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原文 Despite strong viewership and unlocking a record-breaking 33k on Tencent’s Heat Index rankings – a measure of dramas’ popularity, “ C-drama of the year” Joy of Life 2 has been met with annoyance and criticism over rampant product ads. Netizens raised complaints over the sheer number of disruptive product ads in the drama, noting that a 47-minute episode carried as many as nine product ads running for a total of 136 seconds, which even premium pay-to-watch subscribers were unable to skip, leaving many exasperated. As an adaptation of the novel Joy of Life by Mao Ni, viewers also voiced out how the incongruency of parts of the sequel made the drama seem like an “embarrassing comedy”, and suggested that it should have adhered to the original. The genre-bending story, a cocktail of various elements from comedy to espionage which secured the first season’s success, sees male lead Fan Xian returns to the capital after encountering a fake death, but second p
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