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In 2021, Gong Jun's career had a major breakthrough with his role of Wen Kexing in the ancient Wuxia drama ''[[Word of Honor (TV series)|Word of Honor]]'' based on the [[danmei]] novel "Faraway Wanderers" (天涯客) by [[Priest (writer)|Priest]] and also starring Zhang Zhehan in the role of Zhou Zishu. Gong Jun had auditioned and been turned down for the role, but casting changes necessitated by the global coronavirus pandemic put him once more before Ma Tao, the main producer of ''Word of Honor,'' auditioning with four scenes, including Wen Kexing's drinking scene and following the death of Long Que. The series surprisingly became a hit, becoming the highest rated [[danmei]] drama on the online database and social media site Douban with a rating of 8.6, and and reaching over 11 billion views on popular Chinese media platform Douyin. The success of the drama led to a two-day concert event in May which sold out in 14 seconds. During promotions for the show, Gong Jun appeared with his co-star Zhang Zhehan in several reality programs, including Ace Actress, Ace vs. Ace, and Happy Camp (and again on his own later that) year, as well as appearing individually in several others, including Produce 2021, Go Fighting, and Chinese Restaurant.