Last time I checked on Douban it had bumped up to a 5.7, but yep, still way too low. But... I'm not surprised.…
I saw at least one promotion of it on either Weibo or on a Chinese news source I was reading. I cannot for the life of me remember which drama it was (should have bookmarked it) but it specifically stood out. It was because the drama's Douban score was so poor the production company decided to promote the MDL score instead, which was much higher :)
And I think that's coming very soon. The more non-Chinese sign up for Chinese streaming platforms, watch dramas on YouTube and on Netflix etc, the more Chinese companies are starting to realize there is a HUGE market out there.
A Chinese account I follow on X was pushing the narrative that C-dramas are now getting more popular than K-dramas outside China only last week (I'm not sure that's true, but the market is heading in that direction), and it was a big point of national pride for them.
Just wait until C-dramas get really big, and we'll be promoted to and kowtowed to like you wouldn't believe :)
E p27 --Did anybody else love the little jade figurines JZ soothed her little new sister-in-law with? The hidden…
Yes. And all the props are gorgeous in this. Shows just what a high level of craftsmanship people in the Ming Dynasty had, doesn't it? Such superb attention to detail by the production team as well.
I found this Christie's guide about the Ming period when the drama first started, and the high level of artistic skill back then (we're talking close to 400 to 700 years ago ) is stunning.
I’m trying to figure out what CXQ’s angle is here. She’s married and loves her husband and he can clearly…
He's blinded by his disappointment that his life isn't going the way he wanted it to, and so he's not seeing clearly.
As we saw in Ep 30 though, any kind of decent life is probably too late for him at this point, as the FL not only doesn't want him anywhere near her in any capacity, but he's also now a murderer.
Ren Min has had an army of abusers since she starred in The Longest Promise (I loved her in it, some didn't), so no matter what she stars in, she's always going to get a segment of viewers who will downrate the drama because of it.
Chinese production companies/streaming services, though, have started to look much closer at MDL ratings recently, and will sometimes even promote those ratings if the Douban rating is poor.
So, if we can get the rating for the drama even higher on here, it may get some promotion from Mango TV/WeTV because of it :)
What? Their sexual chemistry is literally goosebumps chemistry it's so good. It's always funny to me how people…
Ah sorry, I get what you're saying and my fault for assuming. I'm probably reacting to quite a few other people's posts about him and the FL. Ignore me :)
And yep you're completely correct with your last sentence about him.
Ya'll do realize that many of ya'lls visceral hatred of Ye Xian proves my point that he's the best written character…
He's written well and portrayed superbly by Winwin, and I haven't seen anyone saying otherwise. We're just not all slobbering over a character because he's handsome, when his personality is both incredibly flawed and destructive to himself and everyone around him.
And because the FL doesn't think of him as anything other than a friend. Never has. Never will. And she's made that obvious several times.
Meanwhile, it's odd some people keep trying to frame their relationship differently, NOT because they believe that relationship IS different, because they know it's not, but because they have the hots for Winwin.
And, btw, I don't have visceral hatred for him at all. He's one of my favorite characters because he is so flawed, and I feel sorry for him.
The writing is superb. Some of the best I've ever seen in a C-drama, and I've watched thousands. It's also a brilliant…
It's an odd one. There's some parts of it I like and some that are annoying just because I've already watched the drama. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't watched the drama as it stands pretty well on its own. But stack it up against the drama, and it's incredibly jarring that it's just SO different in every respect, up to and including the relationship of the characters with each other and their motivations (and I am only 15 or so chapters in, so I don't have the full story of the 300-plus chapters yet).
The screenwriter must have read the novel, several times, and then decided most of it just doesn't work for the screen -- pulled out what she/he could salvage, and then built a new story from the ground up :) And came up with a truly spectacular result, IMO.
The writing is superb. Some of the best I've ever seen in a C-drama, and I've watched thousands. It's also a brilliant…
Hahahaha, I realized just HOW well-written the plot and the characters were when I started to read the novel, which is decent in its own way.
