Just caught these two clips from Our Song S6 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7lQNiDO6MA (duo sung by LYN with Penny Dai) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jFcFQRHRo (LYN admiring the performance of Chen Lijun with a green flute in ancient style and showing how he too can twirl the flute). π€ππβΊοΈ Perhaps there will be more recorded, to watch ?
It's a real melodrama with a love triangle, all star-crossed although it resolves the triangle with a sort of happy end.
The grand piano was hauled off to the various locations around the world (Seattle, Beijing, China etc). Tong Dawei is reputed to have used some muscle to have the twin mansions along the Jinhai Lake to the north of the capital, allow to be used. Some parts were also filmed in or around Changsha, Hunan province, in the small town of Xiangxi, Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture; and in Seattle and Vancouver. Since filming goes back to Oct 2015-Jan 2016, this is a bit of a trip to the past.
I was curious about how Tong Dawei and Liu Shishi played in that one, since I had admired their acts in 2024 The Story of Rose and 2023-24 A Journey To Love : Tong Dawei was familiar from the later drama, but Liu ShiShi was totally different as a sort of airhead to start with.
Enduring the painful interference by the main antagonist (the jealous MiLan), I went from episode to episode, and thought this was a melodrama that fits the definition, including with a lot of incongruities and some tropes.
Since I watched it, I can say it is watchable, for those who aren't afraid of some pain, either jaded or liking to use handkerchief to dry tears, and to shout in anger at the wrongdoings. I belong to first category, so looked at it all with some... amusement. I didn't even skip scenes or episodes, although some parts were predictable. There were some sweet scenes, and I liked the wind recording ones in the canyon (despite I remembered something similar from another drama, the name of which eludes me right now: I watched too many of these Chinese "soaps", probably!)
The music has nice classical piano pieces, and we learn the Chinese nickname for a famous piece by Chopin in the last part, when the FL learns to play the piano.
Well, after watching Eternal Brotherhood - I wish they had left her character secondary. They made her a central…
Why should we audiences be fixated on one character? (Don't ask me why production and director let it be so, that this one turned out frustrating!) Personally, how and what she played in EB part1 will not influence me one way or the other when watching her in other dramas. But I do blame production, scriptwriter and director, if forcing LMZ's character in, like they did in EB, frustrates audiences Though the story is only half told, so we need to see EB part2 to really know how it will evolve.
Embarking soon on a new wuxia, now: Dashing Youth, the story of the generation before The Blood of Youth. Since these stories are also mostly male centric, I hope production will not force in too many mushy females. But, lol, since I like all sorts, including romance, I am also relishing As Beautiful As You (Xu Kai and Seven Tan turn out to be an excellent pairing).
Yes: Ancient Love Poetry, Falling into your smile, Wonderland of love. With time, Xu Kai has met many colleagues…
Xu Kai's agency is Huanyu Entertainment which has also following artists : Bai Lu, Wu Jiayi (she played with XK in "Dance of the Sky Empire"), Song Weilong (although he wanted to break he was convinced to stay), Wu Jinyan and Wang Xingyue (both starring in "The Double"), Zhao Yiqin (who I remember from "Provoke", "Butterflied Lover")
Gao Hanβs agent is New Style Media (NSMG, famous for the immensely popular television 2019 drama The Untamed aired on Tencent, NSMG also has clips of Falling into your smile on their Twitter page); [but Wang Yibo has a contract with Yuehua Entertainment until October 2026, he also is shareholder in that company ; Xiao Zhan has his own studio since 2019, "XZ STUDIO", in collaborations with Wajijiwa Entertainment under which he was formerly signed. ]
Other agencies mentioned in a reddit thread : "Huace Film & TV: Janice Wu, "Esther" Yu Shuxin, Liang Jie, Zhao Zhiwei, Cai Wenjing ; formerly also Hu Yitian (who left in 2022-2023 and joined Luo Jin's Studio which got him ML in Blossoms in Adversity),
"Hesong Media: Zhao Liying (formerly, she became a partner in that company which had among founders Li Bingbing), Gu Li Nazha, Zhang Huiwen, Zhou Ye, Hou Minghao
"Dongshen Future co-founded by Chen Kun and Zhou Xun : has Zhang Jingyi signed.
