“Bon Voyage”, a 6-episode docuseries showcasing Chinese students’ life abroad during the pandemic. Produced by Tencent Video, Commissioned by Joiin, directed by Wu Xue Jing, the series has been extensively broadcast in China. It was premiered on Tencent video and WeTV globally on March 17th. With the series reaching a total of 26 million views within the first month of publication.
In 2021, in cooperation with Tencent Video, Joiin has producers a documentary series “Bon Voyage”. It’s the first time for most Generation Millennials to face dramatic change and impact like the COVID pandemic. The whole series cares about those Chinese students who live and study abroad. In the past 2 years, the productions team covered stories of 5 Chinese students from the US, Germany, Israel, and France. A mini-series from The Netherlands, Australia, UK, India, Russia, Ukraine, etc has also been filmed.
Lexian Zhu, Director of Tencent Video ACE Documentary Studio, added, “ this docuseries recorded the last moments of Zhou Qian yi, a Chinese girl’s life in Germany. During her battle with cancer, she reflect on her life, and the meaning of life, preparing her farewell to the world. Since the production was during the most difficult times of covid pandemic, the production team overcame the challenges of closed borders, quarantine requirements and worked remotely and collaborated with local teams around the world. They recruited video crews and gathered storylines in different countries. By collaborating closely with 18 cameramen via cloud system, the production team managed to create this phenomenal docuseries and record the special memory of the drastic change in life.”
Tim Ye, CEO of Joiin said, “We hope to tell those students’ wisdom of study and their good intention to constantly extend kindness among the international communities. The whole series focused on this pandemic generation, their challenges, and their decisions. Even though, misunderstandings and conflicts are rising, we still need to keep this world being connected, keep it away from isolation.”
Joiin is a Zephyr Capital invested company, headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with its Chinese branch located in Beijing. As an innovative content production company from Europe, Joiin has its creative hub and business development hub set up in Amsterdam and Beijing to serve the market with international talent and vision. Joiin’s core business includes creative strategy design, content production & distribution.
