Btw on a more positive note, Overdo surpassed the 18 million average views per episode mark during Yunhe’ hot broadcast period, making it the highest Republican idol romance in the last 5 years. And it achieved this with significantly less days than other currently airing dramas to accumulate views. Only 36 days versus some others’ 50+
Yes, I honestly can’t imagine what I’ll see every day when I wake up and open Weibo and Rednote 🤣🤣🤣…
Ugh we gotta brace ourselves. Ci Tang won't be the last while he's under Startimes and it seems like they get trashier and trashier. Ci Tang 2.0 and 3.0 will probably be even more unbelievable. If he really does have great luck on his side then I hope your wish come true and a bigger company can buyout his contract.
Yes, I honestly can’t imagine what I’ll see every day when I wake up and open Weibo and Rednote 🤣🤣🤣…
It makes me 🤢 just thinking about it and even more disgusted when I see these fake ZLH fan acc. on Rednote saying "I'll watch whatever he's in. I'm only paying attention to him." So you want to watch him being treated like 💩
According to the real melon acc, those descriptions are fake. But then who knows if they've been bought off to try and take the heat off the backlash. Everything feels so surreal right now like I can't believe this is actually happening.
And if they are true, I feel so bad for him knowing he's someone who takes every character so serious and pour his all into it. Imagine having to try and act your heart out for this kind of character set up 😢
Watching the Hengdian vid today, you would think the executive agent was actually the star instead of Linghe who was left behind looking like a hired photographer and not the one who was just threatened to get sulfuric acid thrown on him by crazies💩 I feel like we’ve entered the upside down during this Ci Tang period 😂 This drama is going to take an eternity to get through.
So, have we all seen the leak of his cameo role in the E Mei drama? A villainous powerful immortal looking like that 🥵 Edit: I just uploaded it to the drama page. There's another one of him in colorful fairy costume in the same vein as TTEOTM but his face wasn't clear and I didn't save
You know when fans had boycotted POJ at the beginning they at least came out with fake reassurance that it was…
I don't know how they could've spun it positively other than backing out. I read that Linmon was the one who leaked the tea about the shady contract dealing by XYR. Like all the insiders knew, that's why even someone from Tencent reported on it before it got taken down. XYR probably thought fans would just accept it eventually, like they did POJ. Now she can't even come out to clarify or deny it because it would basically be lying and slapping Linmon.
Anyway, she totally ruined both her and her fav's rep in the industry right now. Because fans blew this up, everyone sees that ZLH was forced into this so no one will blame him for taking a bad project. Unlike if all this was never brought to attention, no one would've known and when it flops, people would just put the blame on him. ZLH's blameless in this and will be fine. He just has to put up with her for a few more years.
He already proved he can attract investments and carry dramas with POJ and Overdo. I've been following all the daily data for all dramas that have aired after Overdo and you might have the impression that it flopped because of the noise on here, but if you compare it to other idol dramas that have aired during this summer season, it actually did pretty well, especially if you consider its genre and unfavored ending. He also got acting recognition from many new fans in China(and slapped those who said he only got popular in POJ using his face). It's the second highest in commercial investments in the year so far after POJ for a dual platform drama, and one of the top ones in views for the coveted summer season among all the idol dramas. And later, TRTG should have good results if they treat him right and don't screw up the script.
Right now, he's rumored to have like 10 pending endorsements to be announced for the rest of this year. Ci Tang only takes 4 months to film and like 10 days to air so it'll come and go in no time lol. It was also signed before he exploded from POJ, so hopefully he'll have bit more negotiation leverage in his choices of next drama pick.
