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He said that in real life (the character prototype), Yu Lei and Chen Ke ended up together in the novel.

He said that in real life (the character prototype), Yu Lei and Chen Ke ended up together in the novel.

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That's because they wanted to use an overseas distributor to bypass censorship, but this drama is entirely Chinese mainland in every aspect: its filming location (Qingdao, Shandong), original work, director, production crew, cast, and even the production company are all from Chinese mainland.

This is originally a Chinese drama, the country option on MDL is a total joke, and there’s been no response at all when I applied to get it corrected.

Yeah, I get what you mean.

This is extremely disrespectful to the production team, the production company, and the cast and crew of this drama.

What I mean is that the division between countries and regions is quite ridiculous. The website reviewers and information submitters used the materials without clarifying the situation.

I can only say that both the information providers and the website reviewers are a joke; I’m truly at my wit’s end. Chinese people publish overseas to evade censorship—what is the purpose of these websites providing such materials?

I'm really curious about the criteria for determining the "country" category on MDL. If Sammy's Children's Day can barely be classified as a Hong Kong drama just because it has Hong Kong elements in its setting and its distributor Eastone is a nominal Hong Kong company (which is actually just a shell company)—even though the end credits clearly show it's a 100% mainland Chinese production, with no connection to Hong Kong whatsoever in terms of production team, cast, or post-production—then how on earth was Feel What You Feel categorized as a Hong Kong drama? Its production companies are "Beijing Changchang Xinghan" and "Guanghe Yekai", and the director and cast are all from mainland China. Does that mean any mainland Chinese drama that airs in Hong Kong automatically becomes a Hong Kong drama, and one that airs in Taiwan becomes a Taiwanese drama?

I'm really curious about the criteria for determining the "country" category on MDL. If Sammy's Children's Day can barely be classified as a Hong Kong drama just because it has Hong Kong elements in its setting and its distributor Eastone is a nominal Hong Kong company (which is actually just a shell company)—even though the end credits clearly show it's a 100% mainland Chinese production, with no connection to Hong Kong whatsoever in terms of production team, cast, or post-production—then how on earth was Feel What You Feel categorized as a Hong Kong drama? Its production companies are "Beijing Changchang Xinghan" and "Guanghe Yekai", and the director and cast are all from mainland China. Does that mean any mainland Chinese drama that airs in Hong Kong automatically becomes a Hong Kong drama, and one that airs in Taiwan becomes a Taiwanese drama?

The actors spoke Mandarin during filming, but for unknown reasons, the copyright holder decided to fully dub the final version in Cantonese. Only the Cantonese version is available right now.

I know, I said that in my comment too. But the actual production company of this drama is from mainland China. The Hong Kong company is just a front.

Yes, at least for now. Since there is no official platform in mainland China that has licensed this drama, the National Radio and Television Administration of China cannot regulate it.

Could someone with editing privileges please submit a request to correct the country/region of this show back to the right one?
ABO Desire was also wrongly labeled as Taiwan by some idiot for a while, but it got fixed later.

Who on earth changed the region of this show to Hong Kong?
Another know-it-all idiot. I’m really fed up.

First, this series was filmed in Zhanjiang, Guangdong—not Hong Kong.
All the Cantonese dubbing and traditional Chinese characters were added in post-production, just to recreate a Hong Kong setting.
The actors originally spoke Mandarin, which is why the lip-sync is off.

Nearly all the cast and crew are from mainland China.
The director is Gong Yushi, director of Revenged Love, using a pseudonym.
This is a 100% mainland Chinese production.
They only used a Hong Kong distribution company to avoid censorship.

And now some fools are stupidly taking it as a Hong Kong drama.
Can you stop editing the info like you know everything?
It’s just disgusting.

VPN is pretty common. Of course, many people don’t know how to use it or even haven’t heard of it—it all depends on whether they’re interested in foreign websites.

This one was filmed in both China and Thailand. I heard they shot for a month in China, then went to Thailand for another month.

Yes, that's pretty much what I mean. What I'm trying to say is that BL dramas can be filmed in the Chinese mainland, but they cannot be officially and legally released there. Chinese viewers can only watch pirated versions on unlicensed platforms, or use a VPN to access the official content.

I am Chinese. I can tell you that this drama was filmed in Mainland China, and the shooting location is Pingtan, Fujian. The production company is also a mainland Chinese company. However, relevant Chinese regulations only apply to Mainland China and mainland Chinese companies (such as WeTV, iQIYI, Youku, etc.). The producer of this drama has sold the streaming rights to platforms including Gagaoolala and GTV in Taiwan, China, so it is not under the jurisdiction of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA).