Deirdre19

In the novel Hua Liuli is 15 and the Crown Prince is 22.
Their age as indicated in the novel may be historically coherent, but for modern tastes it would definitely feel weird if they had made the FL look like an underage little girl.
I am glad that they used their creative licence to adjust the age of both of them to something more suitable.

Yes, I never liked him much before…and it turns out he was always in the wrong kind of roles (stiff, bland, boring - you name it..).
He is an absolute delight in this one!!!

Great idea, but you know that in C-dramaland this could never happen.
No matter how bad and incompetent an emperor is, he is still the representative of the highest authority which must never be questioned.
The real-life parallel is of course purely coincidental…

Are Tencent saving this for a special occasion? Like when humans land on Saturn or pigs learn to fly?
How frustrating must this be for all the people who invested time and energy in this!

It’s called the Peter Principle. Everyone is promoted to their highest level of incompetence.
Moreover, in today’s corporate culture there is a strong preference for “yes-people” which means that a compliant attitude with whatever bullsh*t ideas the bosses come up is more important than actual skills.

On kisskh it is listed as ‘coming 2024’… even though this is no guarantee for anything, there seem to be rumours that the producers want to ride on the wave of LYN’s popularity and release it soon. It wasn’t officially shelved, so anything is still possible.

Yes, it is because there are no “evil just for the sake of it” characters in this drama. People become adversaries because they have different goals, not because they hate each other for no reason whatsoever like we see in so many other dramas.
I love this setting because it is so much closer to reality. The world cannot be simply divided into good or bad.

😂😂😂😂
You should become an editor! Many dramas would be a lot more fun that way!

Tencent already announced some time ago that this would come in 2024, so the earliest we could expect to see this is February next year…

Yes, filming was completed 23/11/2023. Now comes post-production, licensing, etc.
I don’t expect this before Q4-2024….

I loved SOKP and I’m loving this one, too. They are very different types of dramas and therefore difficult to compare. One is more dialogue-heavy, the other more action-packed. Both have good acting and some nice humorous moments.

I remember her getting into trouble once (with the wolves) but that was more due to other people’s rashness…

Some actors just don’t have the head/face for ancient hairstyles, the ML is definitely one of them…

Yes, they get paid per episode. I just saw the amounts but I don’t know the currency so have no idea how much it is in “real mone”.
I do remember when they filmed “Friends” the cast got 1 mioUSD per episode.

Yes, apparently people are claiming that LYN was overpaid…
The bosses of these people probably think the same about them because these people seem to spend an exorbitant amount of time online throwing dirt at LYN instead of doing some honest work.

That sounds like a very strange system…Don’t the production companies do a tax return that would give this info to the authorities?

We are all praying for this! His voice would fit the character 100%,

Don’t feed the trolls… 😂

In this case you will like his role in Love of Nirvana. Calculating and manipulative, yet secretly suffering of unrequited love…

Totally different type of drama aimed at a different audience…
Over here is the grown-up corner 😉