Wang Yibo’s Patriotic Republic Era C-drama War of Faith is a Surprise Solid Hit Contending with Bigger Budget Buzzier Xianxia C-drama Legend of Shen Li with Former Costar Zhao Li Ying

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• Wang Yi Bo cannot be attached with the terminology Black Horse. He is way too established in the industry and way too popular for that. If it was an absolutely nobody actor as ML then yes. But Wang Yi Bo ? Come on !

  • Ms Koala is referring to the drama as black horse, not Yibo.

    • I know but what I meant is, anything with Wang Yi Bo in it as ML cannot be a dark horse. Sure drama was not heavily promoted before but everyone following cdramaland has been aware of this and there was some noises about it before it aired. It got Wang Yibo and LiQin as main leads. A drama like "An Ancient Love Song" last year for example is considered a dark horse since it became a surprise hit with absolutely no big name attached to it and literally zero promotion.

• Oh please is this site turning into a ccp propaganda mouthpiece? Wang Yi Bo has to resort to sucking up to ccp coz he’s such a flop and he’s fugly with his chinky eyes. He can’t even compare to 10% of Xiao Zhan. The only successful liuliang to juggle both dramas and movies is Wu Lei. Everyone else can only salivate wishing they had his complete package.

  • Once again, chinky is a racist slur. Please don't use it.

  • A despicable, racist comment based on you hate for Yibo. XZ would not be proud of you. Wu Lei has a loooong way to go to compare to Yibo's talent, looks and versatility, although he had potential. Typical haters comment, shame on you.

  • no wonder XZ's fan said like this. like idol like fan. meanwhile XZ's dramas couldn't even get 2% viewership. Please go watch your idol's dramas to contribute to their heat value.

• I have watched a couple of episodes and intend to watch more. The production quality is high and Yibo is better than expected. Also, he doesn't try to look pretty, which is good, I guess. Having said that, there are a couple of plot lines so far that call for a dispension of belief, so I will see how it goes.

  As for Shen Li, I can't compare it with War of Faith as xianxia is not my cup of tea and I try to avoid it unless there's a fave of mine in it.

• WYB is getting destroyed by the critics. It's interesting because even those who used to back him and were very much friendly with Yuehua are panning him for this role.

  Wang Yang is getting all the praise and buzz but overall there is actually very little talk about this drama.

  Legend of SL is doing really well, both the leads are getting good talk but the drama has stabilised more or less instead of rising in discussion and hype. But still a good result definitely.

• ZLY and WYB are together. They're testing the water to see if their fans fight. First time was LOF, second was the re-collaboration rumor that ended with ZLY rebuked and muted for several weeks, third was when Luo Yang aired at the same time with WITM.
  During LOF, her marital status was still married to FSF so she pretended not to be close with WYB, but they had a matching necklace behind his back. Also, FSF was accused of cheating and the evidence was some bogus text messages only. Recently, WYB was caught dressing up as a woman to assist ZLY at a public show. She had dinner with a tender meat as well, suspected to be WYB again.

  • lol, are you writing a wattpad story????

    • @Yui

      This talk is everywhere on Chinese sns, it's even more detailed than what the op wrote above. Personally I don't believe they are together but more importantly, who cares. Single adults can do whatever they like. I don't get the obsession.

  • LMAO. I just read the most delusional story ever. Especially the part saying WYB dressed up as a woman to assist ZLY.

  • If all this is true which have being circling around on Chinese SM....then I guess I should also believe the ones where Him and Xiao Zhan are together also based an all the evidence those fans pushed😅🙄

• Wang Yi Bo is ugly. All he has are homo shipper fans who ship him with Xiao Zhan. So basic looking and flops hard in both dramas and movies. He wishes he was Wu Lei

  • Show us your face then, I'm damn sure your face is worse looking....you probably the type to always talk about others appearances yet your own face is bottom level type of looking

  • Who is Wu Lei? I wish I know him so I could decide what you said is true or not.

• I am thoroughly enjoying Legend of Shen Li. It deserves the praise and attention its getting. The chemistry between LGX and ZLY can melt the eastern sea Ancient God Xing Zhu has frozen. Legend of Shen Li has completed healed my broken PA heart from 7 years ago.

  • I totally agree with you!!!

  • Yes Shen Li is so good. I was so sick of xianxia dramas after watching so many with their ill-fated romances lasting several lifetimes, but this gave me a pleasant surprise. Its a breath of fresh air. I didn't watch PA, so I'm glad this made me discover Lin Gengxin.

  • Yes. Thanks. These are different genre too . Legend of shenli is great to watch especially who read the novel which it is faithful to and the acting and chemistry is superb.

• Is the drama good and entertaining...that is all that matters. Wang Yibo is doing his job. I dont care who he dates or not...

  His co-star have praised him for his professionalism. That is good. At least he is not just a pretty vase.

• I started watching for Wang Yang. Wang YiBo has been a pleasant surprise. Good for him. I’ve been half-rooting for the last few months. The production is also surprisingly high-quality. No complaints, even though Republican era isn’t my cuppa. Wang Yang, Wang Yang, Wang Yang—That is all.

  • Republican is not my usual watch too...too much Chinese propaganda. But I might if this drama is good. Wang Yang is a good actor. It will be great Wang Yibo learn and be mentored by him.

• WYB just can't carry any drama on his own. He has to costar with very solid veteran actors to make his works delivered. I was indifferent to him in The Untamed since Xiao Zhan was obviously the major contributor to that breakout hit. But I still checked his subsequent dramas and found him simply very lacking as an actor. He did improve quite a bit in this new drama. Still, visually he lacks charisma to be a hot ML.

  The plot is a total crap, like other CCP propaganda garbage. The story exaggerated the power of CCP spies just as PLA used Hollywood battle film clips to fake PLA's power. The same problem. Li Qin just mimicked James Bond ladies' stunts, dressed all beautiful and almighty. LMAO. I'm sure CCP will make sure this communist agitprop gets high ratings and top on hot indices on paper. LOL. They made up financial statistics that IMF had to constantly give out warnings. What lies can't they fabricate? We all know Chinese data have credibility issue. Hot indices and ratings are no exception. This culture just doesn't know the virtue of honesty.

  • Is this a koreaboo out in the wild?

    • See you're incoherent again! What about Koreaboo? LOL. What's Koreaboo? Go worship CCP and uncle-faced WYB! Just don't bother! LOL