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Why is his acting bad here? I'm genuinely curious, and I say this as someone who actually didn't like the drama he was in with Zhao Lusi because of his acting, as one of the reasons for not liking that drama.

I find his acting here to be very spot-on (when comparing novel-Feng Suige versus drama-Feng Suige), but have issues with the makeup whereby they could have made him appear slightly more ruthless and less boyish in some scenes.

I almost wished Li Qin had asked Xiao Zhan, Joseph Zeng and the other previous fellow co-stars to promote this drama earlier on Weibo but given the plot and current drama episodes, I think she was spot-on for waiting.

LITC's novel didn't really interest me, but I hope LITC will be a new high for Lu Yuxiao and Neo Hou. She does well in interesting roles. I haven't watched Love's Ambition but I've seen the data which is impressive.

Less than 10 minutes ago, official Weibo account for Fated Hearts shares interview highlights between Li Qin and Chen Zheyuan, for breaking 8500 Heat Index on IQiyi: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5219562813392777

If anyone wants to find all the kissing-related scenes/photos between our two leads on Weibo, use the hashtag #第几次亲嘴12秒翻面3次啊#

It's nice to have a woman confess so earnestly to a man, and with such vulnerable directness. Which guy wouldn't want to grab her and totally express himself right there and then? With such romantic scenery...

Did you see BTS where Li Qin is giving Chen Zheyuan tips for different scenes? She's very kind and helpful. Chen Zheyuan being shy around her is quite sweet and funny XD

I'm glad Li Qin got this role, because she is perfect for it. Sometimes I wondered why she or her agency picked certain dramas. Li Qin and Chen Zheyuan deserve this drama to be a huge hit!

When do you think this will hit 10K? I believe it will, but it's a matter of when. Considering the promotion is minimal due to a budget probably exhausted by the end of post-production.

Episode 17 is also very well-handled. You'll like the balance of action, strategy and fireworks.

Episode 17 should be the pivotal point of anyone wondering about Fu Yixiao and Feng Suige. It's a very enjoyable and engaging episode involving action and strategy and fireworks of all sorts XD

In this case, the script needed to rewrite more than 50% of what is adapted from the novel to become the drama. Sometimes one can like the drama and novel for different reasons. I am watching episode 17 now, and the chemistry plus developments between Feng Suige and Fu Yixiao feels natural and well-paced because of all these changes.

Li Qin and Chen Zheyuan are doing very well at this point of not being enemies XD

Someone asked, so I have added changes pertaining to novel-Feng Suige versus drama- Feng Suige in this new comment: https://kisskh.at/discussions/768987-wan-xin-ji/145636-novel-versus-drama-differences?pid=3406336&page=1#p3406336

Novel-Xiao Jingshi and drama-Xia Jingshi are almost two different characters at this point.

In the last 30 chapters of the novel, Xia Jingshi is forced to go for the throne and take over as Emperor of the Jinxiu Dynasty because the Jinxiu Emperor wants to do him in. Novel-Xia Jingshi wants to find out who killed his actual parents. Feng Suige and Fu Yixiao go to Jinxiu Kingdom to aid Xia Jingshi because by chapter 22, Feng Suige was mostly fine with Xia Jingshi for helping him on an important matter. Xia Jingshi gave up Fu Yixiao to Feng Suige by chapter 30 but we cannot have all that in the drama, otherwise this Fated Hearts will be unsuccessful. There are major changes from the novel, otherwise ML and FL are not likely to be endearing to the audience.

This is my summary of the novel versus the drama changes: https://kisskh.at/768987-wan-xin-ji#comment-23723748

What do you want to know from the raw data? To measure overall success of a drama with accuracy, using only one metric or only similar metrics isn't enough. IQiyi allows for cloud bookings to drive up the Heat Index. One example is the Neo Hou official fanclub organising a campaign to do so, as per these two posts from 23 February this year:

https://x.com/neohou_feed/status/1893522233576038733

[ What is "Cloud Booking" ?

👉Cloud booking gifts free iQIYI VIP membership

📌It allows the drama to draw in passersby/audience, enhances the viewership count, and increases the heat index. ]

You'd want to see the specifics and also as a whole, which baiqian summarised. One of my f-listers was also commenting about popularity, and here is part of what they said:

[ But since 2023, only 5 dramas have exceeded 100m daily views on solo online streaming platforms per Yunhe, which are the Knockout, lost you forever s1, Story of Kunning palace, joy of life 2 and this thriving land. And thriving land was a dark horse.

Again the discussion was on promotion not rating. In my opinion in China, historical dramas are more heavily promoted and viewed more than modern dramas, for the most part (talking online streaming, not satellite tv/cctv etc). Again there are exceptions, like the knockout, meet yourself, hidden love, first frost etc, there definitely are ones for sure. But we are talking in general. Top 5 highest heat index shows ever on tencent, all historical. Iqiyi, top 5 highest heat index ever, the knockout, thriving land (not technically modern but also not historical), then all 3 others historical. ]

Feel free to ask them :) : https://kisskh.at/766293-give-me-five#comment-23498756

Could have been improved significantly with one tweak if up until and including the wedding night, FL tells ML that she isn't comfortable consummating their marriage because she still has reservations she needs to get over. ML says he is willing to wait, and the camera pans out on a warm comfortable scene of him holding her, with her content to be in his arms.

Unlike Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which ended badly (understandably because it was primarily a teenage romance affected by adult stakes from external parties resulting in two teenagers in love reacting with bad choices), this one also featured leads who appear to be acting as characters approximately around the same ages as teenagers but had a very different ending.

99% of the changes from the novel are major necessary improvements, so the current 16 episodes of this drama are good. I hope that novel-Xia Jingshi in the second half of the drama (eps 20 to 38) gets his fair due because I do not like such a major deviation from his character in the novel.

User baiqian posted specific data and details in two comments, links below. You can also ask her. Metrics include Yunhe, Kuyun, Maoyan, VLinkage, Datawin.

https://kisskh.at/768985-fu-shan-hai#comment-23633818

https://kisskh.at/768985-fu-shan-hai#comment-23634734

For anyone who is curious about the novel versus the drama for differences? As per the suggestions of a fellow MDL user, I have just created a discussion post regarding one of my older comments sharing those details. These changes were necessary for a successful script to adapt, also improving many characters and their relationships, especially Feng Suige and Fu Yixiao:

https://kisskh.at/discussions/768987-wan-xin-ji/145636-novel-versus-drama-differences

I have created a discussion post as per your suggestion, for whoever is interested. I have also made minor additions and edits to that comment, to accommodate episodes 15 and 16.

The novel is not doable as a successful drama. Unfortunately as with certain major changes to accommodate necessary improvements to all other characters and a plot, there is usually at least one casualty and in this case, it is novel-Xia Jingshi.

Fudgecakes, I need to edit the links correctly. Will get back to you on the other posts too!