Why do a fandom start collecting data? Because other fandoms are collecting, if they don't, it will bring negative effect to the artist. So the problem might lie on the very first fandom which started this ritual. Well that's something I'm unaware of. So the rest are the victim of the ones who started.
So someone, please let me know, as I haven't watched Hou Ming Hao dramas before, so this is my first one of his…
Idk how to describe about popularity. Hou Minghao might not be one of the most hyped artists in China(like Chengyi, XZ, WYB etc), but he’s definitely got a solid loyal fanbase that is supporting him. He recently held his birthday concert with over 7k fans, tickets sold out in just 3–5 seconds! Hou Minghao himself failed to get the ticket(He tried to grab one). And every time there’s a booting or wrap-up ceremony, around 1.5k–2k fans show up in person to support him.
He was an ex-trainee at SM Entertainment in 2012-2013. He was the only chinese trainee Lee So Man brought that year. LSM gave him the stage name "NEO". Later he left as his mom was sick. So he was supposed to join NCT (Neo comes from that group NCT's "N")
[But everyone thinks he deserves more and more popularity as an Allrounder ACE who is proficient in literally everything(music, sports, acting,dancing etc)]
I don't follow others. But what I have seen in our fandom, chinese fans urge others to buy magazine if they have money. They never forced anyone, all they did was spreading the importance of it as ultimately the artist will be judged according to the number of magazines /other endorsement at the end.
As for shaming / bullying behavior, it does exist in china. Every fandom is involved. So I love to blame the fandom who starts the bullying first. Hmh's fandom also follow this rule, they will only attack if they get attacked first. Otherwise if they don't counterattack, their timeline would be flooded with negative posts from the opposite. Who likes to get bullied?
Every fandom is involved in collecting data. They collect it because they love to support their artists. These kind of data was introduced by the platform / industry itself. They love to check the outcome. You can't blame fans for that. They as well as the artists are basically the scapegoat of the system.
Also I mentioned the chart here as I am proud of him getting the first position despite the lack of trending search, materials or any kind of promotion which other can receive easily. It's not wrong to share it as an achievement which was earned by him.
While going through my rednote & douyin account, I can see thousands of posts from passerby praising his look & acting skill in the drama. He has recently attended 2 music festivals in oct as he is also a professional singer. And it went viral for which he got numerous praises from music critics. It also helped the popularity of his character JBZ increasing more.
well tbf, his character in FOF was meant to look old, cuz well he was a very old demon. Here he's still young…
In reality ML looks more like Ji Bo Zai's polished look if you check his every day life or other dramas.
To make ZYZ older, the stylist did their job perfectly. The make up style was more ghostly with the dark filter of the director. Also he lost weight due to meet the requirements.
As you are mentioning how it works, let me put some information you might not know. Although Hou Minghao is the main character, there was zero high ranking hot trending searches purchased for him. There's issue with his agency which doesn't do anything to promote him. There's also lack of materials from the studio's weibo account and douyin account comparing to the other artists. You can just check both ML+FL's weibo & their studio's weibo.
While fandom might play an important role, the other dramas also have artists with bigger fandom to help them getting high index.
My point was Hou Minghao received the lowest promotion and still managed to compete with the other artists with bigger promotion. I think the buzz is real.
If you go through their page, you will notice they only wrote about Ji Bo Zai as Hou Minghao's role contribution is the highest among all. He is also dominating the Word Cloud. I remember, last year, Datawin only praised Hou Minghao's Zhao Yuan Zhou when FOF aired. Because he brought the highest discussion about his character, role contribution, everything else.
The historical romance drama "Love In the Clouds", starring "Hou Minghao" , is currently airing on Youku. His character "Ji Bozai", with his uniquely scheming and cunning charm, has sparked widespread discussion, with an average role contribution of 44%, significantly boosting the series' popularity. His personal public opinion word cloud also heavily focuses on the series itself, demonstrating the success of his characterization. Ji Bozai's successful portrayal stems from the harmonious resonance between the actor, the character, and his performance. Firstly, the actor's appearance brings a highly persuasive quality to the role. Data from Datawin shows that Hou Minghao's recent trending keywords frequently mention words like "demeanor," "handsome," and "look." Hou Minghao's upright, upright figure and steady demeanor provide a solid foundation for the image of Ji Bozai, the rising star of the immortal sect, providing a reliable visual anchor for all his subsequent actions. Secondly, Ji Bozai's characterization precisely aligns with market preferences. His ambivalent nature, shrouded in scheming and overflowing with suspense, creates a seemingly uninhibited yet deeply calculating personality. He engages in a game of "I know you're lying to me, and I'm lying to you too" with the female lead, creating a two-way, extreme tug-of-war that becomes a key highlight of the series. The character's gradual emotional transformation from exploitation to affection preserves his dangerous allure while satisfying contemporary audiences' demand for increased character complexity and dramatic conflict, seamlessly integrating his suspenseful and suspenseful qualities.
