I post what I want to post because as I’ve said before, I’m not going to back off when someone tries to use…
Then again, if any CZY fans want to watch some romance, maybe Chasing Dreams will be the one 😂 Now we just have to pray that they don’t ruin it with a weak script or poor directing again because C-dramas somehow love shooting themselves in the foot like that.
The individual Fusheng wrap-up video posted by CZY’s studio has already reached 11 million views in just one…
I post what I want to post because as I’ve said before, I’m not going to back off when someone tries to use CZY as a stepping stone or uses black-marketing tactics against him. I really hate that kind of behavior to the core!
Zhao lusi I am dying to see them again!! Are director blind why they do not cast them again 😭
Right!!! HL is still appearing on international charts even after three years! 😭 This drama just keeps coming back to life again and again because ZLS and CZY were seriously a match made in heaven in this drama!!
I would LOVE to see them in a drama that spans both modern and historical setting, something with fantasy elements maybe produced by Youku because I think Youku can be really good at fantasy dramas when they do them properly.
But now, ZLS is basically her own boss now and can even produce her own projects, lol 😂 She’s too powerful! the queen herself! 👑 She’s still my most beloved actress in C-ent and I genuinely want to see her come back with a really good project. And if one day she reunites with CZY... I would be so happy 😭❤️
Which fl you want with chen zheyuan in his next drama? I want lu yuxiao or bai lu.
I want a male-centric drama 😭 I’m so tired of seeing ML and FL fandoms start fighting the moment a new drama is announced.
But if I could choose one actress for him, it would still be ZLS. Okay, her fandom can be intense sometimes 😂 but I don’t know... I just really want her back, and if she could star with CZY again someday that would honestly be so nice.
Out of all of CZY’s dramas, HL might not be my most favorite because I’m not really that into romance. But even so, their relationship felt so natural and they suited each other so well. It’s probably the only romance drama I can rewatch just to see this beautiful couple together. It has such a comforting, easy-to-rewatch feeling and I think a lot of people feel the same way.
The individual Fusheng wrap-up video posted by CZY’s studio has already reached 11 million views in just one day which is quite impressive considering it isn’t even an official trailer. It’s simply a video made by his studio, but it does a great job of showcasing CZY’s acting skills.
The funny thing is that CZY and his team don’t even seem to know how to market a drama 😂 They hardly ever push hot searches, trending topics, or CP hype at all... as expected. Even CZY himself posted photos with WCR like they were just normal friends 😅 Meanwhile, the SML’s side seems to be pushing his CP with WCR really hard on Weibo 🤣🤣 It was trending almost all day and their scenes together were everywhere. From what I’m seeing on Weibo, it honestly feels like his team really wants to push him into the spotlight as much as possible 🙃 It actually reminds me of what I saw during POJ when his side also seemed to heavily promote his CP with the SFL (Those toxic relationships??!! Come on !!). This time, I can already imagine the same kind of competition happening again especially because CZY’s team is so weak when it comes to this kind of marketing 😂 They rarely buy trending searches, don’t aggressively push CP and CZY himself has always treated his female co-stars simply as co-stars rather than trying to create shipping moments.
I guess this is just another C-ent marketing tactic we have to get used to. Instead of focusing mainly on acting, the story, directing, and overall production quality, so much attention gets poured into social-media trends and selling CP chemistry 🥱 And the tactics the SML’s team uses to push those trending searches are so repetitive too, like “handsome man and beautiful woman,” “perfect height difference,” and all the usual CP buzzwords 😂 It’s honestly not innovative at all. Sometimes it feels like actors can’t even get attention for their acting anymore unless their team keeps selling a CP with the same recycled phrases over and over again.
Meanwhile, CZY’s team just lets his acting speak for itself 😂 They simply posted his wrap-up video on his studio account without buying hot searches or chasing social-media attention and it still managed to garner more than 11 million views. So at least, CZY has some fans who don't care about CP with FL just like me.
So CZY fans, be prepared 😂 Fusheng may be another drama where the SML gets heavily promoted through his CP with WCR, so we’ll probably see the usual comments about “chemistry,” “romance,” and CP all over again. For me, I’m just going to focus on CZY’s acting and ignore most of the CP or romance discussion around the drama. I feel like this guy’s team should focus on finding him a good drama where he can be the ML instead of constantly trying to “flip the table,” use the SML role as a stepping stone, and grab the spotlight through aggressive marketing using a lot of money and buy attention.
