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Her comments on AI were really great. They gave me the final push to change my thinking on it.

Chen Ruoxuan? I was really happy to see him in this. He’s a very good actor and he’s a good photographer too.

There seems to be a lot more sound effects/ quicker changes in music in this show than in FoF. I also feel like the timing of the sound effects might be slightly off too. It’s a bit awkward because it’s obviously been designed to increase the emotional intensity of a scene and sound design should increase the immersive experience of a show but if it’s too noticeable or heavy-handed then it sometimes has the opposite effect.

Xiao Ran is live broadcasting tomorrow at 5pm BST (I think). The site shows the time. The link is below:
https://m.btime.com/item/535rp5600bm9p3bg6ohnnvqb3bf

I can see why his fanbase likes it. It’s kinda like a personal signature which makes him stand out. I don’t feel it was as strong in his previous ones but maybe I didn’t watch enough or pay enough attention. But yeah, once I started noticing it, it was hard to ignore.

Gave this a curiosity watch partially because of the mixed reviews I saw on Weibo and partially because I wanted to see if there were elements of Painted Skin in it and I think it’s okay so far. The FL(s) doesn’t seem to be sidelined like in FoF and GJM’s skill for world building is still peak. I just don’t get why the filming is so deliberate and the sound design is so overbearing-at times it’s oddly pretentious. I feel like it messes with the performances and makes them feel less natural. It affects immersion too. There’s obviously a rich world being built but it’s hard to get immersed in it because of these two elements.

Apparently MDL doesn’t follow billing order which is news to me as it is a generally accepted industry standard 😅 It’s strange to want to be out of sync with the official channels.

Congratulations to Xiao Ran on her new adventure as convener of the 2026 Beijing Film and Life Festival!
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5282550000124215

Looks like she’s involved in the Beijing International Film Festival which is really cool!

So glad to see Mimi in another costume drama, and a historical drama no less! I’ve been following this show for a while, since it was rumoured to belong to Nini and Youku, so I’m happy to see it finally come into fruition too! Wishing the show a successful booting, and safe and smooth filming.

It’s so rare to get historical dramas centred around female figures so I’m really looking forward to this. I really hope this drama portrays Empress Feng with respect and gives her story the care and attention it deserves.

The billing order is all messed up. How did it get approved?

😂😂😂

I think it might be the wrong link. It links to a New Year’s Eve post from Dilireba’s studio 😅. This was Harper’s Bazaar link I found;
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5278548988530016

Link to her CCTV.com interview:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5277531890516394

The slow pace took some getting used to for me too but I think the show had some interesting ideas and was good looking. It has a slower pace than some shows due to set up and dialogue but it has a very good sense of world-building and character connection as a result.

People were very angry at the plot and the ending, especially the ending. After it ended, it fell to 6.5 and then recovered to 6.6.

Those kind of rumors happen all the time. It even happened with Love and Crown. There were a few occasions where marketing accounts said it wouldn’t air. Huamei had 0 promotion other than a poster and I mean 0. I thought RoaTF had little promotion but Huamei has to be one of the least promoted shows that I’ve ever seen. I think in the end it only had 2 posters total. It didn’t even have a wrap-up special. And also even if the platform isn’t optimistic that isn’t the end. Sometimes the shows the platforms are optimistic about are not always the shows that do well. And vice versa.

We can’t do much about the silence. Just have to hope for the best and watch their other works in the meantime.

It’s not out yet.

Because Huasen is ranked 4th billing and posters usually go by billing order. Even in this new poster, being 2nd and 3rd billing, both Peng Xiao Ran and Qiao Zhenyu are directly behind Gong Jun while Huasen is behind them. It may not make sense to overseas viewers who have a different understanding of popularity but the order of the posters makes sense if you consider they were created before the show aired and were designed to attract audiences. Huasen has been in a lot of roles recently but after Gong Jun, Qiao Zhenyu and Xiao Ran would have the most recognition and popularity before the show airs.