Hello Guys, If there is any update about this drama after the investment promotion please do share. I am not a Chinese and don't have a Chinese phone number so weibo and other official news sources are difficult for me to browse. I have never waited for any drama like this ever. Even watching other dramas can't distract me from looking up news about this one.
In fact I have always binge watched dramas after they finished airing (first, reading spoilers, watching highlights to see if its okay to watch). This is probably going to be the first drama I will watch while airing. Its not the first time a novel I liked has been adopted but I have never been so impatient. Even with the double or hidden love I finished reading spoilers to see comparison between novel and drama then I watched. This novel is the #1 xiania in terms of romance in my heart. The male lead is so good to my female goose and their relationship is so comfortable and heartwarming and no annoying characters except the plot necessary villains. I have never gotten over this novel since I read it last year.
I just finished this drama today. I finished episode 1 to 35 long ago; just kept putting off the last 5 episodes because I didn't want it to end. This is the most compact drama of 40 episodes I have ever watched, literally no unnecessary fillers ; even the romance felt so complete and touching despite being a subplot which was better than many romance focused dramas. I will just write a review about some things I really liked about this drama.
Firstly, There are many hit dramas but beautiful plot delivery is rare. This drama really nailed this point. Its like one inch more or less would have led it astray. They presented the characterization of every character in every stage of plot beautifully. For example, when main lead Zhang Hai first comes to the capital before he finishes his training and his schemes at the beginning are shown a bit green as it should be along with the nervousness of a young man also hatred/anger that he finds difficult to hide from others' gazes. But with every small step forward towards his goal we see him become a seasoned tactician.
Secondly, there was some tiny elements of lucky-break / gary stu conveniences which was interlaced with the plot so well that it didn't feel abnormal or weird, it just gave the feeling that if it was a novel I would say " in a story there are some coincidences/ circumstances needed to make the story smooth flowing" . In a word, it felt just normal.
Third point and the most important one, as the male lead of a revenge story Zhang Hai was set as an upright man from start to end which is also rare. Because, revenge dramas/novels main characters find it difficult to maintain their bottom completely or not hurting/using the innocent for their own purpose. Throughout the whole plot Zhang Hai's father Kuai Duo's shadow was always there to show that Zhang Hai was influenced by his father's principles for example the carriage flashback scene why his father always walked..so no matter how difficult it was Zhang Hai never bend his moral bottom line although it made his revenge path much harder. So, despite being a revenge drama character, Zhang Hai never came off as a hypocrite or annoying rather positive and upright despite the darkness and gloom of revenge which I found remarkable. Zhang Hai was made a complex but extremely likeable character. We know In some revenge drama/novels if MC was set as upright it might look naive or holy father; In some story characters are shown as upright with principles but then the plot will show that MC has involved/implicated people unrelated to his conspiracies because he was helpless, no choice blah blah... in a word hypocrite. But this drama successfully avoided all this and made the character Zhang Hai brilliant.
All in all, kudos to the actors, directors, production team for delivering a drama of such high quality.
Xianyu has started pre broadcast investment promotion https://weibo.com/3304314095/PylnR9Rnj
Thanks for sharing. Then if CCTV doesn't air TIA or OG next then the next Youku drama would be Xianyu. Or if TIA or OG airs then after these dramas would be Xianyu. So, Xianyu is sure to be released in July/August.
Its so difficult to wait so I Just keep browsing. After seeing all the posts on various drama pages, weibo, websites.. the possible conclusions are 1) The next CCTV8 channel dramas are The Immortal Ascension (TIA) -YOUKU, Our Generation (OG)-YOUKU, Coroner's Diary (CD)-IQIYI. 2) There are 3 coming soon dramas (among the ones that have obtained license) in the synopsis written in YOUKU website. One for the above mentioned TIA, LONG FOR FISH (WDBTD) and LOVE AND CROWN (L&C) 3) So, if the next 2 dramas airing in CCTV8 are with YOUKU then WDBTD/ L&C will be released after TIA and OG. 4) Or if the next drama CCTV releases is CD then in Youku it it might be WDBTD or L&C. Of course there are possibilities for sudden drama drops such as in the name of justice or others. So, now Youku's release schedule depends on CCTV. Except for the 2 CCTV dramas, which will be released first among L&C and WDBTD that depends on YOUKU.
Modern drama "In the name of justice" will will release on 24th June...
That's a CCTV drama so youku has to follow CCTV schedule, I understand that. But why can't they release another drama. Their streaming content is too limited..one drama at a time..huh..
