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2022.05.13 - https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321324768730725876343

Simply chat for a while, no spending the new year~

- brought his equipment with him to Changsha, bc he’ll be staying a while :)

C: Are you filming for the variety show today? LYN: Not today. But ZSX has seven CFs to do, and I also was able to get a couple for myself. If I’m not able to keep up I don’t think we can be friends anymore. It’s hard for people of different social statuses to become/stay friends, you know.

C: I’m not used to this angle. LYN: You obviously don’t care about me. You don’t normally care about what I’m doing at all. I’m currently in Changsha. It’s not the same place I usually stream from- that’s Hengdian. Even the housing prices are different, do you think the streaming angle wouldn’t be as well?

C: Are we spending the new year together? LYN: Do you not even look at my caption? It’s written there very clearly that we’re not spending the new year. I can’t give my friends the habit of staying up at night. I already said that we’re not spending the new year and you’re still here asking. You clearly don’t care, I hate that kind of person.

C: When are you going to cut your hair really short? LYN: Why are you all so interested in my hair?? Don’t a lot of girls say that they’ll leave their hair short/long for you (a boy)? They’ll usually say, “I’ll keep my hair long for you.” But I’m not saving it for anyone. I never made a promise to you. I like it long, so I keep it long. If I like it short, I’ll keep it short. Why do you care so much about my hair? Are you a barber? It has nothing to do with you. I’m keeping it long for myself. I can’t believe you all can be hung up on my hair for so long, I gotta hand it to you.

- explaining that streaming from the notebook won’t be the same as streaming from his desktop, so the video quality and overall experience might not be as good as it is when he’s at home.

C: The background looks fake. LYN: It’s a green-screen.

LYN: :| I’m seeing a lot of people commenting on my hair- they don’t like it when it’s long. I guess you can’t watch my guzhuang dramas, then. I have long hair in those. You’re not going to watch them? C: I’m a new fan; I’ve never seen you with short hair. LYN: You’ll get the chance eventually.

C: You’re streaming in the hotel, but doesn’t that bother other people? LYN: It’s not like I’m shouting?? I’m not singing, either. I’m just sitting here. Is there some rule that says if you’re staying at a hotel you can’t even speak?? LYN: Also, this hotel’s full of artists- the downstairs is full of paparazzi. Obviously, they aren’t there to shoot me. I’m not popular. They’re here to shoot the other people. Here in Changsha, people come to film for variety shows- there are a few going on at the same time right now. There are only so many hotels that are close enough to the Hunan Satellite TV Station, so all the artists are gathered together. The paparazzi are here to take pictures of the Sisters Who Make Waves jiejie-s, and happened to have included me. They’re look, “Who is this, so tall? Oh, it’s Liu Yuning. Okay, let’s take some shots of him, too.” C: Have you met anyone you’re close with? LYN: Not really. I don’t really get out much, unless I have some work to do. After work, I just go home. I don’t really hang out.

C: It’s my first time catching it live. LYN: I saw that today was Friday and thought that you might not have anything going on, so I decided to stream a bit. I’m afraid that when I start shooting for the variety show we’re going to wrap up really late and I won’t have the chance to stream. I came all the way out here- and brought all my equipment- I’ll feel like it’s a waste if I don’t stream at least once.

Rumors:

C: You didn’t meet up with YCY? LYN: Stop bringing her up, my friends. Right now I have to “avoid evil”. It’s alright if you talk about me, but it’s not right to talk about her behind her back- she’s just a small girl. C: What’s wrong? LYN: People are making up some rumors, you know. I’m joking about the “avoiding evil” part. She came here to shoot for her shows, but the two of us have been chatting more in our group chat because the drama’s about to air.

LYN: Let me tell you something about shooting dramas that’s really awkward. Usually after a drama finishes shooting, it’ll air about a year later. There are a lot of dramas- I’m sure you all know- where there’s a long cooling period.* [he uses the phrase: 人走茶凉; lit. people leave and tea cools] Some dramas air 1-1.5 (or longer) years after they’re filmed. And then the two leads, helplessly, have to get together again for interviews or to promote the drama. Honestly, they’re not that close to each other. I’m sure they were close during filming, but after 1.5 years of no contact, you suddenly want them to pretend to be good friends- it’s hard. When they’re being interviewed one question they will inevitably be asked is, “Do you have any fun stories from filming together on set?” Honestly, we can’t think of anything. It’s been more than a year later! No matter how funny or interesting the story was at the time, you’re not necessarily going to remember it later. You know? It’s really hard on the artists, answering this question. They have to work hard to remember details, like: “Where was this drama filmed again? It’s a guzhuang, so it must have been Hengdian. What was the drama about now... I forgot.” It’s really hard. At the most artists film for 2 or 3 dramas a year- you want them to remember something that happened on a specific set?? It’s difficult. The scripts just keep coming, too. LYN: The good thing is that our group- including Baron Chen- have kept up contact. We became really good friends through this drama. It’s great, because when it comes time for us to promote the drama, we won’t have any difficulty trying to remember fun things that happened to us. We won’t feel awkward or unfamiliar when promoting together, either. If they can’t remember, I’ll remind them.

LYN: Anyway- why I told that friend not to mention YCY. It’s funny- F-F relationships are fine but anything involving M-F relationships will cause you trouble. I was scrolling through a app and saw an article about YCY arriving in Changsha; but they also caught her manager in the picture, too. The clothes her manager was wearing is the same as mine. So this person took this photo and made and article saying: “LYN & YCY are dating. Look at that. Because LYN and YCY’s manager are wearing the same brand/clothes.” I always happen upon articles that have to do with me- but when I saw this one I was dumbfounded. What crap logic is that?? I’m wearing the same clothes as her manager, so how- ????? If your rumor said that LYN and the MANAGER got together, that would be more believable- since they ARE wearing the same clothes, after all. The problem here is- if I’m wearing the same clothes as her manager, how does that prove that I’m dating YCY?? If the rumor was that I was dating her manager, I could understand- the rumor has some ground. But what sort of logic (makes you conclude that LYN & YCY are dating)???? Also, her manager’s male! C: That’s also nice to ship... LYN: Shut your mouth! I’m trying so hard to dispel rumors and here you are making more. >.<

LYN: My friends, let me explain WHY I was wearing the same clothes as her manager. There’s a real story here. I’ll confess to you today. It happened like this... This story starts about a week ago. That day, Baron Chen suddenly messaged me out of the blue, “I saw your reuters- you’re in Hengdian?” I confirmed I was, and asked if he was also in Hengdian shooting for Chinese Paladin 4. I said if he had time, we should get together for dinner. After I invited him, I was thinking I should ask Chaoyue, too. The three of us could eat out together. YCY and I talk to each other a lot online, but we rarely ever meet up. Just to prevent rumors from happening. I’m afraid to go out with any female artist because of this, too. Alright, so. This story starts from that get together. When Baron got to the restaurant- I was wearing a Chinese-style button up- he said, “Yuning, that really suits you. It give off an wuxia feel.” It went to my head- in addition to the little alcohol I had that night- I undressed and said, “I’ll give it to you!” I started unbuttoning immediately, and I gave it to him. “Here. I only wore it once. You can keep it as a souvenir.” I’m just like this- if someone likes something of mine, I will give it to them. I gave him the bracelet, too. He didn’t want it at first, but I told him to try it on. He did and it really suit him, as he’s a little broader than I am- so I gave it to him. The thing is I was only wearing a white undershirt, and I was thinking - I was suspecting - there would be paparazzi waiting for us. “Liu Yuning goes out for a meal and loses his clothes”?! He goes out with other artists for a meal and eats his clothes gone??? That’s not very good. So I took a scan of the other men with us and thought that YCY’s manager’s clothes were pretty nice. So I asked him if I could borrow it, and that I would return it to him tomorrow. He was nice and let me, so I put on his clothes. When we left there really were paparazzi waiting and got pictures of us. So, those clothes weren’t mine. They were YCY’s manager’s. We weren’t just wearing the same brand, we’re wearing the EXACT SAME CLOTHES. When I went out to eat that day I gave my clothes away to Baron Chen. [What Ning-ge was wearing: https://weibo.com/5456865382/LrFrUuJIW]

C: Ning-ge, the clothes you’re wearing right now are quite nice. LYN: Ehm... it has nothing to do with you. If you like it, buy your own. XD

LYN: I find it fun when rumors like these can become topics of conversations for my streams. It’s fun for me to explain to you, and you have fun listening. It’s all good. I see these things and smile- no, smirk- and then use them as material for my streams. Rumors are just so outrageous sometimes. How does me wearing the same clothes as her manager mean that I am dating her? I don’t get the logic.

Heroes (general drama info):

LYN: Whether YCY, CCH, or ZSX- it’s really rare for you to make so many friends from one drama. We really haven’t lost contact this past year either. Our relationship is great! So I hope that you can stay away from /don’t partake in rumors. Even if I don’t explain them, even if one of them explains them, the rumors will start to create a rift. It’s really awkward to have had a nice relationship with someone only for it to turn sour/awkward because of a rumor. I don’t mind, but the other two are younger and could have more complicated thoughts. I can understand, since I’m older than them by a bit.