I really hope CZY's next project is more male-centric or some action/suspense with no romance drama because I’m honestly getting tired of romance dramas already. I just don’t care that much about the romance anyway.
Fated Hearts S2 rumors are swirling in my threads algorithm is there any truth to it by any chance.i love FH soo…
I also love FH. It has a good director, a solid production team, great co-stars, and a good script... The only bad thing is that it’s airing on iqiyi... lol 😂
Man!! I just read on X that CZY didn’t get off work until 4 AM!!! How dedicated is he to this drama?!
And because it was Qixi Festival, he even gave roses to the fans who were still waiting for him to finish work at 4 in the morning??? Like... seriously?? 😭🌹 I don’t know who I want to praise first....the man who worked hard for his job, the fans who were still patiently waiting that late just to see him for probably only a few minutes or the man who then gave those fans roses on Chinese Valentine’s Day at 4 in the morning! 🫠
This man is naturally romantic himself! If a drama casts CZY as the ML but somehow fails to make use of that natural romantic charm of his, then that’s your loss, C-ent!! 😂😭
niceeee! Less noise doesnt mean it didnt do well. Both actors fandom just chose less violence unlike others.🙄🙄
This production team was broke from start...no wonder.
Talking about it, a lot of dramas have been ruined recently because some production teams seem to just burn through the budget and then throw low-quality dramas at the audience, as if viewers will accept anything they produce.
But after the government warned the industry this year about the need to improve drama quality and with platform stocks dropping badly, maybe they’re finally starting to wake up. From what I’ve seen while stalking Weibo, platforms also seem to be more cautious about approving new drama projects now which they absolutely should be.
They should also stop relying so heavily on connections and allowing unskilled people to handle expensive long-form productions. That doesn’t mean newcomers shouldn’t be given opportunities, of course. Let them start with smaller projects first, gain experience, learn from their mistakes and improve their skills before being trusted with a huge-budget drama.
As for directors or production teams that have already worked on many projects but still show no improvement and continue producing careless, low-quality work... maybe platforms really should stop giving them big projects. At some point, experience should actually lead to better work.
Chasing Dreams already has more than 2.2 million reservations on just one platform, even without much pre-promotion and with only a few trailers, which is honestly quite good. It has also been appearing at the top of the most-anticipated drama charts from time to time recently, so clearly there are audiences waiting for it.
Just wait a little longer. Time flies fast and hopefully they’ll air it very soon! 🤞😊
Maybe it’s reasonable to wait another month since ZJY and CZY both had dramas airing recently. Sometimes CP fans still stay attached to the pairing from the drama that just finished airing. I’m talking about Love for You lol , SWL and ZJY had really good chemistry there, so airing Chasing Dreams immediately afterward might clash a bit with the existing CP fandom 😅
Welcome to the C-ent industry 👏👏 , the industry that LOVES adapting really good novels only to ruin the adaptation by cutting out the best parts and adding filler or completely unnecessary scenes instead. Then they waste the time of the actor for... for what?!?! Some hidden agenda???
Out of 1.4 billion people in China, why does it feel so rare to find a decent scriptwriter and a good production team?
Do they really expect good results after turning the ML into what feels like a supporting character in his own drama...? Like, seriously? At this point, what can we even expect from them?
niceeee! Less noise doesnt mean it didnt do well. Both actors fandom just chose less violence unlike others.🙄🙄
Right! Let’s say that if Effective Playback Volume on MaoYan can be used as one of the metrics to evaluate a drama’s performance, then the result isn’t bad at all. Considering that this drama had no marketing or publicity in China and barely any trending searches on social media, reaching 1 billion effective views means that, somehow, people were actually watching it and found it quite watchable.
LOL, RB finally reached 1 billion effective views on MaoYan! It happened quite a bit faster than I expected 🙃
Congratulations! #RoyalBetrothal Has Reached the Incredible Milestone of 1 Billion Cumulative Effective Playback Volume on MaoYan! A Well-Deserved Achievement for the Entire Team! 🎉
I really like the way he looks in Light the Dark. There’s something so natural about him with less makeup, he looks handsome and cute at the same time but in a much more realistic way 🥹 https://x.com/donglekookie11/status/2089542527259197807?s=12
And I really respect that he was willing to shave his head and sacrifice that hair just for the role especially for mini drama. It may not be some huge idol production but he still committed himself to the character and that’s exactly the kind of attitude I want to see from him as an actor.
