Chinese drama goddess Bai Lu is rumored to have ended her partnership with manager Yu Zheng. There are only a handful of artists left under Yu Zheng’s company, which explains his urgency in plotting countermeasures. He is now heavily promoting Zhao Qing, who played Bai Lu’s subordinate in "Tang Guan Qi An," to take over as the company’s top actress. Zhao Qing is set to team up with Wang Xingyue for the fifth time, co-starring in the new Republican-era drama "Re Jing Hong," with filming tentatively scheduled to start in August.
However, after the news broke, Wang Xingyue's fans reacted extremely strongly. Not only are they worried that their idol will be reduced to a "sidelined character" used to boost the female lead’s popularity, but they also fear Wang Xingyue’s screen time will be squeezed. There’s further concern due to Zhao Qing’s involvement in Xu Kai’s cheating scandal, so fans do not wish for Wang Xingyue to "take the risk" of continuing to work with Zhao Qing. As for Wu Jinyan, once the company’s "top actress," though she has stayed on, her popularity and prime period for gaining fans have passed since getting married and having a child, and she has already hit a career bottleneck.
Source: Dongwang