[2016] Addicted (aka Heroin) Web Series 上瘾网络剧

[GingerCake]

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is there any news about chinese fans's reaction toward this calamity?

 

They are just getting mad like us. :Red_fox5:

Some of them suggested that the production team should move to Hong Kong or Taiwan, there are more opened to LGBT, and the government and regulation there are different.

And the fans from HK and TW are welcoming them too.

[mchan]

They are just getting mad like us. :Red_fox5:

Some of them suggested that the production team should move to Hong Kong or Taiwan, there are more opened to LGBT, and the government and regulation there are different.

And the fans from HK and TW are welcoming them too.

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, is it possible to do that? moving the production to HK or taiwan? hk is part of china now, so shouldn't the rule applies there too? taiwan indeed is more lenient & tolerable toward LGBT. but i think the series relied on the number of viewers and i believe china mainland has the most viewers so far, no?

[Almonda]

What the ever freakinf F***:Red_fox12: I just got home from work and wanted to support the official channels onion10 and everything is GONEonion7 Seriously ? after 12 episodes and only 3 more to go..they pull it :cuteonion25:

 

I really really hope that there is a way for international fans to support them :Red_fox5::Red_fox5::Red_fox5:

[veroniica]

I'm mad.... :Stomping: I want to do something for them!! I like the Kickstarter idea, do you know how can we talk to them about this idea?

[HarukoYoshi]

I'm mad.... :Stomping: I want to do something for them!! I like the Kickstarter idea, do you know how can we talk to them about this idea?

May be we can make a trend in twitter?

[godlike]

:7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo::7yoyo:

THIS IS F***ING UNFORGIVABLE!!!!!

 

i agree with the kickstarter/indiegogo idea... Chai JIdan must be informed of this as a way to fund the next series. it has been helpful to many new company to raise millions of dollar. just name the price, We the addicted anonymous and the rest of the world will try to pay it even more. if China gov abandon Chai Jidan n crew; we, china fans & the world shall STAND for THEM!!!!

 

:Red_fox4:WHOS WITH ME!!!:Red_fox4:

 

my innocent heart cant accept this. yoyo7 sorry if u hav to read this... :Sad:

 

~i hav been restraining myself watching this series since ep5. hav final exam in few days coming. does the official yt channel uploaded the uncut version? just asking~

[unlove]

I don't get it, can someone explain why this was banned while Nobody Knows and other movies are available on CN video sites? What's so bad about the kissing scene? I don't get it......

[GingerCake]

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, is it possible to do that? moving the production to HK or taiwan? hk is part of china now, so shouldn't the rule applies there too? taiwan indeed is more lenient & tolerable toward LGBT. but i think the series relied on the number of viewers and i believe china mainland has the most viewers so far, no?

 

HK and TW are both having their own laws and policies. The people there can access to FB, YT, Twitter etc. freely.

 

The Addicted FB page with around 20k fans is actually created by Taiwan fans. And I think they are trying to approached CJD and the sponsors for some events.

 

Another thing is HK and TW filming & entertainment industries are quite well-developed & having notably influential around the mandarin-speaking market. So, it's still a good choice if they can going there.

[godlike]

paper sisters n brothers,

 

just found this interesting stuff!! :Jumping around:one of the most funded kickstarter campaign was actually a movie. cheetah13

 

the campaign was done after a tv series called Veronica Mars that ran from 2004-2007 was cancelled. because the show was done with amazing performance by the stars and nearly perfect writing scripts, there was this one guy known as Marshmallow, a diehardfan; conducted the campaign together with a guy (forget his name) and the series star, Kristin Bell bcoz they wish, they can see it again on the screen. the initial goal was $200,000. but at the end of the day they managed to raised around $5.7 millions!!!! :leaf13:and the movie released succesfully on March, 2014....

 

dont u guys think Chai Jidan & crew shud giv this a shot.??? this could be our new hope. btw, is $5 millions is enough to fund a drama series??

[mchan]

HK and TW are both having their own laws and policies. The people there can access to FB, YT, Twitter etc. freely.

 

The Addicted FB page with around 20k fans is actually created by Taiwan fans. And I think they are trying to approached CJD and the sponsors for some events.

 

Another thing is HK and TW filming & entertainment industries are quite well-developed & having notably influential around the mandarin-speaking market. So, it's still a good choice if they can going there.

