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Global Granary news : 18 September 2023
Zhao Lusi (Sweetheart1109丨赵露思)

Zhao Lusi, dressed in Versace from head to foot, has left Shanghai for the Milan Fashion Week through the invitation of Versace.
She is expected to stay in Milan from 19 to 24 September 2023.
Also expected to attend the Milan Fashion week are Gong Jun and Esther Yu.
Welcome to Europe!
https://www.globalgranary.life/2023/09/18/zhao-lusi-off-to-milan-fashion-week/

Launch ceremony for The White Olive Tree was yesterday in the boondocks far from city, with lots of sheep (border of Sichuan and Gansu? Mianyang? ) Chen Zheyuan advised fans not to come because it can be dangerous, since it is very isolated and rough terrain! We'll surely know anyway since much attention is on him now, especially after he was cover boy for Madame Figaro earlier this month with an interview that I reposted copies of text in the Profile I built about him.

This Profile is divided into sections for convenience :
Biodata, family, fandom, psychological profile compiled from different sources, pets ;
Dramas and Movies with direct links, including upcoming work ;
A couple of selected TV shows (linked) he was taking part in (not all: it's a sample);
Musical career start, band, OST songs with direct links to listen to them;
Sports likes and achievements with direct links to the shows ;
Modeling with some select sponsorships and magazine appearance including the Madame Figaro issue in which the interview mentioned features ;
Food and a funny anecdote about meatballs which have another meaning from what you find in your plate ;
Humor and Seriousness including a pep talk for young people and many funny pictures.

It is illustrated with many GIFs I made from various sources, and links. Pictures are linked to their sources, and all references used are also in the links, along the text, so more can be found for the seriously interested. The concept of the Profile reflects my view of the "Emerging star", but I have tried to stay more factual than subjective. Of course, I am very admiring of his achievements, even of his singing songs when clearly, he does not enjoy it that much - he can do it, but he is not a songbird like Zhao Lusi or some other of his ex co-stars; but that does not detract from the fact that he is very remarkable and likable, even charismatic: I noticed his care and patience for fans who go overboard, some even near stalking and crowding him. And his humble motto of 好好学习 天天向上 (study hard, improve every day).

So, if you are curious, have a look, and if you have something to add, be my guest! Here is the direct link:
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/109975-actor-profile-of-chen-zheyuan-tpatw-july-august-2023

The Profile is parked in the Discussion section of The Princess and the Werewolf for convenience sake, because that's where I developed it, after having started doing a first draft under the Hidden Love hidden (was that an MDL joke?) discussion page. These Discussion pages are in my opinion quite nice for providing space to pin and park organized interesting information as companion pieces to the dramas. I don't do it all the time, because it is time-consuming and I also like to watch dramas, not only go gold-digging and archeological excavating around them - but that sort of research amuses me at times, and can even keep my interest stimulated. Not that I ever was bored by "our hero" Yuan Gege (:D ) who I started following because I like speculative fiction and fantasy and he committed a fun drama there, back in the days, with the otherwise minor "Hello Dear Ancestors !" Yes I know he is not fond of it himself and much prefers Handsome Siblings. As for the sweet school romances, I think he is through with them now, has done well and wants to explore "other realms" : I sure will be watching, hoping he does not fall foul to other mishaps and drama purgatory like two pieces of his hard work already did. If you don't know already about those, I promise you'll do after reading the Profile. Even if I am still not a specialist or long-standing yuanbao and only an enthusiastic c-drama lover. So I apologize for possible mistakes (along the way, there were a few that I corrected ; there may still be more lurking to mar visitor's experience: sorry if I did not spot them!)

There are a few things that still puzzle me : when and where did the fandom name originate, and why did not 陈浙远 set it down as other idols do, by incorporating his own name in it? i.e. why 元宝 yuánbǎo and not 远宝 ？Of course, there is no tone difference, since the double third tone rule causes a switch of first third tone to second, i.e. theoretical yuǎnbǎo would be pronounced yuánbǎo anyway. So was it a sign of humility that he did not insist that 远 being substituted to 元 in this "treasured" name? I was interested by the discovery that in fact, a 元宝 can be found in many shapes, not only "ingots" (although the boat shaped one is the most ubiquitous) and many metals : it symbolically broadens the scope a lot, including if one considers the uses of 元宝 as currency, lucky symbol, and esoterics, TCM or fengshui tool!
It looks like even fandom pages have not got the answer to my first questions though. If someone here does, I'm taking!

My pleasure. Have fun discover the hidden features so aptly concealed by MDL to accompany this lovely drama. It is my favorite in its category. :)

That drama was perfect in its category of sweet romcom, for me. I got so enthralled that I set out to write stuff in the Discussion section, with some research, and built a Profile for Chen Zheyuan,
ZLS having already enough, so I only linked the Ultra Fan Guide and some more. Okay, by itself this Ultra fan guide is insufficient, (and the authors mentioned they could not modify), but with more data in comments, there is already a lot... I only added the "poster" for the September 27 event, when she'll be chosen as spokesperson for the WeTV platform.

