Thursday, 7 April 2016

With You

Web Drama: With You
Chinese Title: 最好的我们 / Zui Hao De Wo Men
Broadcast Network: Zhejiang TV

Broadcast Period: April 10, 2018 - April 25, 2018

Initial Release Date: April 8, 2016
Initial Broadcast Website: iQIYI
Genre: Romance, School
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 16
Director: Liu Chang
Origin: China
Related: Unrequited Love, My Huckleberry Friends
Source: Adapted from the novel The Best Of Us by Ba Yue Chang An
Watch Episodes On: iQIYI, Viki (eng subs)

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story about an ordinary student named Geng Geng who unexpectedly gets into Zhenhua Highschool and shares a desk with top student Yu Huai.

Student life is not easy for Geng Geng (Tan Song Yun) who is falling behind in classes that she cannot understand and not doing well in exams. Home life is equally taxing as she returns home to a new mother and new brother that she cannot stand. However, sharing a desk with Yu Huai (Liu Haoran) and having good friends like Jiang Nian Nian (Dong Qing) makes it all better as she no longer feels alone. In the three years that she sat next to Yu Huai, they have grown alongside each other. Yet a new chapter begins and the special boy in her heart is gone. They meet again after many years and she has to choose between Yu Huai and Lu Xing He (Wang Yue Xin) who has been relentlessly pursuing her.

Ending Spoilers

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Fun Facts

Filming took place in Qingdao and Beijing.
It was included in the top ten best webdramas during the 2016 ENAwards.
It is produced by iQiYi and Sugarman Media who went on to produce My Huckleberry Friends the following year. Most of the cast were born in the 1990's and later. In fact, Liu Haoran turned 18 while filming.
Liu Haoran who played a superstar student in the drama is also one in real life, learning Mathematical Olympiad early on and participating in various competitions.
Tan Song Yun and Dong Qing who played not-so-good students in the drama admitted that real life is not far off as they had to retake exams to get into the school of their choice.
It is one of author Ba Yue Chang An's three books that also include Unrequited Love and My Huckleberry Friends.

Cast

	Liu Haoran as Yu Huai
	Seven Tan Songyun as Geng Geng
	Wang Yuexin as Lu Xinghe
	Dong Qing as Jiang Niannian

Supporting Cast

Nikki Chen Mengxi as Jian Shan
Li Jiacheng as Han Xu
Chao Ran as Luo Zhi
Nie Zihao as Sheng Huainan
Zhang Wenting as Wen Xiaoxiao
Rong Zishan as Lin Fan
Liu Wenqu as Zhu Yao
Liu Qiheng as Xu Yanliang
Fan Yimeng as Shen Tong
Fang Wenqiang as Zhang Ping
Liang Hao as Zhou Mo
An Kehua as Bei Lin
Liu Meihan as Ri Ben Nu Hai
Zhang Hang as Zhang Laishun
Sun Yingying as Ling Xiangqian
Li Aijing as Ye Zhanyan

Soundtracks

Listen - Geng Geng Yu Huai (耿耿于怀) by Wang Xiao Wen (王笑文)
Listen - Qin Ai De Tong Xue (亲爱的，同学) by Mo Li Tian Kong (茉莉天空)
Xuan Ze Quan (选择权) by Wang Yuexin (王栎鑫)

Episode Ratings

Zhejiang TV
Date	Episode	CSM52 Cities (%)			CSM Nationwide (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking
2018-04-10	1-2	0.638	4.648	7	0.300	2.770	13
2018-04-11	3-4	0.517	3.819	9	0.240	2.280	13
2018-04-12	5-6	0.606	4.636	6	0.240	2.350	12
2018-04-17	7-8	0.491	3.399	8	0.150	1.260	21
2018-04-18	9-10	0.524	3.692	10	0.250	2.070	15
2018-04-19	11-12	0.487	3.388	9	0.220	1.870	15
2018-04-24	13-14	0.240	1.766	16	0.140	1.290	21
2018-04-25	15-16	0.397	2.817	10	0.200	1.680	14
Average	1 - 16	0.488	3.521		0.218	1.946