Well I did not follow this news when it broke last year in September 2023 but it certainly helps certain aspects of what I see onscreen make sense now. The Double is Yu Zheng‘s latest hit making drama and he’s managed to resurrect his own actress Wu Jin Yan and elevate his actor Wang Xing Yue, and I thought also found a way to shoehorn his current big future actress protege Zhao Qing in with a supporting role as poison maker and princess Situ Jiu Yue. I found Zhao Qing serviceable but for the life of me cannot understand why Yu Zheng thinks she’s has either the looks, acting ability, or onscreen charisma to be a female lead or his idea of the next big IT girl. Then news came out that Zhao Qing was AI faceswapped into the role which was filmed original with grown up child actress Jiang Yi Yi, who is very well known in C-ent as one of the bigger child actresses with over 30 child and teen roles under her belt. Last Sept a whistleblower revealed that Jiang Yi Yi was investigated for tax evasion for failing to pay taxes for 2016-2022 which is all of 6 (!!!) years. Her side admitted to it but stated that she paid all the owed taxes of over $335,000 USD and closed the matter out with the government. In her case the transgression, despite being corrected, got her cancelled since tax evasion is a sign of failed moral character in the eyes of netizens. So Zhao Qing re-filmed her scenes in front of a green screen and her face was swapped into the body of Jiang Yi Yi’s already filmed scenes. I thought Zhao Qing’s expressions at times was awkward and now I know why.