phoenixfrost

Dylan’s haters like to paint him as a bad boy which he definitely is not. He is always featured among the top 3 kindest cdrama actors/actresses. But he is such a good actor that in Love Between Fairy an Devil and Unchained Love, he made the audience believe he has a scummy side. It would be funny if the producers also heard of the bad boy image his haters want people to believe and made it another consideration in giving him the role lol

He is candid, funny, very likeable. Those who choose to hate him due to envy are missing out a lot. Have you watched him in variety shows like Wander Together, Hello Saturday, The Inn, Keep Running? He makes me laugh so hard! He's a natural comedian 😂 He also showed his versatility in Guardians of the Dafeng, going from comedy, action, romance to heavy drama.

Mostly by those who are envious of Dylan and Ziyi bagging the most coveted roles in cdrama history, or at least since the novel came out in the 2010s and became much loved by Chinese novel readers.

He is well-loved except for those who envy him, threatened by his popularity and those, like the powerful businessman, are mad they can't make money off him.

This novel is set in ancient times, so being concerned about its adaptation being "stale" is rather odd. Wouldn't adapting a novel in its original form be too boring for the novel readers? What's the use of watching a drama that is exactly how it is in novel form? I might as well re-read the novel. What I'm interested in when I watch a drama based on a novel I love is how the drama is able to convey the story. If the story is intact, I'm happy.

Nah, Xie Jing Xing is not one to be toyed with. He has his own compelling story that if fleshed out would make the drama truly magnificent without taking anything away from Shen Miao's story. XJX is SM's dark knight, somebody who protects her from the shadows, not making a grand show of it.

I'm a voracious reader who doesn't mind when novels I love are adapted creatively, e.g. with different POVs, as long as the gist of the story is the same. For me, the story is the most important, not the POVs. If the story is happy-ending but is adapted into a tragedy, I would protest like crazy. Anybody's story can be told from different perspectives while keeping the story intact. In this novel, Xie Jing Xing has a rich background that if fleshed out would make the drama more compelling without taking anything away from Shen Miao's story. I'm looking forward to seeing that happen.

Dylan is, in fact, probably the most bullied actor in C-Ent. He is from a humble background, from the province instead of hailing from an elite city and has no powerful backers and publicity machines. He is a grassroots actor, depending on fans to support him. Thus, the bullies think he is easy prey. I heard there is a powerful businessman with a "if I can't use you, nobody else can" mentality who has been attacking him relentlessly. This businessman was probably behind the massive smear campaign against Guardians of the Dafeng, and now too, against Dylan's movie Per Aspera Ad Astra and this drama.

Dylan was very good in EN2 and I also became a fan. As @LalaLand noted, the hostility against the drama was mostly a case of viewers not being able to accept the cast changes. I read the rest of the novel (what would have become season 3) and it was anti-climactic. I lost interest in the story after reading it. Probably why season 3 didn’t get made.

Repeating a post that explains the billing arrangement quite well (thanks @lily):
"Actually, there are rumors of big actresses turning down the offer of this drama cuz whoever takes it will risk her career and will be targeted by novel fans just like how it's happening rn for both leads. Whd already rejected this previously but now the ip was about to expire and xinli needed someone big quickly. Since they failed to get any big actress willing to work on this project, they approached whd again and convinced him by offering Guardians of the Dafeng S2 so he accepted... He attracts a lot of investment. He is commercially successful... Xinli is a production company which doesn't risk by taking small actors... This is S+ budget drama so investment and money to make this will be more so need higher return and profit and Xinli won't risk this. They need guarantee of it at least doing decent which whd & mzy together can give them. If whd is not the ML then the project investment will go down and budget will drop from S+ to S. This is how industry works and Xinli doesn't want to lower their budget for this project."

Regarding the ability to attract investments, Dylan's Guardians of the Dafeng broke records for the highest overall ads duration, 4311 seconds, the highest in all platforms in cdrama history. Please see details below:
https://kisskh.at/photos/l0ZrgQ_3

Thanks 😊 I'm glad to be on a team with folks who know what they're talking about 😊

This is Dylan's first foray as lead of a Chinese New Year movie. He is a newbie in this capacity. Apparently, the production team also lacks experience in the cutthroat business of getting movies scheduled for Chinese New Year. But at least the movie and acting have been acclaimed to be of high-quality.

I was hoping Lusi would be in this too. But the FL’s family background is similar to the FL’s in Love Like The Galaxy and I heard she doesn’t want to play similar characters. I’m happy with Meng Zi Yi though. She and Dylan have such an explosive chemistry in the Wonderland series that they have CP fans from the variety show lol. Every time they are together, in Hello Saturday and award shows, I could feel sparks fly hahaha

In episode 1 of the novel, she dies by strangulation on her husband's order.

I love your comment. May I re-post it or parts of it? I may exclude those about the movie since it's out of the scope of discussions about the drama.

Her point is to smear Dylan

The producers of the drama were adamant that Dylan play the role. Since 2022, they've wanted Dylan ONLY. That doesn't sound like merely a "convenience" thing. Dylan's Guardians of the Dafeng is one of only three 2025 dramas that garnered more than 2 billion views as of 12/31/2025 (see link below). And it got that viewership even after suffering a massive smear campaign like the one being waged against this new drama now. Makes one wonder how pathetic Dylan haters are, wasting their lives hating a person who doesn't know them. May karma catch up with them.

https://x.com/Allcbizmelons/status/2008480882617971064/

What's your chart about? See below for the total accumulated views of 2025 dramas. As of 12/31/2025, only three 2025 dramas accumulated over 2 billion views:
Legend of Zang Hai - 2.23 billion (Xiao Zhan)
Guardians of the Dafeng - 2.21 billion (Dylan Wang)
Love's Ambition - 2.16 billion (Zhao Lusi)

https://x.com/Allcbizmelons/status/2008480882617971064

Dylan Wang's movie was expected to fare behind other movies released in the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) because it was a filler and given the worst schedule. Director Han Yan originally planned to release it during the summer vacation, but another film withdrew from the Spring Festival at the last minute and PAAA was pulled in as a filler, with no authority to refuse. He was surprised with the bad schedule, with screen times mostly in early mornings, e.g. from 1 am to 4 am. Who would be awake from 1 am to 4 am to watch a movie? It seems the production team is not experienced in how movies are scheduled during Spring Festival and obviously didn't expect to be given such preposterous and ruthless schedule. The silver lining is that both the movie and Dylan are praised highly by critics. Netflix bought the rights to it and will show it globally in the summer. It's also going to be shown in theaters in countries like Australia, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand and UK, showing their appreciation for the movie.

I had expected the uproar. Many fandoms have been clamoring for their faves to be cast in this great classic. This drama was written in 2010s and became much loved. But the producers couldn't find the right leads, thus the production had been pushed for many years. I heard that Zhao Li Ying was approached to play the FL when she was much younger. That was how long this drama has been in the making. In 2022, the producers finally saw their perfect Xie Jing Xing in Dylan. I'm not sure when they decided on Meng Zi Yi playing the Fl, but I'm happy with the decision.