Entertainment Industry Data Swapping: TV Drama Promo Allegedly Hijacks Video Game Character's Stats?

A bizarre controversy has emerged in the subculture community: a TV drama, in an attempt to inflate its promotional metrics, has allegedly targeted 'Bailu', a popular character from the game 'Honkai: Star Rail'. Because both the actress 'Bai Lu' and the character 'Bailu' share the same Pinyin, the promotional team is accused of harvesting the total TikTok views from the 'bailu' hashtag—which includes the game character's content—and claiming it entirely as the actress's own achievement.

Faced with skepticism, netizen 'data detectives' pointed out discrepancies in the TikTok hashtag stats. Some jokingly remarked that if the actress truly commanded all those views, she would be 'leagues ahead of the domestic drama standard'—sarcastically suggesting she should compete for an Oscar. While some argue this may be the work of fans rather than official promotional channels, or that it falls outside the realm of gaming news, it has nonetheless drawn significant attention from curious onlookers.

Netizens later shared screenshots of how the fandom on Weibo attempted to 'spin' the narrative to justify these suspicious data-gathering methods, adding another layer of absurdity to the situation.