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Legend of Zang Hai with Xiao Zhan is the First Drama in Youku History to Hit 10,400 Heat Index and All Tracking Indices Confirm Its on Track to be Biggest Hit of 2025 So Far

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There is still the entire second half of 2025 left but it’ll be hard to imagine another period C-drama beating the buzz and viewership of Legend of Zang Hai. Mega popular C-actor Xiao Zhan has delivered a resounding hit for Youku, confirmed with the drama reaching 10,400 heat index on the platform for the first time ever of any drama … Continue reading →

Legend of Zang Hai with Xiao Zhan Hits 9500 Heat Index on Youku within 24 Hours of Strong Premiere

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The warm up in May has started to turn fire in drama land with the addition of another hot heat index period drama. Legend of Zang Hai with Xiao Zhan premiered this week and within 24-hours already hit 9500 heat index on platform Youku. Just a smidge more and it hits 10,000 and is well on its way to being … Continue reading →

Youku Announces Premiere of Period Politics and Revenge C-drama Legend of Zang Hai with Xiao Zhan and Zhang Jing Yi for May 18th

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Well this is going to be a fulsome May of 2025, I’ll remember it well due to the fallow prior months in C-drama land and the potential for not just one hit drama but two. Youku has announced the airing of Legend of Zang Hai with top actor Xiao Zhan and successful drama actress Zhang Jing Yi for May 18th. … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhang Jing Yi Reportedly Cast as Female Lead in High Profile Xianxia C-drama A Beautiful Destiny

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So this is the C-drama that last week was rumored to possibly be considering Zhao Lu Si until it ran into her working with the director of the unfinished drama Almost Lover. The English title is A Beautiful Destiny and the Chinese title is 月都花落 Yue Du Hua Luo adapted from the novel 月都花落，沧海花开 Yue Du Hua Luo, Cang Hai … Continue reading →

Period Romance C-drama Chasing Dreams with Zhang Jing Yi, Chen Zhe Yuan, and Liang Yong Qi Wraps Filming and Releases First Making of Video

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Another C-drama production has wrapped filming recently and it’s period romance Chasing Dreams (Meng Hua Ting 梦花廷 and was earlier titled Flower in Novoland). Starring Chen Zhe Yuan, Zhang Jing Yi, and Liang Yong Qi, it’s the classic love triangle set up from what I see in the preview and one ripe for the second male lead to scene-steal/screen-chew thanks … Continue reading →

C-netizens Think Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan are Looking Great in Costume in the Recently Started Filming Period C-drama Chasing Dreams

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There has been commentary in the past for both Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan that both have modern faces and thus look out of place in period dramas. Of course both have done period dramas before to varying degrees of success and are now teaming up for the recently started filming drama Chasing Dreams (Meng Hua Ting 梦花廷) … Continue reading →

First Look at Period C-drama Chasing Dreams with Chen Zhe Yuan and Zhang Jing Yi Formerly Titled Flower in Novoland

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There is a title change but the same confirmed leads as filming kicks off for period C-drama Chasing Dreams (梦花廷 Meng Hua Ting), formerly Flower in Novoland. The leads are Chen Zhe Yuan, Zhang Jing Yi, and Liang Yong Qi, and is the story of a blind princess and her fated romance with the prince of a kingdom. So far … Continue reading →

Upcoming C-drama Flower in Novoland Leads Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan See Fandom Fight Start Over Billing Order

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Long siiiiiiiiigh, how is this even worth fighting over. Period C-drama Flower in Novoland is about to start filming in early November and has unofficially confirmed leads Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan. This week his fandom started grumbling about billing order saying he should be top billed. Her fandom responded back that she’s a way bigger star with … Continue reading →

Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan in Talks for Romance Period C-drama Flower in Novoland

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So a new drama is off casting and this one appears to be happening. Industry insiders are saying that Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan will be pairing up for the romance period C-drama Flower in Novoland (Chinese title Xie Luo 缬罗),. In the earlier days the male lead may have been Song Wei Long but now it’s moved … Continue reading →

C-drama Blossoms in Adversity with Zhang Jing Yi and Hu Yi Tian Steadily Goes Up From 6.4 to 7.3 Douban Ratings Months After Finishing Run

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So the big C-drama of the spring 2024 season may not just be In Blossom, now we need to add Blossoms in Adversity to it as well. Blossoms in Adversity wasn’t big budget or had a big name cast, and actually started off with criticism of male lead Hu Yi Tian and a general been there-done that impression of the … Continue reading →

Zhang Jing Yi and Wang Hong Yi in Talks for Romance C-drama

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A new modern romance C-drama is in the works and is adapted from the novel Jing Luo Zai Wu Jia Ren (京洛再无佳人). The drama is in talks for Zhang Jing Yi and Wang Hong Yi as the leads and I’m good with this casting. Zhang Jing Yi is continuing her top billed female lead status but paired with rising level … Continue reading →

Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Xing Xu From the Fall in Love Promo Debacle Remains Cautionary Tale for Producers on Stars Dating During Filming and Fall Out After

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So the producers of upcoming modern romance C-drama Our Generation (Cherry Amber) are happy that netizens responded positively to last week’s leak of Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He re-teaming for the drama after their The Princess Royal go-around. What’s good is that they have chemistry onscreen, get along well in real life to make promos cute and believable, … Continue reading →

Spring 2024 C-drama Blossoms in Adversity with Zhang Jing Yi and Hu Yi Tian Ends Up a Small Hit Thanks to Second Half Surge in Positive Reviews

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So I never got the urge to watch female empowerment period C-drama Blossoms in Adversity which premiered in April as a Spring offering that wasn’t overly promoted or highly anticipated. I liked Zhang Jing Yi thanks to Lighter and Princess but I won’t deny that she seems capable of only ONE type of acting (stubborn, positive in spirit female lead) … Continue reading →