I added a few gifs in the Profile a few minutes ago.
One is interesting but sad: his reaction to a phone call to his dad, caught on camera when he was not as seasoned as he is now. I think that the story about his parents divorce and him having been raised by grandparents may be true, although I was at first skeptical, not having found evidence before except some pictures that indeed look like he looks up to an older woman when he was an adolescent. It could explain his letting slip once in a conversation I heard, that he has two younger sisters, although it was not clear if he was raised with them, or if they were his mother's or father's children from other marriage.
I also added a gif showing him playing basketball (from a cut of BTS in Hidden Love). Another one too, showing him "eating with gusto" (from a longer video collecting footage including his eating with ZLS).
And a link to the latest "explosive" trailer for Dark Night and Dawn.

There was not much in the way of news today on his Weibo and xiaohongshu, except on xhs a funny cryptic "dialogue" for today, titled "工作🧩
好好学习 天天向上 Hǎo hào xuéxí tiāntiān xiàngshàng /study hard, improve every day
2023-09-14 四川 Sichuan" and mentioning also Inner Mongolia. So, was CZY away there and did he take a picture of another cat, causing Liu Yi's jealousy? The FB fanpages have not much else to report, so I don't need to worry I missed anything important.

I am checking frequently to see if the announced (truth or melon?) reshoot of scenes for The Golden Hairpin will or not be made in September... Hoping that it will take place so that drama can be saved and injected in the shortly upcoming list of close future dramas...

Good news for the keluli : https://twitter.com/leli281119/status/1701960337304490080

Good news for the keluli who still flock here : https://twitter.com/leli281119/status/1701960337304490080
Eating my canelé reflectively 😆
while pausing here briefly on my way back to other watching.
South Wind knows my mood : yes.

Yes, love the song too (你是我此生唯一所愿 (You Are My Only Wish) -sung by 张碧晨 (Zhang Bichen)-i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcqDEv12eg ❤️

I looked at your list and was amused by your assessment of WIFTY that was touted as "better" or "equal to HL" by some : myself, I was bored stiff after a few episodes, because I was too caught up in HL and research about CZY then, so I did not even log it into my list as started or dropped !

I see you also plan to morph into the perfect yuanbao watching everything that will come from our hero. Meanwhile, perhaps watch, if you have time : Handsome Siblings, Renascence or older CZY dramas? (I need to rewatch those myself sometime, to rate them and include them in my list eventually.)

But I think you could also broaden your focus and include the following on your tbw:
* Love Like The Galaxy (warning: first 3-4 episodes are tough and can be triggering to some, just hang on or start later and come back to beginning once you have caught up on the reasons for the mom's apparent cruelty. Let's say, watch first episode until Ling Buyi softly pronounces Shaoshang's name as he watches her carriage driving off, and skip (coming back to missed parts later). Other masterpieces to my mind, that I'd recommend :
* Lighter and Princess (tough moments around the middle that explain the strange first episode). Wonderful OST.
* The Forbidden Flower (steamy but delicate love story set in Hainan and Sichuan Qiang district). Haunting OST.
* One and Only + Forever and Ever (if you can do without a boatload of kisses and are not too triggered by some gore : battle scenes and last scenes of OaO and some in F&E are tough). Some iconic tunes.

Of course, there's a lot airing that may turn out enthralling too.
I have just embarked on South Wind Knows My Mood. I rather like that drama's first episodes, although I clicked on a whim, am not that familiar with cast (some mention the actress carries a baggage of haters, but since I don't know her from other drama, will not let that sway me). But there's definitely too much stuck in my tbw, distracting me + I am a lazy and moody watcher. Will log this new drama on list and rate it later, if it keeps interesting me. If not... well I will simply not mention it any further, like I did not mention my foray into WIFTY. (which may be a nice drama, just I was not in the mood for it then, and not now either: but who knows, perhaps I will watch it to end, someday?)
Wishing you continued c drama watching pleasure !

Happy that you found it interesting, and that you liked many of his dramas already !

Xiao Gui is a well known rapper and singer, you know?
In a different universe : C-music and C-ent, also known as LG . Watch him here with two good friends, performing an old Hebe song that I love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGlmjPsX41U.
This 小鬼 is not an incarnation of Rosy. 😂

Have you thought of putting this in the review section ? Happy that you enjoyed so much ! For your added enjoyment go to the hidden discussion section above (click boldly "new topic" to access the treasure trove, find the music discussion and the links to translated songs!) I recommend also my own Discussion piece in 10 "chapters" where you can find everything you'd still did not know and would like to be informed about!
https://kisskh.at/discussions/hidden-love/109103-shooting-locations-and-dates-misc-other-links

Just look in the "hidden" discussion section: click boldly "new topic" and you'll find all the pinned discussions.