"Independent : Bai Jingting, Wu Lei" , Xiao Zhan...
The thread also mentions "a lot of people associate actors and actresses with networks more than agencies. [like] "the iQIYI roster". For instance Cheng Yi, Bai Lu, Wang Hedi, Wang Yibo, Esther Yu, Zhang Linghe, Bai Jingting, Song Yi, Joseph Zeng, Tian Xiwei etc etc. Actors that primarily do dramas for specific networks."
Has anyone noticed that this actor Xu Kai and Gao Han have played together in 3 different drama
Yes: Ancient Love Poetry, Falling into your smile, Wonderland of love. With time, Xu Kai has met many colleagues several times in his work. Production choices: I don't think he recommended them or came specially because of them.
I am a timeless ancient alien, so also danced on this song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pAd3P6JWNs in a Tianjin retro dance hall by the Haihe river only ten years ago or so. Perhaps I danced on the original in another incarnation... The song name is not stated in that recording, but it is Ye Lai Xiang ε€δΎι¦ by the sometime sulfurous ζι¦θ Li Xianglan, whose life could warrant a dramatization, just as much as that of Deng Lijun.
In fact, I am a serious amateur music and movie archeologist for hobby, and my times and lives can be very fictional. I'm into all sorts of nuggets going back for example to Sumerian hymns, ancient qin, all the way into fantasy and future with Quenya songs.
Happens to us all, me included at times π Reminds me of that goldie oldie that I danced on back in the (ok... I'll can it again!) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SXWgC0SLCA
She added risks for herself by going recklessly investigating without taking off high heels! (ep25 38:50) Can't…
in high heels in that neighborhood ... not expecting the husband to come calling ... it's so unlikely. But needed for dramatic effect ! I'm enjoying the show despite that, "warts and all".
I suppose she's not a college mate but a roommate, she could be quite younger.
I think so too. Can't remember Tu Xiaomeng claiming to ever have been classmate of Ji Xing ; they operate in such different fields, live-streaming songs and products,and making hi tech programs and stuff. She looks like a "little sister" from somewhere, but I don't remember where from she joined the best friends quartet. She does act and look like she is same age or so as Lu Linjia.
It seems HT would have resolved the matter too because the investigation dug up that the reason for her relapse…
She added risks for herself by going recklessly investigating without taking off high heels! (ep25 38:50) Can't believe she still had high heels on after running down concrete stairs, when Han Ting caught her while Tang Song (+ dark glassed undercover policeman?) stopped the brick wielding offender !
That was to better admire Xu Kai's Bvlgari wristwatch π€£Not a prop : his own treasure. (Wondering if he got…
It looks likely π
Seldom did a c-drama do without product placement of some kind : face masks, medicine for colds, beverages like Rio or beer, clothes designer brands, bags, jewelry, phones, computers, furniture, kitchen equipment etc. Did we catch the brand of toothpaste in ep26 or else to justify the general wording of "soap opera" ? Sometimes, it's annoying, sometimes it's goofy, sometimes it's even interesting to get a sort of secondary insight into consumer markets in China at a given period !
Productions are phasing off or doing away with controversial products such as cigarettes and hard liquors now. The latter can still be shown, since Chinese social and business culture still is heavy on drinking strengths. But often without insisting now on "time honored brands" such as Wuliangye, Moutai, Johnny Walker whisky, or XO Cognac. Since drunk driving is prohibited, it's mostly to show drunk female (usually) be taken care of by the handsome young suitors, or despised by the old lechers. In ABAY I noticed the recurrence of non alcoholic cocktails, without the nickname "virgin" attached to them in bars and clubs. As for dramas set in times before the 2010s, I was amused by the way the short drama To The Wonder handled these controversial products in the "wilderness convenience store" sequence... That short 8 episodes drama was such a delight overall !
