It has come to a point where even my irl friend asked me "Did your show come out?" And I was like "No it's coming in April..." and she said "First you said December then January the March and now you say April🤣" LIKE YEAH😠LEAVE ME ALONE.
This is what someone said to clear any misunderstandings about the billing thing:
From discussions, there seems to be some misunderstanding over what this entails. Some clarifications.
Stroke count is like the Chinese equivalent of alphabetical order.
Being ‘first billed’ according to stroke count does not mean that the actor will be the most prominent or be higher paid or have more screen time or any other benefits. It just means his/her name will be first on the poster/announcements. That’s all.
The purpose of this is to make ‘billing’ meaningless. There’s no more ‘first billed’ or ‘second billed’, only whose name is first according to the stroke count order.
What if the actors have the same number of strokes in their surnames? No specific details yet. Online chatter believes that they will look at the stroke count in the second character of their names.
Stroke count of their real names are used, not stage names so changing stage names will not work.
For those who are worried that their favs will be at a disadvantage because they have more strokes in their surname, don’t worry, the industry doesn’t care about billing, it’s not going to affect their prestige or screentime time or salary or anything else.
The casual audience don’t care either, no casual audience is going to look at a poster and say ‘hey this person’s name is in front they must be more popular.’ The only people who actually care are fandoms.
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From discussions, there seems to be some misunderstanding over what this entails. Some clarifications.
Stroke count is like the Chinese equivalent of alphabetical order.
Being ‘first billed’ according to stroke count does not mean that the actor will be the most prominent or be higher paid or have more screen time or any other benefits. It just means his/her name will be first on the poster/announcements. That’s all.
The purpose of this is to make ‘billing’ meaningless. There’s no more ‘first billed’ or ‘second billed’, only whose name is first according to the stroke count order.
It will likely look like this:
Main leads: 3 strokes, 8 strokes
Supporting leads: 5 strokes, 10 strokes, 11 strokes
Supporting cast: 2 strokes, 2 strokes, 5 strokes, 7 strokes, 10 strokes
What if the actors have the same number of strokes in their surnames? No specific details yet. Online chatter believes that they will look at the stroke count in the second character of their names.
Stroke count of their real names are used, not stage names so changing stage names will not work.
For those who are worried that their favs will be at a disadvantage because they have more strokes in their surname, don’t worry, the industry doesn’t care about billing, it’s not going to affect their prestige or screentime time or salary or anything else.
The casual audience don’t care either, no casual audience is going to look at a poster and say ‘hey this person’s name is in front they must be more popular.’ The only people who actually care are fandoms.