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Clint Eastwood, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper started out the same way as actors that have done directing without any formal training.

Also as far as I'm aware in most countries there is no such thing as directing school. Getting a degree in film will give you some relevant training, but it's very little. Probably a seasoned actor who spends a couple of months obtaining the required technical knowhow can compete favorably with that & film history agrees with me.

One and a half episodes in TV time. (from end of e21 to mid e23)
The passing of drama world time cannot really be inferred, not for the first time in this drama..

I'm glad you found the list useful.

Looks like she won the bet, against all odds that is. I'm happy for her.

I'm sure there are a few here and there, that's not what I'm saying. 😂

1. Around e14, but the exact scene they agree on dating seems to have been cut due to censorship.
2. The breakup happens in e21 & is 1.5 epi long. It may not last much longer than average, but it's quite shitty imo, even though FL has good reasons to break up, it's not well executed.
There is a love triangle, but it ends fairly quickly, so triangle haters are fine here.
3. Happy ending that's technically over 1h long with fillers.

I think I said this before here, but it's a long scrolling sea of messages, so I will repeat it.

Justifying the breakup is very easy. The ehm events leading up to it & the conversations within that episode & putting it so late in the show are just awful.

This is what the Chinese drama industry is like & it's not going to get better. :(

My guess is that that the censorship body prevented at least one scene from airing in the episode & then the the director just threw up arms & we ended up with this.

I envy you for being able to interpret it like that.

Choosing career, comfort or money over love is a story as old as time. Millions of women make that choice every year.

I don't think love that can be given up for something else is not love. It's just very sad every time it happens.

Because FL needed endless convincing due to the internal struggle of carrier vs. love.
Personally I'm ok with this, it's just super annoying that the breakup is 2 epi long & then there is only one left.

Sure you can very easily justify the breakup itself. However it's narratively awful to do it so close to the finish line. They could have gotten this done and over with 6 epis earlier.

Super egregious breakup & forgives mom in final epi..

The final episodes are quite disappointing.

The mandatory forgiving of an awful parent usually happens at the final episode or shortly before. (censors rarely tolerate children not forgiving their toxic parents)

Ooh I did not know that, sorry for butting in :-D

I understood ^ It's just there is no such a person, unless you expect someone from the drama's production team or the Chinese censorship body to chime in xD

No one knows, since we are not time travelers..

I only heard the intro song so far, but I doubt it's Ai.