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First Look at Period at Slow Burn Politics and Romance C-drama Liang Chen Mei Jing with Ren Min and Ci Sha

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 25, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 24, 2025
Historical drama characters in traditional Chinese attire.

I always appreciate a visually gorgeous drama during the preview phase, even if the end product doesn’t end up being my cup of tea. Filming has recently wrapped for period C-drama Liang Chen Mei Jing (良陈美锦) which is adapted from the novel Displaying Beautiful Brocade. The leads are Ren Min and Ci Sha and I’m kinda game for this unexpected … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ci Sha, Liang Chen Mei Jing, Ren Min | 8 Replies

The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min Tops the October 2024 Newly Released C-dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 22, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2024
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So October 2024 doesn’t have any breakout C-drama hit so all eyes are onward to November. The three bigger profile C-dramas to air are The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min, Kill Me, Love Me with Liu Xue Yi and Wu Jin Yan, and Snowy Night: Timeless Love with Li Qin and Zeng Shun Xi. The … Continue reading →

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Tencent to Premiere Period C-drama The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min on October 10th

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 1, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 2, 2024
Historical romantic drama scene with elegant costumes.

It’s rare to see an actor or actress have three lead role dramas airing in such short proximity and it’s happening for Zhang Wan Yi. He was male lead in Lost You Forever Part 2 which actually should have really accentuated his character based on the story line in the second half of the LYF novel but the drama editing … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ren Min, The Rise of Ning, Zhang Wan Yi

Period Romance C-drama The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min Reportedly Slated to Air on Tencent in October Following Love of Nirvana

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 19, 2024 by ockoalaSeptember 19, 2024
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The currently airing C-drama Love in Nirvana is doing just so-so in streaming on Tencent and isn’t a big shock since leads Allen Ren and Li Lan Di are not by themselves big draws. But then again, summer is done now so expectations should be lower and eyes are now on the next Tencent drama which is going to be … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ren Min, The Rise of Ning, Zhang Wan Yi

Wang Xing Yue and Ren Min in Talks for Xianxia C-drama Adapted From Another Novel by the Writer of The Journey of Flower

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 21, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2024
Young man in traditional attire with sword.

So novelist Fresh Guo Guo is still best known for her novel and drama adaptation The Journey of Flower that leveled up Zhao Li Ying‘s career. A new drama adaptation of her other novel which is a prequel of sorts to The Journey of Flower is now casting and headed into production, the two leads will be Wang Xing Yue … Continue reading →

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Wang Xing Yue Lands Male Lead in C-drama Adapted From the Precursor Novel to The Journey of Flower

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 24, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 23, 2024
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C-actor Wang Xing Yue has two male lead dramas on deck but after his breakout with The Double he’s landed a big IP new one for his next role. He will be the male lead for C-drama Feng Yu Ling (凤羽令) which is adapted from the novel by writer Fresh Guo Guo which is the precursor novel 仙侠奇缘之杀阡陌to her novel … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Ren Min, Wang Xing Yue

Pan Yue Ming and Dylan Wang Team Up to Crack Cold Cases in Procedural Modern C-drama Light to the Night

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 17, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 18, 2024
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I really like C-actor Dylan Wang but I often get the sense that he’s cosplaying when I see him onscreen. In his past dramas he just came off as cosplaying a cold tech executive, a revenge driven fake eunuch, and now he’s cosplaying a grizzly young rookie cop. I didn’t mention his popularity rising turn as an abused but caring … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dylan Wang, Light to the Night, Pan Yue Ming, Ren Min

C-actress Ren Min’s Team Reportedly Will No Longer Accept Period Roles After She’s Criticized Yet Again for Her Visuals in Recently Airing Period Drama White Cat Legend

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 27, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 28, 2024
Young woman in traditional attire performing gestures.

So I think the whole fallout with C-actress Ren Min and her period visuals (or lack thereof) with last year’s xianxia C-drama The Longest Promise was after she had filmed additional period dramas. Since then I don’t believe she’s accepted another period role and looks like it’s intentionally not going to happen anymore. She’s currently in the period drama White … Continue reading →

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Dylan Wang and Ren Min Sign on for Thriller Modern C-drama with Veteran Pan Yue Ming

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2024
Poster for the film "Black and White Night."

So the rumors that Dylan Wang is really trying to leave the idol drama world and enter the mainstream drama/movie land is definitely true as after his most recently filmed drama Guardians of the Dafeng he only has a movie in discussion and now this serious drama he just signed on for. The drama is called Confessions in the Dark … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Confessions in the Dark, Dylan Wang, Pan Yue Ming, Ren Min

Xianxia C-drama The Longest Promise with Xiao Zhan and Ren Min Still Does Not Have Douban Rating Four Months After Airing

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 24, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 23, 2023
Young man in traditional costume performing a gesture.

Say what you will about rating websites be it Rotten Tomatoes for movies in the US or Douban in China for dramas but it serves at least a central aggregate of consumer feedback. I find the public ratings more or less accurate, sometimes it’s higher or lower than my personal opinion but never wildly inaccurate. It’s also rare to not … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ren Min, The Longest Promise, Xiao Zhan

C-actress Ren Min Caught on Date with Director Boyfriend and Netizens Criticize His Looks

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 14, 2023 by ockoalaOctober 14, 2023
Portraits of two individuals smiling together.

Dang, C-actress Ren Min just cannot win with netizens. She’s a good actress that unfortunately was not visually suited for her last drama outing in the xianxia period piece The Longest Promise so naturally got a lot of flack for her looks. But she’s never marketed herself as going the flower vase all looks no ability path and was always … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dating, Ren Min

Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min Pair Up for Tencent Period Romance Drama The Rise of Ning

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 4, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 4, 2023
Couple in traditional attire among autumn leaves.

This won’t be the first of the summer 2023 various C-drama leads that play musical chairs and do an upcoming drama together. There were more C-dramas released this summer than usual and two of the bigger hits were Lost You Forever and The Longest Promise. So LYF male lead Zhang Wan Yi and TLP female lead Ren Min will star … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ren Min, The Rise of Ning, Zhang Wan Yi

C-netizens Notice Tencent Each Episode of The Longest Promise has been Swapped with Re-edited Versions of Female Lead Ren Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2023 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2023
Two characters under an umbrella, number 27000.

I’m not sure this is necessary at this point but right after The Longest Promise finished airing, C-netizens noticed that each episode was different in running time. Don’t tell me how they know but they were right and turns out Tencent re-uploaded each episode hence the running times were all slightly different. The changes noticed by C-netizens were all on … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ren Min, The Longest Promise

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