Wait I just found out that ji xing or is it "xing" means Star β in Mandarin π€£π
It's nice to use c-dramas to learn some language π€£π€£π€£ Here's a song for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-o6I63Lqb8 ("Silence Wang"/Wang Sulong singing Little Star, now a very well- known song written, composed and sung by Wang Sulong. It was included in the album "Slowly Understand" released on November 19, 2010)
Han Ting, you are such a loser waiting until 12am on the dot ππ
That was to better admire Xu Kai's Bvlgari wristwatch π€£ Not a prop : his own treasure. (Wondering if he got a deal on product placement with the brand ? It might be so). Have a look at its price in photo section. It's not even the most expensive of XK's toys.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7lQNiDO6MA (duo sung by LYN with Penny Dai)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jFcFQRHRo (LYN admiring the performance of Chen Lijun with a green flute in ancient style and showing how he too can twirl the flute). π€ππβΊοΈ
Perhaps there will be more recorded, to watch ?
It's a real melodrama with a love triangle, all star-crossed although it resolves the triangle with a sort of happy end.
The grand piano was hauled off to the various locations around the world (Seattle, Beijing, China etc). Tong Dawei is reputed to have used some muscle to have the twin mansions along the Jinhai Lake to the north of the capital, allow to be used. Some parts were also filmed in or around Changsha, Hunan province, in the small town of Xiangxi, Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture; and in Seattle and Vancouver. Since filming goes back to Oct 2015-Jan 2016, this is a bit of a trip to the past.
I was curious about how Tong Dawei and Liu Shishi played in that one, since I had admired their acts in 2024 The Story of Rose and 2023-24 A Journey To Love : Tong Dawei was familiar from the later drama, but Liu ShiShi was totally different as a sort of airhead to start with.
Enduring the painful interference by the main antagonist (the jealous MiLan), I went from episode to episode, and thought this was a melodrama that fits the definition, including with a lot of incongruities and some tropes.
Since I watched it, I can say it is watchable, for those who aren't afraid of some pain, either jaded or liking to use handkerchief to dry tears, and to shout in anger at the wrongdoings. I belong to first category, so looked at it all with some... amusement. I didn't even skip scenes or episodes, although some parts were predictable. There were some sweet scenes, and I liked the wind recording ones in the canyon (despite I remembered something similar from another drama, the name of which eludes me right now: I watched too many of these Chinese "soaps", probably!)
The music has nice classical piano pieces, and we learn the Chinese nickname for a famous piece by Chopin in the last part, when the FL learns to play the piano.
Embarking soon on a new wuxia, now: Dashing Youth, the story of the generation before The Blood of Youth. Since these stories are also mostly male centric, I hope production will not force in too many mushy females. But, lol, since I like all sorts, including romance, I am also relishing As Beautiful As You (Xu Kai and Seven Tan turn out to be an excellent pairing).
Gao Hanβs agent is New Style Media (NSMG, famous for the immensely popular television 2019 drama The Untamed aired on Tencent, NSMG also has clips of Falling into your smile on their Twitter page);
[but Wang Yibo has a contract with Yuehua Entertainment until October 2026, he also is shareholder in that company ; Xiao Zhan has his own studio since 2019, "XZ STUDIO", in collaborations with Wajijiwa Entertainment under which he was formerly signed. ]
Other agencies mentioned in a reddit thread :
"Huace Film & TV: Janice Wu, "Esther" Yu Shuxin, Liang Jie, Zhao Zhiwei, Cai Wenjing ; formerly also Hu Yitian (who left in 2022-2023 and joined Luo Jin's Studio which got him ML in Blossoms in Adversity),
"Hesong Media: Zhao Liying (formerly, she became a partner in that company which had among founders Li Bingbing), Gu Li Nazha, Zhang Huiwen, Zhou Ye, Hou Minghao
"Dongshen Future co-founded by Chen Kun and Zhou Xun : has Zhang Jingyi signed.
