Addicted (web series)
Addicted (Chinese: 上瘾; pinyin: Shàngyǐn), also known as Heroin, is a 2016 streaming television series based on the boys' love novel Are You Addicted? (你丫上瘾了) by Chai Jidan. The series premiered on 29 January 2016, and aired for three episodes weekly until 23 February 2016 when it was banned by Chinese authorities.
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| Also known as | Heroin |
| Simplified | 上瘾 |
| Mandarin | Shàngyǐn |
| Genre | BL |
| Based on | Are You Addicted? by Chai Jidan |
| Written by | Chai Jidan |
| Directed by | Ding Wei |
| Starring | Huang Jingyu Xu Weizhou |
| Theme music composer | Chai Jidan Xu Weizhou |
| Opening theme | If Hai Has Yin |
| Ending theme | Walk Slowly |
| Composers | Mr. Long Xu Weizhou |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Beijing, China |
| Running time | 21~25 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | iQiyi Huace Film & TV (Youtube) |
| Original release | 29 January – 23 February 2016 |
Production
Filming of the drama began on 30 November 2015 in Beijing, China and ended on 23 December 2015. Featuring new actors, the drama had a production budget of only 5 million yuan (around US$741,300).
Synopsis
Ever since he was young, Bai Luo Yin (Xu Weizhou) has been living with his careless but loving father, Bai Han Qi, and his sick grandmother. When he turned 16 years old, his biological mother Jiang Yuan remarried. Her new husband is a high-ranking military official, Gu Wei Ting.
Because of his mother's death, Gu Wei Ting's son, Gu Hai (Huang Jingyu), has been harboring a deep grudge towards his father. By the random hand of fate, the two step-brothers with wildly conflicting emotional backgrounds were placed in the same class at a Beijing high school, without knowing each other's background at first. With time, they slowly developed a special feeling toward one another. Their classmates, You Qi and Yang Meng, had been instrumental in the relationship.
At times, over the course of the series some friends mention that an abbreviated combination of the boys names Hai and Luo Yin sound like “Heroin”.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Description |
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| Huang Jingyu (Johnny Huang) | Gu Hai | Main character, Son of Gu Wei Ting, Bai Luo Yin's love interest |
| Xu Weizhou (Timmy Xu) | Bai Luo Yin | Main character, Son of Jiang Yuan, Gu Hai's love interest |
| Ling Fengsong | You Qi | Classmate |
| Chen Wen | Yang Meng | Classmate |
| Song Tao | Bai Han Qi | Bai Luo Yin's father |
| Wang Dong | Gu Wei Ting | Gu Hai's father |
| Liu Xiao Ye | Jiang Yuan | Bai Luo Yin's mother, Gu Hai's step-mother |
| Wang Yu | Gu Yang | Gu Hai's cousin |
| Lou Qing | Jin Lu Lu | Gu Hai's former girlfriend |
| Zhou Yutong | Shi Hui | Bai Luo Yin's former girlfriend |
Episodes
- To be updated as more information is revealed
| Episode No. | Original air date |
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| 1 | January 29, 2016 |
| Bai Han Qi, Bai Luo Yin's father, accidentally throws Luo Yin's underwear to the drain. Luo Yin then informs his friend Yang Meng that his mother (Jiang Yuan) is getting married. Meanwhile, Gu Hai is conflicted on deciding to whether or not attend his dad's remarriage ceremony and approaches his girlfriend, Jin Lu Lu, for advice. He later has dinner with his dad, Gu Wei Ting, and his future new stepmother Jiang Yuan, but the dinner soon turns sour as the father and son quarrel. Luo Yin ignores his mother when she advises him on his future education, and she is later scolded by Luo Yin, leaving his mum in tears. Gu Hai moves out from his home and seeks his older sister on relocation. Both Gu Hai and Luo Yin report to class but notice that their teacher resembles Jiang Yuan (mother for Luo Yin and stepmother for Gu Hai). Gu Hai was punished by the language teacher for submitting a blank homework assignment, and so, Gu Hai tore Luo Yin's homework out of his workbook as revenge for his unique handwriting which Gu Hai doesn't like. Gu Hai met up with his friends Li Shuo and Zhou Yi Hu. | |
| 2 | January 31, 2016 |
