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The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning Breaks 28,000 on Tencent Shortly After Premiere as Drama Tops Search Buzz and Receives Strong Reviews

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IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! Omg, I cannot believe just released period C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty is even better than I expected and could have hoped for. It changes, swaps around, and condenses the novel substantially but stands on its own so it’s like the novel is amazing and the drama is amazing (so far) but in its own … Continue reading →

Tencent Airdrops The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning Today May 13th 2025

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Hot diggity it’s here! I’ve posted over half a dozen posts about rumors that Tencent will airdrop or release The Prisoner of Beauty in the last two years but this one isn’t a rumor – the drama got dropped today May 13th at noon. The soft ban on female lead Song Zu Er lifted two months ago and her other … Continue reading →

Tencent Reportedly Will Not Airdrop The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning and Plans to Properly Promote it After the Positive Reception of The Demon Hunter’s Romance

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C-ent has the reputation of being fast and quick to make decisions on scheduling and it shows the industry is keeping a close ear to feedback. Case in point, with iQiyi airdropping The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er after it got the soft green light, initially Tencent was planning to also airdrop Song Zu Er … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning Still the Male Lead in C-drama The Days of Seclusion and Love with New Female Lead in Talks Zhuang Da Fei

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So earlier this year the drama The Days of Seclusion and Love (Feng Yue Bu Xiang Guan 风月不相关) was rumored to start filming and cast Liu Yu Ning and Tian Xi Wei. But then the production stalled and she left the project. Now it’s back on and the male lead remains Liu Yu Ning but the female lead now being … Continue reading →

The Story of Pearl Girl Drops to 5.8 on Douban a Week After Ending as Industry Views Puts this Flop on Zhao Lu Si as the Top Billed Female Lead

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I actually think Zhao Lu Si acted decently in The Story of Pearl Girl, her performance was not even in my top 10 of complaints with the drama. But the drama is a flop for sure now, with the amount of money put in and advertising dollars vis-a-vis the reception, reviews, and viewership. A week after the drama finished its … Continue reading →

The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning One Ups a Lackluster Run with a Terrible and Dumb Ending

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If I were a professor I would absolutely be an easy grader. If you try hard sincerely and the output shows that effort I would acknowledge it, in that sense I’m not very black/white in life or in entertainment offerings. I’ve liked plenty of objectively bad movies and dramas because I enjoyed certain elements of it enough to overlook the … Continue reading →

The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Opens with 6.3 Douban Ratings as It Heads into Finale Episodes

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At the end of the day, the core of any good drama remains the Story, it has to grip the viewers to give it tens of episodes to unfold and take us on a journey. The Story of Pearl Girl even has story in the title but sadly it had a very uninteresting story. Coupled with choppy directing it just … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Bring the CP Feels in Modern Photoshoot Promoting Their Currently Airing Drama The Story of Pearl Girl

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Hot damn why did the drama gods have to reunite Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning for their second go-around and this time both as first leads rather than their second lead romance and then NOT give them a great story. Ugh, I’m so frustrated with The Story of Pearl Girl but with zero complaints about these two in … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning and Ding Yu Xi Reaping Different Results as Last Minute Male Lead Replacements in The Story of Pearl Girl and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy

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Even if the final airing numbers come out with The Story of Pearl Girl on top, the industry talk now is that same time aired Love Game in Eastern Fantasy will likely be the bigger “winner”. It had a smaller budget, less promo, and has reached near same level if not more popularity than Pearl Girl. Both dramas also had … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning’s Tang Dynasty Drama The Story of Pearl Girl Delivers Solid Production But Focus on the Trade Element Undermines the Audience Friendly Romantic Rizz

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So I finally started watching The Story of Pearl Girl after much expectation and hype and my takeaway is fairly mixed. Solid production values (aside from some dubbing not matching lip movement well), a methodical story about merchants and trade and jewelry and female empowerment, and a nice cast that are all doing well so far. But it lacks excitement … Continue reading →

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy Slightly Tops The Story of Pearl Girl in First Reception Numbers After Opening Weekend

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So the big November C-drama premiere actually had two high profile dramas arrive on the same first day of the month. Female empowerment Tang dynasty drama The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning and game play fantasy xianxia drama Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus) with Yu Shu … Continue reading →

The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Confirms November 1st Premiere on Youku and Drops New Posters and Trailer

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This Friday is this day, the start of November and the arrival of big budget C-drama The Story of Pearl Girl. Youku will hold a press conference with the leads in the days prior to the premiere and drum up more interest, but it’s been spending loads of ad money with giant billboards in cities and buying up searches to … Continue reading →

New Posters Drop for The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning as Press Conference Scheduled for October 31st

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Oh lawd it’s a-coming! I am so hyped up for The Story of Pearl Girl, for leads Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning, for their reunion, and for the fact that this is her one drama on deck that I actually want to watch for story and her male lead. The premiere is still reportedly November 1st and what … Continue reading →