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I hear that AI will be able to make full length movies by next year, even the voice is AI generated I think less and less people will enter acting profession.

it was 7.6 on the first day

Wait till next year, there will many AI generated full length movies.

the link to Great Escape Season 8 First Episode, with English subtitles
https://youtu.be/SVkEJ4VycBI

Samantha Ko is from Hong Kong - how very appropriate for this role, and a former Miss Hong Kong finalist.

oh so they're actually there from morning to night

it was down

judging from the distribution, I think the score won't change too much. Early on, there were as much as 60% 1 stars which is ridiculous. it's not good for Overdo because I saw someone posted Douban scores of recently aired dramas and many were in the high 6.

looks like Douban believes the 1's more than the 5's. They just scored it 5.1
15% 5 stars is not bad to me. I think the overall low score just means it's polarizing.

27,201 people have rated it
5 stars15.2%
4 stars14.9%
3 stars13.3%
2 stars23.8%
1 star32.8%

this happens to some dramas but I'm noticing they're flooding the Douban with perfect 5's to drown out the 1's. I can't blame them. It'll be interesting how Douban figures out what is real and what is fake. Every rating has issues.

Scheduled on satellite TV (Dragon TV), scheduled for 7.25 at 19:30

Why does Xu Kai wear a skin mask on GE S8?

I think this director is probably pretty good judging from his past works. He strikes me as having traditional approach so should not be polarizing.

that explains it

at least there are comments why they don't like it. a drama I watched gets 7.5 with nothing but good reviews, now that's pure hate.

she did very well for her age. it's great that a 17 yr old can play her age in a drama instead of a much older actress.

You seem to repeatedly have low confidence in Xu Kai. Your concerns are valid but overstated, I think. I don't think this is a problem given the precedent that was already set by these two past ALBION brand spokesperson and ambassador. Xu Kai does not have to travel to Japan. They do the photo shoots in China.
Zhang Ruoyun (2020) as Brand Spokesperson (to boost brand visibility in China during/after the early pandemic period when people were focusing more on self-care and skincare.)
Zheng Yunlong (2022) as Brand Ambassador (released an upgraded version of their famous "Health Water" — their iconic lotion/toner — in 2022 with improved formulas and other new/upgraded products)

Chinese actors and celebrities frequently partner with Japanese brands (cosmetics, fashion, etc.) without career-ending issues, especially for products positioned as premium/luxury in the Chinese market.

ALBION, a high end Japanese high‑end skincare brand with a long, respected heritage, is signing Xu Kai as part of their 70th‑anniversary year celebration. It has a presence in China via ALBION Cosmetics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. I think it's mid-tier but premium or high-end product. ALBION has a good reputation for quality. They use high-quality Japanese ingredients and are manufactured in Japan.

The contract for the past two were 12 months only so I think probably the same for Xu Kai. I think Xu Kai is both Brand Spokesperson and Brand Ambassador. I doubt his agency got it for him. Likely, ALBION probably approached Huanyu and signed the contract for him. His agency gets a cut of course.

Xu Kai will be only the third Chinese celebrity ALBION has signed, and they don't do multi-year contracts. Each time, there is a major business reason. For Xu Kai, they want him for their 70th anniversary campaign. Xu Kai fits their image, maturity and elegance, good reputation, strong traffic.

It's interesting it's telling the brands that select Xu Kai. A while back there was that Paris brand too, and Xu Kai was their first.

likely the ALBION contract is for a year and if Xu Kai leaves in August, his team contact ALBION to pay him directly instead of his agency, and he pockets 100% instead of agency taking their cut first.

the combination of the 17-yr old actress acted mature, and the voice actor gave her a matching mature voice worked well

7.5 is not a low score, it's normal actually. most dramas land 7.5 to 8. Low is below 7.