It's a very calculated move from the agency and XYR toward fandom.Casting LYX in Ci Tang itself is an attempt…
It was originally rumored to be the novel writer doing the scriptwriting, but now it's some random newbie so yeah I think we can predict what's happening here
The latest news says that Startimes has sued some accounts for damaging Lu Yuxiao’s reputation and claimed that…
Did you notice how they tagged her account in her lawyer post, but never tagged him in his? Even their wording difference between the two posts is offputting 🙄
Off topic Guys, hope the movie can release internationally.The ending track is an absolute banger.🫠🫠🫠https://youtu.be/ykhHddHLzSM?si=K5mLjYGlbY8Vvq_D
Did you read the backstory of how it came into existence? Fascinatingly impressive in this day and age lol. And I can't help thinking of ZLH every time I see cows or hear "niu" 😂
It's a very calculated move from the agency and XYR toward fandom.Casting LYX in Ci Tang itself is an attempt…
I've noticed a lot of people(particularly inter fans) also just want to satisfy their own selfish desire of watching another ZLH drama or ZLH x LYX(because they don't have issues with her) and completely disregard all the logic presented to them of how it negatively affects him.
Also, POJ wasn't even the first incident imo. It started way back with TPR and OG, both of which had Startimes' inserts and controversial reactions from fans when they aired. Then I saw on a Weibo Night interview last year where they asked LYX who she wished to act in a drama with and she said "Mai Mai". I find that whole connection quite telling.
Everything aside, i don't know why xyr/star times is picking fights with fans. Fans do the most unpaid labour…
You know when fans had boycotted POJ at the beginning they at least came out with fake reassurance that it was offered to ZLH with good intentions. And then his character got nerfed later, just as fans predicted. They didn't even bother to do that this time and have been staying silent in regards to it the whole time despite all the accusations thrown against them. I guess they won't even bother with pretending anymore.
Uh what doctored videos and photos? There's so much accusations that I don't even know which one you're referring to lol. Please be specific so I can response properly to each one of them. And I can also ask you the same thing. Do you know ZLH personally to know he's not being pressured and suppressed behind the scenes? Are you supporting the ones doing the suppressing?
If it's fake news that XYR used ZLH's contract as a bargaining chip to get LYX into CiTang, why isn't the agency suing everyone who has spread this around? You know that's a seriously damaging accusations to a company right?
Kicking loyal fans who worked hard on spending money and grinding data out of a fair and square lottery to see ZLH while citing "extreme rights advocacy" when all they did was shared a post rejecting LYX because her crazy fans threatened to throw acid on ZLH. They didn't even SAY anything. And those crazy fans were glossed over like it's no big deal.
Or how about a video on Douyin sympathizing with ZLH's situation had thousands of passerbys' comments deleted for supporting it, while another one that's been up since March with over 10k comments mocking him as "foundation general" is still freely floating around.
Did you see how quickly a hot search that negatively affects LYX can be taken down and comments deleted in minutes by the agency, while a photo of ZLH and his parents, taken over year ago, suddenly showed up on the hot search exposing their faces(when ZLH has always taken care to cover them up to protect their privacy whenever he shared their photos in the past) was allowed to stay high on the list all day long?
Did you see the video from 2023 at the time of MJTY when LYX's fans found her at an airport and asked if she knew a certain blogger(who had been posting smear articles of ZLH, inciting major cyber bullying on him) and she happily said she did, they asked if she knew her manager and this blogger had a CP name because they were so chummy and she happily said she did. I guarantee to you that was not doctored or faked because I experienced all that for myself at the time. It got so bad that ZLH had to post a video on his Weibo explaining his views and asking people to have patience and understand Gong Ziyu's character more). The amount of hate and bullying he received made me, who was a complete casual drama watcher, into his solo supporter and will not stand by to see something like that repeating itself a second time around.
You know what will save us from "every day melt downs and agony"? If they can release ZLH from this cursed drama. Those who choose to turn a blind eye while only laser focusing on the actress's innocent and helpless persona as a counter argument, I hope you never experience this kind of work place and coworker when you're out there in the real world.
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Mira, I think your last prediction "guilt tripping loyal fans" mode is currently being activated 😂 (generally speaking, not referring to this post but I just saw some people being "the voice of reason" and made me think of it)
Maybe they got brainwashed by translated news like this: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DVpNxJKc9/?mibextid=wwXIfrThat…
It's lazy people who don't bother to dig deeper and just believe whatever is fed to them. Or they already carry a rooted bias against ZLH/fans to begin with.
