[Mainland Chinese Drama 2019] Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying Saber 倚天屠龙记

[kur4p1k4]

 

There's a Chinese sub, for anybody that can read Chinese

Important points:

Lin Yu Shen can speak Canto cause he went to HK in 1996 to shoot a movie so he has HK friends to speak Canto with.

He's also the same generation as Hu Ge, that's was surprising for me I thought Hu Ge is younger than him hahaha

Lin Yu Shen said lotsa ppl thinks he's unapproachable but he's actually very warm (please don't be afraid ppl lol, poor guy)

He also doesn't like Yang Buhui and Yin Liting relationship personally, no reason at all it should happen, if it's his daughter he won't agree lol (Yes! I agree also that's the weirdest relationship ever, rather than changing the ending of the HSDS I really wish JY did something about that weird pairing)

 

[2handsintertwined]

On 6/12/2019 at 12:12 AM, kimmortal said:

To clarify, I didn’t say you need to watch other stuff to understand HSDS. I said if you want to have a deeper understanding of Jin Yong’s shared universe, watching all 4 series will satisfy that. Like Marvel’s Cinematic Universe—you can watch only Doctor Strange and still understand Doctor Strange, but if you want to know what people are talking about what they mention “the incidents in New York” then you’ll need to watch other movies in the MCU. Anyway, I digress.

 

I'm sorry I missed this comment. I didn't mean to say you said something you didn't. Thank you for clarifying this. You're right about this. I need a deeper understanding of Jin Yong's world to understand. I'm sorry.

 

On 6/12/2019 at 12:12 AM, kimmortal said:

I’ll try to answer your questions.

1) Wuji’s mother didn’t give up the sabre. She just couldn’t beat Xie Xun and she wanted to keep her life. Later on, it didn’t matter who had the sabre on Ice-Fire Island because her priorities changed. She picked love and family first.

2) 3rd Hero of Wudang is a good guy and Wudang is known for being a famously good sect whose disciples do good deeds. Wuji’s mother and uncle hurt him to get the sabre; they didn’t need to kill him. She didn’t want to sow further discord between Heavenly Sect and Wudang so she sends him back to Wudang using a delivery service so her identity wouldn’t be known.

3) He got attacked because the culprits wanted the dragon sabre. They guy 3rd Hero fought with last saw him protecting the man who had the sabre (who was later found dead) so it was obvious that the sabre was in 3rd hero’s hands. That’s why the culprit asks him, “is the sabre in the hands of the one surnamed Yin?” Since 3rd Hero was injured when they found him, they figure he lost the sabre to this Yin person. They tortured him so he would speak. He did not say anything. They left him crippled.

4) Yin Susu (Wuji’s mom) did not lie that she wanted to help him. She really was trying to send him back to his master. Those delivery guys were supposed to hand him straight to his master at Wudang temple, not to anyone else at the foot of the mountain. Those guys f—ked up.

5) Wuji got kidnapped because as soon as 5th Hero and Yin Susu was known to be back in Central Plains mainland, news travelled fast and everybody wanted to know where Xie Xun was so they could get dragon sabre. The people who kidnapped Wuji wanted to use him as leverage to get his parents to talk (and wanted to scare him into talking too).

6) Wuji got hit with the Ice Palm as a last resort, probably out of anger, because Grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng successfully got him back. They were just really pissed. Or maybe they thought the good guys would come begging for a cure and have to reveal Xie Xun’s whereabouts.

7) All the orthodox sects hate Ming sects because the government labelled Ming sect members as evil and called them the Devil Sect. Without knowing the root cause, naturally the people of the martial world believed in this nickname as well. And it didn’t help that Xie Xun, who was 1 of 4 protectors of Ming Sect, went around killing people of orthodox sects to force his master out of hiding. He caused more people to hate Ming Sect. Nobody knew the Ming Sect’s true mission statement.

