@HeadInTheClouds
To be honest, I can’t figure out why Chinese dramas don't produce peripheral products. Japanese anime has done this very thoughtfully. I can only make a superficial guess. Is it because these platforms are afraid of being scolded for making too much money? Some netizens just like to use a magnifying glass to find faults in others like this. But Tencent is a for-profit company, how could it not want to make money? ? As long as they can ensure the product is worth its price, that's fine, right? ?
Do you still have that video of naming star after Xiang Liu? T_T
After reading what you said, I want to travel to the Czech Republic :-). I have never been to Europe. I originally wanted to go to Greece a few years ago, and then the COVID-19 epidemic broke out... Now strangely I am more interested in spending the holidays at home.囧
Wait, your home country is Vietnam, you live in Europe, but you can read Chinese novels? How did this happen? Or did you read it using Google Translate?
I read the novel you recommended, and I can really tell that it is a good work, with beautiful writing and reasonable plot. Although when I saw Jing and Xiao Yao appearing together, I couldn't help but feel irritated. Maybe deep down I still kind of hate her and feel like she doesn't deserve a second chance. But this fiction is written with care. I am very interested in the author's construction of the world of Dahuang, and I will consider it carefully :-)
Yes, I have to rely on Google for Vietnamese...but honestly, Google does a good job of translating most posts. If you find them, please send them to me :-)
Most Chinese drama fans and book fans also like Xiang Liu the most. But because in China, the positioning of the characters in a drama is very important. The first male lead and the heroine’s love are both less popular than the third male lead. This would be regarded as a failure of the actors and the drama. Therefore, Tencent focused on Cang Xuan and Jing in its early promotions, and hoped to create an atmosphere that the audiences likes the heroine's choice. In addition, the reason why Deng Wei played the role of Jing is probably because he thought he could gain a lot of popularity with this role. His company must also value this opportunity very much, so it encouraged fans or purchased public opinion troops to promote the Yao Jing couple. But in fact, among real Chinese audiences, the overwhelming majority like Xiang Liu. Tan also said in the interview that the entire crew likes Xiang Liu very much (before a Chinese crew starts filming, people from all departments must read the script with the actors together). On the set, the crew members called him "Liu Ge" :-)