| You Qi receives a gift from his admirer, but mistook that the gift was from Luo Yin. Han Qi accidentally washes one of the remaining 2 pairs of Luo Yin's underwear, but when he receives a box of new briefs and a box of medication, he suspects someone from his class is shadowing him. When Gu Hai tells Luo Yin that he was the one who gave the gifts and that he was the one who tore out Yin's homework (apologizing for that as well), Luo Yin stomps out in anger. Later, Gu Hai changes his seat to be behind Luo Yin, and he starts to plan revenge by cutting some holes out of the school jacket that Luo Yin wears. During the class physical lesson, Gu Hai impresses both his classmates and his teacher by producing 106 push ups in a minute. | |
| 3 | February 3, 2016 |
| Gu Hai beats his physical teacher's by doing more than a hundred pull-ups. Luo Yin plans his revenge against Gu Hai by sewing his school jacket shut, resulting being sent out by his math teacher for creating a ruckus. But during their English language lesson, a sleeping Luo Yin accidentally chided his teacher, thinking that it was Gu Hai who disturbed him. With several revenges acting amongst Gu Hai and Luo Yin, Luo Yin plots a new scheme by buying mechanical oil and locking the classroom doors. Unbeknownst to Luo Yin, this act would ultimately make him look bad as Gu Hai calls the school's principal in the class while telling him on a sticky note that it was Luo Yin who ruined the doors. The next day, Luo Yin receives breakfast after arriving to class and thinks that it was an act from You Qi. | |
| 4 | February 5, 2016 |
| After class, Yang Meng asks Luo Yin about why he does not get along with Gu Hai when Gu hai is so nice to him. Yang Meng mentions that Gu Hai put in so much effort in getting Yin breakfast and that he is always looking at Yin whenever Meng turns around. Luo Yin scoffs, saying that it must be Hai thinking of new ideas to trouble him. In homeroom, Gu Hai tries to embarrass Luo Yin by volunteering him to sing a song in English and calling out attention to a sleeping Yin; despite all these attempts, Luo Yin manages to sail through beautifully.
The next day, Luo Yin comes down with a cold. At school, Gu Hai gets two sleeping pills from the school's doctor and puts them to Luo Yin's water bottle. Unfortunately, the cold medicine Luo Yin took in the morning had already expired and that combined with the sleeping pills knocked him out unconscious in class. Gu Hai carries him to the nurse's office, gets him an IV drip, and stays behind to watch him. When Luo Yin wakes up and sees Gu Hai after ending up in a hospital bed, he asks Gu Hai why he is so bent on torturing him. Gu Hai responds that he is "ill" and that Luo Yin will have to endure some suffering in order for him to "get better." Back at school the next day, test results are distributed and Luo Yin has one of the highest scores in the class. However, some jealous prat from another class (Wu Fang) barges in the room and starts insulting Luo Yin's mom, calling her a prostitute. Enraged, Gu hai knocks down Wu Fang and starts beating him up. The principal and teacher arrive to stop the fight and take Gu Hai away. Luo Yin waits for Gu Hai to return to class, worried that he had been expelled. Gu Hai comes back, assuring Luo Yin that he will be back tomorrow. Before leaving, Luo Yin notices blood stains on Gu Hai's jersey and exchanges the stained jersey with his own. | |
| 5 | February 7, 2016 |
| Luo Yin is haunted by Wu Fang's insults and goes to eat and drink his feelings for dinner that night. Gu Hai meets Luo Yin at his dining table and joins him. The two of them talk about their mothers and how Luo Yin hasn't been getting enough sleep since he broke up with his ex-girlfriend. After dinner, Luo Yin gets too drunk to go home himself and Gu Hai carries him on his back to drop him off. As Gu Hai leaves the Yin's residence, Han Qi comments on how two parents could raise such a good son like Gu Hai. When Gu Hai returns to his home, he find his father waiting there for him on his couch. Wei Ting orders his son to return home and that he and his stepbrother will be attending Gu Hai's old school the next day. Gu Hai refuses to comply, saying how he will not be in anyplace with his new family. Wei Ting is infuriated, goes to beat on Gu Hai (only to be stopped by the family driver), and threatens to cut off Gu Hai's expenses.
