So I was never ever a Guo Jingming (Edward Guo) fan when he was huge in the mid-2010’s when he wrote those books and did Tiny Times movie series and L.O.R.D. the movie. What little I saw was all flash no substance. So I’m as surprised as any that I love C-drama My Journey to You which has both flash and substance IMO and legit is super gorgeous and riveting, and to learn it’s Guo Jingming directed. But he’s using a stage name Gu Xiaosheng in the directorial credits and also he wrote the lyrics for two songs in the drama also using the same stage name. Perhaps this is due to him being soft banned after the 2020 plagiarism scandal that also swept up C-drama land producer troll Yu Zheng. Anyhoo, I doubt if he was truly banned this drama would have been made and airing permit approved so perhaps he’s trying to come back with a fresh start who knows, all I know is this drama is sooooo good and at a short 24-episodes feels tightly plotted.