This video covers everything relevant related to the Wang Hedi and Liu Yaowen ice sword scene:
"The group had already failed the climb multiple times, and Didi was the only one still attempting it, literally exhausting himself to pull everyone through. Once he finally reached the top and secured the rope, his first instinct was to ask production to lower more rope so his brothers below could climb more easily too. Most of the ice swords were damaged during that process.
By the end [of the slope climb], six swords were down to two. Liu later accidentally shattered one himself, meaning the remaining sword in his hand afterwards wasn't his. Didi then chose to break that one too because everyone else's had already been broken and he did not want anyone singled out. He even comforted Liu by saying he would buy him another one afterwards."
Not only did he promise to buy Yaowen another sword, one that wasn't even Yaowen's, but all of the ice swords were free anyway. This entire slope climb sequence was one of my favorite moments from Wander Together, and yet scumbags are trying to distort it just for defaming Wang Hedi. Everything the black marketing has done is super vile.
If you still believe the the 3 second edited clips about the ice sword, then you're simply just an idiot. Nothing else about it.
such a manchild, he’s allowed to joke with others but he can’t take a joke?😭🤣he only felt uncomfortable…
You're an idiot. They made it a joke where they called him a bottom and never checked with him on it to see if he was okay or whether the joke was okay. They failed to realize that it was an offensive and insensitive joke, and it's their fault that he was uncomfortable from it. It's also the production crew's fault for letting it slide and having it air on public TV. None of them have shown proper (I mean PROPER and nothing half-baked) accountability for all of this either, so really THEY are the manchildren filled with stupidity for doing everything.
Somehow I knew someone would gaslight Wang Hedi for his father's restaurant. It's only the fault of the black marketing accounts for bombing 1-star reviews and making fake interview quotes. They wanted to target Wang Hedi but ended up bringing his regular humble dad into the slander. Could be that they know ALL of their manipulated clips against Wang Hedi are complete bull, so they have to target his family next.
But at least the people of Leshan know better, and know to support Di Ba restaurant in case things are actually going wrong. Because they know siding with their hometown hero is the right thing here, not siding with a black marketing hive mind with intent of slander and engagement. At least Wang Hedi loses nothing in the end, and only gains 10 billion views of engagement because of idiots like you believed everything.
[Wang Hedi and Shen Yue aren't even that close. They didn't contact each other for 3-4 years and after that; only met each other like 6-7 times. They were never as close as TV apparently made you believe. His true close friends are guys like Huang Zitao and Wang Chuanjun].
Wang Hedi Folder says right now there are fabricated stories about Wang Hedi's father accepting an interview. An interview where he supposedly was asked about the mass 1-star bombing of the Di Ba skewer restaurant. Leading to mass hate towards his father.
Wang Hedi Folder account says " Once people start to question if people have gone too far, the water armies' narrative abruptly flipped into "there were barely any bad reviews anyway", reframing the situation as if Didi's side had invented the controversy for sympathy. The contradiction was obvious, but by then the damage had already been done."
As you can tell, no original source for the interview exists. No video, no credible link to a full article. If you need an example to laugh at how stupid people are, this is a very good example.
When you can't prove the perpetrator is not guilty, you must make the victim look bad. That is what is happening.…
The ones who messed up the most are the production crew and Qin Lan. One should have thought harder about whether what they were writing was okay or not. The other failed at her job of being the older one by not checking on his emotions, when that was part of her job to begin with.
If they don't realize every way they were gaslighting him, and do not take proper accountability, then they really don't deserve to be called friends.
Apparently haters are now spamming one-star reviews to Wang Hedi's father's restaurant. Such trash scum. The CCP at this point should have tighter rules against black marketing like this.
Important links:https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531
It's about boundaries in the end. The other members clearly did not set proper boundaries with him and it ended up coming to this. Boundaries decides whatever names they can call each other. Wang Hedi wasn't sure if he was right to say he was violated, but when he saw peoples' analysis he realized he had a right to be sensitive.
The reason this has been blown out of proportion is: 1. This was all on public TV, it became a public rather than private incident. 2. All the black marketing accounts came to capitalize on this and post many out of context 3-second videos from other shows with Wang Hedi. All to make him look bad. It diverts people from the original main topic and it just became a "ugh Wang Hedi stepped on my toe, let's hate him" trend.
Deep down, I also wish they can just talk about this privately but this issue has become too public now. And people don't even know what they're actually talking about anymore and just giving hivemind hate. So the other members have to show proper (emphasis on proper) public accountability for this. It's not right for them to be silent when they're basically the ones who caused this.
Important links:https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531
Wang Hedi is normally spelled 王鹤棣, but they changed it to 王鹤低， which means saying Wang He-bottom. In Chinese (and maybe English too actually), they're basically calling him weak, passive, subordinate or less of a man. It's a really insulting and derogatory term.
Even if it was a part of a pun, it was a terrible joke and it's really baffling how no one thought over whether it was appropriate or not (especially the older ones like Qin Lan or the production crew). It's one of the worst things you can say while trying to congratulate your boss.
