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The drama itself shows scenes that mirror some bullying he’s getting, like in ep 1 when Yan Ling was berated by the other manager for his accent, and other scenes when he was bullied by brats with powerful dads. He has another new song, can’t remember its title, that says something about him using his talents instead of playing dirty tricks like his bullies.

It’s the nature of mystery dramas. Things are kept hidden for valid reasons.

It gets better with each episode. If you like comedy, mystery, action and romance, give it another go.

Wei told him to keep his idenity a secret

This scene alone justifies Princess Lin An’s FL designation. In a male-centric drama such as this one, an FL’s screen time matters much less than how the ML feels about her. And this scene makes it clear that Xu Qi An’s heart beliongs to her.

yup, i prefer 2 episodes a day, but I don’t mind 1 ep a day as it gives me time to rewatch previous episodes

In a way, I like the 1 episode per day schedule as there are many things to grasp in each episode - many characters and places to remember. I therefore enjoy rewatching.

You’re right, it’s dark humor. But therein lies the charm. This family is quirky but warm.

The kiss between Xu Qi An and Princess Lin An is one of the best onscreen kisses I’ve watched. Neither cold nor slobbery with fake passion, it is sweet, heartfelt and exceedingly heart-fluttering.

Didi is that rare talent who is not only gorgeous and talented but believes in doing the right thing too. He does not want to play dirty C-Ent games of paying netizens to attack enemies or to make him look good, e.g. pay/encourage netizens to downrate other actors’ dramas or to uprate his dramas on Douban and other drama scoring sites. He gives vent to his anger and disappointments through his songs. Have you heard Burn?

Wechat and Douyin are top apps in China. However, I don’t believe anything that comes out of China anymore. I understand Didi has been shadowbanned in Douyin too. C-Ent is getting more out of control. Well, disinformation on social media is out of control. This includes IMDB. That’s why I don’t rely on online ratings. I watch at least a few episodes of a cdrama to judge whether to finish it or not and I never diss a drama I have not finished. Rotten Tomatoes has professional critics but I think it does not review all cdramas, if at all.

Compared to other cdramas hailed as masterpieces and have higher ratings, this IS a masterpiece. It weaves comedy, mystery, action, drama, familial love, brotherhood and romance in a seamless, entertaining and compelling narrative. The production quality, including the cgi, is topnotch. The OST is quite stirring.

I pity anybody who is so consumed with envy and hate they can’t appreciate an excellent drama worthy to be called a masterpiece.

Whew, with at least 200 million rmb budget that Dylan’s most vicious haters spent to attack this drama, I had expected a Douban rating below 5. So, 5.4 is actually a victory. The supporters of this drama were able to counter the attacks somewhat. This actually shows how unreliable Douban is and just confirms the fact that Douban is an outmoded system of rating dramas. It was probably reliable back when disinformation had not taken grip on social media. Douban rating is a dinosaur. A thing of the past. The app/site does not feature among the top apps/sites in China.

Thank you. The attacks Didi is getting from envious quarters in C-Ent are so disgusting and vicious, a weaker actor would have broken down by now which is what his deplorable haters want to happen. Instead, Didi is showing his haters he is creme de la creme.

Those who know what is happening to Didi in C-Ent are actually bemused at how closely Dafeng mirrors reality. The bullying Xu Qi An suffered from Zhou Li and Zhu Chengzhu, both sons of powerful figures in Dafeng, resemble the bullying Didi is currently being subjected to in the vicious and cutt-throat world of C-Ent

It's currently being released 1 episode per day yet is still topping Yunhe viewership chart. We'll see what happens when it goes back to 2 episodes per day this week-end

The Chinese Entertainment industry is viciously dirty. China is, after all, known for fake news and troll armies for hire. Dylan's agency has already sued several haters but ENVY and MONEY are just too powerful to resist for a lot of deplorable netizens with nothing better to do.

Months before this drama started airing, a smear campaign already started slandering Dylan. A netizen who was recruited to blacken Dylan blew the whistle on the operation and said somebody is out to get him. Why, you may ask? Not really surprising. From the moment he entered showbiz in 2017, Dylan has been blackened by envious people who didn't like a young man with no family wealth, no powerful backer and no big publicity machine taking projects away from their boys.

It was revealed that "the organized attack on Dylan involved a budget of 200m rmb. While not all participants are known, the main ones are clear. Eg the influencers who smeared D&DF all belong to the same media co, which serves a top C-ent agency representing numerous celebs."
https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/1874865302368034933#

On GOTD's first day, the drama's heat index was steadily climbing, on track to reaching at least 29k when the system crashed for several hours, losing thousands of cloud seats, not to mention airtime. Tencent Video did not attempt to recover these losses. Why might Tencent Video appear to be sabotaging its drama? Might it have something to do with its rivalry with Tencent Pictures, the grandfather company of GOTD producer?

Despite these setbacks, GOTD managed to top drama charts. It is a masterpiece and word of mouth is countering the smear campaign.

I was actually thinking of viewers who are not well-versed with Chinese culture, like my siblings who I’ve been trying to persuade to watch the drama. A new cdrama viewer would not understand the gravity of “going to the Department of Music”. For all you know, they might interpret that as going to Julliard which is not bad at all. It’s very considerate of Viki to clarify this.

This 1-episode-per-day schedule has some merit. It's providing enough time to watch the drama is another site. I've been watching it on Tencent Video but since 50 minutes of GOTD per day is not enough, I also watched it on Viki. The translation cleared up some murky aspects of the drama. For example, in Tencent Video, it wasn't explained why the Xu women going to the Department of Music was bad. In Viki, the translation clarified that "Department of Music" is euphemism for "government-controlled brothel".