The Costumes Are on the Actors: Inside Zhengzhou's Short-Drama Boom
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A Henan newspaper investigation found actors in Zhengzhou — China's 'vertical Hengdian', home to 40,000 short-drama workers and four in ten of the country's releases — pay for their own wardrobes, nearly thirty costumes per drama. The detail lands as AI-generated dramas flood the market.









