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What is true is true, but some may have found comfort in the thread of the supporting couple. I personally was very positively surprised by Bo Na at the end of the series and it was a very heartening thread for me. It's such a little bandage for the heart. Although through tears, but still I was smiling :)

As a person who is not interested in the original book or anime just the drama itself, I am very satisfied with the production. For China, the level of production is surprisingly high.
I've tried watching anime, but I'm probably too old for this type of aesthetic.
The drama combines elements of fantasy and realism. Yes, it has some boring scenes (paradoxically, I was most bored by the ones that others were most moved by) but it also has some really funny ones.
I have watched Douluo Dalu several times and always have a great time. I don't find any depth in this drama, but it's a good way to take a pleasant break from reality. Such a fatasy adventure weekend :)

I hate it when there is a turning of a gruesome scene into a romantic one. If the director is so afraid that the viewer will be shocked by the blood on the screen that he gives romantic music and and romantic interaction between FL and ML, why give this pool of blood of an innocent murdered being at all? If any woman standing in the dark, in a trashed room, in a pool of blood can feel romantic, I don't want to know such a woman.

Good I have not bad memory :)

When the 227 exploded it was panic. Chaos. Fans fought back in the traditional way. Everyone blamed XFX for all the trouble. All fan clubs even those of computer games and even passersby and the media. Everything we said was a sin. The situation was getting worse by the day. We had to keep quiet, but we wanted to fight. After ten days or so, the tactics began to change. XFX gritted its teeth and thought five times before writing something off, because every word we said was used against XZ. But when someone came out with an accusation, for example, that XZ didn't give a donation, a big fan showed proof that he did. If someone showed fabricated photos, XFX showed original photos. In this way, we gained more support from passersby every day. And the second method - fighting with good energy. XFX focused on charity and on organizing various online games, such as drawing and guessing which XZ photo it was. Every month there was a new major attack, but it was smashed within a day.

SSA is a drama filmed by Tencent for Wajijiwa to promote the X-Fire boys. Bai Shu was the only actor in the group. The boys had a tiny training in one episode of X-Fire. XZ group's trainer in X-Fire was Shu Chi, a well-known actress who saw potential in XZ. Their second major drama appearance was on FBS, a major production that featured 5 of them called Old Boys as part of the X-Nine promotion. At that time, the producers of The Wolf showed up and did a casting among the XNine. The producer said XZ was the most determined because he knew he had the least amount of time (he was almost 26). During The Wolf, Xiao Zhan learned acting on set and worked very hard. He developed an excellent reputation. Then there was Oh! My Emperor, where he was supposed to be a supporting character (2nd and 3rd ML), but he was so liked by viewers that he already appeared on the list of most popular actors in April 2018. By this time, XZ already knew he had a chance as an actor and was taking private lessons that he paid for himself. One of his teachers was director of JoL, who saw potential in XZ and gave him a small role in JoL. XZ spent three working days recording it in between shooting The Untamed. He got the role in The Untamed practically at the photo casting level. The producer said from the first look that it was WWX. XZ went to audition for another, smaller role, but when he showed how he acts, he was offered the lead role. And so it began :)

Mr. LYF was detained by police on charges of using a prostitute and pimping (although professionally it may be called something else). This is not his first offense of this type. The criminal charges may not be serious, but China is serious about the role of an idol/actor and its impact on young people. Consequently, Mr. LYF finds himself in the unpleasant situation of being banned as a lawbreaker and immoral person. This means his career is over.

Yes, he's not the only one, and it's about to get even hotter as 17 more actors/singers are threatened by the scandal and their agencies are sure to defend themselves by every means possible. I think now everyone must prepare for quite an earthquake. And the worst thing in such situations is panic.

Haters will be haters, some do it for money (on behalf of some agency) others are just full of frustration. It doesn't matter if Xiao Zhan performs in a program/concert or not, they will always find a reason to tease him. When he sang last in a New Year's Eve concert, they clung to the fact that he didn't sing during peak viewing hours (around 10 pm). Everyone in c-ent has to deal with such people and rumors. If all fans learned to fight not with emotions but with arguments, haters would lose their edge. In 2020 it worked like this, with passersby laughing at every new rumor against Xiao Zhan and just waiting for XFX to debunk the rumor. That's how XFX became the fans who are put up as role models. But XZ has many new fans who don't have this experience and let themselves be provoked, and this is hurting Xiao Zhan's image. I know it's not easy, that it boils blood to hear rumors, but we won't win with chaos and throwing mud at others.

In 2015 (2016?), Xiao Zhan signed a music contract with Wajijiwa. He became a member of the X-Nine group and still is. It's a long story, but before Xiao Zhan became famous, he filed a lawsuit in May 2018 to break his contract. In September 2018, he withdrew the lawsuit and reached an agreement with Wajijiwa. Details have not been made public, but we know that Xiao Zhan practically decides his work himself, does not use Wajijiwa's resources and pays her a percentage of his income. Xiao Zhan became an actor by accident, it was simply easier for him to work as an actor when Wajijiwa did not give him work as a singer. I think Xiao Zhan did not sign a contract with any agency for actors because he had too bad an experience with Wajijiwa and does not want to repeat it.

