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I don’t think Li Jinbu’s time travel in I Don’t Want to Be Friends with You was just a dream. I just started I Want to Be Brothers with You, and the 2005 Class 3 teacher is also Wu Dibao. In one scene, he shows a class photo from 2001 — and both Li Jinbu and Duan Xiao are in it.
Brothers isn’t a fantasy drama, so her being in that photo suggests the time travel actually happened in an alternate timeline, not just in her head. Plus, in Friends, her mom’s friend misidentifies Duan Xiao in her version of the photo, which hints at different realities. If Jinbu’s in the photo, it wasn’t just a dream — she really went back

there are multiple “ranks” when it comes to production (the streaming platform decides the rank), b, a, s, s+, with s+ being the highest of them all. usually s+ dramas are those with a larger budget (nice costumes, cgi, set props etc.), and a better production crew (with known scriptwriters, directors etc.). lead actors who are involved in such productions typically get offered the script straight instead of having to go through the audition process because of the nature of the production. high investment = high risks, and platforms are careful when they select the cast

I remember reading about her controversies on Weibo back in early April, yet it wasn’t until May that things really started to gain traction. It’s kind of strange, especially considering the actress playing Tang Fang wasn’t exactly a household name. The fact that the recordings seemed to come out of nowhere and blew up so suddenly was pretty surprising.

they were supposed to release it by June, (iqiyi previously announced that the drama would air by 2025 q2,) but the actress playing tang fang got into a political/racism/ xenophobic controversy, so guesses are, the crew wants to play it safe and make sure everything controversial is cleared before airing

whoever did the scheduling is such a genius… can’t believe it’ll be 2 days without an ep… thankfully we hit 10k today after much pain and effort!

Don’t know if you can see this video because it was uploaded on douyin and Weibo respectively (they really have a lot of chemistry, I wish some production team would finally let them get together !)

Zhai zilu:
https://v.douyin.com/Y-nN6ormJT0/ [email protected] 05/29 qEh:/

Wang xingyue:
https://weibo.com/3299992712/PivxXi9cN

I am serious about this! Wang xingyue filmed a video of himself climbing up some mountain to hang a love lock after filming one and only (their characters didn’t get together), and he ended up working with bailu again in the story of kunning palace… and then finally in their 3rd drama, they may be ending up together ! That love lock really worked! Zhai zilu eventually did the same and hung a love lock too 🤭 it was low key entertaining

Production of Chinese dramas are pretty complicated because there is a lot of post production work, and often, authorities take time to view and make recommendations on things to remove/edit. (They have their rules, and need to ensure people comply with them) A drama releasing after 3 years isn’t even considered long at this point, when some dramas have been pending release for >5 or even up to 10 years… And often, rules and regulations change, so production teams need to be kept up to date, just pray hard there wouldn’t be a sudden change, so this show can air ASAP (tteotm was about to be air when there were sudden changes and they had to postpone airing to cut 10+ eps😭)

There have been signs and hints here and there, but they were super subtle, and merely a couple of scenes. After some fans found out about this pairing, they started making edits and that was when I realised the signs have been there all along… but if we were watching it for the first time, we likely never would have found out he had a crush on her since their high school days.

C-Netizens have been joking that he should go pray and hang a lock with his and Bailu’s names on it, just like Wang Xingyue did. After that, they ended up working together again, with Wang Xingyue playing Bailu’s male lead in their third drama together. A lot of the audience sees the chemistry and potential between them too, lol.

i think so! considering it started at 6.3k on day 1, when the episodes were only released at 8pm, it’s pretty impressive. then day 2 (yesterday) it went up by 2k +, if it goes up by 2k again today, the show would reach 10k! the only concerning thing is that this show is aired on national tv as well, so some of the audience may be watching from their tvs instead of online… but it’s been looking good so far

she had to record a performance on that morning-afternoon, so she did not have enough time to get her hair and make-up changed before rushing to weibo night. the performance was a formal event aired on national tv so that might explain her looking more formal and matured?

I cannot believe 2024 was a full year without any bailu drama 😭can’t wait for her to be back on screen with all 3 of her projects this year 💗 she is so good and natural at her job, what a talent

there isn’t an official English name yet, so as of now it is named Long Wang Ling on my drama list! it’s a web drama but the filming period was 3x of than this show so there’ll likely be more episodes

i thought it was just me! throughout the show, chen mo seemed to have had a crush on gao yunlang, the way he looked at gao was so suspicious… i was secretly rooting for them to be together (i just found out that in the novel, Chen mo did indeed have a crush on gao, I’m just unsure as to if they eventually did get together)

they start dating episode 22, no break ups, just a slow burn romance where it took quite long for them to confess to each other. it may sound confusing but there’s no love triangle technically. the guy somewhat involved in the love triangle plays a larger part in the career rather than romance plot. the side characters act maturely too and despite having been interested in the female lead/ male lead, they do end up giving them their blessings

they really never learn! it’s so annoying at this point, they earn millions from one drama and cannot do the bare minimum of paying taxes 😭song zuer’s team denied of the allegations recently but everything feels so suspicious … i guess we can only pray!

yes to a certain extent, someone important passed on but the fl and ml got married and had a kid. the person passing on was very random and sudden because it was only in the second last episode that his condition deteriorated

you are the apple of my eye! it is a 2011 high school movie that immediately made the 2 leads famous. there also ended up being a remake by korea and japan because the movie was super popular! like this movie, it's got the high school vibes, silly childish scenes, and is full of nostalgia

yep! andy lau, joe and jerry were probably there because they were part of the director's youth, so it was lovely seeing them towards the end... but a lot of people don't know joe and jerry starred in a lot of romance dramas in the past, so the nostalgia isn't there and they complain about the change of cast, which was a pity honestly