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We are in a phase where producers are not shying away from strong female leads. After The Legend of Shen Li, here's another one, Hua Zhi. And though she can't wield a sword or fly to the heavens, her brains, courage and resilience, indeed put her on an equal footing with Shen Li.

I finally watched the whole drama, and though it's not award-winning, I found it satisfying that both male leads joined hands to protect their loved ones! My first time watching Ouyang Nana, and I am so tempted to pinch her cheeks.

credit: Youku Details: Title: 惜花芷 / Xi Hua Zhi English title: Blossoms in Adversity Also known as: The Story of Hua Zhi Genre: Historical, family, business, farming, romance Director: Zhu Rui Bin, Lan Zhi Wei, Gu Zhi Wei Screenwriter: He Fang, Cao Ting Yue (曹听月), Zhang Wei Wei Producer: Yan Bei, Yang Fan Ru (杨凡入), Dong Xiu Yuan (董修远) Episodes: 40 Broadcast network: Youku Broadcast period: 2024-Apr-02 Cast: Main Cast Hu Yi Tian as Gu Yanxi, son of Prince Ling. Head of the Security Bureau Xiao Bo Chen as Gu Yanxi (young) Zhang Jing Yi as Hua Zhi, eldest daughter of Hua Manor Chen Zi Xuan (陈子萱) as Hua Zhi (young) Wu Xi Ze as Shen Qi, eldest son of Shen Manor Lu Yu Xiao as Shao Yao, daughter of Prince Ling Cao Yan Ning (曹晏宁) as Shao Yao (young) Bian Cheng as Shen Huan, second son of Shen Manor Hua Family Eddie Ko as Hua Yizheng (voiced by Zhao Ming Zhou), head of Hua family. Imperial Censor. Hua Zhi's grandfather Guo Jia Qi as Hua Yizheng (young) Liu Jia as Lin Wan, old madame Chen Jing Yang as Lin Wan (young) Zhang Zi Xuan as Hua Jing, eldest daughter Lu Yan Bei as Hua Xian, second daughter First House Jiang Kai as Hua Pingyu, eldest son. Hua Zhi's father Tian Miao as Zhu Yingzhen, first madame. Hua Zhi's mother Zhang Shu Yan as Madame Qiu, concubine Wang Zi as Hua Bolin, eldest son of Hua Pingyu & Zhu Yingzhen Huang Si Rui as Hua Rong, daughter of Hua Pingyu & Madame Qiu Second House Wang Bin as Hua Pingyuan, second son Yang Ming Na as Qi Huilan, second madame Jiang Yu Chen (姜雨晨) as Hua Boli, eldest son of Hua Pingyuan & Qi Huilan Third House Song Zong Xuan as Hua Pingyan, third son Myolie Wu as Xia Jin'e (voiced by Liu Qian Han), third madame Chen Heng as Madame Qin (Qin Ergui), concubine Wang Qiao Xi as Hua Ling, eldest daughter of Hua Pingyan & Xia Jin'e Zhang Zi Han as Hua Boyu, eldest son of Hua Pingyan & Xia Jin'e Zhao Shi Han as Hua Duo, youngest daughter of Hua Pingyan & Xia Jin'e Liang Zhi Jing as Hua Qin, daughter of Hua Pingyan & Madame Qin Fourth House He Lei as Hua Pingyang, fourth son Chang Jia Ming as Hua Pingyang (young) Fang Chu Tong as Wu Yuniang, fourth madame Palace Royal Family Hai Yi Tian as Emperor of Qing Kingdom Wang Li Yun as Empress Dowager Feng Yi Ran as Empress Dowager (young) Wei Wei as Gu Yangong, Prince Xian Zhai Xiang Yang as Gu Yanrui, Prince Hui Fu Bo Han as Gu Chengjian, Sixth prince Ren Wan Jing as Consort Chen Gu Manor Lu Xing Yu as Gu Yanxun (Prince Ling), Emperor's younger brother. Gu Chengqian & Shao Yao's father Zheng Yuan Yuan as Princess Consort Zhou, Gu Yanxun's wife & Gu Chengqian & Shao Yao's mother Lin Jing as Princess Consort Xiao, Gu Yanxun's concubine Feng Xiang as Dong Da, servant Synopsis: The play is adapted from the novel of the same name by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang. The summary below is taken from the novel, not the drama. The ancient gods have died, and there is only the last god in the world - Hang Zhi. Rumor has it that this dynamic God has lived alone in the heavens for tens of thousands of years, with no feelings and no desires, indifferent to the world. In the battle of the immortals and demons, he turned the tide by himself, and since then, has chosen to distance himself from the world. Hundreds of years go by in the blink of an eye. On the occasion of her thousand-year-old birthday, Shen Li, an accomplished and powerful general in the Demon Realm, who holds the honorary title Prince Bi Cang, is forced into a political marriage to the thirty-third grandson of the Celestial Emperor, Fu Rong (a notorious casanova). While escaping from her marriage, she is injured and transforms into her original form - a phoenix. She then falls into the human world. Seriously injured and comatose, a human hunter picks her up, plucks all the golden feathers from her body, and sells her to a chicken seller who locks her in a cage for sale. When Shen Li wakes up, she is furious at the situation, but there is nothing she can do. Just as she falls into total despair, a handsome man (Hang Zhi) dressed in blue and white passes by. After staring at her for a long time thoughtfully, he smiles: "I want this one." And just like that, a seemingly casual transaction seals their fate. credit: MDL, Dramawiki, Baidu Trailer: RULES of SOOMPI Don't post any requests for subs! Anything unrelated to the drama plot is considered spamming. Don't quote images. Due to the copyright/legal problems, no illegal streaming links will/should be posted on this thread as there had been major crackdowns going on lately. Any complaints about any streaming links will be counted as spam and will be reported to the mods. Any complaints of the respective companies such as Viki, YouTube, etc. should be reported to the respective companies instead of posting your complaints here. Those who are caught breaking the Soompi posting rules more than 5 times will have their ID/IDs reported to the mods. 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@a_tumiwa airdrops today on Tencent, 7 consecutive days of airing, 4 episodes on first day. For the first time, members will get to view 6 hours in advance today.

