So the backstage fighting with period C-drama Dashing Youth is more interesting to me than the drama itself lol. This wasn’t a big budget drama and premiered right during the Olympics so it was clear Youku wasn’t banking much on it. The earlier buzz was high enough to be promising but quickly lost steam and stayed low-ish through it’s just wrapped run. The most interesting aspect of this drama is that the viewers are nearly all talking about second male lead He Yu and his ill-fated love line with the second female lead. It got so bad the female lead herself was basically a non-entity and Hou Ming Hao also got overshadowed by He Yu. Hou Ming Hao’s fans are furiously saying the production added scenes for He Yu and intentionally stole the drama from their male lead Hou Ming Hao, which is an accusation heard many a times when a lead star gets his/her thunder stolen by a supporting star. All I can say is, IMO He Yu has star power galore and the first time I watched him I knew he was male lead material and ability, whereas Hou Ming Hao is 5 male lead dramas in and still hasn’t become the It Boy and there must be a reason why. That, and his continuously evolving face.