BHBF Chapter 94.2

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 5) Chapter 94.2: The Son Is The Villian (11)

Both “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” and “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” tell the history of the Dayan Dynasty, and even have some overlapping parts. “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” focuses on power struggles and tells the story of Emperor Yuanming’s life, while “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” focuses on the female perspective and tells the story of the female protagonist’s growth from a widow to a generation of empress.

The female lead in “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” is the daughter-in-law of the male lead in “The Reign of Yuan and Ming Dynasties,” making the history of the two dramas seem connected.

Because “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” is a female-centric drama, it is naturally associated with terms like “Mary Sue,” so even before its premiere, viewers had higher expectations for “The Reign of Yuan and Ming.”

Even Ying Siyi, upon seeing the audience expectation survey, felt that her chances were in the bag. She secretly chuckled to herself, thinking that Gu Jiaying’s hard-earned popularity from “The Haunted House” would probably be completely wasted in “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty”.

Hunan TV is very good at hype. Now that they have acquired the drama series, they have begun to plan to use the relationship between Shao Yu and Ying Siyi to create hype. Ying Siyi’s interview that backfired three months ago has also been dug up again online.

Before its premiere, “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” was plagued by a resurgence of negative rumors surrounding its female lead, causing headaches for both the production company and the television station.

In this drama, Ying Siyi plays the empress of Emperor Yuanming. This empress is known for her virtue in history, but given Ying Siyi’s current mixed reputation, there are many opposing voices on the internet for her to play a virtuous empress.

Donghua Film and Television also regretted signing Ying Siyi, but the series has already been filmed. Despite the strong opposition, “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” was still broadcast as scheduled, attempting to offset the criticism with the quality of the series.

As a competitive drama, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” boldly chose to air on the same day and at the same time.

With the Donghua Film & Television brand, “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” achieved good results upon its premiere, with its ratings surpassing those of “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” by a large margin on its first day of broadcast.

Seeing this, Ying Siyi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had made the right bet this time.

However, when the ratings were released the next day, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” narrowly surpassed “The Reign of Yuan and Ming”.

Despite its large-scale promotion, Donghua Film & Television and Ying Siyi’s highly anticipated “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” was overtaken by “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” after only one day.

Soon, online trolls began to appear, clamoring that historical romance dramas were overshadowing serious dramas and that the world was going to the dogs.

Shao Yu ignored these online trolls and didn’t even clarify that “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” was actually a serious drama. Instead, she quietly waited for the drama to air and for the controversy to spread.

The contrast between the two works becomes increasingly stark as the story progresses.

If there were no comparison with “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty”, the costumes and props of “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” would have been quite praiseworthy. However, Shao Yu’s production team went all out, with more elaborate and exquisite costumes, and even more sets of costumes.

Instead of praising the costumes, props, and sets, “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” started to claim it restored history. However, historical experts quickly debunked this claim, arguing that “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” contained numerous plots that distorted history and even vilified historical figures.

“You’ve portrayed a loyal minister as a fickle and treacherous person. Aren’t you afraid he’ll come to you in the middle of the night for a heart-to-heart talk?”

“You have portrayed Emperor Yuanming, a wise and capable ruler, as a fool who was led by the nose by his ministers.”

“Historically, Emperor Yuanming only favored the empress’s sons, and even when he rebelled, nothing happened. But you’ve turned it into him poisoning his son? Is this all there is to political maneuvering? That’s outrageous.”

“Is she playing the Empress? She looks so affected and pretentious, you’d think she was a concubine.”

Such comments are endless. It is unclear whether the problem with this drama is due to editing or a flawed script. The logic is inconsistent, and there are many incoherent sentences in the script.

These reasons shouldn’t have involved Ying Siyi, but in this cast full of veteran actors, Ying Siyi was the only one who stood out.

Even with a flawed script, others can still complete their tasks well, but Ying Siyi is stuck in idol dramas. Her relatively exaggerated acting style becomes a drag on serious dramas.

Even though Ying Siyi was conscious of wanting to complete her task well, she still carried the inertia of her past performances, so even though she calmed down, she still became the shame of the whole show.

Even so, Ying Siyi’s fans can still praise her acting skills with their eyes closed and even compare her to other idol drama actresses.

As for the distortion of history, fans are all clamoring that it’s just a TV series, and if it’s filmed entirely according to history, why not just read history books?

Without comparison, they might actually be brainwashed by their fans.

Unfortunately, there was another drama airing at the same time, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty”. In addition to the entanglement between the actors, the two dramas also have a subtle connection in terms of their stories.

“The Reign of Yuan and Ming” distorts history under the guise of a serious drama, while “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” is promoted as a drama with a strong female lead, but in reality, it maintains a very high degree of historical accuracy.

Despite its high degree of fidelity to the source material, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” still tells an exceptionally compelling story. Each character has two sides, being both pitiful and hateful. From each character’s perspective, almost all of their choices are understandable.

