One of the actors posted online saying that Tian Xuning was very professional and comfortable with handling snakes, such that when the actor was scared to touch the snake in one scene TXN wrapped the snake all around his hand, and told the actor not to worry and to touch his fingers if he's scared of the snake (reckon this is the scene with the toyboy that GCY gifted CC)
Just to translate the joke names of certain characters:
Chicheng: ๆฑ ้ช is a homonym for ้ฉฐ้ช or gallop, because he's a top who does the riding...๐๐
Wu Qiqiong: as mentioned in the show it sounds like ๆ ๆ็ฉท or infinite poverty lol
Wu Suowei: a homonym for Whatever aka *shrug* and is a reference to Dabao being someone who goes along with anything, bc he's a straight man who turned gay for Chicheng
Dabao (Wu's nickname): Big Baby/Treasure Pet snake Erbaoไบๅฎ/Xiao Cubao ๅฐ้ๅ : 2nd Baby or Little Vinegar Bag
Yueyue: in online Cforums the onomatopoeic term used for vomiting/disgust is "yue", literally letters Y U E. So whenever her name Yueyue is said it sounds like vomiting onomatopoeia ๐
Jiang Xiaoshuai: ๅฐๅธ xiaoshuai literally means Little Handsome.
Ok, I obviously flippin love this series, but are they sponsored by Marlboro or something? Because the amount…
Everybody thank Big Tobacco for sponsoring Chai Jidan and her BLs ๐๐๐ just go watch the old version of this drama that was also produced by Chai Jidan 10 years ago, it's super spartan with only 8 eps and no snakes!
ngl though i gagged when i saw the case of cigarettes, Dabao should sell it and buy more gifts for Chicheng!
filmed outside of china and only broadcasted internationally to bypass censorship
It's filmed in China actually, the location, cast, crew and director (female director Gong Yushi) are all from Mainland China, the producer and novelist is Chai Jidan a Taiwanese author.
It's currently not possible for Mainland China actors to go to Taiwan to act, they need special permits unless they have a spousal visa because Taiwan is very, very strict on allowing Mainland Chinese into their country (due to the democratic voting system and issues like reunification) and in general they don't allow Mainland Chinese to work in Taiwan unless they are married to a Taiwanese. The idea is that if Taiwan allows Mainland Chinese to apply to work in Taiwan freely it will jeopardize their safety in case China wants to reunite by military force because Chinese workers in Taiwan will spy on the military or outrightly help China invade. Contrastingly China allows Taiwanese to enter freely to work or visit their ancestral hometown, that's why somany Taiwanese singers, actors, novelists etc work in China where the market is bigger and more profitable. Chai Jidan can make more money filming a Chinese BL than a Taiwanese BL that's why she films using Chinese actors.
I also liked previous one more but current one is also goodโค๏ธ
Here's an upload of that pfp https://imgur.com/a/EiuLd9F it's not an edited shot from a shoot, i like how it's a journalist photowall picture and you can see the shadows & wispy fringe so it looks realistic yet polished.
This isn't a great novel to adapt... Ideally they cast someone in the post 85/90s age range for the ML who can wear glasses and looks like he's a believable, reliable tech entrepreneur (e.g. Wei Daxun, Lin Gengxin, Miles Wei, Johnny Huang, Li Xian or Oliver Chen since he looks older) and the FL is a beautiful actress (cnetz suggest Jing Tian, NiNi, Hu Lianxin... because of their colorful love lives but Wang Churan is also suitable i guess) The plot is terribly makjang and unsuitable for young actors IMO:
1. The ML is the son of a CCP cadre, from Tsinghua Uni and is a successful entrepreneur selling electric cars or some sh*t (in the novel he's also a young CCP cadre but it's changed) , he's in his mid 20s when he meets the FL who is an undergraduate at Beijing Film Academy (i think...) when she's paid to sing and entertain business people.
2. The FL is a poor student at a prestigious film school, her mum is a single parent. She takes on a lot of part time jobs and meets the ML and falls in love (ML often has stomachaches and the FL is good at making congee to sooth him), but also gets sexually harassed by his business associate (there's terrible violence involved jeez this is not kosher for tv, iirc he shoots her with a gun after thinking she cheated but it was his friend harassing her) and they break up. After she graduates she's basically a nobody in the entertainment industry and does small roles.
3. Their backgrounds are too dissimilar and a source of regular conflict, the ML's mum and grandma force them to breakup because they find actresses to be a low class profession plus she's from a poor background.
4. The ML dates another more popular actress and visits Hengdian where he runs into the FL who's doing small bit part roles, they argue, and he realises he's still in love with her. They get back together but know their backgrounds are incompatible and eventually split. The ML marries someone from a similar background to fulfil his family expectations but he still quietly tries to help the FL by getting her acting gigs (in the novel she wins Best Actress in her 30s with his help... lol)
5. The FL's mum falls ill and tells her who her biological father is on her deathbed, he's a wealthy influential businessman lol errrr. So the FL is suddenly upgraded in status after reuniting with her dad.
6. The FL is pursued by a 2nd ML who works for her bio father. The ML finds out the truth about her birth secret and gets jealous that the FL accepted the advances of someone else. Thus even though his marriage is happy, he decides to divorce and chase the FL again.
7. The FL finds the ML very pitiful and gets back with him. His grandma and mum finally accept her because she's a rich so-and-so's daughter (ugh) and they live happily ever after with 3 kids in their 40s.
This is for actors in their 30s (or they must look older e.g. Wang Churan & Oliver Chen), i really doubt young newbies can bring out the makjang ็่กๅณ tone of the novel and be able to portray the relationship between teens to 20s to almost 40. I've seen a cut of Jing Tian & Lin Gengxin and it fits really well, Jing Tian's personal life mirrors the plot a bit so I doubt she'll take the role, it's too close to her real life bc she famous dated someone high up in Tencent who got her movie gigs but they broke up eventually and she returned to dramas.
