Have you watched The Best Thing? It has similar vibes although I suppose we can view it as TCM advertising, lol……
Gen Z was prolly the biggest TCm advertising altho it was questionable if they were creating advertising or controversy in some scenes -- I really wanna watch best thing though -- just not in the mood for something amazing right now! will check my boss out tho!!
I watched Meet Yourself & felt in love with a small town in China. The town probably just design for the drama…
haha I actually visited the place from meet yourself and the filming locations! absolutely beautiful! now that's propaganda I can take haha. the realistic kind and the drama brought so much tourism and attention to the ethnic minorities who lived in Dali too- a wonderful impact really!
honestly this was a great drama! but I really do miss the relatable simple ones -- like romance without all those unrealistic career aspirations -- them being rich I get, but so productive. so motivated made me feel hopeless haha! I feel like shows like hidden love, put your head on my shoulder come with more slice of life and less propaganda! I mean I've lived in china and I love that country with my whole heart but sometimes I can easily tell when shows got the extra mile with doing good for the society concept going on. I could also pick on the message with encouraging viewers on living in second tier cities like suzhou and also wuxi over glamorising first tier city life (Shanghai). Felt like the time skip was unnecessary, would've been nice to see more of the loose ends tie up! but yes, great choice of main leads, they carried the plot!
im on ep 18 and I felt really heartbroken for Zhuang Xu -- im not saying I like him but to me it felt so frustrating to watch two people who liked each other never get the chance to explore what they could've been because there were a mountain of misunderstandings that stood between them and one also happens to be a lazy coward in love(Zhuang)! I mean I relate a bit cause I tend to feel super insecure when I like someone and im most likely to never let them know about it unlike brave xi Guang--- however I would say I'd be a bit better than Zhuang Xu and his misinformed self at the very least
At first I thought the leads were look-alikes of Zhao Jinmai and Song Weilong😅😅They look way too malnourished…
I totally agree!!!she looks like she lost a lot compared to amidst a snowstorm of love--- now she looks very much like typical chinese actresses adhering to unreasonable standards