Link Click Musical update 163
First week of 'Soul of basketball' event π₯π, part 3
(sports anime arc nobody expected)
Let's go!
April 21st, night: Wang Yifei, Guo Hongxu, Deng Xianling
π Match resulted in 16:19 score, ghx won and set a new highest score π he was very humble about it:
β¬ Deng Xianling was being very cute :>
β¬ Wang Yifei and Deng Xianling leaving the theatre bc I love their style (Dengdeng's fits are usually this cute tbh)
April 22nd: Shu Rongbo, Du Guangyi, Cai Lu
On Monday the theatre's score board got updated an just... look:
'How did this happen?' you may ask... Well, we've established Du Guangyi isn't trying to win. Look, he's proud of his 0 points β¬
But how does the baby, cast's honorary little brother, Shu 'Shmol' Rongbo Bobi score mf 36 points??
Thanks to our kind twitter correspondents (BΕ and Fanny π) we know exactly what went down β
So srb told dgy that he had just one performance this month (his only chance to gather points π₯Ί) so dgy let him win and even helped. How exactly? Apparently Du Guangyi just picked Shu Rongbo up and he slamdunked all the points like:
I had to at least try reconstructing it bc I CAN'T WITH THEM π₯Ίπ
dream team π
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applause for the current leader
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lc musical clip list pt.4! i'm calling this one, the birthday special!!
(pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, and pt.5 here)
Why is this the birthday special, well because of this:
51. 28/02/2024, Happy BDay Guo Hongxu! I don't usually upload promovid but uhh he's so cool in this one so, here. Sidenote, Shu Rongbo is very hyper and cute this performance. And Qian Anqi's cute english plss i love her.
52. 03/03/2024 night, Happy BDay Zuo Yiping! Watch also, Cao Muzhi penguin walk across the table, Wu Yihan please watch your steps and don't poke other people's cake!!
(funny coincidence, I happen to watch a Santa Lucia/Mio Fratello clip of Cao Muzhi-Wu Yihan just a couple days before this)
53. 10/03/2024 night, Happy Bday Shu Rongbo and Wu Yihan!! Hehe the way Qian Anqi knocks their heads together and insisted to sing them happy birthday is so cute. Wu Yihan said 'Happy Birthday' before their customary Guiding Light hug. And pls someone translate (or at least transcribed) the closing speech for me, there's a lot of laughing involved, I'm curious. Also, have this bonus stage door clip.
Some funfacts. Since last year they play in the same 4 musicals including Link Click and out of those 4 plays they shared 2 roles. Shu Rongbo played a total of 9 roles while Wu Yihan played 7. (Yes, I am at that level of hyperfixation)
54. 11/03/2024, HBD Teng Chunpeng! LMAO It's you, so of course your promo video would be great! His face during the sofa choreo though. And why are both him and Du Guangyi stomping and jumping on the table so hard. You menaces, please you're gonna break it. The couch trio is also looking cute behind them.
Moving on from the birthdays starting with this special one,
55. 11/03/2024 Valentine's day special, <- Official ver. Forgive my language TENG CHUNPENG DU GUANGYI YOU FCKING TEASE! YOU GEM OF A HUMAN BEING! Have this fancam with the superior angle.
(This makes Du Guangyi the first and only actor who have played all 3 roles in that scene. Congrats!)
56. Special Encore rehearsals/BTS! Special mentions to Teng Chunpeng's fashion sense, Wu Yihan's cute act, Ding Xingchen's falling wig, Zhang Jiahao's IDGAF mood, and Wang Minhui's violent tendencies.
57. 26/02/2024, when I say Cai Qi and Wang Minhui have the best dynamic, this is what I meant.
58. 29/02/2024, watch Ji Xiaokun and Guo Hongxu's "Oi!" "Oi."
59. 01/03/2024, Look at them stumbling through singing "Guiding Light" and it's a Wu Yihan-Shu Rongbo duo which means hug! Also Wu Yihan, why are you a menace at holding hands, this time with Zou Ziyue.
60. 03/03/2024 day, why is there a piglet??? Why are you seasoning the piglet??? Why are you stepping on the piglet?? Why is the piglet bowing?? piglet??
