Bubbles

It's no big deal. These events take up his schedule and energy just to go back and forth for filming. It's good for publicity but it's not any prestigious award show. Celebrities can choose not to go if they have other priorities.

He doesn't pick his co-stars....

Lots of positive reviews and relying solely on word of mouth

Xu Kai ended this ship so long ago and their shippers are still the nastiest I've ever seen. He doesn't want to be part of some toxic ship but they still won't leave him alone.

Why do you like making up garbage assumptions?

Which dramas of his are shelved aside from Zhao Ge? And how is he quieting down if he's still filming?

Producers take pride when their dramas get a high score on douban. A high douban score also contributes greatly to word of mouth cause it increases people's interest for the drama.

Since you want to spread fanwars then please share the whole story. I'm tired of these victim narratives. First her fans looked down on him over billing issues and then accused him of other things. His fans originally didn't care about her absence and minded their own business until her fans made provoking comments first.

Siba is the main company behind this production. They're going bankrupt and are the reason this drama has issues.

Those offers are thanks to the build up of his past works. It has no impact if he leaves. Let's not give so much credit to this dirty company who gives him 1 minute of screentime per episode as ML. The big projects he received have always been thanks to other producers reaching out to him first. If Yu Zheng was capable of cooperating with big stars, then why are his own dramas full of rookies?

I look forward to him leaving his company first. Male actors typically don't stay with Huanyu after their contract expires. After making so much money for the company, he still doesn't have a proper team to promote him.

Except international audiences have no impact on how chinese dramas get received in china. If anything, these online platforms give more chances to many newcomers who otherwise wouldn't even make it 20 years ago.

That's basically the issue cnetz complain about in their drama market. The industry doesn't bother. When dramas were watched on TV instead of online, there wasn't this issue of catering to only one gender and there were more classics and hits remembered 20 years later. Chinese forums are always criticizing the decline in their drama market cause it's not appealing to wide ranges of audiences anymore.

Well obviously, the industry knows that which is why xuanhuan dramas are more risky to produce and don't expect a large audience. Fan circles are largely women which is why there are endless idol romances. It leaves other genres with subpar quality just like how good wuxia is dying out.

Also cause the target audience of this drama are male viewers and they typically prefer game styles. It's not meant for romance novel readers, which is the majority of users here.

That's not true. Marketing makes a drama appear popular, not which platform it's on. These actors you listed buy hundreds of hotsearches.

Snow Eagle is only S

Probably because they're smaller than Tencent and iQiyi but when Youku gets crazy desperate for hype, they will buy any hotsearch regardless positive or negative for their drama even at the expense of the actor's reputation. Just something to be wary of.

Oh no stay away from Youku. Their marketing is toxic. The only reason I prefer Tencent for Xu Kai is because Yu Zheng has the least involvement/connections with Tencent.

Yes they take place in the same world but in different time frames. The plot of Chinese Paladin 3 takes place 50 years before Chinese Paladin 1 but each story is independent from the other. The drama production is only going by how the game calls it to be clear on which story they're adapting from.