This plot had many contrivances. I watched it on Youtube and the most interesting thing was the progressively sharp decline of views from 2.7m views of the first episode to less than 90,000 by the last episode. What that tells me is that regardless of the quality of production and the caliber of actors, if a story fails to move the audience it might as well have remained untold. Who does one root for in a story where none has the sympathy of the audience? The core of the plot was to save the city of Changan yet it never gave us a chance to even get a glimpse of the people or even a reason why we should root for our male lead played by Lei Jiayin who, by the way, looked terrible and acted like a rookie. The producers/directors should have chosen Zhou Yiwei- who is a phenomenal actor- instead of Lei Jia Yin.
At no time did I believe that Zhang Xiaojing as a character was intelligent enough to solve a high-risk case in less than 24 hrs when he had previously been captured and imprisoned for years. I mean, come on, I'm willing to suspend disbelief for only so long.
At no time did I believe that Zhang Xiaojing as a character was intelligent enough to solve a high-risk case in less than 24 hrs when he had previously been captured and imprisoned for years. I mean, come on, I'm willing to suspend disbelief for only so long.