woah didn't even know this exists, did the promotion not go well or not popular that it didn't reached to me ...
Yes, this drama got very little promotion but did very well in term of viewership.
RJL's dramas as usual received very little promotion compared to other traffic actors.
Thats why it always amazed me on how he is the actor with the most hit dramas for the last 7 years with 8 dramas. He is also the most watched actor at China right now with 36 billion views, ranking #2 on the list after Zhang Ruoyun.
Every actor in this drama, especially the leads, did a great job. But I especially want to commend Ren Jialun,…
You dont have to take the 'formulaic acting' comment seriously since its very obvious its comments from marketing accounts or from rival fandoms. Thats why it seemed copy and paste without depth. Thats how they works by spamming the comment section.
If they actually take time to watch his other dramas aside from the popular ones like Under the Power or One & Only, they know he is anything but formulaic.
The kind of range he shows in Fovever & Ever, Twilight, The Blue Whisper, Silent Tides or Abyss perfectly demonstrated this.
That is why he is an actor who managed to score a hit drama in almost every genre, be it a modern or costume dramas. An actor with formulaic acting wont be offered a CCTV1 golden time slot drama. These kind of roles are only offered to actors with high level acting skills.
Also RJL outside of costume drama is so rare to see!
Its not actually. Half of his dramas are actually modern/republican dramas. He is the only actor who manage to get 100m/ep for both costume and modern dramas.
This is the normal treatment of Ren Jialun dramas. This is probably a record that a Cdrama actually finished in…
Its very normal for his dramas to receive low or zero promotions. There is a data about this when people check his paid trending topics, he is the lowest for actors of his prestige/populariry.
But the most amazing thing he is also the actors with the most hit dramas with 36 billion views.
Episode 10 & 11:Another great episodes. Im grateful that they dedicated such a beautiful farewell to a great…
This is the normal treatment of Ren Jialun dramas. This is probably a record that a Cdrama actually finished in 5 freaking days. Even Fate Chooses You has 7 express episodes.
The fact that this man has so many hit dramas despite of this horrible treatment by the platforms will always amazed me.
good to see Ren in a normal series without all the heavy makeup 😆 have never actually watched any of his series.…
Actually half of his filmography are modern/republican dramas.
His hit modern/republican dramas are 4 which are Forever & Ever, Autumn Cicada, Thousand Years for You and Silent Tides. In all of them he do not wear heavy makeup.
Even in Demon Hunter's Romance he do not wear any makeup.
Ren Jia Lun finally gets a role where he gets to show his acting abilities. All of the Ren Jia Lun fans out there…
For me, he alwaya managed to show his acting chops. Especially in those cold and aloof characters since he is still managed to show emotions from his microexpressions, eyes and his layered acting. That is why director and writer love to cast him in restraint roles since he is so emotive and managed to show the emotional weight of his characters effectively.
They so mature with very high EQ. The reasons I love RJL dramas is because his and FL characters always have high…
Everytime I miss them, I will rewatch the drama again. Their chemistry is amazing and unforgettable. The drama didnt really focus on romance yet all their romantic scenes are so good. That is what you called when 2 people who have brilliant chemistry with each other.
tsuyoi_hikari always gave good, deep-dive analysis of RJL dramas. I highly recommend her reviews when it comes to objectively seeing the dramas without the rose-colored tinted glass and simply deciphering the layers and details in the script:
Read the comment section in that review too as she gave more analysis on the characters, symbolisms, costumes, and colors used in the drama. Mind blowing details that can easily missed if you dont pay attention.
I’ve come to remind myself that this couple argued big time but never aired that dirty laundry for people to…
They so mature with very high EQ.
The reasons I love RJL dramas is because his and FL characters always have high EQ. There will be angst but not due to dumb misunderstandings but due to really unavoidable situations.
he need better directors. some of the dramas are very bad. Need good story line and serious dramas
He is actually known to pick good projects. Thats why mostly all his dramas (except Love & Crown which he is forced to film to leave his agency) have relatively high douban scores.
After leaving his agency H&R, he has been taking serious dramas back to back with Silent Tiles and The Abyss. Silent Tides is an amazing success as the ratings for it reached more than 3% at CCTV1 during airing, the highest ratings for CCTV dramas for 2nd half of 2025.
I recently read that The Blue Whisper got more than 50 million views per episode. That's pretty amazing. His plus…
Indeed The Blue Whisper has managed to get 50m/ep recently, I guess all the above numbers have changed since I last updated it.
Yes, Silent Tides managed to get 31m/ep (Kuyun). But the amazing thing about the drama is that it is shown at CCTV1 during golden time slot, basically the most prestigious TV slot that any actor would dreamt about. But he already managed to achieved this even before he is 40 years old and he is a traffic actor. Even serious actors didn't managed to get this kind of TV slot which is known only reserve for actors who is known with good acting skills. So, this achievement is definitely more meaningful for him. And not only that, the ratings for this drama exceeded 3% and the highest ratings for CCTV1 drama for 2nd half of 2025.
