At least, that’s what the rumourmill appears to be saying. After news broke about Crystal Yuan Bingyan’s tax evasion case, many wondered what will happen to the fate of her role in the drama adaptation of manhua Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Yue Hong 狐妖小红娘月红篇. The series is reportedly being helmed by Yang Mi and Simon Gong Jun with Yuan Bingyan as the second lead. However, word on the street is that she is now being replaced by Bambi Zhu Xudan.
Mind you this is all speculation still as there hasn’t been any official announcement yet from the series. However, eagle-eyed Netizens noticed that the cast list for the series’ Douban page appears to have already been updated to show Zhu Xudan’s name for the role of Tu Shan Yaya (涂山雅雅) which was originally Yuan Bingyan’s. If this proves to be true, this makes Zhu Xudan the third Jaywalk artist cast to helm the series with the exception of Gong Jun since the second male lead Leon Zhang Yun Long is also under the Jaywalk banner.
What do you guys think of this rumoured change? Seems there’re a lot of folks who think Zhu Xudan is actually more suitable for the role than Yuan Bingyan. Others also couldn’t help remembering her as Xuan Nu in the fantasy romance Eternal Love which also saw Yang Mi play a fox as she does here in Fox Spirit Matchmaker. On the other hand, if this is indeed true, does anyone here feel like things happened a little too fast? Yuan Bingyan was fined for tax evasion last June with the news only leaking out this week. That’s pretty quick if they managed to replace her already. Then again, Fox Spirit Matchmaker is said to be in the middle of filming right now so time is definitely of the essence.
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Drama_Fluff
Why are there so many people engaging in tax evasion left and right recently? Also, Yang MI in another fox drama? Puh-lease!
I really liked her in 10 miles of peach blossom but I wish she would take on other roles. Oh well…🤷♀️
JC
Why can’t she be playing FOX? She play so many other character , another fox okay! I like Bing Yan, but I don’t get mad at Yang Mi’s team! She is smart business woman. If Bing Yan news bad, it is bad for business!
wowo
if BingYan knew about the tax, then she is at fault. If she didn’t she should come out and say something. lol it’s the ghost woman that loves demon hot guy. She’s good.
Joni
Of course she knew. Read that the company was 100% owned by her. And she was the Legal Representative and the Financial Controller of the company before she resigned when investigation started.
JC
I think the people who take care of the money make trouble for her. Something not seem right.
Anon
Let’s not make excuses for her just because she is a celebrity. In every company all over the world, when you hold the title of Financial Controller, you hold legal responsibility for the finances of the company. In this case, she was the 100% shareholder, ie the only owner, the Legal Representative AND the Financial Controller. Don’t fob off her responsibility to underlings and pretend she doesn’t know.
bonbon
Well said. Ignorance of the law excuses no one.