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16 million views (July 11th 2026) on this sketch:
https://youtube.com/shorts/IA5bHbtuJho?is=p5yOna10bWNxwycR

Another beautiful review of YCY’s path to stardom:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1E3iWU3fAz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Its college life themed …

hi, if I don’t err, you could edit here. yCY movie ‘being towards death’ entry on MDL needs some attention. it does not show that it was released on May first 26, thus even those who have seen it can’t rate it. thanks so much.

Complete episode with Yang Chaoyue (engl. sub):
https://youtu.be/Ds-A_M9RDcM?si=WKtfm67bD9mOjgf2

Official trailer:
https://youtu.be/hWNnJcMv0pI?si=00b5E4-2767vHBQ7

The actors introduce their characters:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CikXYDjm5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

let all of us know what drama themes you find not boring (for modern dramas only).

I recommend to watch ‘Born To Run’ (BTR). BTR is all about two mothers and two daughters and their problems with each other. It is a must see and got plenty of awards. Yang Chaoyue is playing a conflicted and oppressed daughter, very different character to her cheerful one in ‘Ideal City’.

its on IQIYI.

‘Being towards death’ has been released May first (2026) in China. In pre-screenings it received rave reviews. According to audience records, the movie, which treats terminal illness with comedy, strengthens the will to live. The movie dares one to face questions about life, death, and cancer. If you track down a screening outside China (none found in the US, there were a few in Australia and perhaps elsewhere), go watch it. I wish I could very much. The story, writing and acting is exceptional, but the subject is not persuasive enough to a broader audience, leaving the box office a little bit wanting. Hope that over time more people can enjoy this wonderful work.

you give too much away, press the spoiler button, will you!

Be prepared that this is a drama about being good hearted, naive, but having an unsurmountable prejudice against you. Even though it is a melodrama, it was #1 for 60 days in 2023. Thus, submerge into the tearful and at times difficult to watch abuse of an innocent girl beautifully played by Yang Chaoyue, the shortcomings of a slightly too correct old master, the suffering of a rejected man and irrationality of self rightious immortals.
the presentation is beautiful, the subject difficult, but difficult is good: difficult is art!

most people say the ending could have been a bit longer. but its not good to say more. watch the whole show, enjoy, and find out.

whenever something promises to become a great success, there are fringe people trying to sabbotage the project: just out of spite, of fear, their own idols may suffer, or because they lack success of their own doing.

Not the only one, I got confused as well, because YCY also worked with HMH before and there are some facial similarities.

You can watch this wonderful tear-jerking documentary here (with English subtitles):

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7v7wl2

Yang Chaoyue’s memorable farewell speech with English subtitles is here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BnvqSuJWL/?mibextid=wwXIfr

(Opens in facebook)

The show itself is not part of this documentary.

Yes indeed! I once stopped the movie in the second life time to study the interior of the escape coach: so many items of every day needs, carefully reconstructing the historical life, arranged with so much insight, care, and love!

As someone supervising students at a western sphere university I can assure you that the age range here includes a lot of young people who just have finished highschool, aged 18 to 20 in their first semester / quarters, but also a lot of 25 to 30 year olds, i.e. students who previously jobbed around to build up a tuition fund, and plenty of graduate students. Not to mention post docs who can be as old as 40 (like myself once for example).
YCY is currently 27. Looks young for her age (a bit too slim, but loosing weight was probably done to make her look even younger).
Just my humble opinion.

I like her. First life uneducated, naive, ‘pouty’, her father’s burden misunderstood; dubbed with high pitch voice. Second live more matured; still not properly treated by her master. Third life angry, justifiably so.
The whole story falls into the category of melodramas, where hardly anyone survives, and those who do, mostly are punished for eternity or in a sense, are no-longer strictly speaking human.

For Miss Yang Chaoyue, this was an earlier drama. She presents her character with skill, but she was not satisfied with herself. She was striving for a higher level of performance above the average acting seen in other productions, and a milestone to that end was ‘Born To Run’ earning her a top 10 best actor of the year and the lovely, humorous, yet not without fights and drama ‘Love You 7 Times’ with which she earned another award for her acting.
Last year she was main lead in the offline modern drama ‘Hello Madman’. This theatre production saw 22 performances in 8 cities with most times sold out venues of 1500 to 2000 seats. The drama was voted best of the year in the ‘modern’ category. Her acting was described best by someone with: ‘that trembling little girl on stage is most proficient!’