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When they do have that banquet, hopefully, they can post some photos in twitter or instagram and let us share their joy and happiness

I would like to correct myself. I read more bio about the female lead in FIYS. It seems that she did attend a school of performing art in Seoul. I do not know the courses she took while there, whether it includes compulsory courses in theatres and acting. Perhaps she did not take enough courses in acting, and hence that explains her acting in FIYS and some of her other dramas.

It will come true. Just a matter of time.

I am not a gamer, but here, you can read this article. It helps to explain.

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/esports-what-skins-mean-to-gamers-9220961.html

So basically, it is a way for game developer to make more money from people who play these kinds of video game.

Actually, the opposite happened for YAMG. I was here several weeks ago when some 'haters' with fake MDL accounts dropped the rating of YAMG from 8.6 to 8,2 in just one hour. It tooks weeks before the rating recovered, which goes to show just how many people loved this drama. If there were bots used to raise the rating of YAMG, it would have recovered much faster.

Yes, GJ fans will be supportive too! So, their combined power will propel this to be a bit hit next year.

My final reason. Both Reba and Yang Yang are brand ambassadors for Tencent Video and WeTv. Do you notice that free members who watch YAMG always view all those advertisements by Reba by Yang Yang?? This is very synergistic. The more they see those ads, the more people will want to keep watching YAMG. And since people who watch YAMG are already pretty much fans of Reba and YY, they may also not mind to watch those ads. So, lots of synergies.

Are you good with Mandarin and Chinese? If you are, I might be able to suggest something that is to your taste

Here is my guess. When YAMG is streamed on lots of platforms, Tencent will lose control over advertising dollars.

Do you notice that when those who have ordinary membership watch YAMG, we have to watch all those advertisements?? So, when Tencent controls all the streaming platforms, it can force all these product owners to pay a high price for those advertisements. They cannot go to IQIYI (which is not controlled by Tencent) and say I am willing to place my advertisements on your streaming platform, if you charge me lower than Tencent video or WeTv. Both Tencent Video and WeTv are controlled by Tencent. WeTv is the international arm. Hence, whichever platform a brand owner wishes to advertise in, they need to negotiate with Tencent, and the money will go to Tencent.

Besides controlling the price of advertisements place on Tencent Video and WeTv, Tencent can also which brand will allowed to place advertisement, which brand will not. It is possible that because compatibility issue with YAMG, Tencent may not want certain products to be advertised on the streaming platform. Give you an example. In the drama, Clarins advertised its product. QJJ has Clarins product in her bathroom. Hence, Tencent may not wish to accept any adverstisements from Clarins's competitors. This way, Tencent can also charge Clarins a higher price for them to advertise Clarins products in the drama itself. Tencent can tell them if you pay us $X, we will agree not to accept any advertisements from your competitors. Once, Tencent allows IQIYI to air YAMG, this is out of their control. IQIYI can easily accept advertisements from from any cosmetics brand, even if that brand is a Clarins competitor.

Yes, besides Tencent Video, it will also be shown on Hunan TV.

That is great! They should. Hitting 3B views is something worth celebrating.

That seems to be the impression I get, after reading the post from Reixx. Now reading yours, it just more or less double confirmed it, that in China, FIYS is no where compared to YAMG.

I did not watch FIYS, but when I go to the MDL page of that drama, many people say the acting of the female lead is flat, her facial expression is not good. I am not surprised at all. She crossed over into dramaland, from being a singer and dancer. Sometimes, it works. But most times it does not. If lots of people can do this, what is the point of having all those drama academies??

But Reba and YY are different. Both spent years in drama schools. And both took years to hone their acting skills even after attending drama schools. What we saw in YAMG is not an accident, but the product of their years of training in drama schools, followed by years of learning from experience. The hype and popularity of YAMG in China is totally justified.

Yes, watching with good sub is important. It is not easy to know what is going on just by looking at their facial expressions. You might misinterpret many things.

We are now at 3.14B views. The rate is slow, so getting to 3.2 by today is not likely. But the final two episodes will be available to viewers from China tomorrow. So, it should get to 3.2B by tomorrow night.

And then August 30, the final two episodes will be avaiable to non-VIP members, hopefully bringing us to 3.3B. From there, additional view count will drop, as a great majority who really want to watch it with whatever option (fast track, VIP, and ordinary member) would have watched it. Leaving us with people who play catch up, or people who will watch it based on word of mouth recommedation. If we can end at 3.4 to 3.5B, Tencent and all the investors (which should include brand owners of products used in this drama) would have considered YAMG is a big success. It would have exceeded their expectations.

And once The Oath of Love is aired, most people in China will likely watch that drama, because it too has two very good actors and a nice storyline. But viewers for TOOL will be split between TV and Tencent App, and there is no big modern dramas the rest of the year. So YAMG should end up being the best modern drama in 2021 for Tencent, based on total view counts.

If it can end the year at 4B views, it will even beat The Sword and Brocade, if we count views per episode, because that historical drama has 45 episodes.

If you do love the acting style of Dilraba, yes, you should try this drama. This drama is different from YAMG. In YAMG, the main emphasis is on romance and finding love. Here, in The Long Ballad, the main emphasis is on the character growth of Li Changge, which is acted out by Dilraba.

She was very young, just 14 in episode 1, and her life will be totally changed by the event in episode 2 called the Xuanwu Gate Incident. The drama will trace her life and adventures after that incident. She will grow and mature and meet many people in her life and also find love. But finding love was not her main objective. Her main objective was to find herself, what is the most important goal in her life.

If you do not understand anything, please do not feel bad to come here and ask. Either I or someone else will explain to you.

Keep watching till the end, and then see what you think.
The plot or storyline is simple with very little twist and turn, but sweet nevertheless. The great acting by Yang Yang and Dilraba made the entire story very real and believeable. That is why it attained the average rating of 8.8

I think the TOOL will also do very well. The combined view of TV viewers and Tencent app viewers should be very high for that drama. Just that viewers are split into 2 sources, so if we just count Tencent app, YAMG will likely be higher.

We all have our preferences, so it is perfectly fine that you like YAMG more. Many people here also like it more. I also like it more.

But, TOOL yet to be aired. There will be many viewers who will like that drama more. So, it is kind of to each his/her own.

Here, read this article to see just how many brands Reba (QJJ) was advertising for:

https://inf.news/en/entertainment/cf020029c74a13485bde9fe7203167ff.html

This is not the complete list

Cute!

They did the product placement in YAMG very very well. It blended into the drama seamlessly, so many of us do not realise it. Lots of the stuff that Reba (QJJ) wore, like her massive earrings on many occasions, lots of those are product placements as well.

So, in China, some of these brands may follow up with newspapers ads and highlight the fact that these were product worn by her in YAMG. Or they may have posters of Reba placed in departmental stores in China, wearing some of the sweater, jackets, etc that she wore.

I was not aware of how many products she could be advertising for, till I read some articles about it.