8) Like I mentioned in my earlier post, the title of the series/novel doesn’t really matter. Both sword and sabre are just MacGuffins used so that we can start the story somewhere and then we actually follow the hero through his quests and “Hero’s Journey” and character development. The true story of HSDS is about washing away old grudges and joining together all the people of the martial arts world toward a common purpose: to restore the land of the Hans and drive away the Mongolians and overthrow the Yuan Dynasty. That was the true purpose of the sword and sabre when they were forged by Guo Jing and Huang Rong back when they were defending the country against invaders. That’s the mission statement of the Ming Cult. And within this rebellion, there’s the underlying theme of bad vs good and falling in love with the enemy. Zhang Cuisan and Yin Susu were on different sides (orthodox vs unorthodox sects) and then Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min (Han vs Mongolian).

 

Phew! I hope that was clear. I believe that most, if not all, of your questions were actually answered in the show, hence why I think this is a good adaptation. I’m actually surprised you didn’t ask more pertinent questions like what’s the origin of the 9 Yang Manual and what the heck was it doing inside a big monkey. Lol. That, I believe, was not answered well at all in this version, because Zhang Sanfeng skipped a lot of details in his story to Zhang Wuji. But never mind that. It’s just extra information that enhances the story but doesn’t change its outcome.

 

Thank you for explaining this. I should have read this. I think you answered a lot of my questions. Thank you. I'm glad that you gave me history too. Thank you again.

 

On 6/12/2019 at 12:12 AM, kimmortal said:

There’s a new forum about wuxia that just started for anybody who’s interested in having lengthy discussions about all things wuxia related: https://jianxia.smfnew2.com/index.php

 

Thank you.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 1:48 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Ok wait I think I have to explain something, I apologise for assuming you're familiar with "Wuxia" story. Wuxia story in the simplest meaning is a story about martial artist and their journey around China, it also has a certain code and honor that is inbuilt in the world of "wuxia" genre, since the Chinese character for it is 武侠 --> 武（Wu) means martial/military; 侠 (Xia) means hero/chivalrous/brave.

That's why in most wuxia genre the conflict that arise between characters is about what constitutes as honorable conducts/life. In Wuxia story it usually have different schools and sect with their own teachings and martial art secrets that must be guarded. You cannot learn a school's martial art unless you're the disciple of the school. It constitutes a dishonorable conduct to steal a school's martial art book.

 

It's okay. You're right I'm not familiar with the "Wuxia" story. You didn't assume.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 1:48 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

I also would really like to know which YT sub you watched? Because I feel like you missed a lot of important information from the first 12 episodes at least.

I hope for your 2nd rewatch it's from this one, this one has the better English sub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ros_wHjgdE&list=PLuyfcUjDE--TshpquRKPFbLXr0mTBazWy

 

I didn't watch a YT sub. I watched another sub. You're right. I missed a lot of important information. I hope I rewatch it a 2nd time too.

 

Thank you for explaining all the characters. Thank you for putting up the pictures too.   

On 6/13/2019 at 1:48 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Yes, ZWJ got hit by a special skill called "Xuanming Divine Palm", which pretty much disrupt his Yin energy. In Chinese literature/medicine it was hypothesize that human has Yin (cold) and Yang (hot) inside us. Xuanming Divine Palm is 'cold' based skill that's why ZWJ when he was a child was always cold and he could only be cured if he could learn Nine Yang manual skill, since Nine Yang is 'hot' based. Ah, but this is based on my memory when I went to Tao school as a kid , it might be the wrong explanation, don't take it as the absolute truth.

 

Thank you for explaining the special skill used on Wujin. I noticed that he got cold. So you went to Tao as a kid. I  believe you.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 1:48 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

This one I think you're confusing YX and XX.

YX is the one who held the Er Mei's disciple, JXF as hostage during the confrontation at the inn during episode 4. And yes JXF was supposed to be the next Headmaster of Er Mei, but because she fell in love with YX and has his daughter she never went back to Er Mei even though she's also not together with YX.

MJST has an old grudge with YX, since she accused YX of killing her fiancee and stealing the Heaven Sword. Even though YX denied all that since YX is already strong by himself, to him Heaven sword is useless to him. This all happened around episode 4 and 5.

