{ "id": "eptqssbkwv", "slug": "tiny-times-2", "title": "Tiny Times 2 (小时代：青木时代)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries", "label": "Teen and comedy series film entries", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s", "label": "Entries released in the 2010s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Tiny Times 2 (小时代2：青木时代, Tiny Times 2.0) is Guo Jingming's 2013 youth film, second in the Tiny Times series, adapted from his novel, shot back-to-back with the first film, released 8 August 2013, grossing about CNY 297 million in mainland China.", "snippet": "Tiny Times 2 (小时代2：青木时代, Tiny Times 2.0) is Guo Jingming's 2013 youth film, second in the Tiny Times series, adapted from his novel, shot back-to-back with the first film, released 8 August 2013, grossing about CNY 297 million in mainland China.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s", "markdown": "# Tiny Times 2 (小时代：青木时代)\n\n**Tiny Times 2** (小时代2：青木时代, also released as *Tiny Times 2.0*) is a 2013 Chinese youth film directed and written by Guo Jingming (郭敬明), the second installment of the *Tiny Times* film series adapted from his own novel. It stars [Yang Mi](https://www.edgepedia.org/yang-mi), Kai Ko, Amber Kuo, Bea Hayden Kuo, and Xie Yilin, and follows four close friends in Shanghai through their final university year as their friendships and relationships fracture.[1](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7189184495386460194) • [2](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/2221018.shtml)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Chinese title | 小时代2：青木时代 (English: *Tiny Times 2.0*)[1](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7189184495386460194) |\n| Director and writer | Guo Jingming, adapting his own novel[1](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7189184495386460194) |\n| Release | Mainland China 8 August 2013; Taiwan and United States 30 August 2013; Hong Kong 10 October 2013[3](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2221018.shtml) • [4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) |\n| Running time | 116 minutes, color, 2D, stereo sound[3](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2221018.shtml) |\n| Mainland box office | CNY 2.9716亿 (about 297 million yuan); global total US$47.289 million as of 14 December 2022[4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) |\n| Production | Shot back-to-back with the first film; China–Taiwan co-production[5](https://sino-cinema.com/2015/12/17/review-tiny-times-2/) |\n| Series position | Second of four films; followed by *[Tiny Times 3](https://www.edgepedia.org/tiny-times-3)* (刺金时代, 2014)[4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Cast and characters\n\nYang Mi plays Lin Xiao (林萧), the ordinary student through whose voice-over the story is told. Amber Kuo (郭采洁) plays Gu Li (顾里), a wealthy finance student; Bea Hayden Kuo (郭碧婷) plays the clothes designer Nan Xiang (南湘); and Xie Yilin (谢依霖) plays Tang Wanru (唐宛如). Kai Ko (柯震东) plays Gu Li's boyfriend Gu Yuan (顾源), Rhydian Vaughan (凤小岳) plays magazine editor Gong Ming (宫洺), Cheney Chen (陈学冬) plays the columnist Zhou Chongguang (周崇光), and Wang Lin plays Gu Yuan's mother Ye Chuanping (叶传萍).[2](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/2221018.shtml) • [5](https://sino-cinema.com/2015/12/17/review-tiny-times-2/)\n\n### Plot\n\nThe story is set in Shanghai in the friends' final university term. While the four women prepare for their graduation, Gu Li organizes her annual birthday party. The gathering turns into a test of the four friendships when her past with Nan Xiang's ex-boyfriend Xi Cheng (姜潮) is exposed.[8](https://wmoov.com/movie/details/21436)\n\nOn his way to the party, Gu Li's father dies in a car accident. Left without his support, she must face the acquisition of the family's Shenggu Group by the Constantly Group led by Gong Ming, while her boyfriend Gu Yuan serves as the acquisition's lead for the opposing Ye Group, setting the couple on opposite sides.[8](https://wmoov.com/movie/details/21436) Meanwhile, Lin Xiao and her boyfriend Jian Xi (李悦铭) drift apart through a series of misunderstandings, and Zhou Chongguang's sudden hospitalization with a serious illness becomes the trigger for a breakup.[8](https://wmoov.com/movie/details/21436)\n\nCompared with the first film's warmer tone, the sequel centers on sharper conflict: the friends fall out, lovers betray one another, and the plot turns on Gu Li's reversal of fortune.[9](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2221018/) The film's tagline was 黑暗无边，与你并肩 (\"Boundless darkness, at your side\").[4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3)\n\n## Production and release\n\nThe film was shot back-to-back with *Tiny Times* (2013) using the same cast and crew, and its release was brought forward after the first film became a runaway hit in mainland China.[5](https://sino-cinema.com/2015/12/17/review-tiny-times-2/) It was originally scheduled for the end of 2013; the date was first moved to 9 August, then advanced one more day to 8 August 2013.