Title: The Heart of Genius
Chinese Title: 天才基本法 / Tian Cai Ji Ben Fa
Broadcast Network: CCTV-8
Broadcast Website: iQIYI
Broadcast Date: July 22, 2022
Genre: Science Fiction, Time Travel
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 34
Director: Shen Yan
Screenwriter: Nie Chengshuai
Production Company: iQIYI, Tencent Pictures, Tomorrow Film
Executive Producer: Gong Yu, Cheng Wu, Wang Oulei
Chief Producer: Cheng Wu, Wang Xiaohui
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from a novel of the same name by Chang Er
Synopsis.
On the day Lin Zhaoxi’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she hears the news that her longtime crush was going abroad for further studies. Pei Zhi’s relentlessness in the road of mathematics has made Lin Chaoxi realize that she can never bridge the gap between herself and a true genius. However, two trips to a parallel world allows Lin Zhaoxi to discover her own potential.
Lin Zhaoxi’s life has been less than satisfactory after she graduated as a philosophy major. The seeds of mathematics have long been instilled deep inside her heart but she had no self confidence due to her longtime admiration for her father Old Lin and first love Chu Peizhi who are both math geniuses.
Everything changes when she mysteriously travels through time and space. Coming to a parallel world for the first time, Lin Zhaoxi is only 12 years old here. Through the help of Old Lin, she gives her all at the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Camp. In her second journey, she travels to her senior year of high school. Alongside Pei Zhi, she gradually musters up the courage to face life.
Back in her own world, Lin Zhaoxi is preparing for her postgraduate exams while participating in modeling contests to help out her family through prize winnings. In order to help Old Lin who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi join hands to promote the research of the P=NP problem and climb to the pinnacle of mathematics together.
