geechoo

if you're talking about the scene in the first trailer where they kiss each other's cheeks.. it's pretty obvious they were putting on a show for whichever character is offscreen (I think the guy FCY used to like?)

I don't think that kiss was meant to show their desires or anything lol

@Vince

Can you stop stalking me everywhere and getting mad when I don't say something remotely positive? FYI I am Chinese. I go on Chinese forums (douban) and social media (weibo) everyday. Esther IS in deep waters right now over her family issues. Pretending it's not real won't make it go away. I like her btw, which is why I hope this airs smoothly.

this is rumored for Dec 9th or 10th but I think with Esther's current situation, they can't confirm the release ahead of time.. so we'll see if it can air. tbh I hope this airs well because I really think Esther is being unfairly treated for something that she wasn't responsible for.

Born With Luck is a miniseries (I think only 20ish episodes), it won't take up much calender time

for Tencent, their big drama left for 2025 is Shine on Me (Song weilong & Zhao Jinmai). That is rumored for Dec 15 premiere.

for IQIYI, they MIGHT release Speed and Love but no confirmations yet because Esther's situation is still tricky. If not, then they might move up The Unclouded Soul

it's a similar concept to adding the drama to your watchlist on VIKI. you get notifs when the show premieres

but as that reddit post says, reservation numbers are very easy to manipulate by the platform but usually they only start increasing the numbers when premiere date is near. ZY is still a fair ways away so imo the current reservation numbers is realistic.

only one month left and we'll get regular router pics again *____*

a former surgeon turned solar industry elite..??

umm isn't SWL wayyy too young for this role lol you need to be at least 30+ to be a doctor and a retired surgeon would be like 40+

def not 2025. the december lineup is already revealed by melon accounts. this is airing 2026 Q1 but we don't know what month yet. Should be Feb or Mar

they interacted at the weibo event in January and the tencent conference in June! I think we might see some interactions at the iqiyi event in December

No, this is def not S+. I think it's just normal S.

tencent is very strict with handing out S+ budgets lately. there's rumors that a lot of dramas they had planned got rejected because they couldn't give the production the S+ budget they wanted.

I think Linghe has already been trying on wigs and costumes because his hairline is noticeably shaved at the recent lancome event. I think this is the first time he isn't rushing into productions. Zhu Yu's filming started shortly after Our Generation wrapped filming.

I'm like stuck between thinking this is gorgeously shot and thinking they need to turn the lights on a bit more lol

You guys need to remember this is airing on both IQIYI & Tencent and it's only a S level budget so it'll have to wait for both platforms schedules and generally platforms will give precedents to dramas that they air independently. Fu Shan Hai (CY's drama that aired recently) was also duo platform but that one was S+ budget so it has higher priority.

So far, I think it's already confirmed that Yang Zi's drama is airing on IQIYI during CNY break so that's basically late Feb to early Mar off the plate. I think January is already full so we need to see if this can air in early Feb..

it def needs to air during the winter tho.. there's too many snow scenes

ok I'm watching Hard to Find (historical short drama that CDJ did) to see how this director is and .. I hope he doesn't use so many slanted camera angles for gui luan lol it's kind of making me dizzy

can we ff to January :D I really want to see costumes omg this is Linghe's first time being the sole first billing on a costume drama and based on the cast call (most of the casting is for male characters who have connections with ML) this seems very ML centric. Linghe's dramas so far have mostly been FL centric so this is new territory for him

Winter olympics doesn't receive as much attention as summer olympics because China isn't as strong in winter sports.

so pretty much all but confirmed! tencent just posted the production info. Filming begins Jan 2026. Director is a Chu De Jian, I think he's only done short dramas so far.

idk how to save lol she posted a mirror selfie in her weibo and she's wearing like a headscarf on her head

I think I saw a pic of Lin Yun trying on head pieces for this drama. Looks kind of.. exotic?