Xiang Liu and You (Yes, You)

I think the fun thing with TJC being the most popular that he's ever been right now is that his name is attached to all kinds of interesting sounding projects, there's been a lot of melons. The most interesting ones to me are a rumored wuxia with Zhang Ruoyun (very good actor) and a wuxia with Cheng Yi and a third actor (whose name I can't remember). I take all melons very skeptically because I remember a couple of years ago TJC was rumored to be cast as 2ML in The Golden Hairpin and that turned out to be untrue, like most melons. 

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The most interesting ones to me are a rumored wuxia with Zhang Ruoyun (very good actor) and a wuxia with Cheng Yi and a third actor (whose name I can't remember).

That sounds incredibly interesting. Especially if it's in the same vein as Mysterious Lotus Casebook :)

 nathsketch:

That’s so awesome!! My 2 faves ❤️

I wondered if they contacted each other ahead of time about their clothes?  Cause they both were wearing black and silver and sparklies and FABULOUS!

 luv2bafangurl:

He sang live instead of using backtrack, respect to him!

He looked and sounded gorgeous.

 Kikinaki:

Awwww , we really love him.....

He should just continue to be his awesome self

 nathsketch:

His acceptance speech, I'm in tears.

He thanked Lost You Forever and Xiang Liu for bringing him to people's attention *sobs*

Yes!  Loved that they did a video of clip of Xiang Liu's beautiful moments... the underwater scene!  sob

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Seeing Bai Lu and TJC onstage together looking so matching makes me want to see them in a show together. Really cute at the end when they did the heart together.

Yes, I'm seeing a lot of that on Twitter.  How good they look / cute they look together and how they want to see them in a drama together.

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I think the fun thing with TJC being the most popular that he's ever been right now is that his name is attached to all kinds of interesting sounding projects, there's been a lot of melons. The most interesting ones to me are a rumored wuxia with Zhang Ruoyun (very good actor) and a wuxia with Cheng Yi and a third actor (whose name I can't remember). I take all melons very skeptically because I remember a couple of years ago TJC was rumored to be cast as 2ML in The Golden Hairpin and that turned out to be untrue, like most melons. 

I love all the rumors for shows!  It's means people are thinking and wanting him in shows.  They are finally seeing his potential instead of dismissing him because of his height.  But yes, I tend to disregard most of them as wishful thinking.

Wasn't he sitting sort of next to Zhang Ruoyun (there was a girl between them) at Weibo award?   I don't think I've heard this rumor.

I think the producer of Liang Jing Shi Wu Ri followed Cheng Yi and Tan Jian Ci, which prompted a melon.  Plus, Zhang Wan Yi is supposedly attached too.  It wasn't lead, but sounded cool and it's from a book by Ma Bo Yong!

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you don't have to be stuck at Hengdian for 4-5 months (although with Filter he'll be stuck in Ningbo).

Not me Googling these places hahahah

So Hengdian World Studios! Wow. Is it possible to visit or is it closed for tourism?

Ningbo is super beautiful too. There's a port! Second largest port in the world. So cool.

 Kokuto:

Wasn't he sitting sort of next to Zhang Ruoyun (there was a girl between them) at Weibo award?   I don't think I've heard this rumor.

I think the producer of Liang Jing Shi Wu Ri followed Cheng Yi and Tan Jian Ci, which prompted a melon.  Plus, Zhang Wan Yi is supposedly attached too.  It wasn't lead, but sounded cool and it's from a book by Ma Bo Yong!

I didn't get a good look at her face, but I think it was Zhang Ruoyun's wife Tang Yi Xin. And yes, you're right, the melon came from the producer following Cheng Yi and TJC on weibo. If it comes true it really will feel like MLC part 2 -- Cheng Yi, a MIC member, and a young actor on the fast-track to stardom. What a fun trio that would be, although probably too good to be true.

 nathsketch:

So Hengdian World Studios! Wow. Is it possible to visit or is it closed for tourism?

Definitely! It's a major tourist destination, AvenueX went this past summer and posted a few videos on her youtube out if you want to check them out and see what Hengdian is like -- I think she visited the Qingshui Town set too.

 luv2bafangurl:

TJC did look so much better in costume. His next drama with TH is another modern drama right? Who is his co-star?

I agree 100%!

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Li Landi. She was recently in The Starry Love and All the Way To the Sun -- the latter show did well when it aired on tv. And because I love gossip, it's an open secret that she's Zhang Xincheng's girlfriend, they've denied it over and over but everyone knows lol.

 luv2bafangurl:

I don‘t know Zhang Xincheng, but thx for the info. I love me bit of celeb‚s gossip too =)

Me too! :)

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She started off as a child actor. Well, she's still quite young -- 24. Her acting is ok but I just find her really boring to watch, she lacks charisma. Another young actress backed by a manufactured hype machine who needs to spend more time in supporting roles before being put in main leads when they just don't have the charisma or chops to carry it off. It's annoying how these actresses are made to run when they barely have the skills and star quality to crawl just because their agencies and backers want to fast-track them to stardom and popularity so they can start making money off them asap. And just because they cast an older, more experienced and skilled actor opposite them doesn't solve the problem -- unfortunately, it usually doesn't have the effect of bringing up the young actress's performance to his level, it just makes her performance look worse and more lacking by comparison.

I'm expecting Filter to be bad, I will be delighted to be proven wrong.

Noooooo!  I had high hopes for Filter.  sob.   I'm beginning to get the feeling you mentioned before that they are using him to help the younger actresses.  We need Tan Jian Ci teamed with some actresses of his  age or abilities that he can bounce off of.

sigh.  TBH, the more I heard about Filter, the more I felt this was going to more of a female film, with Tan Jian Ci playing the love interest.  I mean, she gets to play three or four different characters, all attracting or trying to, Tan Jian Ci's character.   I hope Li Landi can pull it off.