Yuanyuanzi

You’re not wrong, Weibo and Douyin aren’t charity platforms and those marketing accounts need to get paid to make a living too 😂
That’s why I’ve learned to treat all of this as a joke.

The drama barely gets any attention on social media, so its chart performance is based almost entirely on the drama itself rather than online hype.

It’s still just a rumor but this time it actually came from CZY himself although he might have been joking. When fans asked him on Weibo whether he could choose a modern idol drama for his next role, he replied, “Does a modern non-idol drama count?” LOL.

I honestly can’t tell whether he was just trolling his fans or if he’s genuinely considering one 😅

iQIYI and Tencent don’t disclose their actual view counts. Instead, they use these so-called “heat indexes,” and who even knows exactly how those numbers are calculated?

All platforms should use the same transparent measurement criteria if they want the competition to be fair, similar to how Netflix reports its viewing data.

However, even view counts can be artificially inflated through multiple devices or paid boosting. We all know how common fake data and manipulated statistics can be in China.

In this AI era, platforms should use AI-based detection systems to identify and remove suspicious or fraudulent viewing activity if they genuinely want their numbers to reflect real audiences.

He’ll rest first and honestly, just let him rest.
His schedule has been packed every single day and the poor guy needs time to recover and survive too.

That’s why I’m wondering why some WCR fans want the same thing to happen again, messing up the script just for the sake of the CP ??

But trust me, no one cares. They only care about heat indexes, popularity rankings, and all that nonsense. Then they’ll call the drama a flop simply because the production team didn’t pay hundreds of marketing accounts to hype it up on Weibo and other Chinese social media platforms.

I’m already used to this whenever it comes to CZY’s dramas.
Fated Hearts was the most-viewed historical drama on the iQiyi International app last year and it even remained in the platform’s (Inter) top five during the first half of this year. Yet hardly anyone talks about that achievement because there weren’t 800+ marketing accounts got paid to hyping it up.

Now the same thing is happening again. This drama can reach nearly 700 million views with only 13 episodes on the Mango TV app and achieve around a 0.5% rating on satellite TV, yet barely any marketing accounts promote those results because they weren’t paid to do so.

If this were another actor’s drama, they would be announcing and celebrating these numbers for two days and two nights 🤣

LOL

This is exactly why the Chinese drama industry is such a mess. At this point, its downfall would be entirely self-inflicted, they just keep shooting themselves in the foot.

Exactly!!!

I feel so sorry for WCR. Her character in her recent drama was heavily criticized by the audience because of how messy the script was, and now her fans actually want the same kind of messy writing to happen again in Fusheng?

I’m not even sure whether Fusheng will reach a heat index of 10,000 and even if it does, then what? I’m honestly so tired of this so-called heat index. “Flop this, flop that,” as if every drama needs to surpass 10,000 to be considered successful and is the good one.

People seem to care only about the numbers instead of whether the drama is actually good or simply popular because of all the hype.

Plus, WJY’s and CZY’s fans aren’t going crazy trying to report every single chart that exists because we honestly don’t care that much. We just want to enjoy the drama.

Our WJY delivers again!!!! The queen!!!

I’m not sure whether it can really be called a flop, because that depends on which charts you’re referring to and how much hype the drama receives from hundreds of marketing accounts—which this drama clearly doesn’t have.

China has so many different charts and ranking systems, and the results can also change as the drama continues airing. Here are some figures we can refer to:

👉 Drama has reached 𝟲𝟯𝟬𝗠 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗢𝗡 🥭 𝗖-𝗔𝗣𝗣
https://x.com/YuanBaosWorld/status/2083913912605675760

👉 August 2nd Huanwang Big Data Daily Ranking -
🏆TOP1: #RoyalBetrothal starring #ChenZheyuan,wjy, Hunan TV live broadcast rating 0.5235%!🔥
https://x.com/YuanBaosWorld/status/2084168668020375749

👉 According To Maoyan Pro, YTY exceeded 200M Views across all platform
https://x.com/SandraYB275533/status/2083816056691294254

👉Maoyan Professional Ranking · Top 10 TV dramas on August 1
🥇 No. 1:
Broadcast on Mango TV
#YuTingYao (御廷谣)
Maoyan popularity index yesterday: 9505.31 🥳👏🏻
https://x.com/SandraYB275533/status/2083781489758552419?s=12

👉 [MaoYan] Daily Effective Playback Ranking (All Dramas)
🥇 #MysticNine
✨ #WilliamChan × #ZengShunxi
🥈 #RoyalBetrothal
We only dropped one episode on August 2, but we still ranked second, right behind The Mystic Nine. I’m happy for The Mystic Nine too!
https://x.com/cdramacharts/status/2084127942741811604?s=12

If your definition of success is that a drama must be heavily promoted and hyped everywhere on Chinese social media, then no, this drama isn’t receiving that kind of attention, so you may consider it a flop with those other chart popularity that consider from the hype.

However, if you look at its satellite-TV ratings, platform views, and rankings, the results tell a different story. It may not be a massive breakout hit, but calling it a complete flop doesn’t seem accurate either.

Welcome to the f** up world of C-ent!!! 😂

Soon, my friend, soon... CZY will finally be free from this mess, probably around mid-August. His fans are already preparing for the filming wrap-up now.

Why not? They should understand when the ML’s fans start shipping him with a supporting female character who has outstanding visuals like Cheng Xiao too, right? We’re just doing the same thing they do, so there shouldn’t be any problem. It’s a win-win situation.

If they want the super-tall SML, who honestly looks more like a villain, to end up with the FL instead of the genuinely good guy who loves her, like Ao Chi, then cool.

The FL and the SML look absolutely perfect together. Good for them!

When the drama airs, I’m definitely going to ship CZY and Cheng Xiao!
Cheng Xiao is incredibly beautiful and gorgeous, but they keep casting her in supporting roles even though she has such strong female-lead visuals. She’s also already familiar with our CZY, so some production team seriously needs to cast them together in a modern drama!

that's great! hope it will reach 2 M before it airs.

Then why did they even cast CZY in the first place? Why not cast the SML as the ML from the beginning and just leave my CZY alone?

iQIYI and this production team can go f*** themselves. And yeah, if the FL’s fans want her to end up with the SML so badly, then f*** them too. Just give them what they want and leave my CZY out of this mess.