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Chen Kaige and Chen Hong did not encourage their sons to enter c-ent but neither were they opposed to CFY's choice. It was ok to have him as child actor for a small part in one of his dad's movies : "Sacrifice", released in 2010. (He was 10 years old then)

But they were worried that he would meet trouble, be branded as benefiting from nepotism because of them, get in trouble for his dual citizenship although it had been ok for him to be enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy as international student in 2019. ( In July 2021 under pressure from C-ent audience social media who brought to attention that he must choose or be denied Chinese citizenship since the RPC does not accept officially dual citizenship,Arthur eventually renounced his US citizenship , obtained because he was born on April 9, 2000 in the USA). Arthur's parents were happy that their elder son, Chen Yuang, chose to study something else and enter another profession in business away from the c-ent celeb pitfalls.

After his drastic diet to lose over 30 kg (he admitted he had weighed 135kg and said he had slimmed down through jogging and fasting) , CFY already had started acting around 2016 in the movie "Secret Fruit" released in July 2017. Chen Kaige was ambivalent but still thought it would be helpful for Arthur to work as assistant director under him for "The Legend of the Demon Cat" (filmed in July 2016 and released in December 2017) : he was assigned to be primarily responsible for the daily care of the black cat, Luna, who played a key role in the film. (lol)

Once CFY was sure of his choice, his parents of course were supportive of his choices. They helped him deal with the unpleasantness caused by the paparazzo,.

Both dad, son and mom came together for some projects t together : Chen Kaige’s Volunteers trilogy, where Chen Feiyu stars as Sun Xing, a front-line soldier embodying resilience and determination. The films (under the title "The Great War" 1,2 -and yet to be recorded 3 on MDL ) premiered in Beijing on September 30, 2023, September 30, 2024 and September 27, 2025, Chen Hong, who has been a producer on many of Chen Kaige’s films, served as a producer on this project, continuing her long-standing collaboration with her husband and son.

They also came together on the movie "Flowers From The Ashes " set in the 1960s, which seems still to be awaiting release, according to MDL although other info mention it was scheduled to be released in August 2023.

I savored the last episodes after enjoying the sunny weather outside and found the ending very satisfying, once I finally accessed the 5 last episodes. Overall, I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
I will miss this story, which was so well told,
Chen Feiyu and Sun Qian were playing very sweet and engaging characters. Yes there could have been more kisses, but the period background was very prudish, as hinted by the "love bite" from the 1.90 tall mosquito incident, lol. Now looking forward to watch Sun Qian and CFY's separate upcoming dramas, hopefully not too far in the future.

Returning without any scratch from digging up people in shifting rubble and falling debris would also have made no sense...
So, the production decided to cut that "buried alive" scene, probably thinking with good reason that it might be too melodramatic and sort of cliché after the many earthquake scenes already seen in other dramas. Instead, although the story is fictional and not pseudo documentary, production chose to insert one of the two very short excerpts from newsreels from the period, in order to make the timeline and June 1976 background (Tangshan earthquake) in the plot crystal clear.

Happy Birthday to , Xu Kai!

That's mean... Arthur was quite fat , even frankly obese, in adolescence, okay, that's maybe not so well-known. American food can be lethal for figure and health (I know: I used to have a sterling metabolism which allowed me to eat and drink whatever I fancied, until I had to eat the awful hormone filled chicken dishes of the East Coast of the US. That wrecked my system so badly, I too had to embark on a drastic diet to not be scared by my appearance!)

Chen Feiyu lost a tremendous amount of weight through a grueling fast diet (maybe worse than that, perhaps surgery) when he started in c-ent, way back when. No wonder his parents were not overjoyed when he declared that he wanted to work as actor in c-ent!

Since then, he has stayed very weight conscious and certainly can't be called fat. But it looks like the next drama that he will be filming has special slim requirements. I just hope he won't sink into anxiety and conversion troubles like Zhao Lusi experienced.

He too has had to suffer from cyber bullies + from a trash "e-reporter"and a "trophy hunter" fan -- the story is best to be forgotten although after that blatant disrespect of his boundaries, it's probably difficult for him to remain as sunny and nice, polite, as he used to be.

Sorry I don't know that song and did not see anything that seemed to fit the trailer in the music info for the t drama on Baidu

On the other hand, I stumbled upon the more complete OST on Spotify + the individual instrumental melodies composed by D-Jin (Jin Dazhou ) so I added these with translation of the Chinese titles , links to the MVs, and a link to the interview of the composer-producer to add to the information about the singers of the four main songs pinned in Discussions section.

I have added separately the link and visual of the trailer you wish to know the music of, with the question. Perhaps someone will know and answer?

