iQIYI

Next up is another period romance drama called Yi Ou Chun or Spring of the Blade.

This 30-episode drama began airing on September 17th on iQIYI and Youku.

It stars Xu Kai and Zhou Ye as the leads.

Here's a summary.

In a nutshell, I will say that both of the leads were out-acted by the veteran actors featured in the drama.

Overall, this drama failed to compete against Against the Current, or Lan Xiang Ru Gu.

It hasn't breached 7,500 on iQIYI's popularity index and barely breached 8,000 on Youku's popularity index.

This also only has a 5.4 rating on Douban.

It's a Thai drama.

It's on iQiyi.

It aired a couple years ago, maybe.

This was one that I had on my current watch list that I actually got off my current watch list and wasn't the new drama I added to watch for a podcast episode.

But that was Control plus Alt plus Life.

Last rumored Chinese drama to talk about is Light the Dark.

This is a short crime drama, part of the iQiyi crime series.

It stars Cheng Zeguan.

What platform? We're not 100% sure yet.

I'm thinking probably iQiyi.

Might be

iQiyi.

It might be YouTube, because, you know, Boys in Love.

No, Boys in Love was on iQiyi.

iQiyi, right.

So who knows? I don't know if Luke and Mick are

It's not a cozy watch.

Where to see it? IQIYI, on their international site, iq.com or the app, with English subtitles, and a lot of it is free with ads.

A couple of quick ones to round out the week.

Cold Hunt Dong Cheng Li Yiyong premiered today.

you'll find it on Youku's international platform, Youku.tv. And for spy thriller fans, The Long Watch Jiao Feng is a 1940s espionage drama full of codes and double agents led by Wang Kai, and it's streaming free with English subtitles on WeTV.

There's also a gentle family drama called In My Prime Sheng Feng Qi Shi with Guan Shao Tong, if you want something warm and unhurried.

That one's free on IQIYI, IQ.com, with subtitles.

Now, the rumor mill and everything here is unconfirmed.

So easy to find.

It's on Netflix and iQIYI, just so you know.

Yes, it is an iQIYI show.

And I think it's on some other stuff, too.

It's on Tencent.