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"culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-symbols-to-co", "markdown": "# Ban Shu Lao Gong (半熟老公)\n\n**Ban Shu Lao Gong** (半熟老公, pinyin Bàn Shú Lǎo Gōng, English title *Half-Mature Husband*, also marketed overseas as *Unfamiliar Husband*) is a 2025 Chinese vertical-screen short drama starring Wang Kaimu (王凯沐) and Xu Zhenzhen (徐轸轸) in a marriage-first-love-later romance between a cold law-firm partner and the designer he marries through a family-arranged contract.[1](https://2025.chinesemov.com/tv/2025/Half-Mature-Husband) • [2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) It was released on the Hongguo short-drama platform (红果短剧) on 2 November 2025 in 71 episodes of about two minutes each, for a total runtime of 2 hours 25 minutes.[2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) One streaming catalog lists the premiere date as 4 November 2025.[3](https://www.shidai.tv/voddetail/127621.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Vertical short drama, 71 episodes, about 2 minutes per episode, 2 hours 25 minutes total[2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) • [1](https://2025.chinesemov.com/tv/2025/Half-Mature-Husband) |\n| Platform and release | Hongguo Short Drama, online 2 November 2025[2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) |\n| Cast | Wang Kaimu as Jiang Chenye (江辰烨); Xu Zhenzhen as Wen Ying (温潆), her first short drama[4](https://www.sohu.com/a/956466951_116162) |\n| Source material | Adapted from the Tomato Novel *Jiang Lüshi Jintian Xindong le Ma?* (《江律师今天心动了吗？》) by Qing Shan Gui Yu (青山归屿)[5](https://yule.360.com/detail/4676825) |\n| Launch performance | First-day platform heat of 90.76 million, rising to 98.17 million the next day; 1.15 million saves, 1.71 million likes, 138 million effective plays[5](https://yule.360.com/detail/4676825) |\n| Ratings | 9.5 on the Hongguo platform page; 8.1 on the Duanju Baike database[6](https://hongguoduanju.com/detail?series_id=7568000369452665881) • [2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) |\n| Actor payouts | Under Hongguo's revenue-sharing program, Wang Kaimu and Xu Zhenzhen were projected to receive about 1.5 million and 1 million yuan respectively[7](https://www.cnsa.cn/module/download/down.jsp?colID=2019&i_ID=47932) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and characters\n\nWen Ying and Jiang Chenye marry because of a family-arranged alliance agreement. Their early life together is procedural and distant; over time she cannot control her growing feelings, and the icy husband is gradually melted by his sweet, soft-natured wife. The official synopsis describes the story as a two-way pursuit that turns a contractual marriage into a warm, healing daily life, without melodramatic plot twists.[6](https://hongguoduanju.com/detail?series_id=7568000369452665881)\n\nJiang Chenye has a double identity: he is a law-firm partner and, secretly, the second son of the Yunshang Group. Having witnessed his mother's infidelity as a child, he no longer believes in love and treats marriage as a contract to be executed. Wen Ying is written as an independent, confident designer rather than a passive heroine, and she is the one who actively approaches and heals him.[8](https://ent.sina.cn/2026-01-19/detail-inhhuziz1409356.d.html?vt=4) Reviewers noted that the drama follows the currently popular \"unfamiliar within marriage\" setup, in which a couple must learn intimacy after the wedding rather than before it.[9](https://www.sina.cn/news/detail/5229424955622565.html)\n\n## Production and source\n\nThe drama is adapted from the novel *Jiang Lüshi Jintian Xindong le Ma?* (《江律师今天心动了吗？》), published on the Tomato Novel platform, where it was listed with tags for wealthy-family romance, modern romance, marriage, sweet romance, and light comedy.[5](https://yule.360.com/detail/4676825) • [2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) One streaming catalog credits the direction to Yin Xin (尹芯).[10](https://www.sh-caiyi.com/tag/127794.html) Viewer comments on the platform page praise the costume and styling work, crediting a stylist referred to as \"Sister Tu,\" and describe the production team as an all-female crew.[6](https://hongguoduanju.com/detail?series_id=7568000369452665881)\n\n## Reception and commercial results\n\n**Launch data.** On its first day the drama reached a Hongguo platform heat score of 90.76 million, climbing to 98.17 million the next day, with more than 1.15 million saves, 1.71 million likes, and 138 million effective plays; it topped the platform's hot-play, new-drama, and hot-search charts simultaneously.