Later on around episode 11 or 12 ZWJ will fulfill JXF last request and send her daughter to YX.

YX is not a bad person, he's just unorthodox.

 

I think I'm confusing YX with XX too. Thank you for explaining what happened to Er Mei's disciple. Thank you for explaining the relationship between MJST and YX. So I was right? YX is not a bad person. 

 

On 6/13/2019 at 1:48 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

I actually love this adaptation a lot, there are some parts I'm unhappy about but overall it's a good drama.

I'm happy you like this adaptation. And I'm sorry there were some parts that you were unhappy with.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 1:48 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

The thing I dislike is when a TV/movie adaptation cannot tell their story properly and the solution is to read the book . For me personally that means the scriptwriter/director/editor did a bad job in adapting.

You're right. I dislike this too.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Sorry I have to separate into 2 post because I think I vomit words too much already in the previous post. Previously you asked why people in the wuxia world hate Ming sect? To explain that properly we have to go back to the past and talk about what happened between Xie Xun, Cheng Kun, Yang Dingtian, and Yang Dingtian's wife (which until now I still cannot find what's her name ) and also Ming sect itself.

No you're fine. You didn't vomit too many words. You were just telling me all the things that I didn't know. Okay. I will look forward to you explaining why Wuxia world hated Ming sect. And thanks for the map.

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

If you look at that map, the red dot is around where Ming sect headquarter is located. The blue box is where Wudang and Shaolin is located. Most of the other schools and sects are also located mostly on the eastern part of China. This is one of the reason why most of the people from other school is distrustful of Ming sect since they're so far away. Also Ming sect founding was rooted from Persia, that's why the people feels like they're code and believes are foreign base, not rooted in Confucianism/Tao/Buddhism.

 

Oh. I get it. Thank you for explaining this. I think this also explains my questions about the Persia story.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

The other reason why people have so many grudges with Ming sect is related to Cheng Kun.

In the past before the story start (you can watch the flashback in eps 19 I think). When Yang Dingtian was still the leader of Ming sect he got married to Cheng Kun's martial sister.

Cheng Kun and his martial sister are actually lovers, but because she was arranged to be married to Yang Dingtian she told Cheng Kun to break up with her. But Cheng Kun refused, so they have a secret affair.

Ok. 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

When Cheng Kun and his martial sister have their affair, they will meet up in the secret passage of the Ming sect, that can only be used by the Ming sect leader.

One day Yang Dingtian found out, because he was so heartbroken, he ruptured his own nerves and died. Yang Dingtian's wife felt so guilty that she caused her husband's death, she killed herself (this is the bodies that ZWJ will find in the cave when he got trapped by Cheng Kun in episode 20)

Ok.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Cheng Kun was so angry that his martial sister kill herself that he blamed the whole Ming sect and wanted to destroy the sect completely. But he knows he couldn't do it himself since Ming sect has a lot of highly skilled people.

He then got angry when he found out his disciple, Xie Xun, is apparently a high ranking officer of Ming sect. To take his revenge he rape and killed Xie Xun's whole family, since he knows that Xie Xun has a temper, that once you make him angry he won't stop chasing until he can kill Cheng Kun (this flashback happen in episode 5, I think). Cheng Kun then hide himself and just wait for Xie Xun to do foolish stuffs. He also sell his service to the Yuan dynasty just to destroy Ming sect.

Thanks for explaining this. Xie Xun always said he wanted revenge for who killed his family.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Xie Xun blinded by his anger indiscriminately kill people from different school to incite Cheng Kun to come out from hiding by saying that "Cheng Kun did it".

But family and relatives of the people who got killed know it was Xie Xun who did it, so they pile their anger on both Ming sect and Xie Xun.  

Wow. So more hate for Ming sect.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Xie Xun also stole other school's martial art, which you're not suppose to do, to enhance his own ability. This add another pile of grudges of other schools towards Ming sect.

After years, finally Cheng Kun's plan came to fruition when all the 6 big sects of the mainland joined together to destroy Ming sect once and for all, to settle their old grudges and do justice for their friends and families that was killed by Xie Xun. 

