2025 Chinese Drama List

Let’s Tug It! – Chen Jingke, Yi Daqian, Yin Xiaotian

Let's Tug It! is a sports web drama directed by Zhang Lu, led by Chen Jingke, Yi Daqian, and Yin Xiaotian, co-starring You Haoran, Zhou Zhengjie, Lei Fengrui, Zhang Shulun, Yang Yikai, Liang Xiaolong, Lin Xinyi, Zhao Jia, Ma Yujie and Wang Yixin.

It tells the story of a group of hot-blooded teenagers who grow up as brothers in the sport of Tug-of-War and fight for their dreams.

Details

Let's Tug It!

English Title: Let's Tug It!
Chinese Title: 不就是拔河么
Genre: Sport, Youth, School, Friendship, Drama
Episodes: 24
Duration: 40 min.
Director: Zhang Lu
Screenwriter: Yuan Guoxin, Zhang Lu, Wang An'an
Producer: Joey He, Yu-Hsien Lin, Che Ye
Released Date: 2023-04-18
Broadcast Website: iQIYI

Cast

Synopsis

Former football star Guo Yan gave up his dream due to an accident and instead enrolled in Mingcheng University. After starting school, he accidentally became popular on campus by challenging the "training model" Xue Tian.

This caught the attention of coach Lei Ming. The "unreliable" coach Lei Ming, in order to keep his job, assembled a team of eight new students who each had their own motives to start an unpopular club, the Mingcheng University Tug-of-War team.

A group of newbies with little to no athletic background, spurred on by Lei Ming's sudden inspiration, decided to challenge the Tug-of-War professional competition - the New Star Competition. In their first battle, they were miserably defeated and ridiculed.

These ordinary people who had no presence on campus started the "rise of the salted fish" battle, stumbling and growing along the way. Although they had different personalities, they shared the same goal, the desire for victory, and the spirit of not giving up or being afraid of losing.

While gaining friendship, how will they continue to follow their original aspirations and fulfill their promises to each other?

Recap

Guo Yan is a naturally gifted king of sports, but currently, he is at a low point. Meanwhile, the "training model soldier" Xue Tian has an unwavering belief that he is the "strongest in the universe."

Due to a small misunderstanding, the two got into a physical fight in the public shower room, ending up running naked while drenched. They not only received punishment but also became a laughingstock on campus.

The sports teacher Lei Ming used to be the coach of the school's football team but was fired by the students due to poor performance. In order to avoid being fired, Lei Ming resorted to "coercion and temptation" to form a tug-of-war team.

Only Guo Yan refused him after three invitations. Lei Ming challenged Guo Yan to a tug-of-war competition, during which Guo Yan discovered that Lei Ming actually knew his high school best friend who had died unexpectedly.

The tug-of-war team was successfully formed but offended the football team during the interview process.

Lu Yao, the vice captain of the football team, took Zhu Ge away with his teammates privately. Xue Tian, who noticed something was wrong, intervened and rescued Zhu Ge, but he also fell into the other side's tricks since he was not good at football.

Guo Yan stepped forward at a critical moment. Guo Yan took over the matter for Zhu Ge and Xue Tian. When Guo Yan was guarding the gate, he vaguely revealed his "special ability".

Shen Junshan, the captain of the football team, and his men found the tug-of-war team. Shen Junshan's dominance shook the whole scene, but Guo Yan still took on the challenge with a nonchalant attitude, and the challenge changed from football to tug-of-war.

Originally just a private gambling match, but it became known to everyone due to the promotion by the football team. In the first game, the tug-of-war team couldn't fully execute the tactics from training, and both sides just relied on brute force, resulting in a disastrous defeat. Guo Yan pointed out the root cause of the failure with one sentence, and warned his teammates to maintain their standing posture and implement the tactics no matter what. In the second game, the previously agreed-upon decision was almost overturned, but under the leadership of Guo Yan, everyone quickly adjusted and eventually won the game. Xue Tian, who wanted to show off, had a large piece of skin torn off his hand, making the third game precarious. Xue Tian, who usually had a confrontational personality, handed over the position of the head rope to Guo Yan.

At the decisive moment, Xiong Xiaoxiao arrived at the battlefield dragging the war drum. The tug-of-war team slowly moved to the beat of Xiong Xiaoxiao's drum, and the team's morale surged, leading them to victory in the competition. Lei Ming organized a hot pot celebration and announced a new task of preparing for the Star Tournament. Xue Tian was caught by his sister to do a gaming live stream and missed the opportunity to travel with Xiong Xiaoxiao.

