In the survey option of episode viewing intention, "Dear, Love" led the way with 38.03%, followed by "Twelve Hours of Chang'an" with 35.21%, and "Order of Chan" with 14.79% in third place. Correspondingly, "Dear, Lovely" has a Douban rating of 6.7, "Twelve Hours of Peace" has a Douban rating of 8.6, and "The Order of Love" has a Douban rating of 7.3. There is no positive correlation between the willingness to watch and the reputation of dramas, and "Dear, Lovely" is the only one of the seven dramas in the survey that is syndicated to a network and a radio station, while the other six are only aired on video websites. In addition, "Dear, Loving" is a traditional male and female lead persona, while "Twelve Hours of Chang'an" and "Order of Chan" both have a dual male lead persona.
In the "favorite male lead actor" survey, the top three are Lei Jiayin (25.35%), Li Xian (23.94%), Yi Yiqianxi (15.49%), and "Twelve Hours of Chang'an", which has the best word-of-mouth among the seven dramas, occupies two seats. Among the viewers who liked Lei Jiayin, 52.78% did so because of his "good acting skills", 36.11% because of "the actor's personal charisma", and 11.11% because of their love for Zhang Xiaojing's character; among those who liked Li Xian, 50% did so because of their love for Han Shangyan's character, and 44.12% did so because of their love for Han Shangyan's character. The audience who like Li Xian, 50% because they like Han Shangyan's character, 44.12% because of the actor's personal charm, and 2% because of his good acting skills. This also matches the results of the survey on the "Actor with the best acting skills in your opinion" option. Lei Jiayin leads the poll with 47.89% of the votes. The overall charisma value of Lei Jiayin is the highest.
Whether an actor is popular or not, scripts and roles are also key. Half of the audience who liked Li Xian did so because they liked the character of Han Shangyan. Cao Dun, the director of "Twelve Hours of Chang'an", has revealed that he identified Yi Yi Qianxi when he read the original, and as for Zhang Xiaojing, the Youku platform told the New Beijing News that Youku analyzed the script of "Twelve Hours of Chang'an" with AI through the Big Data Intelligent Prediction Platform, and selected Lei Jiayin to be the most suitable candidate to play Zhang Xiaojing.