Chinese Entertainment Update: Weibo Night Seating Controversy, Ryan Ding's Fan Gifts, and Drama Wraps

Recent Drama Premieres & Ratings

• 📊 Several dramas received their opening Douban ratings, including My Page in the 90s (6.0), My Dearest Stranger (6.7), and The Guilty (6.8).
• 📈 Higher-rated premieres included The Dream Maker (7.1), The Inner Eye (7.5), and Swords into Plowshares (7.8), with The Inner Eye sharing a celebratory poster.

Drama Production Updates

• ✅ The upcoming costume drama Tales of Tiandu City, starring Xu Kai and Miles Wei, officially wrapped filming after approximately four months.
• 🚀 Princess Zhaoyang, featuring Li Hongyi and Snow Kong, held its booting ceremony, signaling the start of production for its 18-episode run on Bilibili.

Dramas Passing Review

• 🔑 The costume drama Key to the Phoenix Heart, starring Neo Hou and Ai Mi, passed review for 28 web episodes on iQIYI, despite earlier online murmurings about the age-gap between the leads.
• 🔍 Cases Between Us, a Rep-era investigative drama with Zhai Zilu and Kiddo Ma, also passed review, slated for 36 web episodes on Tencent.

Celebrity Fan Engagement

• ✨ Ryan Ding Yuxi garnered attention for gifting thousands of RMB worth of jewelry to fans at a Lao Feng Xiang event, a practice he calls "reverse fan support."
• 💰 He reportedly spent 150,000 RMB on Versace gifts and millions last year on fans, demonstrating significant gratitude and generosity.

Weibo Night Seating Controversy

• ⚠️ A seating chart controversy erupted at the Weibo Night awards ceremony involving Xiao Zhan and Yang Mi, after Xiao Zhan's designated seat was changed.
• 💬 Weibo Night issued two apologies, clarifying that the incident was due to a staff operational error and confirming that Yang Mi's team did not interfere with seating arrangements.

Weekly Drama Rankings

• 📊 Vlinkage's Top 10 Chinese Dramas (Edition 308) were presented, based on view counts, social media discussions, and Baidu searches.
• 🏆 No Pain No Gain was crowned the champion web drama, while Born to Be Alive topped the list for TV dramas.