Tencent Reportedly Schedules Shine on Me for End of July 2025 Making Zhao Jin Mai Compete Against Herself with This Drama and Our Generation
There are worst things for a star than having a project air at the same time but it does lead to inevitable and direct comparison. Namely, which drama is better, which character is better, and of course which chemistry with the other lead is better. Tencent has reportedly scheduled modern romance C-drama Shine on Me with Song Wei Long and Zhao Jin Mai for end of July 2025, and if it does stick with that date it will air within days of Zhao Jin Mai’s other drama Our Generation with Zhang Ling He. I’ve been focused on Our Generation for the reunion of the leads and also expectation it would air soon. That Tencent would want to air Shine on Me this summer is a surprise since it was filmed after Zhao Jin Mai did Our Generation and the turnaround time in post-position feels very fast for Shine on Me. For Zhao Jin Mai to go up against herself is an unique twist but she can also leverage that for doubling all the searches on her.
Kind of funny considering both male leads resemble each other with their long face and handsome features.
Why do they do this? I rather have the actors work spaced out because when they’re everywhere, I kind of get fatigue seeing them. They do this all the time, like Bai Lu, Zhang Linghe. Even right now Liu Haocun and Song Weilong have two ongoing dramas.
SWL drama with LHC was filmed since 2023, I wonder why his drama with Jinmai is airing so soon considering they wrapped up filming around march