than 15.4 billion NDT, ranking above Tsui Hark, Sui Cao, Zhang Yimou, Tran Khai Ca...
Of which, Tran Tu Thanh has 12 films, typically the series "Detective Chinatown" with 4 parts, revenue is 823 million NDT, 3.39 billion NDT, 4.52 billion NDT and 2.96 billion NDT respectively (data as of February 12).
Chen Sicheng was born in 1978 and grew up in a wealthy family in Liaoning Province, China. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Xie Jin Academy of Film and Television Arts, a classmate of Zhao Wei.
After being expelled from the Shanghai Theatre Academy for fighting, the director was supported to enter the Central Academy of Drama.
In 2000, Tran Tu Thanh entered showbiz, working as a photo model and singer. The first movie he participated in was "A Young Prisoner's Revenge".
Since becoming famous, Tu Thanh has appeared in many other projects such as "Ci Cong", "Soldiers Sortie", "Tai Chi: Heroic", "The Man Behind the Courtyard House"... After that, he became a director and screenwriter.
In 2010, when he gradually moved away from the camera lights, Tran Tu Thanh met the love of his life. He fell in love with Dong Le A when they worked together in "Beijing Love Story". After knowing and living together for nearly 4 years, the Northeastern actor married the Xinjiang beauty.
The couple got married in January 2014 in Tahiti, France. In 2016, Dong Le A gave birth to their first son. The two made many people admire them for their sweetness and romance like when they first fell in love.
However, the happy family image was shattered in 2017 when Tran Tu Thanh was caught taking two young girls to a hotel. Not only that, the top director at the Chinese box office was also accused of having affairs with many girls, even when his wife was pregnant and in the delivery room.
After much noise, Dong Le A remained silent and chose to forgive Tran Tu Thanh's mistake. She endured a painful marriage, living with her unfaithful husband for many years. The actress even agreed to appear with Tran Tu Thanh in many events and posted photos on social networks.
In May 2021, Dong Li Ya and Tran Tu Thanh announced their divorce. After "going their separate ways", the couple still kept in touch, respected each other and raised their son together.
In September 2022, Chinese media reported that Tran Tu Thanh had a new girlfriend, and images of the two being intimate on the street appeared. However, the male director did not release any information nor admit to having a new lover.
Currently, Tran Tu Thanh and Dong Le A both have their own lives, focusing on developing their personal careers.
