Hey I'm currently so obsessed with this drama but I don't see much ppl talking Abt it it's so good I luv how the ml lead is so calm and genius and he is he express his feeling directly. So tell me ur thoughts this drama

Tldr : A cdrama fan video creator talking about how actors in idol cdramas rarely shown raw emotion, no facial muscle movement etc. The comments are interesting too. Many blame the production and fans for it.

My favourite comment is "You hit the nail on the head with the aura farming. It is enough. We get it, you are a fine babe. Give us raw, unfiltered emotions 🙏🏾" 😭😂

Edit : I think some of you kinda misunderstood this video. This is not about idol turned actors BUT the IDOL DRAMAS itself.

Who's your favourite villain in cdramas ? Or who's that villain who left a lasting impression on you ?

For me it's :

1. Tantai Jin (Till the End of the Moon) - Cold, ruthless, menacing and vengeful. Yet so tragic and vulnerable. Bound for endless suffering. He left quite an impression on me.

2. Lady Yulou (Prisoner of Beauty) - Highly ambitious, manipulative and scheming. Loved how she always wore a mask to hide her true feelings underneath a fake exterior full of lies to the extreme point.

Give me all the manipulative schemers, obsessive lunatics, walking disasters with pretty eyes and tragic backstory BESIDES Qi Min! He is already mine 🤣

No Main Characters 🚫 that's a foul!!

In most of the shows we watch, we find ourselves losing interest in the romance once the main lead couple gets together. I find myself very little invested in their romance the moment everything is clear and they finally start dating.

Which cdrama pairings had you like this (see photos) even after the “chase” ended ? You would still watch the two of them just being together ?

Drop their names.

Last I asked to name the best cdrama ever made and Nirvana in Fire took the crown for greatest cdrama ever.

What about the other end?

I don’t mean the most disappointing or the one that wasted a good cast.

I am asking about the drama you 🫵 think is the worst drama ever produced.

I’ll go first! The Untamed.

Before the torches come out please hear me out. Taste is personal and I respect yours.

I am not calling the drama worst for no reason. The production quality was terrible, too many characters to remember but ok the colors were helpful, the sets looked cheap and like a joke, the plot was so messy that it didn’t make any sense, and the romance was swapped with bromance.

I struggled to understand and finish it. A drama shouldn’t need homework to make sense. That’s why I say that the untamed is the worst drama ever produced.

Now forget my example and drop yours. What’s the worst cdrama ever made?

I saw a chart on Weibo where someone ranked like 45 male actors by visuals and the whole thing is so unserious and so serious at the same time I need you all to see it!!!

These are actual categories someone sat down and applied to real human celebrities.

The scale has five tiers. The top one is 夯 which basically means god mode untouchable flawless. Then 顶级 is elite but not quite god. Then 人上人 is above average fine respectable. Then Non Playing Character which means you just exist no impact no aura. The bottom is 拉完了 meaning completely cooked ruined garbage tier.

Remember This 💩 Key

1. 夯 = God

2. 顶级 = Elite

3. 人上人 = Above averageKey

4. NPC = They don't matter

5. 拉完了 = garbage

BEFORE they even rate the actors they also have a brutal height classification system 🤕

185cm and above is god height and you automatically win at life because you hit genetic lottery. 183 to 184 is elite so not quite bad . 179 to 182 is above average. 176 to 178 is NPC. And any man 175cm or shorter is automatically garbage. The worst tier. Just for being short. This rule alone kneecaps several popular actors and I am appalled by the audacity.

Then each guy gets scored on seven things body bone structure fashion period drama look modern look and variety show personality. Total score out of 100 which the chart maker is going by vibes and a dumb claim about using a scientific system

The results are 😳. Yang Yang is number one with 96 points he got god in six categories but his height is 180cm which in this system is only above average so he lost points for not being tall enough to be a real god. The chart says he is the most beautiful man on earth but sorry you are 180 not 185.

Tan Jianci is the weirdest entry. He is 174cm so height is 拉完了 worst tier garbage height. But then his face bone structure fashion period look modern look variety personality are all 顶级 or 夯. The chart is literally saying perfect perfect perfect perfect oh wait too short 83 points next. The height discrimination is so bad. Tan Jianci is labeled garbage because he is ONE CM short.

