Hello, welcome to another video from AvenueX
looking at chinese dramaland in the past week
last week, we've had the iqiyi storm of way too much stuff
well this week we have YouKu
It's just not gonna stay silent when it sees another platform going crazy.
So minimum subtitle on screen again
as usual, first, dramas that have aired or will aired soon.
Last time I mentioned a drama that has released
a trailer called The big exam, Da Kao
and this week it went live
but now its title specifically is The Examination for Everyone.
Okay, I guess that makes more sense because
it features students, teachers, parents,
the whole society going around this big exam.
It has aired.
I haven't checked it out yet,
but looking like it's a super from top down made drama because
it airs everywhere
on three different satellite television,
including cctv, then on all four major streaming platforms,
iqiyi, tencent, youku, mango
if it's good. Okay, i'll look into it.
Then there is a drama that's gonna air very soon
and they literally put out this news last night.
Earlier this week they've already started putting out trailers.
It is the three different generations of women
living in the Beijing hutong drama.
We've talked about multiple times before.
That's led by Zhao Lusi, Cai Wenjing, Guan Xiaotong
it will cover three generation people
who are born around the 50s, 70s, and 90s or 80s.
I can't remember exact,
but that's the three different generations within the family.
So you have Zhao Lusi playing the oldest generation
when she was young what happened
Then her character is gonna become older,
played by an older actress,
and it's gonna shift the focus on the Cai Wenjing
the daughter generation of hers,
and then it's gonna go one generation down to Guan Xiaotong's generation.
So it's gonna cover half a century history of
Beijing life of common people.
I hope this is a good drama.
It does look like those proper, serious production
that's definitely not aimed at a tiny spectrum of the demographics.
It's aimed at a bigger audience.
The drama is gonna go live on 25th and it's also
gonna go on satellite television and web platforms.
Then we're gonna quickly talk about a film and then
we're gonna go into trailer release of a lot of dramas.
Previously i've talked about the film twice which is Chang Kong Zhi Wang
Born to Fly
the chinese fighter jet pilots film
and yesterday it just announced it will be
released in cinema at the end of September.
So it's literally the chinese national holiday week slot film
and considering it is a very patriotic film about fighter jet pilots
make sense for it to go into cinema at that period of time
and they've released their proper first trailer looking really good.
I didn't expect, this type of air force themed film
from china would look this Good,
but it does look good
the core leading actors would be Hu Jun and Wang Yibo
and then Xu Kaicheng
previously was one of the major roles in it.
At least in trailer I haven't seen him showing up.
I don't know if he's gonna show up or get edited out,
at least within the promo stuff,
you don't see his name being mentioned
hope that doesn't actually affect the storyline.
So those are the things that are confirmed with a date
before I going to the trailer rush.
Just quickly mention one thing that hasn't released a trailer,
but I definitely will watch it when it goes out,
which is a drama has just wrapped during this week.
And I haven't heard about it previously.
They're very low key.
It's it's a contemporary drama led by Qin Lan and Wang Yang
I think about Wang Yang and Qin Lan gonna have the whole drama, right
Having a contemporary whatever theme it is drama with like romantic story.
I'm so excited.
That drama is called Ta Zhi Shi Bu Xiang Shu, Stand or Fall,
Chinese name literally means she just doesn't want to lose
so feels like another female lead character centered,
girl power thing.
She's been in. We're all alone, she's been in Rational Life,
she's being Dr. Tang
All dramas have that theme of the strong contemporary woman
as the core.
Now she has another one and the guy is Wang Yang
cannot wait for this drama to come out,
they've just wrapped, fingers crossed, it's another good one.
Now let's go into the trailer rush not only from youku
number one is an iqiyi one and they only just released a trailer yesterday.
It's a xian xia drama called Chen Yuan, Divine Destiny
and it's led by Angelababy Yang Ying and Ma Tianyu
I didn't even know this project exists and when they made it have no idea,
but the trailer looks like a very typical Xian Xia story.
Let's see. if it comes out, When it comes out
what it will look like.
Next trailer comes from Youku, and it's a project that's been in
making since last year
Xing Luo Ning Cheng Tang, Love When The Stars Fall
I think my audiences have heard about this before.
It is another Xian Xia drama led by Li Landi and Chen Xingxu
They've released their first proper trailer during this week.
It is a story about a human girl who is the
daughter of a king marries into the heavenly realm
with an immortal and it's like arranged marriage between,
I don't know, different realms of power.
Like now this can happen, breaking a dimensional barrier
at least in the trailer.
