Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Chasing the Light

Web Drama: Chasing the Light
Chinese Title: 左肩有你 / Zuo Jian You Ni
Broadcast Website: Tencent

Broadcast Date: TBA

Genre: Idol, Modern, School
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 24
Director: Niu Chao
Production Company: Tencent Penguin Pictures, CKF Pictures
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from the novel Sa Ye (撒野) by Wu Zhe

Love Meter

Synopsis and Plot Summary

Jiang Cheng, a top student from a key school, is sent away by his foster family to the steel factory where his father lives. As he transfers into a local school and returns to family he never really knew, he meets the resident bully Gu Fei by chance which marks the beginning of a story about salvation and hope.

Fun Facts

It was previously rumored that Wang Anyu and Yao Chi will star although the latter's casting was denied.
It is a dangaiju 耽改剧 based on the boy's love novel Saye.
The Chinese title "Zuo Jian You Ni" means "You On the Left Shoulder." The novel title "Saye" means "Act Wildly,"
After the success of The Untamed in 2019, it is part of Tencent's BL-novel adaptations filmed in 2020 that include Immortality and Sha Po Lang.
Filming quietly began in November 2020. However, due to the buzz around the drama, there were fan leaked photos of the casts in Harbin.
Filming wrapped quietly on July 11, 2021 as the cast was spotted at the Harbin airport leaving for Beijing.

Cast