IQIYI has already made an announcement of the next drama after Feud. They are releasing one big costume/xiania drama after another. This is how summer should be. Damn!! what the hell is youku doing.. What are those people in youku management thinking hoarding one licensed drama after another.. Why do they always release only one drama at a time when other platforms release two different genres at the same time
Isn't there going to be a youku promotion investment meeting this week regarding the next drama.. We will know which drama airs after seven relic by the end of this week.. maybe can get an approximate info about xianyu release date. Honestly speaking among all the others Youku is the most unpredictable and keeps delaying the most. I wish C-drama networks would like Korean dramas where schedules are clearly planned and followed. I really can't stand this torturous waiting anymore. Everyone please share whatever information/news you find. Thank you.
The following scene in the novel was quite funny rather than being ambiguous due to Liao Tingyan's salted fish nature. But due to censorship it might not have been filmed at all or maybe cut down. This scene also showed Sima Jiao's own reflection about his attitude towards our goose FL which paved the dynamic for their future interactions.
She didn't speak for a long time, her expression was heavy, and Sima Jiao's expression also became heavy, a little irritable, "What are you thinking about?"
Liao Tingyan: "My breasts seem to have grown suddenly?" The legs seemed to have become longer, and the skin on the hands seemed to be whiter and brighter, as if a beauty filter was turned on.
Sima Jiao: "Breasts?" He looked at Liao Tingyan's breasts for the first time.
Liao Tingyan looked down at her breasts, thinking about whether to touch them or not, but considering that she was being held by a man, she was too embarrassed to do so. Just as she was trying to hold back, she saw Sima Jiao reaching out his hand with a cold face and touching them very naturally.
Liao Tingyan: ??? What are you doing with your hand? Where are you touching? ?
Sima Jiao: “It’s just two pieces of meat. What’s the point of having them so big?”
Seeing the disgust and disapproval on his face, Liao Tingyan gave him a fake smile: “Put your hand down before you say that.” Liao Tingyan had a strong desire to survive, and at the same time, she was very sensitive to danger, so every time she saw Sima Jiao, her master, she was timid, tried to speak as little as possible, treated him as her ancestor, and used polite language. But now, when this ancestor weighed her chest like a piece of pork, her rationality instantly went offline, and she became timid and touched Sima Jiao's butt and pinched it.
Sima Jiao: "..."
You can't touch a tiger's butt, Liao Tingyan looked at the other person's expression and suddenly thought of this sentence. She slowly let go of her hand, feeling that her desire to survive began to recover, so her expression changed from anger to calm and then to confusion with a little timidity. She leaned in Sima Jiao's arms, holding her left hand obediently, and turned her head to look at the rolling clouds in the sky.
I look at the sky, I look at the earth, but I don't look at you.
Liao Tingyan was waiting for this bad-tempered ancestor to throw her off the moving snake car, and she also thought about the precautions for jumping out of the car. After waiting for a long time, she didn't wait. She glanced at him from the side and met Sima Jiao's eyes. His eyes were cold and chilly, stinging her brain. He was scary when he was gloomy and irritable, scary when he smiled in a perverted way, and still scary when he had no expression.
Liao Tingyan: Oh, why can't I control my hand.jpg
Sima Jiao held her hand that was pinching his butt. Her wrist was slender and white, and in his overly white hand, it seemed that it would break if bent. His movements were very intimate. His broad palm wrapped around her hand, and his slender fingers slowly stroked her wrist with a little force -
Liao Tingyan swore with her suddenly long legs that this ancestor was now ready to pinch her wrist and teach her a lesson. The situation was urgent, Liao Tingyan acted faster than she thought, subconsciously following Sima Jiao's movements, grabbed his hand and firmly pressed it on her chest, "Calm down, please touch my chest, touch it as you like."
She guessed right, Sima Jiao's abnormal mood changed at any time, he wanted to kill someone if someone touched his finger, not to mention being pinched on the butt. He was stunned at first, after all, there were people in the world who dared to kill him, but no one dared to touch his butt. After he realized this, the only thought in his mind was to teach her a lesson - this was because he had no disgust for this person and was somewhat interested in him. The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped.
But he didn't expect her to do this. His hand, which wanted to use force, was suddenly pressed on a soft place, and the force was not retracted, just like pinching a ball of cotton, completely unloading the force.
Liao Tingyan pressed his hand, with an upright expression, like a salesman, "Try it, it feels really good." Who wouldn't like a big, fragrant and soft young lady's breasts? Men and women like them, even arrogant creatures like cats like them. Don't be too happy to step on breasts. It's no problem for a murderer.
Sima Jiao did everything just because of the sudden impulse in his heart. It was probably because his blood relatives were all crazy, and he himself was also a crazy person, irritable and bloodthirsty. When he felt unhappy, he would want a channel to vent, and this channel was naturally killing. Whoever made him unhappy, he wanted to kill.
