Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays! Here's a special FengMi Christmas treat for all of you: (sorry, I was going to get this put up yesterday in time for Christmas but as always, I didn't get it done in time... Well, it isn't midnight here yet! XD)

I bring you gift-wrapped!Feng Shaofeng and Santa-hat!Yang Mi, plus more under the cut! (As always, click on the pics to see all the cuteness in large size! :P)

FengMi at "I Do" and "HMY" Promo Events (2011-11-30)

(Update Dec-21-2011: Post is now complete with commentary, pictures, and videos! :) Sorry it took so long--as with all FengMi goodness, this one took on a life of its own and turned into a megapost! )

So that event I mentioned previously, about FengMi attending a promo event for the jewellery company "I Do" (who specializes in engagement/wedding jewellery, as their name suggests)?

Well, like FengMi always seem to do, they exceeded my expectations despite me already being super-hyped-up about it!!! (I don't know how they do it every single time, they just get more and more adorable. ^_^) Yang Mi also accompanied Feng Shaofeng to his "White Vengeance" promo event right after!

Videos, pictures, and squeeing under the cut...

Rumour Clarification + Questions & Answers Post

I have been receiving lots of questions in the "FSF Up Close Interview" post and I felt it might be a good idea to create a dedicated post where you guys can ask any questions you have about FengMi--whether it's a random rumour you heard somewhere or any other questions you have! (Note that depending on the question it may take me awhile to get around to it but rest assured, I am working on them! :P)

There are tons of articles out there revolving around FengMi together as well as them with their various costars. It's inevitable since both FSF and YM continue to act opposite many other people apart from each other, and the media just love to gossip/spread rumours. Sometimes, that makes it hard to separate fact from fiction!

While I obviously can't comment fully on what exactly is true and what exactly is made-up, I will try my best to clarify these. (Hopefully in an objective way, but, being such a major FengMi-fangirl and shipper, I admit it might not be possible for me to be completely unbiased.)

So without further ado, please feel free to ask away in the comments below and I will continue to add to this post as we go. I'm not sure this is the most efficient way to organize things (I don't know how to do a separate "FAQ" page here) but hopefully it will do for now!

Feng Shaofeng's "Up Close" Interview

Back in October, FSF appeared was interviewed on "Up Close". The host, Li Jing, also co-hosted FengMi's ChaoJi (Super Access) Interview back in March as well as their recent appearance at the "I Do" event (more to come on that later). I actually finished the subs for this one awhile ago but ended up getting distracted by all the recent FengMi news so didn't get around to this one till now. Sorry!

I would like to thank Mr. "slow-talker" Feng Shaofeng for taking his time answering questions and thus making it a lot easier for me to translate & sub his interviews--as opposed to "machine-gun"-Yang Mi whose interviews take forever to get through... (If you missed that reference, be sure to check out the comments I added under the previous "Oct-Nov Megapost"--I also added some screencaps of FSF's "slow talking" video so check that out too if you haven't already! )

Once again, I find FSF adorable when he's answering questions related to Yang Mi--he gets all flustered/embarrassed so easily! In fact I am tempted to go on a squee-fest about practically every single thing he says during that segment but I'll let you guys just watch it yourself (I do have a few added notes to expand on some of it though):

End-of-November FengMi Tidbits

Lots more random tidbits under the cut...(a bit more speculation-based than usual though)

Before I get onto new material, I promised a certain Anonymous commenter that I would provide an answer to their question under the "YM Bday Party post":

"Does YM/FSF watch their own dramas (I mean their individual projects)or they only watch Fengmi dramas?"

Now, I can't for sure answer 100% yes or no to this. But let's take a look at their interview replies: (please keep in mind--as with all written interviews, take it with a grain of salt since without video evidence, we don't know whether things have been embellished/taken out of context by the writers)

FSF: "以前从来不看自己的戏，有什么好看的？傻了吧唧的。" 可《宫》他是每集都看，“看的时候还能回忆起拍戏时的开心事儿。"

Translation: "Before I would never watch my own dramas--what's the point of watching them? I'm so 'silly/dumb' in them." But for <Gong>, he would watch every single episode, "When I watch it I can remember back to the funny/happy memories from filming."