Huang Bo does not even get a total score. Height is 拉完了 at 172. Most categories are NPC. But he got 夯 for variety shows because the man is hilarious. So the chart says no height no look no fashion but at least he makes us laugh so we are not bothering to calculate a number. The disrespect to one of the most successful actors in China is sending me.

Xiao Zhan got god tier in almost everything but only 人上人 for variety shows which means the chart maker thinks he is boring on reality TV. Luo Yunxi is 177cm so his height is NPC but his period drama look is 夯 which honestly true the man was born to wear robes. Zhang Linghe is 188cm and gorgeous but got NPC for variety shows too the chart maker has opinions on who is entertaining and who is not.

The whole thing is someone taking visuals way too seriously while also making the pettiest arbitrary decisions. I need to know which rating made you gasp and hate this system of visual thirst.

Thought this photoshoot that Deng Kai did for Vogue China May Edition was so gorgeous!

I'm totally loving the earthy suit look! Which is your favourite?

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Pictures 1-3: Wang Hedi measured 182 in high shoes. Take away 3 cm for the shoes and he's definitely around 178-179 range

Picture 4: Huang Zitao measured 180.5 on an electric stadiometer

Pictures 5-7: Bai Jingting compared to verified 175.5 cm honor of kings gamer yinuo. Bai Jingting actually has a footware advantage so I'd imagine he's somewhere between 176 and 177 cm

Picture 8: Wu lei who claims 183 cm compared to stephen curry who is actually 188 cm barefoot. Looks like an almost 10 cm difference.

Picture 9: If Chen Linong measures 184 cm with shoes how tall is Cai Xukun？

Does higher billing automatically mean a higher paycheck? And how much does your favorite star actually earn from dramas?"

I’ve been going down a HUGE rabbit hole about cdrama budgets and actor salaries lately and honestly… the numbers are insane!
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The biggest pay scandal in C-ent history involved now-banned actress Zheng Shuang. Leaked chats from her former partner claimed she was paid 160 million RMB (~$22M USD) for a single drama filmed over roughly 77 days. Which means she was allegedly making: 2.08M RMB/day (US$287K/day).

This, combined with Fan Bingbing’s tax evasion and yin-yang contract scandal, triggered a major government crackdown on celebrity pay in China.

The Salary Cap Rules
After these scandals, China introduced strict caps:

1. Total cast salaries ≤ 40% of the drama’s total production budget
2. Top-billed actor(s) ≤ 70% of that total cast payroll

These rules are real, officially issued by the NRTA (National Radio and Television Administration) and strengthened after Zheng Shuang’s 2021 investigation.

And THIS is where things get really interesting because drama budgets in China are HUGE.

Typical CDrama Budget Tiers
- (B) Low-budget web dramas 5M–20M RMB (US$690K–2.8M)
- (A, A+) Standard idol/romance dramas 30M–80M RMB (US$4.1M–11M)
- (S, S+) High-tier streaming dramas 100M–300M RMB (US$13.8M–41M) to 300M–500M+ RMB (US$41M–69M+)

For example, a mega-hit historical drama from last year starring an A-list actor with sole top billing was rumored to have a production budget of about: 528M RMB (US$73M)

Under China’s salary cap rules:
- Maximum total cast payroll: 211.2M RMB (US$29.2M)
- Maximum allowed for top-billed actors: 147.8M RMB (US$20.4M)
Now HERE’S the important part: That 147.8M RMB does NOT automatically go to one person.It depends heavily on agreement contract (billing order, contract negotiations, agency power, popularity/traffic, profit-sharing agreements)

So if a drama has:
ONE sole top-billed actor just like the example above, then that actor could theoretically receive MOST of the top-billed allocation of 147.8M RMB (US$20.4M).

But if the drama has: dual leads then that amount gets divided according to the contracts.

For example:
Actor A: 70M RMB (US$9.7M)
Actor B: 50M RMB (US$6.9M)
Remaining amount distributed among veteran/supporting cast

Which honestly explains why billing wars in C-ent are SO intense 😭 Because first billing in China is not just about prestige anymore. It can literally affect tens of millions of RMB. BUT important disclaimer because these are just estimates!

The salary cap only shows the MAXIMUM allowed structure. It does NOT mean actors automatically receive the full 40% allocation or the full top-billed limit. Actors can absolutely earn LESS depending on again on contract agreement! Industry whispers about actors lowering their fees are real!

