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I accidentally went into this drama's account and saw that I gave it 10 stars. Why? After all, I've seen better! Well, because this was my second c-drama of this type and I had a great time on it. And I have a fondness for those idiots from XNine. I remember a youtuber wrote that more than half of the popular XNine group performed there, but even if they all did, they wouldn't save this production. It's interesting because it's the only drama in this genre to surpass 20 billion views. It may not be perfect, but the comedy element was really good :)

I personally have no problem with his selfie. He looks great on all of them to me :) This is just Xiao Zhan, a regular boy from the neighborhood. That's what I love him for. Well, for some other things too :)
People are different. There's a group of crazy fans who don't appreciate the actor as a person or as an actor, they just identify the actor with the role (we know it painfully from The Untamed) and they resent that the actor dares not to be what they imagined and they make problems for him. That's the kind of "fans" I meant when I said XZ doesn't want them. He doesn't want crazies picketing outside his parents' house, or causing his flight to be delayed. Besides, who would want that? I think the ugly selfies and videos are there to make such people quickly discouraged. If someone really, sincerely likes Xiao Zhan, they won't mind that his selfie isn't perfect or he's making an idiot of himself. They will take it as a joke or a kind of intimacy where Xiao Zhan is not ashamed to show that he is also a human being who may be tired, sleep-deprived, etc. As he said? He is most afraid that people will talk about him as just a pretty face? Hence my theory. Xiao Zhan wants to show that his face is not always beautiful and if someone likes him, they should accept that fact too.

It was about the seventh minute or so of The Untamed. I saw a man in white. His face was hidden by long hair. First an eye appeared, then part of his face. Ok, I think to myself, handsome, even very handsome, but not him first. Then the thugs rushed in and started kicking him and I felt his pain. At that moment I fell in love with an actor who made me feel the pain of a fictional character for the first time in years. By the time The Untamed reached the halfway point, I had already watched everything that was available from XZ.
He's like a drug. You try it once, you feel like you're high and you have to take another dose otherwise the stress and drudgery of everyday life will consume you. This is obviously a joke, but the healing power of his smile is no joke :)

I understand you perfectly and miss him too. But you see, Xiao Zhan became very popular very suddenly, and this is not a good thing. In China, there is a rule that when someone becomes popular so suddenly, their fame lasts for 2-3 years. That's one thing. Two - the more popular you are, the more people will want to destroy you. Xiao Zhan knows this and has experienced it first hand. Therefore, since 227 XZ, he has been trying to reduce his popularity, especially the empty one. He gives his ugly pictures and ugly videos so that fans who only appreciate him for his pretty face will quickly give up on him. He doesn't want to have fake friends. His fans are his family after all.
So don't worry, you're not announcing anything. Xiao Zhan is just not a typical celebrity. Following him is often a longing, but he can give back wonderfully.
I was extremely disappointed not to see XZ on New Year's Eve this year, but serious actors don't perform on such stages. He is simply retraining from idol to actor in order to stay in the profession. He just thinks very seriously about his work and his fans, to whom he wants to give his best, so he concentrates on his role.
I miss him, but I'm glad he's busy because he's a workaholic and that way we'll see his new projects. Don't worry about the change in his face. Good actors sometimes intentionally lose weight, gain weight or do other things to fit the role. The last pictures were taken at night, after a long day at work. He did them not because he wanted to, but because the fans made him. Maybe by showing that he is tired he wanted to remind us that he works hard and that we should give him time to finish the current project? So no worries. He is a very smart guy and takes care of himself. :)

I am jiejie fan :) I'm just speaking for myself - I don't like those teen dramas where the characters only think about their love or love and revenge, but I've been watching the market for years and I see that those are the dramas that bring the most popularity to the actor. I definitely prefer AT to TOoL, but the numbers speak for themselves - it was TOoL that brought him a million new fans. The problem lies in the fact that most teenagers (I emphasize most) i.e. 12-18 years old can't understand certain themes that an older person can easily understand. And most people don't like something they don't understand. Older people, on the other hand, can go back to the time when they were young and will watch such a light teen drama with a wink. A great example was Douluo D, which was watched by young children and their grandparents.
I agree that XZ should play in many genres. I love him precisely for this diversity. It's just that most of the masses don't appreciate the craftsmanship of a good script where you have to think, preferring silly entertainment that they like to enjoy. That's why those lighter, less ambitious dramas attract more fans, even older ones.
I personally like clever scripts, but not too clever. I like to think on a drama, but not to the level where my head starts to hurt.
What WDB will be like, I don't know, but yes, you're right. There are many popular dramas in the slice-of-life genre, but do the people watching them turn into fans?
I suspect that with other actors - not necessarily, but XZ has something absolutely unique about him that makes even jaded people like me who have never pursued an idol can melt looking at his eyes, his smile and his heart every day for three years :)

Overall ok, it has boring, tiresome moments, but it also has moments where I burst out laughing. On the scales it comes out in favor. At least for now.

When you dress and comb handsome guys similarly, they all look alike :)
I liked Arthur a lot in Ever Night, but I personally don't think they are similar. They're both handsome, agreed, but they both have a unique, very different charm. For me Arthur is a sweet bad boy, meanwhile XZ is like a heavenly immortal cultivator :)

And which famous actress isn't rumored to star alongside XZ?