It sounds like it will have a little bit comedy of that fish out of the water,
the girl going to the heaven and falling oven yeah that type of story,
but everything else looks very typical
aesthetics, hairstyle, color, costume
looks like every other chinese Xian Xia drama.
Then is a Yu Zheng drama that I haven't heard about before again
and features all Yu Zheng actor and actresses
looking super familiar
if you've watched any of his productions in recent years
even the color scheme is like immediately
the grading is from Yu Zheng's company
It looks like every other YZ company's grading.
The title is for Feng Yu Nong, Yan Zhi Luan,
this is the first release of its poster and trailer
and no news about date and release.
This is a Youku drama and it's led by
Wang Yuwen and Zhang Nan
both have been in a lot of Yu Xheng productions previously
and this is a Tang dynasty setting drama.
These two girls are playing a pair of sisters and that's gonna be
put into a little bit chaotic historical background where a lot of
quite crappy things happens supposedly
like just look at the trailer,
don't know, maybe that's gonna be around An Shi Rebelion time in Tang dynasty.
That's the first thing that pops into my head.
In terms of the world becoming shit,
but it may not be that I have no idea.
I just look at the trailer and guessing
then let's talk about a couple of other dramas
that are contemporary also have released trailers.
Number one, looking very promising is another Youku drama
we've been talking about since last year.
Da Huo Ji yu Gong Zhu Qun
I'm almost laughing because i've said about this drama
way too many times, lost count of it.
The lighter and princess led by Chen Feiyu and Zhang JIngyi
about two youngsters meeting at university campus and then
Chen Feiyu has white blond hair throughout this drama and looking
really good, just in the trailer you can almost sense
the chemistry or of the two leads
I highly look forward to this drama,
don't know when
I don't see why they don't put it out soon.
Then another trailer of a contemporary drama that's
in every way looking like the second season of
Zhang Zhong Zhi Wu, Cai Wenjing and Peng Guanying drama
that got seriously edited, rewritten,
and not even like hitting any of the original novel's level of intensity.
This is like the second season,
but it's a totally different story,
but then everything of this drama screams the same vibe.
They've released the first trailer of this drama
looking even more exciting, I'd say,
than the previous one, still led by them.
English title is Unexpected Falling.
and it talks about a woman who meets a lawyer who
kind of approaches her for a lot of hidden motives.
Then a drama has just recently whether it
has wrapped or not can't remember exactly,
but it's a very recent drama.
It's been filming in the last couple of months
have just released their first not so official trailer trailer,
so it's not a highly post productio-ed music, rhythm, edited trailer.
It's like including some of the finishing products,
but some of the on set shooting special feature footage
and mix it all together.
Like a vlog or diary type of video
has just been released, Ai Qing Er Yi, Nothing but You
which comes from Ning Meng, which did Nothing but 30,
20 Your life On, that series of dramas.
So this kind of belongs to the same category
and it's led by Wu Lei and Zhou Yutong
I've talked about this project before
older woman, younger guy again,
until this drama wraps and finishes production.
Probably next year coming out,
I mean Nineg Meng has been doing quite a few
really good productions
as long as they keep to their standards.
I think it'll be a good enough drama.
So these are the trailer ones.
And then a couple of other dramas haven't released trailers,
but they did put out a lot of promotional materials.
Number one is a drama called Chi Zi Zhi Xin, Still
don't think it has a proper english title yet,
but it doesn't not matter, when it airs, it will.
It's a medical drama i've talked about earlier
led by Zhao Youting, Mao Xiaotong, Jin Shijia, hospital drama,
and they've released the first round of photos
It does feature some of the main roles in this drama,
but the rest of the posters are all setting up the mood.
It takes photos of a very wide framing a very small person,
and it's all featuring extras,
people who are patients in the hospital
under different circumstances.
So I hope at least with that kind of style promotion,
this is a less star celebrity centered production,
more about the story
It's a hospital, so it's always highly charged,
gives you the vibe that it's gonna be more focused on that.
We do hope that's that kind of production and i'd be so
happy to see these three actors leading a drama like that.
Then a drama has released its first round of promotional materials
of a contemporary drama that's been filming since last month or two.
Also i've talked about it already Tou Tou Cang Bu Zhu, Hidden love,
pretty much like the lighter and princess the level of same age range
type of story based on an existing ip
and led by Zhao Lusi and Chen Zheyuan
looking very nice, eye pleasing,
although this drama has been gotten into a little bit trouble,
very recently due to their filming on a real campus in Xiamen, I think.
And then they are disturbing.
basically the normal running of that campus too much.
And the people who work on the crew are not very,
let's just say, ~~~
and resulting in the students and teachers of that campus
being very angry with this crew and they exposed that on internet.
