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the fanclubs just dropped notices that they're announcing it tomorrow morning. hope they don't delay again.

oh wow melons just dropped that Xingyue is leaving YZ. still developing but what a plot twist if true.

the only good thing this project has so far is the director, if he also leaves because of delays then idk why YZ would want to pursue it, unless it pays him really really well. WXY's fans don't want him to take it either (even when he was first rumored in May, they were happier when Bao Hu turned up because they'd rather he do serious dramas lol) so maybe if they raise enough of a stink YZ might listen this time.

maybe closer to the release date? I just know iQiyi replied to a Korean fan saying they're working on it.

Project Updates:

Shadow Detective - release date is November 27 at 12nn CT! will edit this comment with more info when it drops.
trailer: https://weibo.com/7744446449/QfrFhsMOl
as usual I'm going to try to track the data here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UG98uTPrOaqCHQgiIp3lEk2JDQQsXeNNHxFbfT0txhU/edit?usp=sharing
calendar: 12 episodes on the first day and 4 episodes each day after that for VIP members, 1 ep free for non-VIP starting Dec 4

Confession - CFY seems to have rejected it, now we wait to see if YZ will still take it. Bao Hu is shooting until mid/end January so it might be a while before they decide his next project.

Xing Zhi Wan - seems to have been delayed again with a melon of both WXY and ZY dropping out.

Falling Spring Night - idk why koalasplayground is reporting that it's shooting in Q1/Q2 2026 because it's not. YZ has already said he's shooting a Qing Dynasty drama for Mango next after Zhao Qing's drama.

🍉November 26 release date (EDIT: announcement seems to have been postponed.)

a lot of videos yesterday with a better look at feng he's eye injury
http://xhslink.com/o/8d3kSHVWaOy
http://xhslink.com/o/5kKNjLx4XHX
http://xhslink.com/o/BSMxjlMLdS
http://xhslink.com/o/5WOTd8Jl5HJ
http://xhslink.com/o/19szg9YmzT7

WXY driving older cars and motorcycles
http://xhslink.com/o/26osze74NCG
http://xhslink.com/o/5Fbklia4gh1
http://xhslink.com/o/8J7RH4PqAJH

he's having so much fun on set
http://xhslink.com/o/84lGtA7RKL9
http://xhslink.com/o/4ZlJk3iH4lq

looks like CFY is really rejecting it (there were a lot of PR melons today) citing funding issues (which is a weird excuse because why would you admit you can't find an investor on the power of your casting?) anyway, now we wait for YZ's next move.

hmm Zhao Qing gets about the same treatment, like he publicly fat shamed her to lose weight, said she'll be a lead in an "S+" project but it turned out to be a short drama, and then there's the Xu Kai debacle where he said she was just his dialogue coach.

I saw the WHY rumors started from a random person on douban so it's not a very good source. but allegedly, it was the production team who bought the hot search about CFY being the chosen Zhou Jingze (the name of the ML) so it would serve them right if he does run away and no other bankable star wants to touch the project. YZ would also be an idiot if he still pursues this for WXY, big IP or not.

feng he seems to be fighting on the streets all week
http://xhslink.com/o/61GdLT8Vspr
http://xhslink.com/o/8FGA402sQi2
http://xhslink.com/o/5XvWlMegoEf

but the dirtier he gets, the hotter he looks
http://xhslink.com/o/6xlbfG2morR
http://xhslink.com/o/OC2kzhvEKe
https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5234029637861390

plus some more buzz cut videos
http://xhslink.com/o/2ucdzgMBMQ9
http://xhslink.com/o/5aEN8B0Vxwb
http://xhslink.com/o/8sVb3BOC0Q1

eh it's YZ who keeps dragging him into things. at least with other agencies, these things are handled subtly but YZ likes to brag and then play innocent when things don't go his way. he knows all the nonsense he says get put in the hot search (whether by himself or by his rivals) so I don't understand why he keeps sabotaging WXY like this.

just some random styling from the past week:
http://xhslink.com/o/5IkjehaswjK
http://xhslink.com/o/7YRyd90FkLm
http://xhslink.com/o/2Nlb6h2KfDl
http://xhslink.com/o/2g0fti4MlUp
http://xhslink.com/o/5KXCLxcyGeC
http://xhslink.com/o/4gsSjz354FS

what fans have to go through to get one glimpse...
http://xhslink.com/o/YhTeYqlnSr