A trailer has been released a few days ago, the video won't show up but this is the link: https://youtu.be/Kd9rXgBBI_E?si=8k-vAE9XOoui-Ku0 @ElleSor Yang Yang the director working with Yang Yang the actor. This is the same director who gave us a Dream of Splendor. As you can see from the trailer, the scenery is AMAZING! Go check it out!

Apparently it's produced by Stellar Media, the team who did LBFAD - they must like EY

@MayanEcho Nope, I've not watched him act before. Someone unceremoniously labelled him as an 'old man' but I think he looks more fitting for the role than Kenny Lin. Still, this replacement is 37 years old (in real life) playing a character in the book that's meant to be early 20's, BUT that can be easily corrected in the script. The only thing is novel readers would know, else for viewers who have not been privy to the novel, he could be a prince who chose to remain a bachelor (though in those days that would be rather unlikely). Rumour has it that it's targeting for a summer 2024 premier, coz I reckon LU4 Part 2 should be a Q1 release.

So, it's been said that the FL is not facing an outright ban as her case is still under investigation. Melons say that this will airdrop in Q1 of 2024, to ride on Liu Yu Ning's wave of popularity from his latest drama, A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi. Also, the producers would want to recoup on the investment before the final verdict is out. Let's see, if it does. Apparently the story is a bit like LLTG but the novel is more 'juicy' as the ML is really physically attracted to the FL and they have many bed scenes, though this would probably not get approved in a drama.

@omiki the Chinese title is so funny - Salted Fish. I didn't realise till lately that it's a slang for people who are self-deprecating and have no pursuits in life. It's Arthur Chen, I would imagine it should be pretty good, though I too have no inkling who the girl is.

@MayanEcho Apparently, Yang Zi's studio confirmed that the drama is targeted for a 2024 premiere and melons are saying that it's Peng Guan Ying who will play the ML. She has completed the reshoot for her scenes and several other actors posted a few snippets of images from their reshoot as well (i.e. Xuan Yan and Liu Yi Hang). Her 2024 gift box has images of her characters, one of them being her character in this drama. Makes a lot of sense as 2nd half of Lost You Forever will air this year too, and then they can ride on her popularity. the words circled in purple (from the twitter post) refer to The Golden Hairpin and her character name....

credit: MangoTV Details: Title: 国色芳华 / Guo Se Fang Hua English title: Flourished Peony Genre: Historical, business, romance Director: Ding Zi Guang Screenwriter: Zhang Yuan Ang Producer: Sun Xu Episodes: 40 Broadcast network: Hunan TV, Mango TV Broadcast period: Adapted from the web novel "Guo Se Fang Hua" (国色芳华) by Yi Qian Chong (意千重) Cast: Yang Zi as He Weifang / Mu Dan Li Xian as Jiang Changyang Wei Zhe Ming as Liu Chang Zhang Ya Qin as Li Youzhen Tu Song Yan as Prince Ning Guan Le as Zhu Fu Xu Ling Yue as Xiao Xuexi Shen Meng Chen as Huangfu Ling Ge Tong Meng Shi as Li Xing Shao Yun as Qin Shengyi Synopsis: Set in the Tang Dynasty, it tells the legendary and inspirational story of a woman who cultivated peonies and eventually helped the world's people. He Wei Fang, the daughter of a merchant with the help of Jiang Chang Yang / Hua Wu Shi, an official in Chang'an, divorced from a marriage where only benefits were exchanged. The two met again by chance in Jingcheng. He Wei Fang relied on her superb skills in cultivating rare peonies and her extraordinary business acumen to form a combination of craftsmen and investors with Jiang Chang Yang. She started her business cultivating peonies and led a group of women who had a rough life to run a flower shop and build a brand jointly. He Wei Fang gradually discovered that the notorious 'Hua Wu Shi' was actually a general for the country, who was pure on the outside, clever on the inside, and caring about the world. Seeing firsthand the hardships of the poor and hard-working people, He Wei Fang was determined to transform the industry into one that benefits the people. On Jiang Chang Yang's road to serving the country, He Wei Fang repeatedly helped him, and the two sides gradually developed a secret love. After a near-death experience, the two worked together to put down a rebellion, and both retreated into the world of heaven and earth. Credit: MDL, Dramawiki Preview: coming soon RULES of SOOMPI Don't post any requests for subs! Anything unrelated to the drama plot is considered spamming. Don't quote images. Due to the copyright/legal problems, no illegal streaming links will/should be posted on this thread as there had been major crackdowns going on lately. Any complaints about any streaming links will be counted as spam. Any complaints of the respective companies such as Viki, youtube, etc. should be reported to the respective companies instead of posting your complaints here. PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO WHERE CREDIT IS DUE! For any Issues and Abuse Please report to @SC2019

