Last week saw the premiere of modern garment industry and fashion C-drama Rising with the Wind with Gong Jun and Zhong Chu Xi and its landed with a collective yawn. This has led to C-ent pundits to discuss how Gong Jun has basically exhausted all the buzz and firepower from his career elevating hit Word of Honor in 2021 without a follow up hit drama since. Legend of Anle with Dilraba Dilmurat should have been that drama but he had a dull character and the drama production was surprisingly low budget looking. His agency is reportedly now banking everything on the upcoming S+ xianxia drama Fox Spirit Matchmaker with Yang Mi, but my concern is that drama has a heck ton of big name supporting cast members who could end up with more interesting characters or performance and steal the leads thunder. At this point in his career Gong Jun has dropped from top liuliang level post WoH to just liuliang star.