What an opening for the drama A Dream of Splendor 梦华录 ! Crystal Liu Yifei couldn’t have asked for a much better return onto the genre that got her the nickname “Fairy Sister”. With more than 200 million views already on streaming site Tencent all within the first 15 hours since its debut, the historical series which she helms with fellow Condor Heroes alum Chen Xiao is already celebrating a big milestone.
Jelly Lin Yun and Ada Liu Yan also star in A Dream of Splendor, where it appears the friendship between the three ladies is one of its central themes. According to the drama’s screenwriter Zhang Wei, the principal message they wanted to showcase is the friendship between the women. “No matter how difficult a situation is, women supporting women, appreciating each other and striving for the same ideals and goals – this kind of spirit is amazing. The energy of this friendship is even more precious than love.”
A beautiful friendship amidst hardships
Liu Yifei portrays a teashop owner named Zhao Pan Er whose fiancé dumps her. Vowing to seek retribution, she makes her way to the capital where circumstances find her rescuing Jelly’s Song Yinzhang and Ada’s Sun Sanniang. When her ex Ouyang Xu played by Joe Xu Haiqiao learns she’s in the capital, he tries his hardest to drive her out. Thankfully though, Chen Xiao’s Gu Qian Fan is there to help.
Likewise, Song Yingzhang and Sun Sanniang find themselves in similar circumstances where the men in their lives have wronged them. Cheated on by a husband who married her for her money and beaten up when he doesn’t get his way, Yinzhang is rescued by Zhao Pan Er whilst en route to the capital. Sanniang on the otherhand was forced to sign divorce papers by her cheating husband. To make matters worst, her own son declared he didn’t want her and that his father’s mistress was his mother.
Left with no choice but to make the best of their circumstance, they work hard to transform a simple teahouse into the biggest restaurant in the city. And in the process, a beautiful friendship grows between them.
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XZF
I watched all ten episodes already and it’s very good. Highly recommended! 💜💜💜
HL- Hoh Liu
Love the cast!!!!
Bix
Loving this!
Yooi
Love it. But Ms Liu’s acting… sigh. I like chen xiao’s acting in this drama. Well, i enjoy watching it so far. Hopefully it’ll get better.
Bix
Really what’s wrong with her acting here?
Anon
Trashta’s water army being jealous of Liu Yifei.
Bix
Are you serious that jealous of ZLY? You have to really get a life! I see you here and on Mydramist spreading so much hate on an actress. Like seriously get a life! You are such a sad person. Go get laid. Eat something sweet. You are such a sour puss.
LOL
Where was ZLY named? Looks like you’re admitting it’s her. I wouldn’t doubt ZLY is very jealous, as always.
Bix
This must be the only thing that is going on with your life. Got it.
XYXY
Lol yeah, ignore the hater. Let them be obsessed and spend their time hating on someone that doesn’t know they exist. It must be the only highlight of their life.
Anyways, I like LYF acting here, the chemistry between the lead is very addicting! The plot is not that exciting but the drama is fast-paced and the acting is good, the characters are engaging! I hope the sister is not going to be evil and fight over a the male lead.
Monica
You should seek psychological help. Your mentality is not right.
Yooi
In my opinion her acting wasnt as good as the ML. Im not a fan of anyone. I just like watching dramas and comment when i want to comment. I’ve watched many dramas from many countries, not only cdramas. Im currently watching other dramas on netflix, it’s normal to compare her acting to others, but it doesnt mean that she’s bad. I like this drama and will continue watching it. I’ll probably get used to her acting later. If you like her, that’s your opinion. And if i have different opinion doesnt mean i hate her. Why should i hate or be jealous of her? She’s liu yifei, an actress and im just a casual viewer. Lol.
Sonya
What are you apologizing for? If Liu Yi Fei is an actress whose skills are still developing, it is not a sin to say so. Respect should always be the key in every discussion. Whether it is a negative or positive opinion, let’s be reasonable.