Now I just hope iQiyi doesn’t abandon this drama somewhere in the warehouse. Please air it this year!! I want to see him in this kind of more grounded, suspenseful role with veteran actors rather than waiting forever for it to see the light of day 😭😂
The funny thing is, some marketing accounts are trying to drag DNAD by calling it a flop 🤣 just because it wasn’t considered “popular”.
Like… imagine calling a Republican-era drama that reached an 8,XXX+ heat index on iQiyi online and a CVB 2+ rating on CCTV drama during the cold period a flop simply because it didn’t generate enough online hype or buying the trending topics LOL 😭😂
These ridiculous marketing-account tactics are one of the reasons I feel the C-drama industry has a hard time improving. They mock actors and actresses, drag them down when they aren’t paid enough and then fandoms use the same narratives to attack other actors too.
It also creates an environment where actors may become more cautious about taking challenging or unconventional roles because one less-popular project can immediately be labeled a “flop.” So instead of experimenting and improving their acting through different genres, everyone gets pushed toward whatever type of drama is considered commercially “safe” or "popular".
And then more and more money gets poured into marketing, trending topics, and online hype, sometimes leaving less money for the things that actually matter, like the script, directing, production quality, and post-production. Can the chinese government please make this marketing-account culture and these ridiculous tactics disappear from C-ent already? 😂 Your country can innovate in so many areas and compete with or even surpass the West, man!!!!
Apart from that, is it really that hard to come up with more original scripts instead of constantly adapting novels with the same repetitive tropes like rebirth, revenge , strong female-centric story and so on? I don’t mind adaptations at all when the source material is good, but sometimes it feels like the industry keeps recycling whatever formula is currently popular instead of taking more risks with fresh stories and different genres.
Now, the total views have reached 980 mil on MaoYan, average around 30 mil views per episode. I’m still not sure exactly how MaoYan calculates its playback/view numbers. Maybe it combines both online playback and satellite TV viewership.
According to MaoYan, the drama has been the satellite TV ratings champion for 17 days and has also ranked No. 1 daily on Hunan Satellite TV for 17 days. So if MaoYan does combine online views with satellite TV viewership, then the 980 mil would make a lot more sense.
No. 2 on MaoYan chart right now is Huang Jingyu’s drama Forging Justice. It’s also performing really well and has even surpassed Mystic Nine in Daily Effective Playback. At this rate, it might surpass RB tomorrow or the day after.
I just checked and Forging Justice is a drama about criminal law, so I’m actually happy to see this type of drama doing well on the chart too. Sadly, this kind of Chinese drama is overlooked by inter audiences. If it were a K-drama, I feel like more viewers would definitely give it a chance, since Korean crime and legal dramas are already quite popular.
And what I like about K-dramas is the casting. Most of the time, they cast veteran actors or simply actors who genuinely suit the roles, regardless of how popular they are or which agency they come from. With less fandom fighting over the casting too except for international CP fans fighting sometimes 😂. Age isn’t really the issue either. We often see actors in their 30s or even 40s taking lead roles and hardly anyone complains that much about their age even in romance dramas. It’s quite different from C-dramas where age somehow becomes a huge topic.
Sorry for complaining so much here 😅 Maybe I’m just desperate to see CZY take on more diverse roles and work with a wider variety of actors, without all the dumb fandom culture, agency tactics, marketing accounts spreading lies, CP drama, or popularity becoming major factors in deciding which roles he gets and who his co-stars are. With the way the C-drama industry works right now… sometimes it just feels hopeless. Sigh 😮💨
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I really hate that kind of behavior to the core!
I would LOVE to see them in a drama that spans both modern and historical setting, something with fantasy elements maybe produced by Youku because I think Youku can be really good at fantasy dramas when they do them properly.
But now, ZLS is basically her own boss now and can even produce her own projects, lol 😂 She’s too powerful! the queen herself! 👑 She’s still my most beloved actress in C-ent and I genuinely want to see her come back with a really good project.
And if one day she reunites with CZY... I would be so happy 😭❤️
But if I could choose one actress for him, it would still be ZLS. Okay, her fandom can be intense sometimes 😂 but I don’t know... I just really want her back, and if she could star with CZY again someday that would honestly be so nice.
