So this whole situation makes me appreciate how professional and positive Dilraba Dilmurat is, I don’t find her a really good actress but she’s got a reputation for being a beloved star in C-ent for a reason. Her currently filming C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land was supposed to star Chen Zhe Yuan and it was a done deal. Then his team went and demanded equal billing and the production of the drama balked. During this time Dilraba reportedly did not object or refuse, she stayed silent, as it doesn’t bother her if there was equal billing, but the production refused because Dilraba is much bigger star and being used to fund raise the budget with investors so doing equal billing would upset the investors and CF brands. Plus the production already signed a contract with her as top billed. I think Chen Zhe Yuan’s team asking is not wrong, if you don’t ask you can’t get more, but once the production emphatically said no and his team kept pushing, that was the misstep. After a month of being insistent it was equal billing or nothing, Dilraba finally stepped in to solve the impasse and changed out the male lead to Chen Xing Xu, which is being taken by Chen Zhe Yuan’s team very badly because this was a great role and drama for his rising status. This is totally a FAFO self-created problem for Chen Zhe Yuan’s team and I hope he surrounds himself with savvier people. But for us viewers, this may be case of unexpected better results with the drama.