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I don't think 2023 is possible for As Beautiful As You. There's still WOL and SF6. There is a possibility that ABAY could possibly release before SF6 (given that ABAY has a promo teaser and more official materials released. Meanwhile, SF6 has no promo teaser, and considerably less official materials released. I think they may need more post production time on SF6, with vfx and all that stuff), but I still don't think it could be in 2023.

Sorry for the confusion. Jin Jiu Ling novel had transmigration. In the drama adaptation, they changed it to what you have seen. I felt it was a hot mess, tbh. Overall, I loved Jin Jiu Ling drama, but I did not like the first two episodes because of the way they handled the adaption.

Chinese censorship doesn't allow for Rebirth or Transmigration stories. They'll have to change that thing.

Jin Jiu Ling had similar plot, where FL dies and transmigrates to another body. I won't say much, just watch Ep 1 of Jin Jiu Ling drama and see for yourselves how they have adapted it.

If you ask me, Rebirth of a Star General is a lot less female centric compared to Qian Shan Cha Ke's other works.

In this, we have romance established early on, with FL falling in love with ML first. And FL joins ML's army, so ML is always around FL from the very beginning. Compared to Qian Shan Cha Ke's other novels, where MLs have very few appearances until 90-100 chapters, this is basically a normal historical romance novel.

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I recently watched Viva Femina -- What I loved about that drama is that it handled this topic a lot better than other c-dramas we have now.

After FL and ML break up due to some issues (I didn't feel like they were together.. more like getting to know each other better.. and in that process, they broke up.. but still have feelings for each other), FL comes across a investor who is pursuing her. She politely rejects him, saying that although she is currently single, she likes someone. She also maintained a boundary that, if he is investing in her company because he is interested in her, she would rather not have this investment. That investor assures her that he invested in her ability. -- Loved the way she maintained the boundaries here... even to the point of rejecting the much needed investment.

Later, FL and ML finally clear their differences and get back together for real this time. But this investor repeatedly interrupts their dates.. subtly pursuing her, which made ML very uncomfortable. ML also repeatedly expressed his frustration to FL. FL said that she already made it clear to this investor that she is not interested in him. That she set the boundaries. It is only work. They fought again, did not break up, but were in a small cold war. Finally, FL realized that she should have a talk with this investor and make it crystal clear to him. Which she did. And the investor finally backed off. Then she finds ML and apologizes to him for this situation.
--FL's actions here shows that she would rather not take this investment. That she is very independent and did not want others to invest in her company because of their romantic interest in her. Of course, she needs the investment to make it work, but she would rather not have it. She wants the investors to invest in her abilities and the company. And she knows she has great abilities.

It also made me realize how dumb and weak the "strong" FL's from other c-dramas are. They claim be "strong" and "independent", yet they need these 2nd MLs, who are romantically interested in them, to help them out in their career. Like Qin Shi in this drama. She has the ability to be independent. She can do wonders on her own. Yet, she still insists on working with her ex, who is clearly still interested in her, and make her partner uncomfortable.

Photoshoot video: https://twitter.com/dramapotatoe/status/1697438626932805723

Lu Linjia is Han Ting's nephew. And no, he did not save Ji Xing in the subway. That person was a random passerby with no name and no face.

Zeng Di is in a friends-with-benefits relationship with Han Ting. After Han Ting realizes his feelings for Ji Xing, he ends this friends-with-benefits relationship with Zeng Di.

Wei Quizi is just a good friend of Ji Xing.

As far as I remember from the the novel, there's no character named "Zhang Zhi Hao". The only best friend of Han Ting should be Xiao Yixiao.

Yes, Han Ting met Ji Xing before her breakup with Shao Yichen. Neither had feelings for the other until Ji Xing broke up with Shao Yichen.

Yes, why did he blackmail her by bringing up the past when she came to him to ask him to join her company? He should just not mind their past, let go of the hurt she gave to him and just join her company. Also, why did he run like a little b**ch when she asked him to join her company? It made Dal Mi to chase him all the way into the mountains. He schemed her into it!

Yes, the good boy, HJP is soo good boy that he is a boy who is soo good. Do San is bad bad bad boy.

Yes, made for each other. HJP made a brave decision in having Do San impersonate the Do San himself. Do San took advantage of HJP's brave decision and very cleverly trapped Dal Mi in his web of lies. Sadly, she couldn't get out of this web and get back to HJP, who never confessed his feelings to her.

Yes, totally agree Dal Mi should end up with HJP, who never confessed his feelings for her. Totally!

Great to see people hating on men who cry and emote their feelings!

Yes, love the cold, stone-faced CEOs. Hate the cry-baby MLs that actually feel real.

And yes, SML deserves better. How dare the girl he fell in love with did not reciprocate his feelings. Even though he never confessed to her, she should have taken the initiative. YES!!

For those, like me, who can't access Weibo: https://twitter.com/dramapotatoe/status/1693798891173392650

Oh, I know what's happening. Xu Kai's drama Ancient Love Poetry also got hate and so many antis rated it 1 stars. I happened before, happening now.

But the article, it's rich that Yu Zheng is revealing these malpractices when he himself did it.

Yu Zheng is Xu Kai's boss. He created a negative buzz on Xu Kai to hype up one of his recent shows that has got nothing to do with Xu Kai.

Yes, it was me who wanted Xu Kai to portray Song Yan. When I was reading the novel, I imagined Xu Kai as Song Yan... that's why.

Yang Yang was perfect. I don't see any hate directed at him on MDL. Must be the Chinese fans hating on him? If that's the case, I'm not surprised. They are f**cking blind. They always have been, even with Xu Kai.

There was a plot in the drama that was deviated from the novel, and it disappointed me. I think it even disappointed a lot of others on on MDL.
FL's adoptive mother forces FL to break up with ML. Then, later, she uses her husband's influence to jeopardize ML's career in military by framing him. This was the reason ML became a firefighter. In the novel, when FL learns of this truth much later in the story, she cuts off ties with her adoptive parents and lives happily with ML. However, in the drama, we see FL forgiving her adoptive mother.
I also saw some comments on MDL, where someone mentioned that the netizens in China criticized FL for not being filial to her adoptive parents... and that the drama team anticipated this reaction, so they had FL forgive her adoptive mother. I don't know how true that was, but I can imagine the reaction of Chinese netizens if FL cut off her ties with her adoptive parents.

In the end, acting wise and chemistry wise, both Yang Yang and Wang Churan had been perfect for me. Except for that one plot point that disappointed me, I enjoyed the drama. Could do with a little less nationalism too.

I watched it. Although I was disappointed about a few things, I didn't find any issue with Yang Yang's acting or his chemistry with Wang Churan. Nor did I see these criticisms online when the show was airing. Obviously, people were bashing Wang Churan because she was, allegedly, dating Yang Yang.

I also found FL annoying in My Dear Guardian. I tried watching it a 2 or 3 times.. and I always ended stopping at the first episode because of the FL. Then, a few months later, I decided to tolerate the FL and watched it all. The FL slowly grows on you and you may not find her annoying later in the series.

Meng Yanchen? He only gets a small mention in As Beautiful As Beijing. Much later in the story, Han Ting visits US and meets a certain Professor Meng, who asks Han Ting about how Yanchen is doing. Han Ting says that he is not in the country, he took up another mission.