KevinToronto

I am trying to understand why they are delaying the release of the final 3 episodes until the middle of next week. It does not seem very logical.

Why does the ML seem to be the first to fall? Because it "sells". When I did my MBA, there was a business case about Harlequin Books, which was a highly successful publisher of romance novels. One aspect of their success was the control they maintained on the structure of the story and its length. The authors were given strict direction on the story, such as the number of total words and the pages when specific events (first kiss, etc.) had to happen. At their peak, the company published over 1,100 novels in a year (over 50% of romance novels in North America).

Respectfully, that is rubbish, and I have to question whether you have actually watched the programme.

"she doesn't know how to handle things."
-- Did you miss the fact that she knew who was behind the AI problem, and still wanted to work with him because she knew he needed the job?
-- She has been able to re-assemble her team to produce the comic.
-- She went to the ski areas to do research for her new comic.
-- She told her mother that she would not marry Yi Ming.

" Wei Zhi is basically a princess, "
-- You know that she has her own apartment, and does not go back to her parents very often.
-- She has her own career, despite her mother telling her to quit and do something "professional".

"they need to entrust her daughter to a man who can protect her anf no just love her,"
-- Absolutely not. They need to trust that they have raised their daughter well enough that she can make the decision about her partner.
-- They are making her into a tool to help their business and personal connections. It has nothing to do with "protecting her".
-- So someone who loves her will not move heaven and earth to protect her?

The good thing is that we will not have to wait too long to find out. Having to wait for a week to find out would have been torturous.

Those of us who are enjoying this show all agree. However, the "disapproving parents" story has been telegraphed from quite early on. We can only hope that it does not take up too much of the remaining show time.

Agreed. Asking for sneakers from Canada so that she could stand next to him was a lovely moment and a perfect example of their relationship.

I am hoping that the redemption arc for Yi Ming (I was a big critic of Version 1.0 of him) is completed by him standing up for the two of them and telling Wei Zhi's parents that he supports them.

It is not just the "stable and high income" aspect, but the prestige and status that is assigned to the professions. I would also add that he is not the person they picked. So, Chong has two things counting against him.

From quite early on, there has been a group of people who have given bad ratings. If you check the Episode Guide above, you will see that Episode 23 (yes, the final episode) has a rating of 7.2 from 45 votes!

If she is serious about her acting career, then focusing on a specific niche is probably the worst thing to do. She is only 30 and I sense that she has the ability to expand her repertoire.

I could be wrong, but I think the names used in the show are fictitious, even if the resorts and towns are real. Regardless, here are a couple of links that might help:
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-ski-resort/
https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resorts/china/sorted/slope-length/

The Flying Pink Turtle rules. 😊

To be honest, I got the same impression from the interaction between her mother and Nan Feng, starting at around 2:35 of EP 15.

I am not certain but the nickname was something introduced very early on and it was something that had been around for a while. That being said, I did not like the fact that it is used.

I am not certain why her voice will preclude her from taking on "serious" roles. There are many actors who have trained their voice so that it can be "adjusted" to account for the character.

I will happily admit that the new side of Yi Ming is immeasurably better than the old one. I am not certain why they had to portray him in such a bad light before.

I was going to avoid responding to or commenting on the various people making the paedophilia accusations because I did not want to get dragged into the mud.

However, I do want to say that this is one person from the West who did not and does not think this show or Yu Shu Xin's acting are in any way related to "paedophilia".

Sadly, there are people who throw around accusations of paedophilia without thinking of the consequences to the falsely accused, and the even greater tragedy that is the suffering of the children who are attacked by paedophiles. Just think of the fact that Kendrick's song (Not Like Us) contains the accusation that Drake is a paedophile. That song won 5 Grammy awards, including Song of the Year!

While I am holding out hope that Wei Zhi's mother actually comes around to support her, I did not get the impression that having her "secretary" investigate things as a positive. I felt that her mother considered the scandal as another reason for Wei Zhi to quit drawing comics.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I am a little confused regarding the release of episodes. In the calendar above, there single episodes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; two episodes on Thursday; and 4 on Saturday. However, @rogue_jean posted (6 hours ago) a link to the YoukuOfficial site on X which indicates that the show will not finish until next week. Is this the real site? https://x.com/YoukuOfficial/status/1901567854778179613