phoenixfrost

XJX has a great story that is just as compelling as Shen Miao's. I think the drama is going to end being balanced - NEITHER female-centric nor male-centric

I agree. He is wasting his time on other pursuits. I hope he realizes and cares that viewers feel more attached to dramas than variety shows. If he wants to stay long in the business, he might want to focus more on dramas and movies.

Kinda amused at the comments questioning Dylan's suitability for the role. In fact, the producers have been eyeing Dylan to play XJX since 2022. I understand that the producers had to force Dylan to take this role, in exchange for which, he also gets GOTD season 2. This got me interested in reading the novel and I finally understood why the producers insisted on Dylan playing XJX. All I could imagine while reading the novel was Dylan as XJX. He suits the role 100%. There were even times when I wondered whether the novel writer had him in mind while writing the character of XJX. But the novel was written in 2010's and Dylan would have been, like, 12 years old then. 🤣

Nobody can smirk like Dylan 😊 His naughtiness is, in fact, one of the things I love about him.

It's also one of my favorite Chinese novels. There are some discussions on social media that this might change from female-centric in the novel to male-centric in the drama. What do you think?

I love Dylan and Meng Zi Yi. With equally stunning visuals, similar slim physique and perfect height difference, they look perfect together. They stood out in the Wonderland variety show, their sparring and bickering making me giggle, with the intensity of their chemistry. Can't wait to see them in this drama.

The producers have been eyeing Dylan for this role since 2022. And they're right. He's perfect for the role of Xie Jing Xing.

In real life, he's 3 years younger than MZY. In the novel, XJX is supposed to be 2 to 4 years older than SM. It seems they made him up to look older. But I hope they don't overdo it and just let him look naturally. He looks better with less makeup.

The accolades just keep coming. Congratulations to Guardians of the Dafeng for being chosen one of the Most Influential Dramas of the Year 2025 at the Kuyun Digital Entertainment Annual Influence Ceremony.
https://x.com/4theLoveofDidi/status/2018568886007070790/

'Glad I'm not the only one who found it "The most 'Ahhh' kissing scene of 2025." 🥰

Congratulations Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei for being #4 in #Huanwang Big Data's Top 10 Kissing Scenes in Historical Dramas in 2025 that garnered the most screams online:
https://x.com/MyAsianDramaonX/status/2009368127814214067

Congratulations Guardians of the Dafeng for being named *Most Popular Historical Drama of the Year* at the 2025 Entertainment Industry Awards, launched by BlogWorld and partner platforms!
https://x.com/4theLoveofDidi/status/2015038988793655369

Accolades keep pouring in for Guardians of the Dafeng. Congratulations, GOTD, for being crowned by Weibo as 2025 Top Popular and Well-Received Drama
https://x.com/4theLoveofDidi/status/2003856233254858946

Guardians Of The Dafeng has surpassed 2.2B total views on Yunhe 2025, with an impressive 55M average per episode, a super hit drama.

https://x.com/4theLoveofDidi/status/2002231806809329848

Congratulations, Xu QIan (Dylan Wang), for being one of the 6 Yunhe Faces Of The Year (Top Hit Drama Characters of 2025) at the 7th Yunhe Data (Enlightent) Cloud+ Awards
https://x.com/cdramacharts/status/2001882998195785826

Congratulations, Guardians of the Dafeng, for receiving the following awards:

2025 Tencent Video Golden Penguin Awards:
Blockbuster Drama of the Year
Members' Favourite Drama of the Year
Annual Outstanding Director
Annual Outstanding Producer

7th Yunhe Data (Enlightent) Cloud+ Awards
One of the Dramas of the Year

Datawin:
Outstanding BuzzBull (Popularity) Award

https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/2002360837701505195
https://x.com/XuKai_Soso0305/status/2002419467251560845
https://x.com/XuKai_Soso0305/status/2002421189864796383

This has one of the best kissing scenes I've watched in a cdrama

If you can't be bothered to create something that will not mislead people, then you should not publish it. Create a chart in your computer for your use and yours only. Everyone knows that anything published online will be seen by others worldwide. You talk of being rude, but don't consider your responsibility to refrain from publishing information that others can use to mislead others.

I use X to view information from Chinese sites, such as Yunhe and Kuyun. I have explained in my previous comment why data should be used with care to ensure fairness and avoid misconceptions.

Strictly featuring dramas that "start in yearxx" is simplistic if not downright naive and why professional charts like Yunhe feature dramas within an effective playback year. Yunhe's 2025 chart even features Under The Skin2 which started and ended in 2024 but has an effective playback period that extended up to 2025. Sharply cutting charts' coverage to only include those that start in yearxx effectively hides the success of dramas that start airing at the end of the year. You already knew this happened with Blossoms Shanghai. A conscientious chart creator would have done something to consider the unique situation of dramas that start and end on different years.

Probably 90% of those who view your charts would see them fresh, right after you create them. Only a few would view past years. Case in point, the X post that referenced your chart. Did it also include dramas that started in 2024 but whose successes showed up in 2025? Since it did not, it's quite misleading and shows the inadequacy of unprofessional charts where real-life implications are not considered, such as, that most people view year-end dramas in the following year and would have a wrong impression of not seeing them in the following years' stats.

It would be fairer for charts to include dramas that ended at a given year since stats of year-end dramas would be sorely missing data at the start year. However, viewers are more familiar with dramas' start years. Thus, a more professional and sophisticated approach would be to include dramas that start or end at a given year. If this would entail including year-end dramas in charts of start and end years and typing the previous year, say after the title, of dramas that started in the previous year, that's a small price to pay for fairness. Anyway, how many year-end dramas are there each year?

The reason for showing it so late in the year is not known, but I'll hazard a guess - it's probably due to the massive smear campaign against Guardians of the Dafeng, reportedly worth around 200 million rmb. I guess the producers wanted the smear campaign to die down, so the airing date kept getting pushed, but they couldn't move it past 2024, maybe due to contractual obligations? Who knows? But regardless of the reason for why it was shown late in the year, excluding it from 2025 reports is unfair and not right, considering that it aired mostly in 2025 and Tencent itself announced it to be its first 2025 drama to reach 30k. Including it in 2024 chart sounds more like just quietly completing the paperwork. Who cares about 2024 stats at the end of 2025? Dylan Wang is the most bullied artist in C-Ent, and that's the main reason his fans won't tolerate any attempt to continue the bullying by suppressing the drama's achievements.