questiom: when did the stalker fall in love with him? and I thought he repaid all their money, if so why did he…
I don't think Jiang Ying ever liked Jia Xu. She rather considered him as her property that could be milked for money after Jiaxu's mother promised that he would take care of her. She was insecure so sent him parcels of things like dietary complements since she worked as a beautician, to force him to show up with her. When Jiaxu and Zhi were returning from Nanwu after the wedding, they met Jiaxu's former high school fellow student who had been at a reunion of former students where Jiang Ying spread the notion that she and Jiaxu were "together" which was a lie. She had also spread that lie to her friend at the company where Zhi happened to go interning later. Jiaxu had been shunned by his classmates and Jiang Ying had brushed his written apology away from her table without even reading it, playing the role of martyr, as shown in a flashback in another episode. As Zhi had well understood, Jiang Ying had been guilt-tripping Jiaxu from the time of the hit and run by his father. He had never liked or loved her, but thought it was his responsibility to pay the amount set by the judges, which was a hefty one. It is implied that he and his mother had to sell their home to pay so that his mother did not have to rely on reluctant family members to help her with money and that Jiaxu did not have to give up his studies in university; but then, she fell ill and had to be treated in hospital, died and there were funeral costs. The Sang family helped Jiaxu with some money, but he had to repay them, and that had set him back having to resort to instalments for the remainder of the blood money debt. That's why he was working even there, in different jobs such as tutor, and paid internship, before going to work in the game design company in Yihe. It was mentioned in an episode when he is at work in Yihe that he was sending Jiang Ying a final amount of 8,000 Rmb and that was to be the final payment, he did not want to hear her or see her after that. Soon after, she went berserk and had to be driven away by security guards in the office building where he worked (episode when Zhi brought the electronic peephole cam). When she finally tried to paint Jiaxu in unappealing color to Zhi, whom she had stalked to the team-building party of the company where Zhi was interning, and Jiaxu realized Jiang Ying indeed was also stalking his girlfriend, he looked JY up in anger at the beauty salon and served her the text of the law, so she would know that he meant to call the police on her if she went on stalking or slandering them.
i was today years old when i found out that cdramas are actually dubbed? is this one too?
ZLS and CZY dub themselves when needed in this drama. Dubbing can happen for a variety of reasons: noise on set which as some commenters explained can be especially strong in xianxia and wuxia, complications with the bgm, wrong tone, mistakes, changes in dialogue after filming... If the actors or actresses have a strong accent, like William Chan and Wallace Chung, they are usually dubbed by professionals in the PRC which prefers to have standard putonghua as the main common speech form in broadcasts and teaching. But even if Zhao Lusi is originally from Chengdu which has a special variety (some say dialect) of Sichuan mandarin, and studied in Taiwan which uses another variety of mandarin, she has now been working long enough in the PRC to be able to speak non-accented standard putonghua; Chen Zheyuan is from the Cantonese speaking area, born and educated in Shenzhen, but he has also been working long enough in dramas and televised reality shows to do dialogues in standard putonghua. So, they can now be heard with their original voices (although CZY is still dubbed by Yu ChangYu [who dubbed Chen Muchi in the Starry Love] in still airing "The Princess and the Werewolf" which was filmed in 2021; but there is no mention that he was dubbed before in "Mr Bad" or "Our Secret"). Dubbing themselves can be done by some actors or actresses, although it will add work time for them, so, for time constraints reasons of if it is cheaper, professional dubbers may be used. Perhaps because ZLS and CZY are not professional voice dubbing actors, or the post production team had trouble with editing scenes and separating the original take of their voices to transfer them to final pictures with bgm for instance, some keen watchers noticed a few times when lip movement lagged or was not exactly what we could hear in "Hidden Love", although I was not so finely attuned to that to notice myself or really not much, after being made aware of it. To me it did not detract any from my enjoyment of the drama.
I'm so confuse about there age difference or is it the translation.. they're suppose to be 5 years apart, but…
He was celebrating his 24th. He stated before that he hoped she could "help him get married before he turned 27": in China women cannot marry before 20 anyway and she needed at least 3 years more to complete her studies at the university. The brother introduced a confusion at one moment by ageing Jiaxu two years in jest, although this could also be construed as a joking reference to having the age computed from being one or two years at birth, as is done when referring to traditional zodiac age in China (but that's pushing old fashioned). Jiaxu in that exchange corrected Sang Ye, reminding him that he was only 5 years older than her. I have not watched the Netflix version, perhaps you should check again because at Jiaxu's birthday they did not mention his age at all in the original Youku version that I just checked once more.