Link: http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2011-02-17/11173232175.shtml

FengMi "Gong" BTS + Hunan TV commercials (...plus mango_cake's intro post)

Hello everyone! JoleCole has kindly given me the power of adding my own posts to her lovely FengMi shipper blog now that she can't keep up with the never-ending onslaught of FengMi cuteness. (Just kidding. ) Unfortunately (or fortunately, as the case may be) I'm not quite sure she realizes what she is in for...because I'm not going to be able to contain myself any longer! I've been trying (often in vain) to not go too overboard in the spcnet forums and swamp YM/FSF etc. threads with FengMi stuff. Well, here it's no longer a problem so without further ado, I shall gush, fangirl, and squee away to my heart's content!!!

Sorry everyone for taking so long for my first posts, but I hope you enjoy! ^_^ Took me longer than expected to compile everything. My megapost of small FengMi observations over the past 2 months, as well as a compilation of FengMi tidbits in Yang Mi's "Birthday Party" episode are in the previous 2 posts. However, I've decided that in this slow time of no FengMi public appearances (both YM and FSF are filming separately right now), I'm going to go back and compile various videos of them from the past year or so.

October - November FengMi Tidbits Megapost

Unfortunately, in the past 2 months both FSF and YM have been busy filming their separate movie projects, so it's been a long time since the two of them have come together (not since the end of September when they both filmed Gong 2 together!). However, there are still lots of cuteness to be found from their weibo posts, as well as interviews in which FSF/YM are asked about each other. (I haven't even included all of FengMi's "lovey-dovey" weibo posts in here since they don't, obviously, reference each other at all. But I can't help but "awwww" when I read them and wonder if they're meant for one another...)

Disclaimer: this post contains a lot of speculation and minor thngs that allude to/reference FengMi only; sadly, this is all we can go on when FengMi do not appear together publicly... Parts of this I've posted about in spcnet already, but some of it is completely new...

FengMi tidbits from Yang Mi's "Birthday Party" episode

So I have FINALLY finished translating and subbing Yang Mi's episode of "Birthday Party" (a variety show) that was aired in late September. The whole interview is very cute (start at Part I) but I'll only mention the FengMi tidbits here. (Most of this has been mentioned over on spcnet before but it's a compilation of everything.)

Symphony of Fate (Ming Yun Jiao Xiang Qu) Currently Airing

Hello again to all the FengMi fans! I apologize for my lack of updates in recent months, but fortunately, our Mango_cake never fails to give us more FengMi goodies on spcnet.tv forum. I hope you all have been following her posts. If you haven't, no worries! I'll consolidate what she has been writing.

I'm sure those of you following FengMi closely are aware Symphony of Fate (a.k.a. Ming Yun Jiao Xiang Qu) is currently being aired on AnHui and ShenZhen TV stations right now. Ratings are good, but of course, definitely not as high as Gong. At first, I was pretty excited about this drama. After reading many reviews and spoilers, the storyline is really mediocre and the sweet FengMi scenes are what make it interesting for fans like us.

FengMi's Denies Link on Chinese Valentine's Day (QiXi) Weibo Posts

Written by mango_cake:

Some more fangirling due to a cute interview FSF did recently. He just became the spokesperson for Tissot (a Swiss watch company) and attended a promo event:

Now you know what is super suspicious?? Remember the two "QiXi" weibo posts YM/FSF made, that I posted about in the Gong thread? Well...both of them are now in total denial mode with the media! Reporters asked them about it separately (YM at her Ruyi press conference interview, FSF at his Tissot promo event), but YM said she can't remember posting it (oh come on YM, it was less than 2 weeks ago!) and FSF also said "I don't think so, I only posted about spending QiXi with Raymond Lam..." Then after repeated questioning from the reporter FSF says, "Yeah it was for my fans...who always love and support me." (Hmm, using his good friend and even his fans as a cover-up FSF? Wonder who you learned that trick from... ). The reporters even burst out laughing and couldn't stop the giggles because they so knew he was purposefully avoiding the question! XD

Painted Skin (Hua Pi) 2 Casting Decision

Written by mango_cake:

I read somewhere recently an interview with one of HP2's producers. He said he did not choose YM/FSF to act in HP2 because of their huge popularity after Gong (he said he doesn't really pay attention to idol series anyways), but because when the two of them auditioned/screen-tested together, he was extremely impressed by their unique chemistry and said their "aura" together was something he had never seen before. Definitely looking forward to their storyline here!

