There is a social hierarchy in C-ent where the award winning veterans are presumed to be top of the awards pecking order. Earlier this year Wang Yibo fans got upset that his War of Faith costar veteran Wang Yang got a Best Actor nomination over him despite Wang Yang having less screentime, they called it unfair that Wang Yang who they considered the second male lead got the nomination over Wang Yibo as the male lead of that show. This week Wang Yibo got the nomination of Best Actor for the movie One and Only, and it was over his male lead veteran Huang Bo who had more screentime and the narrative was anchored around his character. Now the shoes are on the other feet but Wang Yibo fans are just happy and not a peep about screentime and unfairness. C-netizens are amused saying 学霸全员落榜，文盲提前录取 basically translated as the smart kids all failed and the uneducated illiterate got on the acceptance polls, shading Wang Yibo who has his illiterate scandal a few years ago and also actress Li Geng Xi who got a Best Actress nom here but has been mocked for years for failing her college entrance exams multiple times. There is also the rumor that the Golden Rooster judges have already internally selected the winners and Wang Yibo will in fact win for the buzz and water his fandom can generate. Anyways, I’m just here for the popcorn.
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Honestly,i dont think he's gonna win,i feel like he was only added to nominations for publicity. The Golden Rooster will lose its credibility, althought they have some questionable choices they still award respected actors. The only Wang Yibo drama i have watched so far is War of Faith and he impressed me with his performance. He will have more chances in the future, he just needs to stop doing random side quests and start shooting projects.
Of course he won't win. That is for sure. Being nominated is an affirmation that he is accepted into the circle which is already good enough for a nation who cares about face more than anything else.
Nomination is already an important accomplishment.
@Lilian yes it is indeed accomplishment because it shows the circle has accepted him as one of them
Of course he won't win. Being nominated is already good enough affirmation that he is accepted in the circle for a nation who cares about face more than anything.
He won't win but getting nominated for such a prestigious award is already an achievement. Good for him and his fandom👍 His haters can suck it up.
His fans attacked Wanyang and wife before cause yibo is the main lead and more screentimes now if reverse they said yibo is acted better than the veteran actor, unrelated matter now they'r trying to attack another actor whom always compared to yibo but never won/nominee by prestigious award like wang yibo. I guess his fan always like attack everybody.
I heard it is not about screen time but whose acting impressed the audience more. Obviously for people who have seriously watched both drama and movie, the two veterans actors acting did not make an impression on the audience.
From reading the comments here, I gather there are not many commenters here who have seriously watched both drama and movie.
Ive read his fans posted about magnolia award on weibo they think wyb deseved the nominee than wy because he is main lead, more popular and more screen times and now they close their eyes when many people questioning same thing about his movie award.
I saw war of faith, his acting not got any better than wanyang but his fans will say otherwise and will praise him till the sky. You can see who more get job after the drama. Wanyang got more the offer not wyb, of course his fans will saying wyb has another project but let be honest what more important than get an offer movies or drama unless he waiting the offer to be a man central drama and top production movie which its gonna difficult for him cause he need passed the audition.
I agree, Wang Yibo was superior in War of Faith with no question, and he was the lead actor, not Wang Yang. It is not a matter of seniority. In One and Only, he is also the main lead, the story is about Chen Shuo, and he was superb!! Deserved nomination!!!
@Mio did you watch the movie?
Since you watched war of faith, which is your favourite Wang yang scene? I kept seeing scenes of wei ruo lai such as the drunken scenes, the speech scenes, the tortured scenes on socmed but seldom seen any Wang yang scenes on socmed.
I don't like red theme dramas since they are political based so I refrained from watching them but I have watched the movie and would be interested to discuss the movie as per who should be nominated instead of all these names calling in the comments.
My favorite from WoF is the emotional scene between wangyang and Liqin. I havent watched the movie but maybe i will.
@Mio ok thanks. Let me search on socmed to find this scene. I like LiQin because she is very pretty.