Anon
@Sonya That’s call an apology? I see, your acting is indeed better than LYF. Looks like Trashta is hiring very talented people.
S.
Hating LYF is what makes they feel alive. They can’t get a life, and it’s sad.
Elle
Lol, I wonder if she/he gets paid to spread hate. This kind of behavior really distracts from the current subject. I do find Ms. Liu overacting in certain parts. That is just my opinion.
Water Army Hater
Then hire her on the team to spread hate on EVERY actresses. I just checked on that trash, looks like in desperation for attention she is trying to get back together with FSF. Wondering why she picks this particular moment. Even name some articles that Daylight revealed photos of her Minglan photoshoots with no make up. What the F… So much filter and that’s called no make up? ROTFC, it’s also obviously photoshopped too. She’s trynna remind everyone of her being Minglan. All I remember is she couldn’t deliver lines and stuttered all the way, the maids did better that’s why they got accused of cheating with FSF. If the maids really did that with FSF on set, then why does she also get pregnant with him on set? The amount of water army she bought to hit the like button for Minglan is outrageous, and she used her relationship with FSF to boost the hype. There’s nothing good to remind people about Minglan, FSF deserves better, no need for her to keep using him any longer.
Water Army Hater
Let’s bet she’s gonna remarry during the premier of A Dream of Splendor just to win attention from others.
Anonymous
Wow, this website has some toxic participants! So many who always like to spread hate on artists that is not even related to the article. Pitiful for the participants who continues to check up on artists that they don’t even like. Reading up and spreading gossip like their life depends on it. Perhaps it’s just like what the other above had mentioned, your life is so worthless that the only joy you have is to be obsessed over someone that you HATE. Like what does MingLan? Ex husband? Got to do anything with this article? Why are you mentioning this out of nowhere? WOW YOU hate her so much that you watch a drama of her just to critic her? Are you sitting there with a note pad and jotting her every move? Like…. I Must type in her name and search her, check up on how she is doing…omg she is going to be a lead in another drama…omg another brand deal? Omg what is she wearing? Omg why can’t I get a life? Why am I so obsessed… I hate her so much, omg she is divorced, omg i don’t really know her but I don’t like her so I am going to read up everything about her that all her HATERS wrote about her, I will join them because the world needs to know how much I hate her… I HATE HERRR! ..It’s like you got dump and checking up on your ex bf new gf. Lol
The admin here really don’t care how toxic it gets?
Back to the A dream of Splendor, I really like the use of filters, costumes and sets. I think Ada Liu has over reacts some parts, and I don’t feel connected or have feeling foe her character yet. Same with Jelly Lin. I hope the sisters don’t end up fighting for the same guy. It may appear that way in the beginning but I have a feeling it is just a short crush. I must add Jelly looks very beautiful here! As for Liu Yi Fei. Her beauty has always been outstanding even til now, her acting is suitable for this character, as for right now there are no outstanding performances… yet. From 3 female leads. I enjoy Chen Xiao. Very charming, yet nothing outstanding either.. I didn’t feel the plot is that interesting, but the pace and acting, and lead chemistry is what got me hooked!
LMAO
Trashta is only another way of saying Green Tea, nobody named ZLY specifically but her fans are dumb enough to admit it’s her. Be jealous, be jealous. Now everyone knows when ever people critic another actress of being unable to act, it’s all her army doing the work. I got curious to check on ZLY’s recent status too. I know ZLY and her gangs hate Chen Xiao and he’s getting more successful each time, looks like she does want attention at this moment, otherwise she will not use Feng Shaofeng to get on hot trend.
HAHAHA
BEST COMMENT! This comment made me laugh so hard! Hey man, just let them hate all they want. Just be careful one day a blood vessel will pop!
Susan
Let me kiss your brain. They hate actors and actresses, but they know more than a fan. They even know the first news of the day. Chinese and Korean entertainment news sites are filling up with primitive users.
Nana
Ah, so that was why her supposed no-makeup photos got trended last time. She is nothing compared to LYF when it comes to appearance lol. After all, her face is nothing more than just a YM ripoff (who’s superior to her in any way). It’s no wonder why CX chose CYX over her.
