On May 6, the Chinese drama "Qiao Chu" officially announced that Chen Duling and Zhou Yiran were the "leading actors" and noted that "the ranking is in no particular order". Subsequently, the studios of the two issued a joint proposal, saying that they respect the choice of the artists, calling on everyone to fully support the work, focus on the promotion of the series and the characters, respect all the main creators and actors, surf the Internet in a civilized manner, look at Internet public opinion rationally, and focus on the work itself. Chen Duling and Zhou Yiran also published short essays in response to this matter.
The drama is directed by Yang Long, who previously collaborated with Chen Duling in "When the Wild Geese Return". The drama has received good reputation and popularity. Considering its small and medium-sized cost, it has achieved a popularity value of over 30,000 on Tencent Video, which exceeded everyone's expectations.
"The Outstanding" officially announced the cast, with two leading actors sharing the same role
Originally, the official announcement of the new drama was something worth celebrating, but fans of both sides argued over the ranking and even sent the word "quit being fans" to the top of the entertainment list.
"Stop being a fan" ranked first on the entertainment hot search list.
Some of Chen Duling's fans think that the female lead just became popular with the first role in "When the Wild Goose Returns", and as a "90s flower" with a clear upward momentum, she is tied with a "00s generation". "After working hard for so many days, we received the most depressing news." "Now you are told to focus on real life, and when the drama is broadcast, you want people to look at the data. It's really unfair to be your fan."
Fans of Zhou Yiran were “rejecting” the role before the official announcement, saying that he had other “good roles” starring in his own movies and was unwilling to be a “pendant” male lead in a “female-led drama”.
The fans of both sides have created an awkward situation where you look down on me and I look down on you, and the fight is ugly.
In director Yang Long’s recent Weibo post, there is also an article thanking the fans of “When the Wild Geese Return”.
In recent years, the trend of tearing up the ranking of domestic dramas has tended to rise again, and ancient idol dramas are particularly hard hit. Previously, the fan circles have been shaken many times due to the ranking issue, including but not limited to the already aired "Legend of Sword and Fairy IV" (Ju Jingyi, Chen Zheyuan), the recently completed "Zhu Yu" (Zhang Linghe, Tian Xiwei), and this time "Qiao Chu" which has caused a big mess as soon as the official cast was announced.
Why do actors, teams, and fans frequently spark controversy over the ranking of their works?
In the final analysis, it is a product of traffic and fan economy. In the eyes of fans, the No. 1 represents the status of the heroine or hero, represents the large number of roles in the play, and the high status during the publicity period. In this way, once the No. 1 work becomes popular, it will be regarded as a traffic that carries the box office and ratings, which will naturally affect the quality and commercial value of its subsequent works. If you are lucky and encounter a reliable script and production team, the drama wins an award, and you can fly to the branch and become a phoenix. But blessings and curses, once the No. 1 drama flopped, the leading actor would also be ridiculed. During the entire broadcast of the series, the number and duration of advertisements, the number of important scenes, and the degree of popularity have become important indicators of whether the No. 1 can carry the drama.
This trend, which seems quite bizarre to passersby, is gaining momentum. In the era of traffic, the competition between fans and capital has led more and more teams, artists and fans to regard the ranking as a battleground, while ignoring that "the script is the foundation of a play" and acting skills and character are the determining factors for long-term success in this industry. This is also the reason why more and more traffic has entered the market in recent years, but the ratings of works have been declining year by year (here we should mention a series of so-called traffic idols whose acting skills are only visible to fans).
In addition, many of today's leading actresses actually worked their way up from supporting roles, and Chen Duling, a "permanent player in Hengdian", has gradually gained recognition from the audience for her outstanding acting skills and character design as a supporting actress in many ancient idol dramas, and has gradually returned to the position of the leading actress. Even the steamed and cooked have not forgotten the way they came, so why should fans force themselves to be the first?
As a team and fans of the same drama crew, everyone should have worked together as one to create a better production and drama-chasing environment, instead of fighting alone from the moment the official lineup is announced, and treating actors from the same drama who can obviously benefit from each other as imaginary enemies. This will only discourage potential fans of the drama and create opportunities for people to offend passers-by, so it is better to avoid doing that.