I don't know exactly what the process was...I'm guessing that they were probably invited to audition together because of their huge popularity after Gong, but ultimately they were chosen because of their amazing chemistry together. I just went back to read that article--sorry, what I posted above isn't very accurate (it was awhile ago so I forgot the specifics). It was actually HP2's producer Chen Guofu that said it, not the director. Sounds like he had a big say in the casting--he probably was not the one who invited FengMi to audition (he seems to be one of those film "snobs" who doesn't think highly of idol dramas, lol! He doesn't seem to be that aware of or excited about FengMi's enormous popularity, either--making it all the more impressive that he chose them!).

14th China Film (Hua Biao) Awards

The almighty CCTV held the biennial Hua Biao Award Ceremony on the evening of 28th (Beijing time). Many famous directors, producers, and stars attended the event in resplendent garbs. Attendees included Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Eva Huang, Liu YiFei, Huang XiaoMing, Hu Ge, Shawn Yue, Charlene Choi, our very favorite FengMi, and many more I wish I could continue to list. FengMi didn't receive any awards but they were presenters and walked with their respective movie cast/crew to promote their new projects. YM first walked the red carpet with Shawn Yue for her new movie ChunQiao and ZhiMing. Liu YiFei and FSF paired up for the red carpet walk with their White Vengeance producer and co-star. After they finished with their first red carpet walk, FengMi then ran back in line and paired up to walk with their Painted Skin 2 cast/crew. Check out the new interview by CCTV below!

FSF peeking at YM? Just kidding!

Written by mango_cake:

Hilariously, after FSF posted up the photo he took of YM at the Lux-sponsored awards show, the next day some person wrote up an article titled "FSF 'tou pai' Yang Mi". I have to feel sorry for the poor guy--YM was clearly smiling sweetly right at FSF in the photo, knowing he was taking a pic of her...no sneaky stuff involved! Meanwhile YM was actually the one who "tou pai" FSF (since he had his head down playing with his phone in the pic she took of him, clearly unaware that the sneaky girl was taking a snapshot!). Yet YM escapes completely unscathed and FSF ends up with the "crime".

Reminds me after the HFCQ press conference (early March), someone managed to get a shot of FSF that looked like he was secretly staring at YM's...err...chest area. (When really it was probably just taken at a moment when he was glancing down.) The pic then spread all over the internet and certain reporters even wrote up stories saying "FSF 'tou miao' Yang Mi". ("Tou miao" = secretly peeking at someone without their knowledge; has a pretty derogatory connotation.) Hilariously yesterday I just saw a "FSF-hater/basher" in the Baidu forums use this pic as his display pic! (Don't want to post that pic here but this is a link: No, this is NOT what it looks like!)

2011 LeTV Entertainment Awards

Beijing Time- On the evening of Friday, August 26, 2011 FengMi attended the LeTV Entertainment Awards to accept their win in "Most Popular Actor/Actress in Asia & Pacific" category. Other famous attendees included Tang Yan, Cecilia Cheung, Christy Chung, Nick Cheung (Cheung Ka Fai），etc. FSF was supposed walk the red carpet with YM, but she had prior work commitments before this event and couldn't make it in time. But they  somehow managed to meet up later and walk to their seats together with YM holding on to FSF's arm. According to FengMi fans who also attended this event, both FSF and YM left at the same time in their own separate vehicle. Translated backstage interview below!