 

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, your information put my heart at ease. i was so shocked before & now that i know there are still some ways to SAVE this series, i can calm myself a bit. based on what you said, moving the production is a great idea & the series might still can be aired in hk & taiwan, and do not to forget youtube too.

thank you for the information (geez, i was sweating bullet just a few moment ago :7yoyo10: )

[cloudy_days]

Tbh I think the best way to support them at this point is to watch the show on the official Youtube channels and to buy the DVD when it comes out. I don't think they're at the point where they need to get money from fans (I also don't think kickstarter and other similar sites are that popular in China, but I might be wrong). CJD already said there will definitely be a season 2, so just believe that they have the capabilities to fulfill that promise. I really don't think we need to worry too much. I'm sure they'll find sponsors in March. Just help boost the DVD sales when the time comes. ^^

 

In terms of moving production to HK/TW, if I were CJD, that would be a last resort for me. The story and overall atmosphere is so deeply connected with Beijing (in my opinion).

I'd love that too, but I heard it's very difficult to understand unless you're from Beijing. I've seen them posting novel parts on weibo and asked for clarifications. Although they did translate some parts here and there but I prefer to read the whole novel in one go!

Yeah, a lot of local Beijing phrases/sayings were used in the novel if I remember correctly (good thing my parents are from there, so I got most of it lol). Not only that but I found that there were a lot of jokes, phrases, idioms, and play on words that don't really have an English equivalent so translation-wise, I found this novel to be a lot more difficult than others.

[Sloan]

paper sisters n brothers,

 

just found this interesting stuff!! :Jumping around:one of the most funded kickstarter campaign was actually a movie. cheetah13

 

the campaign was done after a tv series called Veronica Mars that ran from 2004-2007 was cancelled. because the show was done with amazing performance by the stars and nearly perfect writing scripts, there was this one guy known as Marshmallow, a diehardfan; conducted the campaign together with a guy (forget his name) and the series star, Kristin Bell bcoz they wish, they can see it again on the screen. the initial goal was $200,000. but at the end of the day they managed to raised around $5.7 millions!!!! :leaf13:and the movie released succesfully on March, 2014....

 

dont u guys think Chai Jidan & crew shud giv this a shot.??? this could be our new hope. btw, is $5 millions is enough to fund a drama series??

 

 

This is actually interesting... I never knew how kickstarter is a successful method. I don't think production team even need that much money!! Though, NO IDEA how much it would cost. If she started this kickstarter thing, she'd be working on continuing Counterattacks, too...

 

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said, if the official sites dropped them.... (forced to, or whatever!) then that means CJD lost some revenues.... gah! So many questions!! I don't know how to approach CJD about it, though. I don't know enough Chinese! Anyone who can speak chinese, please share this idea (maybe on her YT channel!! Hopefully CJD would like that idea too (PLEASE DO IT, CJD!!!! AND NO REGRETS!!) As of now, my paper sister said money isn't the issue but.... maybe not, but they're stopping the FLOW of income/funds to her, right?? She might has some sponsors, but who knows??? They might drop her later on to avoid legal troubles. So I think she would need some financial support anyway! Come on, DVD sales, come sooner!

 

 

Tbh I think the best way to support them at this point is to watch the show on the official Youtube channels and to buy the DVD when it comes out. I don't think they're at the point where they need to get money from fans (I also don't think kickstarter and other similar sites are that popular in China, but I might be wrong). CJD already said there will definitely be a season 2, so just believe that they have the capabilities to fulfill that promise. I really don't think we need to worry too much. I'm sure they'll find sponsors in March. Just help boost the DVD sales when the time comes. ^^

 

Alright... but this is scary stuff! I really doubt CJD would do it anyway *sighs*

But still budgeting only for Addicted (and not continuing counterattacks in the summer) is still a red flag for me.

[GingerCake]

In terms of moving production to HK/TW, if I were CJD, that would be a last resort for me. The story and overall atmosphere is so deeply connected with Beijing (in my opinion).

 

Yea, I mean they can film it in Beijing and distribute it in HK/TW, that's how all those HK/TW/China Mainland's movies/drama/music works.

 

Let's stay positive. ^^

 

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thanks

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, your information put my heart at ease. i was so shocked before & now that i know there are still some ways to SAVE this series, i can calm myself a bit. based on what you said, moving the production is a great idea & the series might still can be aired in hk & taiwan, and do not to forget youtube too.

thank you for the information (geez, i was sweating bullet just a few moment ago :7yoyo10: )

 

Don't be panic, stay optimistic. ; D

[Almonda]

Monetary issues aside...one thing that I am wondering and also worrying about is, what impact this situation right now has on CJD, the actors and the production team.

