I have questions about Desire4 and you seem to know a lot so can I ask you?
Did they become a group because the drama was so popular or was that planned before?
Is the idea to just be a boy band now or some kind of hybrid of boy band/actors?
Stupid question: I assume they don't live together so do you know what happens to the dogs when they aren't filming? Do they actually belong to the crew or are those really their dogs? Is there a custody agreement?
Hi there! So glad to come across fellow D4 fans!!
Qs 1: Starting off with the boy group question: the whole boy group thing was actually done for many reasons, one of the major reasons being to avoid the censorship crackdown. If they had remained as just say bl actors, the censorship would definitely have tried to yeet them some way or the other. So they formed a boy grp! That way, they can perform at various shows, meet there fans irl regularly and also because all of them are really good at singing. They're always actively taking various classes to improve their talents and the results can obviously be seen from their performances and various song releases over the months.
Also, for the actor part of it, it takes quite some time to find a suitable plot and script that actors like, then adjusting the script, read throughs, workshops, finalising locations and all of that. So working simultaneously as a boyband keeps them active in the industry, increases engagement and draws in new fans, keeps the existing fans happy and also they get to work and not just be idle. The popularity of them drama definitely aided the process of them turning into a boy group and of course, many matrices and months of careful planning must have been involved before taking such a big decision. And they also have many things planned out for the upcoming months!
Qs 2: they definitely are going to act in more dramas and it has been confirmed by all four of them and NongJian (their company's CEO / the authors & directors of Desire) themselves!! NJ also posted a few months ago that they went scouting for new filming locations and are working on finding drama scripts. So they'll definitely be functioning as a hybrid actors-boygroup, like the tpop groups Lykn and Dexx, and then typically we also have several kpop groups whose members are also in the acting industry.
Another important thing is that, as confirmed for Eliot Huang and Kipuka Qiu, they will be acting as fixed pairs from now. As you may know, this fixed pair was established by them and their companies last year. I think the same holds for Ocean Jiang and Seeky Li, although they haven't announced a fixed pair for them as of yet. The thing to keep in mind here is that it's very difficult to get back to mainstream acting in c-enterntainment once you've acted in an uncensored bl, so the rest of the fans, including me, are pretty sure that they'll be acting as fixed pairs from now onwards. And they've been subtly yet quite directly emphasising this since last year.
EDIT: for JiangLi, they have agreed for a second collab but didn't say anything about being a fixed pair as of yet. So we'll have to wait and find out if they will be working as fixed pairs or not but they definitely should be working as a pair in the second collab.
Qs 3: as for them living together, I don't know about JiangLi but XingQiu definitely do live together because they've very openly spoken about this on several occasions lol. JiangLi did also live together last year so I suppose they still do but then again I'm not sure.
Coming to the pets: yes, the dogs are their's, they're not the crews! XingQiu have adopted a cat and both their cat and their dog live with them!! For JiangLi, if they live together then their dog also lives with them. If they don't, then their dog definitely should live with Ocean (I actually couldn't catch up with a lot of JiangLi content and XingQiu content as well in the middle because I was swamped with uni 😭 but If I do get to know more about the living arrangements, I'll definitely let you know).
So yeah, their pets are their's, not the crew's. As for the details of whether they leave them at pet's daycare or something while they work, they haven't disclosed the details of that so we don't know. But they have pretty good arrangements I assume because their pets are very healthy and very affectionate towards all of them as we can see in their recent vlogs.
Here are some really cute pet pics!!!
JiangLi even took Lele to a duo brand endorsement live!!! (Their top left pic is from that day)
This got very long hope that answers all your questions! Feel free to ask me any other questions that you have!
Also, just a note: there are a lot of saesangs and stalkers who have doxxed their homes and hotel accommodations so they don't really share about the living arrangements anymore. I think it's better that way cuz they had to change their dorms thrice within span of 2 months because of these stalkers 😔
The only reason why I can for sure tell you about XingQiu's living arrangements is because they quite openly talked about them living together with their pets.
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