The person in front of him was very special. She had survived under his hands many times, and she was the only one who could make him give up his murderous intentions one after another. Others often died on the spot when he first had the murderous intention, but she inexplicably made him calm down his anger and murderous intentions again and again, just like now, the impulse to crush her wrist just now was gone.
she does plot to kill him multiple times in order to change her ending. and surely, there’s more to the storyline…
But before awakening if he did do things to the FL, I don't know If I can accept this kind of plot. I was hoping this drama to be the fake red flag you know the troupe "The ML acts domineering and stuff like red flag but actually a total green flag only towards the FL" . I prefer red flag ML characters to be like Sima Jiao from offering salted fish novel I mean fake red flags
There's this thing with this show.The plot is actually VERY good. Everyone have been given proper motivations…
I kinda understand. I just came to read spoilers to understand this drama dynamics to see if it is okay to watch and avoid my minefields. I haven't watched this drama yet but both "ancient love poetry" and 'the last immortal" irked me so much I get angry just thinking about some scenes. I agree that both drama had decent plotline and cast but the story was an annoying angst that just made my blood boil. Both of these dramas can be summarized as such "One evil b**** 's desire for power and taking over the magpie's nest caused everything" Be it that low bloodline phoneix huanhuan in ALP or the girl who pretended to be the ML's savior in TLI who manipulated things which mixed with the various misunderstanding because of troupe such as "doing good for the other person" 'I will die so lets keep my distance and not care what happens to her" "silently doing things for the other person but never clarifying" "for the greater good" blah blah blah.... I really can't stomach drama plots that carry forward like this anymore. I would like to make myself clear again that both ALP and TLI are good dramas and I am not criticizing them; just that I can't enjoy these angsty dramas. Its a personal preference, no offense.
So, this drama ML character is set up as a red flag scumbag.. who kills the fl, slaps her, insults her and other things..to top it off also had an affair with her sister and got her pregnant.. I really like both the actor and actress.. and has been waiting for Li Yi Tong's big drama.. but I really can't stomach the FL ending up with a scumbag in the story.. red flag MLs are not my thing.. Couldn't we have a plot of cool female counterattack rather than the female being forced by system or book world to please the bad ML for survival..
In fact I have always binge watched dramas after they finished airing (first, reading spoilers, watching highlights to see if its okay to watch). This is probably going to be the first drama I will watch while airing. Its not the first time a novel I liked has been adopted but I have never been so impatient. Even with the double or hidden love I finished reading spoilers to see comparison between novel and drama then I watched. This novel is the #1 xiania in terms of romance in my heart. The male lead is so good to my female goose and their relationship is so comfortable and heartwarming and no annoying characters except the plot necessary villains. I have never gotten over this novel since I read it last year.
Firstly, There are many hit dramas but beautiful plot delivery is rare. This drama really nailed this point. Its like one inch more or less would have led it astray. They presented the characterization of every character in every stage of plot beautifully. For example, when main lead Zhang Hai first comes to the capital before he finishes his training and his schemes at the beginning are shown a bit green as it should be along with the nervousness of a young man also hatred/anger that he finds difficult to hide from others' gazes. But with every small step forward towards his goal we see him become a seasoned tactician.
Secondly, there was some tiny elements of lucky-break / gary stu conveniences which was interlaced with the plot so well that it didn't feel abnormal or weird, it just gave the feeling that if it was a novel I would say " in a story there are some coincidences/ circumstances needed to make the story smooth flowing" . In a word, it felt just normal.
Third point and the most important one, as the male lead of a revenge story Zhang Hai was set as an upright man from start to end which is also rare. Because, revenge dramas/novels main characters find it difficult to maintain their bottom completely or not hurting/using the innocent for their own purpose. Throughout the whole plot Zhang Hai's father Kuai Duo's shadow was always there to show that Zhang Hai was influenced by his father's principles for example the carriage flashback scene why his father always walked..so no matter how difficult it was Zhang Hai never bend his moral bottom line although it made his revenge path much harder. So, despite being a revenge drama character, Zhang Hai never came off as a hypocrite or annoying rather positive and upright despite the darkness and gloom of revenge which I found remarkable. Zhang Hai was made a complex but extremely likeable character. We know In some revenge drama/novels if MC was set as upright it might look naive or holy father; In some story characters are shown as upright with principles but then the plot will show that MC has involved/implicated people unrelated to his conspiracies because he was helpless, no choice blah blah... in a word hypocrite. But this drama successfully avoided all this and made the character Zhang Hai brilliant.
All in all, kudos to the actors, directors, production team for delivering a drama of such high quality.
1) The next CCTV8 channel dramas are The Immortal Ascension (TIA) -YOUKU, Our Generation (OG)-YOUKU, Coroner's Diary (CD)-IQIYI.
