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You’re welcome.

Weibo update looks exceptionally good—not intriguing, because there was nothing about the plot, but definitely pleasing to the eye and imagination.

Unfortunately :(

I think they are waiting for someone at the censorship to change their mind and allow this type of drama. It all depends on how the fans behave. The truth is that the entire international market will not give them as much money as China.

What I mean is that there will always be a certain group of people who can't stand the fact that their ship isn't real, so they send threats to actors who dare to “betray” their beloved man. Standard procedure.

Wait until they start sending him threats when he dares to play a love scene with a woman in another drama.

One day, I have to watch this drama again. This time for Edward Zhang. He's a great actor.

I heard they're supposed to start in the fall of 2025. I hope they don't screw up the second season, because the first season was a masterpiece.

Who did I advertise?
Who am I bullying?
What do you mean, “every” XZ work?
Before you start slandering someone, check the facts and provide evidence. Oh, right, you can't, because you're slandering. And who's bullying whom here, dear account that exists only to sow confusion, with only two rated dramas and an understanding of c-ent, k-ent, and j-ent at the level of an amoeba?
Never mind, goodbye, I blocked you.

No, I didn't enjoy it. That drama was so pathetically boring that 3.5 is too high, and I only gave it that high a rating because of the good visuals and the first episode, which was great. The rest, well, it's not worth talking about. And i's she, not they. This is your second childish and mean comment directed at me, I'm blocking you right now.

This is the Spying drama forum, not Legend of Zanghai. With your comment, you prove that some XZ fans are—well, I'm ashamed to say that I considered myself one of you between 2019 and 2022. Grow up, people have better things to do than worship idols and get into verbal fights with someone who treats every word they don't like as an attack on their deity. So sorry, but give it a rest. The next time you make a childish comment directed at me, for our mutual pleasure, I'll just block you.

ah yes... yes... uhm...

Do as you wish. I simply do not believe that your original comment was promoting another actor, so it did not deserve such harsh treatment, and you did not need to apologize.

But not everyone on this site has access to American movie sites. I don't know if they will ban him or not, I don't follow the thread, but I know that many users of this site use Chinese sites, not American ones, and Tencent Video may withdraw his dramas in Asian countries.

Personally, I don't see a problem with mentioning other dramas of this type and the actors who play in them. Comparing dramas and characters is not promotion, but normal discussion, and this site does not belong to XZ and his fans, but to people interested in the drama, even if they want to compare it to another drama.

Right. Even the most rigid and emotionally closed person takes off his mask when he is alone, no one can see and hurt him. So at least in scenes of loneliness, when he thinks of someone close and important, his face, his eyes should change. This is a general comment, not to a specific actor.

Since my previous comment is no longer applicable, I will delete it. The error has been fixed so there is nothing to sensationalize. I hope you don't mind.

Hi, I don’t know everything either, I’m also from Europe, but I’ll try to explain a few things (and no, I’m not apologizing for the long post. If someone doesn’t like my long posts, they can just skip them). C-ent is more complicated than European entertainment. First of all, in China (and Asia in general), there is a very strong fan culture and an even bigger business of black fans — both paid and self-motivated.

XZ is a phenomenon in China, and his popularity has remained unshaken for many years, which is a thorn in the side of certain actors and their agencies. You know, he’s an obstacle for them — as long as he’s number 1, they can be at best number 2, and that doesn’t align with their ambitions. So it often happens that when an XZ project is released, it gets bombarded quite heavily by: fans of actors who can’t break through, people who professionally run black campaigns, certain actors’ agencies, and competing production companies. They attack both the production itself and the actor. That’s exactly what happened with Legend of the Condor Heroes. And this is very common.

This time, things are a bit different, because Zhanghai will be aired on CCTV, and government television doesn’t like it when someone criticizes productions it broadcasts too loudly. So there will be some black aimed at XZ and Zhanghai (mostly from fans of other actors or those who are simply anti-XZ), but in general, professional heizi should stay rather quiet.

Okay, I forgot about one more loud group that might stir up trouble — IP fans (original book or series). Until now, they’ve stayed quiet because the drama was promoted as being disconnected from the original series, but the headless rider shown in the trailer suggests some connections to the source material. And now it depends on how the drama approached the IP. If it was done with respect, the fan response will be positive. But if they did something sacrilegious to the lore, it might trigger a huge wave of anger.

To sum up: as far as I know, there’s currently positive excitement in China. The black focus is on another unfortunate production (they shot themselves in the foot, so they have to suffer a bit). Things will really heat up on the day of the premiere, but whether the dominant voices are positive or negative depends a lot on the drama itself.

Well, the music in the trailer is good.

Why should I be mindful and not everyone else?
If you had written that you tried to change it but couldn’t do it because you couldn’t find a picture that meets MDL criteria, I wouldn’t have tried to change the picture myself twice and I wouldn’t have come across, twice, the quote I sent you.
Yes, it is hard to find a proper photo, so I spent quite a bit of time completely in vain trying to help someone who sounded like they needed help – especially since a few weeks earlier that same person admitted they didn’t know how to submit changes.
Sorry, I can’t read other people’s minds. I have no magical way of knowing about the skills they’ve acquired. What I see is that on every forum connected with this actor, that person runs a “vote for the change” campaign instead of a “help me find the right picture” campaign.

We’re not all the same. We have different personalities, different life experiences, different cultural backgrounds. Why do you expect us all to behave and speak the same way?
I’m not insulting anyone, I’m not using foul language, and just because I’m not trying to sugarcoat things? Maybe I’d apologize for that, but it would just come off as sarcasm anyway. Sorry, that’s how I am and I’m not going to change just because a few people don’t like my style.
Besides, if you’re so mindful, you should have noticed that my long posts appear rarely and usually in specific discussions, not everywhere possible – and they’re usually marked as spoilers so people don’t have to scroll endlessly.

So yeah, sorry but I’m not sorry for being who I am, and I won’t apologize for it. And I won’t apologize for wanting to help someone who sounds helpless not by giving them a fish, but by teaching them how to make a fishing rod.
This misunderstanding wouldn’t have happened if in that post you had clearly written that you tried to change the picture but your suggestion was rejected.

Anyway, have a nice day. I wish you good luck with the campaign, although personally I think it’s a waste of time and resources that fans could use to search for a proper profile photo for these actors.