LUX Award Ceremony

YM and Ruby Lin on stage accepting their awards

On August 19, 2010, both YM and FSF attended the same award ceremony held in Beijing. However, they both arrived at different times. FSF got there early while YM was busy with her work and got there much later.

CCTV's FengMi Reporting: YM & Her Male Co-Stars

Must give a BIG thank you to Mango_cake for her wonderful FengMi's posts. Otherwise, this blog wouldn't survive. 

CCTV (China Central Television Station) is the biggest broadcasting organ in China whose tentacles reach the most remote parts of China.  This TV station is a government entity that usually airs no nonsense programs and proper news. 

 Mango_cake:

Funnily, even CCTV, the official TV station in China, is a total FengMi shipper! I think I mentioned the subtle bits they did before, but awhile ago they were SUPER OBVIOUS in a news piece they did on Yang Mi--during her DMGD celebration press conference, they asked YM for her opinion on many of her male costars.

Chinese Valentine's Day (QiXi)

Written by Mango_cake:

Forgive me for going on another FengMi fangirl squee session. This post is a bit too much "crazy obsessed fan speculation" for me to feel comfortable "spamming" FSF/YM's individual threads (where I have been posting most of the recent FengMi real-life interaction), so I settled for spamming the "Gong" thread instead for interested people.

A bit of background: Aug. 06 was "QiXi"--also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day. The day before, both FSF and YM were in Beijing filming Hua Pi 2. Unfortunately, they both had commitments in other cities on the actual day. YM returned to An Ji to continue filming Ru Yi. Meanwhile, FSF had flown to Wuhan the night before because he had a promo event to attend on QiXi--for "I Do", a jewelry company (also happens to be the company who made the necklace that the ChaoJi interview hosts asked FSF to put on YM back in March). (By the way, I kinda wish I was back in China right now...Wuhan being my hometown!! :'( But, I am comforted by the fact that FSF did all these lovely things while in my home city! XD Yes, random, I know...)

First, a disclaimer: I admit that, as FengMi fans, we are very biased and see everything through "FengMi-rose-coloured" glasses, and we also probably tend to over-romanticize things. So, perhaps I (and other FengMi fans) am linking too many events together that have nothing to do with each other, because FengMi obviously never name one another. (There are actually many more of FSF and YM's weibo posts that are very cryptic and vague...I truly feel it makes the most sense that these posts are meant for each other, but because we can't be sure of it I refrain from posting them. However, on QiXi, I really think that a lot of the events are interconnected in terms of FengMi and together they are truly so sweet/romantic. Basically, take it with a grain of salt and you guys can judge for yourself whether FSF/YM's words/actions on this day were meant for each other...

FengMi Weibo (microblog) Interactions

Sorry for my recent lack of updates! I got distracted with the new Huan Zhu Ge Ge remake and some other Chinese drama. Both FSF and YM have been mostly busy working on their own individual projects and have not made any public appearance together. Not much exciting FengMi news lately. Despite my slow blog update, I do try to keep up with their recent whereabouts in the "Latest News" page. 

Anyway, here is what Mango_cake summarized awhile back regarding FengMi weibo interactions:

This is compiled from the past couple months so may not be new to some people. The weibo posts are not from fans though, they're all direct "twitter-like" posts from FSF/YM (except the one from YM's agent I posted), although of course the speculation is from fans! However the actual posts definitely cannot be twisted since it's right from the two of them. And just from the posts alone (without speculation), there is a lot of suspicious material there! Numerous weibo adorable posts are related to YM/FSF--which have been going on for months so there are tons, but a couple I remember now:

FengMi Shippers among FengMi's Circle of Friends

YM's childhood bestfriend, Zhao WenQing (a.k.a. as Catticatti on weibo)

FSF and WenQing mutually added each other on  weibo, even though she's not  in showbiz. It only means that FSF knows her in real life.

From left to right: The FengMi Family - Liang Yan (FSF's agent with short hair and dressed in white collar shirt/black pants), FSF, Zhao XiaoYao (YM's agent dressed in a white printed T-shirt/black skirt), YM, and Miao Ge (wearing black glasses).