 

Ok

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

This is why Ming sect was hated by the start of the series.

I'm sure there's other reasons that I missed. But that's the summary I get from the drama.

Thank you. No I think you did a good job. I missed a lot. I think you filled in the parts that I missed. Thank you.

 

On 6/13/2019 at 2:27 AM, kur4p1k4 said:

Cheers, I hope the explanation helped

Yes it helped! Thank you. You are so kind. I hope I watch it a 2nd time.

 

And @kimmortal I meant to say that I was going to reply to you. But I said I was going to reply to @polar15! I think I got that right, right?

[Mr Horse]

20 hours ago, kur4p1k4 said:

 

There's a Chinese sub, for anybody that can read Chinese

Important points:

Lin Yu Shen can speak Canto cause he went to HK in 1996 to shoot a movie so he has HK friends to speak Canto with.

He's also the same generation as Hu Ge, that's was surprising for me I thought Hu Ge is younger than him hahaha

Lin Yu Shen said lotsa ppl thinks he's unapproachable but he's actually very warm (please don't be afraid ppl lol, poor guy)

He also doesn't like Yang Buhui and Yin Liting relationship personally, no reason at all it should happen, if it's his daughter he won't agree lol (Yes! I agree also that's the weirdest relationship ever, rather than changing the ending of the HSDS I really wish JY did something about that weird pairing)

 

I think he also said that often he speaks his mind and because of this, he sometimes upsets people. As with the Yáng Buhui and Yin Liting relationship, I also think it’s a bit weird. For me it’s not the age gap, there’s nothing wrong with that as long as they’re happy. It’s the fact that she went with her dad’s former love rival. Well, I say love rival but in truth, I don’t think Ji Xiaofu had any feelings toward Yin Liting at all and I might be wrong but, I don’t think they had hardly even met face to face??! I guess JY wanted to find closure for Yin LT’s character so he wrote it the way he did?!

[Sooyun Ahgase]

On 5/16/2019 at 6:29 PM, kur4p1k4 said:

 @Sooyun Ahgase Hope you have a nice vacation. Nope nothing different from the mainland, only the fighting maybe a bit faster, ZM just came out yesterday. Canto dub really feel like wuxia when you hear it, hahaha. I think I've been brainwashed by TVB since I was a kid

 

ZM voice actor is not bad still need getting used to. YX is actually not bad as a Left-envoy of Ming sect and as YBH's dad but as the lover who make JXF fall in love with him it just doesn't show. WJ, I need to watch more I suppose, he was fine enough when he got stuck in Lu Liu manor and some parts in Shaolin he actually sounds good enough but I still prefer the mainland. XZ is actually not bad, I actually prefer the Canto. Zhou Dian also not bad actually, comparable to the mainland.

 

And this is all my faves MV I'll post it again in case you haven't seen it, hope it make you laugh especially the 1st one

 

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av48845666?from=search&seid=9719333813904086562

 

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av52148499

 

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av49731395/?spm_id_from=333.788.videocard.14

 

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av51273572?from=search&seid=14406333031117411024

wah! Thank you! I enjoyed my vacation and still trying to get myself back to work and catch up with the posts. Looking for a better job to pay off my car's insurance and other things. It's so hard these days. 

[LaurenPanna]

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76551883.html?weibo_id=4383905920502593

 

I didn't even notice his tongue

[Yitian_fan]

6 hours ago, LaurenPanna said:

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76551883.html?weibo_id=4383905920502593

 

I didn't even notice his tongue

Haha, very cute and I'd agree hom swallowing nervously and flicking his tongue is a nice touch from Joseph!

[kur4p1k4]

On 6/17/2019 at 6:18 AM, Mr Horse said:

As with the Yáng Buhui and Yin Liting relationship, I also think it’s a bit weird. For me it’s not the age gap, there’s nothing wrong with that as long as they’re happy. It’s the fact that she went with her dad’s former love rival. Well, I say love rival but in truth, I don’t think Ji Xiaofu had any feelings toward Yin Liting at all and I might be wrong but, I don’t think they had hardly even met face to face??! I guess JY wanted to find closure for Yin LT’s character so he wrote it the way he did?!