 

I am not familiar at all with the currents in China, what it would mean for them..for their future, if they should film a second 2 even with the SARFT trouble...if they would be put on some kind of "black list" / "banned list*...or because of the fear of this..they decide not to partake in a second season.:8onion74:

[mchan]

So like

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said, if the official sites dropped them.... (forced to, or whatever!) then that means CJD lost some revenues.... gah! So many questions!! I don't know how to approach CJD about it, though. I don't know enough Chinese! Anyone who can speak chinese, please share this idea (maybe on her YT channel!! Hopefully CJD would like that idea too (PLEASE DO IT, CJD!!!! AND NO REGRETS!!) As of now, my paper sister said money isn't the issue but.... maybe not, but they're stopping the FLOW of income/funds to her, right?? She might has some sponsors, but who knows??? They might drop her later on to avoid legal troubles. So I think she would need some financial support anyway! Come on, DVD sales, come sooner!

 

Alright... but this is scary stuff! I really doubt CJD would do it anyway *sighs*

But still budgeting only for Addicted (and not continuing counterattacks in the summer) is still a red flag for me.

 

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i really want to write to her, so just i can say my encouragement in this hard time, but unfortunately i have no weibo account (curse the list which doesn't contain my country in it!)

 

i read that CJD is very successful with all her projects (novels, drama series, etc) so i think she won't start kickstarter for now. plus i think she must has some sponsors to support the series (not sure how they react toward this oh-so-called "inspection" though). but i think they won't let go this gold mine so easily, not without fights. i guess we can only wait to see the next progress?

 

ps: does anyone know how long the "inspection" is and how the casts react about this situation? (

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, perhaps you can enlighten us?)

[GingerCake]

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, these are her official website:

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i really want to write to her, so just i can say my encouragement in this hard time, but unfortunately i have no weibo account (curse the list which doesn't contain my country in it!)

 

i read that CJD is very successful with all her projects (novels, drama series, etc) so i think she won't start kickstarter for now. plus i think she must has some sponsors to support the series (not sure how they react toward this oh-so-called "inspection" though). but i think they won't let go this gold mine so easily, not without fights. i guess we can only wait to see the next progress?

 

ps: does anyone know how long the "inspection" is and how the casts react about this situation? (

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, perhaps you can enlighten us?)

 

I'm not sure about the inspection matter. For the casts reaction, they did not comment anything on this issue in Weibo, maybe silence is golden.

[unlove]

Hello, this is noob. Noob need you all to speak noob-ish!

 

Can someone please summarize this thread for social noobs and outcasts? I only got chunks of info out of this virtual mess. haha

 

Why was the show taken down for inspection? What's wrong with the kiss and how did it end with a takedown? I don't really understand anybody. So many CN movies and BL series have kissing scenes/sex scenes, what's wrong with this one? Somebody said something about an the uncut and cut version and the kissing scene being responsible for the mess.. ugh, i don't get it. Please, somebody summarize what happened and why! Thank you!

[mchan]

I'm not sure about the inspection matter. For the casts reaction, they did not comment anything on this issue in Weibo, maybe silence is golden.

 

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for checking

i guess the best thing they can do for now is keep silent, stay calm & not pouring oil to the fire.

wise decision thought. acting rash will only worsen the situation.

[Zeh]

There's two rumors being spread at the moment and I'm not sure which of them is the truth. The other rumor I also heard is that it was taken down due to copyright issue not due to inspection. Someone (or some station) brought the right to the series and it was taken off the sites until they sort out the copyright issue. I think since there is no official confirmation on any of these rumors, we all need to chill and wait for the official word.

[gayyoxx]

Monetary issues aside...one thing that I am wondering and also worrying about is, what impact this situation right now has on CJD, the actors and the production team.

 

I am not familiar at all with the currents in China, what it would mean for them..for their future, if they should film a second 2 even with the SARFT trouble...if they would be put on some kind of "black list" / "banned list*...or because of the fear of this..they decide not to partake in a second season.:8onion74:

 

Yah, I am concerned with this too. I hope the Chinese govt would not do those harsh things...

[Sloan]

Hello, this is noob. Noob need you all to speak noob-ish!

 

Can someone please summarize this thread for social noobs and outcasts? I only got chunks of info out of this virtual mess. haha

 

Why was the show taken down for inspection? What's wrong with the kiss and how did it end with a takedown? I don't really understand anybody. So many CN movies and BL series have kissing scenes/sex scenes, what's wrong with this one? Somebody said something about an the uncut and cut version and the kissing scene being responsible for the mess.. ugh, i don't get it. Please, somebody summarize what happened and why! Thank you!