Finally, Hou Minghao's performance hinges on the interplay of concealment and release. He avoids outwardly projecting Ji Bozai's pain and scheming, instead using layered eye contact to precisely convey emotions of calculation, probing, agitation, and forbearance. Notably, the frequent use of dialogue demonstrates the effectiveness of his voice development, from seemingly frivolous tones to the calm, composed voice at crucial moments, each becoming part of the character's disguise. This kind of control over the details in the performance makes Ji Bozai's charm not only superficial, but also stems from the inner tension of intelligence and brokenness, thus achieving an effective transformation from "good looking" to "favorable".
Novel had only 83 book fans. Which production team would dare to follow the original book? The 2 screenwriters…
This book has only 83 fans. It is not a big IP drama. Unpopular novels are cheap in price and can be reshaped to a good drama. That's why it was adapted.
Idk where you read that this is S+ level drama, but it's not. This is a small scale production with a new female director who always filmed vertical dramas. Although the budget is low, this production team is indeed doing a good job making everyone believing it's a S+ level project.
They changed too much, didn't they? Their memorable initial encounter became typical of Chinese dramas, and Ji…
Novel had only 83 book fans. Which production team would dare to follow the original book? The 2 screenwriters are famous for writing good script.
I read the beginning of the novel and personally didn't prefer to watch the intimate scenes without real feelings. The playboy part was also not liked by common watchers. For which changing the script was necessary. They also needed to pass the censorship.
Can anyone tell me how Litc is doing overall? I just saw it has only 8.1 rating in MDL. That’s so low, even…
In china, it broke 9500 heat index within 3days and will break 10000 soon which shows how popular the drama is in the mainland. Ignore the rating in MDL as haters rated it 1. They put the drama under "completed" category for which the overall rating is low now. But it will increase once the actual watchers start rating it at the end. You can urge watcher who loves the drama to rate it high to see the increase.
Ji Bozai is accused of not bowing when meeting the divine king's younger brother. He bluntly explains that he used to have to kneel whenever he met the spirit pets of nobles, so now that he's rich, he doesn't want to bow anymore. While superficially explaining his refusal to bow, he's actually explaining to the audience how his previous life of low status was difficult and without dignity—naturally foreshadowing the plot in another scenario.
Having been forced to kneel before so many powerful individuals, this servility left an indelible scar. So, when he confronts the lower-ranking servant, Buxiu, he repeatedly emphasizes, "I've told you so many times," "You don't need to bow when you meet me privately." When the other person still bows in confusion, Ji Bozai's expression shows no sign of joy, indicating that his request is more than a superficial one; he genuinely hopes that the other person will "stand up" with dignity.
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He recently held his birthday concert with over 7k fans, tickets sold out in just 3–5 seconds! Hou Minghao himself failed to get the ticket(He tried to grab one).
And every time there’s a booting or wrap-up ceremony, around 1.5k–2k fans show up in person to support him.
His birthday concert:
https://youtu.be/KFuSq1DSqio?si=tRQwVkgx1H0ZIeda
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM5ZuYupu_D/?igsh=ejA5ZGp6cTRzZDJt
KTTPH Booting Ceremony:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMHTh4LxeYI/?igsh=encwZDd6ajIza2Q4
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMKKOlMR8Db/?igsh=Y2hoNW5sODBkcW5w
He was an ex-trainee at SM Entertainment in 2012-2013. He was the only chinese trainee Lee So Man brought that year. LSM gave him the stage name "NEO". Later he left as his mom was sick.
So he was supposed to join NCT (Neo comes from that group NCT's "N")
[But everyone thinks he deserves more and more popularity as an Allrounder ACE who is proficient in literally everything(music, sports, acting,dancing etc)]
Must watch to see how explosive his singing skills is:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPZFikikdW5/?igsh=ZzRzNmRkdHN5azN2
As for shaming / bullying behavior, it does exist in china. Every fandom is involved. So I love to blame the fandom who starts the bullying first.
Hmh's fandom also follow this rule, they will only attack if they get attacked first. Otherwise if they don't counterattack, their timeline would be flooded with negative posts from the opposite. Who likes to get bullied?
These kind of data was introduced by the platform / industry itself. They love to check the outcome. You can't blame fans for that. They as well as the artists are basically the scapegoat of the system.
Also I mentioned the chart here as I am proud of him getting the first position despite the lack of trending search, materials or any kind of promotion which other can receive easily. It's not wrong to share it as an achievement which was earned by him.
While going through my rednote & douyin account, I can see thousands of posts from passerby praising his look & acting skill in the drama. He has recently attended 2 music festivals in oct as he is also a professional singer. And it went viral for which he got numerous praises from music critics. It also helped the popularity of his character JBZ increasing more.
To make ZYZ older, the stylist did their job perfectly. The make up style was more ghostly with the dark filter of the director. Also he lost weight due to meet the requirements.
