reporter Chen Qianxiu/Comprehensive report
Mainland actor Li Xian became popular due to the e-sports romance drama "Dear, Beloved" and became a new generation of mainland drama male gods. He starred in the new drama " Life is like first meeting ". It was originally scheduled to be broadcast on TV at 8:00 pm on the 18th. It was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV. Unexpectedly, the TV station suddenly withdrew the program that night and switched to other dramas. Then at 10:20, the audio-visual platform went online and released 6 episodes at once. Just when the audience was about to catch up on the drama, the platform removed the content that had been released without warning. This was also the first Chinese drama in history to be aired but suddenly removed from the shelves, triggering discussions from all walks of life.
Li Xian’s new drama "Life Is Like the First Meeting" was removed from the shelves on the day it premiered. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
"Life Is Like the First Meeting" is co-performed by Li Xian, Wei Daxun, and Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress Chun Xia. It uses the Qing Dynasty Sino-Japanese War of 1894 as the background to describe the story of five young people whose destinies are intertwined in the era. The drama originally obtained a star license (can be broadcast on TV channels), and the official Weibo and actors posted posts to promote it early on the 18th. However, before the broadcast started at 8 o'clock in the evening, all the promotional images disappeared one after another. The drama was not broadcast after the time. Instead, the rural drama " Mountain and Sea Love " was broadcast. On the evening of the same day on the audio and video platform Online for 6 episodes, netizens who watched it in real time said, "Why is there such a thing as being online and offline? It's so outrageous." "What's so sensitive about it? Isn't it censored?" "I've only watched half of the episode." "It started to freeze within a minute after I clicked on it. When I swiped it again it showed that it was taken off the shelves. I'm so crazy! Why is it like being a thief to broadcast a drama?" Many netizens took screenshots of the message "This video has been taken offline", which is quite rare.
"Life is Like the First Meeting" takes the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 as the background and describes the intertwined destinies of five young people. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
"Life is like the first time we met" was promoted and aired early on the 18th. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
Netizens discovered that when the time came, the TV station did not start broadcasting the new drama on time and changed it to the rural drama "Mountains and Seas". (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
"Life Is Like the First Meeting" launched 6 episodes on the evening of the 18th. Netizens got stuck after watching half of it, and all the public content was removed from the shelves. (Picture/photo taken from Weibo)
It is rare for a Chinese drama to be removed from the shelves on the day it airs. The crew issued a postponement notice late at night, "I am very sorry to inform you that the broadcast of "Life is Like the First Meeting" originally scheduled to be broadcast tonight will be postponed due to technical problems. The specific broadcast time will be notified separately. Please wait patiently. Thank you for your understanding and support!"
The official Weibo of "Life is Like the First Meeting" posted on Weibo that the broadcast was postponed due to technical problems. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
The process of obtaining broadcast permission for mainland TV dramas is not easy. After review, they still have to wait for the scheduled broadcast. "Life is Like the First Meeting" was announced on the 17th and was promoted with all actors within one day on the 18th. However, changes occurred 2 hours before the evening broadcast, and the first 6 episodes were removed from the shelves. Some netizens speculated that the male protagonist Li Xian played the role of the "Liangxiang", the last nobleman of the Manchu dynasty, symbolizing the last hope for the revival of the empire. Some netizens said that the character was based on the real historical figure Aisin Gioro Liangbi, who was regarded as the leader of the "royalist", so the theme of the play was questioned as "unconstitutional". However, another group of netizens emphasized that the protagonist of the play is an original character, there is no reference to the prototype character, and the story is also an original plot.
Netizens questioned whether the plot of the TV series was "unconstitutional". (Photo / Reprinted from Weibo)
The censorship of mainland dramas has become increasingly strict in recent years. In addition to explicitly boycotting changes and banning sissy culture, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television recently issued a ban in July that "the art of costume dramas must restore the history involved" and "do not follow foreign styles." "My name is Liu Jinfeng" was removed from the shelves due to suspected imitation of costumes, which also caused the costume dramas scheduled to be broadcast in the summer to be re-examined. In the past, mainland audiences said that they "don't believe it until the first episode airs." But now TV series are being removed from the shelves on the first day. Some netizens lamented, "Next time, I won't say 'I can't believe it until the first episode airs,' but I will say 'I don't know for sure until the last episode airs.'"
It is rare for a mainland drama to be removed from the shelves on the day it airs. Netizens were shocked. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo)
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