Thanks to our Mango_cake's effort, we now have a lovely list of FengMi shippers within FSF and YM's social circle. These individuals seem to love to tease the FengMi pairing on weibos.

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I swear, I should make a "shipper list" of everyone around them who keep going *wink wink nudge nudge*. Lol! So far we have:

• Both YM and FSF's agents/assistants/etc (at this point they are just like one big family they're all so close! And they all seem super supportive of FengMi.)
• YM's parents (haha)
•  Little kid actress who collaborated with them in Symphony of Fate
•  Multiple talk show/variety show hosts (e.g. Xie Na/Teacher He from Happy Camp, the ChaoJi interview hosts; and they're all so genuinely gleeful when teasing FSF/YM about it! XD)
• Various TV stations (ranging from the very gossip-driven Hunan TV to the very proper and formal CCTV)
• Directors/producers of their movies/films (seriously, YM's DMGD director is such a huge FengMi shipper he doesn't even bother to hide it, and I think recently he and FSF added each other on weibo; YM and FSF's White Vengeance producer also interact with each other on weibo--I think the same guy who FSF highly recommended YM to; and the Da Ha Tao Hua Kai i.e. one of Hua Pi 2's director also gets in on the fun of course!)
• Their good friends (including one of YM's non-showbiz friends who goes way back with her)
• Their costars/celeb friends/celeb non-friends (Li Chen, Qin Lan, Ma Tian Yu, Chi Shuai, Chen WeiMin, Tong Li Ya, Yuan Shan Shan, Sammul Chan, Nicholas Tse...)
• ...and maybe some reporters (...though they are mostly just out to get a good story I bet, plus a lot of them seem to also delight in making up negative news stories about them as can be expected )

...And of course, FengMi themselves who are the biggest hint-droppers when they're in a gleeful mood and can't seem to contain themselves anymore, haha.

Complementary Personalities

Backstage interview on Super Access

From their interviews and weibos, I can tell YM seems to have a heavy influence on FSF.  YM loves to read almost about anything she feels she doesn't know much about.  Her great love for reading gave her this habit to recommend her favorite books to her staff and good friends, which include FSF. The funny thing is YM would lend her own copy of the books with all her personal notes/markings to FSF, monitors his reading progress by asking him to take his own notes and then check on him to make sure he actually read those books. LOL...

YM describes FSF as the type of guy who overthinks, likes to take care of others around him, and also concerns himself too much about what other people’s opinions. His over-caring nature burdens him, according to YM, because he places too much pressure on himself to care for everyone and consequently stresses himself out.  In contrast, YM's character is extremely independent, bluntly honest, somewhat careless, and very outspoken, and she would rather say the hurtful truth than sugarcoat her words. Her straightforwardness can inadvertently offend a lot people in entertainment industry.  She made many enemies with her blunt; they probably didn't easily forgive her for it. As she’s gotten older, YM admits she now constrains her speech and not unwittingly offends people.  FSF is the exact opposite. He may not be a sycophant, but all who met him, ranging from big names in showbiz to random bystanders, commend FSF for his good manners.  He is more of a quiet listener/observer than an open speaker like YM, and would keep to himself even if he feels offended.

In the Super Access Interview (ZhaoJi FangWen), the hosts say that YM exhibits the classic traits of a Beijing girl (brutally honest, outspoken, split insults to people they're close to as a form of endearment), and FSF is the classic Shanghaiese guy (soft spoken, mild manner, considerate). Despite FengMi's very contrasting personalities, their respective traits really complement each other. FSF said in an interview that YM is really good at helping him to 'de-stress' when he feels too much pressure because of her 'happy-go-lucky attitude' and optimistic outlook on life.  FSF, on the other hand, tries to soften YM's blunt honesty. FSF is very meticulous in what he does and YM is often careless in her actions. So FSF said he often helps YM think things over on her behalf.