ZLH is supposedly "voiced by Yi Fan" according to credits. 4 among the 7 lead cast actors (not Tian Xiwei) are dubbed by voice actors in this drama. Dubbing is frequent in costume dramas.

Yi Fan was already the voice of Zhang Linghe in 2023 Tiger and Crane and in 2024 The Princess Royal; he is also the voice of Wang Zhiqi in Imperial Coroner (2021 and 2026) and two other dramas; and of Liu Jun in Generation to Generation, among many actors he dubbed since 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrmWl4a8UMQ (ok that song is more for halloween evenings -wondering why they did not release it then with those scrunchy bloody snow scenes 😂)
Btw the OST is nice too, but sometimes I stray for other songs in the intermissions.

😂 Pretty cool butchering (reminding me somewhat of the bloody revenge scene in LLTG) although in my countryside, they hang the pig first to let the blood flow in a pail for sausage making. -- Tbh this drama starts very well.

The bowls of noodles and pork in ep 2 made me hungry 😂

ok I'm in ! 🥳 On WeTV (kissing takes a wee more time, besides which I have too many subscriptions here so that one should do).

waiting too 😂
Time left to brew a cup ?

I have pinned the OSt music up in Discussions section, together with some info about the singers
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/754361-love-story-in-the-1970s/148580-love-story-in-the-1970s-music Enjoy !

I'm also going to watch POJ :) after finishing Love Story in the 1970s (same: I don't purchase into express usually. I believe subscription to VIP plans for oQIYI, WeTV, Viki, Youku should be enough splurging on my end and am dissatisfied with some because of the payment options hassle and the shows that get georestricted 🤔)

So, also watching else now, like short and vertical dramas 🤯🥲 or older shows that I missed and could catch up with, like "Psychologist" (Yang Zi and Jing Boran -totally different there from his appearance in "Road Home" 'his 2023 romance drama with Seven Tan Songyun) and "You Are My Hero" which had been stuck in my On-hold list because overlong (okay shows even if not masterpieces 🥲)
+ slowly savoring "How dare You!" which you already watched..."How Are you?" "I'm Fine, and you?" 🤣

Presently also watching ODD 🥳 and About Love 🤫, the more adult drama about a morally grey "relationship tester" played by Wang Ziwen who entangles with a "bags authenticator" played by LYN and a quirky comics artist played by Vengo Gao. There are other characters in complicated states of relationships anxiety around them, including a psychologist who at the episode I reached, looks not very honest. The story is from a manhua and was initially titled Cicada Girls, filmed in 2019, for some reason delayed till 2026. The OST is nice, so I pinned a list of songs and melodies up in the Discussions section of that drama.

... Too much. The weekend should be sunny so I'd better get my fill of natural Vitamin D, and go stretch limbs - even if not going all out to dance in public the "Zhan Ma /War horse" aerobics dance🤣 I am too rusty now, sigh. Just a few moves in front of large screen while singing that "new anthem of the year" with open doors to balcony once furniture in the way is pushed aside perhaps, then). People don't know that sort of fun dances to share in parks and plazas in my present area of residence - far from Beijing : I am missing the vibrant capital.... (I had put a snippet of 战马 short video in my Profile page, with a link to it, as Happy New Year wishes for 2026)
Have a nice and sunny weekend too!

Thank you! Nice music ! ❤️
I am pinning it up in "Recent Discussions" under the title "About Love OST" so it does not get lost in the avalanche of comments

It is a good series. Number one in TV series last week in China, as reported by Marcus. Even Avenue X, who often has only scorn for idols and second generation showbiz people, admitted she liked it. She quibbled about it not being "true to era speak and behavior", more tailored to present day audience, which is rather a compliment since it does achieve to convey what the new generations think about that time, now that many scars healed and reconstruction is successful..

But her insistence on comparing the feelings to the ones she got from remembering talks with her parents who lived through these "troubled times" made me think she clear forgot who Chen Feiyu is : the son of a famous film director who was directly affected by the events of the period, and certainly heard about these times at dinner table at home in the family or with acquaintances, besides having had a proper film education at the Beijing Film Academy which certainly had some mentions about the "scars movement" in Chinese culture and cinema. Without having read all about the period and all the novels and memoirs from the times, CFY probably read his dad's memoirs which were published in Chinese in truncated form, as well as explaining in interview how he read the novel after the script to make the drama character come alive.

The moral view encouraged is : not to butt in when hurdles are not worth the fight, but to embrace the changes and find ways to carve paths really fitting the individual aspirations while not jettisoning the debts to and warmth of a supporting social community. Fei Ting will be valued in his dream job as cook. Ms Mu returns to her younger ideals, giving up title and rigid entitled attitude, and is grateful to the forgiving Fei Ni who actively shelters her from isolation at the lunch table. Good food is better for soul and body than mere following slogans, even though "revolution is not a dinner party".