Anonymous
Her fans are not as hardworking as you are. Seems like you are the #1 fan. The biggest idiot is the one that waste their time and energy on someone they don’t like. Have fun obsessing. Bye Felicia!
Justme
From my observations. The person that keep saying Tartar , keeps going to this website & mydramalist to spread hate on ZLY and referring her as Tartar. So this is why people are calling them out. Why try to play it off when you already have that reputation? Even spreading hate on Marcus! Who cares about ZLY, she is just another actress. Even I’m annoyed!
Seems like when their is critic about any actors/actress/dramas they are all Jealous fans of ZLY. We can’t express our opinions anymore. Because regardless being a fan or not, you are automatically a fan lol. So opinions don’t matter anymore!
Anonymous
I don’t believe ZLY haters but, speaking of Marcus, he lurks here often and spread lots of fake news ZLY paid on Sohu. Notice his sad face when Autumn Ballad premiered? Wink wink! He was so upset it will potentially kick Minglan out of the top list, he even marketed that Autumn Ballad has water injection in it when it does not. Look at his sad face when he talks about Dream of Splendor too, he looks so upset like he almost couldn’t say the title. He even trashed on YM often.
There’s no proof the LYF haters are ZLY’s armies, she’s a suspect since she basically owns the internet. The FIRST & ONLY actor to have 200 billion viewers is only the brainless ZLY, nobody else dare to brag about such fake data, even Jackie Chan doesn’t have so much gut like that. Embarrassing. And hey, the army admit it themselves that Tartar is her LMAO.
Speaking of blood clot or vessel popping, that’s what ZLY lied to the public about that her health is at stake but the truth was she got pregnant.
Speaking of MDL, the parrots in Minglan only know how to say the same things there and rate it super high. I read the MDL reviews on Autumn Ballad, the same group of parrots trashing that drama only know how to say the same exact bad sentence about it. They keep on going to Dream of Splendor and complain that the rating there is getting too high, also try trashing on LYF and CX’s acting.
Anonymous
If you’re that interested to talk about ZLY here, I do wonder who is also responsible for The Hairpin’s delay? To report Kris Wu’s crime, anytime will hurt him the same but sooner better. Reporting him right at the moment when Hairpin was so close to premiering, obviously the target was Yang Zi. Among Du Meizhu and the gals that got tricked into music collaboration with him, ZLY is included. Kris Wu is known for not using condom, and guessed who got unplanned pregnancy? Yang Zi already said way earlier she hopes to work with actors that will not run into scandal. If ZLY is a true friend why she gives no warning to Yang Zi and wasted her time, and only when the premiere date is so closed, Kris finally got in trouble for his crimes? There are so many more actresses ZLY trashed on Sohu everyday, just giving 1 example to go think. 😛
Susan
I have negative opinions regarding Liu Yi Fei’s performance, but I would never disrespect her. That’s the key that many people can’t use. All they do is verbally assault each other. It seems that education does not exist/matter anymore.
Susan
Why wouldn’t they like someone in the first place? Do they go through life looking for people to hate?
Anon
All actress and actor have fans. Each and every time there is an attack, the clue always ends up with the same person.
Zhao Lusi – Rising actress, popularity is very threatening! Suddenly associated with “Green Tea – Meaning bitsh” without any evidence. Only clue is her face is wide while ZLY is all out to get rid of anyone new having wide faces. Director Yu Zheng is accused of calling ZLS a green tea which he denied, but it’s possible to be him cause he often attacks people. He loves ZLY, her success is all thanks to him tailoring Legend of Luzhen for her. ZLY once cried and buried her head inside his arms because she got attack from netz after revealing bad behaviors on live.
Crystal Yuan – Also rising actress. Another wide face girl accused of copying ZLY, every picture she takes is a crime.