FengMi met up at a Bazaar afterparty in early December 2010

As of this moment, both denied their dating rumors, saying they are just extremely good friends and treat each other like family members.  I definitely hold more of a conservative view about FengMi relationship. I do believe FengMi are telling the truth when they said they are best friends/great co-workers.  They are too busy with their current monstrous workload to maintain a stable relationship.  Whatever is the true nature of their relationship, friends or lovers, I’m still quite touched by their closeness offscreen.

This part was actually cut from the Super Access Interview episode that got aired. FSF really likes to eat strong-flavored food, especially spicy food, while YM can't eat spicy food and is more like an herbivore. When the host asked FSF what YM can't eat, and he replied "She can't eat spicy food...and she's a vegetarian." Then the host asked YM what FSF likes to eat, but she replied "What I eat, he eats." When YM said that, I felt she definitely made them sound so much like a family! (watch video clip here, scroll to minute 0:58) 

Anyway, I'm pretty sure YM knows what FSF likes to eat. I mean they often dined together during Gong shooting. In the blowing candle session of Happy Camp (a popular variety show), I think YM said she wants to give him grapes as New Year's present while FSF wants to give her a toilet (FSF said she just finished renovating her house). Later on, I found out FSF's favorite fruits included grapes and strawberries after reading an interview about his temporary assistant.

Mango_cake’s comments:

I love watching YM interviews in general though, like the hosts pointed out she is always so honest and genuine, she isn't reserved at all or constantly worried about saying the right things. FSF's personality is like the polar opposite of YM but in a good way! I had to laugh at how their "strengths/weakness" paralleled one another's! Hilarious how FSF was like "yeah things were fine..." and then YM goes, "actually no, we didn't get along at all." Lol. And the story of their first meeting...rofl.

FengMi during the shooting of Symphony of Fate

Full episode of FengMi on Super Access Interview:

Prelude

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Beijing Date: A Publicity Ploy?

Facts:

• FengMi's Beijing dining photos were released by Sina on February 12, 2011.

• During the broadcast of Gong, FSF spent most of his time in HengDian filming the Emperor's Harem with Ady An while YM stayed in Beijing to shoot Beijing Love Story with Li Chen and Chen SiCheng.

• According FSF's weibo and also confirmed by his agent, he flew back to Beijing on February 9 and stayed for maybe 2 or 3 days before returning to HengDian Studios. I think the purpose of this Beijing trip was to do a Valentine's Day photoshoot with YM. The paparazzi photos were most likely taken around this time.
• Gong began airing on January 31 and finished on February 20.

Publicity Ploy Argument:
YES

• HunanTV and Yu Zheng are known to use similar tactics to promote their dramas
• FengMi dined at a table next to a street window which allowed easy access for paparazzi to snap photos of them. Would celebrities who value their privacy be that negligent and openly dine like that?
• They just seem to know they were being stalked and photographed. The quality and angle of paparazzi photos were too good to be secretly taken.
• Both YM and FSF's staff seem "too close" with each other. Maybe their staff teamed up to fuel the romantic rumors and garner support/good public image for their roles in Gong and future collaborations. Peter Ho and Barbie Hsu acted very similar to FengMi off screen when they went to promote their drama Summer's Desire. Look at what happened to them now, Barbie Hsu is now married to another guy and Peter Ho is off doing his own thing. 
• A large majority of showbiz "insiders" sees the FengMi romance as a publicity stunt and argues FengMi are too openly affectionate with each other to indicate they are a "real couple." Most celebrity couples are low-key and try to hide their romance as much as possible.