Aside from that, his dramas like you said have long tail effects, as they usually will accumulate views through good words of mouth instead of hype or buzz. They also with very minimal marketing but somehow, they always managed to outperformed dramas with high marketing in the end. That is why many people always shocked when they check the data for his dramas as he never on trending topic or constantly in the public eyes but people watch his dramas, to be exact, the public watch his dramas. He managed to capture viewers beyond his target audiences.
Out of all his 24 dramas, he only died in 4 dramas. Not even 1/4 of his whole filmography. Just like he has no…
They didnt. I met so so so many people who are shocked when I actually gave them his death statistic. They just believe whatever they read on the net. Then proceed to ask me recommendations on what his dramas to watch.
Out of all his 24 dramas, he only died in 4 dramas. Not even 1/4 of his whole filmography. Just like he has no…
I'm calm, there is no indication in my comment to show I'm not calm. 😅 Just thought you didnt know since many people actually believe its true and keep spreading it everywhere despite they didnt watch his dramas.
Since I read so many untrue gossip about him at this site, this is the clarification for anybody who is curious. This in year 2026 already, its time to stop spreading malicious rumors about an actor that we didn't know personally:
- He did not have 'NO KISSING' rules in his dramas. A simple watch of his dramas will tell you this. The latest drama of his with kissing scenes is The Demon Hunter's Romance (2025). If you want to see him doing passionate & deep kisses, then you can watch Glory of Tang Dynasty (2016). Often, the BTS of his kissing scenes are more intimate but it got cut like in Forever & Ever (2021).
- He did not have many SAD ENDINGS in his dramas. Out of 24 dramas he acted as a lead, only 5 dramas have Sad Endings (The Glory of Tang Dynasty, Autumn Cicada, One & Only, Love of Nirvana and Love & Crown). 2 dramas with Open Endings (Detective Dee & The Demon Hunter's Romance) while the rest 17 dramas have Happy Endings. I dont know why people keep spreading this everywhere when they didnt even watch his dramas. 🙄
- His WIFE is not a famous person. She is a housewife. All those gossip about her being rich and influential is false.
- He is a very professional actor. All you can read online about him from industry insiders are good things. He doesn't mind to dress down or look ugly for his roles if that is required of him. He also always joke in BTS filming and known to have good rapports with his co-stars, male or female. You can always caught all his co-stars laughing when he is around as he is a chatterbox and love to make jokes. And they always come and greet him at award shows, no matter how many years has passed. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9Cqq6g-Oco https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1MKGPHyN8ls
- He has a lot of famous CPs at China. Some CPs fans are so unhinged that they started to attack his wife. He brought those fans to court. All his romance dramas are popular and mostly are hits. We are talking about millions of people enjoying his romance dramas. Some people may not enjoy him but other people find him to have chemistry with many of his co-stars. So, it proved that it works as he brings money to investors. But he doesn't do CP promotions and he is known not to encourage parasocial & obsessive behaviors among his fans. https://youtu.be/chiUiAex6b4?si=AeoZxkXf0bupbuLR&t=411
- He is actually one of the most successful traffic actors in recent years. But he is very low profile. In term of hit dramas (>40million/episode), he is the male actor with the most hit dramas for the past years with 7 dramas. The most amazing thing about his popular dramas is that its all in different genres (no other actor managed to achieve the same feat): Under the Power (Wuxia) - 103m/ep Autumn Cicada (Spy Republican) - 41m/ep One & Only (Costume Romance) - 73m/ep Forever & Ever (Modern Romance) - 100m/ep The Blue Whisper (XianXia) - 50m/ep Thousand Years for You (Fantasy Republican) - 50m/ep The Demon Hunter's Romance (XuanHuan) - 36m/ep Silent Tides (Republican) - 31m/ep
- I advise not to believe what you read on the internet about him since 99% of it is untrue. And those accounts that slander him with either prostitution, divorce, cheating or other accusations, he bring them all to court and won. They have to pay heavy fines and issue public apology. https://weibo.com/1642591402/5082433926207949 https://weibo.com/5641380205/5082438028232594
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RJL's dramas as usual received very little promotion compared to other traffic actors.
Thats why it always amazed me on how he is the actor with the most hit dramas for the last 7 years with 8 dramas. He is also the most watched actor at China right now with 36 billion views, ranking #2 on the list after Zhang Ruoyun.
If they actually take time to watch his other dramas aside from the popular ones like Under the Power or One & Only, they know he is anything but formulaic.
The kind of range he shows in Fovever & Ever, Twilight, The Blue Whisper, Silent Tides or Abyss perfectly demonstrated this.
That is why he is an actor who managed to score a hit drama in almost every genre, be it a modern or costume dramas. An actor with formulaic acting wont be offered a CCTV1 golden time slot drama. These kind of roles are only offered to actors with high level acting skills.