Out of all of CZY’s dramas, HL might not be my most favorite because I’m not really that into romance. But even so, their relationship felt so natural and they suited each other so well. It’s probably the only romance drama I can rewatch just to see this beautiful couple together. It has such a comforting, easy-to-rewatch feeling and I think a lot of people feel the same way.
The funny thing is that CZY and his team don’t even seem to know how to market a drama 😂 They hardly ever push hot searches, trending topics, or CP hype at all... as expected. Even CZY himself posted photos with WCR like they were just normal friends 😅 Meanwhile, the SML’s side seems to be pushing his CP with WCR really hard on Weibo 🤣🤣 It was trending almost all day and their scenes together were everywhere. From what I’m seeing on Weibo, it honestly feels like his team really wants to push him into the spotlight as much as possible 🙃 It actually reminds me of what I saw during POJ when his side also seemed to heavily promote his CP with the SFL (Those toxic relationships??!! Come on !!).
This time, I can already imagine the same kind of competition happening again especially because CZY’s team is so weak when it comes to this kind of marketing 😂 They rarely buy trending searches, don’t aggressively push CP and CZY himself has always treated his female co-stars simply as co-stars rather than trying to create shipping moments.
I guess this is just another C-ent marketing tactic we have to get used to. Instead of focusing mainly on acting, the story, directing, and overall production quality, so much attention gets poured into social-media trends and selling CP chemistry 🥱 And the tactics the SML’s team uses to push those trending searches are so repetitive too, like “handsome man and beautiful woman,” “perfect height difference,” and all the usual CP buzzwords 😂 It’s honestly not innovative at all. Sometimes it feels like actors can’t even get attention for their acting anymore unless their team keeps selling a CP with the same recycled phrases over and over again.
Meanwhile, CZY’s team just lets his acting speak for itself 😂 They simply posted his wrap-up video on his studio account without buying hot searches or chasing social-media attention and it still managed to garner more than 11 million views. So at least, CZY has some fans who don't care about CP with FL just like me.
So CZY fans, be prepared 😂 Fusheng may be another drama where the SML gets heavily promoted through his CP with WCR, so we’ll probably see the usual comments about “chemistry,” “romance,” and CP all over again. For me, I’m just going to focus on CZY’s acting and ignore most of the CP or romance discussion around the drama. I feel like this guy’s team should focus on finding him a good drama where he can be the ML instead of constantly trying to “flip the table,” use the SML role as a stepping stone, and grab the spotlight through aggressive marketing using a lot of money and buy attention.
I really hope CZY's next project is more male-centric or some action/suspense with no romance drama because I’m honestly getting tired of romance dramas already. I just don’t care that much about the romance anyway.
And because it was Qixi Festival, he even gave roses to the fans who were still waiting for him to finish work at 4 in the morning??? Like... seriously?? 😭🌹 I don’t know who I want to praise first....the man who worked hard for his job, the fans who were still patiently waiting that late just to see him for probably only a few minutes or the man who then gave those fans roses on Chinese Valentine’s Day at 4 in the morning! 🫠
This man is naturally romantic himself! If a drama casts CZY as the ML but somehow fails to make use of that natural romantic charm of his, then that’s your loss, C-ent!! 😂😭
Talking about it, a lot of dramas have been ruined recently because some production teams seem to just burn through the budget and then throw low-quality dramas at the audience, as if viewers will accept anything they produce.
But after the government warned the industry this year about the need to improve drama quality and with platform stocks dropping badly, maybe they’re finally starting to wake up. From what I’ve seen while stalking Weibo, platforms also seem to be more cautious about approving new drama projects now which they absolutely should be.
They should also stop relying so heavily on connections and allowing unskilled people to handle expensive long-form productions. That doesn’t mean newcomers shouldn’t be given opportunities, of course. Let them start with smaller projects first, gain experience, learn from their mistakes and improve their skills before being trusted with a huge-budget drama.
As for directors or production teams that have already worked on many projects but still show no improvement and continue producing careless, low-quality work... maybe platforms really should stop giving them big projects. At some point, experience should actually lead to better work.
It has also been appearing at the top of the most-anticipated drama charts from time to time recently, so clearly there are audiences waiting for it.
Just wait a little longer. Time flies fast and hopefully they’ll air it very soon! 🤞😊
I’m talking about Love for You lol , SWL and ZJY had really good chemistry there, so airing Chasing Dreams immediately afterward might clash a bit with the existing CP fandom 😅
Out of 1.4 billion people in China, why does it feel so rare to find a decent scriptwriter and a good production team?