This drama is from a government-approved program and represents the slice-of-life genre. We will have young people entering adulthood and then about 10 years of their lives, or more. It will probably be about social problems and overcoming them through nobility of character and goodness of heart. (Sigh). It is unlikely to bring XZ hundreds of thousands of new fans, but it will strengthen his position as an actor. Either entertainment or prestige. you can't have it all at the same time.
That's why I hope his next drama will be entertaining :)

SweetStarlight is right. One of the titles of this drama was "Armagedon", but she ended up with a different one in the end. A big political-patriotic CCTV production. The role was very small, a few minutes in probably six episodes. The picture you saw is probably a scene of a student demonstration. That's what the leaks were that had to be shot again. Sure, it's a shame about the role, but most XZ fans wouldn't likely like the whole drama because the main characters were old generals and political activists.

An answer maybe late, but maybe others are interested - he is very strong. In my opinion ML is one of the strongest I've seen, but his strength is in his intellect and in his heart (he can fight too). I really enjoyed watching him and had reason to believe that his plans would come to fruition. Of course not everything worked out perfectly for him, but most of his few failures were really well and needfully written. He gives off good vibes.

For me, this situation was a curiosity from behind the scenes, a funny anecdote, that's why I quoted it. But after much reflection, there is actually something wrong with the fact that the actor is playing in the series in his private clothes. Why? Because it is the costume designer who is responsible, in consultation with the director, for the costumes. It is they who, in agreement with the makeup artist, create the visual side of the character. This is the division of labor at work. In each job, you have the scope of your responsibilities. It is one thing to wash your clothes, which every adult should do, and another thing when an actor is responsible for dressing the character he plays. Instead of learning a role, he has to remember which shirt to put on the set tomorrow, he has to iron it, he has to pack it, and what is the costume guy doing at that time? Learning the role of an actor?
Cool, I don't make a problem of it. I'm not attacking drama. I've only discovered something that doesn't fit with my vision of how to work in a drama production. If a few of my loose thoughts have affected you so much, then I'm sorry.

In fact, there is no actor loved by everyone. What goes to some people's heart may not necessarily go to the heart of others. I just can't imagine that, convinced that my parents, whom I desperately wanted to save, died before my eyes, to wonder what I had failed.
He, he, I can criticize my favorite acts if they fail, so it's nothing personal with LJK :)

I watched all the dramas with his participation. If I didn't like him very much, I wouldn't be able to look at him, would I? His acting doesn't convince me, and while I respect those who are his fans, I don't think we all have to be his fans. There's no reason to suffer when someone doesn't like acting of your favorite actor.

You're right, he is not credible to me. I think I've seen all the dramas with him, so he doesn't belong to a group that I don't accept, but for me he lacks versatility completely. In every drama I see exactly the same thing - a hyperactive wise man. I liked him in that drama where he was undercover agent in Thailand and in Arang and Magistrat, but I guess that was more of the story itself.
As for the "fake face" I mean rather artificial rejuvenation. I think they put a mask on him to make him younger, and it looks awfully artificial. I absolutely did not mean to insult the actor. I am not convinced by his acting, but that does not mean that I do not respect him as a human being.

Ok, earlier I said about my own perception of receiving the role, now I will use an analysis of a specific scene. Note, I give away the plot in the next sentence.
ML knows that his parents are going to die that night hit by a car. He tries to save them and puts all his hope into it. A car drives by, he pushes them away, the car hits something. "Mom, Dad! Oh no, I'm going to be an orphan again." Someone has just torn your hope apart. Your parents that you've missed for 20 years are dying before your eyes. Meanwhile, ML gives the viewer the impression of "Oh no, I'm going to be an orphan again." It wasn't shock, it wasn't devastation, it wasn't despair, not even sadness, it was. nothing. If an actor in such an important, such an emotional scene does not stimulate any emotion in the viewer, is the scene played well?
In my opinion, and this is a very personal opinion, no scene evokes any emotion in me and the actor for almost the whole two episodes only smiles and somehow says "e, everything will work out". He died - e, everything will be fine. He went back in time - e, everything will be fine. They want to beat me up, someone might waste their life - e, everything will be fine. Like those stupid memes. All in one rhythm and on one emotion. After all, everything will be fine because I've been given a new life.

I think you shouldn't listen to others, just check it out for yourself. Good acting is not necessarily something objective, at least in my opinion. Good acting is one that appeals to the audience. What one person likes, does not necessarily like another. It is not worth prejudicing yourself against a role on the basis of comments from others.
For example, I absolutely hated him in "Flower of Evil". It is a matter of personal reception.

It's hard to pinpoint exactly, but if a woman is 30, in my culture she takes care of her parents, not the other way around. I feel like YZ is missing out on being a normal, independent woman because being an actress forces her to have her parents take care of her business. Such close dependence on her parents for work inhibits natural independence. XZ, on the other hand, instead of focusing on acting, had to be his own costume designer, which is an added responsibility and takes up a lot of energy and time. In both cases, work intrudes into private life, making it difficult to relax. If you see your parents on set and at home, or if you have to wash the clothes you're acting in on set at home, where is your privacy and where is work? Where can you find a safe place to breathe and just be yourself? I think people because they don't have an understanding of how hard it is to be an actor in China, they don't give them the proper respect and understanding. They only see what the glow of the jupiter shows them. And yet actors are normal people with weaknesses, dreams, fears. Actors are people who have to provide their own costumes for the film, or their family does it for them. People who gave their roles much more than just acting.
So it makes me sad and I feel sorry that actors give so much of themselves and in return receive criticism that should go towards the production (I don't mean any particular case).

Really? Somehow it made me sad for the actors in China.

The ending of the first episode is so stupid to me that I quit this drama for 3 weeks. Episode two seemed more interesting, but it's painfully boring. The story doesn't engage me at all. The way it's shot, I mean the cinematography, editing, etc, is ok, but if I don't care about the fate of any of the characters, if I'm not interested in the mystery, it's basically nothing to watch. I still give it a chance, but I don't expect much.