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Yeps, seems like some really think that working with traffic stars and becoming traffic is some kind of shortcut to succeeding as an actor - and maybe they are not wrong, that can be a way for someone to get short term success in this industry and it’s probably why the cdrama industry is basically drowning in young MLs and FLs that can’t act to save their lives right now. But I believe time will tell - the fluff, no substance types will find that they are easily replaced by younger stars with time.

I loved Yizhi to bits but The Justice was a pretty flawed drama and I had a lot of regrets about it so I'm all for him playing a similar role again.

I think I saw that bank drama rumour too - the one where the ML is an auditor and is fighting for approval from his fiancee's dad? I didn't get Yizhi vibes from it but it would be another banker role for him. I do hope he has plans to pick up some lighter fare soon 😂.

@littlemaoru Yeps, and it's unfortunate that some have the thought that every project should have popular stars in it to be successful. I feel like even some actors seem to have this type of thinking too ... and imo, that kind of approach won't benefit actors in the long run even if it might help boost their celeb status in the short run.

I think ZXC will probably be playing Liu Jun if the rumours are true - he's a foreign-trained engineer who comes back to China because of his father's poor health and eventually winds up running his father's hardware factory and the story follows him through the years as he fights to keep the factory afloat.

Liu Jun reminds me quite a bit of Cheng Yizhi (one of my favourite ZXC characters) so I'm quite excited to see the rumours about him being cast in this. I really hope he'll get to act in a drama with a good script and a solid production team this time around!

I don't think this kind of drama can rely on the cast's individual popularity to attract viewers. My concern is more whether the scriptwriter can do a good adaptation of the book - the subject matter seems to be pretty heavy and the original book seems to be quite long.

I think it's just a rumour - he hasn't announced his next project after Young Blood 2 wrapped up. Ever since he acted in Bright Future, it seems there are a lot of rumours connecting him to a bunch of other Daylight Ent projects. I hope at least one of these rumours is true!

Ahhh I am always fascinated by his guy’s career development too. He’s been allowed to make some atypical choices - he never really went down that idol / costume drama star route even if he did some dramas from those genres and his team doesn’t seem to give so much importance to whether he’s the lead/supporting role. But it seems to be working out for him lately since he got to work with some good directors/producers in the last year.

I wouldn’t say he is from a company that’s famous for actors. EE is owned by MGTV but they are mainly known for reality show / idol singers. His agency seems quite hands off which probably worked in his favour - a more controlling agency that’s only concerned in milking him dry would likely have forced him to do a bunch of school boy roles right after lin yang in 2017 or romcoms after li yubing in 2020.

Yeah, it looks like he's recovering well from recent pics but I really hope it doesn't mess with his filming schedule. It seems like he's experiencing an upward swing and getting to star in dramas with better production values lately, would hate to see that get derailed.

😂😂 ikr, I'm wondering why MDL is so fast to update with rumours when they're usually so fussy with edits! Although it would be great if some of these came true. I'm hoping Daylight really will cast ZXC as Liu Jun in Jian Nan De Zhi Zao.

You do need to wait awhile for ZXC to show up for more than a few seconds but if you like his acting, I would give it a shot. It's one of his better dramas for me and Pei Zhi is probably one of the more complex / darker roles he's played to date.

There's some and it is definitely a powerful motivator for some characters. But the drama focuses more on family and self-realization for me.

Ahhh I hope the rumor is true. It seems like it's been ages since ZXC did something lighthearted.

https://twitter.com/ultra_melons/status/1603712225566654466 - They released a short preview today! ZXC and the rest of the cast looks good - you can tell that they had a more decent budget this time around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9VVpfWfr4 - it's available on Daylight Ent's Youtube for some regions.

It seems like there are finally english subs up on Daylight's official youtube channel now 😃

This is up for streaming on Daylight Entertainment's official youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9VVpfWfr4. I tried but I can't add the link to the MDL page under Services for some reason.

Ahhh I'm glad to hear this airs tonight! It's rather sudden but I'm hoping the drama does good. And that we get to watch with subtitles soon.

Ahhh I saw another rumor saying they might broadcast soon too. Fingers crossed that this gets to air in November!

Glad to see ZXC finally making his film debut after so many years of only appearing in dramas and in a romance film at that! Never seen anything with this FL before but they look quite gorgeous together in the promo shoot.

Ahh I was prepared for it since The Day of Becoming You pulled a similar trick. Seems this is the only way sci-fi dramas can get to air. I like that they cut back to PZ and LCX at the sea side in the end though - it kind of leaves you more scope to wonder if that's all just a story or another world 🥲