Let's be honest, this isn't Hou Minghao's best look in this drama, but damn, I'm so happy to see him in something…
I think it's great that he's in all the getups that the Director wants him to have, and he'll look excellent! Be it with that iconic battle mask on, slicing through enemies on the battlefield, or hiding what is in his heart~
I am really excited about this…saw the trailers…so fun!
Yay! Glad to see you! 🥰🔥 Pytheos is slightly further down the page, with Ximena.
Viewers have been sharing lots of incoming gems about the drama, including the comedic scenes. Check out the recent 10 hours of visuals and details (scroll down)!
Cheng Lei has booked 600 seats for Hou Minghao and 600 seats for Ai Mi, - 1200 seats!https://x.com/PpZakaria/status/2075353127482687580?s=20Hou…
I believe there are other supporters of Hou Minghao (such as the brand Darlie) who have booked seats as well, but somebody else can post those, since I'm not too clear on the details.
If looking to understand the duet by Hou Minghao and Zhang Bichen titled "Blazing Light"/"Burning Light", here is an English translation matching the MV:
100%. She's exactly who they were looking for. The drama was never going to have heavy kisses. HMH and LYX gave…
I'm going to add something necessary:
There was this forum thread for one specific drama, and that thread was deleted. A whole bunch of posters were boasting about how to inflate the ratings of that drama. People caught wind of it, and the thread was deleted.
[ hey, that discussion post is now deleted, where that group exposed themselves inflating MDL rating? The user last night said it'll get 9.2 soon and now i see exactly 9.2!?! But i Can't find the whole thread anymore! She/He cursed me saying half of us wouldn’t know about this drama if they didn’t make it 9 ]
FYI. Don't take negative comments at face value. Those who inflate can also do other underhanded things to other dramas, such as pretending outrage when in reality, they just don't want other dramas to succeed.
More importantly houmingao isn't someone who takes advantage of anyone s situations or because he was super Star…
HMH is very gallant in how he treats his FLs. I have seen how he behaves with Tan Songyun, etc
But there are people who appear to praise HMH, yet also claim HMH says things he doesn't mean and pretends to give lip service and not sincere. You can see it in the comments below. At least this article is good for bringing out the true colours of some people.
How can someone claim to be a fan of HMH, yet claims he only gives lip service to his FLs? What kind of fan is that?
You are welcome to read about Ai Mi's excellent filmography here, specifically the four non-idol dramas and movies…
Once upon a time, dramas in C-Ent didn't have skinship. This longstanding tradition still continues, for non-idol dramas and some idol dramas.
This newer trend of skinship in some idol dramas has led to some very-ignorant people imagining that they know everything and what they see is the norm. This kind of delusional thinking lives in specific bubbles within MDL, who disregard reality and the comfort of the artists, not wanting to face the fact that most of the time, more often than not, an actress or actor doesn't want to kiss a stranger or do steamy scenes with a stranger.
"Dream of Golden Years" is where older viewers of C-Ent on MDL finally spoke up about what we consider to be this ridiculous fixation on PDA with no sense of cultural context or self-awareness from some people:
Studio Ghibli's founder doesn't pander to a foreign audience. Neither do famous creators such as Anno HIdeaki of "Neon Genesis Evangelion".
[ “A work constructed through Japanese thought processes is, naturally, difficult to understand outside of the Japanese language,” Anno said. “It is a drama about people acting on emotions rooted in Japanese thinking. If people can understand that, I think it will be accepted overseas, but I cannot adjust my work to fit them,” he noted. “I’m sorry, but the audience needs to adjust to the work.” ] -> What he is politely saying is "Adapt to the work I create as integral to our culture and country as per our language and traditions, or shove off".
I expect KTTPH to adhere to what I expect of the Hong Kong Director and the rest of the Production team as seasoned as him. There will be character development, politics, emotional connections, and great action scenes. Old-school stuff. The most you get is a forehead kiss, for kisses.
She is a misfit cast both as per talent and per popularity.
Lucifer Morningstar spewed a lot of garbage, including the fact that they expected Ai Mi to have a FL role in a longform drama or movie in C-Ent by age 6. Which actress in C-Ent gets that kind or role by age 6 in the industry? As a benchmark? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have pointed out everything they don't know about C-Ent and got wrong, and they keep trying to avoid what I raised. By the way, I sympathise with Hou Minghao, given how Hesong functions, the manager he cannot get rid of, and him having to pay his dues to Hesong. He was set on his music and he had made a personal post in May about concentrating on his music, which understandably led HMH fans to believe he wouldn't do the drama with Esther Yu.
People can complain to the NRTA if they want, but they will have to watch KTTPH. It took approximately one year for KTTPH to be ready for airing, from date of registration of drama to filming, to approval of airing license. Filming wrapped on 5 November 2025. The drama received airing license on 6 February. Anyone who looks at this would know this demonstrates strong institutional approval for KTTPH.
