I’m a little bemused and perplexed that the whole “Foundation General Gate” with Zhang Ling He in Pursuit of Jade got as big as it did and has had additional real life impact that it spawned. Recall the criticism lobbed at his character for looking too flower boy when playing a general in PoJ, complete with full face of makeup and lipstick, no messy hair or dirtied up visuals, and even that ridiculous hair feature plume thingie in one scene. It was the work of the production team of course, hair and makeup doing that to him, but he’s unfortunately the face of the criticism. With it came viewers unearthing past actor playing generals and the most cited one is TW-actor Peter Ho in Legend of Chu and Han as real life hero general Xiang Yu as looking the proper part of a general onscreen. He’s got muscles and build and his character was messy and dirtied up during and after battle scenes. Anyhoo, Peter Ho is currently enjoying all this unexpected positive attention with news reporting that he’s landed six brand endorsements in the last month which is a crazy amount in a short period. Plus he showed up as his Xiang Yu character for a regional soccer team event encouraging the players “to win” and hyping up the fans. Good for him, it’s hard to be popular so might as well ride this wave while it lasts.