PeachBlossomGoddess

Nope, I got off work early today bc they were pest controlling the office... You almost done?

LOL I haven't done that yet... bucket list.

Finished - it got better towards the end.

You can scroll down 6-7 posts from here to @930201_ln's link below to a complete translation of the novel's ending.

Ok calling it a night bc it looks like the fengzi actress whatshername is out acting yuqi. That can’t be right I must need sleep...

Try it, it’s not like that.

The politics are fast moving. And the production is fast moving. This was way slower .

Rise of Phoenixes is indeed a political drama that got hijacked by the love story. It is very flawed but I still rewatch it every time I am bored. I loved NIF and NIF2 as well but they are so tragic I rarely rewatch.

That is my all time favorite c-drama character by a long mile. If yous see him you will think Lord Lu is ludicrous. This actor's immitation as obvious and as bad as those cheap and fake LV and Gucci bags you can find all over China.

The actor is pathetic. He is trying to immitate Chen Kun's Ning Yi in Rise of Phoenix down to his wandering eyebrow, the low whisper and the intense stare. But to anyone who watched and loved Ning Yi it just looks really weak, creepy and stupid because he can't make his eyes gleam wickedly, he doesn't have the same gravitas and it doesn't suit his face which is nothing like Chen Kun's face. Not to mention Ning Yi was a grey character and not an evil one. I never realized it is possible to have acting pliagiarism until now.

Actually IMHO as written, they were both fine. Just some idiot sexist director chose to drag out their naive phase in life to countless episodes...

Check MDL.

I believe it is Chu Yui Bun for both of them. I gave up on ELOD at 25 so I never got to the good part but I did read the book which I liked.

LOL well it looks like Tencent is buying iQiyi so maybe in the future they will be faster with subs. I believe that English subs is not a priority for Youku for the time being but now that Tencent/iQiyi is ganging up against them maybe it will change.

Yes you have to be VIP to watch up to 14. Youku doesn't;t have an English app yet. I found it here also up to 12 but raw:
https://www1.dramacool.eu/watch/love-in-between-episode-1-english-sub/

Exactly!!!

Me three. Both AOL and Pillow Book were good books (that I did end up reading since I bailed on the dramas). I realize I have a problem with that director because he likes to make women look stupid and naive - he dedicates endless episodes of his dramas towards doing this. Neither book actually does that. Since then, I get rashes when I watch either Yangzi or Dilraba (whom I used to love). I will never watch another one of his dramas.

First time I have watched any of them but they seem quite good.

Heheh... I definitely have not researched any of these dudes as diligently as you have then...

I don't subscribe Tencent but Youku has 14 episodes out already, which is on track.