The New Adventures of Wisely
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| Genre | Adventure fiction, science fiction |
| Written by |
Ni Kuang (original story) Ho Hee An |
| Directed by | Daisy Chan |
| Starring |
Michael Tao Zoe Tay Li Nanxing |
| Theme music composer | Kevin Q Ken Lim Su Zhicheng |
| Opening theme | Liuzhu Meiyitian (留住每一天) performed by Li Nanxing |
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| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Producer(s) | Daisy Chan Victor Lau |
| Location(s) | Singapore Egypt |
| Editor(s) | Xu Jiayan |
| Running time | 46 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | TCS |
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| Original network | TCS Eighth Frequency |
| First shown in | 1998 |
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| Related shows | The 'W' Files (2003) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 衛斯理傳奇 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 卫斯理传奇 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wèisīlǐ Chuánqí |
The New Adventures of Wisely is a Singaporean adventure-science fiction television series adapted from the novel series Wisely Series by Ni Kuang. It was directed by Daisy Chan and starred Hong Kong actor Michael Tao as Wisely (or Wei Si Li), the main character. The series was first aired on TCS Eighth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) in Singapore in 1998.
The 30 episodes long series is divided into six segments, each involving a mystery case that Wisely has to solve.
Uncle Cai is accused of murdering a man who claimed that his shadow was after his life. Wisely investigates the mystery and learns that the shadow is actually the spirit of a man who committed suicide by throwing himself into a charcoal kiln. Once the shadow is attached to a person, he can control the person's movements and make him/her do things against his/her will. Wisely helps the shadow find his "home", a rare piece of charcoal. In return, the shadow helps to prove Cai's innocence. After the incident is over, Wisely's cousin and friends steal the piece of charcoal out of mischief because they want to ask the shadow to help them play a prank. However, they end up destroying the charcoal by accident. The enraged shadow swears to take his revenge unless Wisely and his friends find him a similar piece of charcoal. When they fail to do so, they are forced to lure the shadow into a trap and destroy him.
Wisely and Bai Su meet Fang Qi, a fortune teller, who predicts his own death and says three events will happen to Bai Su: 1) Bai Su will lose something important but will get it back later; 2) Chief Bai (Bai Su's father) will be affected by a life-threatening illness but will still eventually survive; 3) Bai Su will die on 7 July. Fang Qi is killed later and the first two events he predicted really did occur. In the meantime, Wen Baoyu encounters the alien Haide, who has come to Earth to search for the Jade Compass and Heavenly Book – two items Fang Qi used to predict the future. He starts a romantic relationship with her. Wisely tries to get hold of the Heavenly Book, which is also coveted by other parties, and use it to change Bai Su's destiny but fails as she still dies from a serious injury on 7 July. At this critical moment, Haide uses her powers to bring Bai Su back to life and then leaves for her home planet with Wen Baoyu.
A serial murderer responsible for killing many young women over a period of more than 20 years strikes again. One of the victims was Guo Zeqing's girlfriend; Guo has been feeling depressed since her death and is determined to avenge her. While investigating the case, Guo meets Wang Yufen, who narrowly escaped from the killer on one occasion. After the ordeal, Wang experiences visions about her past life as Laura, who was murdered by the killer on the day she was born, and believes she is Laura's reincarnation. She manages to contact David, Laura's dead fiancé, whose soul is trapped inside a computer system, and continues their past romance with him. With help from David and Wang Yufen's recollections of her past life, Guo manages to identify the killer, who turns out to be the forensic psychologist Lin Liren. Lin dies in a scuffle with Guo while trying to escape. Guo finally puts the past behind him and realises he has fallen in love with Wang Yufen.
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