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Yeah, I doubt it’s the first one. It’s been chasing her for years. I figure if she liked it, she would have accepted it. Similar to that Spring Flowers drama that she didn’t accept. The second one seems more credible but its connections to Huanrui make me super wary of it. It feels like it might be taking advantage of the secrecy. It’s gone through a few different leads too and her cakes generally don’t do that.

The directors probably don’t but sometimes marketing accounts reference it to show that a star is popular overseas. It doesn’t hold much weight though. That said I do think that fanbases know we exist to some extent and maybe the platforms too. I’ve seen accounts repeat verbatim the same rhetoric as what’s on Weibo and seen some accounts that seem like they are information gathering.

Lol, now there’s two cakes competing from none. But it’s being said both are fake 😅

This was the core flaw in the book too but they eventually come to an accord and work things out. The show doesn’t do this though. The second half of the drama should be them re-building their relationship but the focus shifts away from it.

Shrimp Farm just released photos of her departure.
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5295236318495190

They’re not traffic stars so they don’t have the massive and organised fanbases that do things like upvoting to maintain high ratings.

The FL is young and still protected by her family so her “stage” is small. She’s clearly clever, calculating, and resourceful though. If this story cares about the FL as a character, then she will evolve as she gets more and more entangled with the ML world.

Not sure if fans wars would extend this far but MDL seems to be having issues with ratings lately. So many shows getting massively downvoted…

Gu Jinzhao is so fierce. Love it. 😂 Really hope she doesn’t get tamed by love or lose her spark because of it.

The Mango TV app has episode 4 but it’s SVIP.

Tbh, I still get angry when I think about it. Why on earth did they think a hate campaign against the FL and actress was a good idea?

It’s probably because of the concept of “only a dragon can kill a dragon”. It sets up expectations of a big role because as the only dragon left, WSG is positioned as a chosen one and these type of characters usually become the focus of the story. It’s a bit like if the Harry Potter series suddenly started to put most of its focus on Ron halfway through the books after suggesting Harry was the chosen one in the first few books. The splitting of powers after every demon’s death was probably a way to deal with the situation and leave room for the two characters but it actually created the opposite effect because WSG gets an underdog buff and then everyone assumed Ji Ling would power down but he doesn’t. Ji Ling should have an underdog buff as well but it comes too late and has less effect because it’s mostly through telling and flashbacks, which are not as powerful. It also doesn’t help that a lot of WSG’s development is told in a really straightforward and sometimes very plain way whereas Ji Ling is the opposite. This goes against audience expectations (which is not a bad thing but can lead to criticism if the execution is off ). I think for it to work, they would have to feel like they’re both roughly on the same level power wise at the start and the levelling up needs to be shown with the same weight for both characters.

It’s because it’s a romance that isn’t very romantic from either side’s perspective. Neither leads have the relationship they want. The ML doesn’t get the affection he wants and the FL doesn’t get the truth and transparency she wants. Because of this it’s either suffocating, toxic, or frustrating for half the show (which many romance viewers don’t seem to care for). And when it finally resolves and the audience thinks they’ll get a reward for wading through the chaos, the narrative veers completely off course. I’ve watched the show twice and I’m still amazed at how neither the screenwriter nor director/producer didn’t spot such a major problem.

It’s because of the way things work in C-ent. Leads usually have to take on a majority of the promotion responsibilities including booking theatres and also take on the risk and consequences to their career if the show doesn’t air well. Some have spent years building up their reputation and marketability to build an audience and bring investment to support lead roles. As a trade off, fans feel the show’s main focus should be on the leads but GJM keeps messing with the narrative to promote certain characters and fans don’t like it because it doesn’t seem fair.
But it’s the director’s problem. It shouldn’t rise to the actors. If GJM just did things in an aboveboard way and directly cast his talents as leads like other directors do, there wouldn’t be any fuss.

Was it the one where she said it was a challenging one? I really hope it’s a good production with an ethical crew. It’s been hilarious watching the drama that shall not be named’s marketing realising the mistake Phoenix Crown made of demonising the FL but sad at the same time because Xiao Ran didn’t deserve all that slander and hate.

It could be a support role. Jialan was a secret until the drama nearly finished filming. It could also be like Li Binghe who was rumored then kind of disappeared and then she wasn’t announced until filming started.

I still don’t understand why out of all her photos, they chose this one🥲 but I will keep looking for the right photo. I’m going to try posting her shoots through the feed but I think there’s a limit to how many I can post at a time.

I’m so excited for the 5th! 🎉

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Xiao Ran is joining the crew in May!!!
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It’s Yehua. I just saw the poster. Ciwen and Siba are also involved.