This goes to show how one action can snowball and lead to many additional consequences. Last week Wang Xing Yue‘s production office released a video showing his character Xiao Heng dying in the final battle in the drama The Double. The stated intent was to showcase his character and acting, the behind-the-scenes intent was to harsh the buzz of CP shippers from that drama. That pissed the CP fans, the core drama fans, and Wu Jin Yan fans all off, as expected since doing so was akin to purposely telling a 9 year old there is no Santa Claus the day before Christmas, you know the kid is probably old enough to figure it out or suspect but intentionally ruining that belief is a douchey thing to do. Producer Yu Zheng had to step in to calm the furor and has fired two people (marketing and operations) in Wang Xing Yue’s team and blaming those two. But due to the bad taste, additional rumors came out including Wang Xing Yue maybe having an online shopping account that once bought sexy lingerie (for his girlfriend), that he intentionally flirts with all his female costars on set (Wu Jing Yan and earlier ones Bai Lu, Zhou Ye, and more) to generate buzz for himself, and that he may have lied about his age and is really 24 years old and not 22 years old. All three are rather nothingburgers even if true so this wave has died down in just a few days but honestly all of this is really his team’s own making.
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lol sounds dangerous to try and make it big in China.
@neen
Indeed ….. well it’s tough to survive in this C-ent or K-ent industry. You gotta to be squeaky clean, no dating, no kissing, no flirting….gotta live like a nun or monk.
Either that or have powerful backings.
I saw WXY's beautiful face. Then I clicked. LOL
This is so entertaining! Can I say WXY now in C-ent is like Byeon Woo Seok in SK?
BTW, it's my 5 year old telling me there wasn't such a fictional Santa in real life and deer couldn't fly. LOL.
You are the one who said he is overhyped in visuals? I maybe be wrong but I think it's the same username. It's quite funny.
He didn't impress me at all in his prior dramas. I said that to cool down his fangirls' obsession back then. A few gals kept mentioning his name back then to annoy me cos he really didn't do anything on me. LMAO. The Double is one drama that has changed my perception about C costume dramas and some actors including WXY and WJY of course. LOL.
@Somebody They wanted to make you share their opinion by force? No arguments or solid points? Every head is a world definitely because I would not measure an artist based on my personal considerations. There are actors I don't like but I recognize their talent, there are actors I adore but I dare not write about the skills they don't have e.g Yang Yang. Lol.
I did not recognize WXY's talent until the Double. That's the point. He also looked really too old for his age, e.g., in Amidst a Snowstorm.
@Somebody I understand, just sharing my opinion about how we value artists :)
How do we even know the behind-the-scenes intent?! And why would people think his team would want to douse the CP fire while the drama is still popular? Also,while releasing that clip was definitely a fauxpas on his team's part, why are they being blamed for the dirt/slander people are throwing at him... instead of blaming those nonsensical netizens who are stirring up the trouble?
Hope he manages to ride these rough waves and prevail with the next hot drama.
I don't find BWS to be that good-looking. But I haven't seen any of his dramas yet, just a couple of clips here and there, so I have no opinion on his acting C:
I got a laugh out of your kid's comment.
I also don’t find him good looking, becaus I never watch his dramas. Most people will have filter for character they like and I think that’s fine too. Sometimes I became a fan of singer and just because he sounds good I began to think he’s handsome enough. It’s more like charm thing
Lol my 5yr old said the same thg yday. Santa's fake. Adults are the one who give the presents. I find WXY's acting more mature thn his supposed age. Guess only management knows his real age
LOL. I used to tease his mature looking a lot. I used to say I'd never been impressed by his prior performances except that his dramas always made him look older than his said "real" age. LOL. I think his own voice sounds really deeper and sexier than a lot of C actors that makes him appear more mature. He can be a voice actor without that beautiful face. LOL.
Most of the porpular actors and actresses have gone through their share of weird and bad rumours, I guess c neitzen r welcoming him into the entertainment industry of being seen in their own way 😆. I hope he plays his cards well because he in an unforgiving entertainment industry.
@mercy yes even respected actors have strange rumors spread around. it's just a sign of how bad fan culture is in china.
Yu Zheng just killed his own artist LOL
The age thing has been confirmed to be a malicious rumor and he is indeed 22, he is not big enough to survive if his rivals want to crash him, well goodbye
I heard about the age rumor. He does seem mature looking at a glance. But only his company and close ones know what’s what. lol just supposing gets you no where so silly.
LOL. The only rumor that has been around since he debuted has been whether he was really born in 2002 or 2000. There was discussion in the past but it ended when a teacher of Wang Xing Yue came to his defense.
The funny and curious thing here is that if the netizens weren't pissed off about what Wang Xing Yue's studio did, they wouldn't bring the rumors to light. I can't take seriously rumors that conveniently come out as a way to vent anger. It just exposes how unstable their temperament is.
i already commented that i do not care if i sound like a complete delulu but i still believe that the rumors were orchestrated because they also tried to target li meng instantly but apparently there was not the desired buzz. but if i think about it, it doesn't affect my moral if the rumors about wang xing yue were true. that's the beauty of different perspectives.
some chinese netz were pretty purist about the lingerie shopping rumor. it's stupid considering how we all came to the world. no stork brought us, right? lol.
This is stupidity at its finest. Netizens should just be honest and say they want to control him.
22 vs. 24? What’s the big deal? It’s only a difference of 2 years.
Buying sexy lingerie for his girlfriend? What’s the big deal? Newsflash, men his age have sex. They are not all virgins. lol.
What they call ‘flirting’ with costars is just teasing them. He’s jovial and clowning by nature. I’ve seen some bts of his dramas. Now if he were to get unusually handset, that would be a problem. But he has not. And these netizens should take a hike. They are acting as if THEY are his girlfriend and are in a relationship with him. Sick. And. Toxic.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. He definitely has the potential so I hope that working together with his team and agency, he can be more careful. Common sense is not an ornament.
I agree. As his studio, they have a right to want to concentrate fans who are interested in him since it's a net profit. It's business. But I think there were different routes to make a purification. Orchestrated or not, the rumors would have led him to lose his growing popularity had he been affiliated with a small agency.
Its not like he said he was 10 years older or younger than his real age. 2 years is so stupid to be considered scandalous. And who even brought up all the other small issues because it sounds like its his own fans turned anti. Fandom is so volatile like that. One mistake and love turns to hate.