Youku Releases First Poster and Preview for Tang Dynasty Period C-drama The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning

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• The trailer is really promising! Wishing they will really take time with post-production coz that seems to be the case with her dramas they always rushing it so they can air it right away.

  • Right now Youku is opting for a Q3 release. A 6 month post-production for a 40 ep period drama seems really harsh even for c-dramaland’s standards..

• I'm getting Pirates of the Caribbean vibes here!! LOL Can't wait!

  • LYN’s exotic attires are intriguing🤔 According to the synopsis, his role Yan Zijing first appeared as a foreign merchant from Sogdia, hence the styling. So far YZJ seems like an anti-hero, likely with a tragic ending, both romance and survival-wise. Though AJTL’s genocidal ending still haunts me, I do hope the script actually goes thru with this somewhat inverted trope-setting of the male lead.

• It looks fantastic and I’m so excited. I think the poster isn’t great but in motion, Lusi looks beautiful and convincing. Looks like an amazing role for her.

  Seated.

• I like the dark vibe! I’m really looking forward to this. I wish there is a good plot synopsis than what I’ve found thus far.

• Yay!!! Two matched actors!!!! Woooooohoooooo!!!! So Excited!!!

• Trailer looks good, but that poster is a choice. Something about ZLS looks a bit off, don't know if it's her eyes or lips, or both. I miss when she wasn't as big of a star, it felt like she was a lot more natural and confident with her acting. When celebs take the more traffic route, sometimes they lose the charm which made them unique, which is kinda sad.

  • I think it’s the filter they chose and color combination but she looks okay to me as are the men too. Even though she is a traffic actress, she is way better in acting than others out there I agree with what Somebody says. She always manages to bring the right emotions to scenes and she is charming!

• The trailer looks interesting. But I don't think Tang hairstyle works on her.

  I think ZLS is a better actress among her peers. I can't say the same thing about LYN though. But I'll keep myself open minded and check this out. He did give me a different vibe in the brief trailer from the smarmy ML in A Journey to Love. LOL.

• Youku and Zhao Lu Si’s agency which is behind the production of this drama scammed investors and everyone else when they promoted this as a Haoyan cp “double A FL ML” drama before and during filming. Right after filming ended, they immediately stated that Tang Xiao Tian was also main actor and promoted the drama as FL with 2 MLs. Nobody wanted to be the so called ML for this drama for 8 months. Very obvious what the reason is now. From the synopsis, the real ML is the supposedly ML2. They should have just made ML2 the ML and TXT the ML from the very beginning instead of starting all this drama. Just watch how the next promos will show and confirm who the legit ML is. No wonder they announced Liu Yu Ning as the “ML” the very next day after he signed the contract even though filming wouldn’t start way over a month later like they feared he would ditch like all the other actors before that. Am excited for all the upcoming fanwars instigated by the the drama’s production team. Fun times ahead!

  • Yes, the fighting already started. As a neutral party, I have popcorn. When I saw the second guy pop up, I knew what was up.

    • @ Qwerty , ur informations is not even assured either just because u read the 10 chapters, there is another website that has 22 chapters also, which was not even complete there too, I can't remember the the link because it been a while, it show that the story was not complete on that Web page, they just stopped updating when it got to chapters 10.

      So yes, it all assumptions including ur informations and my informations.

  • What does “double A FL ML” mean? Like a drama with no second lead and love triangle?

    • It means both FL and ML are “alpha” / strong. They were marketing the drama to investors, fans and prolly Liu Yu Ning himself, as a Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning drama where they are a badass OTP couple together. No mention of Tang Xiao Tian at all. Implying whatever “love triangle” would have been insignificant to the drama.

      The internet never forgets. Screenshots of the promos slides for the drama will always be around.

      Now, after finishing filming the drama, Tang Xiao Tian is also billed as lead actor and not just a supporting actor playing a supporting role.

      LYN got taken for a ride by Youku and ZLS’s agency who are producing this drama for this “ML” role lol

    • @Qwerty thank you!

  • from the source material 珠帘玉幕, the story really revolves around the the female lead. she would meet men along the way but it’s always been about her. it’s her journey more than the romance.

    lyn read the script BEFORE agreeing to act on it and signing the contract as he said on his livestream.

    anyway, wish this would be so big it’ll drown the noise.

    • The novel is obviously from the FL’s perspective and LYN’s character is the only ML from the novel to make it to the drama. He was not the end game but he had the most screentime with the FL in the novel. TXT’s character did not even exist in the original novel.

      No one is questioning this drama being focused on the FL. It’s a no brainer. The issue is the drama initially promoting itself to investors and everyone else as ZLS and LYN being a badass OTP without any mention of the 2nd guy. Also, only ZLS and LYN were mentioned as lead actors.

      Now after filming ended, 2nd guy is also lead actor on equal footing as the so called ML. The drama could have been honest instead of lying about TXT’s lead role in this drama.

      This is what all the noise is about. Haoyan shippers are disappointed and LYN fans are offended. Most ZLS fans hate LYN so this should be good news to them. TXT’s fans would be happy too. He’s prolly the real ML if we go by the synopsis of the drama script floating around.

      Did LYN know TXT will also be billed as lead ML just like him, and what TXT’s script and screentime is in comparison to his own? Only he himself can answer this. I’d love to see him talk about this in a livestream so we can all enjoy the brouhaha from it

    • @ Qwerty,the novel on website is just a draft of 10 chapters, so honestly no one know who she ended up with. Clearly u have not read the novel because TXT characters absolutely exist in the novel.