LYN: I saw another article- YCY sent it into the chat- it said that “YCY looks down on LYN; Because YCY is currently making a change in her career.” I don’t know if you saw it- it said she looks down on me. She sent it into the group chat and said, “Ning-ge, I didn’t buy this topic. Please don’t get angry. We don’t argue over superiority here.” LYN: Even though YCY didn’t buy the topic, I still get unhappy when I see these articles. What do you mean I’m not worthy enough for her??? What do you mean she looks down on me??? LYN: Where am I lacking?!?

LYN: I’m sure you’ve seen it already, but the Heroes wb account shared three photos today. They contacted each of us, and asked us if we could post one photo each on 5/13. I asked, “What photo?” and they said the official character still, to help accommodate the promotion of the drama. I didn’t say it out loud, but I was thinking to myself, “What’s the point of posting one photo?” The Reuters have already posted hundreds of them, what use is one photo from each of us going to do? But I found out that they also posted some behind the scenes, which was good because people will see something new. C: This photo is obtained through proper channels. LYN: Oh, that’s true. C: Then post some more. LYN: I saw that comment, too. We posted one photo, and then ZSX’s studio also posted a bunch of others. We’re a little more into the details, here. We posted one photo, and then ZSX posted so many more... Do you think I don’t have any??? I could post that many if I wanted, too! But I won’t post them- they (ZSX & YCY) are children, after all. As an older brother- think about it. If ZSX posts them, and then my studio posts some... uh oh- the pressure’s on YCY now. I don’t see the need to torture each other like this. He’s the male lead, so if he wants to post a little more, then I’ll let him. I can’t leech off of him like that. Right? I’m waiting for him to get popular, and THEN I’ll leech. Of course, he is already “popular”; I’ll wait for him to “explode.”

LYN: I’m just trying to consider their feelings. I can’t just think of everything trying to find an angle for my own personal gain. ZSX’s the male lead, it’s a given that he would share some more pictures. Also, his pictures are well-received. I saw them and thought they looked very good! That’s including YCY- you’ll find that a lot of her looks will become hot topics. I don’t get the same reception. So I’ll just let them fight among themselves. When the drama airs later, you’ll see everything there is to post. There’s no use holding on to them- they’ll all get posted eventually.

C: Ning-ge, you look a little like Liu Yuning. LYN: You’re right. That’s me. I am Liu Yuning. LYN: Do you think I look like him? I don’t think so.

- someone in the comments asking what drama it is; it’s 说英雄谁是英雄, based off a novel. also please be understanding if some parts of the drama adaption does not adhere to the book: not everything in the novel COULD be transferred to the screen.

C: Director Li Muge. LYN: Yes, that’s right. He’s a great director. I think this drama was filmed in great detail/thoroughly. You’ve all heard that most dramas separate into two or three different filming groups. There are Groups A and B which is for content, and usually Group C is for fight scenes. Heroes only had one group. Our director filmed everything himself- even when we did the fight scenes he was there strictly monitoring us. I wasn’t really used to the single group- I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to wrap on time, but we finished up just fine.

LYN: I saw someone saying that our drama production had no money. As an actor, I can’t say that we didn’t. Also, people are saying that we were crying about our lack of funds. I don’t see the need- who would we cry to? It’s just facts. If you just look objectively, you could see for yourself whether we had funds or not. LYN: I was talking to the other two, and we agreed that no matter how the drama is promoted- usually when a drama starts promoting they get into the trending topics fairly quickly, I think this will be a little difficult for us- but we all agreed that we would do our best to promote the drama on our own. If we can get just one more viewer, that would be our fortune. LYN: I know that a lot of you watching right now are just passersby or other people’s fans, but I hope that if you’re watching my stream, when the drama airs you can give it a chance. If you like it, please continue watching. If you don’t then I won’t force you. But leave me some face and check it out, alright? Thank you.

LYN: There are a lot of characters in this drama, and each of their story-lines are just about complete. You know who they are, what they do, and why they appeared. It’s introduced very clearly. It’s not like other dramas where there are basically just a male lead and female lead. The genre is different. Each character has their own story, background, and personality- they are all unique identities. From the drama perspective, there may be a lot of separate threads. Generally, it is a male lead-centered drama though. If I remember ZSX had around 500+ scenes, and I had 300+ scenes- but this is before editing! I figure after editing I’ll be left only around 300? There’s a thing we say with editing: we can only cut, not add. Why? Because everything has finished filming already. XD

C: When is it airing? LYN: I can’t say for sure. Just.. keep a lookout. But I’m sure.. It’ll be very soon. :) C: Can it air on 520? LYN: How many times do you want me to repeat myself? D: I know that in your hearts I might be an amazing person, but in this industry I’m just an actor. I’m very lowly. Also, I’m only a supporting character. I don’t have the right to determine what day it will air. I can only ask for you. But even after I finish asking, I can’t tell you. So don’t make it hard for me, alright? Thank you.

C: I really like Director Li’s Rattan, too. LYN: Our Director... Director Li Muge. He’s so talented. He films very well. LYN: Also, you’ll find that our drama is really welcome to using fake blood. You’ll see in dramas that people get hurt, and they bleed- but not a lot. Like they’re afraid of getting the clothes dirty. Or, if they spit blood, only a little comes out. Not us- we can go through three buckets of blood a day. You’ll know when you see the drama. We sure can use it. LYN: Usually in dramas they will take a chopstick and just spread a line of blood on the clothes and that’s it. Not us. Director Li is going to put the blood on you himself. He takes a cup full and throws it on you. C: Can you still wash it out? LYN: He’s a director, what does he care if it can wash out or not? That’s the costume department’s problem. Every time, just before he throws the blood on me, he’ll say, “Xiao Ning. Did you know? Any actor who I’ve poured blood on gets really popular. Wait and see.” In that moment I was thinking, “Well, why don’t you throw some more on me, just for good measure.” Get another cup!

C: The official Heroes account is watching your stream. LYN: Really? They must be afraid I say something I shouldn’t. LYN: Are you monitoring me? Afraid that I’ll slip and tell everyone when it’s airing? XD C: Connect the mics. LYN: You must not be normal. Do you think ZSX is sitting behind there behind the official account? YCY? Director Li? They’re just here to help promote the drama, why would I connect with them? C: Call ZSX. LYN: You mean, you want me to get him here? I won’t. I already told you, ZSX’s only in it for the profit. He only comes when he has a drama airing, and then otherwise he won’t come to my stream. Someone took that and ran with it, saying, “See? The drama hasn’t aired yet and the 2ML is already stepping on the 1ML. LYN’s character is too appalling. He said ZSX is a profiteer.” Have you seen those articles? How sad. I can’t believe they would try to put a wedge between our good relationship. LYN: The last time I streamed I said that ZSX came when I was promoting JNZ for him, but never came back after that. I said he only came when it was profitable to him, and that when Heroes aired, he would HAVE to come. So, to that person who wanted me to call ZSX and tell him to come to my stream- I won’t. That makes it seem like I INVITED him to come. Who does he think he is? I’ll wait until he comes of his own free will. If he comes, he comes. If he doesn’t, there’s nothing I can do. We’ll just have to see how he does. :) C: If he doesn’t come, then we go curse him. LYN: LOL. What type of person are you? Everyone who watches my streams knows that I’m not ACTUALLY putting him down. We’re good friends, so I can make jokes. If I really were to hate on him- why should I? I’m not even his rival. There are certain categories in the entertainment world, we aren’t even in the same league. We’re not the same type. Whether that’s appearance, personality, or types of characters we play. We are not the same. He can never steal my work and I can never steal his. There’s no need for rivalry, here. C: Then, who IS ZSX’s rival? LYN: I can’t tell you that. LYN: I’m not hating on him, really. I’m just making jokes because we are close friends. If we’re not close I won’t even mention your name in my stream. The people I mention, I know their personalities and that they can take a joke.

C: Ning-ge, you have no rival either. LYN: I don’t know about that. From a live-streaming perspective, I truly have no rival- that’s true. Not to say that I’m so amazing, it’s just that no one else does it like I do. I can’t say the same for acting. I’m not very unique in that aspect.

C: Who’s that next to you? LYN: /looks left and right/ Did you just see someone? Don’t scare me. I’m in here alone. LYN: Did you just see the shape of a person flash by? LYN: I usually don’t let people in the room when I stream because it will affect my thought process.

LYN: ZSX will be here in a couple of days and in the meantime I can go shoot my own commercials. :) It’s nothing new- just things I owe people from before. I’ve been shooting in Hengdian for so long and was running behind on a lot of product sponsors- now that I’m in Changsha I’m going to make it all up to them.

C: Where’s Daimi? LYN: She’s in Hengdian, living together with my acting coach. They can’t go back to their home, so they’re taking care of Daimi for me. In a hotel.

C: The background looks so fake. LYN: ??? Do you really think the background is fake? It’s real! How could it be fake? - /grabs a water bottle/ LYN: Alright friends, look carefully. - /throws the water bottle & it hits the curtains/ LYN: I’m in reality. Do you think I’m in a xianxia drama right now? That I’ve hung up a green-screen? That my surroundings were too unclean, so I’ve set up a backdrop? I’m really sitting here- I’m in the hotel. It’s just because the camera is focused and the background looks blurry that you think it’s fake. C: You didn’t bring your water glass? LYN: I didn’t, no.

