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Crystal Yuan is being so much more thoughtful about how to navigate all of this, at least her PR team. She says she is appreciative of the opportunity that her character gave her in life, she is grateful and going to be selecting future parts she is passionate about, she's being appropriate with her fans/audiences....She's not hiding after what happened. She's communicating with her fans. She's rocking it! I hope she gets some endorsements too!

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No....the story line for Promise of Chang'An is terrible and a repeat! This is what I'm saying, he needs to think more with his newfound fame and actually pick some good stories...instead of working his butt off and being abused by this agency. 

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I don't know much about Chinese cinema either, don't usually think too much about this type of stuff about fans. However, I think in this experience, I learned actually a lot more about Chinese actors on a deeper level, like what they go through, their lack of basic rights. Also the power of agencies and like ownership of their actors - How invasive is it for agencies to regulate their actors to that degree? I also learned about concept of a CP, and reflects on what love/couples mean in Chinese culture....and why there may be such a strong urge to fight for CPs or tear up CPs, etc etc. What does that tell us about Chinese people and their own desires about love, restrictions, how they feel about censorship? 

I think that's just as important as enjoying a piece of Chinese cinema. I respect everybody's own opinions and interpretations of the post fan show, their own reactions. I think it's never a bad thing for people to express their feelings, protest peacefully, or stir up dialogue. It gets us all to think a little deeper about the issues. That's also one of the points of artistic work, movies, art, all of it. Also, it pushes people to want to know the truth about things, to find out what happened.

 

I think it would alarm me more if the post show performance went down and NOBODY said anything. Like oh, nothing to talk about or discuss here, just business as usual. Wouldn't that be more disturbing? lol. 

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1. I hope in a country with so many regulations & power struggles, fans can speak up and help promote some change, for Cheng Yi and Crystal Yuan, as well as other actors, in situations like this.. for more fundamental rights as actors. Agencies should not have this much power over their actors to tell them how to act...not in a post performance show and not in life. I actually think fans have the power to do that, to promote more change. So keep posting your feelings, not just on here, but in all media content related to this show, to bring awareness, dialogue/discussion, and CHANGE!

 

2. Cheng Yi, you are 30 years old in an industry that is brutal, you will be asked to navigate a bunch of stuff like this within the restrictions of your culture. He could have distanced himself but not chosen to be outright arrogant, rude, and hurtful about it to his co-lead through his actions. His lack of personality and interpretation is what is so disappointing. He completely ignored Crystal answering a question, was talking to someone else on stage, and then bluffed when it was then directed towards him about his thoughts. Crystal poured her heart out in saying goodbye to the show, and how much it transformed her as an artist, crying. Next, all he said was "yeah, there's more to come, it's just the beginning. Now everybody be careful getting home tonight, it's late." When asked about the on screen couple, he didn't even acknowledge the question, but just said Si Feng was this and that. Then he says Si Feng is gone but Cheng Yi is here....all in self promotion, likely following orders from his agency.  It dishonors the character Si Feng, and what this character has done to transform him as an actor, a person, and his life. If he can't see that he got handed hands down one of the best Chinese drama storylines in the last 5 years, and can't discuss the work in a heartfelt way regardless of what rules were put on him (don't look at her, don't do this or that)....that's truly on him...no matter how much promoting you are gonna do, the Promise of Chang'an ain't gonna fly bro. lol. because the storyline speaks for itself. 

 

Cheng Yi, you can think deeper, be braver...grow a heart and have some courage like Si Feng!

 

Make a well thought out public statement from your heart, whether there needs to be an apology or not is up to you, but something from your heart about what the work meant to you.

 

ALSO, be more thoughtful about the future work you sign up for and how to act as a person/role model for your fans. Sometimes less is more.... You work super hard everyday, but you need to take a step back and think harder about your choices & their implications. Signing up for more shows with the same crew may not be the best way to go.....