[Answer] How should we view the starkly different reactions to Sun Honglei smoking indoors and Wang Yuan smoking?

[Answer] How should we view the starkly different reactions to Sun Honglei smoking indoors and Wang Yuan smoking?

This is the so-called power of public personas.

When someone is framed as a middle-aged actor who relies on acting skills, versus a well-behaved boy-next-door idol, it’s only natural that onlookers and gossip-followers will react differently.