LYN: Speaking of Heroes, though. It’s going to air soon. Did you all see the special clip that was released today? C: Pick up your water. LYN: It’s okay, I have more. LYN: You all saw it though, right? I’m sure all of MY FANS have seen it. I was going to watch it together with you, but if you’ve all seen it then we can forget about it. // As soon as I said that you all say you haven’t seen it. LYN: Alright, then I’ll play it for you and we can watch together. It will help a lot of other people know of this drama’s existence, too. Don’t worry- when it starts airing I’ll be watching with you. I also have a lot of fun things planned- I’m sure my fans will be happy; I’ll have a lot of things to share during my streams. Let’s watch it together. - /splits screen and gives himself a tiny little box in the corner/

C: I’m looking forward to it!!! LYN: But not too much, alright? When you look forward to something a lot, it’ll end up giving you a surprise instead. Don’t look forward to it, but still watch it when it comes out, okay? C: But don’t NOT look forward to it too much.... LYN: That’s a hard thing to grasp. You can’t look forward to it, but you also can’t NOT. ?__? Don’t look forward to it, but also do. There’s a fine line. In any case, please take a look at it when it’s out.

C: Did you sing an OST for it? LYN: I sang two- one with ZSX and another is my character song. C: What style is it? LYN: Jazz. A choir. What do you mean what style- it’s a guzhuang drama. Of course it’s going to be gufeng style. A little rock, a little traditional instruments. If you really get jazz in there... it’d be weird.

LYN: Again, this drama is a story of the jianghu, not wuxia. I’m also just a viewer, so let me say this from a viewer’s experience- a lot of dramas will say that they are wuxia genre, but will also get ridiculed precisely because they gave themselves that label. They can SAY they’re a wuxia drama but have no elements that a wuxia drama SHOULD HAVE. So lots of dramas nowadays are afraid to call themselves “wuxia” dramas. It’s normal. Dramas that label themselves as guzhuang-wuxia will get cursed at. That’s why most just call themselves “guzhuang-idol” dramas. LYN: Our drama isn’t afraid that people aren’t going to think it’s “wuxia” enough and therefore has taken to calling ourselves “jianghu”- it’s REALLY just a jianghu drama! Why? It’s not like the typical wuxia dramas. From the first day of filming, we were told it was more about the relationships between sects- it’s like a guzhuang version of... a modern day drama I will not name. Someone actually guessed it right. A guzhuang version of OOO. Ours is a story about brotherhood and fighting between sects. It’s true that the style is more wuxia, but the content is all jianghu. What is “jianghu”? “Jianghu” isn’t fighting and killing, it’s relationships and ways of the world. LYN: Also, the novel isn’t like, for example, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. In all these stories it’s the same old story of suddenly coming into power- I wandered into an old cave and it was full of secrets of martial arts. I didn’t want to learn, but I was inexplicably trapped in this cave. I might as well learn a thing or two. And then when I leave the cave, I become super amazing. One day you get punished by your master to cultivate in isolation in a cave. You go, and the walls are full of secret techniques. There are always these strange circumstances. For example, you’re just walking and then you get hurt. You find a place for shelter and it’s just an orchard with a funny old man. You think he’s kind of strange, but brush it off. When you want to leave, the old man suddenly passes down all his power to you. LYN: That’s how all these novels go- but our novel is not like this. All of our characters are at their highest levels from the start. [t/n: likens it to gaming, where you buy an account that’s decked out to the max, where all you have to do is play.] C: I don’t understand. LYN: Watch the drama later, you’ll understand then.

C: Who has the most power? LYN: I don’t know. I don’t dare say. I remember there used to be fan-wars over “who would beat who in a fight”- I don’t want to get involved. I also don’t want to say that Bai Choufei is the strongest, because there are a lot of book fans and then the fans of Xiao Shi (ZSX’s character) might get up in arms about it. But if I say that Xiao Shi is stronger than Bai Choufei, BCF’s fans will come for me. LYN: This is like asking who’s stronger between Sun Wukong and the God of Thunder. LYN: Probably the strongest character is Guan Qi. No one can beat him, and he was later taken away by aliens. Our crew spent a lot of money for the UFO. XD No- I’m joking. He was taken away by aliens in the novel, but do you really think we can put that on film? That’d be too weird- a UFO suddenly appears in a guzhuang drama. So we used a different method- we had to edit a bit. C: Who’s Guan Qi? LYN: He’s an important character in the novel/drama. He counts as a boss, I guess. LYN: For me personally, though. If I had to say who is the best... well, from the novel- it would be the main character, right? Su Mengzhen (Baron Chen) is also really powerful. He’s known around the world, right? But he has a problem- his survivability rate. He can kill everyone on scene, but at the cost of his own life- he’ll need to take three months to recover before he can fight again. I think Wang Xiaoshi’s pretty powerful, though. Whether he can beat Sun Wukong or not though, is hard to say.

C: Who’s more powerful between Bai Choufei and Zhuo Bufan? LYN: That’s really hard to say. I have nothing to compare them to. If you ask me who’s poorer, it’s definitely going to be ZBF. Whose foundation shade is darker? That’s ZBF, too.

-- bathroom break (neighbors are fighting, but he’s in a hotel full of other artists) LYN: They weren’t fighting. It was the Sisters Who Make Waves- preparing for their third performance. The sounds a little loud, so I thought they were fighting. C: Which celebrities? LYN: I can’t reveal that. I knocked on their door and asked politely. They’re prepping for their performance.

LYN: Did the Heroes Official Account leave? My friends? Are they gone? It’s normal for them to have left, because I just said that the drama production didn’t have money. They probably heard that and left. It wasn’t on purpose- I was just trying to get some pity points. LYN: Oh, they’re still here! I thought you left, but you’re still here. Still here.... /fake cries/ We really have no money, friends. :’( LYN: I mean that comparatively, though. We still have the money to promote when we need to. Didn’t Bai-laoshi also share the Heroes weibo today? Honestly speaking, this drama has nothing to do with him. he’s from Linghe Ent., and Heroes is a Linglong production. Even though they both have “ling-” in them, they’re not related at all. What happened was the CEO of Linlong, Jia Nan-laoshi- they have a group chat full of directors and producers and he sent a red packet into that chat. Do you think we don’t have money? If we didn’t would he be able to send a red packet?? Right? Anyway- Bai-laoshi wasn’t really paying attention to what it was, but was able to snatch the red packet up. The condition was that whoever got the red packet would have to promote the drama. Bai-laoshi doesn’t have a WeChat friend’s circle, so he posted on weibo instead. C: He regretted it after snatching it. LYN: I don’t know if he did. C: A 1RMB red packet. LYN: Probably not, right? That’s TOO poor. - defending the drama’s honor by saying that the video needed to be filmed, and edited and pictures need to be taken and edited, too. and all of that costs money. the crew isn’t poor. C: Did you say a line in the clip? LYN: Is my voice that unfamiliar to you?

LYN: We’re trying to go for voice acting all of my own roles. I heard that if actors don’t voice for themselves, they have to shell out the money for a voice actor. That’s terrifying. I saw that news and I didn’t really react. I was happy though, because if that were the case then I would be able to save some money (by doing his own voice acting). Later on I would be able to meet some director and tell them I MUST do my own voice acting or else I won’t do the role. Because I have no money to pay for my own voice actor. C: The director will want to switch actors. LYN: So, the thing about voice acting was- in the beginning I asked the director if I could do my own voice acting. He said, “No.” ... I never thought he would reply like that! We had finished shooting more than half the drama when I asked if I could do my own voice acting. Usually, directors will say, “Yeah, okay. You want to do your own voice acting? That’s great!” They will usually reply like that, at least in my imagination. But this one said, “No way.” I was baffled. I asked him why. Don’t directors usually cheer you on and support you when you say you want to do you own voice? But this one said no way. He said it was because the viewers were too familiar with our voices, and were afraid that viewers wouldn’t be able to view us in-character. I replied, “Well... alright, then.” LYN: I know a lot of my fans will want to argue and say that the director just didn’t WANT me to. It’s true that to some extent the director might not have acknowledged my abilities, that’s fine. I’m a new actor. But I often do think about what I need to do to be able to voice my own roles. Later they found a few VAs but didn’t think the voice fit well with my look. Maybe it’s because they became too used to hearing my voice. So then the director allowed me to. That was one and a half years ago. I’ve done three dramas since then! I’m sure I’ve gotten better at saying my lines since then.

C: Hao Du used your voice, too. LYN: Yes, it was. But honestly at that time I didn’t do very well. The good thing is- the fortunate thing is- I encountered the best situation at the best time. Hao Du was my very first guzhuang role. From beginning to end I didn’t really need very big emotions to act or voice him. Voice acting for Hao Du was considerably easy, and I had few lines. After Hao Du, was BCF, and then I’ve been doing my own voice acting since. C: He wouldn’t let you because you have the Dongbei accent. LYN: My streams are different. It’s true that I have a Dongbei accent when I stream, but not when I’m reciting lines! My Standard Mandarin is considerably better now. C: Let’s hear it. LYN: Why are you like my second aunt?? It’s like the New Year when your aunt drags you over to all your relatives and tells you to show them the dance you learned in school. Come on, recite that poem you were learning for us. My second aunt. Really... C: Do you have any certifications for your Mandarin? LYN: I’ve never taken any tests for it, no. But us Dongbei people have a disadvantage, which is we don’t distinguish between “s” and “sh”. It’s a bit of a struggle when reciting lines. LYN: I don’t have an accent when I sing, right?? /demonstrates/ Yeah, I don’t have it when I sing.

