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iQiyi presents a character concept video of Xiao Zhan as Dr Liu Zhengliang from #smalltownremedy

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I grew up in Dongbei, and yet I've always been afraid of winter. I don't like getting too close to other people and hiding myself away became a habit. Years ago, because of my fear of snow, I left for the South alone, thinking that if I went far enough, I could get over it. Returning home...feeling the bracing cold winds once again, this land is familiar to me, but it still makes me uneasy. By chance I met a new group of people. We bicker incessantly everyday, in a way that's inexplicable to me. I always thought I came here to heal others. The harsh winter I'd done everything to escape became a temporary refuge. Snow is still falling on this city. But when I see the smiling faces around me, it doesn't seem so cold.

Screenshot of his Weibo post

Photo of Xiao Zhan's character sleeping in his office

Photo of Xiao Zhan's character with a patient holding his hand

XZ Weibo post as A Small Town Remedy wraps filming

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Poster for Small Town Remedy with Xiao Zhan sitting on a patch of grass in the middle of a snow field

Long poster featuring the main cast of Small Town Remedy

#smalltownremedy also gave us new posters as a new year gift

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Wang Yanlin's comments

Wang Yanlin also left more hilarious comments under his post jokingly grumbling about negative responses to his selfie and saying "you're all a bunch of thirsty broads" 😂😂😂

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Wang Yanlin's selfie

Wang Yanlin's comment with the photo of Ni Dahong's eyebags

2. Wang Yanlin posting a selfie in response captioned "eyebags unlimited" (a clever reference the title of XZ's upcoming spy drama) and then a photo of fellow costar Ni Dahong in the comments with the caption "the top" (a pun on the characters for "unlimited")

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Screenshot of the hot search

Sometimes it takes a few days to work out how to translate 2 jokes.

A sequence of events:

1. Hot search "look at XZ and Wang Yanlin to understand the difference between 卧蚕 [silkworm eye bags, aka aegyo sal in Korean, a sign of youth] and eye bags" 😂

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Screenshot of Wang Yanlin's post with his vote for XZ

Screenshot of the reply and his response

Wang Yanlin, XZ's costar from the currently filming #smalltownremedy, voted for XZ for Weibo King, not realising that it would automatically post to Weibo.

In the replies a fan asks "ge, did you know this would be posted" and he says "I'm so embarrassed" 😂😂😂

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Billboard with a cheesy photo of XZ's character Dr Liu

In-canon advertising for XZ's character Dr Liu at his small town hospital proclaiming him their "star principal" 😂

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Screenshot of the trend

Screenshot of a post showing people waiting for Xiao Zhan with caption "last time I saw so many people was for covid testing"

Screenshot of post with comment "the entire city has gone insane"

Screenshot of post with photo of locals watching filming

Weibo hot trend: "A single person (XZ) made an entire town go viral"

XZ's new show #smalltownremedy is filming in the relatively unknown city of Jinzhou, which is now all over social media for the passionate response of the local people to his presence.

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