ok, thanks for answer. I briefly was wondering if you meant Medical Record Number (MRN) and that was some medical c-drama that eluded my radar, hehehe! The Heart S.2 aired on June 18, btw.
i am hoping to see some awesome fight scenes with both leads battling against prince Li and his sect/gang whatever…
The book is no help since the script seems to have kept only some characters names. Bai Lu was ill during the shooting so battle scenes for her were kept at minimum: the mysterious masked men when 'Han Mingxi' was struck down (but not killed, so he witnessed that 'Master Zhu' was not there to save 'Ye Li' again)... Given her fragile health during the filming, I don't expect too many battle scenes with Bai Lu. Perhaps a few more with Cheng Lei and maybe Lin Muran, who has not yet been using all the skills he demonstrated in Pursuit of Jade (but he is very young, still a student at the Central Academy of Drama+ has not had extensive experience in costume dramas and ancient battles yet, before PoJ which wrapped filming a month before filming of Mo Li started).
The lady, older than him, former mid level socialite and dabbling in contemporary art working with a Chinese gallery after studies in England, but struggling to get a foothold in media other than social as "influencer" based in Zhejiang, tried to revive the slander a few times, lastly through a suicide attempt, afterwards sheepishly admitting to a drugs overdose : Johnny Huang was nice enough not to sue her for manipulation, kindly wishing her well, chapter closed. Digging into news stories and old pictures and court decision, it certainly looks like she he had taken him as her boy toy at the start of his career in "Addicted" but could not take it that he did not stay with her... Looks like she was more addicted to him than he was, or eyeing his earnings, when she later added a claim that she had paid a lot for him in his early days on screen. So? Did she think she'd own him forever because she contributed to their short lived relationship or marriage? The abuse story was a murky one, never confirmed by medical or hospital or police documentation, only by a few tearjerker pics online that could easily have been make up, and circulated through a third party who posed as her secretary or something. Lady herself made conflicting declarations and insinuations that she had no part in the initial scandal, had been a target of haters herself while adding fuel to fire by her innuendo about "due" compensation claim. But the juicy and gross story was enough to fan up a haters posse, avid of "Me Too" scandals, regardless of truth and court decisions... Not every woman is truthful when she attacks a former spouse, and to me, the events reports look like she was the vicious one, intent on beating down out of spite someone more successful than herself, even to spreading lies and manipulating former "crush" and opinion. Johnny Huang was lenient, perhaps preferring to remember the good days of their youth and forgiving the mess that she caused, repeatedly, instead of suing a possibly mentally unstable person. Latest declaration was that she too wanted the story to be over for good. (Until she suddenly reappears if he has a successful drama or movie?) It is sad that people here still follow the haters. But it is no wonder that Johnny is not considered as having great chemistry with actresses and that he is not looking forward to trust another woman for a marriage. Even if his fandom is, like for most male "idols" predominantly female "whale guards", and I don't think he is gay in any way, the story probably damaged his trust in women and he is now deeply distrustful of entanglements, putting his energy into sports, acting, and PR for his birth city fellow citizens, no-nonsense soldier or policeman in most of his roles.
They are adorable. Did they forget they were in a live event.https://x.com/KC_petrichor/status/2065078595299754271?s=20
That's Bai Lu... and she did not even touch her partner, as she usually undaunted does. 😊 (She's a hands-on girl!) I also liked the cute ad for the show where they were filmed, in a car in matching couples T shirts (I wouldn't mind finding those, look so comfortable) ; finding the link again : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zdMn2wl0pgg
I wonder if they’ll keep the part that Ye Li and Mo Jing Li were childhood sweetheart? Not that it changes about…
Yes, that's what she appeared to aspire for, but that was not what she really wanted. or got in the novel...
The emperor was a paranoid who let himself be hoodwinked by some scheming characters who were not beyond selling out their country for perceived personal gains.
Ye Li and her husband had to be careful so as not to get murdered through attacks on mansion, ambush and abduction in court, all the while trying to save the country from external and internal threats north and south that the emperor unreasonably kept pinning on the once formidable country's hero, despite he had sworn to defend the empire, and not bring down the emperor.