61. 04/03/2024, Bai Zhuoming being extra sassy and playful on the couch makes me so happy. Of course Cai Lu also becomes playful in response. Typical Guiding Light mistake also causes Wang Minhui to crack.
62. 07/03/2024, Guo Hongxu putting up the wrong foot and stumbling on the sofa choreo.
63. 07/03/2024, same performance as above, Ji Xiaokun being annoying <3. When other pairs hug, they wrestle.
64. 10/03/2024 day, Mooom! Cai Qi and Wang Minhui are fighting instead of doing rock-paper-scissors again.
65. 09/03/2024 day, uuuhh Wu Yihan sitting on the counter like that with those lights and shadows during Guiding Light is creepy.
66. 09/03/20204 night, love me some Du Guangyi shenanigans, the way he just gives up on the handshake and walk off the table plss and him teasing Deng Xianling during the closing speech. Speaking of, she brings out the bat and forces their arms to form the heart. Then there's Bai Zhuoming being cute and the little shimmy dance he does.
67. 09/03/2024 night, bonus to the one above. Du Guangyi last minute adlib was unexpected but very enjoyable. Also, I love the contrast between his and Bai Zhuoming's tutting.
That's all for now!
Bonus clip with Bai Zhuoming! The song "Number 7" from "Fan Letter" musical is really good, I'm obssesed. But special performance where they're joined by their alternate cast? And his alternate cast is, Shu Rongbo? Even better!! They're kinda in their own world too. Here's a close up. Their voices go so well together!
(I swear they're playing something on that paper, and that makes it 3 musicals I know where they share the same role. Is it time I made a venn diagram?)
so at which point do i admit this brainrot is slowly but surely turning from linkclick focused to actor focused?
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K I N G S
Shu Rongbo and Wu Yihan 's birthdays were yesterday and I'm a bit late, but still wanted to draw them in crowns
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Different flavors of musical <3
Ji Xiaokun and Guo Hongxu. Sometimes we get a hug and sometimes we get a tsundere elbow nudge, and both are good.
That hug is from the 29th. Wu Yihan and Shu Rongbo. But this blurry video is the only image of the jump hug that got captured! Someone in the audience yelled for them to hug. Edit: better video acquired: http://xhslink.com/HgEpAE
Cai Lu gets bubble gun rights for blowing bubbles around Ji Xiaokun and Guo Hongxuβs bestie handshake.
Iβm ecstatic we finally have a visual for the βdifficult ribbon throwingβ people keep talking about. Thank you Du Guangyi for demonstrating stellar skills.
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somebody on twt pointed that out and I almost spilled my drink brooo what is even anything atp
Shu Rongbo and Wu Yihan have no chill i love them sm
oh yea I played around with it in ps to make the photo look even more similar, but here's original:
Miss producer I'm begging you, post this in better resolution, my mental health depends on it π
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Link Click Musical content 122 πβ¨
(Spring Festival livestream summary, links to both songs in replies )
"Words can't convey the love"
Wu Yihan, Shu Rongbo, Wu Hanglu, Zhou Bobo
It's basically about CXS struggling through a heart failure to confess as Cheng Xiao and LG doing his best to make the atmosphere romantic (but also nagging him like hell).
LG: 'Cheng Xiao wrote a short essay about what he wanted to say.'
In the end he fails and dashes away ><
LG: 'Is it so difficult to say the words "I like you"?' (the audacity)
"The Faith of Friendship/Friendship's Faith"
Cai Qi, Wang Minhui, Cai Lu, Li Zexi, Zhu Jiayan
NOW I HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU β€ My twt friend, @/Elaraqwq made english subtitles for this song ππππ I'll link it in replies SO GO WATCH IT πββοΈπ₯
I'm just going to add context for this one part, because you need to fully understand how heartbreaking it is π
1st is Xiaoshi's iconic line, after which Lu Guang goes silent, then sings what's on 2nd pic:
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S BRUTAL? At one of stage door clips Wang Minhui says, his LG saw CXS die already π
How does Lu Guang not break down and cry everytime Cheng Xiaoshi speaks is beyond me...
