So Tuesday was the premiere date for the second season of Bu Bu Jing Xin otherwise titled Bu Bu Jing Qing, which for the record, is not written by Tong Hua though the first season was, the second season has nothing to do with her other than the fact that they are using her characters but transporting them into a modern story. At that same time that this is airing, c-drama Perfect Couple is also airing which happens to be Tong Hua first gig as a screen writer and I am super excited to watch it because the dream hunk that is Wallace Huo will be in it and he has amazing chemistry with the female lead Tang Yan, didn't like her that much in Chinese Paladin 3 but their chemistry was undeniable even though they played the secondary couple. For those who are a bit late to the Bu Bu Jing Qing bandwagon, you may at first because outraged by the lack of a coherent and comprehensive story that bears any resemblance to the first season which to be honest was just perfect (I am kind of a Tong Hua fan girl but mainly for her period works and not her modern stories). Though of course this confusion is mirrored by basically any fan who watches these tv version of the drama, to sum it up there are multiple version sod BBJQ released, one is the dvd version (YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING THIS ONE), the tv version (STAY AWAY FROM THIS) and several uncut versions but really to be safe just stick to the dvd version which is the original uncut version. The difference is that because all dramas have to undergo SARFT approval, a lot of period dramas that are not historically accurate get butchered and are awaiting airing for ages like what is happening to Da Mo Yao and Yun Zhong Ge. So after the popularity of BBJX and Palace/Gong (Do not watch this is it is pretty much a copycat of BBJX so as some who respects Tong Hua and loves her work I don't want to encourage the bastard that is Yu Zheng who pretty much ruins everything he touches take the upcoming remake of Return of Condor Heroes) there was a wave of time-travel dramas, unless you live in China you wouldn't think that there were a lot being released but apparently there was and because of that 2 girls committed suicide in hope that they could time-travel together which pretty much sparked a ban on time-travel material being aired on Chinese screens. It is because of that BBJQ is not what it should be, at least on tv and what is even more ridiculous is the fact that Gong 3 and the Gong franchise can continue to keep on shelling out dramas without a problem but BBJQ has to get cut and redubbed (GROSS), my god that Yu Zheng have connections there.
So all-in-all if you thought you were crazy thinking that the trailers and 16min releases were a far cry from what you actually saw then you are correct because the tv version has Zhang Xiao having no recollection of her like as Maertai Rouxi and what is even more confusing is the snipets that showed Zhang Xiao watching BBJX. Me being me, as a drama addict, I have rounded up some useful Youtube channels that you should watch BBJQ on, if you are using chinese sites or anywhere else stick to videos that show a SOHU logo because that is the DVD/internet version that you want which isn't uncensored however I am told that Sohu will stop uploading the videos from ep 5 onwards so switch over to Teng Xu as the sharing site.
Otherwise go to these youtube channels that do all the hard work for you. Credit to these amazing people for sharing especially the one behind the english subtitles (let's be friends so we can talk dramas):
Raws: https://www.youtube.com/user/chenxiang1213/videos
English Subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7wD2CBbj7WkD_Mu-2DjC5Ikn_rZl-TVa
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