...so tao'er treats his fans to milk tea lol
http://xhslink.com/o/2bnAHeBzNHi

WXY has also been replying to his fans the past couple of posts on Weibo and in response to the reservoir bridge stunt he said that the "crew treats me like a treasure and protects me."

yeah one theory is that the production team deliberately approached YZ again so that CFY will be forced to make a decision (shooting was supposed to start Dec 10 so him not signing a contract is cutting it close.) but then again YZ is also notorious for doing this, I remember last year, the whole Tang Palace fiasco happened after he tried and failed to snatch a project from Yang Zi lol.

WXY was his usual happy self on set yesterday though so I'm just glad he's found a way to ignore all the negativity now.

no problem! yeah the melon I last saw was that the script is bad/still needs rewrites and that's why CFY hasn't signed a contract yet/is considering doing a movie instead. the only thing that worries me is that YZ is noisy for a reason so he might really want this. or maybe he's just being annoying to distract from some other issue (though poor WXY got sacrificed to the hot search again.)

anyway, the last time YZ imploded a project with his dirty tricks, WXY got to do Bao Hu so let's hope for a similar upgrade again lol.

a few project updates:

Love in Red Dust - Shanghai police just released a statement saying the Qin Wen incident was "handled legally, with compliance, and without any impropriety" so people can stop panicking now, the drama is not being shelved.

Confession - is not a done deal. CFY fan club posted saying they're still in contact with the team and haven't rejected the project yet. Maybe the producer was talking to YZ again just in case CFY accepts that rumored movie instead, but why YZ felt the need to mention it and start a fan war is something only he knows lol.

UPDATE: Shanghai police just released a statement saying the Qin Wen incident was "handled legally, with compliance, and without any impropriety" so this drama should be fine.

yeah the melon owner said he'll have to jump into it straight from Bao Hu. the ML in it is a pilot so idk if that gives him enough time to prep, plus he plays the cello too (it's a pet peeve of mine when actors can't fake play instruments properly lol.) not to mention he lost so much weight for BH, I was hoping he'll have time to get some flesh back on his cheeks. also torn because I do like the rumored director for this (he did Deep Affection Eyes and Always Home.)

anyway, YZ did only say he's still gonna talk to the producer so it's not certain he'll accept yet, we just have to wait and see. UPDATE: CFY's team posted implying it's still him (although the rumor is he's leaving the project because he going to shoot a movie with a famous director instead.) maybe YZ meant he's talking to the Confession producer but it's for another project? lol what chaos has he started this time, I can already smell the fan war coming.

Breaking News from Yu Zheng! Confession (Gao Bai) seems to be back in WXY's hands. melons say it's shooting in January.

last year in Wonderland, WXY was playing with a dog at the dinner table, MZY reminded him not to put the dog on the table or he'll be scolded so he apologized and removed the dog from the table (and then he was eventually scolded all over weibo/douyin for being unhygienic.) a YXH account brought this clip up again for some reason and a WXY fan clarified in the comments that the clip was misleading because in the full episode, the dog was already on the table when WXY arrived. plus, the dog was not even his but MZY's dog, Chocolate.

MZY's fans saw this as an attack and started to flood WXY's weibo square this morning telling his fans/team to stop insulting MZY and that because WXY was holding Chocolate's leash at the time, he was responsible for the dog. WXY's fans pointed out that there were multiple shots of MZY ignoring the dog on the table before WXY arrived/started playing with it and any responsible dog owner would have removed Chocolate from the table then. WXY's fans also start calling MZY "green tea" because it was her team that bought countless YXH posts since last year sharing this clip with the copywriting praising MZY for being sensitive and insulting WXY while WXY's team never bought any YXH posts to defend himself or attack her so her fans shouldn't be playing the victim here.

anyway, just your usual Weibo fandom spat. WXY and MZY remain friends and Chocolate keeps living his/her best life.

XZW is Yu Zheng's next drama with WXY that was originally supposed to start shooting in September. a few months ago YZ got into an argument with Tencent over who to cast as the FL (allegedly) so it was delayed to Q1 next year and WXY was able to do Bao Hu instead. if it's delayed again, it just means WXY will shoot another drama. we'll probably know around late December/early January after they finish filming BH.