When I see how fast C-stars rises and falls can be I am so supportive of the work until you can’t anymore mentality like in pro sports. So stars that seem to be in so many dramas it’s a testament to productions wanting him/her, case in point Zhang Ling He. He’s confirmed to go from filming modern drama Our Generation (Cherry Amber) to the December production commencement of period drama Chasing Jade (逐玉). The female lead will be Tian Xi Wei who I feel was on a roll last year with Wrong Carriage, Right Groom and Romance on the Farm but her filmed dramas since then haven’t aired so she’s gone over a year without a drama onscreen. In that sense Zhang Ling He good or had is basically onscreen every few months with a drama airing and always on the radar.
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She has a drama airing right now but it is modern and about cheating in relationships and such.
Tian Xi Wei has a drama airing at the moment: 'In Between'
Looking forward to this pairing!
Zhang Ling He's visual really fit many Chinese novel's leading man's looks.
Although Zhang Linghe is easy on the eye and not too terrible as an actor, his permanent presence on the screen is causing visual fatigue.
How about he gives his health and our eyes a break?
I’m sure there are plenty of other talented actors waiting for an opportunity.
Nah, he doesn't fatigue me! 🤣🤣
Male version of Bai Lu. LOL. Overexposed!
Productions "want" him because the people with money who invest are demanding he be cast, as his backers.
I don't know why we're suddenly playing dumb about this when all the major directors in China that have the power to say no to such things have openly spoken about this practice.
And please spare me the he is a star, I will laugh myself sick.
Now this I don't get. Does he have people bankrolling all his many many projects no matter what and who just don't care whether the projects give good return on the investment? Because I don't think that's how capitalism works.
Maybe he has backers, but they don't lose money by financing his projects/lead roles? So I don't know how big a star he is, but I would guess he's big enough not to be a money sinkhole, otherwise the gravy train behind him would have run out by now.
FYI. China's market isn't working by capitalism. LOL.
I feel like it's all about how his backers and the production companies hedge their bets. He has enough successful projects. If he gets 3 successful projects and 2 cruddy ones, he still comes out ahead. And how much does he cost to hire and what are his contractual demands? Seems like his management is just accepting everything without questioning it and is trying to make him a traffic actor so that productions will see him as a good traffic investment.
He could also seem overexposed since all his stuff got aired at once, like that one year when Allen Ren was in everything or that other year when Gong Jun was in everything too. And if you're old enough, that one year Jude Law was in like every movie. The era of Zhang Ling He overexposure will pass and then, he can fade comfortably and successfully in the background while some other early-20 something year old actor gets to be the traffic actor of the year.
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Do shed a bit more light on the intricacies of the Chinese economic model, because rookies like me can't quite figure out its complex intertwining of market socialism with elements of market capitalism; I mean, it's just so darn confusing for a less enlightened mind to reconcile socialism with stuff like state-owned enterprises retaining all their profits just like private-sector corporations (until recent years).
Surely you can end the debate of all those crusty scholars who just won't reach consensus on whether China's economic system is state capitalism or a mix between state capitalism and private capitalism. And why do they even all use the word 'capitalism' in the context of an authoritarian state? It creates so much misunderstanding!
This was my exact thought. Their backers and agencies push them into roles. I might be remembering wrong, but wasn't there a recent controversy where some award winner used her speech to talk about giving casting power back to directors?
Yeah, I think it was the director from To The Wonder who made that speech