The time travel trope came in handy in the novel to explain how she could be so proficient after her apparent having been raised without training in martial arts: she remembered having been a tough soldier, expert as a sniper (but for some reason, there was no way she could get back to modern day battles -did she die and soul transmigrate, can't remember precisely). So she trained a special hidden squad from elites chosen from the Mo army, and went south with those under a false identity, in search of a special herb to heal her husband's condition. While sending part of the squad to help her husband who had been sent north to further distance the "threat from the Mo army". Despite being fully aware of the dangers, Prince Ding managed to get to the real battle line and reunite with Ye Li.
There are some nice battles to show. Aside from the growing romance between the married pair, growing first from testing and next from respect, and she did become pregnant too, sometime after warning Ye Ying who was now next caught in tangled webs.
So that's how I remember the part I read....I am curious how that could have been simplified in the drama. The time travel trope could indeed be avoided as "unnecessary". But other things may have been changed. Anyway, I am not against a re-telling differently in a simplified way, that may veer away from the novel.
I wonder if they’ll keep the part that Ye Li and Mo Jing Li were childhood sweetheart? Not that it changes about…
I agree, from what I remember reading (but not completing to read) the hefty online novel, they were only betrothed, not really acquainted as in "sweethearts", and I think there was a mistake in the synopsis, either from machine translation or other reason.
Synopsis : umm that's a machine translation of the Douban synopsis, I believe ? I can't remember any reference to an "Opera Prince" in the novel. Could that be a misinterpretation of 黎王 (Prince Li) ?
Mo Xiuyao‘s title was "Prince Ding" 定王 and before becoming disabled he was quite heroic. But he was held at arm's length and distrusted by the emperor, therefore his mansion had gone dilapidated in appearance, not to appear as a threat, and because Mo Xiuyao's condition at times was so severe that he needed to keep out of sight. Therefore, he was not a desirable match for any young princess, except Ye Li who had her own agenda in agreeing to join that mansion as ordered.
And yes, _Xianxia has it right about the villainy of Mo Jingli, Prince Li.
I also removed the character name you suggested before.Maybe you can contact MDL for character name correction?
I am not sure I can, I try not to add to their heavy volunteer workload ;) But perhaps they will add the characters names in the option list for tagging later.
Finished while starting ongoing re-watching to add more into the Companion piece (Notes... housed in Discussions section) This was a gold mine to learn about many things Chinese Opera related, and the protagonist's journey to growth was well-portrayed, with its happy and sad moments. Solid 10/10 for me. I agree with the high 8.2 Douban rating too.
I hate Liu Hong Bing he is the worst male lead and the fact that Qin E will accept him is heartbreaking he is…
He is "the playboy" who becomes the cross to bear for his "suffering wife", the type who seduces and then uses women and dismisses them like used Kleenexes: he is not meant to be likable. If you hate him, that means Shawn Dou played him right ☺️
I heard that she had known 2 years in advance that this role would be hers and had been training for nearly 2…
Yes, he said he needed "ban nian duo de shijian" (more than half a year's time") at 1:17 in the video 😉 I had not come across that video, so thanks for the link!
I heard that she had known 2 years in advance that this role would be hers and had been training for nearly 2…
Even if it did not take two full years (after all she also had to prepare and play the lead in the 2025 airing drama in which she played alongside Song Weilong) she certainly devoted some time to prepare for The Protagonist. She is said to have trained for six months intensively to master the specific Wudan techniques with which she was previously unfamiliar. In a recent interview, she furthermore explained that she had been going through 40 videos which she had to download and study for preparation. She also read the novel attentively before tackling the script and its ongoing tweaks during shooting.
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Bai Lu was ill during the shooting so battle scenes for her were kept at minimum: the mysterious masked men when 'Han Mingxi' was struck down (but not killed, so he witnessed that 'Master Zhu' was not there to save 'Ye Li' again)... Given her fragile health during the filming, I don't expect too many battle scenes with Bai Lu.
Perhaps a few more with Cheng Lei and maybe Lin Muran, who has not yet been using all the skills he demonstrated in Pursuit of Jade (but he is very young, still a student at the Central Academy of Drama+ has not had extensive experience in costume dramas and ancient battles yet, before PoJ which wrapped filming a month before filming of Mo Li started).
Digging into news stories and old pictures and court decision, it certainly looks like she he had taken him as her boy toy at the start of his career in "Addicted" but could not take it that he did not stay with her... Looks like she was more addicted to him than he was, or eyeing his earnings, when she later added a claim that she had paid a lot for him in his early days on screen. So? Did she think she'd own him forever because she contributed to their short lived relationship or marriage?
