This post is long overdue. But since I’ve gathered the pictures, might as well post it. You don’t mind the pretty, right? ;D
A lot of fashion events this past week but I think Vogue’s 11th Anniversary takes the cake! Friends, ex-couples, reunions, lovers – everywhere!
Yes. You read that right, we have a wagon of trailers released yesterday at the press conference for Jiang Jin Fu‘s period drama, Royal Highness (回明之杨凌传), based on the novel written by Yue Guang. The novel follows a modern man who is given a chance to re-live and is sent back through time and landed himself in the Ming Dynasty. Using only his wits, he’s able to rise the rank and befriend the emperor. Friends, enemies, and a house of lovely ladies. What a lucky man. I think this is the premise our male fans would appreciate more than us girls. Lol. However, I have to add that the trailers surprised me in a good way. I expected more comedy from the synopsis but each trailer runs solemnly and wraps the struggles of each character nicely in one brief minute. It’s back on my watch-list now. XD
I haven’t followed variety shows in so long so this news came as a surprise. Takes a Real Man (真正男子汉) is the Chinese Version of the Korean show, Real Man (much like Run Brothers to Korea’s Running Man), featuring a group of celebrities experiencing life in the military. Season one created many beautiful friendships, one of which includes Yuan Hong and his young brother Liu Hao Ran, who rounded out his handsome groomsmen. In season 2, they have added on four lovely female celebrities to mix up the dynamics. They are Yang Mi, Tong Li Ya, Zhang Lan Xin, and Shen Meng Chen, along with a group of male stars in Jiang Jin Fu, Huang Zi Tao, Li Rui, and Sun Yang.
This sounds like a fun adaptation, except for the skeletal synopsis to Jin Yong’s The Deer and the Cauldron. Royal Highness is the drama adaptation of novel, Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Wang Ye (回到明朝当王爷), featuring a slew of your favorite fresh faces in Jiang Jin Fu (Love Me & Convince Me), Crystal Yuan Bing Yan (The Mystic Nine), Wayne Liu (Who Sleeps My Brother), and Zhang Si Fan (Demon Girl). Our male lead is a lucky man who was supposed to die early in life but is spared by the Hell Emperor after he saved a person and is given three years to live. With his smooth talk with the soldiers in hell, he’s reincarnated back to Ming dynasty into the body of a young scholar – who is neither a great scholar or great fighter. But somehow, he manages to achieve great things in life, becoming a Wang Ye, being best friend with the king, winning wars and building a legacy behind his name, including a long line of beautiful wives.
Yep. Exactly like Wei Xiao Bao – my least favorite hero! What to do? >.<
Adapted from the novel You Love Me This Much, I’m Going To Take It Seriously (你这么爱我，我可要当真了) written by Wu Xiao Bai, the drama title has been determined to be Love Me & Convince Me. The selling point they are harping on is it’s being directed by Korean director, Pyo Min Soo, of hit series Full House. The strong hand in directing definitely shows in the first trailer. Everything is beautiful and snappy, matching the bickering flow of our OTP. I’m hoping that the story also holds up because ageless beauty Li Xiao Lu has some sweet chemistry with Jiang Jin Fu already, who is almost a decade younger. YOU CANNOT TELL.
It does help that they kiss kazillion times in the trailer. HAHAHA.
