Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong Social Media Timeline

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As a supplement to my Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong Primer, I've collected Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong's Guardian-related interactions on Weibo here.

March 23, 2018 - Guardian Casting Announcement

Bai Yu: Zhao Yunlan, reporting for duty


June 17, 2017 - Bai Yu posts celebratory emojis

Critical Note: Bai Yu always customizes the "posted from" field on his iPhone. Almost all of his Guardian posts are sent from "小澜澜的iPhone" - Xiao Lanlan's iPhone / Little Lanlan's iPhone.


July 12, 2017 - Final Day of Shooting | Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong

Official Guardian Weibo: Chief Zhao, what are you doing with Professor Shen's nameplate?

Fun Fact: Zhu Yilong's final day of filming was actually 7/13/2017, but I guess he just wanted to post on the same day as Bai Yu.


July 24, 2017 - Promoting Bai Yu's Founding of an Army Movie

Zhu Yilong: Comrade Chingchuan (Bai Yu's character), 0727, I'll see you in theatres.

Bai Yu: Stop it. My Long-ge-er.


October 18th, 2017 - Youku Announcement

Guardian is officially announced to air on Youku.

Bai Yu: Come sit?


October 21st, 2017 - Promoting Zhu Yilong's Summer of Huyang

Bai Yu: Give my Long-ge-er a call (pun on 打call - wave glow sticks for their idols)!

(This post is sent from Da Bai - a.k.a. Big Bai.)


January 12, 2018 - Trailer Teaser

Bai Yu: I heard the trailers are almost here.

Zhu Yilong: I heard this as well. It should be soon.


January 13, 2018 - Teaser Trailer

The 10-second teaser clip no longer appears to be available.

Zhu Yilong: SID's Shen Wei, Reporting for duty.

Bai Yu: SID's Zhao Yunlan, Reporting for duty.


March 26, 2018 - Guardian Full Trailer Released

It's extremely shippy.


April 16, 2018 - Zhu Yilong's Birthday

Bai Yu: Happy Birthday!

Zhu Yilong: Yu-ge.


June 4, 2018 - Flying Through Time Duet Released | Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong

Bai Yu: (quoting lyrics) Flying across time together.

Zhu Yilong: (quoting lyrics) Across Time, I stay in the same place.

Bai Yu: What are you doing standing in the same place?

Zhu Yilong: You stole "Flying across time together," so I can only take "I stay in the same place."

Official Guardian Weibo: Hahahahahahaha


June 8, 2018 - Flying Through Time Music Video Released

Bai Yu: Long-ge is the most handsome.

Zhu Yilong: Yu-ge is the most most handsome.


June 11, 2018 - PUBG Invite

Bai Yu: "Before work" vs "during work" vs "after work"

\@Zhu Yilong Long-ge, when do we play together again?

Zhu Yilong: You actually went on a motorcycle to run me over.

Bai Yu: Right. I did that on purpose. I want to let you sing a song, then help you back up.


June 17, 2018 - Weibo Awards

Zhu Yilong makes a very sincere, sweet post thanking the Weibo Awards.

Bai Yu charges in with a meme. The meme says "打call for you" - where 打call refers to the practice of people waving glowsticks at idol concerts. Here, the pun is on 巍 (from Shen Wei) vs 为 (for), and possibly also on 打 (to hit, to attack).

Zhu Yilong responds with this meme, which says 力挽狂澜 = to turn the tide, to save a critical situation. Pun on the Lan for Zhao Yunlan.


June 18, 2018 - Zhu Yilong Livestreams

Bai Yu crashes the party by buying Zhu Yilong a virtual lamborghini (one of the flashier, more expensive gifts you can buy a livestreamer). It put his name very prominently at the top for doing so.


June 19, 2018 - The Meme Wars Escalate

Zhu Yilong: Can someone help me confiscate Bai Yu’s phone? Tell him to focus on filming. (Attaches WeChat conversations with Bai Yu).

Bai Yu's meme says "I'm a livestreamer that frightens even the ghosts."

Zhu Yilong: Too fitting!

Bai Yu then sends a monkey meme that says "If I'm a mao houer (hairy monkey), will you still love me?"

Bai Yu: Hahahahahahaha. Long-ge. I'm going to die of laughter from your memes. Hahahahahaha.

Bai Yu replies to the post with a meme that says "Is anything wrong? I'm the most handsome monkey on this mountain."

Zhu Yilong responds with the 我觉得布星 meme, which I think is a play on words for "I think this is not okay."


June 21, 2018 - Bai Yu feels guilty?

Bai Yu: Am I really... a demon?

Bai Yu answers his own question, posting this meme in the comments. "Hahahahaha. Come chase me, Kunlun-jun."


