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I'm puzzled. The "full" movie edition was on YouTube just now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLaw84e4kyY (1h04)
I clicked on and thought it looked cute, despite the strange title "The strange CEO accidentally becomes girl’s fiancé💗Love Story Movie" and the bizarre drama title "Don't Disturb Me Farming". Plus there are double subtitles in Chinese and English and I like that, to check in case of machine translation.

Thought I recognized the actors from enjoyable short dramas before, and yes :
Qu Mengru was FL in Bride's revenge which I had followed up from Maid's Revenge, last year ( and I see she was also support in Be your Own Light )
Li Zhuoyang, I noticed from The Princess's New Clothes last year, and from rather remarkable All of Her earlier this year.
But it's supposed not to have aired complete yet? So how come the movie edition is already out? Did it come from an alternate time line that interfered with ours ?
Mysterious. I had paused to satisfy my curiosity about who I'd remembered from past roles to pin a name on them, and now, I will sit back and enjoy the rest of the show for a not too stressed moment 😂

So.... "laaaater" (1h) this stopped at roadside with Xiaoman taking old friend to village commitee while Lin Xian tagged along. I guess this YouTube video was not truly the "full" movie edition, but just the recap of the episodes already aired. Will move to the Youtube channel of original platform to watch the rest. The protagonists are very pretty and handsome. Countryside stories are cute and sometimes instructive. I liked the glimpse of the "ecological garden" prototype. Remembering also Meet Yourself and The Story of Xingfu (regular long dramas) and the videos of Li Ziqi, regretfully halted for two years already.

Li Ziqi. For those who don't know, try watch some of her enchanting videos of countryside Garden of Eden, on YouTube, or on WeTV (where two are still in the catalogue). She started out with a small camera, a big idea, and even bigger toil, growing later to a small team but still herself doing all the heavy work, while "starring" with her countryside fairy looks. Suddenly, the videos stopped, because of the complications with the company which had milked her name, helping her get famous to start with by backing her getting on the Net, nationally and internationally, to become the biggest Chinese Net celebrity although she did not attend events outside her small remote village. Her videos provided fuel for dreaming of "natural life and diet", and were works of art in themselves, showing her genuine natural talent for planning, shooting, visual storytelling. Later, unfortunately, the company started abusing their rights, selling substandard products not approved by LZQ, and failing to protect her from the backlash of hate that subsequently targeted her and her grandma from people who thought she was profiting by fooling audiences. She stopped her beautiful and artistic work and sued the company, but the dispute is perhaps still not resolved, despite rumors go that she might take to the camera again. Perhaps the real damage has been done: cutting down her faith and artistic vision. She is regretted by many of her followers.

A(aye).... Men 🤣 🤣 🤣
"March went out like a lion,
A-whippin’ up the water in the bay.
Then April cried
And stepped aside,
And along come pretty little May!
May was full of promises,
But she didn’t keep ’em quick enough fer some,
And a crowd of Doubtin’ Thomases
Was predictin’ that the summer’d never come. ..."
Let's wish for June, then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCCuhpp3bb0
(I listen to all sorts 🤣 )

The book was on a list of culturally important ones, so I think this drama adaptation will not be martyred to be forgotten in two parts with too much delay in between.
China has always believed in pragmatism and not blind rules. The drama fits the provisions for case by case exemption of full force. Maybe one of the last ones. It does not sin with a lot of inbuilt commercials, clearly identifiable as fillers, although the Ning salad was a bit long in its try to make the story less only male-centric.
So let's bet we shall see S2 before end of June, perhaps earlier, depending on what's in the queue for airing slots.