According to the real melon acc, those descriptions are fake. But then who knows if they've been bought off to try and take the heat off the backlash. Everything feels so surreal right now like I can't believe this is actually happening.
And if they are true, I feel so bad for him knowing he's someone who takes every character so serious and pour his all into it. Imagine having to try and act your heart out for this kind of character set up 😢
Anyway, she totally ruined both her and her fav's rep in the industry right now. Because fans blew this up, everyone sees that ZLH was forced into this so no one will blame him for taking a bad project. Unlike if all this was never brought to attention, no one would've known and when it flops, people would just put the blame on him. ZLH's blameless in this and will be fine. He just has to put up with her for a few more years.
He already proved he can attract investments and carry dramas with POJ and Overdo. I've been following all the daily data for all dramas that have aired after Overdo and you might have the impression that it flopped because of the noise on here, but if you compare it to other idol dramas that have aired during this summer season, it actually did pretty well, especially if you consider its genre and unfavored ending. He also got acting recognition from many new fans in China(and slapped those who said he only got popular in POJ using his face). It's the second highest in commercial investments in the year so far after POJ for a dual platform drama, and one of the top ones in views for the coveted summer season among all the idol dramas. And later, TRTG should have good results if they treat him right and don't screw up the script.
Right now, he's rumored to have like 10 pending endorsements to be announced for the rest of this year. Ci Tang only takes 4 months to film and like 10 days to air so it'll come and go in no time lol. It was also signed before he exploded from POJ, so hopefully he'll have bit more negotiation leverage in his choices of next drama pick.
Even their wording difference between the two posts is offputting 🙄
Also, POJ wasn't even the first incident imo. It started way back with TPR and OG, both of which had Startimes' inserts and controversial reactions from fans when they aired. Then I saw on a Weibo Night interview last year where they asked LYX who she wished to act in a drama with and she said "Mai Mai". I find that whole connection quite telling.
If it's fake news that XYR used ZLH's contract as a bargaining chip to get LYX into CiTang, why isn't the agency suing everyone who has spread this around? You know that's a seriously damaging accusations to a company right?
Kicking loyal fans who worked hard on spending money and grinding data out of a fair and square lottery to see ZLH while citing "extreme rights advocacy" when all they did was shared a post rejecting LYX because her crazy fans threatened to throw acid on ZLH. They didn't even SAY anything. And those crazy fans were glossed over like it's no big deal.
Or how about a video on Douyin sympathizing with ZLH's situation had thousands of passerbys' comments deleted for supporting it, while another one that's been up since March with over 10k comments mocking him as "foundation general" is still freely floating around.
Did you see how quickly a hot search that negatively affects LYX can be taken down and comments deleted in minutes by the agency, while a photo of ZLH and his parents, taken over year ago, suddenly showed up on the hot search exposing their faces(when ZLH has always taken care to cover them up to protect their privacy whenever he shared their photos in the past) was allowed to stay high on the list all day long?
Did you see the video from 2023 at the time of MJTY when LYX's fans found her at an airport and asked if she knew a certain blogger(who had been posting smear articles of ZLH, inciting major cyber bullying on him) and she happily said she did, they asked if she knew her manager and this blogger had a CP name because they were so chummy and she happily said she did. I guarantee to you that was not doctored or faked because I experienced all that for myself at the time. It got so bad that ZLH had to post a video on his Weibo explaining his views and asking people to have patience and understand Gong Ziyu's character more). The amount of hate and bullying he received made me, who was a complete casual drama watcher, into his solo supporter and will not stand by to see something like that repeating itself a second time around.
You know what will save us from "every day melt downs and agony"? If they can release ZLH from this cursed drama. Those who choose to turn a blind eye while only laser focusing on the actress's innocent and helpless persona as a counter argument, I hope you never experience this kind of work place and coworker when you're out there in the real world.