So there you have it π I'm going to go lie down now, but first, let's thank our lovely cast members for todayπππ
Oh! It's Cai Qi's birthday today, so have more of the b-day boi π₯π
:'>
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Link Click Musical update 149
(March 21-24 performances summary, part 2)
Follow up, starting with
March 23rd, night: Shu Rongbo, Wu Yihan, Qian Dongyue, Zou Ziyue, Xu Fangxing
The only photos from that day were posted by the actors themselves >< Seems like they were having fun taking photos of each other ^^'
β¬ those 2 photos are especially dear to me, bless you Zou Ziyue for the one with matching outfits π the other one was posted by wyh first and the actors were being cute asf in the comments <3 like:
srb: 'wuhu wΓΊhΓΊ [tornado emoji]', wyh: 'brother bobi', Li Zexi: 'You two look so good β€', zzy:'I think my photos are better'
plsss ππ
March 24th, noon: Ji Xiaokun, Guo Hongxu, Cai Lu
Guo Hongxu came back from a health break ^^ There are quite a few clips from that day, check them out if you wanna see ghx get stuck on 'Dive back in time' lyrics and jxk reaction ><'
β¬ these photos were taken by Ji Xiaokun with a camera from the audience ^^
Look at this dorky sd photo π₯Ί π
March 24th, night: Zhao Muzhi, Zhu Hanbin, Wu Hanglu
I strongly recommend you watch this encore! It has:
CXS looses rock, paper, scissors despite cheating and bluescreens >< LG uhh kinda...caresses his face to make him snap back to reality.
he's locked in
Oh yes, Zhu Hanbin did whole encore wearing his shirt inside out >< Wu Hanglu points it out after they're done with last song.
*btw I need to check, how do we write Muzhi's surname? Bc atp I've seen 3 versions: 'Cao', 'Zhao' and 'Tsao'. I use 'Zhao', Sael uses 'Cao' and on weibo I've seen a meme signed with 'Tsao'. WHICH ONE IS IT?
Anyway, he did a lot of cute and funny faces, but I couldn't fit them all in this post ;w; I'll post them later~
k bye bye :*
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Link Click Musical update 141 π₯³π§‘π
(it's Shu Rongbo AND Wu Yihan's birthday! Have trivia abt them)
Check Encore Musicals weibo for the birthday clip π₯³π
Since you were curious about Shu Rongbo & I already had Wu Yihan trivia on hand, I thought their birthday would be a perfect time to share it all ππ§‘
Big thanks to my sweet @chocolatexiaoshi who researched Shu Rongbo on my request π
(side note: srb is a young, rising actor, so sorry that the amount of information I have here isn't proportional :< )
Shu Rongbo (23 yo)
Born in 2001, March 10th, in Leshan in Sichuan Province
Graduated from Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts in 2018
audience members compliment his beautiful voice and acting skills that noticeably improved over the course of LC Musical
since he's from Sichuan, where the earthquake actually happened his CXS is praised for wanting to 'fullfil regrets very conscientiously'; meaning his performance during the earthquake plotline feels authentic for the audience
he used to play Stevie in Mio Fratello musical (the mafia one where WYH plays Sonny Boy & lady Florence), turns out the picture below is from his last performance of that character (not a uni graduation like I thought first ^^')
Intermission: This glorious pictures are from srb's weibo. It was a photoshoot for 'Love' /#ι³δΉε§θ΄η±# musical. They (and Bai Zhuoming too btw) play the same character.
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Wu Yihan (27 yo)
his mbti type is INFP
Wang Haonan, friend from Mio Fratello cast, did a Q&A with him. Through an abysmal method of screenshotting chinese subtitles and image translating I've learned that: he isn't fond of doing 'stage door (sd)' interviews and usually prefers to go home immediately after the performance (I'm not 100% confident what he said, I'll link the video so you can try fact check it)
he has a cat named YΗoε¬ (which I think means 'Bite'); wyh's friend was catsitting him once and posted those pictures, saying the cat sleeps just like his owner.
