Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

Tong Hua strikes again with another drama adaptation of her novel. This time it’s Once Promised (曾许诺), the prequel to Lost You Forever (長相思). The story takes place in a mythological world with demons, gods, and humans cohabiting. Our hero, Chi You (Huang Xiao Ming) is driven by revenge and wants to dominate and unite all living things under one ruler. His resolve is immovable until he meets the heroine, a princess from the Xuan Yuan Kingdom (Victoria Song). During the chaotic times, two dominant figures emerged: Chi You, a war god from Shen Nong Tribe, and Prince Shao Hao, from Gao Xin kingdom. While our heroine is forced to marry Shao Hao, her heart belongs to Chi You, and conflicts in interest arise when her father invades Shen Nong. The meaning behind the title is a promise between our OTP that as long as he still wears the red robe she made for him, they would meet under the destined Peach Blossoms and that he would give up everything to be by her side. However, because Chi You never knew of the reason behind her political marriage with Prince Shao Hao, he lashes at her from a place of hurt and mistrust. The gist of what I got and from what I read, the novel does not end happily.

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  • More details on Chi You: He was once a beast god in the wild and was tamed by Shen Nong’s Emperor hundreds of years ago. He is described as both ruthless and sincere, cunning and naive, and invincible on the battlefield. He doesn’t have a rule book and only fights to dominate and unify.
  • Prince Shao Hao: handsome, cavalier and indifferent, yet gentle and loving. His heart desires no feelings and only wants to conquer, using any means to achieve his goals – the crown and making Gao Xin the most powerful empire. If Chi You is a passionate fire, then Shao Hao is a treacherous, cold sea.
  • The novel is being translated at One Second Spring if you’re interested in reading.
  • Produced by GCOO Entertainment and Croton Media (My Sunshine, Shan Shan Comes To Eat), Once Promised plans to premiere in 2017.

Via: 01

  1. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    Interested but not interested. Have heard from One Second Spring years (?) ago about how good the book is, but I’m not really one for angsty bad-ending stories. Also…why is it Victoria again?! T.T I would really prefer someone else to get the roles…maybe/hopefully she’ll surprise me and exceed expectations…

  2. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    OMG when this news came up, I was surprised. As usual, it seems Victoria’s names are always used to hype up other dramas (cuz she has so many casting rumours right now for different projects), but her real project always seems to pop out of nowhere lmao. Anyways, I am super excited and look forward to this project. I think TongHua said herself in her recent interview that this project will start mid-year.

  3. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    lol…. i can’t help but really laugh at this news…. both of them aren’t known for their acting and yet they have to play these really emotionally charged characters. a few of my friends spilled blood over the news (they have read the books and don’t really find any young actors/actresses matching the OTP in this generation, picky folks). hahha

    • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

      Agreed! I’m not too fond of casting, too…

  4. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    Wow…the casting is going to make this drama a MESS in terms of acting. Pray for them. I don’t keep up with HXM but has he improved his acting?

  5. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    The casting…Not fond of BE novels or dramas, but will watch for HXM and Victoria. Hopefully their acting will possibly suddenly improve lol..

  6. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    I’ll also join the “NOPE!” camp. :/ Booooooooooooooooooooooooo…
    Which genius came up with this casting?!
    As far as tragic romances go in the TH’s fictional universes, this one is the saddest and the most, well, tragic. Neither one of these two can deliver the intensity required to portray the characters properly.
    Interestingly, so far most of the negativity I see online is concentrated on Victoria, while I object to HXM more. This guy is waaaay too smarmy to be Chi You/Qi You?

    • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

      Lol the thing is, while I don’t like HXM’s acting, I happen to be chill with him as an on-screen/reality/variety presence. Whereas with Victoria, I not only dislike her acting, I also don’t particularly like her projected on-screen personality. I’m not going to assume that I know her well enough to know her real personality, but I don’t particularly like the personality she shows on screen in variety and reality shows and stuff. Thus while I think both of their acting suck, I happen to tolerate HXM more than Victoria as celebrity personas.

  7. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    Omg why?! Why?! These two are not suited for the drama. Likely I will skip this one. I’m just so sad over it.

  8. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    Why suddenly this web alwasy update about vic’s news? Isn’t this web dislike victoria? Because when vic’s news come out, the news will get many comments from the other who dislike vic
    Keep strong song qian, C-fans and i-fans alwasy support you
    Lets do well, with your rating, like your beautiful secret

    • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

      lol… omg such a ridiculous comment. get comments for what?? this web doesn’t make money. they write news in cdramaland and if victoria is in chinese news, they will write. as simple as that.

      and where does it say the web dislike Victoria? people come all over the world and leave comments. can’t label a blog just because of the comments. you are free to like victoria, and others are free to not like her. this is a PUBLIC blog.

    • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

      let’s look at this in a positive way. i either hate nor love her. by posting about her article, people would come and look forward to her projects. not everyone dislikes her. just bcuz there’s no good comment about her, doesnt mean people who read this article hate her. like frea said, this is a public blog. you can love or hate, it’s preference dear.

      when it comes to acting, she’s definitely not my fave actress, but.. i would like to give this drama a try. first, i love HXM. 2nd, Yoona of SNSD once gave us a very bad acting, but she changed for better, right? soooo.. perhaps, vic would give us a great performance in this drama. i hope so.

      • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

        my bad i mean *neither lols

      • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

        “but she changed for better”

        Nope. She is forever in that “innocent young girl enjoying happy summer day” mode lol Even when she is supposed to cry she is still in that mode. In “Love Rain” and in “PM and I”. She just can’t show emotions.

    • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

      Babe, don’t forget that 90% of times you are dealing with delusional 12 year old (physically or mentally) fan girls. They have selective memory and are like those teenage kpop fan girls you see on kpop forums (Bashing thread on Onehallyu, for example). Don’t expect rationality from them. 😛

      • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

        look! 11-year old Alt is here. i see that you’ve changed your strategy already? no more promoting peace but straight out name-calling? nice.

        • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

          Ssshhhhhh…. Let’s keep our little dirty dark secret in the closet for some more while we can. People won’t understand it if they learn how a 11 year old is your biological father 😛

        • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

          my father is no longer in this world for you to joke about.

        • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

          Sorry to hear that, frea. I just lost my father a few months ago, so I know how it feels. But you know, children usually don’t know some things are off limits (derogatory comments about parents are no-no).

  9. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    LMAO good news. it’s like “in your face” lol Marketability rules.

  10. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    HXM isn’t the best actor but he might be able to pull it off. I sort of imagine Chi You to be a hunky guy like HXM with a bit of cockiness with a soft spot for the woman he loves. Victoria Song on the other hand, I have no idea who she is besides the fact that she’s in the girl band f(x). But considering how few projects she has done, I’m feeling iffy about her taking on this role.

    But then again, there are other guys that I can envision playing Chi You. Wang Kai and Eddie Peng just to name a few. As for A’Heng, I’m not really sure who would be suitable to play that role. Perhaps Liu Tao, Ariel Lin, or Song Yi? Either way, I’m sort of disappointed with this casting considering how much I love the novel.

  11. 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

    LOL, the news and the responses kind of remind me of when Michelle Chen was confirmed as Xiao Longny. The drama itself had decent rating when aired (not outstanding, just ok), and the bashing towards Michelle has finally died down, but I guess it still taints her somehow. I remember she was said to have a strong (financial) backing, which added to the dislike. I think it was also the reason her RL relationship with Chen Xiao was initially not quite welcome.

    Huang Xiao Ming isn’t my favorite actor, I never consider him strong in the acting dept. I don’t particularly care about Victoria Song. Unfortunately, some of her more vocal and whiny little fans have been a major turn off for me. I’ve also grown tired of xian xia stories. So I might skip this one as well.

    • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

      lenje, girl, as I said there are practically no difference between you and those 12 old kpop fans we see on kpop forums. Maybe you should copy past here the convo we had in the chat box the other day 😛

      “I ****** hate her because I don’t like how she acts like a good person” – This is what you have said once before.
      When you yourself say same **** ***** those 12 old kpoppers say, you are a **** ***** too. So pls don’t try to sound smart and mature when we know you are not.

      And don’t forget! Just like how you said you are free to hate and dislike anyone you want to hate coz it’s your right; people are also free to defend anyone they want to defend. Once you realize this, you will be living peaceful life. And who knows, maybe you will find better things in your life than spending day and night here non stop? 🙂 haha

      MOD EDIT: DO NOT ATTACK OTHER COMMENTATORS WITH UNPLEASANT WORD CHOICE.

      • 24 thoughts on “Tong Hua’s Once Promised drama adaptation confirms Huang Xiao Ming and Victoria Song

        lies you tell! the cbox filters our swear words, how would you know what anyone wrote when all cursed words are like ***** and ****?? memory loss, father? im on the cbox plenty of times, i don’t remember seeing such a strong cursed sentence words before.

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