[C-Drama]: The last episode of "The Great Craftsman" have rating lowest

Jun 11, 2019

On the evening of June 9, the last episode of the drama "The Great Craftsman" was broadcast, ending the journey more than 1 month with 59 episodes. But what surprised the audience was that the final episode rating was only 0.644 and the average movie rating was only 0.965, which could not be expected from the producers. Rating with the Douban score is low, much criticized in the script and the pair of lead actors Yang Mi and Wallace Huo, "The Great Craftsman" failed.

Is the failure of "The Great Craftsman" a sign that Yang Mi's career has begun to decline? Yang Mi's career began to decline from the drama "Legend of Fu Yao" that aired in 2018. "Legend of Fu Yao" aired around the time Yang Mi was caught in a charity scandal, coinciding on the same occasion World Cup, in addition to being at the same time with many hot drama like "Story of Yanxi Palace", "Ashes of Love" and "Guardia"n. "Legend of Fu Yao" has a total of 56 episodes but only a few episodes through level 1, the average rating is only 0.84, the lowest of all the drama that Yang Mi played nearby.

The Great Craftsman" was chosen again when there were not many strong opponents. But the drama is still "flop" easily, miserably losing to the biggest rival "My True Friend" by Angelababy, Deng Lun starring. Within 1 year, Yang Mi's two projects both made the audience disappointed in both quality and achievement.