C: Talk about the variety. LYN: There’s really not much to say. I cam e to Changsha to shoot Detective Plan- we’re about ready to start shooting again. I know that a lot of people watching are just passersby- they’re not my fans, but they have a generally good impression of me. Right? I’m sure if you hated to see e you wouldn’t be here watching my stream right now. It’s fine if you think I’m pretty amusing and watch me for entertainment. So I guess people here count as my “video” fans. LYN: Get ready to activate your Tencent memberships for May. My variety COULD air and my drama also COULD air. It’ll be cost-efficient if you open a membership for this month. I’m not saying both of them are definitely going to air, though. But I think in general, they’ll air at around the same time. C: Are there benefits? LYN: You want me to go to the platform and try to negotiate more benefits for you??? C: Will you reimburse us (for the membership)? LYN: People always ask me that. >.< I can’t. Honestly the benefits I give you are already enough. What other artists out there is like me, and can stream for you every week. You have my dramas to watch on top of that. You’re asking too much!! When you get married I have to rent a car and follow behind you- at the new year I have to give you presents- now you want me to reimburse you for memberships. What the heck. C: When I get married can you come be the mc? LYN: No~ I don’t want to mess up your marriage. Forget it. You can play some of my songs at your wedding, though. It’ll take the place for me actually being at your wedding. Let me sing you a song. This one is suited for playing at your wedding. -- 余生只想握紧你的手 (to Dear Myself OST)

LYN: While I’m here let me also share my new song from the Lady of Love OST - 幸会的温柔 - /comes in late and blames it on his mic XD/

C: I really like the sound of your “stand-up comedy” LYN: First of all, stand-up comedy is a really strict profession, let’s not take it lightly. Not everyone who says a few witty remarks can be a comedian. I’m not. It’s really not that simple. On another note- that’s normal (to like his voice). The people in my stream are my song-fans, my acting-fans, and my stream-fans. If you like to hear me chat then you count as my stream-fans. I’m always available to please everyone- after I talked ab out my drama, I sang a song, right? When I need to chat I will. I’m here to satisfy all your needs. LYN: There are also fall-fans. What are those? Fans who like to see me fall. Someone said that seeing me fall was like watching their door fall over. Go push over your front door- it’ll be the same as watching me fall. C: Leg-fans. LYN: I’m sure many of you have taken a liking to my legs, is that it? Tell your mom to go to the market and buy you back a [rack of some kind? idk]. You can look at that instead of me. C: Ning-ge, I’m a fan of your eyes. LYN: You think my eyes are nice? That’s easy. There are doors at your house, yeah? Open it a crack. Just look at the crack in the door. I have an alias called “Liu Kaifeng” (lit. “leave a crack (open)). If you leave your door open just a little it can replace me. C: Dance-fans. LYN: You like to see me dance? That’s... hard to please. Me learning one dance for a drama is already good enough. It was just several seconds and that’s enough. Just watch it for fun and leave it at that. I think my dance-fans can take a turn and become song-fans or acting-fans. As for dancing... once a year is enough. I can tell you it’s definitely more difficult for me to learn a whole dance. I can shoot three dramas in a year but not necessarily be able to complete a whole dance routine. LYN: When I said you could “take a turn” I meant to stay my fan but change what you liked about me. I didn’t mean you could turn and start to like someone else entirely. That would make me unhappy.

LYN: I want to thank everyone for watching my stream and if you still haven’t subscribed to my weibo, please do so. I am Modern Brothers Liu Yuning. Thank you, everyone. When I have time I can come here and chat with you, and when my drama airs I can tell you fun stories about it and make fun of myself once in a while, too.

C: I want to see your '飞天 (Flying Apsaras). LYN: I did a short dance the other day, I’m sure everyone has already seen. In the drama, our sect is called the Rongtian Sect. We wanted to do a fun thing where the three groups in our drama had a dance battle. I wanted to pick a song that fit with our theme as a sect, and decided on 飞天- Zhang Yixing-laoshi’s song. Learning that dance almost sent me, I’m telling you. It was so difficult. I told the others that I wanted to dance to that song and they were like, “Are you SURE?” I told them I wanted to challenge myself. C: Was it a simpler version? LYN: No, it was pretty much the original choreography. C: Show us. LYN: My second aunt... I won’t dance. I want to talk to you more, if you make me dance I won’t have the strength to chat.

LYN: The other day I saw another drama that said I was in the cast list... Wow. I didn’t know I had so much time. What was it called? Let me check... Some new drama with Yang Zi, Zhang Ruoyun, and I. Have you seen that article? I saw that a lot of you were making comments, saying “I don’t know if this is true or not, but I’m looking forward to it!” I already told you! The way to reply to these articles is just to say, “Thank you.” [Drama in question, probably: Swords and Love (沉鱼记)] LYN: They were probably just making fun, and writing me in there. Probably just wanted me to refute it. Just teasing me. LYN: I have not received any news that they have contacted me. Perhaps it’s a 2023 project, and have confirmed me internally. That’s what I like to think. They’ve confirmed me on their side and are getting ready to contact my studio about it. But as of now I have’t received any news. LYN: I’ve been stuck up on their wall, is what it is. Usually when dramas cast actors, they will have a board with all the characters and start posting pictures of actors who they want to play that character. I’m guessing I’ve just been stuck up on that wall. But they haven’t contacted me yet. They’re too busy.

LYN: I’m not popular, just a little more than I was before. I’m still far lacking from the really amazing people. Let’s just keep working hard. I don’t think being popular is the most important thing. I think just being able to maintain this momentum of always having work to do- variety shows interested in you, songs to sing, dramas to act in- maintaining work is already hard-earned. LYN: I thought about it, and The Long Ballad was my most recent drama- and that aired a year ago. You haven’t seen me for a year. If I don’t get a drama out this year I won’t be able to take it anymore. I filmed three dramas last year but I don’t have anything to show for myself this year yet, I’ve only just released a few more songs. My variety show hasn’t been able to air, either. I think I’m very lucky that I still have fans to support me. C: The Heroes Official Account left. LYN: They don’t like hearing this. XD

LYN: Some people are asking me about the Liu Shishi drama (一念关山). !! First of all, whether she actually confirms the drama or not is not something I can decide. I don't have the right to make decisions- it’s not like someone is coming to me and asking me who I think would be a good female lead. I can’t make any decisions, so don’t ask me if she’s confirmed or not. Even if I knew, I couldn’t tell you. Don’t ask me about other people- I can’t just reveal all their news. I can only talk about myself. C: It’s fine as long as you’re confirmed. LYN: I never said I was! Just wait for the announcement. I’m sure you’ll all have a satisfying result. C: Great! // You’re just missing the contract. LYN: ... Yes. Just remember this- the work I haven’t signed a contract with, I with usually never mention. Because I’m afraid I’ll lose it to someone else. That’s scary for me. C: And if you don’t mention it... LYN: Then.. I won’t talk about it; it’s been taken by someone else. If it gets stolen from me, that’s just my bad luck. What can I do about it? There are people are more amazing than I am in this industry. If they can steal a project from me then that means it was not meant for me in the first place. If it’s yours, it’s yours. If it’s not, then you can’t take it from me. I’ll strive for things I want but I won’t force it. LYN: Just like if I want to sing the OST for some drama. I will never outright ask for it. I’ll try it in a roundabout way, like going to cameo in the drama itself. :) I’ll say, “I’m in Hengdian with nothing to do lately, would you like me to sing a song for you?” XD I’m just joking though I’m not going to force someone to take me on as a cameo, either. I would be crazy. The dramas I cameo for- usually I am close with the producer, director, or the actors in it. I’m not crazy enough to just cameo in ANYTHING. Do you really think I have nothing better to do? - Cameos: Love Yourself, Medal of the Republic, Blocking the Sky (Zhe Tian), Discovery of Romance, Wonderland of Love (Le You Yuan) LYN: I remember when I cameo-d in Medal of the Republic, the director was quite nice. He wanted to give me a 200RMB red packet, but I didn’t accept it. I think just being able to experience being on a set like that, letting me participate, made me really happy. It’s something I’ve never tried before. I was just a little soldier. They wanted to give me a red packet but I didn’t accept. I was thinking they would give me an OST... but in the end I guess I thought too much. :p I regretted it, maybe I should have accepted the 200RMB. XD LYN: I hold a bit of a grudge. Well, it’s not a grudge, exactly. Things that make me feel unsettled are more easily remembered.

C: Ning-ge, it’s my birthday. LYN: Happy Birthday! C: You always celebrate someone’s birthday when you stream. LYN: Yeah, because there are quite a few people watching every time. I think it’s a happy thing. Think about it- they’re celebrating their birthday today. It’s such an important date but they’re here in my stream. It’s my honor, because the people who can celebrate a birthday with you are important people to you. If it’s not your family, it’s your friends or people who are close to you. So they fact that they can come to my stream on their birthday, such an important day, means that in their heart I am their friend. I’m very touched. Also, I want to say, on such an important day, the fact that you didn’t go out to play... just proves that you don’t really have any friends. XD That’s not important. Your Ning-ge is the best friend you can have. Everyone in this stream is your friend. We’re all celebrating your birthday together. Such a happy thing!