"Independent : Bai Jingting, Wu Lei" , Xiao Zhan...
The thread also mentions "a lot of people associate actors and actresses with networks more than agencies. [like] "the iQIYI roster". For instance Cheng Yi, Bai Lu, Wang Hedi, Wang Yibo, Esther Yu, Zhang Linghe, Bai Jingting, Song Yi, Joseph Zeng, Tian Xiwei etc etc. Actors that primarily do dramas for specific networks."
With time, Xu Kai has met many colleagues several times in his work.
Production choices: I don't think he recommended them or came specially because of them.
I am a timeless ancient alien, so also danced on this song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pAd3P6JWNs in a Tianjin retro dance hall by the Haihe river only ten years ago or so. Perhaps I danced on the original in another incarnation... The song name is not stated in that recording, but it is Ye Lai Xiang ε€δΎι¦ by the sometime sulfurous ζι¦θ Li Xianglan, whose life could warrant a dramatization, just as much as that of Deng Lijun.
In fact, I am a serious amateur music and movie archeologist for hobby, and my times and lives can be very fictional.
I'm into all sorts of nuggets going back for example to Sumerian hymns, ancient qin, all the way into fantasy and future with Quenya songs.
But I'm also into mandopop and C-pop and rap, still keeping abreast with Tao's latest (congratulations due for his and Yiyang's making public their open secret relationship πππππ) so just finished my Profile for him : https://kisskh.at/discussions/loving-you/120711-z-tao-playlist-and-some-xu-yiyang-thrown-in
Also listening to the latest from Zhang Zhehan and just different rock tunes like NINI rock : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOn7uCux0uc or tattooed Mongolians growls : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZUr0BEfE. I of course also have quite some knowledge of American and European songs, though I am not that satisfied with some new trends, prefer stuff like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyIXR3s8OtY (Patty Gurdy is German!) or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXwUy2uoI_M (Bear McCreary)
Looking forward to LYN performing in Our Song S6.
That said the lyrics of the old Suzy Q song fits in very well with Ji Xing and her female friends secret or open desires.
Reminds me of that goldie oldie that I danced on back in the (ok... I'll can it again!) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SXWgC0SLCA
I'm enjoying the show despite that, "warts and all".
She does act and look like she is same age or so as Lu Linjia.
Seldom did a c-drama do without product placement of some kind : face masks, medicine for colds, beverages like Rio or beer, clothes designer brands, bags, jewelry, phones, computers, furniture, kitchen equipment etc. Did we catch the brand of toothpaste in ep26 or else to justify the general wording of "soap opera" ? Sometimes, it's annoying, sometimes it's goofy, sometimes it's even interesting to get a sort of secondary insight into consumer markets in China at a given period !
Productions are phasing off or doing away with controversial products such as cigarettes and hard liquors now. The latter can still be shown, since Chinese social and business culture still is heavy on drinking strengths. But often without insisting now on "time honored brands" such as Wuliangye, Moutai, Johnny Walker whisky, or XO Cognac. Since drunk driving is prohibited, it's mostly to show drunk female (usually) be taken care of by the handsome young suitors, or despised by the old lechers. In ABAY I noticed the recurrence of non alcoholic cocktails, without the nickname "virgin" attached to them in bars and clubs.
As for dramas set in times before the 2010s, I was amused by the way the short drama To The Wonder handled these controversial products in the "wilderness convenience store" sequence... That short 8 episodes drama was such a delight overall !
Here's a song for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-o6I63Lqb8 ("Silence Wang"/Wang Sulong singing Little Star, now a very well- known song written, composed and sung by Wang Sulong. It was included in the album "Slowly Understand" released on November 19, 2010)
Whetting appetite for a future XK-ZLS pairing in drama!
Not a prop : his own treasure. (Wondering if he got a deal on product placement with the brand ? It might be so).
Have a look at its price in photo section. It's not even the most expensive of XK's toys.