@Mr Horse Same, it's not about the age gap, but can you as a guy fall in love with you're ex-fiancees and love rival's daughter? Or you as a girl fall in love with a man who is your mom ex-fiancee and your dad's love rival?

For me personally that's just too weird and too much baggage, I just don't think it's possible I don't know why JY never re-think this pairing, is it because he actually known/saw this happen in real life? Because usually authors like to take something from real life and put it in their characters.

And the way Yin Liting was so obsessive over Ji Xiaofu was also cringe inducing, geez chill mate

 

On 6/17/2019 at 7:11 AM, Sooyun Ahgase said:

wah! Thank you! I enjoyed my vacation and still trying to get myself back to work and catch up with the posts. Looking for a better job to pay off my car's insurance and other things. It's so hard these days. 

@Sooyun Ahgase Good Luck! Don't forget to rest and drink water no matter how busy you are

Well you got a lot to read if you want to read all the posts that you missed, hahaha

[chipz03]

On 6/17/2019 at 3:48 PM, LaurenPanna said:

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76551883.html?weibo_id=4383905920502593

 

I didn't even notice his tongue

O my. I never realized this habit too (and here I claimed of watching this series on repeat hahaha .  Which I did, especially ep 43-44 . Guess I was too captivated by their sizzling on-screen chemistry lol 

 

I've been wanting to comment a bit about the songs from this series for a while,  so here it is. The songs used are awesome! My favorite is Hu Xia's and Zhou Shen's piece (although I also enjoyed the third song sung by Li Qi),  and also the instrument used on ZCS-YSS death scene and when MM brought RYW's coffin. So eeriely and sadly haunting.

 

In this series,  the song by Hu xia (ending song)  was used during ZR stabbed WJ scenes. I felt this song did not match ZR and/or her relationship with WJ that much (No offense to ZZR fans please). Instead, it really suits ZWJ personal journey and life. He had endured so much since, yet he did not crack, he did not abandon his humanity , and he still manage to look at people for their good qualities instead of focusing on hates,  jealousy, ambition. He still retain that innocence after all the hardships. I think this song is perfectly written from WJ's POV.  This song nicely reflect ZWJ's journey from his younger years to his Ming's leadership periods,  and eventually his relinquishing all to reunite with ZM,  and Hu Xia's voice fit perfectly.

 

Why I feel this song match better (in term of the relationship aspect) for WJ-ZM is the lyrics that mentioned the "I" in this song is willing to drop "my" name and identity to give the "you" some peace of mind. I personally felt this reflect ZM-WJ situation. They cannot be together should he still retain his Ming leader position or she's still a princess. It's only after they let go of these that they can be together.  

 

I believe this song is also used for YLT-YBH,  and their situation can somewhat match some parts of this song as well. 

 

And Zhou Shen's voice is so unique and heavenly haha. This series has three songs with lyrics and they are all sung by singers whose voice had captured my attention: Hu Xia,  Zhou Shen,  and Li Qi (hope I got his name correctly). Kudos to the music department 

 

On a side note,  Lin Yu Shen is married?? I always thought he's still single . 

 

@kur4p1k4Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. That's awesome!! 

 

Spoiler

To avoid long post,  I put this in spoiler. I have posted the next chapter (chapter 6) for my fanfic on WJ-ZM life after their reunion in AO3.

 

This chapter is two parters (all posted together). First part is rated teen and up, but the second part is mature.  

 

I also posted the next chapter of dark WJ story last week or so. 

 

And another short story (one shot type), set about 20 years after WJ-MM got married (in one of my fanfic universe at least haha). 

 

Hope you enjoy!! 

 

 

Peace all 

[LaurenPanna]

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76765135.html?weibo_id=4384630217722177

 

He said if he is ZWJ, he will choose ZM. He love big sister type of girls 

 

And he said his character is like zwj, abit shy. 