You're welcome to read my forum thread that I started on 25 July 2025, more than a year ago. I already mentioned the Director and what I expect of the production. Fast-tracking by NRTA only proves me correct. So maybe, I might understand a bit about the NRTA. I also added updates, including OST details, Ai Mi's filmography( because the ignorance of those who know nothing about her non-idol projects is hilarious), and a few other details including more details about the production team.
At least 800,000 viewers will ignore your opinion. If you want to feel so important, go ask people outside MDL.…
Let me help your ignorance:
From the time of the drama being registered, the duration of filming, editing and then approval of airing license-The whole process took approximately 1 year.
Filming wrapped on 5 November 2025. After post-production edits and submission, approval granted by NRTA on 6 February 2026. "Key To The Phoenix Heart" obviously has strong institutional approval. It's not obvious to some people who keep blaring nonsense and are too arrogant to realise they live in a fishbowl. You should touch grass and check with reality, once in a while.
You believe you know better than the NRTA? Use their "submission of queries" form on their website and send a message. And don't use some machine-translated software to write in mandarin, otherwise they might mistake you for a bot. Thanks.
At least 800,000 viewers will ignore your opinion. If you want to feel so important, go ask people outside MDL.…
Er, yeah, "Rebirth" had a terrible Director (who is actually on my top 5 list of Directors to boycott, but you wouldn't have noticed his worst traits curtailed in "The Double" by two other directors), and I gave the drama a look because I wanted to see how the novelist would handle the screenplay. It's literally the drama unconsciously titled as "How Not to Direct a Drama With A Disastrous Script". Huang Yang Tian Tian and Ai Mi have different filmographies, and even then I would only recommend someone like Christy Guo as FL for "Rebirth". I look forward to your dissection of their filmographies.
You watched "Fated Hearts"? Excellent! I was the one who started the forum thread there about novel and drama differences. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
As to Pursuit of Jade.... Q12026 financial reports for IQiyi and Tencent was not awesome, plus IQiyi stocks hitting new price lows in late April. I must say Tencent is so convinced by PoJ that they have pivoted hard and fast to cater to male viewers, given what they have produced this year in big ML-led donghua and June 2024 Conference trailers. PoJ is obviously made for female viewers. And Tian Xiwei did a really good job in her role! I'm sure she was a great highlight for many viewers.
If you drink a beer for every time there is a plot armour hole, inability to explain politics, or obvious hilarities (such as nobles listening to the daughter of a village butcher while totally ignoring ancient China's reality of how that would actually go down), you will get drunk very fast. Makeup is the least of the drama's issues.
KTTPH is for a general audience. Story, plot, acting, emotional development, and the kind of battle scenes I have missed and look forward to, from Director Gao! As to fighting scenes for a general, Hou Minghou working with action director Sun Mengfei will show you how a male general should fight and behave and have proper attire. I have confidence in Sun Mengfei's work, and he continues this with Hou Minghao who has impressed me in the BTS.
She is a misfit cast both as per talent and per popularity.
Landing roles in national blockbusters and critically-acclaimed movies is tough as a kid. You know nothing about chinese showbiz, and being lauded for such movies. You're ignorantly hilarious. And you're too arrogant to admit it.
[ So generously speaking there is this single movie " break through " where she played lead that movie never seen the light of premiere. 🥲🥲🥲] - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She is a misfit cast both as per talent and per popularity.
Sure, sidestep the fact that you can't answer yourself 🤣🤣
I ask again:
[ Cause if she were so praise worthy why it took her 9 yrs to beg her first lead role.] - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ahahahahaha- What are you expecting her to do at the age of 6? You obviously make it sound as if you expect Ai Mi to be a FL in a drama or film at the age of 6, but you are too embarrassed to admit how ridiculously delusional that sounds.
Didn't they learn from Rebirth actrice 17 .Rebirth was partly rewritten because of the young actrice. Kissing…
At least 800,000 viewers will ignore your opinion. If you want to feel so important, go ask people outside MDL. I advise you to ignore the international viewers who are also looking forward to KTTPH, who can easily be found in more than ten languages and countries on Facebook and Tiktok. Maybe you'll find a majority of something, if you check out a desert in the middle of nowhere. A majority of sand and silence. Nobody will spoil your ignorance and argue with you there :)
She is a misfit cast both as per talent and per popularity.