C: I just came in, what’s this stream for? LYN: My stream is just a bazaar. If you just came in you might not know what I’m doing. Just wait. Later I’ll show you a performance where I lay across two chairs, put a rock on myself and then smash it with a hammer. Very thrilling. If things go wrong I could even d*e. So don’t leave, just wait. I’ll show you a performance and after that one I’ll show you one where I eat rocks. C: Looking forward to it! LYN: ... You’re all monkeys. I give you a stick and you climb. XD C: Ning-ge, can you take off your shirt for that performance? LYN: !__! ... ?__? ... What- ... /shakes his head/ LYN: My friends, when I stream I put myself lower than you, as respect to you. But you can’t- you can’t harass me. Don’t play with me. - someone says their niece/nephew is celebrating their birthday today; lyn says that his wishes apply to those watching his stream ONLY, everyone else has nothing to do with him

LYN: Hold on, wait for me a minute. I need to use the restroom. It’s- It’s 9p?? There’s a problem here- why is it that when I stream outside of my home it feels like time is passing by so slowly?? How long have I been streaming for? 2+ hours... I thought I’ve been streaming for at least 3 hours by now! C: You finally just said it straight out. LYN: Yeah, because I already used the “fighting neighbors” trick. I’ll think of a better excuse for next time. Let me play you a video... oh, no. I only have the one. Wait for me a sec. I'll have to trouble you to watch this one again. C: Someone’s having a baby? LYN: No, I can’t use that one too often.

-- bathroom break

LYN: I’m back! I saw the Heroes Official Account leave me a message, that read, “It’s true, we don’t have money...” That is.. what are you telling me for? Are you planning on asking for the payment back? I’ve spent it all already- I bought clothes with it. I can’t give it back! C: They want the promo money back. LYN: There’s no such thing. They don’t pay actors to promote. It’s the actor’s own choice whether they want to promote their drama or not. Not with me, though. Whether it’s a product, drama, or song, I think it is my responsibility/obligation to promote it to the fullest. They chose me because they like me and I’ve also received money for my work, so promoting the product/drama/song is something I SHOULD do. If you find other people for a song, they might share it on their weibo when it’s released, but /I/ will sing it in my stream! I’ll promote it, too. So finding me to sing your OSTs is not a shameful thing, my friends. C: Sing one then. LYN: I just did! Are you from the platform? Just once (a stream) is good enough. How about I sing it for you again next time?

C: What time are you smashing the rock? LYN: /sigh/ At the end. It’s too thrilling, so we’ll leave it for the end and just simply chat until then.

C: I’ve fallen into the pit (fandom). LYN: How? I didn’t even get the beauty filters right today. Honestly, the lights in the hotel room kinda suck, they’re quite dim. I added two of my own but they’re too bright. Also, I look like I have a red flush, like I’ve been drinking. Actually, I went to shoot a commercial today so there’s a thick layer of foundation on me. Shade No.1. There’s nothing here that warrants you falling in. If you were sucked in by my good looks that would be one thing, but I don’t look good right now! LYN: The other thing is, liking me is not considered falling into the “pit”. It’s called “winning the lottery”. :) “Falling into the pit” makes it sound like you’re losing out on something by liking me. But “winning the lottery” means that you’ve gained something. As for WHAT you’ve gained, that’s.... hard to say. It could be annoyance, sadness, or suffering; but it could also be happiness! What you gain from me is random, like opening a blind box.

C: When are you cutting your hair? LYN: Soon. I’ll cut it before I enter the next drama crew. My next drama is a modern one, and I can’t bring my long hair with me. It’s all about the female lead- if I go in there, you wouldn’t be able to tell which is the actress (by looking from the back), and that would be a problem. C: Are you still going to dye it? LYN: I want to, but my stylist told me not to. If I bleach and dye it red, then dye it back to black it would hurt my hair too much. I’m still spokesperson for a shampoo, friends. I’m afraid it will affect my work, so I don’t want to mess up my hair too much. I might spray on a color, and have them fix it up in editing, but that’s about it.

C: Which female actress is 1.9m tall? LYN: I meant just by looking at our backs, when we’re sitting there! You must not be listening carefully. C: What’s the drama called? LYN: It hasn’t been announced yet, I can’t say. You’ll know when the time comes. C: Are you the male lead? LYN: Why? If I don’t play the lead will you look down on me? How can you be so shallow, like ZSX? XD How should I say this- there are no small roles, only small actors. That’s what everyone says. I don’t think being the lead actor is the most important thing- it all depends on the role and who you’re going to be working with. C: Ning-ge, you can play the female lead. LYN: 去你的. I can’t. I’m going to cut my hair, so I can’t play the female lead.

C: Ning-ge, what are the standards for the dramas you choose? LYN: We have a lot of things to consider, but I can’t tell you because that’s an industry secret. It’s not- I just have my own standards for what I want when choosing a script and role. People will compliment me, and say that I make good selections when it comes to what roles I decide to act as. I don’t believe I choose well, it’s just that I am fortunate enough to meet good people. When I first debuted no one knew I wanted to act, so I really didn’t have a lot of choices. It’s not like what you’re thinking and I can have hundreds of scripts in front of me to choose from. If I only have a few to choose from, of course I’ll pick the best one. Before The Long Ballad aired, I didn’t have a lot of choice. After it aired there was a lot more to choose from, because at that point people knew that I was acting (and available). A good role will open up many opportunities for you. C: Ning-ge, do you act well? LYN: I act just okay. I’m just a singer, how well do you expect me to act? That’s why I always tell my friends not to compliment my acting when my dramas air. Acting is subjective- everyone has their own opinions of what’s good or bad. There’s no need for you to go around forcing me on people; PLEASE don’t go around complimenting my acting- I’m just a rookie actor. C: You act pretty well, though. LYN: How many dramas of mine have you watched?? There’s only BEEN THREE. I just have to keep working harder and working to improve myself. C: I’ll compliment your looks. LYN: You won’t compliment my acting, but how I look? Then that’s even MORE reason not to compliment me. You have to remember to PLEASE don’t go around pushing my looks. In YOUR eyes I’m handsome because you have the fan-filter. But to the general public I’m just average. Not UGLY, but nowhere near handsome. We just win with my temperament/attitude. C: Then what can we compliment? LYN: Do you HAVE to? There’s no need. If someone has just one strong suit, others will naturally get it. You don’t have to go around pointing it out. When normal people see me, the first reaction they’ll have is that I’m very tall. They don’t need to you stand next to them and say, “Hey, look at Liu Yuning. Isn’t he tall?” There’s no need. Others will discover what’s good about you naturally. Don’t try to convince people to like me. You just happily watch my dramas and that’s enough. C: I can’t help it. LYN: TRY.

C: Ning-ge, did you bring ka-ka (kazoo)? LYN: I actually did.

C: Your fans can’t suggest people to watch? LYN: You can, but not too forcefully. You can suggest for people to listen to my songs or watch my dramas but don’t go around saying I’m so amazing. I’m really not. Some people are rebellious, too. The more you want them to do something, the less they’ll want to do it. You know? If something is/becomes extremely popular there will always be people who think it is annoying. It might not be proper for me to say. Everything has a certain degree of acceptability- once you pass it, that thing becomes annoying. - talks about Liu Genghong-laoshi, who posts up exercise videos. They’ve gotten really popular lately bc people are stuck in quarantine, and at least by watching and following along to his videos people can work up a sweat and maintain their health. But he’s also gotten so popular to the point where he has antis now. LYN: I know I always tell you to help promote my works, but don’t do it to the point where it starts to bother others.

LYN: Heroes hasn't even aired yet. It’s not an S-class drama, with a big production cost or anything. It’s just a project we worked very seriously on. The actors, honestly- I mean, they’re popular- but they’re not as “big” as others. We’re such a small project and already people are starting to put it down. They’re starting to create trouble- just to prevent us from “exploding (into fame)”. People are already giving it backhanded compliments- they talk us up and then start comparing us to a different drama. The fans of the other drama are surely going to curse us. These tricks are overused and annoying.

LYN: If you want to make trouble, you can say that the 2ML got more scenes. Like, the drama was originally all about the male lead, but since they’ve added some scenes for the 2ML, it’s lessened the ML’s spotlight. If I were ZSX’s fans I would be upset too. I would be upset, too- why is the 2ML so much better than ZSX, that he gets more scenes? Who does he think he is? I would yell at LYN, too. Do you know where they got this info from, though? It came out of my own mouth. :p LYN: Director Li is a very creative-type director. He films and creates at the same time. As a director or an actor, before you start filming you’ll need to get used to the characters. Say for example you are a reserved person, but the character is more open and lively- there’s no way you can make the connection, unless you are a very amazing actor. The director will observe your natural character and blend your characteristics with that of the role’s and from that point can be more creative. The director working with an actor for the first time might not have any particular thoughts about that actor; but as time passes the director starts to see potential. They will create more opportunities to enrich the character and create a more fulfilling drama overall. At the start I only had 300 or so scenes for Heroes. By the end of it I had 360, but I’m sure a lot of it will be cut in editing. I just wanted to say that I am not the only one who got additional scenes- the male & female leads got a lot too! All of the characters got additional scenes. We added so much that the funds ended up being insufficient- that’s how hard our director worked. That’s why we have no money for post. XD LYN: Don’t use the fact that the 2ML got additional scenes to cause trouble for the drama and make a rift between ZSX and I. ZSX himself can be a little confused sometimes- what if he seems some fake news and misunderstands. He already doesn’t talk to me on WeChat, what if he blocks me?? This is such a small drama in comparison and people will find any way to make trouble for it. Isn’t that terrifying?