In the morning Gu Hai runs into Luo Yin on his bike. They have breakfast together at Luo Yin's aunt's shack and arrive at school together. You Qi asks Luo Yin why he came to school with Gu Hai instead of Yang Meng, to which Luo Yin replies with that it was just a coincidence that they ran into each other. After school, Gu Hai gets invited to hang out with his friends on the following Saturday, but the next morning, Luo Yin invites Gu Hai to go fishing with him on the same Saturday. Gu Hai ends up fishing with Luo Yin on Saturday, blowing off and ignoring his friends, and together, they catch a fish. | |
| 6 | February 10, 2016 |
| Together, Luo Yin and Gu Hai have caught many fish. Gu Hai invites himself to a meal at Yin's home but Luo Yin insists that he'll prep the fish at his place and then, bring it over to Gu Hai. After Gu Hai is successful in asking for a shower, and to Luo Yin's dismay and annoyance at his father disregarding him, Han Qi allows for Gu Hai to stay for dinner. After the meal Han Qi orders for Luo Yin to take his friend home but halfway there, Gu Hai says that he can take himself home and bikes away. Luo Yin secretly shadows behind him,and feeling that he's being followed, Gu Hai breaks into a neighboring home of a poor person, and once inside, he tosses his bike and backpack over the gate to his actual home. In the morning, Gu Hai notices that Luo Yin is waiting for him outside and he jumps over the gate again with his stuff in the same yard he broke into last night. Meanwhile, the friends that Gu Hai ignored on Saturday are out looking for him. Two of them saw Gu Hai biking on the road with Luo Yin but one of them thought it was only a look-alike and they both dismiss the initial assumption and keep looking for Gu Hai.
At the school, Gu Hai's girlfriend, Jin Lu Lu, is there, demanding to see Gu Hai. She wants him to come back home but he responds with that he likes it here and that she is being too rowdy and suspicious of everything. This is proven to be correct when a few minutes later, Lu Lu is wailing on a female student that was flirting with Gu Hai earlier. Embarrassed by the incident, Gu Hai takes his girlfriend out on the P.E. field and makes a proposition with her: Lu Lu can stay in town for however long she wants as long as she 1. doesn't mention Gu Hai's economic status and where he's actually from, and that she 2. doesn't seem "too rich" when she meets his new friends. After school, Gu Hai invites Luo Yin to meet Lu Lu and the three of them have lunch together. Lu Lu is jealous of the attention Luo Yin is getting from Gu Hai but she gradually grows to like Luo Yin as he always deflects that attention back to her. Once they finish eating, Lu Lu asks Luo Yin to watch over Gu Hai and to call her if anything happens. When she does come back, she'll treat Luo Yin to another meal. The next day, at Luo Yin's aunt's shack, Gu Hai tells Luo Yin of his relationship with Lu Lu and they end their conversation at breakfast by talking about what type of girls they like. | |
| 7 | February 12, 2016 |
| Gu Hai's father talks to Bai Luo Yin to convince him to live with him and Luo Yin's mother, but without success. Gu Hai takes Bai Luo Yin to shops near the zoo to help him bargain in buying clothes for him. After having dinner and small amount of liquor at Bai Luo Yin's home, Gu Hai acts like he is drunk and refuses to leave Bai Luo Yin's bed. Later, Gu Hai asks Bai Luo Yin why the teacher was looking for him. Bai Luo Yin tells Gu Hai about his mother and the meeting that day with his stepfather. Gu Hai also learns Bai Luo Yin likes to eat salted-egg lotus-bean flavoured moon cakes on August 15. The next day, Bai Luo Yin's mother meets Gu Hai at a restaurant in order to convince him to make him live with her and her husband; however her attempt fails. Later that night, Gu Hai buys salted-egg lotus-bean flavoured moon cakes, which both Gu Hai and Bai Luo Yin eat and go to bed. In bed, Bai Luo Yin tells Gu Hai that he knows Gu Hai is living in a rented house and that he is rich. | |
| 8 | February 14, 2016 |
| While in bed, Gu Hai tries to make Bai Luo Yin to turn to his side, but Bai Luo Yin refuses. In the morning, Bai Luo Yin waked up in the arms of Gu Hai. While playing basketball, Bai Luo Yin injures his leg and face by a fellow student, whom gets kicked by Gu Hai for injuring Bai Luo Yin. Bai Luo Yin gets help from his friends Yu Qi and Yang Meng. On the way home, Gu Hai forces Bai Luo Yin to ride with him on his bicycle. At Bai Luo Yin's house, Bai Luo Yin tells Gu Hai that he was ignored by Gu Hai. Gu Hai disagrees and gives him the medicines he bought for Luo Yin. Later, Gu Hai helps Bai Luo Yin with his wounds. In the Bed, Gu Hai tries to convince Bai Luo Yin to masterbate with him, but Bai Luo Yin refuses. The next day morning, they learn that aunt Chou's shack was destroyed by somebody. Gu Hai asks his uncle to help to get a place to start a restaurant for aunt. During this visit, Gu Hai also picks up the dog from his uncle. Bai Luo Yin learns from his father aunt Chou got a government approval to start a restaurant without a renting fee. Later that night, Bai Luo Yin confronts Gu Hai and thanks him for helping aunt Chou. Bai Luo Yin asks Gu Hai to live in their house. Bai Luo Yin and Gu Hai visits Gu Hai's friends. Gu Hai's friends were surprised to see that Gu Hai sips from Bai Luo Yin's drink. Bai Luo Yin asks Gu Hai's friends whether they have masturbated with Gu Hai before, to which they say no because Gu Hai does not like people touching him. Later that night, while in the bed, Gu Hai again tries to masterbate with Bai Luo Yin and Bai Luo Yin refuses. | |
