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I just checked, and it was not rumours that BL was supposed to pair with XK in Royal Feast. YZ confirmed BL was going be the FL. This broke a huge fan war, and YZ was still not relenting and wanted to cast BL. Don't know what happened after that, but on the booting ceremony BL was replaced by WJY, which shocked everyone.

YZ is the worst. They say he only favours the actresses but does not appreciate the actors getting out of his hand. But then I think of WJY and wonder how true is that. He does let BL choose her own scripts, but that's just her (I'm starting to think BL's got some black material on him lol, good for her, either way).

XK is only getting to choose his own scripts recently, which is good. I hope YZ does not treat WXY the way he treated other male artists under him. I think after XK, WXY is soon becoming my fav actor in c-dramaland, so I'm hoping for the best.

XK? Not yet, SWL tried, but failed, from what I gather.

I'm hoping they leave that company as soon as possible.

BL and XK was the first CP pairing I enjoyed in c-dramaland. A pity though, all the drama surrounding had already happened by then.. but there were rumours that Yu Zheng wanted BL as FL in Royal Feast.. he also almost confirmed it.. but changed it to WJY at the last minute. That's when I knew XK and BL would not collaborate again in the near future. It's been 4 years since then, and they basically avoided each other.. like they don't even attend the same events or award shows.

But they (Tencent) announced it as an S+ production last year, which was way before the broadcast date.

I honestly have no idea about this. Someone said that it represents the investors confidence in the drama's marketability.

During last year's Tencent conference, it was announced ABAY was S+, it was also the same time they announced WOL was upgraded to S+ from S. Xu Kai had just finished filming for ABAY and started filming for BCE when this conference happened. They also released the first trailer for ABAY during this conference.
ABAY started production with Tencent as their broadcast partner from day 1 of their shooting.

ABAY was an S+ production from the beginning. WOL started out as an S production though, and the producers liked the end result so they upped it to S+ for better post-production.

Yeah, they did. The kiss scenes in the BTS were very intense in WOL, unfortunately, they were cut short or edited badly.

Extra episode was adapted directly from the novel, they don't need to create something out of thin air for ratings.
Besides, the ratings for this drama in China are literally on top. So, they aren't that desperate for the ratings as you think they are.

I watched The Double, and I rate ABAY above The Double any day because of the ending The Double gave us. Up until then, I would agree The Double was the best drama of this year, sadly the ending ruined the whole drama for me... no, I am not counting the last-minute-shot extra episode, which was filmed literally 1 week before the last episode aired to not face the ire of fans.

I also wouldn't call ABAY the best drama of the year. But it definitely had the best ending ever this year.

Great!! Glad you are enjoying it.

Yeah, we can agree to disagree.

Just wanted to say that WXY can be intimidating while exuding charm (The Double). ZLH was just intimidating, and his dubbing did not help either (still no idea if it was his own voice, I know WXY dubbed his own voice). At times, ZLH looked like Gu Jun (Leon Lai) from ALP.

Done with SKOP. Loved it.. there are a few things I didn't like, but I will have to admit that it is a great drama.

One of the things is I felt was a bit let down was ZLH as XW. I wish WXY was the ML instead of ZLH. And no, I am not talking about their respective characters ZZ and XW. I felt like, especially after watching The Double, WXY would be better suited to play XW.
Although ZLH was great, I felt something was missing in his portrayal of XW. His dubbed voice was very rough, or is it his own dubbing? I don't know, I felt it wasn't very suitable for him. This is one of the major drawbacks for me.
Anyway, this really made me think, WXY would have slayed playing XW, and I honestly think ZLH would be better suited to play ZZ. Just my opinion.

Otherwise, the drama was a banger, and I totally enjoyed it. 10/10 for me, and I rated it the same.

50+ and 80+???? What, were FL and ML in those dramas basically glued together by their lips for the entirety of the runtime?

WOL had lots of kiss scenes, but not as many as in ABAY.
WOL had 19 kiss scenes (or is it 17?). Someone counted, and ABAY had more than 20 kiss scenes.

Ep 36.

Great review.
Thanks!

Yes, I heard from her fans that she has her own company. I admire her for that. I wish Xu Kai to follow the same once his contract expires.

He needs to leave that company, I agree.