[chipz03]

1 hour ago, LaurenPanna said:

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76765135.html?weibo_id=4384630217722177

 

He said if he is ZWJ, he will choose ZM. He love big sister type of girls 

 

And he said his character is like zwj, abit shy. 

He's definitely the most decisive and dedicated (to ZM)  "Zhang Wuji" of all, and definitely the best WJ in my book. 

 

Plus, JZ is very persistent and consistent when it comes to "jie jie" type as his type of girl . 

 

There's another interview,  I think it was live interview conducted at the same day of this interview (judging from the same hairstyle and clothes he worn).  He also mentioned that he likes older sister type (if I remembered correctly). I think in this live interview,  he described his criteria for a potential gf (he was so adorable in this interview. He almost said that "his girl..."(some fans speculated he was about to mistakenly say gf before quickly changed to something that means if he's looking for a gf,  these will be the criteria he's looking for (or something like that?  I am sorry If this is wrong.  I blamed it on my rusty memory and super limited understanding of Mandarin ). The way he was trying to hold his laughter afterward was just adorable. Sometimes when I watched his interview, I forgot he's just 21 years old. But in this live interview, he looked so boyish and adorable hahaha. 

 

Peace all 

[sophiesyc]

37 minutes ago, chipz03 said:

He's definitely the most decisive and dedicated (to ZM)  "Zhang Wuji" of all, and definitely the best WJ in my book. 

 

Plus, JZ is very persistent and consistent when it comes to "jie jie" type as his type of girl . 

 

1 hour ago, LaurenPanna said:

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76765135.html?weibo_id=4384630217722177

 

He said if he is ZWJ, he will choose ZM. He love big sister type of girls 

 

And he said his character is like zwj, abit shy. 

 

Thank you to both of you for the translation! I can’t believe he said he’s shy like WJ lol

[Yitian_fan]

4 hours ago, LaurenPanna said:

https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/76765135.html?weibo_id=4384630217722177

 

He said if he is ZWJ, he will choose ZM. He love big sister type of girls 

 

And he said his character is like zwj, abit shy. 

Wait, he speaks Cantonese really well!  Which Province is he from?

 

And well, even if what he's saying is for the fan-service, still I'll take it! Desperate beggar-fans can't be choosers!  ZWJ/ZM forever!

[chipz03]

I believe he's from Shenzhen,  which is very close to HK. And I think he's Cantonese so Cantonese should be his native language. Correct me if I am wrong though.

In JZ Weibo post when his new drama started a couple days ago,  he himself wrote that when he started filming for this new drama (which should be shortly after filming of HSDS wrapped), his mind was still filled with Jianghu and Min-min.  For the latter,  I guess someone still very much remember ZM until now .

Someone is reeeeally impressed with ZM .

  (Not blaming him, I am also still very much impressed with this character)

 

@sophiesyc i was also surprised he said he's shy. I always got the vibe that he would be the actively chasing one when he likes someone,  Not quite like WJ hahaha 

 

[LaurenPanna]

I remember he is from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, that side of china which speak Cantonese. If i never remember wrongly, he also speak fluent Korean language

[cancergirl87]

A nice FMV about Guo Jing - Huang Rong vs Zhang Wuji - Zhao Min:

 

 

 

And the interview that some mentioned before has been uploaded by TVB Official Youtube channel here:

 

 

[kur4p1k4]

 

Lin Yu Shen 2nd part of the interview, I guess HK-er really love him lol

 

Lin Yu Shen was so nice and worried that the interviewer did not understand him that he keeps asking that if she did not understand anything just straight ask him to repeat it again (what a nice guy )

 

The interviewer said that most of the viewers always praise Lin Yu Shen's Yang Xiao, that he truly grasp Yang Xiao's character.

