PART 1 – ADDRESSING GAME TIME:
[Note: Mobile app MOBA game in the drama is ‘Honor of Kings’ a.k.a. outside China ‘Arena of Valor’]
To address viewer concerns about the drama showing too much of the Mobile App Gameplay, I went the trouble to provide the timestamps [included the calculation of how many minutes that amounts to] for each episode where the contents have ANY cast member either engaging in gameplay or even JUST discussing any gameplay, so you can judge for yourselves.
At the time I am posting it Tencent has only released up to Episode 26. I will update as other episodes become available:
EP. 1: [@11:40 ~ 18:40]; [@19:14 ~ 29:50]; [@32:55 ~ 37:34] = 22 mins 15 sec
EP. 2: [@1:35 ~ 13:25]; [@17:05 ~ 17:25]; [@20:00 ~ 20:12]; [@26:18 ~ 30:35] = 16 mins 39 sec
EP. 3: [@1:35 ~ 12:05]; [@16:05 ~ 18:55]; [@27:40 ~ 31:00] = 16 mins 40 sec
EP. 4: [@1:35 ~ 8:00]; [@11:30 ~ 16:55]; [@18:30 ~ 22:05]; [@23:00 ~ 25:30] = 17 mins 55 sec
EP. 5: [@4:40 ~ 7:30]; [@12:45 ~ 13:00]; [@14:10 ~ 14:23]; [@18:40 ~ 19:00]; [@29:00 ~ 29:20] = 3 mins 58 sec
EP. 6: [@5:20 ~ 10:40]; [@12:40 ~ 13:20]; [@17:12 ~ 17:35]; [@21:00 ~ 27:20]; [@ 29:15 ~ 30:35] = 14 mins 3 sec
EP. 7: [@6:30 ~ 7:30]; [@26:00 ~ 30:28] = 5 mins 28 sec
EP. 8: [@14:50 ~ 15:26]; [@15:55 ~ 19:00]; [@23:55 ~ 24:40]; [@27:04 ~ 31:45] = 9 mins 52 sec
EP. 9: = 0
EP. 10: [@23:35 ~ 23:45]; [@27:30 ~ 28:25]; [@28:50 ~ 32:00] = 4 mins 15 sec
EP. 11: [@1:35 ~ 4:00]; [@24:27 ~ 25:20]; [@26:00 ~ 30:50] = 8 mins 8 sec
EP. 12: [@1:35 ~ 5:20]; [@20:15 ~ 22:20]; [@25:35 ~ 25:50]; [@26:50 ~ 30:00] = 10 mins
EP. 13: [@1:35 ~ 2:45]; [@3:50 ~ 31:35] [Episode includes 1st ½ of ‘Honor of Kings’ Event] = 28 mins 55 sec
EP. 14: [@1:45 ~ 29:52] [Episode includes 2nd ½ of ‘Honor of Kings’ Event] = 28 mins 7 sec
EP. 15: [@13:30 ~ 14:50] = 1 min 20 sec
EP. 16: = 0
EP. 17: = 0
EP. 18: = 0
EP. 19: = 0
EP. 20: [@33:04 ~ 33:08] = 4 sec
EP. 21: [@7:30 ~ 9:40]; [@22:25 ~ 23:45] = 3 mins 30 sec
EP. 22: = 0
Ep. 23: [@9:00 ~ 11:05] = 2 mins 5 sec
EP. 24: [@28:35 ~ 32:35]; [@33:40 ~ 35:30] = 5 mins 50 sec
EP. 25: = 0
EP. 26: = 0
EP. 27: = 0
EP. 28: = 0
EP. 29: = 0
EP. 30: = 0
EP. 31: = 0
EP. 32: = 0
COMPLETE TOTAL OF TIME SPENT ON EVEN MENTIONING THE GAME WITHIN THE DRAMA:
3 hrs 19 mins 4 sec
out of a total 18.7 hrs of drama time over 32 episodes
PART 2 – ADDRESSING YU TU’S FINANCES:
There were many questions and research regarding the true reality of Yu Tu’s financial dilemma and how much he makes. In the end, there was a group who work in the field of aerospace who posted on Weibo to address this. They said that the drama actually portrays aerospace engineers and the work really very accurately, including how much Yu Tu is making in salary. The aerospace group even noted the drama production team’s attention to details, in that, the books in the bookshelves at Yu Tu’s house are books that an aerospace engineer would have for reading.
More succinctly is that, with aerospace workers confirmation, the drama clearly sets out Yu Tu’s financial situation, worries, and decision-making with the dialogue between Yu Tu and Zhai Liang in Ep. 2.
BELOW CONTAINS SPOILERS:
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[Yu Tu and Zhai Liang on the balcony at Yu Tu’s home]:
~Zhai Liang: Your house is quite far from the town. The traffic was smooth the last time I came here. This time, I was stuck in a traffic jam, and it took me one and a half hours.
Yu Tu: It’s near to my workplace. I visit the town not more than a few times in a year.
Zhai Liang: If you’re going to work at Lujiazui, are you going to sell this house?
Yu Tu: We’ll See how it goes. When are you going to Shenzhen?
Zhai Liang: I will officially start working after the New Year.
Yu Tu: Don’t you want to go home?
Zhai Liang: Later. For now, I’ll enjoy my free time here. If I go home, they will definitely pressure me to get married. They will arrange blind dates for me. Also, I haven’t told them about my resignation. They will be furious if they find out. Didn’t you go home a few days ago? How did you break the news to your parents?
Yu Tu: I haven’t told them anything.
Zhai Liang: You only stayed there for two days. Why? Why are you hesitating? A job that pays you a million yuan a year and a taxing job that pays you only a quarter of that. Yet, you can’t make up your mind? Is it that difficult?
[Note: ¼ of $1M CNY = $250K CNY = $ 38595.73 USD]
Yu Tu: No one pays me a million yuan a year.
Zhai Liang: Why not? When you got your degree, you received so many offer letters. If you had accepted either one of those offers, you’d now be earning millions of yuan annually. You’re silly to have chosen to work in an aerospace company. Even if you’ve earned yourself a doctorate degree, and been burning yourself out, you’re still earning so little. If you hadn’t done research, and earned yourself a bonus how could you have afforded paying your mortgage? Living your life like this, you’ve wasted your intelligence.
