01In September 2025, Zhang Linghe. The behind-the-scenes footage of his new drama “This. Second on Fire” went viral. In a warlord outfit., kneeling on one knee.. His fingertip. brushed against. the bloodstain at the corner of his lips. With pale skin and dark red. blood marks.. In slow motion, his Adam’s apple. rolls. A single video. has over 200,000 views. #ZhangLinghe. That mouth-wiping moment# has broken. a billion daily reads.. The comment section. is buzzing:. “He is indeed handsome, but last time in “Cherry Amber”. someone said they couldn’t hear his lines.”. “Now everyone is just focused on his looks, who. still pays attention to what he says?”. 
02When it comes to Zhang. Linghe, many people first think of. the character Changheng in “The Immortal’s Oath”. In white clothes and white hair,. standing on the clouds.. Viewers say: “As soon as he appears, the entire. immortal realm lights up.”. Later in “Feathers of the Cloud”, he played Gong Ziyu, dressed in a brocade robe with a folding fan.. “A noble son in ancient costume, a heavenly flower.”. But looking at his resume,. at 30 years old, his starting point has nothing to do with being an “actor”. 03His real name is Zhang Jiawei, born in 1997 in Wuxi. He attended Tianyi Middle School,. sitting in the front row of the science class. His notebook was filled with formulas.. The homeroom teacher said: “This child. will definitely engage in. scientific research in the future.”. In his senior year, he was secretly photographed by classmates and posted online,. becoming the “school hunk of Tianyi”. In a blue and white school uniform,. he smiled in front of the teaching building.. Sunlight filtered through his fingers, falling on his eyelashes. The comment section was filled with “request for contact information”. 
04In 2016, he enrolled in the Electrical Engineering program at Nanjing Normal University.. At 1.91 meters tall, he was the most noticeable in engineering classes.. With a black backpack, he worked on circuit diagrams.. He was often stopped by scouts in the library:. “Classmate, do you want to be a model?”. He did part-time runway shows, but couldn’t walk in high heels.. During rehearsals, he sprained his ankle, applying ice backstage.. While still memorizing circuit theory. exam points. 05In 2019, a talent agent knocked on his dorm room door.. He was drawing a PCB board.. “How about acting?”.”. He handed him the script for “The Girl Grown Up”.. He hesitated for a long time:. “I haven’t even acted in a skit.”. But he still went to the set.. For the first time, he was suspended by wires, his legs felt weak.. The director shouted “Cut”, and he held onto the rope. not daring to let go. His palms were all sweaty.. 
06In 2022, “The Immortal’s Oath” became a hit.. Changheng had to be suspended 30 meters high.. He is afraid of heights, so when he ascended, he closed his eyes and recited his lines.. There was a scene where he fell from the clouds,. and the wires swayed. He stabilized his posture in the air.. When he landed, his knee hit the stone steps, and his pants tore.. Blood flowed into his boots.. Viewers only remembered his downcast eyes. and the redness at the corners. The comments flooded in:. “Changheng’s tears are brighter than the stars.”. 07After becoming popular, he filmed 11 dramas.. “Dreams of Ning’an”. as Xie Wei, sinister and ruthless.. “The Tiger and Crane Demon Master”. as Qi Xiaoxuan, cold and stern. Each character’s look is more stunning than the last.. Controversy has also arisen.. In “Cherry Amber”,. he played Jiang Qiao, wearing a white shirt under a phoenix tree. The comments praised:. “The school hunk is the real deal.”. Some even clipped a segment: “I waited for you for three years,” but the ending tone was unclear.. 
08Fans say he has a “scientific student’s effort.”. While filming “Feathers of the Cloud”,. his lines were filled with phonetic symbols. After work, he studied until dawn.. Even his assistants could recite his lines.. Viewers love to see the lines of his wrist when he ties his hair.. The flowing sleeves create a beautiful arc.. This time in “This Second on Fire”, he takes on a warlord look.. Everyone is discussing the “close-up of the Adam’s apple at 0.5x speed.”. No one is asking. about his weight loss of 10 pounds.. Every day he boils vegetables.. 09On Weibo, backstage at the 2024 New Year’s Eve gala.. He held a lyrics book, densely filled with phonetic annotations.. Someone asked: “Why not just dub it?”. He replied: “A science student needs to solve problems step by step, and acting also has to be done step by step.”. 
10On set, he brought a circuit board model to relieve stress.. In an interview, he said: “I hope one day. everyone will discuss my role, first talking about the lines and then about my looks.”. Just like in “This Second on Fire”, that broken warlord.. He stands between looks and talent.. With a scientific student’s. persistence, he walks slowly.. Such an actor, living in a halo, yet carrying. the warmth of a circuit board.. Are you willing. to wait for his next “step”?