Spanning a thousand years, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” evoked a deep sense of empathy from the audience, as if transporting them into the prosperous era of the Great Yan Dynasty.

By the fourth day of its broadcast, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” had completely surpassed “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” in viewership ratings.

“This is the kind of strong female lead we really want to see. She’s not a Mary Sue or a naive and innocent character. She’s cunning and resourceful, and she doesn’t treat the audience like fools.”

Such comments have spread across the internet.

Audiences have been fed up with Mary Sue and naive female characters for too long, and some have even developed PTSD from watching them. It’s rare to encounter a truly strong female lead who doesn’t need to have her intelligence completely crushed by the production team. Compared to the lackluster performance of “The Reign of Yuan and Ming”, “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” is a complete hit.

Several trending topics every day, every important moment sparks countless discussions among viewers, and discussions about “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” can be found everywhere on social media forums.

Originally, some people compared the two dramas, but gradually, fewer people talked about “The Reign of Yuan and Ming” and the discussion simply turned to “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty”.

While waiting for the update, interviews with the main creators were even dug up and read several times. Shao Yu accidentally let slip that the first female lead he found was someone else, and that was also dug up.

In that interview, Shao Yu realized he had said the wrong thing as soon as he opened his mouth, so he quickly stopped. However, the word “Si” that he uttered still made everyone guess that he was looking for his ex-wife Ying Siyi.

Although the couple is divorced, Shao Yu has never turned against his ex-wife. He even said he would bear the debts alone, which created a persona of loyalty and righteousness for him. Even though Ying Siyi’s situation is complicated, in the public eye, Shao Yu seems to still have deep feelings for his ex-wife.

They quickly deduced that when Shao Yu was filming “The Haunted House,” his first choice was probably Ying Siyi, but she rejected him, so he found Gu Jiaying instead.

Someone sent a private message to Shao Yu on Weibo about this matter. Shao Yu replied, although he did not give a definite answer, but said, “In the end, we were destined to be apart.” Thus, the matter was immediately put to rest.

“What kind of luck does Ying Siyi have? She didn’t act in ‘The Haunted House,’ and ‘The Haunted House’ became a hit. She didn’t act in ‘The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty,’ and The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty’ became a hit.” As soon as such comments appeared, someone immediately went to Zhihu to start a thread.

The post titled “What impact would it have had on Ying Siyi if she had chosen ‘The Haunted House’ and ‘The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty’?”

Although “The Haunted House” has finished its theatrical run, it still retains some popularity, while “The Splendor of the Great Yan Dynasty” is currently the real hot topic. This post quickly garnered thousands of comments.

“This older sister always plays herself in every role. She used to bring her own screenwriter to the set to revise the script. If she had acted in those two films, they probably would have flopped in the Pacific Ocean long ago.”

“After watching ‘The Reign of Yuan and Ming,’ I’m actually quite grateful that Ying Siyi didn’t act in it. Isn’t Gu Jiaying’s acting amazing?”

After two consecutive flops, it’s already very difficult for Ying Siyi to maintain her original status. On the other hand, Gu Jiaying has risen from obscurity in the entertainment industry to become a top-tier star with just two dramas. If she gets a few more hits, Gu Jiaying will be able to firmly establish herself as a top-tier star.

Ying Siyi looked at the post. Originally, a few people would feel sorry for her, but seeing a large number of people mocking her acting skills, she immediately got so angry that her nose crooked.

She refused to believe that no one had said anything good about her, and tried to refresh the page again to see how her fans would control the comments. But as soon as she refreshed, she saw a popular comment.

“In the past, Shao Group+ Zheng Mei + Ying Siyi = flop, now Shao Yu + Zheng Mei = the number one in ratings at the beginning of the year. Now we know who caused Shao Group to go bankrupt.”

The comments under this answer are also quite interesting; they’re all saying that Shao Yu used the controlled variable method to catch the mole.

Some people said, “Is Ying Siyi a jinx? Originally, Shao Yu went bankrupt and Zheng Mei’s reputation was ruined, but as soon as she left, the two of them immediately took off.”

Some even speculated that the two were doing it on purpose to embarrass Ying Siyi, but this claim was quickly refuted.

“Shao Yu did try to contact Ying Siyi, but she missed the opportunity. Whose fault is that?” After a discussion, the group concluded that Ying Siyi was indeed unlucky, which made her so angry that she wanted to smash her phone on the spot.

“Don’t look at those things.” The agent walked over and took the phone back from her hand.

Ying Siyi glanced at her and said, “You were the one who advised me to cut ties with him back then.”

Without her needing to explain, the agent knew who Ying Siyi was referring to.

The agent, who had been managing Ying Siyi for so many years, doing everything with her best interests at heart and prioritizing her needs, was understandably disheartened to receive such a response.