      By reading the synopsis there are actually 3 male leads ,he is actually the main lead in the novel but his description sound boring that why he is made into the SML. Where LYN character has more present that why the production team made him a male lead , has for the 3 male i dont know if he will still be in the drama because rumours has it that, they combine the 3ML to LyN character because his present was not much in the novel until the show is aired no one knows how these will play out. So TXT character wasn't just made up for the drama like u r saying n fans who followed the production from the beginning always knew they was going to be 2 Male leads but not sure if the Third one was kept or omitted has the rumours r saying, so wherever u r getting ur source from sound like they put out certain information to start an argument because they have not finished reading the novel since it not online except the 10 draft chapters.

      Surely these actors read the script n they know what the story will be about, some fans makes it sound like these actors a dumb going into production n not know what it is about.And being a problematic team from the beginning, i want to believe they will be honest with these stars from the get go , to prevent this kind of situation right now.

      Has for fan wars, c neitzen leave for it imo, looking at how they make commotion of every little thing, we r all waiting to see how this play out at this point.

    • @Mercy

      You are the one who is either confused or did not read the novel.

      Tang Xiao Tian’s character is Zhang Jin Ran in the drama. There is no Zhang Jin Ran or poet in the 10 chapters of the novel. Please re read those 10 chapters yourself.

      Free to read here: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=627133

      The real ML in the novel is Ye Zhong Xue, blue eyed blonde haired bandit leader. He is the implied end game because Duan Wu, the FL, wakes up next to him in bed in the last chapter.

      Yu Chi is the prince who makes a very brief appearance in the novel.

      Yan Zi Jing, the slave trader/ merchant, the only ML that made it into the drama, had the most screentime with Duan Wu in the novel.

      Again, Tang Xiao Tian is neither playing Ye Zhong Xue or Yu Chi. There is no Zhang Jing Ran or poet ML in the novel.

      People should stop spreading misinformation around when they aren’t even sure themselves.

      TXT’s character did not exist in the novel and was solely created for the drama version.

    • Sorry, but if you've been into c-ent for a while you'll realize how messed up it is behind the scene especially the script part. The actors/actress probably were just given a guideline or script draft before they signed on. After the contract is signed usually the gloves are off. They'll change the script if needed to accommodate the investors that brought the money in and even sometimes create a new unrelated character just to accommodate new actors/actress that's being sponsored by investors. So knowing the script earlier doesn't really help much initially. If I'm not mistaken there are cases where they fired a scriptwriter right in the middle of filming and brought in new one, the drama definitely reflected that problem since viewers complained about the messed up drama flow since its been written by two different people with different opinions

  • This doesn't make any sense. I am sure any actor, including Liu Yuning, would read the script before signing up.

    • Regardless of whether LYN knew TXT would also be billed as lead ML like him before signing the contract, the drama lied about it being about 2 leads, ZLS and LYN in their initial promo, and now after filming ended, TXT is also lead actor and the drama is now promoted as a threesome. Should have kept the other 2 guys from the novel so we can have a legit harem drama. Why should only Yang Zi get to have fun in a harem drama?

    • Well, actually.

      I have no horse in this race but I do know cent well.

      Reading the script means nothing. Often actors don't even know they are being used because there is a separate film crew filming the additional scenes that aren't in the script at all. Then it's all edited and suddenly, there is a different plot where the added scenes for a character turn out to be a lot. The original actor or actress are basically being used to promote that new person. Or in this case LYN for TXT.

      welcome to Chinese entertainment, enjoy your stay.

    • this is a reply to Eehhhh, I totally agree with you. I remembered the golden hairpin whole fiasco. Both ML and FL fans are fighting each other over the scripts. Supposedly they both got different scripts from each other. If its true, than probably the production duped them both at that time to make them think they're the main star in the drama over the other.

    • @amy

      Yes, exactly. And this happens relatively often, no matter how extreme it sounds to the international audiences but it's a common practice in cent.

      I love Jin Dong and he is a huge name in China but it didn't protect him from this same thing just last year. Productions will simply decide that they need to promote someone and that will be that. Almost always ends up in a ruined drama.

  • Looks like you are excited QWERTY. You are all over this page with this narrative lol who is instigating then?

    • The drama’s production team duh. Dishonest about who the real ML of this drama is. The drama’s script leaked even before filming started.

      And yet they still lied to investors and fans that ZLS & LYN are the cp and selling point of the drama but the truth will be revealed when the drama airs so now they try to remedy it by making it a threesome lol.

      Tbh regardless of who the end game ML is, they’re both lacking in the appearance department so it’s an eyesore anyway.

      ZLS’s character would be better off single since they refuse to cast a pretty foreign man to play the real ML from the novel.

      Shady actions still need to be called out and the drama team is shady af

• There is already a major fight over this drama. I don't even want to think how bad it's going to get once it drops.

  • There’s always fighting on chinese platforms. TTEOTM leads’ fandoms were always fighting but they raked good stats for their drama. So are other dramas. As long as audience like what they’re watching, it won’t matter that much. Normal people wouldn’t dwell on these fights.

    • @Kim

      No because no drama has survived this type of manipulation. It always ends up damaging the plot.

• The first poster is kind of mediocre. They don’t even look like themselves. At least the trailer seems pretty intense. I was expecting an edgier poster.
  LYN’s long limbs looking fab in Tang wear. I am loving the statement rings on his elegant fingers while fiercely shooting arrows. A stylish bad guy!