The million dollar question is why did WangYang"s wife comment in the first place to get in the fan fight? Everyone knows if you work with traffic stars, you will get all the bad things that come with exposure, so why get into the mess abd then cry foul? I mean look at the fan pressure that made directors change makeup of top actress, first billing war between Ml and FL etc etc, it's part of business why get into it
Sometimes, it feels like Wang Yibo’s fans are more popular than him 🤣
Good one!!! 🤣
That is obvious because many of the commenters here are talking about his fans and not discussing about his works in detail.
Yeah, I wonder how this happened lol literally everyone knows, netizens have been mocking him since this came out.
He hasn't joined any film crew in over 500 days. Yuehua is getting desperate. They are trying to boost him with this. It won't work of course, he is still getting rejected.
Wow! You are really lol!
What about the 2nd movie with Cheng er?
You know anything about it since you know how to count to 500 days.
@Rofl
There is no second movie with Cheng Er yet. You have been crying that it has been filmed since April only to have Bona publish in their official financial report in July that the movie is still in preparation.
Your bagel is picking his feet. Deal with it.
Oh lol but I heard that Cheng er himself said in the discovery documentary that Cheng er worked with him for the 2nd movie and Cheng er caused him a lot of pain.
Didn't anyone tell you when they tell you that it was 500 days? Lol?
@lol sorry I don't understand. English is not my forte. Dictionary says bagel is a dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, made by boiling dough and then baked. I don't think I have eaten it so y u say my bagel, do I have a bagel?
So did I get the meaning of bagel correct? Cos why you say it has feet and what is picking feet?
Netizens have praised his acting in China and in all the countries One and Only was released, currently a big success in Japan. It also got several international awards. Netizens in China love Yibo, and you dare say he is rejected? You are repeating haters nonsense without checking. Are you part of his team or Yehua? How can you talk about his schedule or his agency feelings?
How much of a power do you think Yuehua has? He should have won several awards till now by that standard. Why doesn't everyone accept that the guy is improving with his every project and is hete to stay. Also, he has an eye for projects. All of his movies got nominated, even the dud, half cut movie this summer was the highest grosser.
@koala - I really like reading your blogs, and most of your posts focus on news but when it comes to WYB, do you always have to be mocking and insulting? Don't post about him if you don't like him dear, there are other popcorn worthy gossips too.
Is Golden Roaster the most prestigious award in China?
They said its china oscar
Thanks Karen.
One of the major film awards, the other is the Hundred Flowers. Both are held alternately, so there's a chance an actor won both (ex: Zhu Yilong, who won them for subsequent years for Lighting Up the Stars).
I see...
Golden Rooster, Huaibiao and Hundred Flowers are the main ones.
the wang yibo criticism is valid but i feel bad for li geng xi. im not familiar with her but it sucks that her work is being marred by this as collateral damage. it just feels really mean to throw rocks at her for failing the college entrance exams multiple times as if that's any indication of her quality of acting
Everyone knows these awards go to whoever pays the most. Wang Yibo has Yuehua to buy him all his award noms. They bought him a nomination as supporting actor last year. And guess what that got him? Nothing. He hasn’t joined a film crew in almost 2 years. It’s so embarrassing to snub veteran actors for some guy the industry won’t even employ anymore. Those judges don’t care to throw away the reputation of the award as long as their pockets get filled. Awarding a bunch of talentless nepo capital pets is the reason why no one takes c-ent seriously and why netizens can’t even be bothered to watch award shows anymore. A failed industry full of water and fandom fights. 🥴
I agree with most of your comment but i dont think no one wants to employ him. There so many dramas being produced he is not so unpopular that he can't find a job. Probably a case of team and artist arrogance thinking they are bigger than they actually are and only considering top projects. In his case it seems he wants to do movies and this nomination could be a boost in that direction. I'm not sure if it was deserved or not since i didnt watch it.
@Lizzy8
He is being rejected even for third leads. It's not a secret in China, everyone knows, it's even known which movies he auditioned for. He has tried and tried and everyone is saying no. Some very publicly like Chen Kaige and some not, still the same result.
Why, well it is not actually that difficult to figure out.