Wang Hedi even gave the other members (Qin Lan, Shen Yue, Xu Zhisheng, Wu Zelin, Zhang Chenxiao) regular awards, that praise them regularly. Yet they did this? Why?
Important links:https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531
From Beijing Daily: "What's even more reflecting on is Wang Hedi's self-doubt in that moment - because it mirrors the experience of countless people who have been hurt in social situations.
In adult social culture, people are often taught to:
"Just endure it,"
"Don't ruin the mood,"
"Don't make things awkward."
As a result, many people suppress their genuine emotions for the sake of appearing "easygoing" or "mature," and when they are hurt, their first instinct is often to blame themselves.
In that sense, Wang Hedi's courage was not simply about pointing out one uncomfortable incident. It was about breaking this unhealthy social norm.
In the most honest way possible, he reminded people that emotions are not right or wrong, discomfort is not "being dramatic," and everyone has the right to express how they truly feel. Everyone's boundaries deserve respect.
Being sensitive is not weakness.
It is being honest and protective of your own emotions.
Hopefully, more people can learn from this incident that true emotional intelligence is not about sacrificing yourself to accommodate others, but about respecting other people's boundaries while also having the courage to defend your own."
Important links:https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531
Second post is from Wang Hedi Studio Weibo account: ""Even before the programme began, from the moment you were told you would become #TheInn2026 manager, your work never really stopped.
You were constantly preparing behind the scenes, checking every detail over and over, carrying every matter carefully in your heart. From the New Year pilot to the official filming, the visible exhaustion on camera and the unseen worries off camera became part of your entire journey this season.
The programme could only capture a fraction of it all. As a first-time inn manager, even when you yourself were already overwhelmed with responsibilities, you still noticed everyone else's efforts and remembered every contribution made around you.
Being sensitive is not a weakness. It is simply the instinctive awareness of someone who can feel the subtle shifts between atmosphere and boundaries. The memories built through working hard together were real, and that discomfort was real too. It deserves to be acknowledged just as much.
That sensitivity should never be ignored or misunderstood. It deserves to be met gently.
"Best Inn Manager" was never about one shining moment. It was built quietly, day after day, through every unseen worry, every thoughtful gesture, and every silent act of care."
Important links:https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531
I'll copy and paste important points made:
First post explains what happened: "[During the finale's inn awards segment, Didi sincerely praised every cast member's strengths one by one with thoughtful award titles, only to later become the subject of a "So you're just Wang Hedi" Award segment himself, where he was mockingly called "Wang He-Low" (王鹤低, replacing "Di 棣" with "low/bottom") and told he was not part of their group chats.
It can admittedly be difficult to fully grasp certain language nuances through Mango TV's subtitles alone, but it is fair to say these kinds of jokes would never have been made had the inn manager been Liu Tao instead.
Didi has long been expected to quietly accept this kind of teasing and mocking, otherwise he would simply be labelled "overly sensitive", so I'm glad he finally stood up for himself this time and openly said he did not like it.]
Wang Hedi: "I thought I was just being overly sensitive at first, but after reading everyone's analyses all day... I want to say I really was uncomfortable at that time. 😁""
Important links:https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531
If links are not working then try copy and paste and into search. I don't know what problem you have but doing copy and paste should be good enough.
That's why there is a Season 2, which was already confirmed in November last year. We don't know when it will come, but we know it is coming.
As for how many chapters will be covered in Season 2, we don't know but it's highly likely that it won't be the last season either.
This video covers everything relevant related to the Wang Hedi and Liu Yaowen ice sword scene:
"The group had already failed the climb multiple times, and Didi was the only one still attempting it, literally exhausting himself to pull everyone through. Once he finally reached the top and secured the rope, his first instinct was to ask production to lower more rope so his brothers below could climb more easily too. Most of the ice swords were damaged during that process.
By the end [of the slope climb], six swords were down to two. Liu later accidentally shattered one himself, meaning the remaining sword in his hand afterwards wasn't his. Didi then chose to break that one too because everyone else's had already been broken and he did not want anyone singled out. He even comforted Liu by saying he would buy him another one afterwards."
Not only did he promise to buy Yaowen another sword, one that wasn't even Yaowen's, but all of the ice swords were free anyway.
This entire slope climb sequence was one of my favorite moments from Wander Together, and yet scumbags are trying to distort it just for defaming Wang Hedi. Everything the black marketing has done is super vile.
If you still believe the the 3 second edited clips about the ice sword, then you're simply just an idiot. Nothing else about it.
Somehow I knew someone would gaslight Wang Hedi for his father's restaurant. It's only the fault of the black marketing accounts for bombing 1-star reviews and making fake interview quotes. They wanted to target Wang Hedi but ended up bringing his regular humble dad into the slander. Could be that they know ALL of their manipulated clips against Wang Hedi are complete bull, so they have to target his family next.
But at least the people of Leshan know better, and know to support Di Ba restaurant in case things are actually going wrong. Because they know siding with their hometown hero is the right thing here, not siding with a black marketing hive mind with intent of slander and engagement. At least Wang Hedi loses nothing in the end, and only gains 10 billion views of engagement because of idiots like you believed everything.