I can only imagine how long it took the screenwriter to create something that works for a drama from that novel, as they've basically stripped it to its bare bones and then rebuilt a story that's "kind of connected" to the novel, but not really.
An incredible feat, IMO, that must have required an enormous amount of work to get it to where it is now.
The leads have no sexual chemistry and it's so odd. lolLike they have chemistry (romantic, sincere, playful) but…
What? Their sexual chemistry is literally goosebumps chemistry it's so good. It's always funny to me how people see things from completely different angles, isn't it :)
BTW, Huang Yi is also doing a phenomenal job in this as Jinzhao's sister Gu Lan. She played one of my favorite characters in Fate Chooses You, and it's fascinating to watch her now as Gu Lan as those two roles could not be more different, but she has killed it in both of them. Such a talented actress.
Isn’t it her own voice? She sounded the same in Hold the Court Now.
No, it's voice actress Liu Rui who provides Jinzhao's voice. She was also the voice actress for A Sheng in Fate Chooses You, and Feng Xi Yang in Fated Hearts. She's very talented, had a huge number of roles.
The writing is superb. Some of the best I've ever seen in a C-drama, and I've watched thousands. It's also a brilliant…
It's a completely different plot. I'm only 15 chapters in, but it can get a bit confusing because I have a tendency to compare events and people to the drama. And the drama wins every time. 😀 Why not try the first chapters and see what you think?
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And I think that's coming very soon. The more non-Chinese sign up for Chinese streaming platforms, watch dramas on YouTube and on Netflix etc, the more Chinese companies are starting to realize there is a HUGE market out there.
A Chinese account I follow on X was pushing the narrative that C-dramas are now getting more popular than K-dramas outside China only last week (I'm not sure that's true, but the market is heading in that direction), and it was a big point of national pride for them.
Just wait until C-dramas get really big, and we'll be promoted to and kowtowed to like you wouldn't believe :)
I found this Christie's guide about the Ming period when the drama first started, and the high level of artistic skill back then (we're talking close to 400 to 700 years ago ) is stunning.
https://www.christies.com/en/stories/ming-era-art-collecting-guide-d63d84700fa54871ae826bc804e97cb6
And also the clothing - just gorgeous.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ming+dynasty+clothing&ia=images&iax=images
As we saw in Ep 30 though, any kind of decent life is probably too late for him at this point, as the FL not only doesn't want him anywhere near her in any capacity, but he's also now a murderer.
Ren Min has had an army of abusers since she starred in The Longest Promise (I loved her in it, some didn't), so no matter what she stars in, she's always going to get a segment of viewers who will downrate the drama because of it.
Chinese production companies/streaming services, though, have started to look much closer at MDL ratings recently, and will sometimes even promote those ratings if the Douban rating is poor.
So, if we can get the rating for the drama even higher on here, it may get some promotion from Mango TV/WeTV because of it :)
And yep you're completely correct with your last sentence about him.
And because the FL doesn't think of him as anything other than a friend. Never has. Never will. And she's made that obvious several times.
Meanwhile, it's odd some people keep trying to frame their relationship differently, NOT because they believe that relationship IS different, because they know it's not, but because they have the hots for Winwin.
And, btw, I don't have visceral hatred for him at all. He's one of my favorite characters because he is so flawed, and I feel sorry for him.
The screenwriter must have read the novel, several times, and then decided most of it just doesn't work for the screen -- pulled out what she/he could salvage, and then built a new story from the ground up :) And came up with a truly spectacular result, IMO.
I can only imagine how long it took the screenwriter to create something that works for a drama from that novel, as they've basically stripped it to its bare bones and then rebuilt a story that's "kind of connected" to the novel, but not really.
An incredible feat, IMO, that must have required an enormous amount of work to get it to where it is now.
The character is fabulous and Winwin is doing an incredible job portraying him, and I CAN objectively see he's handsome, but no.
Then again, I've never been into pretty boys so there's that. :) Give me a Ci Sha or a Xiao Shun Yao any day of the week :)