@Nah that just means he wants to do movies and yehua has poor movie resources or his acting rep not that great. Love him or hate him WYB is popular and could easily get drama roles. His team need to be realistic and choose dramas because doing documentary and racing games wont do much for him to get movie roles.
@Lizzy8
Nope. Nobody wastes a year and a half if they can get at least one thing to fill up the time. Nobody. If they could have gotten it for him, he would have joined a drama. He tried there too. The reason he filmed that embarrassing "documentary" is because there was nothing else.
He is picky, waiting for movies, etc are all just excuses and they are excuses whether they are being used by Wang Yibo, Deng Wei or someone third.
@Nah what is so embarrassing about the discovery documentary? Tell me Tell me pretty please 🥺
You do tealise that you are insulting everyone who got an award earlier. Because it means they paid the most. Huang Bo was in Fengshen1 too, he did not get nominated there too but no fuss happened.Keep an eye, his contract with Yuehua gets over in a couple of years. What will you blame when he keeps winning then too. Also, when other actors get limelight for their affairs and scandals, he runs for Olympics, saves wildlife, dives into extere sports and even brings car racing to limelight, the guy is literally everywhere. How will you ignore his contributions. Also he hates limelight, no interviews, no greasy talks, how does he get all this without actually being good at something. Did yuehua drive his racing car? They climbed 5000 meters of snow mountain for him Let the kid enjoy his life
@ilovekdramas
I thank you for the laugh. I think I laughed five minutes straight. In fact, your comment was so hilarious I took a screenshot of it. I will take it out whenever I am down and laugh myself sick.
Ah, best comedy of my life.
@Nah, another one who falsely claims knowledge about Wang Yibo career and is evidently a hater.
Wang Yibo give high quality works in every field, is very successful and in demand, and is loved by gp.
His last released work, the ETU documentary, was top 1 above dramas, during weeks after it ended. It is very good and inspirational, and has captured the hearts of gp of all ages.
One and Only movie, for which he is nominated, is also a gp favorite. I recommend you watch it!!
Veteran actor Chen Baoguo had previously made a suggestion for actors and actresses to submit an essay about their roles to get nominated for acting awards. C-netz think he had known about this list of Golden Rooster nominees already and was shading them.
Lol..did he ask? so funny. Chen Baoguo is one of my favourite veteran. I enjoyed Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine because of him... along with many other projects
Did he really good at acting?
Go watch his works and judge for yourself. No one can tell you whether blue cheese taste good or not unless you tried it yourself.
For those who don't know Chen Baoguo, he is one of the top senior veteran actors, having won numerous acting awards and accolades. For some reason, C-ent has this great respect for actors who can take on the roles of famous powerful emperors (projects where that emperor is the main lead and the story revolves around him/her), and still come out well. Chen Baoguo had acted as Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Hongwu of Ming and left a deep impression on the Chinese audience.
Apparently there is some Chinese beliefs that if your fate/fortune is not strong enough and you take on the role of historical figures with extremely strong fate/fortune like Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Wu Zetian, you will be cursed and receive drastic bad luck. For example, Liu Xiaoqing and Fan Bingbing had taken on the role of Wu Zetian and they've both gotten into serious troubles later on.
Oh...I read about that belief before... But never really connected with anyone... One of my best Wu Zetian is Fung Bo Bo. She can carry that role really well...
@HL I don't think much of the curse, but I do think that there are valid reasons for C-ent and C-netz to hold such high respect for these actors who portrayed the famous and strong emperors well. Actors usually will be more convincing the more similarities he has with the role. So if an actor can portray a strong emperor very well, it means he has the aura and qualities similar to that emperor. And people tend to admire strong people.
@Lilith, I definitely agree with that. I have my share of veteran actors/actresses I admire who portray strong historical figures. I will add Nie Yuan to the list.. I have afew Korean veteran actors I admire too.
Wow that is such unique theory… fate… now I gotta read chinese novel about fate. It seems interesting
wang yibo getting nominated with possibility of even winning is the best testament why Korean and Japanese entertainment are better than Mainland ent.
the possibility of wang yibo winning the award is higher than joining a new project