It was supposed to erase the hot mess that was period C-drama Love and Crown from viewers minds of male lead Allen Ren, as that drama finished airing earlier this month and timing wise it seemed like a good thing that one of his other finished dramas Silent Tides then started airing. It’s a WWII drama set in Macau and involves espionage and political ideology and aired on CCTV and streamed in iQiyi. So far it’s made nary a wave and the drama has generated little online buzz or chatter, good or bad. Things then got worse with the announcement that CCTV will premiere the big name ensemble cast modern C-drama The Miracles on December 22nd this week in the premiere golden time slot, and move Silent Tides midway through airing to a different time slot. Apparently iQiyi will also speed release the remaining episodes and it will end up that the streaming airing will finish earlier than the television broadcast. Double bummer for Allen.