.... "to be continued in next episode", just as it was throughout end episodes of this S1

He's from the Lin family, remember? They have a great wizard.... Why Z.Xiu was left to suffer in Zichuan and conceal his magic power is not altogether clear, we shall surely get explanations in S2 upcoming. That's what I get from putting 2+2 together.

yes yes, we know the usual bootleggers : kiss, cool, myAsianTV etc...
The "first part" drama is also on YouTube, I think.
I watch on iQiyi, VIP for honesty's sake. Grumbling when there are georestrictions, but I don't think there was any for Zichuan. I do concede that the financially handicapped who can't access a payment app to get legal access would want to circumvent the paywalls, and that the georestricted get up in lawless mood when they are rattled... I am not "holier than thou" anyway (always loved heavy metal when not in the mood for soft romances : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk8magGDcKE).

BTW great news, Burning Flames are out from today on iQiyi and the iQiyi channel on Youtube. I thought it would be longer before it dropped. Romance, wuxia, fantasy, is promised, with Ren Jialun and Xing Fei and four other leads for a large cast and 40 episodes :D

Not really no, in my opinion, but it may now feel like a very long prologue for us who watched it, in wait for a conclusion, in "first airing" and were left hanging at "to be continued".
I think the second part will completely throw audiences if the background is missing, and from the way the production condensed flashbacks in first part,I doubt there would be necessary repeats to explain, in second part. This drama was meant as one piece, not two servings. Some excess Ning salad could arguably have been shortened.

It's already filmed, from what I found. So, it's just a question of what airing slot they'll get agreed to.

Its already filmed, in wait to be aired.

Depends on when it was filmed : there were provisions for not having to do that sort of gymnastics. Depends on what the production negotiated, but Baidu has it that "The first and second parts of "Zichuan: The King of Light" and "The Three Heroes of Purple River", starring Yang Xuwen, Liu Yuning, and Zhang Mingen, are expected to be broadcast on iQiyi before June".

No. Just wait and look at the whole drama, once part 2 gets released. Right now, it ended in limbo "to be continued", so it's not necessary to rush to watch any longer. You can have a look at the donghua, meanwhile, or at something else. Info about the drama has been compiled by me up in Discussions section : you might find enough to get acquainted with everybody and more, to while away time until the Zichuan epic resumes.

sometime before June. Maybe earlier. I would not bet on sixth months if the production still wants audiences to get back. This looks like a case like Love Like The Galaxy which got artificially cut in two for length reason. LLTG audiences clamors were heard and so called part 2 was aired immediately with no delay in the wake of part 1 at the time.
In fact, there was a provision in the length regulation that dramas shot before the regulation might get exempted from having to cut, do seasons, and wait for inordinate lengths before said s2 was allowed to air. But I don't know what the production negotiated for this work. So we'll have to wait a bit. Hopefully not long, because the other items on program might steal too much audience away from Zichuan King of Light, "s2".

It's not an ending : part 2 is somewhere waiting to be aired, shortly if what I found is not mistaken. This is by no means an "open ending" it's "to be continued"....

Just found on Baidu an indication that "The first and second parts of "Zichuan: The King of Light" and "The Three Heroes of Purple River", starring Yang Xuwen, Liu Yuning, and Zhang Mingen, are expected to be broadcast on iQiyi before June". So we should hopefully not be left hanging for too long after the non-conclusion of the 24 episodes :)

Black Veil who appears in the end looks supernatural enough, and we did see the glint of red in the eyes behind the mask of Zichuan Xiu before he hacked off General Yun Qianxue's arm. It's just that these elements are yes, too few to really qualify as fantasy xuanhuan yet, and we are now stopped in media res, waiting for the drama to get its due conclusion, because that episode 24 is clearly not an end.

Perhaps there was a reason why Zichuan Xiu could not use his supernatural powers in Zichuan, and only in Yuanzhou, and it will be explained in part 2.

If there is a 24 episodes still in wait, and we had so much already, the drama may go further than the donghua, is my guess.

