Cheng Yi and Yu Shu Xin in Talks for Xianxia C-drama Xiao Hun Dian Adapted From Novel
This is still in the discussion phase but could start production soon after confirming the leads if both schedules line up. The xianxia C-novel 销魂殿 Xiao Hun Dian (or Ecstasy Palace) from writer 十四郎 Shi Si Lang has been purchased by production company Huan Rui Century and has offers out to Cheng Yi and Yu Shi Xin for the adaptation. Cheng Yi continues to do solid to great ratings in period dramas and is no stranger to xianxia having done Love and Redemption and Immortal Samsara and has Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Sword and Beloved filmed and on deck, and Yu Shu Xin’s last drama ratings hit was also in the xianxia realm with Love Between Devil and Fairy. I think this pairing could work onscreen so let’s see if it gets confirmed.
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@koala I agree with you!
Cheng yi needs a bubbly and cutesy lead actress for a change.
And I hope he gets a different character too.
All his previous ones are of dying blood vomiting long suffering hero … please please don’t torture this man anymore….more versatile roles please
2 basic plain jane uglies working together lol.
Cheng Yi with his close together eyes looking like a bug.
And Yu Shu Xin with her pancake face biting down hard on her jaw and lifting up the corners of her mouth intending to look cute but actually looks hella weird.
And let’s not forget faking that mickey mouse voice thinking it’s attractive but actually sounds like nails on a chalkboard
What a great pair
You sound like an unsurpassed beauty yourself
@Heh, although you didn’t sound nice, I can’t disagree with you though. LOL.
@Heh Your energy when commenting always reminds me of aggressive Chinese forum users. Lol. I don’t find them both good-looking either but I wouldn’t stoop low to become nasty just because my eyes aren’t being blessed with beauty that you probably don’t have yourself, let alone your favorite. Lol. Mocking, trying to ridicule and humiliate is not freedom of expression, and speaks volumes about the kind of person you are and the education and values you are supposed to have received.
He can’t get any other work outside of Huanrui. Yikes.
It’s also not Esther Yu. It’s Liu Mengrui.
This talk about Esther is Cheng Yi trying to make it sound better just like today his accounts released melons he would be working with Liu Yifei. He won’t of course but he has to cover that he is stagnating heavily.
What nonsense… Out of his three upcoming dramas, two aren’t from his own agency. Hero legends and Wang quan.
@Misha
Hero legends is old.
And all his last dramas are Huanrui. Even if they tried hiding the last one under a subsidiary, it’s still Huanrui.
I can’t reply to that “No” person directly so I’ll answer here. Hero legends isnt old. It was filmed last year and it’s not even aired yet🥴 Also Wang quan is from Stellar pictures. I don’t know what you’re trying to achieve here.
Is he having allergic to modern drama??? I havent seen him in a modern drama for ages. Lol. Well, some actors are better staying in costume dramas bcuz their entire physical suits it more than in modern. Example CY and Leo Luo.
Another internal company drama LOL. If he’s really doing great ratings, why is he unable to score dramas from the production powerhouses? And Huanrui’s recent financial reports shown that they aren’t making profits.
Out of his three upcoming dramas, two aren’t from his own agency. Hero legends and Wang quan.
I honestly don’t get all the hate for both Cheng Yi and Esther on this blog. There are so many hate comments on articles about these two and admittedly some others as well, that it’s rather disgusting to read. Especially the comments about their looks. I understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but you don’t have to go out of your way to write hateful comments about someone’s looks.
+1
+1 (or 2?)
+3 sometimes I don’t understand why people feel the need or desire to be so mean. I try to ignore them since I don’t want feed them in case they’re trolls.
Agree💯 BIG SIGH
Criticizing someone’s appearance is a low blow and just shows your immaturity.Period.
As for Cheng Yi, it’s always the same fandom that drag him through the mud every single time (same can be said for Esther Yu). Seems, they’re on edge since Mysterious Lotus Casebook’s unexpected success last year. Let them cope.
They better count themselves lucky though because their fav probably wouldn’t enjoy such popularity had Zhang Zhe Han not been cancelled/blacklisted…just saying
Another xianxia for chengyi. I guess this only thing he is good at, i look at his republican drama he is so awful on words delivery and his expression so stiff that probably why he’s not get into any drama but costume.
Another drama ruined by a lackluster mouseboy hiding his face behind bangs. If he gets paired with Miss SqueakyVoice then that only means there’s two good reasons not to watch this.
I really wish investors would give real actors a chance instead of these jokes with their water armies.
I thought we all had enough Xianxia to last at least more 2 lifetimes but appearently not so they want to keep on doing more.
Off-topic.
All the attention CY and Esther gets come from fandoms of other actors here at Koala.
All these attacks you see on here are straight from X/Twitter but they all come originally from Weibo.
I’ve learned it’s all coordinated and organized attacks. It’s war between fandoms.
The fandoms of Chinese actors operate like KPOP’s fandoms so they’re full of mentally ill people being cruelly manipulated as ammunition by their idols.
If that’s true, those fans are just wasting their time lol. What are they hoping to achieve here?
English-speaking online spaces for Chinese dramas are too small to get proper fanwars going on. Whether it’s this blog, MyDramaList or even Reddit. The Cdrama fandom internationally is not as big as the Kpop fandom and I honestly prefer that. I feel like most of us just want to enjoy and discuss dramas, not engage in silly fandom fights like international Kpop fans are prone to do (and I’m saying this as a former Kpop fan.)
I don’t think this is truth.
When you go to weibo this rumour does come up at all.
There is a huge rumour going on in every weibo’s rumours account saying that Esther will work with Bai Jingting on a tv series which have nothing to do with Xianxia.
I doubt it, whos gonna be 1st billing, i dont think esther wanna be 2nd after cy. And what wrong with chengyi and another xianxia drama! I know he getting famous because this genre but come on man youre an actor you have to be versatile!
That’s an interesting pairing but not in a xianxia setting maybe. I do believe the 40 episodes new regulation isn’t helping the genre much. Why? Xianxia need major world buiding, characters development to help audience feel connection, to immerse yourself into that fantasy world (most xianxia only pick up towards the 15/2O episodes mark)
40 episodes are definitely not enough imo, plus episodes are getting shorter and shorter nowadays. The genre is dying imho.
I don’t know if this pairing works, but everyone knows I’m a big Esther fan, and I don’t mind Cheng Yi – tho for heaven’s sake, change his xianxia hairstyle already lol. It’s always the same! I would def catch if this pairing happens.
In MLC, at least his personality was whimsical and nonchalant…but still suffering lol. Wish he gets an easier role already where he can be chill and silly without all this angst (but unlikely in xianxia.) The poor blood-spewing fountain that’s CY sigh.
That’s kind of a strange couple, to be honest. I’ve liked both of their performances before (in Love & Redemption and Fairy & Devil respectively) but can’t imagine them together. Maybe they can make it work, though.
I don’t particularly like Cheng Yi either, but man, you guys are nasty!
Lol, nope. Not nasty. Those commenters are pitiful. Imagine you spend your time commenting on things and people you hate or despise. Very sad.
But they start crying when they read negative opinions about their own faves and complain that others are cruel. LOL. Their hypocrisy has no limits. It’s simple: “Don’t do what you wouldn’t want done to you.”
New🍉 Liu Xueyi is the one rumored to act in this drama now as a parting gift…hope it’s true.
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