Chinese Entertainment: Top-Tier Boyfriends of Young Actresses

October arrived quickly, and "A Love So Beautiful," which premiered in early September, is about to reach its finale.

Since its premiere, this drama has accumulated over 20 billion views, with the highest single episode viewership exceeding 9200 million.

What's even more surprising is that "A Love So Beautiful" has maintained a stable Douban rating of 7.7, which is 0.2 points higher than the original timeline's 7.5.

No one expected that this low-budget youth campus romance drama would break through the ranks of many big-budget productions and become a dark horse.

Anyway, Dai Lu is now so regretful that she's slapped her thigh until it's swollen.

And Su Yu finally ushered in the peak moment since his rebirth.

Through a series of marketing and promotion efforts by his studio, his current number of check-ins on his Super Topic has stabilized at over 10, and the number of interactions and topic views has also skyrocketed.

This number has officially surpassed Kris Wu, and also left TFBOYS, Li Yifeng, Yang Yang and other top stars by a step.

He has now become the undisputed second best after Lu Han.

Of course, this is only temporary. After all, Su Yu's current popularity is mostly due to the drama "A Love So Beautiful". Once "A Love So Beautiful" finishes airing, his popularity will also decline.

But overall, it's quite astonishing that a single drama could become this popular.

It can only be said that Su Yu was too lucky. His rivals wanted to make things difficult for him, but they ended up adding fuel to the fire instead.

But there is one person who always looms over Su Yu's head, or more accurately, over all the top-tier celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry.

This person is Lu Han.

Before his self-disclosure in 2017, Lu Han was still too authoritative in the Chinese entertainment industry. At its peak, his super topic had a stable number of check-ins of around 30, making him the number one figure in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Looking around, there isn't a single popular celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry who can rival him.

All I can say is that Lu Han at his peak was incredibly talented.

"Brother Lu, when are you going to self-destruct? Everyone's waiting to bombard you with gold coins."

Su Yu muttered to himself in his studio office.

He really went all out this time, not caring about damaging his public image. During the show's airing, he aggressively marketed his "top student and school heartthrob" persona, attracting many female fans and fans who admired his looks.

At the same time, Su Yu also marketed his relationship with Xiao Tian as a couple.

Since they're both his girlfriends, it's perfectly fine to market them as a couple.

During this period, many sweet clips of the two appeared on Weibo, Douyin, and Bilibili. The background music for these clips was basically the song "How Much I Like You, You Will Know" sung by Su Yu and Tian Xiwei.

In addition, the two are a couple, so their interactions are particularly vivid and natural, both in the drama and during promotional events.

Many fans of the couple exclaimed, "I'm totally shipping them!" and "The 'Yu Ni Xiang Wei' pairing is real!"

This naturally attracted a lot of fans who shipped the two as a couple.

Tian Xiwei was naturally aware of all this, and instead of objecting, she encouraged Su Yu to "increase his efforts."

Since they can't go public right now, she can only secretly show off her affection for Su Yu here.

In any case, Su Yu used every means at his disposal.

Even so, despite comparing every comparable metric, including Super Topic check-in, topic discussion volume, duration of trending topics on Weibo, and number of fans, she still lags far behind Lu Han.

All we can say is that even with our best efforts, we couldn't win.

Su Yu is now finally feeling the pressure from the number one celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry, so he desperately hopes that Lu Han can self-destruct as quickly as she did in his previous life.

"Brother Su, what are you muttering to yourself over there?" Xiao Zhou peeked into the office.

Su Yu glanced at her.

This girl is getting more and more outrageous. She was respectful for a few days a month ago, but she didn't behave for long before she started again.

"Spit it out."

Xiao Zhou quickly placed the document in front of him: "We've already discussed it with Tencent, and we'll officially announce the 'Someday or One Day' project tonight (October 1st) at 10 PM."

Su Yu took the document, flipped through it, and gave it a quick overview.

The content is roughly the official announcement posters, Weibo posts, and the like.

The background of the official poster is a figure-eight Möbius strip, hinting at the dual timeline setting in the drama.

"No problem, send it out like this." Su Yu signed the document.

I chose to post this today for two reasons: first, to capitalize on the popularity of "A Love So Beautiful," and second, because it's National Day.

With "A Love So Beautiful" nearing its end, his popularity is at its peak. Announcing a new project at this time would allow him to smoothly shift public attention to "Someday or One Day".

At 8:00 PM sharp, Su Yu Studio's official Weibo account released the official announcement poster on time.

The tagline is simple yet powerful: "Traveling through thousands of timelines, just to meet you. The TV series 'Someday or One Day' has officially launched! Starring @SuYu, directed by @ChenXiaoming, and produced by @HuoXiaolan. A joint production of Tencent Video, Huace Media, and Yuguang Studio."

The post was followed by a hashtag: #SomedayorOneDayTVSeriesOfficialAnnouncement#.

Su Yu himself also reposted this Weibo post, saying nothing more than two words: "See you later."

Before long, the "little raindrops" who had heard the news took over the comment section.

"SuSu has really been doing better and better since she went solo! I'm so excited!"

"I cried so many times watching the music video, and now it's finally being made into a TV series! I'm fucking ready to burst into tears!!!"

"I've traveled through thousands of timelines just to see you!! Honey, take a good picture!"

"expect!!!"

……

Not long after the announcement, Wang Churan called first, as expected.

Before answering Wang Churan's call, Su Yu quickly asked Xiao Zhou, who was standing next to him, to make a call as well.

Xiao Zhou looked puzzled: "Why would I make a phone call?"

"If your sister Xiaotian calls later and finds I'm on another call, I can just say I was talking to you about something. It's just in case, understand?"

Xiao Zhou looked disdainful, but still obediently picked up the phone and called his family.

"Baby, I want to be the female lead!"

Wang Churan's opening remarks left Su Yu speechless, and Su Yu didn't hold back, directly attacking Wang Churan's sore spot.

"Song Yameng, you've got quite a big face."

Hearing Su Yu call her by that name, Wang Churan instantly bristled.

"??? Su Yu, you just wait, I'm going to tear you apart!"

Su Yu quickly admitted defeat, "Okay, okay, I'm not joking anymore, baby. You're really not suitable for this role. This role requires a lot of acting skills."

Wang Churan snapped for the second time, "So you mean my acting is bad?"

"I think it's better for us not to say something so obvious, for the sake of our relationship."

"..."

Su Yu's words silenced Wang Churan on the other end of the line. After a long while, she finally spoke up, looking aggrieved, "I just wanted to act as a couple with you for once."

Su Yu's voice softened as well: "Okay, okay, then I'll write a script just for you next time, and you can play the female lead, okay?"

"Okay~" Su Yu made a promise, and Wang Churan reluctantly agreed.

"Then you can't ask that fan of yours to act anymore, or I'll be unhappy."

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, I won't ask her to act." Su Yu readily agreed, as he hadn't planned to ask Tian Xiwei to act in the first place.

"Then you're not allowed to film any more kissing scenes!"

"Alright, alright, my little housekeeper."

The two chatted for a while longer before hanging up.

After hanging up the phone, Su Yu signaled to Xiao Zhou that the call could end, and then he called Tian Xiwei back.