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- Apr 25, 202750% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The Way You Come Back (玉兰花开君再来) Premieres
- Tencent Video's S+ biographical drama 玉兰花开君再来 ("The Way You Come Back") held its opening ceremony at the Feng Xiaogang Film Commune in Haikou on 23 December 2025 and wrapped in Beijing on 25 May 2026[4][6]; about 20 days of the Nanyang and Philippines scenes were shot in Haikou and Wanning[6]
- No air date has been announced. It is planned to air on CCTV-8 and Tencent Video at the same time, and Weibo reports expect the 2027 winter holiday; reservations passed 4.96 million[1][4]
- Yang Zi (杨紫) plays Dong Zhujun (董竹君) from 13 to 58, from a girl sold into a brothel who escapes, marries the revolutionary Xia Zhishi, leaves him with her four daughters and founds the Jin Jiang restaurant that became Shanghai's state guesthouse; Ou Hao (欧豪) plays Xia Zhishi (夏之时), with Wu Yue, Ni Hongjie, Guo Xiaoting and Chi Peng[1][5][6]
- It is based on Dong Zhujun's own life, not a novel; her granddaughter and Xia Zhishi's granddaughter attended the opening ceremony[6]
- Yang Yang (A Dream of Splendor) directs, Pan Pu (The Empress of China) writes and Zheng Xiaolong is art supervisor; Tencent Video and 晟喜华视 produce with GPM (金色传媒), on a reported budget of 350 million yuan[1][5]
- A 35-second concept teaser came out on 8 March 2026, and Yang Zi learned Shanghainese and Japanese for the role[4][5]; a blogger lists 36 episodes
- Yang Yang's A Dream of Splendor (梦华录) wrapped in July 2021 and premiered on Tencent Video on 2 June 2022[2], and Ou Hao's CCTV-8 drama This Thriving Land (生万物) wrapped on 5 August 2024 and premiered on 13 August 2025[3]. A late-May 2026 wrap puts the premiere around spring 2027
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- [1]50%weibo.com/2/detail/5346994995593358weibo.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Apr 25, 2027 ✓· 23% of score
Estimated: filming wrapped on 25 May 2026 and neither CCTV-8 nor Tencent Video has announced a date. Director Yang Yang's A Dream of Splendor premiered about 11 months after wrapping (July 2021 to 2 June 2022), and Ou Hao's CCTV-8 drama This Thriving Land 12 months after (5 August 2024 to 13 August 2025); the shorter gap puts this around 25 April 2027. Weibo reports of a 2027 winter-holiday slot are unconfirmed. Re-date once the broadcasters announce the date.
- [2]80%梦华录 - 维基百科zh.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 23% of score
Director Yang Yang's Tencent Video hit: filming began in February 2021 and wrapped in July 2021, and it premiered on 2 June 2022. This roughly 11-month gap is the basis for the estimate.[1]
- [3]75%生万物 - 维基百科zh.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 23% of score
Ou Hao's CCTV-8 period drama: it wrapped on 5 August 2024 and premiered on CCTV-8 prime time on 13 August 2025, a 12-month gap that backs the estimate.[1]
- [4]70%杨紫新剧杀青_新浪新闻sina.cn· Published May 25, 2026· 14% of score
A Weibo[1] post dating the wrap to 25 May 2026, with Yang Zi's 45-year age span as Dong Zhujun, the rebuilt Republican-era street set and 4.96 million Tencent reservations.
- [5]75%《玉兰花开君再来》妇女节先导片炸屏全网！杨紫以董竹君之名送祝福_腾讯新闻news.qq.com· Published Mar 8, 2026· 10% of score
Covers the 8 March 2026 concept teaser, Dong Zhujun's life story, director Yang Yang, writer Pan Pu, Zheng Xiaolong as supervisor, the cast and the CCTV-8 plus Tencent Video plan.[1]
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