What's the heat index? Reached 30k yet? Or still stuck at 28k?
Reaching 28k is considered a very popular drama and not too many reach 28k. Even less can reach 30k. So far this year only one reached 30k and another reached 31k, that's it, just two dramas.
If I hadn't seen Lin Mu Ran in POJ, I wouldn't have known what a good actor he is. He can play such different characters. In this role, I don't' know why but Dylan Wang comes to mind when I see his character.
MXY and Ye Li are so funny jabbing each other about their ex-fiancee's. 😂 but tell me why Su Zuidie was so…
I think it is what they call deadpan, I love it. Whoever that actress is, she pulled it off really good because she was able to bring out humor and looked dead serious at the same time. It fits deadpan humor built on flat delivery (minimal expression, as if nothing unusual is happening), a serious tone, and strong contrast (serious‑vs‑absurd or straight‑vs‑silly), with contextual support from the music, pacing, camera framing, and writing that all reinforce the vibe.
Ep24 has some cool scenes. I don't know who that actress is, but she gave vibes. When they were sitting there having frozen sweets and she gave the speech with this music in the background, making everyone nervous, it was great deadpan entertainment. I also enjoy that scene how she stabbed the guy with a short blade, his blood came gushing out of his mouth, the glass in his hands fell and shattered, she pushed his face and the camera showed his back falling to the ground, and she walked away ruthless and cold. These scenes have some punch to it. Sometimes when scenes are so well done, you don't' even need to know what drama you're watching, it just catches your attention. Like I've seen these kinds of scenes so many times, somehow this one really caught my attention. It must be piercing cold she was.
At least it shows the data is not fixed. I never trust those that reach and surpass heat index in just a few days.
Till the End of the Moon — Youku 29 Hours (~1.2 days) Unveil Jade Wind — Youku 74 Hours (~3 days) Feud — iQIYI 9 Days Story of Kunning Palace — iQIYI 11 Days
Is it so hard to reach a 30,000 heat index on WeTV? I remember we easily reached a 10,000 heat index on YouKu…
Bai Lu has a record of crossing 10K, but not 30K on Tencent (not yet). Till the End of the Moon (2023) — Youku 10000 for 36 days ! Story of Kunning Palace (2023) — iQIYI 10310 Feud (2025) — iQIYI 10008 Unveil Jade Wind (2026) — Youku 10016
Cheng Lei is dubbing himself. His Mandarin has Guangdong undertones.
Oh I see. Cheng Lei was born in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. That's pretty good that you can hear it. I found fan videos of him speaking Cantonese. I think his Cantonese has a noticeably different "vibe" compared to the Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong.
This is a Huanyu and Hesong collaboration. This director has delivered back‑to‑back hit dramas since 2018, stacking up nearly a dozen successes. With a track record that consistent, the odds of this one not becoming a hit feel pretty slim.
Ep 22 I am so glad to see CL's fighting scenes. He is good at this type of character, action! Can you believe…
Ryan Cheng (Cheng Lei) graduated in architectural design from Hebei Academy of Fine Arts in 2017, likely choosing a practical major. Although he didn’t major in acting, the school has strong performing arts, film, and media programs, which gave him access to acting classes and related activities. During studies, he worked as an extra helping actor friends/roommates. A director noticed him, leading to his professional entry. He also worked as a model before fully transitioning to acting. From 2019 to 2022, he spent four years mainly in short-form dramas (5–15-minute episodes). In 2022: A Familiar Stranger (as Xiao Hansheng) — this short drama gave him his first notable popularity boost. But his rise was relatively quick once he got the right projects. It landed him main/supporting roles in the long-form dramas My Journey to You (2023) and Follow Your Heart (2024). After only two long-form roles, he became a male lead in big productions with the hit The Legend of the Female General (TLOFG) in 2025. He’s really on a roll now — working nonstop and putting out three dramas a year. That’s usually what happens after a breakthrough; once you hit that moment, the work just keeps coming. He's finally the top bill too on recent projects. His acting style is pretty good, he never overacts. It's very natural. He can express emotions really good on his face without having to say lines.
I learned something new today. DID replaced “multiple/split personality” because the disorder is about dissociation, not having several separate personalities. “Multiple personality” is the old term, and “split personality” was the slang for it. But both are outdated and incorrect, and they’ve been replaced by the modern diagnosis called DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). They all refer to the same condition but only DID is accurate. It’s no longer described as having two or more fully separate personalities. It’s understood as dissociation — parts of identity becoming separated because of severe early trauma. So, the new term is DID, and the old terms are outdated.
DID works like this: a child goes through severe trauma, their mind protects them by separating parts of their identity, and those parts later function as distinct “states” that can take turns being in control. DID can only form very early in childhood — generally before age 6–9, when a child’s sense of self is still developing.
"All Chinese need glasses." "Chinese look so freaking stupid." How am I supposed to interpret that? I feel if you get to that point making fun of all Chinese people, it's bothering you a lot, yet you watch Chinese dramas.
I also enjoy that scene how she stabbed the guy with a short blade, his blood came gushing out of his mouth, the glass in his hands fell and shattered, she pushed his face and the camera showed his back falling to the ground, and she walked away ruthless and cold. These scenes have some punch to it. Sometimes when scenes are so well done, you don't' even need to know what drama you're watching, it just catches your attention. Like I've seen these kinds of scenes so many times, somehow this one really caught my attention. It must be piercing cold she was.
Unveil Jade Wind — Youku 74 Hours (~3 days)
Feud — iQIYI 9 Days
Story of Kunning Palace — iQIYI 11 Days
Till the End of the Moon (2023) — Youku 10000 for 36 days !
Story of Kunning Palace (2023) — iQIYI 10310
Feud (2025) — iQIYI 10008
Unveil Jade Wind (2026) — Youku 10016
This director has delivered back‑to‑back hit dramas since 2018, stacking up nearly a dozen successes. With a track record that consistent, the odds of this one not becoming a hit feel pretty slim.
DID works like this: a child goes through severe trauma, their mind protects them by separating parts of their identity, and those parts later function as distinct “states” that can take turns being in control. DID can only form very early in childhood — generally before age 6–9, when a child’s sense of self is still developing.
kind of scary