LYN: There was this rumor for ALZ, too. That the 2ML got additional scenes, because one of the producers is LYN’s fan. OMG. This is.. just too unreasonable. It’s just worded in a way that people can’t help but fall for it. Let me break it down for you. First of all, there are two producers, and are they my fan? I hope they are. The first jiejie I met when having dinner at a wrap party, and she’s the one who suggested ALZ to me. At the time she said there would be 300 scenes, but when I got on set I found out it was only around 200. If you’re looking at it that way, I actually got my scenes cut. The second producer jiejie is DEFINITELY not my fan. I can’t tell you whose fan she is. They both aren’t my fans, they’re good jiejies. They treat me very well. LYN: Also, when we were on set, everyone was already shipping the two leads. There’s no room in their minds to even think about giving me additional scenes. This is also the first time I’ve worked with Youku. I’ve worked with iQiyi and Tencent before, but this was my first time working with Youku. How much do you think they would have to love me, to give me additional scenes?? It just doesn’t make sense, and that’s why this is purely a rumor. The script was written as is- it wasn’t written AFTER LYN joined the cast. The number of scenes for the 2ML is the same as it was before I was cast... and I was the last one the be cast. I truly didn’t walk through any back-doors to get that role, and they’re definitely not going to add scenes just for me. There’s no way. LYN: So if the drama comes out and you think I have more scenes than I should have, don’t come find me. It’s not what I wanted. Go find the scriptwriter. I don’t have the right to make people give me additional scenes, and I’m not worth it. I’m just here to happily shoot a drama- and it’s not as if more scenes will give me more money. >.> C: Don’t get angry. LYN: I’m not angry. I just wanted to share my thoughts/emotional state with you. This is nothing to get worked up over.

LYN: I saw some gossip blog say that ALZ would air in May. /pfft/ I'm sure that blog doesn’t watch my streams. If you’ve got nothing better to do, watch my streams. I’m sure you’ll receive a lot of information regarding my dramas. C: Ning-ge, why are you always looking at gossip blogs? LYN: I’m not always looking at them, it’s just that anything regarding “liu yuning” will pop up in my feed- I’m sure all apps are the same. It’s not like I don’t have anything better to do than to scroll through gossip blogs! All the posts are recommended to me!! LYN: It even recommended me a post: “HAHAHA I used to be LYN’s fan but now I am OOO’s fan. Bye Ning-ge.” What the heck would I be doing checking up on who’s leaving me for someone else??? This is a very normal thing, though. Some people who were fans of others may have slowly become my fans, and vice versa. It’s natural. But just don’t make a post telling me about it. Leave quietly.

- more people saying his bg looks fake, so he balls up a tissue and throws it C: Throwing trash?!? LYN: I’ll pick it up later, I just wanted to prove to you that my background was real. LYN: Let me throw a cup back there, too. I’ll throw it and you can watch it shatter. - doesn’t throw the glass, but does get up to pick up his trash and hops up on the chair to dance around a bit

LYN: It’s not fake now, is it? C: The person must be fake. LYN: Yes, you’re talking to an AI right now.

C: Are you happy today? LYN: I’m very happy. I’ve been in Hengdian for too long. I only came out twice to shoot something. But now I’m in Changsha- omg, there are too many delicious things to eat. - stream lags for a bit LYN: It’s alright- I’m using the hotel’s wifi. It might be a little unstable, but don’t worry about it. I hope you don’t have anything against it, either. // It did lag- I couldn’t even see you typing. It’s alright though, bear with me. - introduces things to eat in Changsha, and says all of the dishes really pair well with rice

C: When are you doing the Thermage. LYN: lol. I was going to do it when the drama wrapped and before I entered into the new drama crew. But Beijing right now... I’m afraid if I go I won’t make it back (bc the pandemic). I don’t know any places in Changsha...

C: Is the perfume real? LYN: What’s that about? I keep seeing people mention perfume?? All the perfume I use is real... if you use fake ones don’t they give you rashes? C: Spokesperson for a perfume? LYN: No? I really don’t, and I have no need to lie to you. LYN: Honestly- a lot have products have come to ask about me, but I don’t sign with just anyone. Really. I don’t just take whatever’s offered. There are a couple of requirements before I sign on to be a spokesperson. First- the product has to be reliable. You can think about all the products I’ve represented before- not one of them was unreliable, right? Secondly- I only sign on with products that my fans are able to make use of. Usually they’re daily necessities, like shampoo. I don’t sign with just anything, because I don’t see the need to exhaust myself. Also, I believe that my fans with stay with me for a long time. I’m not here just to make a quick buck- I’m not hurting for it that badly. I’ll be honest with you- I can sign with 10-20 of them in a year if I wanted to. I’m not trying to brag. But not all of these brands are trustworthy, some of them I’ve never even heard of. I CAN sign with them, but I won’t. I can’t exhaust myself like that, and it’s also a way of protecting myself. I don’t want you guys to keep buying the products either, and exhaust yourselves. LYN: I don’t think I’ve reached the peak of my career yet. So I don’t want to just make a quick buck and run. I’m keeping my options open. Maybe one day when I become a male lead in a few dramas I can come back around to these brands and they’ll have to pay me more than they’re offering me now. XD

C: Why aren’t you taking male lead roles. LYN: It’s not that I’m not, but that my opportunities were few. I’ve never said it this clearly before, but I think acting as 2ML in an S-class drama is better for me than acting as a 1ML in a lesser known drama. That’s what I’m thinking, and that’s my plan for myself. Other people think differently. One of the reasons I’d rather be a supporting character is because I don’t think I can bear the weight of a male lead. Why should I humiliate myself like that? If I work with more experienced actors I can act and learn at the same time... plus I don’t have to “carry the pot”. Think about it- if a drama doesn’t do well, can people turn around and blame the 2nd or 3rd male lead for it? :p If you can blame the 2ML, then you can blame the OST singer, too. (By playing a supporting character) I don’t have to be afraid, and I can learn and also become friends with the S-class actors. XD LYN: Look at- Look at Fang Yilun. XD Do you know how many lead roles he’s gotten since debut? The two of us are at different starting points, is all. He likes to sign on to male lead roles and I like 2ML roles. C: I never watched one of his dramas. LYN: That’s your problem, not his. That doesn’t mean he isn’t popular. Xiao Fang is very good. I’m just saying that everyone’s choices are different. Of course, he has been in supporting roles, but he has a lot more lead roles to show. He’s much more amazing than I am. // Don’t make trouble. He’s a good friend of mine. C: Then are you planning on being 2ML forever? LYN: /laughs/ “A soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier.” I believe there’s always something better. That’s why when I was just a waiter I always wanted to be the manager. When I was selling clothes, my goal was to become the shop manager. Acting is the same- no matter how many 2ML roles you do, you still want to be a ML someday.

C: Ning-ge, stop dallying. I want to see the rock smashing. LYN: I prepared the rock when I went to the restroom earlier, but then weibo contacted me and told me to calm down. “Weibo is a public platform, if you smash a rock on yourself that’s considered a dangerous action. You definitely cannot do such a thing, otherwise you’ll drag us into it.” I know I am very safe, but they don’t want anyone to imitate such a dangerous action- I thought about it and decided to forget the act. As per weibo’s request. C: You concluded that well. LYN: I know, right? I didn’t think of how to end it before, but all of a sudden it came to me. I’m throwing weibo under the bus. But the reasoning still sounds reasonable!

- someone asked if this was pre-recorded, so he proves it isn’t by reciting the time/date; shows his clock on his laptop C: It’s off by a minute. LYN: Maybe my clock is off.

C: Ning-ge, it’s fine if you don’t show us the rock smashing, but you can still show us your chest. LYN: My chest is here. What do you want to see? Even if I smashed the rock on my chest, I wouldn’t be doing it topless.

C: Ning-ge, go shoot some mini-series. LYN: You mean the 5-10 minute ones? It’s true- the mini-series nowadays have been very popular. The problem is eh... you probably don’t know where I came from. You think I became this popular in a sudden moment? I got to this point shooting dramas because I started off doing short videos; now you want me to go back???

- someone asks how to get into the “special guests” section of the weibo LYN: Don’t be too hung up on ranking/position. So what if you become a special guest? You’re seeing the same thing they’re seeing. It’s not like a concert- if you sit in the front row you might be able to see more clearly, but those in the special guest section and regular viewers are all seeing the same thing right now. There’s no difference. Don’t get caught up on ranks- don’t learn the bad things about this industry.