Yang Mi – Still too famous and never getting outdated. Famous way before ZLY so she is the senior, but always expected to greet ZLY first. If there is no greeting, she will be accused of looking down on ZLY’s farming background. ZLY was once very rude to YM and never apologize, although YM doesn’t greet her first she also never try to greet YM first, so why should YM have to greet such a green tea? Ignoring the green tea is also not allowed?
Zhou Jieqiong – Rising actress, nicknamed as “Little YM” because of a small resemblance. Rumored girlfriend of Wang Sicong (who crushes on YM, also likes ZLY bc ZLY is a Walmart YM).
ZLY’s hamburger post destroyed her career.
Zhang Huiwen – Rising actress, beautiful like a young Liu Yifei and talented in dancing. Can be a good candidate for Zhao Pan’er. Her along with Zhou Jieqiong were victims of ZLY’s hamburger post.
Wang Yibo – When ZLY was still married she copied his special necklace to create a dating rumor. Wang Yibo got forced to throw away that necklace or never let it be seen publicly again. Her ex husband was accused of liking Liu Yifei and cheated with a Liu Yifei’s double, the evidence was pictures of sham text messages.
Wang Ziwei and Han Ye – Both actresses played as maids in Story of Minglan, because they performed better the Cnetz praised them so much, even said they should’ve played Minglan instead of ZLY. After ZLY divorced, these 2 actresses were accused of cheating with FSF on set. But ZLY was also on set with him the entire time and because of them dating around that period she got pregnant. The 2 actresses came out to explain numerous times, they never had indecent relationships with FSF but the media never leave them alone and ZLY never help them.
More: Michelle Chen, Chen Xiao, Qiao Xin, He Hongshan, Li Yitong, Yang Zi, Wang Yibo, Victoria song, Feng Shao Feng, etc.
Camilla
She’s a bad person. I didn’t know that.
Jeez
No matter how people try to deny LYF’s artistry, she got famous at the age of 16 only and never rely on the internet to define her.
Anon
Like for real, who gets paid enough to hire the internet to define them however they wish? If LYF charges 99.9% of the production’s budget like some people, I’m sure she will be forced to contribute in marketing the show. Since the production is very high in quality from all aspects, I’m sure she didn’t demand ridiculous amount of money, nobody did. They distributed their budget well for all departments. Also, there are lots of underappreciation of her performance including all the actors in it. Even when she did so well that no one else can slay it like her, the false bad reviews are obviously competitors that got jealous. Nobody was named but fans did jumped to their own conclusion, looks like they tripping their own selves. Karma? Guilt?
Hunter2020
Over-rated stars with zero acting skills:
ZLY
Yang Mi
Liu YiFei
William Chan
I shall never gonna watch another drama with any of these “stars” in them. My god, why do people think Liu YiFei is pretty? She looks average close to ugly to me. You know the actress of Castle in the Sky 2. She looks like a clone of LYF but much much prettier. Even that new LYF wanna be Mao XiaoHui I can tolerate her appearance in a drama but never the original LYF!
Sonia
I would say you are a bot, but artificial intelligence is not designed to humiliate itself on the internet.
Do you hate people who aren’t pretty in your eyes, or, people who don’t share the same opinion as you? Do you want your thinking to be universal?
If you didn’t know, beauty is subjective (even science confirmed it). But to say that you are a primitive person is objective. You differ from the unreasonableness of cavemen only because you can use technology.
If you can’t tolerate Liu Yi Fei’s appearance, what are you doing reading her news? You don’t need to answer. You are clearly obsessed with her, and you refuse to accept it.
You need to seek psychological help, it’s not a good idea to release your frustration, hopelessness and sadness in an article. I feel bad for your loved ones with you close to them.
Anon
That’s a liar. If you do a deep search on MDL, you will see Hunter2020 pretend to act like a Zhao Lusi fan attacking Dream of Splendid. However, he also rated ZLS’s drama so low and left a bad review. The account he made was so brand new, after writing a short and unhelpful review with low scores for Zhao Lusi, there are already so many people liking on the article to make it more visible sooner.
