Period detective drama The Society of Four Leaves 张公案 stars Jing Boran as Lan Jue, an assistant minister from the Ministry of Rites whose ultimate goal is to overturn the ruling against his father. Song Weilong plays Zhang Ping, an impoverished scholar who starts selling his drawings on the street to pay for his education.
(more…)Promo Round-up: Go Ahead
Go Ahead comes from the writer of popular rom-com Find Yourself and stars Tan Songyun, Song Weilong and Zhang Xincheng as unrelated siblings who are raised by two dads.
Ju Jingyi, Song Weilong’s cross-dressing romance releases first teaser
Ju Jingyi is cuter than ever in the trailer for her latest drama, In a Class of Her Own 漂亮书生 with Song Weilong. I feel like this might be the drama with her that has the best (aka least) filters? [Extended Synopsis]
Ju Jingyi might have two dramas streaming at the same time with both this and The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion releasing promo materials recently.
(more…)Promo Round-up: Beautiful Reborn Flower
Beautiful Reborn Flower stars Song Weilong as the hero who struggles to work out which of the sisters (both played by Lin Yun) he is actually in love with. The synopsis suggests they’re two different people, but the trailer makes me think they’re the same person after all?
Filmed in 2017, the 50 episode drama releases 2 eps every Friday to Monday on iQiyi and Tencent. English subs will be available on their respective apps / Tencent WeTV. It’s also available on Youtube here.
Drama Review: Find Yourself
Find Yourself took a pretty main cast in Song Qian x Song Weilong x Wang Yaoqing and stuffed them into a story that mixed the worst parts of a syrupy sweet romantic fantasy with a frustrating and unimaginative love triangle.
(more…)Review: Find Yourself loses itself part-way through
Song Qian and Song Weilong start off with immediate chemistry in the first few episodes of Find Yourself. Even better, all the side-characters are also attractive, varied in personality, and fun. However, as soon as the main couple gets together, Find Yourself loses itself.
(more…)Celebrity Schedules: Feb 2020 / Coronavirus Donation List
Chen Xuedong 
Jing Boran
All dramas have ceased filming and work is sparse, so I’m going to use this opportunity to highlight the following celebrities for donating to efforts to contain the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. I know there’s a lot of uncertainties about whether donations are being properly used, but that doesn’t diminish the goodwill of the donators. If you chose to donate to anything, though, definitely do your homework and making sure that the money is actually well-spent.
The list is too long so I used google translate, feel free to leave corrections and additions in the comments.
(more…)Song Weilong X Dalian
Song Weilong explores his hometown Dalian in this photoshoot by Jiang Nan. He’s absolutely adorable in the currently airing rom-com Find Yourself.
(more…)Promo Round-up: Find Yourself
Find Yourself stars Song Qian as a a 32-year-old designer must choose between a younger, financially unstable beau (Song Weilong) and a more “suitable” relationship with an exec (Wang Yaoqing).
The 39 episode rom-com airs daily on Hunan TV beginning tonight.
Celebrity Schedules: December 2019
Round-up of celebrity Decembers schedules put out by their workshops and what drama/film they’re working on right now, mostly selected based on if I liked their photo.
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