Canceling AB because she attended a strip show was incomprensible, but she did cultivate her own ties through ex-husband’s influential circle of friends. Kris Wu also had connections with Jackie Chan and other prominent directors, but that didn’t save him from jail for heinous activities. Fan Bingbing and Zhao Wei also were not exempt from economic crimes despite their rich friends in very high places. The only one without connections at that time was Xiao Zhan who was unfairly and mercilessly bullied by rival fandoms instigated by powerful people in c-ent.. In this case, XZ’s resurrection was only possible with the help of CCP.