Well.. The whole last episode is pretty much down hill and him realizing she already knew! They don't show him…
Hmm then I think Episode 17 might be the first good place to stop. 😂. I thought ending it where they were celebrating near ending with a kiss was pretty good too. So, two places!
I forgot how much I loved that quote. Zhang JinRan for the win! HAHA. In my version, he jumped into his carriage and followed Duan Wu for 39 years before he died of old age 😂
Yes, ML died, but this has been telegraphed since the first ten episodes when they mentioned he had been poisoned. But it's off-camera so you don't actually see the death. Many consider that bittersweet but eh, a death is still a death, LOL. The story is about Duan Wu's journey so it ended with her looking back and talking about her life.
I guess if the rating is high, it’s featured on a list so people searching for the next watch are more inclined…
A site must have a way to promote itself. Ratings make users click on pages and the advertisers pay for the clicks. That's just business.
As for fake ratings, yes, that's the end result of this kind of business setting. It was the same with Amazon book reviews when it first started. The writer would have ALL his/her friends click 5 stars to help push his/her book to the top of recommendations to get views. Then after self-publishing became competitive, many writers paid for bots and people to give one star ratings and reviews. Then fans started helping and fan wars began. Overall, the only way to counter this was to make sure reviews were a certain length and not just a "It sucks" line. But Amazon really doesn't care because it's target is the consumer, not fairness to the product.
I only use book ratings as an example because Amazon was first a book selling site. Now it's an everything site and ALL the ratings are suspect. Bots and competitors downvoting are everywhere now.
If i find myself getting pissed by any comparison or whatever I just remember the success LLTG bought tencent…
From watching all her recent endeavors, I think LuSi wants to try something new (genre and plot) in every drama. She had ventured into death-by-disease, villainess, comedy, familial, Chinese TV stuff, wuxia fantasy, xianxia, teen crush/love, now historical epic/female empowerment. Her next one coming up is a CEO drama. Not sure what her current one that she's filming would be, but I am sure it's something new for her try :).
They even gave him a beautiful 4 minute song of death.
A travesty! LOLOL Thank you for this whole post with all the comments. I also loved the one today who yelled out in big capital letters: WHERE IS MY BIG FAT BABY? HE DIED WITHOUT GIVING US A BIG FAT BABY!
I invite all recent watchers who fought through to the end and.. #headdesk your way through the Xiyan Green Tea arc...to come join my table and have some of my yummeh Se Bu Liao soup. :)
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As for fake ratings, yes, that's the end result of this kind of business setting. It was the same with Amazon book reviews when it first started. The writer would have ALL his/her friends click 5 stars to help push his/her book to the top of recommendations to get views. Then after self-publishing became competitive, many writers paid for bots and people to give one star ratings and reviews. Then fans started helping and fan wars began. Overall, the only way to counter this was to make sure reviews were a certain length and not just a "It sucks" line. But Amazon really doesn't care because it's target is the consumer, not fairness to the product.
I only use book ratings as an example because Amazon was first a book selling site. Now it's an everything site and ALL the ratings are suspect. Bots and competitors downvoting are everywhere now.
That one comment made my morning.