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My Journey to You Likely to NOT Have a Second Season with Leads Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He Reportedly Mad at Director Guo Jingming After Script and Directing Makes the Second Leads More Popular

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Ooooh, melon and behind the scenes cattiness, I love it! Melons are of course rumors so take it with a grain of salt. C-drama My Journey to You can be summed up as a mixed bag, it got viewership and buzz but was split down the middle in terms of likes and dislikes. It didn’t hurt the careers of director … Continue reading →

My Journey to You Wraps with Final 7-episode Drop in One Day Delivering a Finale with Taut Satisfying Precision

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Period C-drama My Journey to You ended unexpectedly this Friday as iQiyi went from a snail pace one episode a day to dropping the final 7-episodes in one sitting for the finale. Now that it’s over, I can safely say this is my second favorite summer 2023 C-drama after Lost You Forever but totally it’s own unique specimen in an … Continue reading →

C-drama My Journey to You with Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He Heads Into Final Stretch Still Visually Sumptuous But Hilariously a Wufeng Dating Service for the Gong Family Men

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So My Journey to You has been my most 180-degrees about turn in opinion for both leads Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He as well as for director Guo Jingming. That it mostly releases 1 episode a day has made the slow burn even more painfully delightful, it gives me chance to savor each episode and really take in … Continue reading →

Zhang Ling He and Zhao Jin Mai Cast in Period C-drama Du Hua Nian Based on Novel The Grand Princess

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A new C-drama confirmation today with two familiar names, Zhang Ling He and Zhao Jin Mai are pairing up for an upcoming period piece adapted from a novel. The novel is called The Grand Princess (or The Eldest Princess) from writer Mo Shu Bai about the ill fated marriage and romance between the leads through two lifetimes. The drama has … Continue reading →

Zhang Ling He Continues Drama Output as Period C-drama Si Hao Zhong Ming with Jing Tian Releases First Set of Cast Stills

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So Zhang Ling He has also grown on me in currently airing visually sumptuous period drama My Journey to You, took me a bit what with his adorable large front teeth and chipmunk cheeks being a tad distracting initially. But his completely on point acting for the role of sweet, optimistic, and sheltered Gong Zi Yu is just the warm … Continue reading →

C-ent Latest Buzz Has Period C-drama Story of Kunning Palace with Bai Lu and Zhang Ling He Airing at the End of September After Scuttled May Premiere

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So this feels like a been there done that but there is indeed new credible rumors that period C-drama Story of Kunning Palace will air soon. The buzzed about date is end of September, likely following My Journey to You, which will make it a Zhang Ling He drama following his own drama. Story of Kunning Palace seems more primed … Continue reading →

My Journey to You Director Guo Jingming Uses Stage Name in Drama and Song Writing Credits and C-netizens Split on Whether He Should Comeback after 2020 Plagiarism Scandal

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So I was never ever a Guo Jingming (Edward Guo) fan when he was huge in the mid-2010’s when he wrote those books and did Tiny Times movie series and L.O.R.D. the movie. What little I saw was all flash no substance. So I’m as surprised as any that I love C-drama My Journey to You which has both flash … Continue reading →

C-netizens Protest the Japanese Aesthetics in Costumes and Set Design for Just Premiered C-drama My Journey to You with Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He

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It’s like everyone has a bone this week, and honestly its been kinda unnerving for the last few months in C-ent overall. Air dropped dramas, last minute “postponements”, scandals, fan wars, it’s like roiling waves when all I want is calm waters. After the premiere of The Journey of You two days ago, the complaints have started and it’s quite … Continue reading →

My Journey to You with Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He Drops From the Sky on iQiyi with 3-episode Premiere

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Alrighty, what a nice Labor Day long weekend surprise for me and something new to nibble on. iQiyi released period C-drama My Journey to You on September 2nd with zero warning and promotion just dropping 3 episodes to kick off its run. The drama had to go through massive last minute editing last month to scrub a supporting character after … Continue reading →

Dark and Intense Period C-drama My Journey to You with Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He Reportedly to Air End of August 2023 on iQiyi with Frantic Last Minute Editing

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So with the summer coming to a close it appears iQiyi wants to squeeze in one more high profile C-drama and it’s reportedly going to be My Journey to You (The Wing of Clouds) with Zhang Ling He and Yu Shu Xin (Esther Yu). I’m first loling that Zhang Ling He will see this drama air before his Story of … Continue reading →

Jing Tian, Zhang Ling He, and Darren Chen Kick Off Filming for Xianxia Romance C-drama Si Hai Zhong Ming

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So it’s not just Bai Lu starting another drama filming, her costar from delayed Story of Kunning Palace is also diving into his next project. Zhang Ling He is joining Jing Tian and Darren Chen (Guan Hong) as filming has started for xianxia period C-drama Si Hai Zhong Ming (Four Seas Heavy Brightness and was formerly known as Si Hai … Continue reading →

iQiyi Formally Announces May 19th Release of Legend of Kunning Palace with Zhang Ling He and Bai Lu Only to Abruptly Cancel 2 Hours Before Premiere Due to Technical Difficulties

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Oh wow, this is some shit show happening live and goodness would I have loved to be a fly on the wall of the behind-the-scenes craziness. iQiyi posted on its official drama Weibo page for Legend of Kunning Palace with Bai Lu and Zhang Ling He on the morning of May 19th that the drama was premiering that very day … Continue reading →

Bai Lu’s Scheming Queen Gets a Second Chance Do-over Opposite Zhang Ling He in Preview for C-drama Story of Kunning Palace Airing May 18th on iQiyi

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The blood tears of disgruntled fans of Till the End of the Moon hasn’t yet dried and another Bai Lu drama is coming. iQiyi confirmed today the release of her revenge and do-over period C-drama Story of Kunning Palace with Zhang Ling He for May 18th, 2023 so next week. The juicier backstory is that the two leads reportedly are … Continue reading →