Question: episode 17 where the ML visits the FL in college and attends a lecture with her, she calls him by his…
Hmmm In any context and culture, when you call a close one by their full name instead of first name or pet name, that would mean putting much distance and/or express irritation and dissatisfaction, wouldn't it ? Just one step removed from making him as a stranger if she called him "Mr Duan" or something (which could still be done with a coy smile, I suppose, but not with a scowl). So, at the finger kiss episode, Zhi had already agreed that he woo her, made a special sweet for him (the cotton candy), everybody who'd see him come took him as her boyfriend even if she was going to keep him waiting until his birthday until she formally agreed. She ought to have just said Jiaxu Ge as she used to in the former episode, until she'd decide to more blatantly admit to address him as nanpengyou (boyfriend), qīn'ài de (darling) or even laogong (husband, lover) and finding a pet name for him after first kisses.
I love that vibe here...Its my favourite disney cartoon soo i am allways into it. And this is different but have…
It's been a while since I contributed to Wikipedia except for the yearly donation, perhaps I shall try to add the c drama in the list of screen versions on that Wikipedia entry... 🤣 ok: done!
Tomorrow is only one epsiode :( So we have to wait for tuesday for two espiodes :)
Oh ok, then. Thanks. I had not checked airing calendar, just clicked semi randomly on the Youtube where it was starting and went to look for it where it should be, next, and had fun from the start. Maybe I'll finish something "heavier" first and get back in a few episodes, then.
dance was super cute the whole palace starts to dance😁😂
Yes, this musical comedy bit, and the royal parents going to Europe, and sending a copy of the Michelangelo statue to her (had to be a copy coz the original is 17 ft/5.17 metres tall) : lots of touches to show the story is not going to be too serious so hopefully this will be lighthearted and no real angst.
the soldiers were really running trough the forest with durians and weaving to spread it out its smell to find…
That and the farting weasel Hu Die. Wondering if the translators got it wrong or I read wrong: shouldn't she be a skunk? Anyway, so funny. Meanwhile, enjoying a slice of durian hhhhh. (it's in season, right now)
Cliffhanger end of ep 10 already! Now I have to wait impatiently until tomorrow.... But we get 2 eps a day every day, don't we ? Seeing that the Mysterious Lotus Casebook is out, I'll go checking on that one too!
they are literally historical ver of beauty and the beast🧎
I am familiar with the Beaumont and Lang versions of the classic fairy tale, and watched the Cocteau and Disney ones a long time ago... Recently enjoyed T.Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon's Bryony and Roses. Now checking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast to see what other versions are extant. I think this take is quite new, since most of the others did not have much comedy to start with (Bryony and Roses does, but differently). This Princess and the Werewolf is really funny, in the first episodes. It is always nice to see that old tales can still get a new spin !
Bringing soldiers aren't the smartest thing though since he basically kidnapped her 👀 Hopefully they won't…
That's what I was vaguely worrying about. They did not even get their arms taken away by the Beast kingdom officers? Or did they. They were unarmed at the reunion banquet. I am eagerly following that unpretentious drama, playing on comedy and fairy tale. Rooting for Kui Mulang, he is a handsome beast, with or without the black markings and claws hhhh!
The premiere is still on, on Youtube, but I am switching to iQiyi to binge watch the 6 episodes, lol and hope the same as Sweet Savage. Let's watch something else. For a while, at least ^^ Nice costumes already!
You are welcome. I added (in the "discussion" linked above) the hidden code on Jiaxu's license plate 🥰 spotted by MikaM so I went back and looked through the episodes to find it clearly. It was in episode 14 timestamp 26:15. If you know Chinese codes for numbers, you'll smile, if you don't : head to the discussion where I put the explanation together with the post about the Shenlan car. Or, go to "Episode guide" 14, where I also added the info in my episode review.
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Jiaxu had been shunned by his classmates and Jiang Ying had brushed his written apology away from her table without even reading it, playing the role of martyr, as shown in a flashback in another episode.
As Zhi had well understood, Jiang Ying had been guilt-tripping Jiaxu from the time of the hit and run by his father.