 

Ok to make this story short and sweet. When that episode where they were supposed to kiss, Episode 11 came to broadcast. They cut these scenes out and chinese fans were furious and reacted strongly about it so one of the investors put up the uncut version on youtube, and they knew how to bypass security to view these videos, (via proxy or VPN or mobile device) and they poured these screenshots, gifs, images, etc everywhere. To keep the viewers. Then all the sudden, this.... We don't know if that uncut version was a direct cause or not. But.... it's obvious the government is feeling threatened. They took down all the videos from the broadcasting sources, such as bilibili, soku, qq, etc. Now they're broadcasting on YT. Again, I'll say this- We DON'T know if the uncut version was responsible for this mess. And Gingercake said they are being quiet for some reason. I know before, CJD refused to declare any news, such as season 2 on weibo because of the regulation agencies. We are still waiting for official news.

 

I had a talk with

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and we agreed that it is because of this drama's success. And it's scaring them. Because it is being so successful with hits and the viewers rate skyrocketed so fast, even within the first few weeks. Including this thread which has gone further than other threads ever before. It averaged more than 4,000 views a night. Now look! over 120,000 views. Not even two full months yet.

 

This morning their TY channel had only 6,000 subscribes. Now it has 14,000 subscribes!! (KEEP IT UP, baby!!)

They (govt.) probably feel intimidated, threatened, or worried that it'd be become a 'trend'. They underestimated this series. They probably thought it was like the previous CN BL but Addicted definitely has more fans than these combined!

 

I guess right now, they are trying to figure out the best outputs to broadcast while they're sorting this out.

 

There's two rumors being spread at the moment and I'm not sure which of them is the truth. The other rumor I also heard is that it was taken down due to copyright issue not due to inspection. Someone (or some station) brought the right to the series and it was taken off the sites until they sort out the copyright issue. I think since there is no official confirmation on any of these rumors, we all need to chill and wait for the official word.

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Brought the rights to the series while it's broadcasting, then take them down? Yeah, no I don't think so. Otherwise, why would they want to stop FANMEETINGS videos also!!!

[chihoe408]

Do y'all know the type of stitch to knit the red scarf. Thanks lol

[gayyoxx]

 

I had a talk with

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and we agreed that it is because of this drama's success. And it's scaring them. Because it is being so successful with hits and the viewers rate skyrocketed so fast, even within the first few weeks. Including this thread which has gone further than other threads ever before. It averaged more than 4,000 views a night. Now look! over 120,000 views. Not even two full months yet.

 

This morning their TY channel had only 6,000 subscribes. Now it has 14,000 subscribes!! (KEEP IT UP, baby!!)

They (govt.) probably feels intimidated, threatened, or worried that it'd be become a 'trend'. They underestimated this series. They probably thought it was like the previous CN BL but Addicted definitely has more fans than these combined!

 

I guess right now, they are trying to figure out the best outputs to broadcast while they're sorting this out.

 

 

I can see where you came from with this argument and indeed, Addicted is very successful to the point of attracting common crowd who usually are not interested in BL drama (well, me included!).

 

However, I hope that the Chinese govt does not take this case too seriously since govt can do terrible things against what they perceived as "subversive movement". Sorry for being grim here, but that's how politics work, maybe especially in China which put cultural integrity (and maybe homogenity?) at high priority?

 

On a lighter note: there is no chance other BL products will be this successful unless the drama/series/movies hire actors as gorgeous and talented as Johnny and Zhouzhou! LOL.

[GingerCake]

I had a talk with

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and we agreed that it is because of this drama's success. And it's scaring them. Because it is being so successful with hits and the viewers rate skyrocketed so fast, even within the first few weeks. Including this thread which has gone further than other threads ever before. It averaged more than 4,000 views a night. Now look! over 120,000 views. Not even two full months yet.

 

I agree this might be one of the factor.

It's getting more and more attention.

I remember last time when I posted this, Addicted was at number 8.

 

China Web Series Viewership Daily Chart:

Source: Vlinkage organisation weibo

[Sloan]

I agree this might be one of the factor.

It's getting more and more attention.

I remember last time when I posted this, Addicted was at number 8.

 

China Web Series Viewership Daily Chart:

 

Source: Vlinkage organisation weibo

 

HOLY S***!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111q This is NOTHING compared to this thread. ahaahahahahahaah it was in 8th place!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH LOOK AT THEM W/ TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!1111oneoneELEVEN ELEVEN!!

 

(high five every paper sister and paper brother here!)