June 30, 2018 - Zhu Yilong eats mangoes

For context, it's a common meme in Guardian fandom that Bai Yu looks like a mango.

Zhu Yilong: When I was eating mangos today… It felt a little cruel.

Bai Yu sends a meme that says 面面相觑 = to gaze at each other helplessly/in dismay. This is a pun on 面面, which is Ye Zun's nickname.

Zhu Yilong: I won.

Bai Yu: Are you sure? (attached picture)


July 4, 2018 - A Message to the Fans

After a ton of fans came to greet them at the airport, they sent out well-wishes/messages of concern.

Bai Yu: Don't stay out too late. Watch out for the heat.

Zhu Yilong: ❤ Received.


July 9, 2018 - Zhu Yilong's Iconic Stripping Challenge

Zhu Yilong: Indulge a little. PK (player vs player challenge)?

Bai Yu: Muay Thai?

Zhu Yilong: PK your strong suit. Five-second 👔

Bai Yu: Okay. Then it's settled. Please keep your promise!

The five-second 👔 is a reference to Bai Yu's scene in 0.5 Diors where he strips in 5 seconds.

Did Zhu Yilong really just challenge Bai Yu to a stripping contest? All signs point to yes, except for the fact that he backed out when he got called on it in interviews, so not really.


July 10, 2018 - KFC Dual Endorsements | Bai Yu & Zhu Yilong

Roughly transcribing the video: Bai Yu starts the ad by comparing Zhu Yilong to this KFC dish. "Cold/aloof on the outside, but hot/spicy on the inside. And it has a good brother (friend)!" He ends the post asking Zhu Yilong to share the dish with him.

Zhu Yilong: \@BaiYu You talkative child!

Roughly transcribing the video: He talks about how Bai Yu is a 小鲜肉 (teen idol/fresh meat), and compares Bai Yu to a KFC dish that's sweet and sour - fresh and pure and lively. And this dish happens to have a completely different tasting good brother/friend.

(idk about the fresh and pure part when it comes to Bai Yu but I'm not the one who wrote the ad.)

Bai Yu: Long-ge, give this one a taste. Ahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Zhu Yilong: Stop laughing. Is anyone spared in this?


July 23, 2018 - Bai Yu on Harpers' Bazaar

Bai Yu goofs off in the comments to the Harpers Bazaar wedding photoshoot.

Comment 1: Fanart of Zhao Yunlan pulling Ye Zun's hair

Bai Yu: Don’t bully Mianmian.

Comment 2: Gege, can I swing on your leg hairs?

Bai Yu: Of course not. You’ll pluck them off.


July 25, 2018 - Goodbye Guardian | Bai Yu (translation) & Zhu Yilong (translation)

On Bai Yu's Post:

Zhu Yilong: Click follow, don't get lost. (Link goes to picture below)

On Zhu Yilong's Post:

Bai Yu: Everyone please "like" my comment.

The meme says "My hairstyle is the flashiest and coolest, everything I say is right."


July 31, 2018 - Bai Yu is pranked

Post: I’ve been having a strange tasting drink for the past 3-4 days. Today, I looked more carefully… green mango flavor…. I want to know who arranged this…

Comment: Friends. I won’t believe this was arranged by the Gods.


August 12, 2018 - Not You, Bai Yu

In the video, Zhu Yilong thanks his fans for their support. He says every time he reads the comments on his Weibo posts, he feels a warmth in his heart.

Bai Yu: If you feel warmth… then I am reassured.

Zhu Yilong: That doesn’t include… you! Ha.


Extras:

I was too lazy to track down the original posts/dates on these.

Bai Yu watching their episode of Happy Camp.


Video: Guardian crew member teases Bai Yu (Bilibili)

Bai Yu: Little Zhuzhu... The person who just said Long-ge was--

Crew Member: Wow, is it really me?

Bai Yu: Do you have a question?

Crew Member: I want to ask you... Do you miss Long-ge?

Bai Yu: Yes. I'm always sending him chat messages.

Crew Member: But Long-ge is waiting for you. When are you going to see Long-ge?

Bai Yu: Where is Long-ge waiting for me?

Crew Member: Long-ge is waiting for you at home. He's inviting you to dinner.

Bai Yu: Ah, he's pretty busy recently. We agreed to meet when he's not as busy.

... That little Zhuzhu just then was a crew member on Guardian. Really.

Always using my Long-ge to provoke me.


And a couple of twitter videos (sorry, couldn't find a better place to host them.)

Video: Zhu Yilong encourages fans to support Bai Yu's movie, Legend of Fahai

Video: Bai Yu talks about his boyfriends (trolling)

Video: Bai Yu thinks Zhu Yilong is visiting his livestream

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