[8] Tong Nian, an intelligent school girl, meets Han Shangyan, a passionate young man, who had dedicated his life to winning a world championship for China.

Throughout the series, Tong and Han display an unrelenting belief in their country, which is often interpreted as the patriotic power of contemporary young people.

Although Tong Nian loves Han Shangyan a lot, she also continues to pursue her interests and friendships while building a relationship with him.

Has won more than ten international championships, including multiple personal world rankings, the most dominant player with two MVP.

Father's words and lessons, and the company of his mother, can make a person's character grow fully, and Han was deprived of all of this.

Wu Bai (DT) is the captain of the K & K team, The strongest player domestically, and also an excellent computer genius.

Portrayed by Li zefeng Wang Hao was the original SOLO team captain, and Han Shangyan was his good brother, aspiring to win the CTF championship for China.

To cultivate teammates' team tacit understanding and deepen the actor's understanding of the role, before the shooting, the crew specially conducted closed performance training and professional skills training, which made the team atmosphere shown in the play harmonious.

[18] Fang Ying, vice-president of Huace/Croton Media, whose Gcoo Entertainment arm produced Go Go Squid!, said the series was conceived in 2014 and took more than 20 weeks to shoot.

Li accepted the offer because he thought that the character has a lot in common with him, right perseverance in work and dreams, just like his attitude towards his career as an actor.

[27] During the launch of Go Go Squid!, Cateye Media Matrix released more than 200 related short videos on Douyin, and the cumulative playback reached more than 500 million.

It generated a huge online buzz, with the show's official hashtag being viewed more than 12 billion times on Sina Weibo.

According to iQiyi, the series is its second most popular show after last year's period drama and mega-hit, Story of Yanxi Palace.

[7] In Go Go Squid!, Han Shanyang is a male professional in the cybersecurity competition CTF (Internet Security Capture the Flag Station), which brought niche cybersecurity-related topics into public view.

[32] Chen Xiaoyuan the captain team of CTF admitted it, and praised Han Shanyang's positive energy for his perseverance, and struggle for dreams.

And he found that the opening theme of the TV series is exactly what they feel like a real CTF player.

[33] Following the popularity of the drama, major universities in China have started school one after another, and they have hung up the banners of Go Go Squid!

New Bulletin[zh] described Li Xian's performance as 'generally praised' by netizens, but noted that he was also criticized for sluggish and muddled line delivery.

Li Xian agreed that his lines were 'somewhat slow', noting that he had deliberately chosen such delivery for his character after consulting the filming team.

[12][14] Liu Wei of The Beijing News praised the show's setting for being different from past youth romance dramas.

[17] In addition, Jia Miao of Xinhua News also praised the positive energy of the series, the way it tells all aspects of young people's lives in a simple but peaceful way, and the small details which inadvertently touched the audience.

Released on Netflix in February 2020,[54] Indonesia,[55] Thailand, India, Malaysia through We TV, other countries on Rakuten Viki, My Dramalist, as well as YouTube.

[58] The series was embroiled in a controversy after a map was seen in episode 39 that did not include Taiwan and Hainan Island as part of China.

The map colored China blue but kept Taiwan and Hainan colorless, indicating they were not part of the country.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, it also 'incorrectly' represented the India-Tibet border, the South China Sea and the Kashmir region.

According to the ministry, mistakes on the map used in the teleplay include that it incorrectly delineated the boundaries of the southern areas of the Tibet autonomous region, the colors for Taiwan and Hainan islands were different from other parts of China; and the dotted line to indicate Chinese islands in the South China Sea was missing.

[59][60] On August 12, the production company was fined RMB 100,000 (US$14,100) by Shanghai Municipality Planning and Natural Resources Bureau.

The singing voice is similar to his interpretation of Han Shangyan, which is convergent and low-key, seemingly absent.