- someone asks about his water, and he says he normally doesn’t drink Perrier, but he went to shoot a CF today and they had a crafts table so he took some water and fruit home XD - he does the same thing at car showrooms, when he goes to look at the cars he will ask for a bottle of water; they bring out the fancy kind and he (and his staff) will just hold on to the bottle but not drink it... they’ll take it back with them after looking at (but not buying!) the cars. he leaves these bottles on his car and offers them to directors to drink XD he says it makes him look classy. C: What a nicely made up story. LYN: Just listen to it for entertainment, you don’t need to consider the truth or fiction of it. I don’t have that many stories to tell you. Isn’t it always just made up on the spot? XD C: Next time go to the Ferrari showroom. LYN: I don’t dare go anymore... because I’ve gone too often. The salesperson doesn’t even care about me walking in there anymore. He used to be friendly and welcoming, but by the fourth time he sees me and just continues playing on his phone, telling me to look however I want. C: That’s on you for never buying one. LYN: I never SAID I was going to buy one. I said I was there to LOOK. C: You can report him for playing with his phone while working. LYN: How can you be so mean?? C: You didn’t grab a water, though? LYN: I almost forgot. But no, I don’t grab water every time. I only take it when my car’s supply is running low. - talks about how his life goal is to own a Ferrari one day; and tells a story about how he walked into a showroom and almost couldn’t talk his way out of buying a Ferrari SF80. in the end he said he would wait for the SF90 to be released and then consider buying one XD LYN: Whenever I walk out of a Lamborghini showroom, I see all the cars on the street and think, “What are these?” The ones (in the showroom) are cars- these (on the street) are toys. :( It fills me with a new motivation to work harder, so I go to the showrooms to recharge. C: Become the spokes-model for a car brand. LYN: It’s not that I haven’t thought about it and they haven’t come around asking. But I take this very seriously, because whatever brand I work with/represent will reflect my own personal preferences. They weren’t the cars I liked, so I didn’t continue negotiating a contract with any of them. C: Then what do you like? LYN: Ferrari... Lamborghini... Bentley... those kinds will do. I might consider some others. Audi... BMW... those are okay, too. C: But we can’t afford those cars. LYN: Are there quotas for selling cars, too?? No, right? I don’t know. I’ve never done it before... C: Ning-ge! I just bought a BMW. LYN: Are you showing off?!?

C: Is Bai Choufei a good guy? LYN: Not really. When this drama airs I hope you can maintain the separation between character and actor. Don’t come to curse at me. Thank you. LYN: When the drama airs I can share with you some fun parts that we filmed, and we can look at the comments together... we’ll see. I might invite ZSX and YCY to be here with me.

C: Will you watch the drama too? LYN: Will I- I understand. Some actors do not watch their own acting. It’s not like they have anything against it, it’s that they are afraid to watch. They don’t want to see this other side of themselves on tv. But me- If I come out on a variety show I will watch my own part up to three times. Apologies. I haven’t much seen the world. Honestly I haven’t had that much work. LYN: Anything I appear in, I will watch at least three times or more. I care a lot about the viewer experience. I usually can’t catch the show right when it airs, so I will wait until the playback is up online and I will watch the whole thing. When it’s over, I’ll start back from the beginning- the second time around I am watching the comments. I want to see if anyone is cursing at me, or if any of my fans have gotten caught up in fights. I’ll fight with the comments. After a day, I’ll watch it again for the comments. I want to see how they developed over time. LYN: I’l watch the drama and when it gets to my part I’ll read the comments and then I can stream about it. Just like with Ultimate Note- I was acting as Hei Yanjing- there was a comment that said, “HYJ’s actor is no good. Doesn’t fit the original source at all. Not tall enough.” It said I wasn’t tall enough!! The only advantage I have in this industry is my height. When I saw that comment I wanted to punch through my iPad. XD Is 1.89cm short??! LYN: I’ll always watch my dramas. I probably watch even more closely than you do.

C: Do you have a membership? LYN: Yeah. My QQ membership expires in 2099. I don’t think I’ll live that long, but I can pass my account on to my grandchildren. I don’t have anything against having to pay for content/subscriptions. - says that the most complete guzhuang drama he’s watched is The Long Ballad; people start recommending him to watch Nirvana in Fire, but he truly has no time for it

C: You should play the Celestial Dog. LYN: Do you think you’re very funny? This joke has already come to its natural end. About enough is enough. You should try something funnier next time.

- finds it amusing that people were talking about a different drama and when it would air, and someone told op to go ask lyn about it. LYN: I can’t even tell you when my own dramas will air, let alone SOMEONE ELSE’S.

C: Do you get paid after filming wraps or after the drama starts airing? LYN: .... I don’t know why you’re asking this question, but I’m sure it’s because some people just don’t know the answer... C: When it finishes airing? LYN: See- you don’t know. We get paid after it finishes filming. When you first finish negotiations, they’ll give you about 30% of it first. When you finish shooting about half of the drama, they’ll give you another 30%. At the end, when the drama wraps, they’ll give you the rest. As for when the drama airs- that’s not something an actor can determine. By that time we’ve already spent most of the money, anyway.

C: Anyone who spews nonsense in Ning-ge’s streams are bots. LYN: There’s no “nonsense” here. Everyone who comes to watch my streams, even if they’re antis- I welcome. They count as a person (to up the view count), don’t they? It’s fine, all good. The stream is open to anybody. C: What a good attitude. LYN: It’s practiced. In my previous stream all people would do is curse at me. This is nothing. It’s alright if people want to come in here and talk shit about me to vent a little. That’s normal, you can vent. C: Then you can curse at me. LYN: ? What do you mean? You want me to curse at you? Are you a pervert? Why don’t you go out on the street and find someone to curse at you there? I feel like you’ll enjoy it too much if I curse at you in my stream. That’s scary. I can’t satisfy you. You can leave.

-- bathroom break

- continues playing the video because people where saying they didn’t get to watch until the end LYN: ! I saw someone say that I looked sleepy in that frame just then.

C: How come it paused? LYN: Because I paused it. They said I looked sleepy... ehm... that’s not being sleepy. Don’t make fun of me like that. First of all, my eyes are a little small, ok. No need for the personal attack. Secondly- did you not see me covered in blood?? It’s not like I’m sick and spit blood on myself, I’ve been fighting the WHOLE TIME. I’m TIRED! LYN: My eyes are just small- I’m not sleepy. C: Ask the post-editor to make your eyes bigger. LYN: ?! I already told you to watch the drama through your camera filter. You can watch the whole thing by filtering the content on tv through your phone, with the beauty filter.

LYN: If you like big eyes, just go be fans of ZSX. I can’t say anything else, but ZSX must rank among the top of the list of actors with big eyes. Of course, YCY’s are not small, either. You can just go like the two of them. C: Ning-ge, yours aren’t eyes. They’re four eyebrows on your face. LYN: Someone before said that my eyebrows were thicker than my eyes. It’s true. /sigh/ Enough, already. If you keep making fun of me I’ll go get double eyelid-surgery. Does anyone want to do it with me? A package deal. C: How about tattoos? LYN: Nope. As an actor I want to leave as few marks on myself as possible. I’m already covered in bumps and bruises enough as it is from filming... and some singing competitions. You’re easily injured if you attend any singing competitions. C: Singing competitions? LYN: My old fans will know. It’s not the competition itself that hurt me. I got eliminated and then went home and got drunk. I took a tumble and got a scar on my elbow because of it. It has nothing to do with the competition, more to do with the fact I was drinking. C: You fell in the bathroom. LYN: I DID NOT! I fell ON MY WAY to the restroom, not IN the restroom. There’s a difference in degrees of cleanliness between these two places. If you say I fell IN the restroom... that will make imaginations run wild. I was on my way.

C: Are you streaming tomorrow? LYN: I’ve already talked about three hot topics today: - YCY’s Manager wearing the same clothes as LYN - Heroes Promotional Photos released LYN: There’s another... in any case- I stream depending on what material I have to work with. If I don’t have anything, I won’t stream.

- talking a bit about the variety show, but still can’t reveal too much LYN: I’ve found out that recently there are a lot of this type of show airing now. // We were in Shandong before, but we’ve moved to Changsha and we’re planning to record and broadcast at the same time.

C: You should go to Chengdu and have hotpot with Dilireba. LYN: ?? I didn’t even know Reba was in Chengdu. The Long Ballad producer jiejie came to send me a message today and told me we should gather for a meal. SHE’s in Chengdu; she went to see Reba. Also, didn’t you see the gossip? It said I asked Reba out for a meal and she rejected me. I already got rejected once, why would I go back for more? LYN: Alright, stop mentioning her. She’s going to end up blocking me.

- tells his fans to stop trying to micro-manage him, he can take care of himself.

C: What do I have to do to get LYN to “flip” (respond) to me? LYN: Alright, I’ve flipped you. /makes a flipping gesture with his hand/ You’re a pancake- I’ll flip you over so you can fry on the other side. You’re an egg- this side is about done now, I’ll flip you over.