special wrap-up video show case the making of the drama

credit: Youku Details: Title: 献鱼 / Xian Yu Genre: Xianxia, romance Director: Wen De Guang Screenwriter: Jin Lu Chief Producer: Zhou Shuai Bo, Wu Xiao Zhen, Zhang Zhi Xi Producer: Jin Yu (金雨), Zhang Heng Li (张恒利), Su Min (苏敏) Episodes: 40 Broadcast network: Youku Broadcast period: Adapted from the novel "Xiang Shi Zu Xian Shang Xian Yu" (向师祖献上咸鱼) by Fu Hua (扶华). Cast: Chen Fei Yu as Sima Jiao Wang Ying Lu as Liao Tingyan Gao Han as Hei Nianjiu Wang Yi Ting as Ye Hongling / Hong Luo Bao Jian Feng Li Xin Ze Zheng He Hui Zi as Zhou Qing'er Chen Bo Hao Yu Zhi Jian (俞直见) Li Jia Jie Synopsis: After meeting Sima Jiao (Chen Feiyu), the master of Gengchen Immortal Mansion, who has been sealed in the mountains for five hundred years, and Liao Tingyan (Wang Yinglu), who unexpectedly came to the world of immortality, he was overcome by his "salted fish" (a term used to describe people who are self-deprecating and have no pursuits) instinct of wanting nothing. From then on, Liao Tingyan began to guide Sima Jiao to be good step by step, and became the person who changed him. During the process, they fell in love and experienced a love-hate entanglement spanning three lives in the fairy palace, the demonic realm and the human world. In the end, the two chose to protect their love and maintain peace in the three realms. Credit: MDL, Dramawiki Preview: coming soon RULES of SOOMPI Don't post any requests for subs! Anything unrelated to the drama plot is considered spamming. Don't quote images. Due to the copyright/legal problems, no illegal streaming links will/should be posted on this thread as there had been major crackdowns going on lately. Any complaints about any streaming links will be counted as spam. Any complaints of the respective companies such as Viki, youtube, etc. should be reported to the respective companies instead of posting your complaints here. PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO WHERE CREDIT IS DUE! For any Issues and Abuse Please report to @SC2019

credit: Youku Details: Title: 春花厌 / Chun Hua Yan English title: Kill Me Love Me Genre: Wuxia, romance Director: Cheng Lu, Huang Wei Jie Screenwriter: Wen Yan, Yang Xiao Han (杨晓涵), Wang Yi Zhao (王怡钊), Gan Hong Zhu (甘红竹), Xu Hui Miao (徐慧苗) Producer: Hu Ke, Huang Yan Hong (黄艳红), Guo Lin (郭璘), Bi Si (毕思) Episodes: 30 Broadcast network: Youku Broadcast period: Adapted from the novel "Chun Hua Yun" (春花厌) by Hei Yan (黑颜). Edit Translation Cast: Liu Xue Yi as Murong Jing He Wu Jin Yan as Mei Lin Bi Wen Jun as Zhao Qin Zhao Xiao Tang as Luo Mei Baron Chen as Murong Xuan Lie Huang Ri Ying as Zi Gu Synopsis: What can a person do for survival? Others may not know, but Mei Lin is willing to sacrifice everything, including her body and dignity. She yearns for life to bloom recklessly like spring flowers in February, even if it's brief. However, in reality, she lives like a toad in the mud, hiding away, ugly and dirty. All she knows is that with life, other things can be discussed. If even life is gone, what else is there to talk about? Yet, she never expected that, in the end, she would fall into the hands of Murong Jin – the man who once treated her as a plaything to please another woman and was harshly repaid by her. That man, who is narrow-minded and holds grudges, turned out to be her final downfall. Credit: MDL, Dramawiki Preview: coming soon RULES of SOOMPI Don't post any requests for subs! Anything unrelated to the drama plot is considered spamming. Don't quote images. Due to the copyright/legal problems, no illegal streaming links will/should be posted on this thread as there had been major crackdowns going on lately. Any complaints about any streaming links will be counted as spam. Any complaints of the respective companies such as Viki, youtube, etc. should be reported to the respective companies instead of posting your complaints here. PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO WHERE CREDIT IS DUE! For any Issues and Abuse Please report to @SC2019

Absolutely - post-production for costume dramas take time, then subsequent censorship and approval ...