Hard to believe he is fan of Mao Xiaohui who challenged to replay Zhao Ling’er for a competition and received so much disapproval for looking ugly along with frightening acting.
Marina
I’ve found it! God, so this is a resenful fan. ¡Ja,ja,ja!
He makes it clear that evolution did not reach everyone.
Soraya
Hunter2020, it would be interesting to see a photo of you, and that my eyes feel blessed to see an “Asian goddess” like you.
I guess you must be conventionally pretty, because based on your comments, you don’t tolerate ugly folks. If you aren’tt, you must have a deep hatred towards yourself for not having beauty. Although if I were you, I would hate myself for being gross.
Your comment motivated me to be an emotionally stable and sensible person.
Soraya
Zhao Li Ying fan? It’s makes sense now. I found her average. Will you cry again?
Anon
No wonder Minglan is the only show with a solid high 8.9 for 3 years straight without any attack, all other dramas will get frequent attacks and their ratings will only come back to normal after filing complaints and urging MDL to do a cleanup. It’s also the only forum with such redundant comments like it’s all written by one person.
Julissa
I’m surprised they haven’t tried to mess with Yanxi Palace, Nirvana In Fire. Zhao Li Ying doesn’t care about the behavior of her fanbase?
LMAO
Even Yanxi palace has lower score LOL! They did mess there, but since Yanxi is truly good they are lucky to have enough fans. Why do you think Yanxi was the most googled drama of that year? It was so hooking people got so desperate to find if raw episodes will come out asap. If you dig in the Yanxi’s MDL forum, the Minglan fans have faces to come say slow poke Minglan is smarter than Wei Yingluo when all Mingland can do is….. nothing. Only good at being a slow poke. Kekeke
Nora Lee
I’ve seen both series and Yinglou is certainly smarter and more powerful than Minglan. However, let us not be rude when it comes to expressing an opinion.
Anon
ZLY long wish to work with Hu Ge that’s why she’s working with Walmart Hu Ge (Lin Gexin) multiple times. NIF is a Daylight Production. Minglan is also Daylight Production, she needs it to be hyped at NIF’s level so she will be compatible with Hu Ge.
Anon
One other MDL highly rated is The Untamed. She gave birth around that time so they had the chance to get super high ratings. It’s also one of the first BL genre from such a popular source, it’s expected to be high. Xiao Zhan ran into some crazy scandals from doing nothing, whether crazy fans belong to him or not there was no investigation on that, all people interested in was to held him responsible interestingly. Leaving Wang Yibo as the only choice left. First person she rushed to work with was Wang Yibo despite being so old for him. If you read the old threads there, you’ll find all those bad comments about WYB although he was the one on hot trending, it’s why she needed him and not him needing her. She joined the show because of him, although she already bad mouthed the director she still made her way in just because of WYB. She copied his signature necklace he took to every performance because it’s special to him, and on Jaynestars they still wrote that he copied her. When her fans attacked him she got muted, her apology letter was not even apologetic at all. I don’t think she wants her fans to stop, she needs them.
Marina
If I were your mother, I would have abandoned you. I wonder if you have positive feelings for Chen Xiao or Michelle Chen, if I look at your past opinions, you humiliate yourself for them.
Anon
Funny you saying this on father’s day, sounds like your parents abandoned you will be more correct. This is an old thread already but people are still so interested in humiliating LYF here as well as CX and his wife who has nothing to do with the show. Not a jealous competitor then who else?
Lussy
If you can’t tolerate unattractive people, so you must be suffering in society every day. Ugly and average people make up the largest percentage of the population. Have you thought about disappearing because you can’t see beauty people wherever you go?
I’m not a fan of Liu Yi Fei, I’m watching this drama to learn more about Chen Xiao. Liu Yi Fei’s acting skills are a hit or miss. But average women don’t even look like her.
Hater or fan? Don’t know but you are obssessed with this woman.
Nora Lee
I don’t understand why people bring out the worst in themselves when it comes to celebrities.