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The Wanted Detective on iQiyi. no confirmed date yet but they say sometime in the summer (July-September)

basically traumatized bad boy with a heart of gold x good girl with a bad case of "i can fix him"-itis trope. she has an unrequited crush on him in high school, they date/breakup in college, then meet up again as adults when she's a doctor and he's a disgraced pilot. if you've watched Veronica Mars, the character reminds me of Logan Echolls so I kinda want him to do it, especially if the scriptwriter is good. but the book ML is infamously slutty (before he falls in love with the FL) so if they don't change that, he'll get a lot of heat from cnetz again haha.

it hasn't started shooting yet. scheduled to begin in september.

Xing Zhi Wan (no english title yet but google translates it to Late Travel or Travelling at Night) is his next drama under Huanyu. It's based on a short novel that's similar to The Red Sleeve (if you watch kdramas) but Yu Zheng and the screenwriter (same one as The Double) changed it into something like Lovely Runner where the ML is fated to die and the FL is in a time loop trying to save him. So he'll have 5 death scenes in the first 5 episodes.

his character in Xing Zhi Wan will die 5 times in the first 5 episodes😂

okay, I checked out Confession and it's spicy~ and the ML is such a red flag. hope they have a good director/screenwriter because if it's true, WXY will be scolded all over the internet again lol

this was rumored to be Mango S/S+ so it should at least be iQiyi S (there's no S+ in 🥝) or else why would the producers suddenly change platforms after at least a year of development under 🥭. TBT was an iQiyi A iirc so this should have a bigger publicity budget. Also, the director has had a few hits under 🥝 so they should treat him well.

🍉 Project Updates:

Love in Red Dust - switched platforms from 🥭 to 🥝. official announcement tomorrow (May 16) at 10am.

The Wanted Detective - rumors are saying it'll replace Journey of Legend's drama schedule this month if the scandal of the 2nd FL in that causes a delay but beyond that it still seems to be fixed for airing in June/July.

Tang Gong Qi An - english title seems to be Unveil: Jadewind now.

EDIT:

Xing Zhi Wan - Yu Zheng just said in a livestream that shooting is scheduled for early September (9/8.) He seems to hint that there's an FL already but he won't say until the contract is signed (it's co-produced by Tencent so it'll be an actress supported by them.) a role, possibly 2nd ML, was also offered to Xia Zhiguang. YZ said another spoilery thing, will put in a comment below.

The Epic of the Tang Dynasty - the role offered is said to be a supporting character. as long as it's a good one so he won't get stuck in idol ML roles.

Gao Bai (Confession) - rumored to be his next project after Xing Zhi Wan, said to open at the end of the year since the copyright is expiring soon. if it's true, it'll be his first big IP (#4 in the Jinjiang modern romance list. First Frost and Hidden Love are #1 and #2 respectively). the team is also rumored to be in contact with Zhao Jinmai.

new trailer for The Wanted Detective: https://weibo.com/7906670131/5164331332535548

(very WXY focused and practically shows the whole plot so only watch if you're okay with spoilers.)

first trailer for Tang Gong Qi An is here: https://weibo.com/7958648129/5163962652953542

it's an iQiyi A drama so not a big budget but it's produced by their Qizheng Studio (upper limit: Destined, LBFAD) with Upcoming Legend, writer Zhao Dongling's (Northward, Ordinary Greatness) production company so hopefully the script is better than mediocre.

??? I wrote it's likely false melons because YZ said he wanted a young actress (00s or 05s batch). of course he might not get what he wants in the end we just have to wait and see.

it'll probably depend on how friendly their agencies are (for example hesong's artists: zhou ye, hou minghao share dramas with huanyu artists often) but yeah as usual take everything yz says with a grain of salt (i just remembered your comment when i saw the gossip on douban haha) EDIT: he just denied the speculation it was xzw on weibo.

lol yu zheng just said in a livestream that he handed song zuer a script. start manifesting it's xing zhi wan and she accepts🤣

🍉Project Updates:

Love in Red Dust - no idea when they'll officially announce it, either during the official booting ceremony or Mango's Investment Conference on May 15 (I think)

The Wanted Detective - new melons are now saying it'll air in August/September. According to the scriptwriter, a new long trailer should be released soon.

Tang Gong Qi An - director said something about "see you in autumn" during his wrap up post which makes people think it's going to be aired this year as well.

Shadow Detective - all this time I thought it was a Huanyu drama. it's not so if the investors did run away then there's nothing Yu Zheng can do about it.

Xing Zhi Wan - no FL yet. Yu Zheng said he wants someone young so melons about Yang Chaoyue, Wu Xuanyi or Shen Yue are likely false. the most likely candidate Huangyang Tiantian is starting college soon (the big drama schools don't let their students act in projects for the first 2 years) so it's not her either.

May Schedule:

May 1 - joins new drama crew (Love in Red Dust)
May 1-6 - makeup tests, script reading
May 13-14 - variety show recording (hi6)
May 18 - business activity
May 25 - promotional activity (Yueyang/Hunan Tourism Conference)
May 29 - business activity

Congratulations to Perfect Match for being mentioned in Mango's 2025 Q1 financial report! Hopefully this means second collaborations for our favorite CPs in the future. (Meanwhile, WXY and Winwin already have their next projects with the platform.)

there are reuters of an almost kissing scene so yes there'll probably be a romance but it's uncertain how much they'll focus on it since the script never leaked.

Story clues written on the new poster: "Night Evil descends upon the Great Qi Dynasty, the general dies, the secret of the deep house is revealed, blood is drawn from living people, oil is refined from corpses, corpses are sewn with thousands of needles, the past of the sea cliff is raised, the lonely city is filled with hatred, blood stains the purgatory on earth."

via the scriptwriter on the show's Weibo supertopic. he also said there'll be a long trailer next month.