Neo88

you can't be strong if the director doesn't want it

Now that the show is over, I'm gonna be 100% honest, no hating.
The actual roles:
TJR: First lead
JJY: Second lead
Yan An: Second lead
Joseph Zeng: Support role
Chen Duling: Support role

If they were honest and the roles were listed like this there wouldn't be much backlash.

It's not a full law in effect yet, it's still in the early implementation phase.
Perhaps you can research more about it if you're interested

Since I'm busy and these conversations are pretty much meaningless if people aren't familiar with the system, I'm out. Bye

I already did, and you already got the link that I sent. Oh, and Google search is available 24/7

From our conversations, it's clear you have no idea how billing works in C-biz, so we might as well stop here and spare ourselves any more meaningless talk.

I don't know what narrative you're trying to spin. We're not talking about them getting paid less or more, we're talking about how the fans, especially Chinese fans who are familiar with their own billing system, are getting false advertising. (It's why they are much more vocal about this since they know their own system)

Trust me, they wouldn't be unhappy if their roles were listed as cameo roles or simply as main leads without the equal billing part.

Back to what I said earlier, if they remove the equal billing thing, I bet most fans would be cool with how things are right now (at least for me)

It's not a stretch if you are familiar with the billing system in C-biz, not only actor/actress/agencies...even Chinese fans go to war for it

I don't get what you mean, nor do I care about their financial status, but it's not hard to guess that they are loaded.

Oh, I understand very well how it works. I just don’t like false advertising, but since it’s GJM, it’s kinda expected, I guess.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cdramasfans/comments/1rsgale/nrta_to_announce_rules_on_actor_billing_order_are/

No offense but you couldn't be more wrong.
They do not have equal billing. Dylan Wang (as the male lead, Xu Qi'an) has first/top billing.

Tian Xiwei is the female lead but is billed second.

This is a male-centric drama (adapted from a web novel focused on the male protagonist), so Dylan Wang gets solo top billing in the opening credits and official promotions.

It kinda is, have you read the recent news that the government is stepping in and is trying to change the billing rules?

Not really. Screen time matters the most in C-biz. That’s why actors and actresses, along with their agencies, fight so hard for better billing. Hence why the government is stepping in and trying to change the rules lol.

It kinda is. First billing = the most screentime, and so on. It's been like that for ages.

Eh, I'd totally be fine without the equal billing part, I just don't like false advertising that's all.

Yeah, right. Why do 99% of famous actors and actresses, along with their agencies, fight so hard for first billing and higher billing just to get more screen time? It's the same for K-drama and the West too. Are they crazy???

There are like 6 episodes left? Some dedicated Chinese fans are counting screen time for each character, and things look really unbalanced right now. Honestly, you don’t really need to count. Lol

"overanalyzing certain scenes in a way that feels more like they’re steering the conversation just to make their favorite character more important...lol"

Maybe this is the result of having just 1 to 2 minutes of screen time? It’s why people have forgotten they are also main leads.
My honest advice is that this drama shouldn’t have advertised equal billing, it’s false advertising and misleading.

A very well-known pattern of GJM. Westerners might not be familiar with it, but overseas and Chinese fans are well aware of it.