NO

• The paparazzi photos were released when HunanTV already broadcasted more than half of the Gong episodes. If FengMi wanted to gain publicity for Gong, why would they wait to stage a publicity ploy so late into the broadcast and not earlier like right before the release?
• FengMi, at that point, were already popular. No need to go through all that trouble to gain more attention.
• Too early or no need for FengMi to garner attention for their later collaborations. Legend of the Military Seal was still in post production with no hint of being released yet. FSF has not signed on to star in Ming Yun either.
• I doubt FengMi were truly aware of their newfound fame in early February. So they probably just ate at a table assigned to them by the server without much consideration. I've seen a lot of paparazzi photos of celebrities dining next to the street windows too. Not a big deal.
• It's so not in FengMi's character to stage the publicity ploy. Both are well-known workholics in showbiz and worked their way up from nothing to gain recognition. FSF seemed particularly offended by the media allegation that he was only playing around with his acting career because he came from a rich family and eventually would have to quit to take over his famiy business. For FSF, these rumors pretty much belittled all the years of hard work he put in his acting career. Why would he wait more than 10 years to stage a publicity ploy with YM to get fame? Why didn't he stage a ploy when he was working with Ady An and Huo Si Yan to get famous? Both of these actresses were equally as famous or arguably even more famous than YM before CP3/Gong. 

Here are some comparison statistics someone put together:

YM - 12 movies + 30 TV series = 42 projects
FSF - 11 movies + 50 TV series = 61 projects
Hu Ge - in 5 movies + 15 TV series = 20 projects
Liu Yi Fei - 8 movies + 5 TV series = 13 projects

These statistics are pretty debatable since each tv drama varies in the number of episodes and importance of actor/actress' roles in the projects are hard to measure. Regardless, you still get a general picture.

Conclusion:

There is really too much speculation surrounding FengMi, including positive and negative press. Even regarding FengMi's off screen interactions on a film set, I've been reading conflicting observations. During the shooting of Symphony of Fate in Hangzhou, some onlookers/extras did not see much interactions between FengMi off screen. They both sat far from each other in the resting area and ignored each other while busying themselves with their own things. Some bystanders/extras, in stark contrast, reported that they saw FengMi played games together on their ipads and chatted/joked with each other happily in between their filming breaks. One bystander even observed FSF went to move his directors chair closer to YM when they were sitting too far apart.

In the entertainment industry, it is not uncommon for a good onscreen couple to act lovey-dovey off screen just to tease their fans or at the behest of their management companies to boast their public image. When the camera is rolling, everything becomes an "act." The entertainment industry is a shady place where people are often forced to do things against their principles. Based on my personal understanding of FengMi and their actions over the years before their rise to stardom, it's hard for me to fathom they are attention mongers. It's also certainly possible all the "cumulative evidence" we have to support FengMi romance, in fact, is only our own deliberate misinterpretation.  I don't think we will ever know the true nature of their relationship until one day they both publicly declare they have an official boyfriend/girlfriend. But as for now, we can make ourselves happy by choosing to believe in what we want to believe in.

What do you all think is the "real truth" behind FengMi's romantic rumors?


Mango_cake's comments:

I've wondered this too. Although, this seems to be the one and only time they got caught on a "date" together by the papparazzi, and it happened while Gong was still being broadcast (i.e. they had just started to become so famous), so perhaps they didn't think they needed to be so careful. YM has said before that there was a big change after she got popular in Gong--before she could still go shopping in the streets etc more-or-less anonymously, but now she will get recognized everywhere she goes. FSF was even less famous than YM before Gong. Actually my speculation is this was indeed a "just friends" type of date since it was quite early on (but I personally think they progressed to a relationship shortly after). So maybe they did know they were stalked by the papparazzi, but didn't think it'd be a big deal anyways.

I'm actually surprised there are not more papparazzi pics of them out there! From what they've said it sounds like they used to go have dinner together and ride in each other's cars a lot (but most of this probably took place during Gong and HFCQ filming, when they could still go about their lives in obscurity). So perhaps they did start being more careful after these photos leaked, since we haven't seen anything else since.

Gong Comic Translation

Our fabulous Mango_cake translated a few comic strips of our lovely 8th Prince and QingChuan's life in the modern world.

Episode 34: "Ice Crushing Machine"

QC: Lao gong (husband), let's eat ice slushie in a bit!
8th: Time for me to display a performance of my martial arts again!

8th: HA! (while beating up an ice block)

QC: Lao gong, how about you let me do it...
8th: (sweating) No biggie, leave this kind of physical work to me!

QC: It's no longer physical work! (while crushing up the ice in the machine)
8th: WHA...?!