He had never liked or loved her, but thought it was his responsibility to pay the amount set by the judges, which was a hefty one. It is implied that he and his mother had to sell their home to pay so that his mother did not have to rely on reluctant family members to help her with money and that Jiaxu did not have to give up his studies in university; but then, she fell ill and had to be treated in hospital, died and there were funeral costs. The Sang family helped Jiaxu with some money, but he had to repay them, and that had set him back having to resort to instalments for the remainder of the blood money debt. That's why he was working even there, in different jobs such as tutor, and paid internship, before going to work in the game design company in Yihe.
It was mentioned in an episode when he is at work in Yihe that he was sending Jiang Ying a final amount of 8,000 Rmb and that was to be the final payment, he did not want to hear her or see her after that. Soon after, she went berserk and had to be driven away by security guards in the office building where he worked (episode when Zhi brought the electronic peephole cam).
When she finally tried to paint Jiaxu in unappealing color to Zhi, whom she had stalked to the team-building party of the company where Zhi was interning, and Jiaxu realized Jiang Ying indeed was also stalking his girlfriend, he looked JY up in anger at the beauty salon and served her the text of the law, so she would know that he meant to call the police on her if she went on stalking or slandering them.
Dubbing can happen for a variety of reasons: noise on set which as some commenters explained can be especially strong in xianxia and wuxia, complications with the bgm, wrong tone, mistakes, changes in dialogue after filming...
If the actors or actresses have a strong accent, like William Chan and Wallace Chung, they are usually dubbed by professionals in the PRC which prefers to have standard putonghua as the main common speech form in broadcasts and teaching. But even if Zhao Lusi is originally from Chengdu which has a special variety (some say dialect) of Sichuan mandarin, and studied in Taiwan which uses another variety of mandarin, she has now been working long enough in the PRC to be able to speak non-accented standard putonghua; Chen Zheyuan is from the Cantonese speaking area, born and educated in Shenzhen, but he has also been working long enough in dramas and televised reality shows to do dialogues in standard putonghua. So, they can now be heard with their original voices (although CZY is still dubbed by Yu ChangYu [who dubbed Chen Muchi in the Starry Love] in still airing "The Princess and the Werewolf" which was filmed in 2021; but there is no mention that he was dubbed before in "Mr Bad" or "Our Secret"). Dubbing themselves can be done by some actors or actresses, although it will add work time for them, so, for time constraints reasons of if it is cheaper, professional dubbers may be used.
Perhaps because ZLS and CZY are not professional voice dubbing actors, or the post production team had trouble with editing scenes and separating the original take of their voices to transfer them to final pictures with bgm for instance, some keen watchers noticed a few times when lip movement lagged or was not exactly what we could hear in "Hidden Love", although I was not so finely attuned to that to notice myself or really not much, after being made aware of it. To me it did not detract any from my enjoyment of the drama.
The brother introduced a confusion at one moment by ageing Jiaxu two years in jest, although this could also be construed as a joking reference to having the age computed from being one or two years at birth, as is done when referring to traditional zodiac age in China (but that's pushing old fashioned). Jiaxu in that exchange corrected Sang Ye, reminding him that he was only 5 years older than her.
I have not watched the Netflix version, perhaps you should check again because at Jiaxu's birthday they did not mention his age at all in the original Youku version that I just checked once more.
So, at the finger kiss episode, Zhi had already agreed that he woo her, made a special sweet for him (the cotton candy), everybody who'd see him come took him as her boyfriend even if she was going to keep him waiting until his birthday until she formally agreed.
She ought to have just said Jiaxu Ge as she used to in the former episode, until she'd decide to more blatantly admit to address him as nanpengyou (boyfriend), qīn'ài de (darling) or even laogong (husband, lover) and finding a pet name for him after first kisses.
Maybe I'll finish something "heavier" first and get back in a few episodes, then.
Meanwhile, enjoying a slice of durian hhhhh. (it's in season, right now)
Seeing that the Mysterious Lotus Casebook is out, I'll go checking on that one too!
I think this take is quite new, since most of the others did not have much comedy to start with (Bryony and Roses does, but differently). This Princess and the Werewolf is really funny, in the first episodes. It is always nice to see that old tales can still get a new spin !
I am eagerly following that unpretentious drama, playing on comedy and fairy tale. Rooting for Kui Mulang, he is a handsome beast, with or without the black markings and claws hhhh!
Nice costumes already!