Without turning the drama into a pseudo documentary, I think the characters are well acted to convey both fidelity to source material and to background period. They are engaging and the drama manages to show the appeased way to look back which the new generations prefer, in a forward looking vision of life to tackle present day struggles that do not really resemble those of the past eras, without being burdened by revenge seeking or rekindling grief.

Thanks for your detailed reply! Oh there is no fault with your English imho, and as you justly point out, Chinese is not always easy to translate, especially when it is poetry or cultural allusions, which often infuse the meaning of Chinese sentences.

You are right about the arrows provided by chart artist which were not always perfectly clear. Some mentions in this chart could benefit from being put in bold type while other, less important ones, might be put in smaller italics type, but since Chinese is very concise, it is difficult to find a better translation than the ones you offered, without a reference to time slot (like : "former", "finally"...) which takes much space in English vs Chinese. Anyway, kudos to you for your effort for this the chart, which is generally easy to read with your translations! Looking forward to the ones you plan to do next (which dramas?)

You mentioned in reply "White moonlight', clarifying the origin of the mention. To me this notion has become particularly familiar to the "new" vertical C-drama audiences, although it may still be puzzling to newcomers to standard C-drama. Like "green teas" or such monikers. The first has indeed become Chinese shorthand to describe the never forgotten crush on some loved one from way back when, who was separated from admirer before finally reappearing - Fei Ni was not aware that she was Fang Muyang's white moonlight (lol) ; the second is the "green eyed jealous monster" like Feng Lin in the drama, the spiteful woman everyone will hate. These character types have become staple tropes in c-dramas, and even in other Chinese conversations, but is takes some time for newcomers to get used to these mentions in drama comments., which really belong to the c-drama subculture universe.

Looking forward to the final episodes which I will watch by Thursday when the ordinary audience not purchasing into "express" plan will be able to enjoy them.

I concede that Ye Feng and Fang Muyang briefly competed for Fei Ni's attention in the cinema sequence and about who would leave with who on bicycles. So: very short lived trial sentimental triangle.

Following this definition, then, there is also the Ye Feng-Ling Yi-Fei Ni involvement during the misled matchmaking, : Ye Feng crushes on pretty Fei Ni unrequited and Ling Yi crushes on Ye Feng unrequited. Meanwhile, Fei Ni was aloof and uninvolved sentimentally with either guy until she chose, on a whim, that matching with Fang Muyang would better serve her unsentimental interests.

Perhaps also briefly Ling Yi- Fang Muyang- Ye Feng. Although Ling Yi only covets Fang Muyang before the events and in the beginning of the drama : she was indebted to him and claimed to be his GF but swiftly let him go when she realized the hero was amnesiac and would be more a liability than useful, and next, she witched to covet Ye Feng for his physique and in order to gain power. No real sentimental feelings involved either, although Ling Yi ends up as Ye Feng's fiancée.

And the exes of Fang Mujing and Qu Hua: one alive triggering Qu Hua's jealousy because despite having dumped Fang Mujing and being loathed and written away by her, the "colleague" still curried up to her when she unexpectedly appeared as a successful member of the university. The other ex was a ghost that shadowed vaguely the early marriage of Fang Mujing and Qu Hua'. (Qu Hua still thought of the ghost while proposing to Fang Mujing who justly felt repelled rather than pushed to fight for his love , besides which she had married for other interests first.)

But these feel more like shifting interests alliances in "business" than real significant sentimental love triangles in my view.
In the drama, love starts after marriage, after long and level headed thinking for Fei Ni, Fang Mujing, Qu Hua. Still, love is sweet later :)

Thanks for subtitling and translating the chart !

My only quibble : the "Unrequited Love" stands out a little bit too prominently and may be misleading when in fact this is a very temporary feeling and the real info should better be "Marriage first, then love". The "Childhood nemesis" mention was based on misunderstandings but is important for first episodes to explain the relatively late blooming of love from Fei Ni who nevertheless agrees to trust Fang Muyang quickly, enough to do almost a shotgun marriage!

I am puzzled by the "old age confidant" mention but we still have not seen the Fang parents (Qingyuan and Mu Shanhe) who should appear in episodes after 23, upcoming as of March 4, 2026, so I suppose the confidences will start then.

Love? Neither guys loved each other : the male suitor enabled by misled matchmaking for family benefit was looking down on the girl who reluctantly envisioned in despair a loveless marriage of convenience, but quickly, in a few scenes , thought up herself of a better choice ;) Fei Ni could not get past the contempt her supposed suitor's mom heaped on her at first meeting. She dumped Ms Xu's son firmly.
So,, for me, no real "love triangle".