And again, you know,mostly people criticize the production crew for.
You are just here to film
You have no right to disturb our normal school running
for a production crew,
particularly the producer who would definitely
be responsible for this type of things.
It's just really stupid for them to not do it properly.
Then a period drama has released promotional material and it looks ~~~
unrecognizable,
Shang Cuo Hua Jiao Jia Dui Lang, Wrong Carriage Right Groom,
first is they Ps the actors and actresses to the point
you can't even tell it's that person,
then they look so
boring
doesn't look promising at all.
And unfortunately for this production,
basically people have already decided it's not gonna be a good one
and everyone who will go and watch this drama will go in
with the intention of finding how bad it is
feels a little bit bad for people who take part in this project.
then there's another period drama that's highly highly popular
while it's still being made, it's the Chang Yue Jin Ming,
Drama.
In its post production stage,
they've released a video that's featuring the two leads
taking promotional photos.
So it's a video of the two leads making that poster
Bai Lu and Luo Yunxi, don't need more, right?
Everybody has heard about this project and its costume
and its aesthetics and highly promising style
and youku has this and they definitely bet heavy money on it
finally to wrap up today's video
I know it's crazy so much stuff
is the being promoted like crazy.
Hu Yao Xiao Hong Niang, Fox spirit matchmaker
led by Yang Mi and Gong Jun
They are still promoting it and chucking out more materials
just making the drama looking more and more attractive.
This time it's mostly images or the videos of people taking photos.
Again I have to say the costume design is like
turn it to maximum, in terms of using all colors possible
designing every character with very specific styles and looks.
so you now have more photos of Gong Jun
very good looking,
you have Yang Mi
mostly her color is white and red that making her
look really really foxy and very attractive
then you have the other girls in this story
who each have a different color palette and design
which looks stunning
Hu Lianxin, Guo Xiaoting, Chen Duling
they all look very different
And then even featuring supporting roles played by
some actors, I really like, for example, Wei Zheming
he's also a major role in the story
looks good and this one definitely looks much better
than Qi Ye in Word of Honor
And i'm just happy to see him and Gong Jun showing up
in the same drama
and then both in period dramas
I think this time they're both are gonna look really good.
Also this drama would feature other Heng Xing Yin Li actors, for example,
Zhang Linghe is gonna show up.
and there's already leaked materials
of him on set film this dramaas as a guest star
I always feel like ZLH and GJ, right?
These two with their height and facial structure.
They should play brothers,
they can be blood related.
So I don't know, it will be nice to see so many good looking women
and good looking men showing up in the same drama
cannot wait.
Now, the only thing I would hope is they have vetted
everybody who take part in this drama well and thoroughly
making sure they have no previous criminal conducts.
evading tax
soliciting prosecution,
or doing things that's even worse,
Drugs, particularly,
I just hope every major character in this
drama haven't done any of those things, ok?
We have been so trained as audiences for chinese dramaland
to immediately think about these things and worry
that goes for all the productions i've said.
Talked about today
I just hope they can survive properly and not be destroyed
because some stupid people did some stupid things
okay that will be the end of this video
very long and I don't know what's with September.
People like to overwork themselves.
I mean I'm over working myself right now.
I'm making my frist ever set of
phone icons
This time is on Cang Lan Jue
I'm drawing and designing all that
takes a lot of effort,
much much longer and more than I thought of.
It's gonna be a digital product.
I probably will put it on ko-fi due to a lot of people support me on ko fi
and I haven't really given you anything over there.
So I feel very guilty.
I think this would be a good thing.
So if you like CLJ
if you don't like then sorry, but if you like it,
okay, I'm gonna put this set
once I finish it, hopefully within September
over there
for everybody who's being supporting me,
I will figure out a way I think there is a way I haven't figured it out,
but I think there's a way to make it Free for you to download.
And then for other people who are not buying coffees,
you can just pay a price for it,
and I would actually set it as a whatever you want to pay.
So I think there's an option on cofi or xx orxx
whatever you call it, that you can set a tiny like
0.5 or something dollar for something.
And then that's the base cost.
Then anybody who wants to pay more like,
if you want to pay like 100, I can't stop you.
You can do whatever you want.
I'm likely to do it that way.
cause I wanna test it out
I've never done that before.
Let's just try.
I'm still working on it
right now. I've done 21 icons
and I have another 20 to go,
heavens,
then also desktop image,
also like a computer desktop screen.
I'll try my best to put it out before the end of this month
while I'm making all the other videos that I need to make.
That'll be the end of this super long video.
Thank you for watching AvenueX
I i'll see you in my next video.
Meanwhile, live long and happy drama watching.