I just wonder why the production could not wrestle an exemption to air in two parts back to back like Love Like The Galaxy, since its only 48 episodes and they were filmed I think before the new rules for length. In fact, it may be they have, because looking more closely in Baidu, I found a hint with this suggestion. There will be a delay, but it should not be long before the necessary part 2 drops on screens<;

Even then, was not there a possibility to make it into 40 episodes by adding more time on episodes and cutting some Princess Ning repeated antics? We'll know someday perhaps.

By now, I have completed my screenshots picture gallery of illustrated characters, but I found some were missing, and some which were named and appeared, even shortly, were not credited. I still have not found Di Lin young and Si Yi Lin young... I put them in with the adult characters, but there is no episode mentioned, since I did not see them in any. It is rather strange that the cast listed characters that did not appear, so I think perhaps these were thrown back from the continuation. Or cut away totally, as unnecessary.

I was in two minds including Yun Qianxue's lieutenant, the actor mentioned on MDL looked somewhat like Yun Qianxue, but I confirmed with the Weibo of the actor Li Guo that it was indeed Li Guo who played that role.

There is a silver haired character in the court of Sairong that I could not find the name for - so perhaps he is among the remaining actors on Baidu cast list that I could not place in the puzzle. Did you catch his name there or in the donghua ?

There is also a character, Ou Le 欧乐, who was occupying Payi before Si YiLin sneaked in to take the city. He did not get credited on Baidu.

Black Veil who appears in the end looks supernatural enough, and we did see the glint of red in the eyes behind the mask of Zichuan Xiu before he hacked off General Yun Qianxue's arm. It's just that these elements are yes, too few to really qualify as fantasy xuanhuan yet, and we are now stopped in media res, waiting for the drama to get its due conclusion, because that episode 24 is clearly not an end.

Perhaps there was a reason why Zichuan Xiu could not use his supernatural powers in Zichuan, and only in Yuanzhou, and it will be explained in part 2.

If there is a 24 episodes still in wait, and we had so much already, the drama may go further than the donghua, is my guess.

I just wonder why the production could not wrestle an exemption to air in two parts back to back like Love Like The Galaxy, since its only 48 episodes and they were filmed I think before the new rules for length. In fact, it may be they have, because looking more closely in Baidu, I found a hint with this suggestion. There will be a delay, but it should not be long before the necessary part 2 drops on screens<;

Even then, was not there a possibility to make it into 40 episodes by adding more time on episodes and cutting some Princess Ning repeated antics? We'll know someday perhaps.

By now, I have completed my screenshots picture gallery of illustrated characters, but I found some were missing, and some which were named and appeared, even shortly, were not credited. I still have not found Di Lin young and Si Yi Lin young... I put them in with the adult characters, but there is no episode mentioned, since I did not see them in any. It is rather strange that the cast listed characters that did not appear, so I think perhaps these were thrown back from the continuation. Or cut away totally, as unnecessary.

I was in two minds including Yun Qianxue's lieutenant, the actor mentioned on MDL looked somewhat like Yun Qianxue, but I confirmed with the Weibo of the actor Li Guo that it was indeed Li Guo who played that role.

There is a silver haired character in the court of Sairong that I could not find the name for - so perhaps he is among the remaining actors on Baidu cast list that I could not place in the puzzle. Did you catch his name there or in the donghua ?

There is also a character, Ou Le 欧乐, who was occupying Payi before Si YiLin sneaked in to take the city. He did not get credited on Baidu.

Ooh yes, that clip is nice, esp the eyes softly beckoning at 0:14-20:22. I added a cut into the pinned Profile, editing the Gucci March 2024 GIFs, so this can survive into the coming months and perhaps years.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/an-ye-yu-li-ming/119875-profile-of-chen-zhe-yuan?pid=2762153&page=1#p2762153

sorry I deleted my previous message, but since it was not primarily about CZY, it was only of interest if you were also interested in other dramas. Yes let's wait for TWOT, but also for the other two dramas that could air starring him soon.

greeted like royalty .. 😍

That's also a lovely royalty-like walking and waving ! .. 😍