Chinese cinema at the end of the year witnessed the broadcast of three historical films: "S water dragon", "am ha Truyen" and "Thien Duong Ca Trai" (formerly known as "Ho Yeu Thuong Hong Nuong: Vuong Quang Thien"). Surpassing Thanh Nghi and Cung Tuan, La Van Hi proved their outstanding advertising attraction.
"S up Dragon" maintains a steady stream of 8 advertisements per episode, with a total duration of 65 seconds/episode. Meanwhile, "Am Ha Truyen" by Cung Tuan only has 4 advertisements per episode, with an advertising time of 43 seconds/episode. In the latest episode that just aired, the show dropped to 2 advertisements per episode. The declining advertising trend shows that investors are not too "cingful" about movies.
Originally an S+ film heavily invested by iQIYI, "Thien Duong Ca Trai" by Thanh Nghi surprised with its poor results.
In the first episodes, the film maintained the number of 4-5 advertisements/episode. However, later on, this number dropped sharply to 2 advertisements/episode, with a total time of 23 seconds. Once known as the "pet" of investors, a face with high commercial value, Thanh Nghi shows a significantly reduced appeal compared to his peers such as La Van Hi and Cung Tuan.
According to Van Hop, the number of views for "Thien Duong Ca Trai Tam" only reached an average of 13 million, far behind previous parts such as "Nguyet Hong" and "Hoai Thuy Dak Dinh" with an average of 14 - 17 million views/episode. The film's popularity reached 9,000 points on the iQIYI platform but did not continue to increase.
The audience believes that Thanh Nghi is facing a big crisis in his career when his works continue to fail. Previously, he disappointed fans with "Deeply Powerful" (2024) and "Pho Son Hai" (2025).
As for La Van Hi, his film "Thuy dragon nam" is commented to have a good script, beautiful and unique appearance.
The good acting ability and harmony of the main cast is also the reason why the film has stable views.
On the first day, the film reached more than 53 million views on MangoTV, setting a record for the highest opening in the platform's history. The popularity on Migu Video of "S up Dragon" also surpassed the 11,000 point mark.
Although not a big-mime (guest- handling) film like "Truong Nguyet Tan Chien", "Thuy Dragon Ngac" partly proves La Van Hi's acting ability as well as high commercial value.