[ Cause if she were so praise worthy why it took her 9 yrs to beg her first lead role.] - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ahahahahaha- What are you expecting her to do at the age of 6? She has been in 10 movies in small roles and steadily working her way up, before "Kung Fu Soccer". Oh yes, she acted in her first female lead role at the age of 15, for the war movie I mentioned. Hou Minghao and her have completely different filmographies. You keep going on about maids- You obviously know nothing about non-idol projects in C-Ent. The stuff that leads to the Magnolia Awards, Golden Eagle Awards, etc
On top of that, you are arrogantly trying to school me in what appears to be Hindi or Tamil about all things in Mandarin. I don't mind disagreeing, but C-Ent isn't filmed in any of the 700+ languages of India for you to school me in. Thanks for confirming what I think of you 🤣🤣
I think they have every right to criticize it . Its funny that you don't realize that you are the weird one for…
There's close to 800,000 viewers awaiting KTTPH to air, and not yet including international viewers also looking forward to a story about family, country and two individuals portraying how a relationship should develop in a contracted marriage. Everyone who is anticipating this is aware of something called "acting in a historical costume drama without unnecessary PDA". Such dramas in C-Ent are not uncommon, before platforms forgot about a large number of viewers that prioritise story, acting and plot. You're the weird one for not realising this fact.
Your name seems oddly familiar. Hey, do you disapprove of age gaps between females and males? Or do you only approve of the male being older than the female, and not the other way around?
Ai Mi has a supporting role in "Kung Fu Soccer", the hugely-anticipated sister movie to the 20001 global…
The comedy of ignorance is hilarious 😆😆😆
I have told them to check out IQiyi World Conference of 20 April where Hou Minghao and Ai Mi promote "Key To The Phoenix Heart" together, which will be an eye-opening education for anyone who wants to understand the chemistry and rapport between two professionals who clearly respect and value each other as friends.
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Pytheos is slightly further down the page, with Ximena.
Viewers have been sharing lots of incoming gems about the drama, including the comedic scenes. Check out the recent 10 hours of visuals and details (scroll down)!
Tian Jiarui has booked 500 seats for Hou Minghao and 500 seats for Ai Mi = 1000 seats!
He Yu has booked 500 seats to support Hou Minghao!
Esther Yu has booked 666 seats to support Hou Minghao!
https://www.weibo.com/7417786864/R83vY4QCb
If looking to understand the duet by Hou Minghao and Zhang Bichen titled "Blazing Light"/"Burning Light", here is an English translation matching the MV:
https://x.com/fluffiegel/status/2075513750287978914
There was this forum thread for one specific drama, and that thread was deleted. A whole bunch of posters were boasting about how to inflate the ratings of that drama. People caught wind of it, and the thread was deleted.
People who noticed also commented:
https://kisskh.at/760409-zhu-yu/discussions/148956-pursuit-of-jade-is-touted-as-a-great-frenzy-and-a-pre-made-blockbuster?pid=3481356&page=1#p3481356
[ hey, that discussion post is now deleted, where that group exposed themselves inflating MDL rating? The user last night said it'll get 9.2 soon and now i see exactly 9.2!?! But i Can't find the whole thread anymore! She/He cursed me saying half of us wouldn’t know about this drama if they didn’t make it 9 ]
FYI. Don't take negative comments at face value. Those who inflate can also do other underhanded things to other dramas, such as pretending outrage when in reality, they just don't want other dramas to succeed.
But there are people who appear to praise HMH, yet also claim HMH says things he doesn't mean and pretends to give lip service and not sincere. You can see it in the comments below. At least this article is good for bringing out the true colours of some people.
How can someone claim to be a fan of HMH, yet claims he only gives lip service to his FLs? What kind of fan is that?
Have fun, and see you when it airs!
This newer trend of skinship in some idol dramas has led to some very-ignorant people imagining that they know everything and what they see is the norm. This kind of delusional thinking lives in specific bubbles within MDL, who disregard reality and the comfort of the artists, not wanting to face the fact that most of the time, more often than not, an actress or actor doesn't want to kiss a stranger or do steamy scenes with a stranger.
"Dream of Golden Years" is where older viewers of C-Ent on MDL finally spoke up about what we consider to be this ridiculous fixation on PDA with no sense of cultural context or self-awareness from some people:
https://kisskh.at/776939-again-my-life#comment-25511216
And why kissing isn't appropriate at all or delayed, due to context:
https://kisskh.at/776939-again-my-life#comment-25516638
Studio Ghibli's founder doesn't pander to a foreign audience. Neither do famous creators such as Anno HIdeaki of "Neon Genesis Evangelion".
[ “A work constructed through Japanese thought processes is, naturally, difficult to understand outside of the Japanese language,” Anno said. “It is a drama about people acting on emotions rooted in Japanese thinking. If people can understand that, I think it will be accepted overseas, but I cannot adjust my work to fit them,” he noted. “I’m sorry, but the audience needs to adjust to the work.” ] -> What he is politely saying is "Adapt to the work I create as integral to our culture and country as per our language and traditions, or shove off".