C: Talk about the Floating World stream. LYN: There’s not much to say about it. It was a pretty last-minute thing to begin with. Tencent wanted to go around introducing their dramas, and I think only Le You Yuan (Jing Tian & Xu Kai) and Floating World were around in Hengdian. Two days before the stream they asked me if I would be okay to host it. They already came to ask me, so it’s not as if I could have rejected them. It was fine- to me, streaming is a very easy thing. Other might find it more difficult. But honestly, I did feel some pressure, because just streaming by myself is different from streaming with other people. In my own streams I can joke around and talk back at you and make up some nonsense. But this type of stream is more of an interview-like one, where I was the host and had to keep up with the progression of topics and take care of every participant. It was a stream, but it’s different from my usual streams. I was really nervous. But the viewers and a lot of my fans were there to support me and bring up the atmosphere. It was nice. LYN: Another thing was, the internet was unstable. That makes me really anxious. Forget about me- the viewers don’t have a good experience, either. No matter how well I do, it doesn’t matter if no on can SEE it. I really wanted to take you around the tent and show you all the props, but the internet in there was terrible. It’s fine outside the tent, but once you’re inside it’s gone.

C: Ning-ge, aren’t you going to talk about any other actor? LYN: Why would I? I saw this person keep typing up other actor’s names all night. Do you think I’m a gossip blog? You want me to comment on each person’s character a little? I don’t need to critique anyone, and why would I have to? What do you want me to say? I don’t need to talk about anyone else. LYN: Honestly, we haven’t worked together at all, we’re just acquaintances. If it were someone I’ve worked with, I could talk about them a little. But I really haven’t worked with the people you are mentioning, so how do you expect me to talk about them?

C: Talk about dancing. LYN: The dancing was alright. I suddenly had a feeling that I could take a turn into the singer-dancer category. I’ve gotten a little more confident. So maybe I can keep up this momentum of learning one dance a year.

C: Ning-ge, did you ever chase stars before? LYN: This is a sensitive topic... LYN: I already told you- I’m HZT’s sasaeng fan. Through my endless efforts I now know where he lives. When I’ve got nothing better to do I go to look for him. I go to his company to intercept him. Through my efforts I have successfully become HZT’s sasaeng. C: Have you secretly followed to take pictures of him before? LYN: I don’t need to. I can just go to his company and enter his office to have a sit.

LYN: When I came over from Hengdian and left the airport there was a car that kept following mine. It followed me until the hotel entrance. It was enough for them to know where I was staying, but no- they turned around to look at my car’s license number. That was pretty terrible. I don’t know whose fan it was or if it was paparazzi- but I didn’t think well of it. LYN: You may be thinking that if I want to be an artists, I have to learn to accept these things. Let me tell you- under normal circumstances, if someone was following my car I would call the police. But when it happens to a celebrity you think it’s a normal thing. LYN: Nothing happened this time, but what if one day something does? It’s terrifying. C: You should report it. LYN: It’s alright, we’ve got their plate number, too. If I get hurt when I’m in Changsha, 90% chance it’s going to be whoever is in this car. I have proof, and I’ve got their plate number. C: What if it’s a fake plate? LYN: We can still find them- there are surveillance cameras.

LYN: In any case, the reason I understand you and spend time like this to stream with you, is because it’s all I can do. I debuted too late. I’m not like DZW, or XZC, HZT, or ZSX; They’ve already been in this industry for so much longer than I have. Before I made my debut- all these people were celebrities to me. Do you get what I’m trying to say? I was a normal person, who made my way into this industry as a singer, then an actor. Now I get to work beside all these amazing people. I know how you feel- I know I’m a colleague now but before I debuted I was just like you, watching their dramas and singing their songs. LYN: Sometimes on shows I’ll see someone and get excited- like Wang Sulong- and I’ll tell him, “You’re my idol. You’re my god.” I’m not doing it for the show, those are my true feelings. When I was in the village, I would sing his songs at other people’s weddings. In my heart he’s my idol, and a star I used to chase. That’s why I like to do what I can to try and give you some company.

C: Can I reserve you for my wedding? LYN: That was before I debuted- I would take any job I could. Not only that, some people didn’t even WANT to use me. They didn’t want me to sing AND they looked down on me. But now that I’ve debuted I’ve drifted- I don’t take these jobs anymore. :)

LYN: Sometimes I see people questioning who’s got my back, and how I have such good resources. You’ve seen those comments, too, right? I don’t have any talent agency or rich woman backing me. I used to come from a live-streaming company, and after I got out of it I opened my own studio. I own 100% of the stocks- no one else has invested in me. My group and I have been the same people working together for all these years. There’s really no one behind us. LYN: Why does it seem like I’m doing so well? I really just got lucky. Some people don’t believe it. /rolls his eyes/ I’m already very helplessly telling you in detail about how I got the jobs I did, WHY DON’T YOU BELIEVE ME?? I don’t know- it’s so strange. LYN: I’ve just met very good people. When I’m having a hard time, all of a sudden something will come up. Like just when my drama is about to wrap and I start to worry about what I’ll do next, within three days of thinking that something will come up! It’s happened again and again! When you think the job isn’t good enough, and are looking for something better- within three days, without fail! Something better came! LYN: When my staff want to play something that requires luck, I definitely will never play with them. I’m afraid I’ll use up all my good luck on games. I really think that a person’s luck has a limit. I can’t use all of mine winning for a whole a night in mahjong. I don’t do anything that requires making a bet/chances. I don’t even play blind boxes. I keep it for my career.

LYN: I hope anyone who goes out does so with the proper protection- your health is the most important.

C: Ning-ge, let me borrow some luck I need to take tests soon. LYN: I wish you well on your tests but ... you can’t rely on luck for things like this. It depends more on your ability. Tests are very fair, because everyone’s is the same. However many points you can achieve is on you. It’s not like some people’s tests are easier/harder than yours. Tests are one of the only fair things in this world. C: Comparatively. LYN: Yes. Because there are only so many fair things. LYN: The last time I streamed someone asked me if there was a difference between normal people and people in the entertainment industry. Do you remember? I said there was no difference. I was a waiter, and now I’m an actor. I didn’t think there was any difference, but I saw someone say, “Of course there’s a difference. Waiters don’t make as much money as actors.” Most of the comments were like this. It’s true, but not for everybody. There are some actors who get paid little to begin with, and half of their income goes to their manager. You may say that an actor’s starting line is higher than that of a waiter’s. I just want to tell everyone that not everything is how you see it. I also said that a waiter and an actor was the same- we’re both in the customer service industry. I WAS a waiter and became an actor... if you think being an actor is better, then you come act, too! I made a successful change in career- I can do it, you can too. LYN: Complaining doesn’t help you. If you had the ability, you can fight for your chances, too! You can’t see other people doing well and be envious of their lives, but do nothing to change yourself. You can do it, too. If there’s something you want or some way you want to live, you can work hard to achieve it. Don’t blame it on your household situation- I’m sure mine wasn’t as good as yours is now. I’m not trying to make you pity me. A lot of successful people might not have had a life as good as yours, but they still succeeded. Why? You can think about it, but the time isn’t there for you to sit around and complain.

LYN: I’m not trying to teach you how to live your life, I just wanted to share. My requirement for myself is that I forget all the bad things. Some people think “I can’t stand to see someone doing better than me” others will think “I CAN see others doing well, but not if they’re better than me.” I’ll try to force myself to get rid of these thoughts. What others do has nothing to do with me. If they’re doing well, that’s their own business. I’m only in charge of making sure I do well for myself. They’re not going to let me spend their money, and they’re also not taking my money away from me. I keep adjusting my mindset. I don’t want to compete with anyone other than myself. LYN: Other people have nothing to do with me. To put it bluntly, even if they disappeared it wouldn’t be my problem. My way of life right now is: It doesn’t matter. There’s no need. It’s not worthwhile. It has nothing to do with me. I hope you can learn to be like this, too- just live for yourself. You’ll be much happier that way. LYN: I think life is all about the choices you make. Honestly, if I were in a rush to make money when I first debuted, I don’t think I would have been able to become and actor and make it to where I am today. You know? A person’s choices are very important. You only see the result, but you don’t know what they’ve experienced. // I was never focused on the money- from the start I had always just wanted to be a celebrity, and my choices were made with that in mind. LYN: You’ve got to be more open-minded. Widen your horizon.

C: If you want to keep being famous, you have to have products. LYN: That’s what I’m saying! Heroes is about to air soon so I hope you can watch it when it airs. Save me some face, alright. Because it’s true that we don’t have as much funds to promote our drama like other S-class dramas do. We as the actors have to push it ourselves. As an actor or a singer, all we want is for more and more people to see our works. Alright? Thanks, everyone.

LYN: That’s about it for today. I have to go shoot number 4 out of 18 commercials I’ve got lined up. Didn’t he (ZSX) tell me he had 7 CFs? I need to go shoot number 4 of 28 tomorrow! XD LYN: I hope you had a wonderful night, it was great to have you. If you still haven’t subscribed to my weibo yet, please do so. It’ll let you know when I stream next. Good night everyone! Sweet dreams!

#Liu Yuning #lyn livestream #(4:59:19)#topics:#talking about Heroes #rumor: lyn and ycy('s manager) got together #lyn's favorite pastime: bullying zsx #jianghu vs wuxia #voice acting #rumor: lyn in yang zi's new drama Sword and Love #ning-ge's next drama (maybe? probably?) - 一念关山 #(< after the modern drama)#liking lyn is like opening a blind box: you don't know what you'll gain #standards for choosing dramas/brands #lyn's 2nd favorite pastime: bullying fang yilun XD #does he watch his own shows: yes

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