[4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) A preview screening was held in Shanghai on the evening of 5 August, where Guo Jingming watched the film with fans and said that whether a third film was made would depend on how audiences responded to the first two.[6](https://www.chinanews.com/shipin/cnstv/2013/08-06/news267842.shtml)\n\nThe combined budget for the first two films was reported as CNY 47 million.[4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) Production companies included Le Vision Pictures (乐视影业), Edko (和力辰光), and several others, with Le Vision and Dasheng International handling distribution.[3](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2221018.shtml) • [4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) Guo Jingming later said he directed the films himself because other directors he approached understood the material differently, and that the two-film shoot was difficult: a first-time director, two films shot together, a tight schedule, and a limited budget.[7](https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147344514648.html)\n\n## Box office\n\nThe film opened strongly. On 8 August 2013, the national daily box office reached about 90 million yuan, of which *Tiny Times 2* took more than 50 million, roughly triple the per-screen attendance of its competitor *A Tale of Two Cities*-era release *Feng Hua Xue Yue* released the same window; the report noted the film was drawing its own fan base rather than taking audiences from other films.[10](https://www.mnw.cn/news/ent/659109.html) By midnight on 11 August the cumulative total stood at 95.5 million yuan,[10](https://www.mnw.cn/news/ent/659109.html) and the total passed 200 million yuan within seven days of release, helped by a [Qixi Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/qixi-festival) ([Valentine's Day](https://www.edgepedia.org/valentines-day)) take of more than 30 million yuan.[11](https://yule.sohu.com/20130814/n384124063.shtml) The final mainland total was reported as CNY 2.9716亿, with a global cumulative figure of US$47.289 million as of 14 December 2022.[4](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3) In Taipei the film earned about NT$2.75–2.76 million, and in the United States US$42,619.[12](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/ftcn89336457/)\n\n## Reception\n\nCritical response was mixed to negative. A Beijing News joint screening panel gave the film an average score of 47 out of 100, well below the 61 given to the first film, with reviewers noting that the story remained jumpy and illogical even as some viewers found it more concentrated and complete than its predecessor.[13](https://ent.sina.com.cn/r/m/2013-08-09/17493984409.shtml) The same review criticized sequences that play like music videos and cited implausible moments, such as summer Shanghai suddenly covered in snow during the climax.[13](https://ent.sina.com.cn/r/m/2013-08-09/17493984409.shtml) The English-language review site Sino-Cinema, run by the critic Derek Elley, rated it 6/10 and described it as \"more of the same glossy nonsense but with a less infectious sense of fun\" than the first film.[5](https://sino-cinema.com/2015/12/17/review-tiny-times-2/) A *New Beijing News* retrospective noted that the two 2013 films drew sustained criticism for promoting materialism and luxury brands while many fans embraced them, and that together they earned about 800 million yuan, making Guo Jingming a commercially successful director.[7](https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147344514648.html)\n\nThe film formed part of the 2013 wave of Chinese youth films, appearing alongside *So Young* and *American Dreams in China* as titles credited with igniting that year's youth-film boom.[14](https://news.sciencenet.cn/dz/upload/201312681347683.pdf)\n\n## References\n\n1. [小时代2：青木时代, 快懂百科](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7189184495386460194)\n2. [小时代2：青木时代 演职员表, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/2221018.shtml)\n3. [小时代2：青木时代 详细资料, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2221018.shtml)\n4. [小时代：青木时代 (film data), eth.sucks wiki mirror](https://bafybeichypzjch6uuo5pe6btkctcusdwvp77xidgbh5kc2ipowvuaexhiq.eth.sucks/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%9A%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3)\n5. [Review: Tiny Times 2 (2013), Sino-Cinema](https://sino-cinema.com/2015/12/17/review-tiny-times-2/)\n6. [《小时代2》点映 郭敬明称反映好才再拍续集, 中国新闻网](https://www.chinanews.com/shipin/cnstv/2013/08-06/news267842.shtml)\n7. [郭敬明：重新找到了\"还是新人\"的感觉, 新京报](https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147344514648.html)\n8. [小時代 2 : 青木時代, WMOOV電影](https://wmoov.com/movie/details/21436)\n9. [小时代2：青木时代 Tiny Time 2.0, 1905电影网](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2221018/)\n10. [小时代2：青木时代8月8日票房逾5000万, 闽南网](https://www.mnw.cn/news/ent/659109.html)\n11. [《小时代2》票房破2亿 杨幂被封七夕档票房王, 搜狐娱乐](https://yule.sohu.com/20130814/n384124063.shtml)\n12. [小時代：青木時代 Tiny Time 2.0, 開眼電影網](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/ftcn89336457/)\n13. [《小时代2》：步入更暗黑的现实, 新京报 via 新浪娱乐](https://ent.sina.com.cn/r/m/2013-08-09/17493984409.shtml)\n14. 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