Starring Daniel Zhou & Bao Shang En, the hit IP adaptation Never-Ending Summer（CN:《炽夏》） lands on Mango TV & Hunan TV on June 16th , 2026, with our company exclusively distributing first-run overseas across Asia, CIS, Europe & North America.

4 Core Highlights

1. Pure Romance. High Chemistry. Visual Poetry.

Every frame is crafted with restraint: summer light, school uniforms, city nights. Sweet and angsty moments alternate. A glance, a withheld word, a reluctant hug. The sugar has edges, which makes every soft moment feel earned.

For global viewers, stunning visuals + high-emotion performances + magnetic leads is the most reliable formula. No complex cultural context needed. A breathtaking face, a heart-wrenching gaze, and a wallpaper-worthy frame are enough to cross languages and borders and pull audiences willingly into the story.

2. A Heroine with a Spy’s Motive

Zhou Wan (Bao Shang En) doesn’t wait to be rescued. She approaches the male lead on a mission, feigning innocence while hiding her true goal — then falls for real. She’s the hunter disguised as prey. This Romantic-thriller tension crosses borders effortlessly.

Her story spans campus to career, fighting back against a powerful family with intelligence, not luck. A strong female lead, built from the inside.

3. Bad Boy & Good Girl Reinvented

Daniel Zhou completely breaks away from the restrained, loyal-younger-man persona of "Sniper Butterfly", reshaping himself into Lu Xixiao, wild on the surface, wounded beneath. Earrings, motorcycles — his armor. Family scars run deep, and rebellion is his unspoken CRY for LOVE.

From quiet devotion to untamed swagger, Daniel Zhou shows range and control.

Bao Shang En also steps out of the classical beauty archetype embodied in "Youthful Glory" and "Whispers of Fate", transforming into the quietly fierce top student Zhou Wan, obedient only in appearance, razor-sharp inside. From enduring fate to arranging it, she makes the leap from costume drama beauty to modern-day hunter.

4. A Decade-Long Chase - Hunter and Hunted

What makes "Never-Ending Summer" unforgettable isn’t a simple missed-then-reunited romance — it’s an identity tug-of-war stretching across ten years.
It begins on campus: she’s the deceiver with a secret; he’s oblivious. A lie-fuelled crush, a truth that shatters them. A decade later, roles reverse. He returns carrying old wounds, now the one closing in. She’s trapped between GUILT and SURVIVAL.

A raw push-and-pull of HURT and FORGIVENESS......

For viewers who crave high-stakes emotion, intense conflict, and layered character growth, this “Mutual Hunt” structure is built for binge-watching. So — who is the HUNTER? Who is the REAL PREY? No one knows until the final moment.

First-Run Simulcast Territories

Starting from the drama's domestic premiere, overseas simulcast will be launched simultaneously across multiple territories covering over 70 countries and territories in total, including:

· Core Asian territories (including China's Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; Japan; South Korea; Thailand; Singapore; Malaysia; Brunei; Indonesia; the Philippines; Cambodia; and Laos);

· CIS region (Russia and other CIS countries);

· North America & Oceania (the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand);

· as well as Europe, Spanish & Portuguese-speaking regions, the Middle East, and other areas.

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We can implement differentiated distribution strategies tailored to specific regions, cultivate core markets with precision, and drive efficient collaboration across international platforms.

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《Never-Ending Summer》Goes Global: Simulcast Across 70+ Territories This June