Lin Yu Shen is grateful for the praise, but he won't be complacent and he'll try to reevaluate his own performance. And he's happier if he could find a friend that could tell him which part that he could improve or do better. If the people around him can only praise him then how can he do even better the next time 

 

The interviewer said that Kabby Hui previously commented bashfully that Lin Yu Shen is very nice, very gentlemanly

Lin Yu Shen heard that is also embarassed  (lol ) but he said that he always try to treat both men and women gentlemanly

Lin Yu Shen said that people always said that he's different when he's not working he's quite shy. He said he can't help it, if it's not a familiar/working setting he really doesn't know what to do.

 

He also like Hong Kong a lot because he feels HK is a special city for him and he has a lot of HK friends, if he has time he like to just buy a plane ticket to HK, stay for two days and then come back home.

 

16 hours ago, cancergirl87 said:

And the interview that some mentioned before has been uploaded by TVB Official Youtube channel here:

 

 

@cancergirl87 I would recommend you take the footage from TVB (USA) since TVB official usually doesn't have subtitle, since usually both of them have the same content just a PSA.

 

Other important bits that haven't been translated:

Joseph is the youngest Zhang Wuji at 21 years old.

 

HSDS is ranked number one in TVB, at least during the shooting of the interview anyway.

 

This is Joseph's first Cantonese language interview, he's pretty happy and nervous about it lol

 

He met Lawrence Ng, TVB 2001 Zhang Wuji, they are filming a drama together in HK <我在香港遇见他><The Journey Across The Night>  They watched the new HSDS together when they were on set but Joseph didn't dare to asked him about his performance as ZWJ right there and then (lol). After a few days he finally dare to ask him and Lawrence said he did OK, not bad. He feels affirmed by it.

 

Apparently Joseph's had a high fever but he still has to shoot the fighting scene with the wire after the shooting was finished then he was sent to the hospital. But I'm not sure whether the interviewer meant he was sent to the hospital after finished shooting the clip that was shown, the Wan An monastery fight or the Fan Yao fight scene or after they finished shooting the whole thing.

 

Joseph said that it's something that he likes to do so all the hardship is worth it. And he said that all the people that were working also face the same hardship, especially for him as a newcomer he feels this is something that he has to do to has a chance (good work )

 

When Joseph got asked what's the hardest thing, he said shooting the whole thing. Apparently they finish the shooting only in 5 months, so everyday nobody has enough sleep. He also has a lot of lines and everyday he has to have the spirit and energy to shoot his scenes. But even with all the challenges and hardship, after he finished shooting, all of if doesn't matter anymore to him, it has passed.

[Mr Horse]

So now that TVB has broadcast the last episode of this 2019 version, there’s a bit I didn’t quite understand. Did Zhou Zhiruo really marry Song Qīngshū in this version or was it fake and she just felt sympathy for what happened to him at the end? They didn’t make it very clear. 

[Yitian_fan]

Thanks all, no wonder his cantonese is so good! :) 

 

Lin Yushen sounds nicely humble and I love it that he got a big break with HSDS 2019.  I'm sure all the Buhui step-mom club ladies will be watching out for his new show.

 

Speaking of which anyone watching Joseph's new modern drama on studying abroad with his dad?  Didn't someone post a kiss he had with his costar? (Already!  It took us more than 80% way through HSDS to get a kiss! Garh!)

[kur4p1k4]

On 6/22/2019 at 12:55 PM, Mr Horse said:

So now that TVB has broadcast the last episode of this 2019 version, there’s a bit I didn’t quite understand. Did Zhou Zhiruo really marry Song Qīngshū in this version or was it fake and she just felt sympathy for what happened to him at the end? They didn’t make it very clear. 

@Mr Horse No, ZZR never marry SQS it's just a ruse supposed to saved her 'face'.

At the end I think it's just ZZR thinks SQS even though he's been forgiven by his father, SQS would not want to be buried in Wudang since he's already been kicked out, he felt ashamed by his various misconducts. Also technically he already entered Er Mei and as Er Mei disciple his ashes should be kept in Er Mei.

That's my opinion anyway when I watched it.

[ildiz]

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av56418798?from=search&seid=10442068170659777411

 

YC talk about some scenes of HSDS! only if I could understand what she's saying.