I recommend my own : https://kisskh.at/discussions/hidden-love/109103-shooting-locations-and-dates-misc-other-links (direct link so you don't even need to boldly click new topic to find the hidden treasure trove :D )
Scroll to end to find the "directory" to all the pinned discussions with direct links.
Or scroll more sedately to know everything you'd like to (or not to) know about this drama. The stars, how to make them and what was written on them, is in the 4th "chapter".

You could also find interesting things in the Episode guide, such as what hidden music was in the drama, where the end puzzle sequences fit, etc.
Enjoy!

Ooh thanks a lot for the tidbits, which I am adding, then.

I am shamefaced about the fandom name, I don't know how that garden got superimposed on the round. Perhaps, leaving for a while on my starship may have started to destroy my brain cells? Well, I realize that it makes me an unexpected remote cousin in spirit to those Cosmic and Rocket girls... so there's something fated in, that I should have tried to dig for tasty worms there, and check the tweets despite having vowed to stay away actively from social media.

As for bizarre foods and cans of worms.. I have my doubts about what seaweed could taste, boiled in milk tea. Have you tried that ?

Btw sorry about the duplicate message; it does happen now and again to many of us on MDL through no intentional posting twice. I have deleted the redundant one.

In the wake of the drama and your infos, I built a Profile for Wu Xuanyi, as a companion piece for the Cast Characters and Crew in the Discussion section. It was actually really interesting to go digging there; I hope I got everything right, and that this will make those who watch the drama also more interested in the actress.
Here is the end result, completed today : https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/111031-actress-and-singer-profile-of-wu-xuanyi?page=last&p=2737603#p2737603
If you have time to peruse it, don't hesitate to give me your opinion, or correct possible mistakes ! Enjoy!

Not MY profile, but the one I did for Wu Xuanyi ! 哈哈哈哈哈 😃

I do hope that those who dive into it will find amusement and information. There are direct links to all the works, songs, concerts, movies, dramas, shows (well, almost all - if I'd put it all, it might take me till next year for research and compilation, and you'd need to read it as a book, not as a column).

If you are curious about which nickname she likes her fans to use for her, why she is a triple idol, what role she would like to play in a movie, her favorite color, and a lot of trivia including where she did skydiving, why she likes a certain type of rice balls and beverage, on which planet she went to space, what fashion she modeled for, why some wanted to criticize her, how she reacted, and of course, what she did in past and upcoming screen work, you should find almost everything there. With pictures. Animated too!
Enjoy!

PS Rebuilding sometimes uncover interesting archeological treasure troves...

You can have a look here : https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/110459-the-princess-and-the-werewolf-cast-characters-crew
(The Discussion section is a great place to park detailed information, with just enough to help enjoyment of the show, and get a good idea of it, with illustrations).
These musings are also interesting : https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/111037-episodes-review-musing-thought

and, if you are interested in the lead's careers, I have made a Profile for each of them.

Chen Zheyuan is a rising star in dramaland, so this should be a good (if lengthy) introduction to his work and objectives : https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/109975-actor-profile-of-chen-zheyuan-tpatw-july-august-2023

And, just completed today, you will find almost everything you might want (or not want) to know about Wu Xuanyi and her career as actress, singer, model, and parts in the many shows she appeared in :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/111031-actress-and-singer-profile-of-wu-xuanyi?page=last&p=2737603#p2737603

Enjoy !

I am also looking forward to this drama!

You can read my very short presentation of it (with a direct link to its page on iQiyi), under the Actress section in this detailed Profile, just completed, of Wu Xuanyi who is also acting there. In it, you also will find almost everything you might want (or not want to) know about Wu Xuanyi and her career as actress, singer, model, and parts in the many shows she appeared in :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/111031-actress-and-singer-profile-of-wu-xuanyi?page=last&p=2737603#p2737603

( That Profile is parked in the Discussions section of The Princess and the Werewolf, for convenience sake, since it was where I started building it as a companion piece to my detailed presentation of Cast, Characters, and Crew, for that drama.)
Enjoy !

I am also looking forward to this drama!

You can read my very short presentation of it, under the Actress section in this detailed Profile, just completed, of Wu Xuanyi who is also acting there. In it, you also will find almost everything you might want (or not want to) know about Wu Xuanyi and her career as actress, singer, model, and parts in the many shows she appeared in :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/111031-actress-and-singer-profile-of-wu-xuanyi?page=last&p=2737603#p2737603

( That Profile is parked in the Discussions section of The Princess and the Werewolf, for convenience sake, since it was where I started building it as a companion piece to my detailed presentation of Cast, Characters, and Crew, for that drama.)
Enjoy !

I have been looking at some of those episodes, on Youtube.

You can read my illustrated mentions about it in this detailed Profile (that is parked in the Discussions section of The Princess and the Werewolf, for convenience sake, since it was where I started building it as a companion piece to my detailed presentation of Cast, Characters, and Crew, for that drama.

So, here is the link for the Profile, where you also will find almost everything you might want (or not want to) know about Wu Xuanyi :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lang-jun-bu-ru-yi/111031-actress-and-singer-profile-of-wu-xuanyi?page=last&p=2737603#p2737603
Enjoy !