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I am watching the first episode and I am impressed by the quality of the production. The plot I can't judge yet, but I like dramas shot like this :)

I walked into the store today and a quarter of a dark red, juicy, almost too ripe watermelon looked at me. I couldn't resist and bought one. At home I bit into it and enjoyed its wonderful juice.
A rumor is a rumor, a fruit is a fruit. I don't go to extremes, I eat seasonal vitamins and burp healthily :)

A small correction - in my country teachers do not receive gifts and do not demand them. They simply can't teach and require knowledge of the "taught" material, feel offended if a student doesn't know something and give him bad grades. They can still say a few unkind words. But gifts? Never. For such things a teacher loses his job and can go to jail.

My deepest sympathies. A bad teacher is a nightmare and I think there will be at least one in every school. My English teachers were also hopeless and taught me nothing. What do they take money for?

From Love To Happiness. In the comments, someone said the drama was filmed in 2016. I heard it was on the shelf for 8 years. But with Chinese dramas there's always a similar problem, you don't know whether to count from the end of shooting or from getting the license. Either way, that's a lot of time,

Fortunately, we don't need to speak English when watching dramas. In addition, we can always press pause and think about what the words mean. Or we can watch the scene again. Watching dramas taught me English so well that I can write literary and scientific texts in that language. Of course, I use a translator, but I can spot and correct mistakes. It took me some time but now English is not a major problem for me. I'm sure that will also be the case for you :)

Haha, I was born in the year 83 :)
I wanted to write you a long enough reply, but I stopped myself. Why talk about something that may never happen? XZ will choose whatever drama it chooses, and at most I won't watch it, that's all.

Sorry, but I don't know which of my comments you are referring to. Unfortunately, the system does not indicate this.
I'm guessing the point is why don't I want to see him as a younger man in love with an older woman?
The reasons on my part are not only personal. This role won't affect his career - and maybe that's where the problem lies. Xiao Zhan should play something new, something that will challenge him, not some office romance. For the sake of his image and career, he should now play the modern role of the strong man, not the romantic problems of adolescence. He still hasn't got rid of the beautiful boy label and this drama will only strengthen her in him. Maybe many female fans dream to see him as a sweet lover again, but it has already been and he has to move on. His popularity is undeniable, but his position as an actor is still not strong. Why do I say that? Because his dramas and his roles do not win prizes awarded by professionals, but by viewers. Due to the subject matter, this drama also has no chance of any meaningful reward.
In addition, there is no less a very personal reason on my part - I hate this type of drama, misalliance where she is experienced and he is so youthful. Plus the employee and the boss? After all, this is a cheap romance book for a dollar made of the fantasies of older women who are disenchanted with their husbands.

Ok, I have no idea what you're talking about, but cool, you yelled at me and I hope you're relieved. I'm sorry that I took you for a fan, if on a site dedicated to the actor you make statements about rumors about him as if you know everything and your account is clearly associated with the name of his fan club. But don't worry, you won't have to deal with me again. I kindly inform you that I have blocked you and I won't see any more of your post so I won't be able to dare to respond to it. It's a waste of my nerves for a person who turns a simple indifferent, informative post into hate speech and attacks. Have a nice day and we will never see each other again :)

Hope Xiao Zhan doesn't star in this drama. I definitely don't want to see him as a young inexperienced man who falls in love with an older woman, possibly the boss.

But I guess you realize that there is nothing more fascinating than a rumor? Gossip allows you to spin fantasies, plunge into the realm of conjecture and dreams and even play detective, while commenting on such a video is simply boring. Besides, people are desperate for any information about his new project,

I'm on Weibo every day. In fact, that's where I start my day. I have new material - I smile, I have nothing new - I'm sad. Most iXfx don't go on Weibo and rely on Inst. TW and the like, so they don't know if something is official or a melon, so they ask. Especially new fans who don't have their information paths worked out yet and don't know who they can trust.

Personally, I hate rumors and consider them harmful, but following them allows me to keep track of the mood in China. The current rumors sound very different from those of two years ago, even if they are talking about the same drama and that is.... interesting.

