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So one thing I realized is they started shooting exactly 1 year ago pretty much when the drama aired. This is extremely fast production. Probably due to the voice overs - faster to fix those censorship issues also the drawings also fix censorship issues quickly - if there were any...

So I have the Chinese Tencent app installed as well and I can see The Long Ballad in Chinese but not on the English app.

Wu Lei was working out like crazy to get buff for the drama. Dilreba is under 50kgs, like 47kg according to online but keep in mind she is taller than most actresses too so I would expect her to weigh a bit more.

Yes I did start watching it there, just disappointed that I paid for VIP and don't get to watch up to episode 10 now?

OK according to Douban, here is the summary, "The play is adapted from the sporadic novel "The Emperor's Book", a positive, heart-tinged Yuyuan, originally for the founding fathers, because the family suddenly changed and exiled folk. Unwilling to be caught in the throat by fate, she named Ren, decided to do everything in her power to resettle the war-affected people of Lebanon, looking forward to creating a peaceful home for the people, at the same time she is also investigating to find out the truth, hoping to return the family to innocence. In the process of helping the people, she not only gained some prestige and praise, but also was appreciated by Prince Han Yu and became her staff. Subsequently, with the help of the resourceful Ren Anle, Han Yulian broke the case of fraud, Jiangnan disaster relief food corruption case. At this time, the border war broke out, the world's life as its own responsibility, Ren Anle decided to follow Han Yu expedition, hoping to end the war as soon as possible in exchange for the people's well-being. In the face of the enemy strong I weak situation, Ren's safe operation to prepare the curtain, with disease to kill the enemy, win the dangerous victory, the people also ushered in the dawn of peace. In the end, Han helped Ren Find out what had happened and cleared up the family's grievances."

When is WeTV (Tencent Video) going to sub this in ENG? I paid for VIP and had expectations that it would be available for VIP in English.

So, one thing about Love and Redemption that bothered me a lot is the female lead was so naive....it was just too over the top in that regard for me.

Agree, just sit back and enjoy, why dissect the drama so early on. Personally I love how exciting the episodes are so far. I have no read the manga nor do I know anything about it but I definitely want to keep watching the drama. So far way better than the last drama I watched - Love and Redemption.

What's the Douban score on this now?

Everyone, try to stream it on the official networks so that Reba and her drama team gets the traffic count from you guys. Or at least play it in the background a few times on Tencent Video :)

Wow, the production quality looks amazing! It gets right into the action right away!

Oh yes, I found it!

Where are you watching this? It's still not out on Tencent Video (US)

Rumors have Xiao Zhan, Deng Len and Huang JingYu is also really interested...wow these CNet rumors are something! At least it's exciting!

This is what I got as a summary for this novel using Google translate..."When I first met, she was a female bandit from the cottage, and he was the prince of Tianhuang noble. A long journey to marry the two people together. The maid said: "The master, we are bandits, and the celestial imperial court will put us in their eyes?" She said: "My betrothal gift for Ren Anle is a city, and his dowry is the whole Dajing!" See you again, she It is the first rank general of the new nobility of the imperial capital, he is the prince who wants to stand shoulder to shoulder with her. The two of them worked hand in hand to solve strange cases and punish officials, but their heartbeat at the beginning was extinguished in his sentence "Ren Anle, I am touched by you, but I will protect Di Ziyuan for the rest of my life." In the end, she is the Emperor Ziyuan who bears the enmity of the genocide. He is the son of the emperor who falsely accused her of rebellion. She and him are destined to have an enmity as deep as the sea, striving for life and death. No amount of affection can be worth the sentence "Han Ye, you and I are doomed to death". This scene of intertwined love and hatred is destined to be rouge and dust, beautiful and beautiful, and people's hearts cannot withstand repeated calculations. This road of emperor to emperor is destined to be sprinkled with blood and bones to accumulate, and love is not worth mentioning. How should she and him go back to the beginning..."

Not on Tencent Video yet (US) but I see trailers on Twitter. Wow we get to hear Reba's real voice! Not some dub!

Now that I think about it, Dilreba has been going for more strong female lead roles. So Legend of Anle might be more her style.

They already started shooting Blue Whisper over a month ago with Allen Ren as the male lead. That one will go for 6 months. So the timing to shoot "Love when the Stars Fall" is end of this year. Which means schedule wise it could work for XZ and Dilreba. But yeah rumors are rumors...

Shooting for his current drama with Ren Min will end in 5 months.

Gossip all over Weibo today that Xiao Zhan and Dilreba are in early talks to do this with shooting in September. This is all rumors however...but still exciting!