Both dramas take place in the same universe. TLP is set, say, a generation earlier. I don't see any reason why any of the recent scandals should affect TLP's release date.
In my opinion, the drama is not delayed and there is no trouble. We can expect it this winter. Autumn is usually the period of more serious dramas and republican period dramas due to national holidays.

If that wasn't a rhetorical question....

Xiao Zhan is attacked whenever any other star has a problem/scandal. First of all, Xiao Zhan is not under anyone's protection, so the agency of a star with problems does not have to fear that Xiao Zhan's agency will go to war with them. He's also very popular, so it's easy to make a sensation out of even the stupidest allegation/gossip. His fans are unnecessarily going to war and making noise about the whole issue. In 2020 XFX did not argue about silly things like they do now, Within 24 hours they would prove that it was a malicious rumor, give publicity to the topic fighting the rumor and it was over. Now they lack discipline they let themselves be foolishly provoked so the whole thing is out of control. The last reason is after 227 black feels unpunished, because out of a huge amount of heizy only a few people were punished. Xiao Zhan is too soft, not strong enough, ergo he is the perfect object to beat him with impunity. So he is beaten every time a problem arises with a celebrity.

No harm should come to him. Not even the paparazzi found dirt on him, and I can bet that any security services have long since screened him to the tenth generation. Plus, Xiao Zhan isn't stupid and doesn't do stupid things. Fans may sometimes think he's too cautious, but at least he won't lose his career for working with the wrong person. He doesn't have the protection of an agency, but he has a very large public following and is liked by a lot of middle-aged and older people who don't believe gossip easily. In my opinion, the only threat to him is that XFX will start to go crazy and upset someone who can do him harm. If XFX remains rational, doesn't get provoked, doesn't wage wars, everything will be ok. So do not worry.

No. He has no social media accounts outside of China - IG, TW, FB or TikTok. Neither official nor unofficial. He had an account on IG but in 2020 someone hacked that account and Xiao Zhan did not open a new one. But many people are impersonating Xiao Zhan. One account was very credible and many people followed it, and it turned out that it only served to spread a very ugly rumor about him.

You know, in many countries prostitution is illegal and drugs even more so. I am a citizen of the EU and I have no problem that my government protects women from prostitution and all citizens from drugs. Your country may have different customs, different laws, but calling any government totalitarian because it doesn't allow prostitution and drugs is really funny, ha ha ha ha :)

Neither ig, nor tw, nor fb. If anyone claims otherwise, they are lying.

You may not, but the law does. In China, drugs and prostitution are illegal.

Officially, nothing is known about who will play YBY. This role officially remains unfilled. The character will almost certainly appear in the second season.

Pretty refreshing. The heroes are a group of interesting personalities.

You're welcome :)
Tencent is shameless like all platforms and all c-ent. I've been watching them for five years and believe me, I've seen more than one thing and I don't believe any promises anymore. Ignoring those promises is the best thing you can do for your own good.

A government institution, as in most countries, oversees the issuance of licenses. The process is lengthy and begins with a script and the issuance of a license to begin production. If you are inquiring about the release of a finished drama, this is handled by the same agency. Producers send them the drama, which is evaluated for correctness against the required standards. There must not be certain harmful elements in the drama. I don't know how long the verification process currently takes. Last time I remember it was 60 days. During this time, the drama must get a decision. If the bureau decides that an element should be corrected (for example, in a historical drama there are bad costumes, or scenes from the list of elements that must not be shown) the drama is sent back for correction. After the corrections, the process begins again. If the production has done everything ok, the drama is allowed unhindered, but if it needs to be corrected, it can take a really long time.
In theory, all dramas are treated equally. The exceptions are dramas on the priority list, i.e. those that have special patronage from the ministry as having a high positive impact (for example, Where Dreams Begins). These are reviewed first, but they are few in number. If a TLP doesn't yet have a number and a license, it can mean two things, either it's still in post-production (making CGI sometimes takes long months, even years) or some element in the drama didn't comply with the guidelines and the drama went back for revisions.
This license allows commercial talks to begin as to whom the drama will be sold, although often these talks are finalized beforehand. TLP was supposed to be a webdrama, but if any TV station really wants to have this drama, TLP has to go through stricter censorship. In my opinion, we have just such a situation here. But this is just my guess.

In the book, the ending is said to be a happy one. There are no leaks about the drama. We'll have to wait and see after the premiere.

The first episode was pretty good. Good visuals. Music not too bad either.

The S+ production is a planned showcase for the station, a big production with big money, big advertising and the most famous names. But most of all with the most money. An S+ production does not guarantee success, and there can always be a black horse in the form of a cheap but coolly made production. TOoL was shot with an absurdly small budget, but the actors showed they were good and didn't need big special effects to do it.
The S+ production is sort of the equivalent of a Hollywood superproduction. The most famous actors are invited, the biggest special effects are made and months or years are spent on CGI, The producers do everything to make it a hit. Only sometimes it turns out that a low-budget film has a better plot and is more appealing to the audience.