[Wang Hedi and Shen Yue aren't even that close. They didn't contact each other for 3-4 years and after that; only met each other like 6-7 times. They were never as close as TV apparently made you believe. His true close friends are guys like Huang Zitao and Wang Chuanjun].
Wang Hedi Folder says right now there are fabricated stories about Wang Hedi's father accepting an interview. An interview where he supposedly was asked about the mass 1-star bombing of the Di Ba skewer restaurant. Leading to mass hate towards his father.
Wang Hedi Folder account says " Once people start to question if people have gone too far, the water armies' narrative abruptly flipped into "there were barely any bad reviews anyway", reframing the situation as if Didi's side had invented the controversy for sympathy. The contradiction was obvious, but by then the damage had already been done."
As you can tell, no original source for the interview exists. No video, no credible link to a full article. If you need an example to laugh at how stupid people are, this is a very good example.
Apparently many of the scenes mentioned in their testimonies never made it to the final brodcast.
Includes people like Liu Tao, Song Dandan and Liu Yaowen giving long sentences of praise for Wang Hedi.
If they don't realize every way they were gaslighting him, and do not take proper accountability, then they really don't deserve to be called friends.
Apparently haters are now spamming one-star reviews to Wang Hedi's father's restaurant. Such trash scum. The CCP at this point should have tighter rules against black marketing like this.
The reason this has been blown out of proportion is: 1. This was all on public TV, it became a public rather than private incident.
2. All the black marketing accounts came to capitalize on this and post many out of context 3-second videos from other shows with Wang Hedi. All to make him look bad. It diverts people from the original main topic and it just became a "ugh Wang Hedi stepped on my toe, let's hate him" trend.
Deep down, I also wish they can just talk about this privately but this issue has become too public now. And people don't even know what they're actually talking about anymore and just giving hivemind hate. So the other members have to show proper (emphasis on proper) public accountability for this. It's not right for them to be silent when they're basically the ones who caused this.
Even if it was a part of a pun, it was a terrible joke and it's really baffling how no one thought over whether it was appropriate or not (especially the older ones like Qin Lan or the production crew). It's one of the worst things you can say while trying to congratulate your boss.
Wang Hedi even gave the other members (Qin Lan, Shen Yue, Xu Zhisheng, Wu Zelin, Zhang Chenxiao) regular awards, that praise them regularly. Yet they did this? Why?
In adult social culture, people are often taught to:
"Just endure it,"
"Don't ruin the mood,"
"Don't make things awkward."
As a result, many people suppress their genuine emotions for the sake of appearing "easygoing" or "mature," and when they are hurt, their first instinct is often to blame themselves.
In that sense, Wang Hedi's courage was not simply about pointing out one uncomfortable incident. It was about breaking this unhealthy social norm.
In the most honest way possible, he reminded people that emotions are not right or wrong, discomfort is not "being dramatic," and everyone has the right to express how they truly feel. Everyone's boundaries deserve respect.
Being sensitive is not weakness.
It is being honest and protective of your own emotions.
Hopefully, more people can learn from this incident that true emotional intelligence is not about sacrificing yourself to accommodate others, but about respecting other people's boundaries while also having the courage to defend your own."
You were constantly preparing behind the scenes, checking every detail over and over, carrying every matter carefully in your heart. From the New Year pilot to the official filming, the visible exhaustion on camera and the unseen worries off camera became part of your entire journey this season.
The programme could only capture a fraction of it all. As a first-time inn manager, even when you yourself were already overwhelmed with responsibilities, you still noticed everyone else's efforts and remembered every contribution made around you.
Being sensitive is not a weakness. It is simply the instinctive awareness of someone who can feel the subtle shifts between atmosphere and boundaries. The memories built through working hard together were real, and that discomfort was real too. It deserves to be acknowledged just as much.
That sensitivity should never be ignored or misunderstood. It deserves to be met gently.
"Best Inn Manager" was never about one shining moment. It was built quietly, day after day, through every unseen worry, every thoughtful gesture, and every silent act of care."
First post explains what happened: "[During the finale's inn awards segment, Didi sincerely praised every cast member's strengths one by one with thoughtful award titles, only to later become the subject of a "So you're just Wang Hedi" Award segment himself, where he was mockingly called "Wang He-Low" (王鹤低, replacing "Di 棣" with "low/bottom") and told he was not part of their group chats.
It can admittedly be difficult to fully grasp certain language nuances through Mango TV's subtitles alone, but it is fair to say these kinds of jokes would never have been made had the inn manager been Liu Tao instead.
Didi has long been expected to quietly accept this kind of teasing and mocking, otherwise he would simply be labelled "overly sensitive", so I'm glad he finally stood up for himself this time and openly said he did not like it.]
Wang Hedi: "I thought I was just being overly sensitive at first, but after reading everyone's analyses all day... I want to say I really was uncomfortable at that time. 😁""
https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057971146625282147
https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2057978502373339553
https://x.com/DylanWangGlobal/status/2058359293477548531