to which WYH replied with this:
+ other actor friends commented these:
(idk I just loved this exchange)
he smokes (don't smoke kids, it'll never be as aesthetic as WYH anyway)
Okay, so atp there aren't many posts from their March 10th night performance, bc it ended not too long ago and now it's a late night in China >< I'll make another post about it when I gather enough materials o7
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Link Click Musical update 125
(backlog, the most π«£π³π
β¨photos with the actors you requested)
Disclaimer??: I'm asexual, and call people 'hot' mostly as a joke. Honestly, I don't have a good feel for what's attractive in people, so sorry if you expected more (I tried my best to feed you) ><
On the other hand, I promise this post has no intent to objectify the actors and is just to appreciate them π I'm sure it was a given for you, but since the musical involves real people I'd rather be extra careful to be respectful :>
β¬ Wang Minhui β¨People seem to like his dancing moves (and arms, especially the arms. fair)
β¬ Teng Chunpeng <3
β¬ Shu Rongbo (the first photo? he posted it on his weibo >>)
β¬ Ji Xiaokun (Quarri I'm sorry there's so little, I'll add more next time)
β¬ Wu Yihan (@saelterlude sent me a cute clip with him, so check the replies for a link to click)
And finally, an extra treat ^u^ My darlings, I present you Wu Yihan as Florence from ζ‘ε‘ι²ηͺδΊ/Mio Fratello musical π
β¨It took an immense brainrot and luck to learn about the existence of this character. And a lot of time to find at least one picture of her π€ Huge thanks to @chocolatexiaoshi for help with researching π
I went down this rabbit hole and thought it may be interesting for my fellow Wu Yihan enjoyers π Sorry for the huge offtop ><'
About 'Mio Fratello', it's a long term musical with small cast (like LC play), in that case 3 actors. It's a story about Italian mafia combining the present with flashback elements?? Wu Yihan actually plays the mafia boss, Sonny Boy. That is his main character:
Florence is a different character from the past memories/flashback part. So Wu Yihan plays her bc they only have 3 actors. The reason it's so hard to find pictures of him in this costume, despite him still performing in Mio Fratello, is that Florence appears in the main plot. And as we've learned with LC musical, we only get to see the encore recordingsπ
But I saw people praise his depiction of Florence, saying it was 'really visible (he) studied carefully what is a cute girl like' yet there were 'no common stereotypes for female characters' π imo? another reason to love this guy π
*Oh, trivia! Currently, Zhao Muzhi also plays in Mio Fratello. And Shu Rongbo used to as well (he doesn't anymore). They did different characters.
k byeee πββοΈπ
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Link Click Musical content 120
(it's been a busy time, so let's do a summary)
Because of Chinese New Year holidays, the musical is currently on a break π²π There were just a few last performances and now they're resting π However, some extra content came out, so let's go through it (all video links in replies as always :*)!
LC Musical got media coverage on CCTV (Chinese Central Television - main national tv station in China). It was a short material promoting the play and the theatre, you can actually watch it on Encore Musicals' weibo and bilibili. The stageplay has gained popularity since the premiere and more people are visiting Shanghai to see it. So this news piece is basically a big shout out and a recommendation π
Another video on Encore Musicals bilibili (and 1st pic at the top of my post) is from when the whole musical crew was drawing red envelopes 𧧠(I didn't know this tradition, so I added the wiki for you too^). Basically Zhang Jiahao and Wang Minhui drew the best gifts and were happy about it ^^
I already posted abt Wang Minhui's vlog with rehearsal scenes, but thanks to @chocolatexiaoshi π explanations and translations from @/Elaraqwq and @/bhd322418 on twt π, I can tell you about some fun details about it ^^
β¬ So yea, here Cai Qi really says: "Coincidentally, I'm single too. If you want, I'll be your first boyfriend."
β¬ here Cai Qi starts singing CXS's main plot song "Words can't convey the love", then it cuts to Wang Minhui singing the rest (best thing is, we'll get to see that song performed by Shu Rongbo and Wu Yihan on Feb 10th livestream).
