It’s kinda ironic that former Pursuit of Jade costars Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei ended up having a similar result outcomes with their respective next dramas. Which also further confirms that hits like PoJ is so so hard to achieve nowadays, even stars coming out from a hit can’t really tap that buzz right into lifting their next drama. Zhang Ling He had Overdo which got a low 5.0 rating on Douban after it’s widely criticized run and now Tian Xi Wei’s just finished airing modern drama Genius Girlfriend has gotten only a Douban 5.3 rating. Genius Girlfriend reception and reviews just made it feel so unexciting and rather uneventful, the drama may be solidly made but the takeaway is that it’s mostly boring. It doesn’t help that the consensus is Tian Xi Wei and Hu Yi Tian didn’t generate any meaningful chemistry and the romance wasn’t even all that romantic at the end of the day. I don’t think GG’s lackluster reception will hurt Tian Xi Wei’s leveling up from PoJ but it’s certainly doing nothing to help Hu Yi Tian who is already suffering a few years from not filming enough dramas.