I expect KTTPH to adhere to what I expect of the Hong Kong Director and the rest of the Production team as seasoned as him. There will be character development, politics, emotional connections, and great action scenes. Old-school stuff. The most you get is a forehead kiss, for kisses.
I have pointed out everything they don't know about C-Ent and got wrong, and they keep trying to avoid what I raised. By the way, I sympathise with Hou Minghao, given how Hesong functions, the manager he cannot get rid of, and him having to pay his dues to Hesong. He was set on his music and he had made a personal post in May about concentrating on his music, which understandably led HMH fans to believe he wouldn't do the drama with Esther Yu.
People can complain to the NRTA if they want, but they will have to watch KTTPH. It took approximately one year for KTTPH to be ready for airing, from date of registration of drama to filming, to approval of airing license. Filming wrapped on 5 November 2025. The drama received airing license on 6 February. Anyone who looks at this would know this demonstrates strong institutional approval for KTTPH.
You're welcome to read my forum thread that I started on 25 July 2025, more than a year ago. I already mentioned the Director and what I expect of the production. Fast-tracking by NRTA only proves me correct. So maybe, I might understand a bit about the NRTA. I also added updates, including OST details, Ai Mi's filmography( because the ignorance of those who know nothing about her non-idol projects is hilarious), and a few other details including more details about the production team.
From the time of the drama being registered, the duration of filming, editing and then approval of airing license-The whole process took approximately 1 year.
Filming wrapped on 5 November 2025. After post-production edits and submission, approval granted by NRTA on 6 February 2026. "Key To The Phoenix Heart" obviously has strong institutional approval. It's not obvious to some people who keep blaring nonsense and are too arrogant to realise they live in a fishbowl. You should touch grass and check with reality, once in a while.
You believe you know better than the NRTA? Use their "submission of queries" form on their website and send a message. And don't use some machine-translated software to write in mandarin, otherwise they might mistake you for a bot. Thanks.
You watched "Fated Hearts"? Excellent! I was the one who started the forum thread there about novel and drama differences. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
As to Pursuit of Jade.... Q12026 financial reports for IQiyi and Tencent was not awesome, plus IQiyi stocks hitting new price lows in late April. I must say Tencent is so convinced by PoJ that they have pivoted hard and fast to cater to male viewers, given what they have produced this year in big ML-led donghua and June 2024 Conference trailers. PoJ is obviously made for female viewers. And Tian Xiwei did a really good job in her role! I'm sure she was a great highlight for many viewers.
If you drink a beer for every time there is a plot armour hole, inability to explain politics, or obvious hilarities (such as nobles listening to the daughter of a village butcher while totally ignoring ancient China's reality of how that would actually go down), you will get drunk very fast. Makeup is the least of the drama's issues.
KTTPH is for a general audience. Story, plot, acting, emotional development, and the kind of battle scenes I have missed and look forward to, from Director Gao! As to fighting scenes for a general, Hou Minghou working with action director Sun Mengfei will show you how a male general should fight and behave and have proper attire. I have confidence in Sun Mengfei's work, and he continues this with Hou Minghao who has impressed me in the BTS.
[ So generously speaking there is this single movie " break through " where she played lead that movie never seen the light of premiere. 🥲🥲🥲] - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%A7%E7%AA%81%E5%9B%B4/54212809
I wish you lucidity and a sense of reality at some point. Goodnight~
I ask again:
[ Cause if she were so praise worthy why it took her 9 yrs to beg her first lead role.] - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ahahahahaha- What are you expecting her to do at the age of 6? You obviously make it sound as if you expect Ai Mi to be a FL in a drama or film at the age of 6, but you are too embarrassed to admit how ridiculously delusional that sounds.
Thanks for letting me know :D
Thanks for stopping by!
Ahahahahaha- What are you expecting her to do at the age of 6? She has been in 10 movies in small roles and steadily working her way up, before "Kung Fu Soccer". Oh yes, she acted in her first female lead role at the age of 15, for the war movie I mentioned. Hou Minghao and her have completely different filmographies. You keep going on about maids- You obviously know nothing about non-idol projects in C-Ent. The stuff that leads to the Magnolia Awards, Golden Eagle Awards, etc
On top of that, you are arrogantly trying to school me in what appears to be Hindi or Tamil about all things in Mandarin. I don't mind disagreeing, but C-Ent isn't filmed in any of the 700+ languages of India for you to school me in. Thanks for confirming what I think of you 🤣🤣
Your name seems oddly familiar. Hey, do you disapprove of age gaps between females and males? Or do you only approve of the male being older than the female, and not the other way around?
I have told them to check out IQiyi World Conference of 20 April where Hou Minghao and Ai Mi promote "Key To The Phoenix Heart" together, which will be an eye-opening education for anyone who wants to understand the chemistry and rapport between two professionals who clearly respect and value each other as friends.