β¬ then he talks about the books they have in sunroom shelves. He points out how the books are all about how to become wealthy and sucessful, with titles like: 'It's performance that counts', 'Project Management Practices', 'Conscientiousness trumps competence', 'Corporate Strategy and Risk Management'. Like, the book he's holding in 2nd pic is written by Jack Ma Jun, 4th wealthiest person in China, you get the vibe... It's such a funny touch and shows attention to details by the crew designing the set β€ I love the idea of our broke indebted boys having a library of economy coaching books ><'
β¬ (okay... okay, you got this Niebo) Then this part. Wang Minhui is singing a song from another musical (η½ε€θΏ½εΆ roughly translated as 'Chasing the murderers day and night') in which they played as twins. Minhui played the older brother who was an experienced policeman.
In order to solve the case, Minhui's character tried to rewrite the psychology of the perpetrator, that's what this song is about. Like he was just imagining the interrogation. So Cai Qi is reenacting what Minhui is singing. It is not the actual choreography to that song π
Okay, that's all I had to share about the vlog, thank you Mr Wang Minhui π§ββοΈ
From minor news, Encore Musicals announced they'll be auditioning for LC Musical cast. It's probably connected to how it's a long-term stage and they'll need more actors. According to choco-xiaoshi, musicals like this can go on for a year or longer, depending on how well the tickets sell. And for now LC stage is selling well π
They also posted the performace schedule for March, with special events marked. And yes, Shu Rongbo and Wu Yihan have birthdays on the same day, March 10th and will be performing then π
Also Liao Jingyuan and Cai Lu posted these pictures:
To finish this post off, have this Rock, Paper, Scissors sequence between Bai Zhuoming and Wu Yihan. It's not recent, but I like it and wanted to post all the pics together but always reached photo limit before I could ><
it's missing Wu Yihan hours fr
Okie, hope you had fun ^^ remember to make use of a masterlist~
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Link Click Musical update 148
(March 21-24 performances summary, part 1)
β¬ Schedule we're gonna cover today :> Split in parts because it's been an eventful time β¨
As you can see there's been slight changes in cast. Which lowkey freaked me out. One day I was whining on twt how the shared birthday was the last time we got to see Wu Yihan and Shu Rongbo perform together, bc in new schedule they share no dates. And literally a day after, theatre announces that, for health reasons, Guo Hongxu is going to be replaced by Wu Yihan. A DAY later, Ding Xingchen has a fever and theatre announces that Shu Rongbo will be replacing him. So there were 2 extra wyh&srb performances, but at what cost π
From official announcements: on March 29th Encore Musicals is doing an event where audience members will be able to explore the LC set backstage :'>
Links to videos in replies: rehearsal video from Cai Lu π(a treat for Ji Xiaokun & Guo Hongxu dynamics enjoyers) β¨, Zhu Hanbin&Jing Yanqiao performance on tv talent show
March 21st : Shu Rongbo, Wu Yihan
There was barely anything posted from that performance (which is understandable, since most ppl were going to see ghx and the replacement was on a short notice, but I'm still sad) π HOWEVER, I've stumbled upon a twitter account (@/yyl1995) that posted this:
It seems that person behind the acc is actually working as a part of LC Musical crew, I think as a sound technician? Like:
(yea that's tcp in the bg aight, I'd recognise his drip from miles away)
And I think that's very cool of them to share such an important video with us. If it wasn't for them, we would never see that sweet hug π Much love πππ
^the only photos I could find from that day
March 22nd: Jing Yanqiao, Zhu Hanbin
Do you guys recognise Jing Yanqiao? I don't think I mentioned him since his debut stage ;w; I was gathering materials to make a focus post abt him, but he appears so rarely that I barely have anything. Only these old pics from January >< Soo that's him:
Thanks to @saelterlude π we know, that he's the youngest in whole cast (20yo) and still a student (which is prob a reason he doesn't have time to perform a lot). Fun fact, that he and Zhu Hanbin already performed together in City of Musicals s2 (a music talent TV show), you can watch it on yt ^^
Other than that, there weren't many pictures from that day either :<
I love this one sm, he said ':)'
March 23rd: Wang Yifei, Zhu Hanbin, Deng Xianling
Truly wonderful encore, described in detail by Sael in their post π
Such a non-threathening QL π
mkay see ya in next part :*
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