2) There are 3 coming soon dramas (among the ones that have obtained license) in the synopsis written in YOUKU website. One for the above mentioned TIA, LONG FOR FISH (WDBTD) and LOVE AND CROWN (L&C)
3) So, if the next 2 dramas airing in CCTV8 are with YOUKU then WDBTD/ L&C will be released after TIA and OG.
4) Or if the next drama CCTV releases is CD then in Youku it it might be WDBTD or L&C.
Of course there are possibilities for sudden drama drops such as in the name of justice or others.
So, now Youku's release schedule depends on CCTV. Except for the 2 CCTV dramas, which will be released first among L&C and WDBTD that depends on YOUKU.
She didn't speak for a long time, her expression was heavy, and Sima Jiao's expression also became heavy, a little irritable, "What are you thinking about?"
Liao Tingyan: "My breasts seem to have grown suddenly?" The legs seemed to have become longer, and the skin on the hands seemed to be whiter and brighter, as if a beauty filter was turned on.
Sima Jiao: "Breasts?" He looked at Liao Tingyan's breasts for the first time.
Liao Tingyan looked down at her breasts, thinking about whether to touch them or not, but considering that she was being held by a man, she was too embarrassed to do so. Just as she was trying to hold back, she saw Sima Jiao reaching out his hand with a cold face and touching them very naturally.
Liao Tingyan: ??? What are you doing with your hand? Where are you touching? ?
Sima Jiao: “It’s just two pieces of meat. What’s the point of having them so big?”
Seeing the disgust and disapproval on his face, Liao Tingyan gave him a fake smile: “Put your hand down before you say that.”
Liao Tingyan had a strong desire to survive, and at the same time, she was very sensitive to danger, so every time she saw Sima Jiao, her master, she was timid, tried to speak as little as possible, treated him as her ancestor, and used polite language. But now, when this ancestor weighed her chest like a piece of pork, her rationality instantly went offline, and she became timid and touched Sima Jiao's butt and pinched it.
Sima Jiao: "..."
You can't touch a tiger's butt, Liao Tingyan looked at the other person's expression and suddenly thought of this sentence. She slowly let go of her hand, feeling that her desire to survive began to recover, so her expression changed from anger to calm and then to confusion with a little timidity. She leaned in Sima Jiao's arms, holding her left hand obediently, and turned her head to look at the rolling clouds in the sky.
I look at the sky, I look at the earth, but I don't look at you.
Liao Tingyan was waiting for this bad-tempered ancestor to throw her off the moving snake car, and she also thought about the precautions for jumping out of the car. After waiting for a long time, she didn't wait. She glanced at him from the side and met Sima Jiao's eyes. His eyes were cold and chilly, stinging her brain. He was scary when he was gloomy and irritable, scary when he smiled in a perverted way, and still scary when he had no expression.
Liao Tingyan: Oh, why can't I control my hand.jpg
Sima Jiao held her hand that was pinching his butt. Her wrist was slender and white, and in his overly white hand, it seemed that it would break if bent. His movements were very intimate. His broad palm wrapped around her hand, and his slender fingers slowly stroked her wrist with a little force -
Liao Tingyan swore with her suddenly long legs that this ancestor was now ready to pinch her wrist and teach her a lesson. The situation was urgent, Liao Tingyan acted faster than she thought, subconsciously following Sima Jiao's movements, grabbed his hand and firmly pressed it on her chest, "Calm down, please touch my chest, touch it as you like."
She guessed right, Sima Jiao's abnormal mood changed at any time, he wanted to kill someone if someone touched his finger, not to mention being pinched on the butt. He was stunned at first, after all, there were people in the world who dared to kill him, but no one dared to touch his butt. After he realized this, the only thought in his mind was to teach her a lesson - this was because he had no disgust for this person and was somewhat interested in him. The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped.
But he didn't expect her to do this. His hand, which wanted to use force, was suddenly pressed on a soft place, and the force was not retracted, just like pinching a ball of cotton, completely unloading the force.
Liao Tingyan pressed his hand, with an upright expression, like a salesman, "Try it, it feels really good." Who wouldn't like a big, fragrant and soft young lady's breasts? Men and women like them, even arrogant creatures like cats like them. Don't be too happy to step on breasts. It's no problem for a murderer.
Sima Jiao did everything just because of the sudden impulse in his heart. It was probably because his blood relatives were all crazy, and he himself was also a crazy person, irritable and bloodthirsty. When he felt unhappy, he would want a channel to vent, and this channel was naturally killing. Whoever made him unhappy, he wanted to kill.
The person in front of him was very special. She had survived under his hands many times, and she was the only one who could make him give up his murderous intentions one after another. Others often died on the spot when he first had the murderous intention, but she inexplicably made him calm down his anger and murderous intentions again and again, just like now, the impulse to crush her wrist just now was gone.
Since it was gone, he regained his calm.