Although Hou Minghao is the main character, there was zero high ranking hot trending searches purchased for him. There's issue with his agency which doesn't do anything to promote him.
There's also lack of materials from the studio's weibo account and douyin account comparing to the other artists. You can just check both ML+FL's weibo & their studio's weibo.
While fandom might play an important role, the other dramas also have artists with bigger fandom to help them getting high index.
My point was Hou Minghao received the lowest promotion and still managed to compete with the other artists with bigger promotion. I think the buzz is real.
Hou Minghao's Ji Bo Zai is dominating Top1 position in the VLinkage Character Index chart only after 3days of airing🎉
10th Oct
Ranked 1: Ji Bo Zai - 8.94
[Will break 9 soon]
9th Oct
Ranked 2: Ji Bo Zai - 8.87
8th Oct
Ranked 5: Ji Bo Zai - 8.66
[This data represents the popularity of all characters of the released dramas]
Source: https://weibo.com/2041291667/Q8AYwryyP
Ji Bo Zai is surely a hot topic in the mainland!
He is also dominating the Word Cloud.
I remember, last year, Datawin only praised Hou Minghao's Zhao Yuan Zhou when FOF aired. Because he brought the highest discussion about his character, role contribution, everything else.
The historical romance drama "Love In the Clouds", starring "Hou Minghao" , is currently airing on Youku. His character "Ji Bozai", with his uniquely scheming and cunning charm, has sparked widespread discussion, with an average role contribution of 44%, significantly boosting the series' popularity. His personal public opinion word cloud also heavily focuses on the series itself, demonstrating the success of his characterization.
Ji Bozai's successful portrayal stems from the harmonious resonance between the actor, the character, and his performance.
Firstly, the actor's appearance brings a highly persuasive quality to the role. Data from Datawin shows that Hou Minghao's recent trending keywords frequently mention words like "demeanor," "handsome," and "look." Hou Minghao's upright, upright figure and steady demeanor provide a solid foundation for the image of Ji Bozai, the rising star of the immortal sect, providing a reliable visual anchor for all his subsequent actions.
Secondly, Ji Bozai's characterization precisely aligns with market preferences. His ambivalent nature, shrouded in scheming and overflowing with suspense, creates a seemingly uninhibited yet deeply calculating personality. He engages in a game of "I know you're lying to me, and I'm lying to you too" with the female lead, creating a two-way, extreme tug-of-war that becomes a key highlight of the series.
The character's gradual emotional transformation from exploitation to affection preserves his dangerous allure while satisfying contemporary audiences' demand for increased character complexity and dramatic conflict, seamlessly integrating his suspenseful and suspenseful qualities.
Finally, Hou Minghao's performance hinges on the interplay of concealment and release. He avoids outwardly projecting Ji Bozai's pain and scheming, instead using layered eye contact to precisely convey emotions of calculation, probing, agitation, and forbearance. Notably, the frequent use of dialogue demonstrates the effectiveness of his voice development, from seemingly frivolous tones to the calm, composed voice at crucial moments, each becoming part of the character's disguise. This kind of control over the details in the performance makes Ji Bozai's charm not only superficial, but also stems from the inner tension of intelligence and brokenness, thus achieving an effective transformation from "good looking" to "favorable".
Source: https://weibo.com/1104220301/Q8rUlFzIB
Idk where you read that this is S+ level drama, but it's not. This is a small scale production with a new female director who always filmed vertical dramas.
Although the budget is low, this production team is indeed doing a good job making everyone believing it's a S+ level project.
Which production team would dare to follow the original book?
The 2 screenwriters are famous for writing good script.
I read the beginning of the novel and personally didn't prefer to watch the intimate scenes without real feelings. The playboy part was also not liked by common watchers. For which changing the script was necessary. They also needed to pass the censorship.
Personally I am Ioving the changes in the drama.
Ignore the rating in MDL as haters rated it 1. They put the drama under "completed" category for which the overall rating is low now. But it will increase once the actual watchers start rating it at the end.
You can urge watcher who loves the drama to rate it high to see the increase.
Ji Bozai is accused of not bowing when meeting the divine king's younger brother. He bluntly explains that he used to have to kneel whenever he met the spirit pets of nobles, so now that he's rich, he doesn't want to bow anymore. While superficially explaining his refusal to bow, he's actually explaining to the audience how his previous life of low status was difficult and without dignity—naturally foreshadowing the plot in another scenario.
Having been forced to kneel before so many powerful individuals, this servility left an indelible scar. So, when he confronts the lower-ranking servant, Buxiu, he repeatedly emphasizes, "I've told you so many times," "You don't need to bow when you meet me privately." When the other person still bows in confusion, Ji Bozai's expression shows no sign of joy, indicating that his request is more than a superficial one; he genuinely hopes that the other person will "stand up" with dignity.