Next, the tug-of-war team prepared for the Star Tournament. During training, a heroic "female classmate" suddenly burst in and pointed out the unprofessionalism of the training, leading to her being chased away by Lei Ming.

On the day of the Star Tournament, when the tug-of-war team arrived at the competition venue, a serious problem emerged. The team did not qualify to participate in the competition due to their weight not meeting the standard.

Everyone had to quickly gain weight by eating watermelon and drinking water in order to weigh in. Soon the competition began, and they were up against the car manufacturing team. They didn't even know how to properly grab the rope and their confidence, which had been buoyed after beating the soccer team, was quickly shattered.

In the second match, the Beikou Town team was very good at using the rules of the game, frequently lowering their position and even sitting on the ground. The team was penalized for fouling, and they still couldn't win a single game.

In the end, everyone's hands were all worn out, and they were defeated and in a sorry state. A huge crack appeared in the team, with members blaming each other, and Director Liu cursing Lei Ming outside the dressing room. Soon, Director Liu came in and announced that the tug-of-war team was disbanded!

Guo Yan and Xue Tian cleared up a misunderstanding and worked together to strategize and recruit members for their team. However, they found out that each member now had their own troubles, so they helped them solve their problems. Before they could completely help the other team members out of their predicaments, they received news that the tug-of-war training hall was going to be demolished. Everyone worked together to stop the school workers from demolishing the hall. They went to Director Liu's office to argue but it was ineffective. It was not until the faculty meeting that the principal personally praised the tug-of-war team, and Director Liu had no choice but to agree to the team's reorganization. However, Lei Ming could no longer be the coach, and he was replaced by the devilish female coach Zhou Tong.

Although the team reorganized their tug-of-war team, no one could truly be happy after learning about Lei Ming's departure. In order to find Lei Ming, they began to collectively protest against Zhou Tong. Not only did Zhou Tong forcefully pressure them, but she also proposed to find a replacement for Gao Shan due to his absence, which made everyone rebellious. Xue Tian even led the team to go on strike. In the end, Zhou Tong gave Guo Yan 36 hours to retrieve Gao Shan.

Xue Tian secretly followed Guo Yan on the journey to Gao Shan's home, where they learned about Gao Shan and Xiao Mi's love story. In order to bring Gao Shan back to the team, they had to find a way to resolve the issue between Gao Shan and Xiao Mi. With the help of Guo Yan and Xue Tian's misplaced assistance, a series of comical events occurred.

All the team members gathered together, and Zhou Tong officially began her devil training. Meanwhile, Xue Tian led everyone in a rebellion against Zhou Tong to find Lei Ming. Zhou Tong reluctantly turned to Lei Ming for advice, and to her surprise, Lei Ming, despite being kicked out of the tug-of-war team, had not given up learning about it. Lei Ming told Zhou Tong about each team member's strengths, personality, and reasons for joining the team, which impressed Zhou Tong and thawed their previous hostility. Zhou Tong led the team to challenge the provincial sports university. The overconfident university sent out their second team, but it turned out to be a tough match, and the university's second team lost. Seeing the situation was not good, their anchor Shi Lei suggested a substitution and decided to play himself.

With the help of Xue Tian, Guo Yan regained his form and narrowly defeated the Provincial Sports University team. Everyone's confidence grew, and they began to look at Zhou Tong in a new light. Just as Zhu Ge's business was thriving and he was preparing to sponsor more equipment for the tug-of-war team, news came that his grandmother's pig trotter shop had been vandalized. Seeing his grandmother injured, Zhu Ge was emotionally devastated. Under the questioning of the others, Zhu Ge finally revealed the truth - he had been deceived into taking out a high-interest loan and now had no money to repay it. The members of the tug-of-war team felt guilty as they were still wearing the new equipment that Zhu Ge had just provided. Although Zhu Ge refused to involve his teammates and insisted on resolving the issue himself, the team secretly observed and attempted to help him.

Lei Ming received timely information from Wu Qing and reported to the police, avoiding a bigger crisis. The tug-of-war team was also commended by the school for punishing evil and promoting good. During the team building camping trip, Lei Ming officially rejoined the team, and everyone learned that Shen Junhai mistakenly signed up the tug-of-war team for the campus culture week, which excited Lei Ming to encourage everyone to do a dance performance.

Guo Yan and Xiong Xiaoxiao reconciled, and Wu Qing finally learned that Lei Ming's illness was entirely due to his own misunderstanding. Back at school, in addition to training, the team also stepped up preparations for the campus culture week program. On the other hand, Xiong Xiaoxiao ran into a problem as she missed a band rehearsal because she went on the camping trip with the tug-of-war team, and the band had already found a replacement drummer.

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