"Squid Game" has set a record for the first broadcast of a short drama on the broadcast platform without being optimistic, and continues to arouse heated discussions among global audiences.
At the moment when the Korean drama market is weak, such results can be described as quite good.
There's already a huge audience waiting for the second season, and everyone wants to know what kind of surprises the directors and actors will bring.
The main creators of the play have also changed a lot in popularity after the broadcast of the series, among which the actor Li Yumei, who plays Zhiying, has increased by 6.45 million fans overnight.
In fact, if you want to prove how popular a drama is, you only need to watch the fan changes in the actor's social account after the episode is broadcast.
Many of the actors of "Squid Game" did not open a personal account before the episode was broadcast, but after the episode aired, they not only had a new account, but also millions of fans.
One of the actors with the most obvious increase in the number of fans is Li Yumei, who plays Zhiying in the play.
Li Yumei had already opened a social account, but only more than 40,000 people paid attention to her account before the episode was broadcast, and her popularity was really not high.
After the broadcast of "Squid Game", Li Yumei's fan number rose to 6.49 million overnight.
The huge increase of 6.45 million is really rare, and the rally has continued to this day, which is enough to reflect the change in Li Yumei's popularity.
In fact, Li Yumei is just a small supporting role in "Squid Game", and she does not play much and has less scenes.
It's just that in episode 6, Zhiying, played by Li Yumei, is willing to sacrifice herself in order to let her friend Jiang Xiao live, and such a plot has touched many viewers.
However, the reason why everyone pays so much attention to Li Yumei, the acting skills of the actors who play the role are only one aspect, the most important thing is that Li Yumei bumped her face with the late Aidou Cui Shirley and the popular actress Li Bible.
Like Shirley and Li Bible, Li Yumei also belongs to the bone beauty, her facial features are not exquisite, but her face shape is quite perfect.
Like Cui Shirley, Li Yumei is also a single eyelid, and the skin of both people is very fair, and even the hairstyle is very similar.
Because Cui Shirley has passed away, some netizens will pin their grief on Cui Shirley on Li Yumei's body.
And Li Yumei's eyes and dress style have a high degree of similarity with the model-turned-actor Li Bible.
Whether it is Cui Shirley or Li Bible, they both have super popularity and millions of fans, so with such a prerequisite, Li Yumei naturally gets more attention.
Although Li Yumei and Cui Shirley and Li Bible have some similar looks, her acting skills are not inferior to these two predecessors.
In the limited space to play, Li Yumei showed her best side, and also contributed her strength to the success of "Squid Games".
Before "Squid Game", Li Yumei also starred in popular dramas such as "Doctor Yaohan" and "365: A Year of Reversing Fate".
Although Li Yumei's role in these episodes is still not very much, she has let everyone see her versatile style.
It can be said that Li Yumei's drama path is still very wide, which is also conducive to her subsequent shooting of more works.
In addition, the popularity of "Squid Game" has also brought a new turning point for Li Yumei, and presumably her subsequent development will only get better and better.
Some netizens also said that Li Yumei has now become an actress with more than 6 million fans, even if she has not taken over the new drama in the short term, she can also get a lot of income just by relying on the advertising revenue of social platforms.
Such treatment for Li Yumei has never been seen before.
Since Zhiying, played by Li Yumei, died in the first season, whether she will still participate in the filming of the second season of "Squid Game" and what kind of new identity will appear is a question mark.
But even if Li Yumei no longer participates in the filming of the second season of "Squid Game", she will surely get many other crew invitations.
Whether from the perspective of looks or acting, Li Yumei has a good strength, and now she has the blessing of popularity, which is undoubtedly like a tiger.
In the current Korean drama market, there seems to be a shortage of post-90s actresses who can stand alone.
At a time when Korean drama male actors are mushrooming, few actresses seem to be able to bring surprises.
This has also led to new dramas of male gods such as Song Joong-ki, often criticized for the lack of good casting of actresses.
Born in 1994, Li Yumei has a great advantage in terms of age and experience, and her appearance is completely worthy of the heroine of large-scale production dramas, so fans also hope that major producers can consider using Li Yumei to play the heroine.
In addition to Lee Yu-mi, another actress in "Squid Games", Jeong Ho-yeon, has also attracted a lot of attention, and she has become a global ambassador for a luxury brand after the series aired.
Zheng Haoyan and Li Yumei are both actresses born in 1994, and it is presumable that the two will have a new contest in the film and television market. Do you prefer Ji-young played by Lee Yu-mi or do you prefer Jiang Xiao played by Jeong Ho-yeon?