Becky

And I love how they did it!! So heartbreaking -_-"

I support the imaginary couple!! Chang Ge and Leyan \o/

ahhh just wait ;) by ep 12 or 13, I was thinking, "Xu Kai, you look good with Li Yitong, but I'm sorry, my heart is with Tan Jianci..." XD XD

Idk... the government investigations should take a while? And if she is found guilty of misconduct, there would be a court case.... this is likely to take at least 1 year's time? Fan Bing Bing was caught in similar tax evasion scandal but she is able to make a comeback as the laws were not specific at the time. Zheng Shuang's case is more complex as it happens after the laws and regulations on actors' remunerations were tightened, and Zhang Heng's voice recordings and chat logs showed that Zheng Shuang and her parents are aware of this... Zheng Shuang can't totally deny knowledge on the contract negotiations and tax evasion.

^^" I guess everyone is reading the same info available, your comment is quite similar with the first part of the vlogger's video. The video includes in the voice messages that ZH has shared publicly as evidence of ZS's wrongdoings, and vlogger also notes that it is unclear at this point who is the mastermind of the "yin and yang contracts" and this is pending investigation. ZS has claimed ZH is responsible as he was her manager at the time of "A Chinese Ghost Story" negotiations. But the voice messages that ZH shared indicated ZS's parents are aware too, and even told him that he should not talk about the amounts in messages, but to indicate only the numbers and leave out how many thousands or millions the figures are.... this is still a developing story.

My purpose of posting this, is partly due to my own shock at the extend of the scandal. This might also start a witch hunt on other actors and actresses, I'm quite certain ZS is not the only celebrity cheating the laws for more monetary gains. And I feel her supporters should be made aware of this, as the earlier news about the babies not being biologically hers give the impression that ZS might be able to make a comeback. With the current situation, I don't think she can make a comeback, at least for the next few years.

I'm with you on this :D. But there are ppl who feel there's lots of chemistry between them... lol. But I think why Court Lady is better than The Long Ballad is the story. Both dramas are great at the storytelling and fast pace (not much drag) however Court Lady's story is a bit more realistic than Long Ballad, leads' halo is not as glaring in Court Lady, and the decisions they made are within human and logic reasons.

Um which ep are you at? I'm shipping 3rd Prince with Furou, but I know this wouldn't happen... He is such a gentleman tho, and so patient in his pursuit of her heart. The ideal Prince Charming.... sigh

With the way the story is developing, she should play a significant role at a later part in the story.... I could be wrong too, but it doesn't feel like she's in the story only for comedy. Let's see how it goes ;)

And the poor Empress XD XD Not sure how the subs will translate this part, but for me her dialogue was: "Emperor can't resolve this without upsetting Prince Zhou or his father, so throw the 'hot coal' to me" When she fake sick in bed to buy more time to think over, I was LMAO...

The idiom that came to my mind when I was watching this part 知难而退. Let her know how difficult it is to become his wife, so she would back off! XD

Lol, I agree. The Long Ballad has its strengths tho, esp the character development of Leyan. But as a whole, Court Lady is better imho.

Hi..... you probably already know this, I don't think there is any way for Zheng Shuang to make a comeback now. Zhang Heng has whistleblew on her for "dual contracts" arrangements to get max pay and for tax evasion. https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3131457/china-actress-zheng-shuang-new-scandal

Thank you for translating the vlogger's video! ZS definitely should return the remunerations and investments that have been paid to her for dramas/movies that cannot be released now. Although whether the money would be returned to the productions or paid as penalties to government agencies.... sigh

I haven't been following ZS vs ZH court case, but I think we can forget about analyzing on that... The bigger issue now is the evidence that is coming out, about how ZS uses ways to keep her high salaries, and avoid paying the tax for it.... using an intricate setup of studios and "double contracts".
https://youtu.be/XFFQmZHXfT4 this is a summary a vlogger has done on the matter, however it is completely in Chinese. Here's an official news article, though it covers only part of the matter https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3131457/china-actress-zheng-shuang-new-scandal

Agree with you.... I think the better (and older) Taiwanese dramas were mostly fan subbed and some are up at free sites. But due to poor viewership, they get taken down when the servers are running low on disk space? I'm searching for a copy of Amour et Patisserie (2013), finally found at a free site and it has DramaCool logo on it!! but I didn't find it at DramaCool -_-"

Grandpa Guo died, you probably already know.... Jus realized I missed replying this part earlier -_-"

Thanks!

In addition to the above mentioned 4 dramas, below are some others, as recommended in comments and feedback. This list only dramas released in 2010 and after:

Romance
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In Time With You (2011)
Love, Now (2012)
In A Good Way (2013)
Amour et Patisserie (2013)
Life Plan A and B (2016)
Attention, Love! (2017)
Lost Romance (2020)

Slice of Life
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A Boy Called Flora A (2017) - drama page is not created yet at MDL, rating at Douban is 9.0
A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities (2018)
Single Ladies Senior (2018)
The Making of an Ordinary Woman (2019)
Yong-jiu Grocery Store (2019)
A Thousand Good Nights (2019)
Candy Online (2019)
Mother To Be (2020)

Time-traveling / Supernatural
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Gloomy Salad Days (2010)
Back to 1989 (2016)
Love, Timeless (2017)
Meet me @ 1006 (2018) - similar to Someday or One Day but much more complicated
The Fearless (2019)

Thrillers
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Close Your Eyes Before It's Dark (2016)
Nowhere Man (2019)

Set in Taiwan history
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A Touch of Green (2015)
La Grande Chaumiere Violette (2016)

Hi, thank you for the rec! Looks good, douban score is 8.5
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I just realized I have seen this (^.^)" it's good, lol

Heyyyy I only learn about this drama today ^^". Such a good review!