The abuse story was a murky one, never confirmed by medical or hospital or police documentation, only by a few tearjerker pics online that could easily have been make up, and circulated through a third party who posed as her secretary or something. Lady herself made conflicting declarations and insinuations that she had no part in the initial scandal, had been a target of haters herself while adding fuel to fire by her innuendo about "due" compensation claim.
But the juicy and gross story was enough to fan up a haters posse, avid of "Me Too" scandals, regardless of truth and court decisions... Not every woman is truthful when she attacks a former spouse, and to me, the events reports look like she was the vicious one, intent on beating down out of spite someone more successful than herself, even to spreading lies and manipulating former "crush" and opinion.
Johnny Huang was lenient, perhaps preferring to remember the good days of their youth and forgiving the mess that she caused, repeatedly, instead of suing a possibly mentally unstable person. Latest declaration was that she too wanted the story to be over for good. (Until she suddenly reappears if he has a successful drama or movie?)
It is sad that people here still follow the haters. But it is no wonder that Johnny is not considered as having great chemistry with actresses and that he is not looking forward to trust another woman for a marriage. Even if his fandom is, like for most male "idols" predominantly female "whale guards", and I don't think he is gay in any way, the story probably damaged his trust in women and he is now deeply distrustful of entanglements, putting his energy into sports, acting, and PR for his birth city fellow citizens, no-nonsense soldier or policeman in most of his roles.
The emperor was a paranoid who let himself be hoodwinked by some scheming characters who were not beyond selling out their country for perceived personal gains.
Ye Li and her husband had to be careful so as not to get murdered through attacks on mansion, ambush and abduction in court, all the while trying to save the country from external and internal threats north and south that the emperor unreasonably kept pinning on the once formidable country's hero, despite he had sworn to defend the empire, and not bring down the emperor.
The time travel trope came in handy in the novel to explain how she could be so proficient after her apparent having been raised without training in martial arts: she remembered having been a tough soldier, expert as a sniper (but for some reason, there was no way she could get back to modern day battles -did she die and soul transmigrate, can't remember precisely). So she trained a special hidden squad from elites chosen from the Mo army, and went south with those under a false identity, in search of a special herb to heal her husband's condition. While sending part of the squad to help her husband who had been sent north to further distance the "threat from the Mo army". Despite being fully aware of the dangers, Prince Ding managed to get to the real battle line and reunite with Ye Li.
There are some nice battles to show. Aside from the growing romance between the married pair, growing first from testing and next from respect, and she did become pregnant too, sometime after warning Ye Ying who was now next caught in tangled webs.
So that's how I remember the part I read....I am curious how that could have been simplified in the drama. The time travel trope could indeed be avoided as "unnecessary". But other things may have been changed. Anyway, I am not against a re-telling differently in a simplified way, that may veer away from the novel.
Synopsis : umm that's a machine translation of the Douban synopsis, I believe ? I can't remember any reference to an "Opera Prince" in the novel. Could that be a misinterpretation of 黎王 (Prince Li) ?
Mo Xiuyao‘s title was "Prince Ding" 定王 and before becoming disabled he was quite heroic. But he was held at arm's length and distrusted by the emperor, therefore his mansion had gone dilapidated in appearance, not to appear as a threat, and because Mo Xiuyao's condition at times was so severe that he needed to keep out of sight. Therefore, he was not a desirable match for any young princess, except Ye Li who had her own agenda in agreeing to join that mansion as ordered.
And yes, _Xianxia has it right about the villainy of Mo Jingli, Prince Li.
and thanks for adding the visual documents, B !
The duo Bai Lu & Cheng Lei : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6FXOumtgA
The single from Zhou Shen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXOYSOLK_uE
Peachey Blossom already translated lyrics for 心世界 (Heart World) the Zhou Shen song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBHg3VkacFU
and for the Bai Lu & Cheng Lei duo 方寸之间 (Within A Square Inch) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV84_fp6B4M&
I had not come across that video, so thanks for the link!
She is said to have trained for six months intensively to master the specific Wudan techniques with which she was previously unfamiliar. In a recent interview, she furthermore explained that she had been going through 40 videos which she had to download and study for preparation. She also read the novel attentively before tackling the script and its ongoing tweaks during shooting.