Chinese Showbiz: Starting with Refining Wuji

The entertainment industry has lost its appeal; TV shows, movies, and variety shows are now largely ignored. It's a closed loop of capital promoting celebrities, filming, booking venues, and using online trolls to whitewash the situation!

You haven't even made a name for yourself yet, and you're already promoting Ninghao? You're really useless. We want to see you be awesome, not Ninghao. It's one thing for you to promote female celebrities, but I've never seen anyone promote a man. If you want to promote men, go write for female readers.

As far as directors in China are concerned, Chen Kaige is definitely one of the top directors, but there is something wrong with his personality.

You can say Jiao Junyan has personality and acting skills, or that she doesn't cause trouble, but you can't say she's beautiful.

This is a film/TV work where the male lead directs his own woman and a random passerby. Most films and TV shows these days have intimate scenes, and those writing about directing almost always include NTR (Netorare) elements.

The school invested in the movie and kept all the profits for itself. That's really impressive.

His character is questionable, so choosing him as a starting point is not appropriate.

I think both female leads are not very good-looking; one looks like a man, and the other always looks like her face is puffy!

I watched the whole thing, The Promise. It's pretty good, but too artistic and fantastical, with lots of allegorical meanings. Those who like mystery and detail might enjoy it. Other things to avoid include the complex cast, awkward dialogue, and a Japanese-style aesthetic; the fat clown city lord often appears in Japanese anime. Hu Ge's steamed bun is funny, but also really despicable.

Later, when Chen Kaige is filming *Caught in the Web*, the male lead could make a similar film, *The Hunt*, to compete with it and incidentally win one of the three major European awards, much to Chen Kaige's chagrin.