| 9 | February 17, 2016 |
| At night, in the bed, Bai Luo Yin puts hemorrhoid cream on Gu Hai lips for the sore lips. While Gu Hai prepares to vacate his room, Bai Luo Yin learns that Gu Hai uses his torn-up essay from his notebook for penmanship. While fighting to get back the essay notes from Gu Hai, Gu Hai's girlfriend Jin Lu Lu walks in. Gu Hai tells his girlfriend that his phone was broken and could not call her. Jin Lu Lu notices that Gu Hai's phone (that was fixed by Bai Luo Yin before Lu Lu's arrival) was working and breaks the phone. Gu Hai gets angry and tries to hit her, but blocked by Bai Luo Yin. With anger, Jin Lu Lu leaves the place. Bai Luo Yin asks Gu Hai to go and convince Jin Lu Lu, to which Gu Hai obliges. Later, the three of them eat at a restaurant. While eating, Jin Lu Lu asks her boyfriend to hit Bai Luo Yin as a friendly gesture. Gu Hai gets mad and warns that he won't allow anybody to hit Bai Luo Yin. Jin Lu Lu gets angry at Gu Hai's reaction and leaves. Bai Luo Yin's father buys a new phone for Gu Hai picked by Bai Luo Yin. Gu Hai helps Bai Luo Yin's father in cementing a leakage at their home. At night in the bed, Gu Hai asks Bai Luo Yin why his father is not joining aunt Chou's business, to which Bai Luo Yin replies that his father is too proud to join aunt Chou and that aunt Chou is not widow, but her husband never visits her. Later, Bai Luo Yin's father was fired from his job and offered a better job. Bai Luo Yin learns about his father's job and realizes that Gu Hai is behind this. Thus, Bai Luo Yin confronts Gu Hai. | |
| 10 | February 19, 2016 |
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| 11 | February 21, 2016 |
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| 12 | February 24, 2016 |
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| 13 | February 26, 2016 |
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| 14 | February 28, 2016 |
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| 15 | February 29, 2016 |
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Reception
The show garnered about 10 million views the day after its initial online release, making it the second most-watched show on iQiyi[1] However, just three episodes before the season finale, all episodes of the drama were removed from all Chinese video streaming websites by the order of SAPPRFT, and are no longer accessible to Chinese viewers.[2][3][4] A few days later, these last three episodes of the first season were uploaded to the official YouTube channel of Huace Film & TV, accessible to viewers outside of mainland China. On April 17, 2016, it was revealed that its planned second season was permanently shelved, and China has banned the two actors from appearing on screen together.[5] The last time they were seen together in public was during a fan meeting in Thailand. In a brief moment when they did come together, they were quickly pulled apart by security guards.
On June 21, 2019, the author of the original novel posted pictures on Weibo and responded to user's questions by saying that filming for season two has started in Taiwan.[6][7] It is rumored that the cast has been changed.
Soundtrack
| No. | Song Title | Artist(s) | Composer | Notes |
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| 1 | If Hai Has Yin 海若有因 |
Xu Weizhou & Huang Jingyu | Xu Weizhou | Opening theme song |
| 2 | Walk Slowly 慢慢走 |
Xu Weizhou | Xu Weizhou | Ending theme song |
| 3 | I Think 我想 |
Shuhei Nagasawa | Xiao Long Lao Si | |
| 4 | I Only Love You 我只在乎你 |
Teresa Teng | Takashi Miki | |
References
- "Chinese Censors Have Taken a Popular Gay Drama Offline and Viewers Aren't Happy". time.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- "China's Censors Take Another Gay-Themed Web Drama Offline". blog.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- "China bans depictions of gay people on television". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- "China cracks down on Online Television". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- "WATCH: The Show That Has China Banning All Gay Couples From TV". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- Subber, Lazy [@LazySubber] (2019-06-28). ""we're finally start filming" // "that's not Addicted ss2, is it?" // "ss2 will be filmed in Taiwan" // Correct me if I'm wrong, I only translated from Thai // cr: BlackWhiskeypic.twitter.com/sOo1bl5Szq" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-12-22 – via Twitter.
- "Author Confirms "Addicted 2" is Happening, Series is Filming in Taiwan". 三八姐姐. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-12-22.