8th: What a marvellous thing!
QC: Lao gong, aren't you coming to eat?

8th: (worried) Lao po (wife), you're not going to ditch me because you have this thing now, are you...

Episode 37 Calligraphy Competition

8th: You write with this in this dynasty?
QC: Yup, the writing speed is super fast!

8th: Pfft, no biggie! Can you write as fast as me? (*furiously writes at lightning speed with his calligraphy pen*)
QC: Wow, Lao Gong, you're amazing!

QC: Now how bout we add a bit of difficulty?
8th: No problem!

QC: Let's spin the pen while we write. *spins pen*
8th: Pfft, back in the days I even waved around swords, who's scared of you??

8th: Wha... *gets ink splatter all over his face*
QC: *heeheehee...*
 
















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YM's Initial Bad Impression of FSF

Top Photo: "We should add a kiss in this scene." - FSF

Bottom Photo: "Immediately at that moment, any positive good feelings I have of him perished." - YM

Despite their sizzling onscreen chemistry in Gong, FSF and YM admitted they didn't click at all during the early days of Gong shooting. YM said FSF left a bad impression on her after their telemovie collaboration in 2004. They only worked together for about 10 days and FSF already suggested they add a kiss to their farewell scene to leave a "deepen impression" for viewers. YM, being only 17 at the time, felt the kiss was unnecessary and was repulsed by FSF's suggestion.

In showbiz, YM is also famously known as "Yu Jie" (御姐）literally meaning "the imperial big sister" because she often acts very cold/reserved toward people she doesn't know well, and gets highly self-defensive. Once you're close to her, she pours out her heart and soul to you.  So, YM completely gave FSF the cold shoulder when they first started to shoot Gong together. To make matters worse, they both had a very different interpretation of the Gong characters. FSF felt he totally have no chemistry with YM. She felt the same but didn't feel comfortable enough with FSF to talk about their disagreement. Let's just say that YM acted so cold to FSF that even his assistant couldn't take it anymore and refused to bring the snacks that FSF wanted to give to YM.  The situation aggravated to the point where FSF couldn't sleep well at night because he just couldn't immerse into the 8th Prince character and generate the necessary onscreen chemistry with YM.  One night after shooting, FSF went to YM's hotel room to have a talk with her and resolve their differences. FSF said they talked for 2 hours and YM openly bashed his melodramatic acting...LOL.

After their long talk, they felt both more comfortable communicating with each other about any problems/issues. FSF got a better good grasp of the 8th Prince character. FengMi gained rapport, and finally the much needed onscreen chemistry we saw between 8th Prince and QingChuan in Gong. Yu Zheng also said that after FSF and YM's long talk, FSF asked if they could re-shoot all his scenes, which they did. Later on, FengMi clicked so well that many adorable scenes in Gong were actually ad libs (i.e. that imperial garden scene where 8th Prince was released from prison and he went to see QingChuan and grabbed her hands to put on his cheeks was an impromptu gesture that FSF did on the spot and not written in the script. YM reacted to this ad lib by pinching his cheeks. The second kiss in the imperial kitchen was also an ad lib by FSF...LOL...YM was caught off guard by his 2nd kiss.)

Imperial Kitchen Scene where FSF added an impromptu second kiss

Toward the end of October 2010 when YM's management company, Mei Ah Media Group, planned on producing a new historical drama about the Warring States, YM recommended FSF for the male leading role. YM felt she has a lot of rapport with FSF after Gong and thought he would be a good choice to play Lord Xin Ling in Legend of the Military Seal. As for FSF, he was very grateful of YM's recommendation and the  opportunity to work with a very renown drama director in China.

Mango_cake's comments:

And lmao at whoever put together those pics with the captions..."我瞬间对这个人的印象好感全无"... Seriously that line is never going to get old. But if that is indeed the scene (seems like it), what was FSF thinking?! How did he expect to add a kiss scene through those huge prison bars, rofl. At least it happened right at the end of filming so he didn't have to suffer through YM's cold shoulder treatment until 7 years later.