Striking while the iron is hot also means picking the right hills to die on the right now C-actor Deng Wei is looking very foolish after squandering his big break last summer. When Lost You Forever Part 1 was released in summer of 2023, his male lead character Tu Shan Jing was very well liked and his performance garnered a lot of new fans. He was top or near top of the buzz rankings for that whole month it aired and should have parlayed that to leveling up. He went into his next drama Love of the Divine Tree as male lead which started filming in October 2023 but since it wrapped nearly 8 months ago he has not been cast in another drama. That is very long break for someone who is up-and-coming we see his same level male leads doing 2-3 dramas a year these days to keep the momentum going. Word is that his team is only interested in a S+ production where he is the male lead even if second billed to a bigger name actress but there are so few S+ dramas a year and even more male leads angling for it.