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I’m hoping third time’s the charm for ZXC when it comes to suspense/crime dramas since MIK was a dud for me and we never got to finish JITD 🥲. He really hasn’t had the best luck with these but I have high hopes since this drama seems to have a solid production team behind it.

If it helps, from what I recall of the novel, Cui Bing Bing only turns up more than midway through the novel and the main story is about Liu Jun’s struggles to transform his father’s factory business - his marriage and work-life balance woes add colour to the story but they could probably be mostly reduced for a shorter and tighter narrative.

Ahh I wouldn’t write off the entire drama just due to this - it’s just that the release may be delayed for a while, sigh.

The latest trailer for his drama Tender Light (previously Gone with the Wind) is up on YT with subs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvf8ujRLDGU. I am so excited for this - we’ll finally get a new drama with him in it this Saturday,

The latest trailer is up on YT with subs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvf8ujRLDGU. I am in love with the BGM.

Perhaps because GWTW is the name of a famous western book/film. But ahah the new title sounds a little strange.

It seems like it will air on cctv8 from 4/27 … I am pretty shocked. I hope they didn’t cut out too much for the sake of airing it on cctv.

Ahhh so they really did crank in today - Zhang Xincheng and Jing Tian are in the cast as rumoured prior.

It seems GWTW was one of the upcoming dramas mentioned at Dragon TV's recent conference. I hope this is a sign that it will finally air in 2024! I'm also pleasantly surprised that this may be on tv - I thought this was going to be a Youku-only webdrama.

I’ve been waiting for this - it’s been awhile since we saw LJG in something new! I do wish it was on Netflix but ah well, I’ll just hope it will be available here on disney or another platform.

lol I did literally fall asleep watching at one point in the first few eps - it feels like they unnecessarily drew things out and that maybe this should have stayed as a much shorter drama as originally rumored. I expected more mystery solving / action!

They do recap season 1 at the start, but I'd recommend watching it first. And imo, from the eps put out so far, I actually enjoyed S1 a lot more although it clearly had a much lower budget.

Yeah I’m definitely missing Bruce He as well. 🥲 Ya Nei is still adorable but his vibe is of course different with a different actor.

I’ve just started watching and it’s really much darker in tone than season 1 so far. I love that they’ve kept the banter and some fun moments though - it wouldn’t be YB and Qizhai without those moments.

This finally went up on MGTV’s YT channel with some kind of subs here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyE4cmy7644&list=PLBNHceQmsdFRYZjDSm6W9NqG5h_4Uax00&index=2

I don't know how much they'll keep from the book - so far it seems they've changed a few things like aging up Zhou Luo and changing his background quite a bit - but if my memory is right, the book ends with a scene of Nanya and Zhou Luo meeting again.

I know they said this was a suspense drama but I didn't expect so much suspense over when the episodes would air ^^; I hope that we get an update and a calendar tonight.

Awww so it's a riff off of the original name! A frying pan instead of a pot hahahah thanks for the backstory.

Hahhah ikr, I wonder why his cat is named Frying Pan and if it's him or Pei Su (Or Tao??) that named it. We need backstory!

Ahhhhh that is good news!!!