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Every MDL page of a drama is populated by a great majority of people who think that that particular drama is the best of 2021, or the best ever. And they will also think that the leads there are the best. So, you will need to be careful not to say anything that will hurt those folks there.

If you go there and tell them YAMG is the best, as shown by the latest figure, they will make sure that you will have a miserable time there.

When I go to the MDL page of another page, I trek very very carefully, if I wish to join in any of their discussion. Before I even join them, I read all the existing comments very carefully, check the names of the people there, and size up their attitude toward people with differing views. If I am likely to get into constant quarrel with them, I will not even bother to join the comment section. Just not worth it. I have so many other better things to do.

It does not mean very much. Just that lots of people in Weibo are talking a lot about it, just because it is a new drama. It is a decent drama, but right now, we do not know anything about it. No idea about the current view count, no idea how it will do over the duration of its air time. So, nothing to get worried about.

But please do not bring my comment there, or some people there may take my statement out of context and think that I am starting a fan war between the two dramas, because that is not what I am trying to do. ​This is just for you to understand what ranking on Weibo Super topic means.

When TOOL is aired, it too will rank No 1 on Weibo Super topic. Any decent drama will do that.

So Dilraba said this in an interview? She feels that whatever QJJ has, she has; but what she has, QJJ may not have. Interesting. Did the interviewer ask Dilraba to elaborate? I guess not.

Almost there. 5 hours to go, before midnight in Beijing

Just so everyone is clear, this is shipping them as a couple because of the drama, not for them to be a real couple in real life. This is some kind of competition and winning it will mean they will get videos of them being shown on big video screens in some ot the big cities in China. This will be great promotional material for YAMG, because there are still many people in China yet to watch this drama.

I see. I am watching both concurrently, and trying to make sure I do not get mixed up with her two roles. But, there is slight difference between the two characters, and although both are historicals, they are from different periods of Chinese history. Should not get an overdose of Bai Lu.

The way she smiles, if you look carefully, very similar facial expression in some of the scenes. Good thing the voice actress used are different. That too help with the differentiation.

Try Duboku. But I think no English sub

I saw, but did not move for the last 2 hours

I took like both, each beautiful in its own way. I think both will stay in our memory for a long time.

We are too few. Even if we are counted, our effort may be in vain.

Yes, someone here mentioned that if a viewer in China were to hit the play button for a certain mimimum duration, even rewatch will count.

If they wish to organise any coordinated effort to push it up, they must be careful to space it out. If everyone goes in and hit the play button at the same time, it will crash their apps again, just like last Monday night.

They do!! Someone here mentioned that in China, rewatching the episodes also count. The leaders of their respective fan bases in China must be watching the view count as eagerly as we are, perhaps even more. All they need to do is to send out some kind of message tonight, and have as many fans hit the play buttons, and we will hit 3B tonight. Their combined fandoms should have more than 70M people. Each person just hit the watch button once, tonight, job done!

Exactly! And here we are talking about them being a couple after filming only one drama together. The couple at "Crash Landing on You" took two projects to understand each other. Reba and Yang Yang will need more time than the few months they knew each other filming YAMG, to find out if they are right for each other.

If they work on another project, spend another 3-4 months intensively togther and understand each other more, and then found that they are right for each other, they will surely announce their relationship and make it public.

Mean time, all the physical intimacy we saw on screen is nothing more than two great actors just doing their job.

The way we are doing the countdown to 3B views, I feel that the excitement is very similar to all those watching the count down in the control room, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 launch! Maybe YY and DD are also watching the countdown to 3B with all of us.

70m more. Will we get it by midnight tonight?? Maybe all their fans will come out tonight and just help push to 3B.

I hope so too!

Yup. Both QJJ and YT did not progress very far in their relationship with their exes. They never reached the point of having the kind of mutual love and respect that JJ had with YT (once they got together). If physical intimacy moves too far ahead of emotional and intellectual attachment, that kind of relationship is often very weak and may not last. We see this in many real life examples of celebrities breaking up just a few short years after marriage. Think of Yang Mi with Harwick Lau, and Zhao Liying with Feng Shaofeng

70M views. We might just get it by midnight, Beijing time. It will be a significant milestone for YAMG.

I too agree on the part about the finance distress. I think his ex-prof did ask him if he still has money problem, and YT just said no, not is not problem anymore, without too much explanation.

Yes, a deeper probe into that issue would have given more depth to the storyline. Gu Man could have easily included a nice and touching conversation between QJJ and YT, with QJJ saying to him, "Please do not worry about money issue. Once we are married, my money will be your money. If ever your mother get into any health issues, I will use all my money (and I have lots of it) to find the best medical care for your mother. You do not also need to worry about your housing loan. I will redeem all your loans, and we will buy ourselves a nice big apartment near to workplace."

Such a conversation would have given a meaningful closure to his money problem.

Yes, that can indeed be one of the outcomes of the view count. Higher views would indicate to both of them that viewers appreciated their performance. Apart from the money they make while filming this drama, getting good accolades from viewers is another great reward. It shows that viewers acknowledged their great chemistry, and that might just motivate them to want to work together. The key factor is still find a sript they both like and a filming slot that will fit their busy schedule. Right now, their respective teams could already be negotiating for project in 2022, so any collaboration again could be a few years down the road.

DD did mention that. She said she would not mind to work on another project with YY. I do not know how likely that will be, but the fact that she said she does not mind, at least from her side, things will be easier. Her studio will not object to it. Sometimes, chances are not very high, particularly if they are both stars. They have so many projects lined up, it is so difficult to find a common time for filming. And, it may also not be easy to find another script like YAMG, where they both liked.