- Zhang Linghe reportedly reduced his fee from 12 million RMB to 3.5 million RMB (a reduction of approximately $1.17 million USD) to secure his role in Pursuit of Jade. In the same drama, Tian Xiwei (female lead) earned approximately 3 million RMB, while Kong Xue'er (supporting role) earned approximately 1.5 million RMB.

- Tan Xiwei was also rumored to have offered a lower salary than another actress to win a project.

- Multiple actors are now negotiating down to 3M–5M RMB due to the "limit order."

So while people love calculating the “maximum possible salary,” the REAL numbers are probably all over the place depending on the drama and the actor.

Still… compared to the pre-crackdown era, things already seem WAY more controlled now because some productions back then were reportedly spending more on traffic stars than on the actual drama itself!

Throwback to one of the first few posts I made for this sub. Has the meme aged well or has the emotional landscape of cdramasfans changed?

What do you think of her performance ? The song could not be heard due to loud cheering .

What exactly made the drama land the way it did?

The cast was an obvious draw. Zhang Linghe’s role gave him more to work with than the usual stoic male lead template. Tian Xiwei felt real carrying a cleaver and a sword. The girl nailed it 💪🏻!

The acting from the supporting cast filled in the gaps. Yan Yikuan as Chancellor Wei, Deng Kai as Qi Min, and Kong Xueer as Yu Qianqian did a splendid job. Those were my standout favorites but the overall cast was really good.

The plot was a fake marriage story but it coasted on the premise. It moved from domestic comedy to battlefield separation but lost track of the political plot. The transmigration part seemed totally unnecessary to me. Am I the only one? I

The cinematography is where I think the director’s magic is the most visible. Zeng Qing Jie directed Blossom before this, and the same attention to lighting and framing is there. Deep shadows, warm interiors, the cross section tracking shot with the children. It looked expensive and pretty like a painting.

When I try to explain why the drama worked, I end up describing all of them at once but keep complaining internally about the plot.

I really liked this X video which shows one second from every episode. Mods said to share on Friday so here we are

Floating Life started filming like five minutes ago and the fandoms are already in full scale war to the point where fan clubs are releasing statements all because of a deleted poster and broken promise of equal opportunity advertisement.

Chen Zhenyuan fan club released a statement demanding an apology, restoration of the deleted materials, and guarantees about his future placement.

Wang Churan’s fan club fired back saying her fans were blocked from the drama supertopic and moderators were using bad tactics to stop WCR fans.

CZY fans dug out info that she applied for leaves for other business ventures and she has been labeled as the most problematic actress who causes production delays.

Deng Kai fans just want the drama to film peacefully.

Is the production cursed or something?

Here is the list of all the dramas that are going to have a season two as per Youku Spring Investment Conference.

Legend of Zanghai (藏海传)

Status: Season 2 officially confirmed. It was a centerpiece of Youku's 2026 lineup announcement on May 11, 2026, featuring prominently as a (重头戏) major production alongside other titles. A concept poster has been released, and the project is in early planning stages.

Season 1 Star: Xiao Zhan

The Immortal Ascension (凡人修仙传)

Status: Season 2 is planned but not yet officially announced as part of this specific slate. The first season (starring Yang Yang) was produced, with reports that the lead actor had signed a three-season contract pending the success of the first. There is no official confirmation of a second season in the most recent 2026 lineup announcements.

Season 1 Star: Yang Yang

Blood River (暗河传)

Status: Season 2 is confirmed and part of the 2026 Youku lineup. The announcement was made alongside other titles on May 11, 2026.

Season 1 Star: Gong Jun.

The Blood of Youth (少年歌行)

Status: Season 2 is confirmed. The drama is a key part of Youku's strategy to build a "Young Brewmaster" (IP) universe, and the second season is in the 2026 lineup.

Season 1 Stars: Li Hongyi, Ao Ruipeng, Liu Xueyi

Regeneration (新生)

Status: Season 2 is in the works. A Baidu Baike entry for '新生第二季' confirms the series is moving forward as a suspense drama produced by Youku.

Season 1 Star: Jing Boran.

Personally, I have been waiting for Blood of Youth Season 2 for ages as I love the IP. How about you?

Edit: Blue colored text is link to MDL pages of these dramas. I have added all the concept posters. You heard it here first ;)

Don't give me names for the best drama you recently watched or the most visually appealing. Tell me about that ONE drama you would defend as the GREATEST cdrama ever produced.

I'll go first The Story of Yanxi Palace!