2. Yes. Especially Li Cheng and his mentor.
3. Yes. Its pretty obvious from the start.
But the most amazing thing he is also the actors with the most hit dramas with 36 billion views.
The fact that this man has so many hit dramas despite of this horrible treatment by the platforms will always amazed me.
His hit modern/republican dramas are 4 which are Forever & Ever, Autumn Cicada, Thousand Years for You and Silent Tides. In all of them he do not wear heavy makeup.
Even in Demon Hunter's Romance he do not wear any makeup.
https://kisskh.at/profile/tsuyoi_hikari/review/394194
Read the comment section in that review too as she gave more analysis on the characters, symbolisms, costumes, and colors used in the drama. Mind blowing details that can easily missed if you dont pay attention.
The reasons I love RJL dramas is because his and FL characters always have high EQ. There will be angst but not due to dumb misunderstandings but due to really unavoidable situations.
After leaving his agency H&R, he has been taking serious dramas back to back with Silent Tiles and The Abyss. Silent Tides is an amazing success as the ratings for it reached more than 3% at CCTV1 during airing, the highest ratings for CCTV dramas for 2nd half of 2025.
Yes, Silent Tides managed to get 31m/ep (Kuyun). But the amazing thing about the drama is that it is shown at CCTV1 during golden time slot, basically the most prestigious TV slot that any actor would dreamt about. But he already managed to achieved this even before he is 40 years old and he is a traffic actor. Even serious actors didn't managed to get this kind of TV slot which is known only reserve for actors who is known with good acting skills. So, this achievement is definitely more meaningful for him. And not only that, the ratings for this drama exceeded 3% and the highest ratings for CCTV1 drama for 2nd half of 2025.
Aside from that, his dramas like you said have long tail effects, as they usually will accumulate views through good words of mouth instead of hype or buzz. They also with very minimal marketing but somehow, they always managed to outperformed dramas with high marketing in the end. That is why many people always shocked when they check the data for his dramas as he never on trending topic or constantly in the public eyes but people watch his dramas, to be exact, the public watch his dramas. He managed to capture viewers beyond his target audiences.
- He did not have 'NO KISSING' rules in his dramas. A simple watch of his dramas will tell you this. The latest drama of his with kissing scenes is The Demon Hunter's Romance (2025). If you want to see him doing passionate & deep kisses, then you can watch Glory of Tang Dynasty (2016). Often, the BTS of his kissing scenes are more intimate but it got cut like in Forever & Ever (2021).
- He did not have many SAD ENDINGS in his dramas. Out of 24 dramas he acted as a lead, only 5 dramas have Sad Endings (The Glory of Tang Dynasty, Autumn Cicada, One & Only, Love of Nirvana and Love & Crown). 2 dramas with Open Endings (Detective Dee & The Demon Hunter's Romance) while the rest 17 dramas have Happy Endings. I dont know why people keep spreading this everywhere when they didnt even watch his dramas. 🙄
- His WIFE is not a famous person. She is a housewife. All those gossip about her being rich and influential is false.
- He is a very professional actor. All you can read online about him from industry insiders are good things. He doesn't mind to dress down or look ugly for his roles if that is required of him. He also always joke in BTS filming and known to have good rapports with his co-stars, male or female. You can always caught all his co-stars laughing when he is around as he is a chatterbox and love to make jokes. And they always come and greet him at award shows, no matter how many years has passed.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9Cqq6g-Oco
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1MKGPHyN8ls
- He has a lot of famous CPs at China. Some CPs fans are so unhinged that they started to attack his wife. He brought those fans to court. All his romance dramas are popular and mostly are hits. We are talking about millions of people enjoying his romance dramas. Some people may not enjoy him but other people find him to have chemistry with many of his co-stars. So, it proved that it works as he brings money to investors. But he doesn't do CP promotions and he is known not to encourage parasocial & obsessive behaviors among his fans.
https://youtu.be/chiUiAex6b4?si=AeoZxkXf0bupbuLR&t=411
- He is actually one of the most successful traffic actors in recent years. But he is very low profile. In term of hit dramas (>40million/episode), he is the male actor with the most hit dramas for the past years with 7 dramas. The most amazing thing about his popular dramas is that its all in different genres (no other actor managed to achieve the same feat):
Under the Power (Wuxia) - 103m/ep
Autumn Cicada (Spy Republican) - 41m/ep
One & Only (Costume Romance) - 73m/ep
Forever & Ever (Modern Romance) - 100m/ep
The Blue Whisper (XianXia) - 50m/ep
Thousand Years for You (Fantasy Republican) - 50m/ep
The Demon Hunter's Romance (XuanHuan) - 36m/ep
Silent Tides (Republican) - 31m/ep
- I advise not to believe what you read on the internet about him since 99% of it is untrue. And those accounts that slander him with either prostitution, divorce, cheating or other accusations, he bring them all to court and won. They have to pay heavy fines and issue public apology.
https://weibo.com/1642591402/5082433926207949
https://weibo.com/5641380205/5082438028232594