Zhao lusi isn't filming anything she's yet not able to learn text she's not fully recovered,she was Tencent First…
Who is the victim? I'm just translating Chinese news to people outside China who aren't fluent and can't follow the news and information on C-ent. It's so tiring talking to international fans who constantly scream victimhood whenever someone says something they don't like to hear, they don't understand Chinese yet they act like they understand what's going on ๐คทโโ๏ธ Imagine if people who didn't speak your country's language behave like they know your African country better and start screaming at you about some victimhood nonsense. Lol
Zhao lusi isn't filming anything she's yet not able to learn text she's not fully recovered,she was Tencent First…
Well so many folks don't seem to get that Rosy Zhao isn't going to be casted bc 1) her condition 2) Almost Lover filming issues & her contract with Galaxy Cool 3) Deng Ke being directly closely affliated to New Classics Media, the IP rights owner & producer of Malicious Empress.
Chicheng: ๆฑ ้ช is a homonym for ้ฉฐ้ช or gallop, because he's a top who does the riding...๐๐
Wu Qiqiong: as mentioned in the show it sounds like ๆ ๆ็ฉท or infinite poverty lol
Wu Suowei: a homonym for Whatever aka *shrug* and is a reference to Dabao being someone who goes along with anything, bc he's a straight man who turned gay for Chicheng
Dabao (Wu's nickname): Big Baby/Treasure
Pet snake Erbaoไบๅฎ/Xiao Cubao ๅฐ้ๅ : 2nd Baby or Little Vinegar Bag
Yueyue: in online Cforums the onomatopoeic term used for vomiting/disgust is "yue", literally letters Y U E. So whenever her name Yueyue is said it sounds like vomiting onomatopoeia ๐
Jiang Xiaoshuai: ๅฐๅธ xiaoshuai literally means Little Handsome.
ngl though i gagged when i saw the case of cigarettes, Dabao should sell it and buy more gifts for Chicheng!
It's currently not possible for Mainland China actors to go to Taiwan to act, they need special permits unless they have a spousal visa because Taiwan is very, very strict on allowing Mainland Chinese into their country (due to the democratic voting system and issues like reunification) and in general they don't allow Mainland Chinese to work in Taiwan unless they are married to a Taiwanese. The idea is that if Taiwan allows Mainland Chinese to apply to work in Taiwan freely it will jeopardize their safety in case China wants to reunite by military force because Chinese workers in Taiwan will spy on the military or outrightly help China invade. Contrastingly China allows Taiwanese to enter freely to work or visit their ancestral hometown, that's why somany Taiwanese singers, actors, novelists etc work in China where the market is bigger and more profitable. Chai Jidan can make more money filming a Chinese BL than a Taiwanese BL that's why she films using Chinese actors.
1. The ML is the son of a CCP cadre, from Tsinghua Uni and is a successful entrepreneur selling electric cars or some sh*t (in the novel he's also a young CCP cadre but it's changed) , he's in his mid 20s when he meets the FL who is an undergraduate at Beijing Film Academy (i think...) when she's paid to sing and entertain business people.
2. The FL is a poor student at a prestigious film school, her mum is a single parent. She takes on a lot of part time jobs and meets the ML and falls in love (ML often has stomachaches and the FL is good at making congee to sooth him), but also gets sexually harassed by his business associate (there's terrible violence involved jeez this is not kosher for tv, iirc he shoots her with a gun after thinking she cheated but it was his friend harassing her) and they break up. After she graduates she's basically a nobody in the entertainment industry and does small roles.
3. Their backgrounds are too dissimilar and a source of regular conflict, the ML's mum and grandma force them to breakup because they find actresses to be a low class profession plus she's from a poor background.
4. The ML dates another more popular actress and visits Hengdian where he runs into the FL who's doing small bit part roles, they argue, and he realises he's still in love with her. They get back together but know their backgrounds are incompatible and eventually split. The ML marries someone from a similar background to fulfil his family expectations but he still quietly tries to help the FL by getting her acting gigs (in the novel she wins Best Actress in her 30s with his help... lol)
5. The FL's mum falls ill and tells her who her biological father is on her deathbed, he's a wealthy influential businessman lol errrr. So the FL is suddenly upgraded in status after reuniting with her dad.
6. The FL is pursued by a 2nd ML who works for her bio father. The ML finds out the truth about her birth secret and gets jealous that the FL accepted the advances of someone else. Thus even though his marriage is happy, he decides to divorce and chase the FL again.
7. The FL finds the ML very pitiful and gets back with him. His grandma and mum finally accept her because she's a rich so-and-so's daughter (ugh) and they live happily ever after with 3 kids in their 40s.
This is for actors in their 30s (or they must look older e.g. Wang Churan & Oliver Chen), i really doubt young newbies can bring out the makjang ็่กๅณ tone of the novel and be able to portray the relationship between teens to 20s to almost 40. I've seen a cut of Jing Tian & Lin Gengxin and it fits really well, Jing Tian's personal life mirrors the plot a bit so I doubt she'll take the role, it's too close to her real life bc she famous dated someone high up in Tencent who got her movie gigs but they broke up eventually and she returned to dramas.
news and information on C-ent. It's so tiring talking to international fans who constantly scream victimhood whenever someone says something they don't like to hear, they don't understand Chinese yet they act like they understand what's going on ๐คทโโ๏ธ Imagine if people who didn't speak your country's language behave like they know your African country better and start screaming at you about some victimhood nonsense. Lol