Do they really expect good results after turning the ML into what feels like a supporting character in his own drama...? Like, seriously? At this point, what can we even expect from them?
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Congratulations! #RoyalBetrothal Has Reached the Incredible Milestone of 1 Billion Cumulative Effective Playback Volume on MaoYan!
A Well-Deserved Achievement for the Entire Team! 🎉
✨ #ChenZheyuan #WuJinyan
https://x.com/cdramacharts/status/2089679165934993774?s=12
https://x.com/donglekookie11/status/2089542527259197807?s=12
And I really respect that he was willing to shave his head and sacrifice that hair just for the role especially for mini drama. It may not be some huge idol production but he still committed himself to the character and that’s exactly the kind of attitude I want to see from him as an actor.
Now I just hope iQiyi doesn’t abandon this drama somewhere in the warehouse.
Please air it this year!! I want to see him in this kind of more grounded, suspenseful role with veteran actors rather than waiting forever for it to see the light of day 😭😂
Like… imagine calling a Republican-era drama that reached an 8,XXX+ heat index on iQiyi online and a CVB 2+ rating on CCTV drama during the cold period a flop simply because it didn’t generate enough online hype or buying the trending topics LOL 😭😂
These ridiculous marketing-account tactics are one of the reasons I feel the C-drama industry has a hard time improving. They mock actors and actresses, drag them down when they aren’t paid enough and then fandoms use the same narratives to attack other actors too.
It also creates an environment where actors may become more cautious about taking challenging or unconventional roles because one less-popular project can immediately be labeled a “flop.”
So instead of experimenting and improving their acting through different genres, everyone gets pushed toward whatever type of drama is considered commercially “safe” or "popular".
And then more and more money gets poured into marketing, trending topics, and online hype, sometimes leaving less money for the things that actually matter, like the script, directing, production quality, and post-production.
Can the chinese government please make this marketing-account culture and these ridiculous tactics disappear from C-ent already? 😂 Your country can innovate in so many areas and compete with or even surpass the West, man!!!!
Apart from that, is it really that hard to come up with more original scripts instead of constantly adapting novels with the same repetitive tropes like rebirth, revenge , strong female-centric story and so on? I don’t mind adaptations at all when the source material is good, but sometimes it feels like the industry keeps recycling whatever formula is currently popular instead of taking more risks with fresh stories and different genres.
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[MaoYan] Daily Effective Playback Ranking (All Dramas)
🥇 #RoyalBetrothal
✨ #ChenZheyuan × #WuJinyan
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https://x.com/cdramacharts/status/2089535195959394662?s=12
Now, the total views have reached 980 mil on MaoYan, average around 30 mil views per episode. I’m still not sure exactly how MaoYan calculates its playback/view numbers. Maybe it combines both online playback and satellite TV viewership.
According to MaoYan, the drama has been the satellite TV ratings champion for 17 days and has also ranked No. 1 daily on Hunan Satellite TV for 17 days. So if MaoYan does combine online views with satellite TV viewership, then the 980 mil would make a lot more sense.
No. 2 on MaoYan chart right now is Huang Jingyu’s drama Forging Justice. It’s also performing really well and has even surpassed Mystic Nine in Daily Effective Playback. At this rate, it might surpass RB tomorrow or the day after.
I just checked and Forging Justice is a drama about criminal law, so I’m actually happy to see this type of drama doing well on the chart too. Sadly, this kind of Chinese drama is overlooked by inter audiences. If it were a K-drama, I feel like more viewers would definitely give it a chance, since Korean crime and legal dramas are already quite popular.
And what I like about K-dramas is the casting. Most of the time, they cast veteran actors or simply actors who genuinely suit the roles, regardless of how popular they are or which agency they come from. With less fandom fighting over the casting too except for international CP fans fighting sometimes 😂.
Age isn’t really the issue either. We often see actors in their 30s or even 40s taking lead roles and hardly anyone complains that much about their age even in romance dramas.
It’s quite different from C-dramas where age somehow becomes a huge topic.
Sorry for complaining so much here 😅 Maybe I’m just desperate to see CZY take on more diverse roles and work with a wider variety of actors, without all the dumb fandom culture, agency tactics, marketing accounts spreading lies, CP drama, or popularity becoming major factors in deciding which roles he gets and who his co-stars are.
With the way the C-drama industry works right now… sometimes it just feels hopeless. Sigh 😮💨