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IKR? I feel like if they go one step further they will be like french mime actors/kabuki.........

Hmmm? I was referring to JJY's makeup (plus makeup of rest of the cast)......

And she even seems to be defaulting to the super white, pasty, could be mistaken for a vampire from Twilight look in her makeup, even in modern dramas….altho’ actually all the makeup in this particular drama looks awful and cakey - I had to stop watching in 1080p cos it showed up so badly. But yes at least there are glimmers of intelligent scheming which is more than can be said of her character in Blooms.

Hope so. Every day they're coming out with some new rule and regulation - remains to be seen how sustainable this widespread crackdown which involves not just the entertainment industry but also big tech, gaming, tuition etc etc will be. I mean one can understand there are wider social issues at play here, but is this topdown, heavy-handed way really the best way to reset and achieve social equity?

Truly, someone slap the sister already…absolute psycho.

Now it’s beginning to look like ZZH is just the first of many (altho’ probably started with Kris Wu really) who’re going to be brought down by the authorities………and all the rules of fandom have just been released, and maybe about time.

I don't think so. I think he's able to navigate so that his personal life is not dictated by the uncle while doing what's best for his uncle's company. What I don't get is how SX and XM communicate so badly - she didn't even tell him or anybody else for that matter (and he didn't ask either), that it was his uncle who went beserk in the office and about relationship rather than work issues. Oh well, hopefully she records all conversations from now on as the Big Boss told her to. I don't like XM's secret manipulations as well even if in the end the compromise works. Does he really still think of SX as his gf or not?

I can't believe they even scrubbed his scenes in NIF! And while you can still watch Blooms and Legend of Yun Xi (internationally anyway) - iqiyi even altered the shot of the Blooms poster to cut him out of it!!! Ridiculous to the max! But hey, like I said it's all linked as well to the current crackdowns on corporate China, and Alibaba is a big target.

Not just sad, but downright medieval and benighted. Speaking as Chinese woman, it's really pissing off.

For the link to full ending ep 36 + 37 kindly provided and put together by Schimofinnie see Recent Discussions above

Actually I think Hongmei's family is even worse - they've basically stolen her money and didn't even put her down as a co-owner of the flat. They really live up to that saying - can't live with them; can't shoot them. Hope she starts to get some breaks soon cos right now she's just falling deeper and deeper into depression city.

Alibaba

There's a continuing campaign to crack down on big companies, and especially big tech/media companies ( latest announcement came out earlier this week - the timing is all so suspicious ), so it's a very very fraught time for all. Even guai guai companies without outspoken leader/co-founder can find themselves targeted. And when one considers who owns youku.........enough said.

LOL!

Yes, no kissing is acceptable in period dramas. Also if they aren't good at it I very much prefer they don't do it. Some of the kiss scenes in costume c-dramas are sooooo lame. But you're right, Bai Lu is one of the really good kissers - her scene with Leo Luo in Love is Sweet is pretty sizzling...........so we're going to miss out on that here and especially in the modern continuation.

Works with VPN set to HK….

Ikr. The whole thing has such an unreal feel to it - just want to rewind back 72 hours to when the mountain was still peaceful…….

Don’t think anyone is downplaying that, I was truly taken aback when I first saw the thing on YT last night, and I was wondering how he could do something so careless. I myself am personally disgusted by those shrines and avoid them like the plague during trips to Japan. I’m not from the PRC but my parents, grandparents, lived through the Japanese occupation of Malaya so even people outside China know and understand the significance of Yasukuni etc. At the same time, one can still feel for ZZH and mourn the loss of a very promising actor.

Totally agree, 8 episodes in and looking forward to more. ZYC is great so far and so is the FL. As it’s a short series, have high hopes they will not have draggy plot or meaningless filler side stories.

Think harassing is putting it mildly, looks like can call it rape. He did that with his wife/XL so looks like he wants to inflict it on her to get ultimate revenge on XS. Assuming she will have to be rescued or save herself somehow, cos otherwise it would be the stupidest plot line ever. Already damned irritated with the 2 leads current passivity and her crazy naïveté - who gets into a car with total strangers? And her telling everyone including WZ that they are good! Is she going to say that to Uncle Z as well? Nuts. Her character started out so strong and rational now veering off to who knows where. And XS - he really has no plan B against Uncle Z? He’s supposed to be this super smart operative - now just sitting around, waiting to be crushed by WZ and his ‘dear’ uncle.