[5](https://yule.360.com/detail/4676825) A daily chart roundup for 4 November 2025 recorded it debuting at number one on the Hongguo chart with heat above 90 million.[11](https://www.juduanduan.com/2025/1105/4115.shtml) A later viewer tally put cumulative Douyin plays at 200 million and Hongguo plays at 55.986 million.[12](https://www.douban.com/group/topic/355457768/?_spm_id=NjQwNjAyMg&start=200)\n\n**Industry significance.** The drama was one of the first titles released under Hongguo's actor revenue-sharing program launched in September 2025, in which lead actors share income based on playback data and the work's lifecycle. On 20 November 2025 the platform published its first detailed actor payout figures, projecting about 1.5 million yuan for Wang Kaimu and 1 million yuan for Xu Zhenzhen on this title.[13](https://www.ifeed.cc/articles/20433ff8-d1e4-4697-802b-e19d4deb8db9) • [7](https://www.cnsa.cn/module/download/down.jsp?colID=2019&i_ID=47932) After the release, Wang Kaimu rose to fifth place on the Hongguo actor popularity chart, and Xu Zhenzhen's follower count grew to 20,000.[14](https://ent.sina.cn/2026-02-01/detail-inhkfzft2170527.d.html?oid=euW&vt=4)\n\n**Critical standing.** A year-end ranking of 2025 short dramas placed *Ban Shu Lao Gong* fourth, crediting it with redefining the overbearing-CEO archetype through its \"procedural husband\" and praising its gradual, detailed emotional development without villainous supporting characters or contrived misunderstandings.[5](https://yule.360.com/detail/4676825) Platform ratings differ by site: 9.5 on Hongguo, 8.1 on Duanju Baike, and 5.7 from a small sample on one third-party streaming site.[6](https://hongguoduanju.com/detail?series_id=7568000369452665881) • [2](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505) • [15](https://duanjuhk.com/vodplay/banshulaogong-2-1.html)\n\n## Related adaptations\n\nThe same novel spawned a separate AI-generated animated series, *My Half-Mature Husband* (《我的半熟老公》), released on 4 August 2026 in 100 episodes with a total runtime of 2 hours 10 minutes. Its plot expands the source material: Wen Ying signs a one-year contract marriage with the marriage-averse second son Jiang Chenye, continues working at his family's conglomerate as a building designer while hiding the marriage, and the two move from contract spouses to genuine partners after a divorce in his family forces him to confront his feelings.[16](https://www.duanjubaike.net/manju/info-7670053548687641624.html) A further live-action short drama titled *Jiang Lüshi Jintian Dongxin le Ma* (《江律师今天动心了吗》), 64 episodes, was listed for release on 4 February 2026.[16](https://www.duanjubaike.net/manju/info-7670053548687641624.html)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Half-Mature Husband (2025), ChineseMov](https://2025.chinesemov.com/tv/2025/Half-Mature-Husband)\n2. [半熟老公, 短劇百科](https://duanjubaike.org/zh-Hant/drama/13505)\n3. [半熟老公在线观看, 时代TV](https://www.shidai.tv/voddetail/127621.html)\n4. [这对CP的新剧，首日热度值破亿了, 搜狐](https://www.sohu.com/a/956466951_116162)\n5. [给2025年最好的短剧排名, 360娱乐](https://yule.360.com/detail/4676825)\n6. [半熟老公, 红果短剧](https://hongguoduanju.com/detail?series_id=7568000369452665881)\n7. [国家广播电视总局刊文：红果短剧演员分账数据](https://www.cnsa.cn/module/download/down.jsp?colID=2019&i_ID=47932)\n8. [剧荒速进：红果短剧测评之王凯沐, 新浪娱乐](https://ent.sina.cn/2026-01-19/detail-inhhuziz1409356.d.html?vt=4)\n9. [星星剧评：《半熟老公》, 新浪新闻](https://www.sina.cn/news/detail/5229424955622565.html)\n10. [半熟老公电视剧全集在线观看, 新视觉影视](https://www.sh-caiyi.com/tag/127794.html)\n11. [11月4日红果短剧热榜, 剧短短](https://www.juduanduan.com/2025/1105/4115.shtml)\n12. [红果2026年播放量统计, 豆瓣小组](https://www.douban.com/group/topic/355457768/?_spm_id=NjQwNjAyMg&start=200)\n13. [红果短剧开启演员分账时代，长剧能学吗？, 钛媒体/Ifeed](https://www.ifeed.cc/articles/20433ff8-d1e4-4697-802b-e19d4deb8db9)\n14. [王凯沐新剧开拍, 新浪娱乐](https://ent.sina.cn/2026-02-01/detail-inhkfzft2170527.d.html?oid=euW&vt=4)\n15. [半熟老公全集在线观看, 短剧好看影院](https://duanjuhk.com/vodplay/banshulaogong-2-1.html)\n16. [AI漫剧《我的半熟老公》, 短剧百科](https://www.duanjubaike.net/manju/info-7670053548687641624.html)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › East Asian web and streaming serials › Titles symbols to Co*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/ban-shu-lao-gong", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/ban-shu-lao-gong.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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