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I just wanted to provide context since the original comment made it seem like it was out of nowhere when c-ent fandoms thrive on riling each other up.

I don't hang out on weibo, I saw the summary of events in the douban forums where most fans on both sides were asking people not to fight so that they can better protect the show.

I've seen Thai and Korean ones for him. Maybe his English speaking fans are just lazy haha

for additional context, haters first attacked wang xingyue and lu yuxiao saying that it flopped at first because of them and people are only watching the show for the 1st sister storyline so they're retaliating. it's just fan circles viciously attacking each other as usual. just stay away from weibo drama if you want any peace while watching a cdrama.

Haven't seen one on twitter, I don't know if there's on one facebook. I just use google translate and douban/xiaohongshu for the gossip.

Tang Gong Qi An was the first project after The Double's success. Xing Zhi Wan is a Yu Zheng project so it doesn't really count lol. He's probably gonna shoot something between April-July but no news yet on what it is. He said in his recent livestream that there'll be no modern dramas this year so either a variety show or another costume drama.

the tea from the douban forums is that the original script (filed in 2022) was centered around the first sister so it's really obvious in this arc. 4th son in law is supposedly arriving in the episodes tonight, let's see if they can integrate the plotlines better then.

the 2 roles is not confirmed yet, just speculation based on Yu Zheng's posts.

recent 🍉 was Ren Min which makes sense if it's really under Tencent

Yes, unless it suddenly explodes in the middle, 20M is impossible. But so far only Romance in the Alley and Flourished Peony have better numbers (from 🥭 dramas last year onwards) so it's not that bad. Going sideways might be because there were only single episode updates for the past 3 days but it's 2 episodes again starting tonight so we'll see if it can hold on against White Olive Tree in the next few days.

I think that's only outside China. Though there were complaints about it on Douban, a lot more of the active drama fans planned to boycott Yu Zheng before it even aired because of his plagiarism and antics. Barely anyone even wants to chase the data. But the numbers are okay for Mango. As long as they reach 15M average it won't be embarrassing.

novel story: FL enters the palace as a hostage and marries the emperor ML. Life in the palace is tragic they can only share their love for each other when it's too late.

drama: YZ seems to have switched the ML from the emperor to his brother (FL's childhood friend whom she can't remember and who dies in front of her in an early chapter). It's now a timeloop story where FL will keep trying to save ML but he's fated to die (a la Lovely Runner). WXY might play 2 roles (emperor and brother since they're supposed to look alike).

it's not officially announced yet but Yu Zheng has been noisy about it on Weibo so it seems all set unless something delays it. It's based on a short novel (link below) but from YZ's posts he's changing some stuff. will spoiler it in my next comment.

https://www.52shuku.vip/yanqing/h1qO_2.html

21M is the peak daily view so far but the current Yunhe average is at 7M which is fine for Mango but probably not for Yu Zheng's expectations lol. Kuyun TV ratings is at 0.45% which is not bad.

Feb 28 - Mar 3. no specifics yet, just the dates but I hope it's true that GA is giving him an official business title. means our boy is rising up!

(although dang his schedule is packed. hope he gets some rest after Tang Palace because I'm tired just seeing him in the airport every other week on xhs lol)

from his February itinerary, it looks like he's headed to Milan Fashion Week (🍉 Giorgio Armani)!!!

Tang Palace is not a Yu Zheng production, though he seem to has a good relationship with Yin Tao (the director and producer) so that's why it ended up looking like one. YZ technically won't block external dramas because he still needs them for his artists to bring in money and help his other artists get recognition.

The problem is, YZ made a lot of enemies too so some of the big production houses won't use his artists. This limits the value of the scripts being sent to them unless a platform invests in their development (for example, Bai Lu with iQiyi and Xu Kai with Tencent.) Plus YZ is probably arrogant enough to think that his scripts/projects are better than most of the mid idol dramas in the market so yeah, WXY is stuck for now unless enough producers/directors of quality want to work with him. Calming Waves is probably his true first test on whether he can "carry" a drama. Let's hope it succeeds so that iQiyi will give him more projects.

it is :( hoping he gets a good director to work with at least.

Shadow Detective - no release rumors recently
Calming Waves (iQiyi) - rumored Q2 or Q3
Tang Gong Qi An (Youku) - shooting until March, maybe Q4 or next year
Xing Zhi Wan (rumored Tencent) - plans to start shooting in July/August, Yu Zheng is still looking for an FL

in his weibo, you can still find it on his feed but it's unsubbed.