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I love how GQF and Pan'er have an unspoken yet deep understanding of each other. They take great care in planning their own actions with consideration for one another in not getting the opposite party in trouble with the law or potential enemies.

Chen Lian and He Si's characters are so funny. Mr. Chi's hilarious, too. The writer adds just the right amount of quirks for comedy.

Did I say I love this show?! =P 😜

Hehehe 🤭

@MK916 I enjoyed her performance in Mulan as well.

And just as magnetic!! At certain angle, she has some fat around her jowl, but it doesn't take away her attractiveness at all.

She exudes natural beauty. I’m taken away at how pretty she looks with her hair loose and unbound in some scenes. She is beautiful playing Xiao Long Nui many years ago, and her allure hasn't faded a bit -still as captivating.

Yup, I love it! So soothing and natural, rich yet soft. I totally agreed with you about the monotonous colors, especially seen recently in The Blue Whisperer II where everything is blue/gray or shades on that spectrum for so many episodes.

Wow. Really loving this drama. The scenery and setting are so authentic and spectacular! It seems like the director didn't shoot this at the famous Hengdian studios, giving this drama a different feel from the typical Chinese costume dramas. The storyline is entertaining and provides a lot of historical facts about status.

The leads are nicely matched. Their eyes speak volume. Crystal also bears a healthy and natural look.

I'm chasing the show!!!

@eidisi All the legendary golden era martial artist choreographers are retired. I guess unless it's a really big budget movie/drama, an in-depth martial artist advisor won't be part of the team these days. That's why I feel Li Mu Ge is doing a decent job with the fight scenes by changing the style of fighting compared to traditional wuxia of the 80/90's.

Wow, the cinematography is awesome, and I appreciate it even more in ep 3 face off scenes at PoBanMen. I really enjoy the novelty of how the director shot the battle of inner strength/qi part.

Interesting that you mentioned Ren YingYing because I was feeling the same thing. Just finished ep 2 and feel like so far the story borrows a little of everything from all the golden wuxia classics; but that's ok as it's jianghu and it's always pretty much the same things anyways. Just hope it's well directed and the storyline is good.

First 6 minutes may just be an event on the story timeline for time referencing. If anything, the director is making me more curious of the whole journey and what happened that led to the first 6 minutes.

I love a good Republic Era drama. Let’s hope this one takes off!

That’s why I stopped contributing to to better their database. They need all kind of proofs and forms filled; and the instructions are lengthy. I gave up after a few attempts and rejections with the silly admins. 😱

She was cheating on him. The baby wasn’t his. The father was the other colleague standing next to her by the pool table when You Qi went to confront her bf at the company’s party. It was mentioned in one episode they were seen shopping for baby/maternity clothes together as a reveal.

It was his plan to break up with her. He planned ahead for her to find out that he was cheating so that she initiated the breakup. This way, it made him look nicer. It was mentioned in one of the episodes.

I agree with you that she probably has first hand exposure to PE, and you’re right about this topic not covered in Kdramas. Most employed strategy in Kdramas for corporate world is a hostile takeover, and trying to get 51% equity.

I’m impressed too with the writer’s knowledge of private equity and venture capital. The translation was succinct in conveying the business and investment concept without being too convoluted.

That’s why I never really go by MDL’s rating. Anything that’s over 7.5 could still be a very good show from my experience.

MDL ‘s viewer database is probably skewed; and then there’s the small number of viewers for this drama to consider as well.

Hopefully, more people will catch on to the show later on.

I noticed that, too. So adorable and not one bit of his old arrogance. He posed it in such a sweet way, like he would be lucky to have her instead of the other way around.