Some melons think the BB actress is a superstar, while others point out that she has made trouble for herself, which is why she is currently out of the "good" circle of popularity. Some melons say that Xiao Zhan is eager to play with her old friend Xinli, while others say that when Xiao Zhan was in trouble, Xinli officially disowned him, so there is no question of cooperation.

Melons are released by professionals who deliberately make up rumors that will sell in order to shoot traffic to their account and gain popularity. Weibo is like YT - the more popularity you have on your channel, the more money you make from ads, from comments, from views. because during a difficult period, melons were merciless to Xiao Zhan (something like: hahaha, he was supposed to star in this drama, and he didn't! This actress was supposed to partner him, but she didn't want to tarnish her reputation") Xfx decided to reject the melons. We can watch them to know what they are talking about, but we don't participate in the discussion and above all we don't believe any of them.

There is a high probability that one of the melons will come true, but if there are dozens of them, hitting the real one is like playing the lotto.

In order to start producing a drama in China, you must submit it to the relevant bureau, which will assign a number to the title. This individual number accompanies the drama when hiring workers (signing contracts) and dragging investors into production. To get this number, you just need to report some information about what the drama is about and based on, and have a preliminary script and a declaration that there will be no certain scenes in the drama.

Ok, so you have the number, and you slowly (or quickly) assemble a crew and shoot the drama. When the drama is finished (almost), you ask it to be approved for distribution. The relevant bureau checks that there are no violations of the bureau's guidelines in the drama, and if everything is ok, the drama gets a second number, with whom you start commercial talks for distribution.

There is no rule as to how long the process takes after the first or second license (number) is given. If you have everything prepared you can start right away, but sometimes you have to spend years gathering funds or cast.

The first number just means that the drama has permission to start work.

Wow, I didn't notice. But maybe yes, because I gave up this drama.
Psychological drama does not have to be boring and this is it. I have seen many interesting psychological dramas dealing with various problems and some of them were really exciting and touching, where I could find a connection with ML / FL and their problem interested me. There is nothing here. And it really has nothing to do with the fact that it's a psychological drama. What I don't understand is why you consider yourself better just because you like the drama and I don't like it (see your comment below). I thought we live in a free world and everyone has the right to like what they want and not to like what they want.
And so for the future, maybe this type of drama should have a warning: "only for connoisseurs" then such low, tasteful creatures like me would not waste time waiting for anything interesting? :)

This drama is slow because it has tons of long shots that don't really get any action. Additionally, the FL does nothing but walk, sit and talk. There is no action, no emotion in this drama. no drama, everything is as slow as the sloth's movements. As if I were watching a documentary biography of the most boring person in the world.
Hey, cool, you like it, it's great, but you asked why some people think this drama is slow, so I'm one of those some :)
Oh, and I know what the convention of making a drama is, but I'm just starting to watch blindly and .... for me, the convention of this drama is so slow that even a snail is faster :)

I heard that one Li Qin drama is coming to the screens this year after eight years. I guess that's a record :)

So watch them again, and again, and again. At some point, you will begin to naturally understand English. It will be difficult at first, but you won't even notice when you start to feel quite comfortable with English subtitles :)

So you are motivated to learn better English. Believe me, it's easier than learning Mandarin. Anyway, watching dramas is a good way. I learned English that way. Before we have TLB, try on some older drama that you know, only instead of subtitles in your language, choose English. It works better than lessons.

No, it's not.

I miss TBA. It annoys me that people change dates every few days just to change something. If there is no announced release date, it should be TBA.
Referring to the conversation a bit below, I heard rumors that CCTV is planning for WDB to premiere later this year. That wouldn't be so strange at all. First of all, it's not xianxia, so post-production doesn't require doing a lot of CGI. All they need to do is to edit what they have and put in sound. If the production was done under the supervision of the Central Bureau of Broadcasting in Beijing or whatever it's called (and it was) the drama release process will be very short. The drama from ZYL took less than 6 months from the end of shooting to release. These types of dramas simply take priority.
Referring to TLP doesn't make sense because they are completely different productions, requiring different work, different time and prepared for a different purpose. CCTV may not care at all if Xiao Zhan has any xianxia and that this will be his fourth drama this year, because CCTV cares so that they have a proper drama.
That's why I think 2022 is just as likely as 2023, why can't it just be TBA?