Fang Yang only learned about this after receiving a call from Yang Huajin that evening. In just one afternoon, the number of registered users on Yuewen Entertainment website increased by over 3 million, breaking the 10 million mark; the downloads of "Hulu" exceeded 5 million; and the total downloads of "Bahua" exceeded 40 million. In that single afternoon, "Hulu" generated over 4 million in revenue. At the same time, Yang Huajin reminded Fang Yang that "The Legend of the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" would officially begin charging for reading tomorrow, and advised Fang Yang to prepare more drafts, ideally releasing a major chapter tomorrow.

Fang Yang suddenly realized that he had been in this world for ten days. He had been copying and writing every day and hadn't really felt the passage of time. It was only the website's growing performance that made Fang Yang feel that he had finally gained a foothold in this world and was no longer at the dead end when he first arrived!

Fang Yang entered the children's comics section, where there were already over a million comments. Almost all of them were mothers exchanging parenting experiences, and the vast majority of people deeply hated Japanese animation, mainly because of the excessive depiction of romance in Japanese animation, which had a particularly profound impact on children. These were just a few years old, yet they had a girlfriend every day. Fang Yang was dumbfounded. He had been single for over twenty years, and he was still not as good as a kindergarten kid!

I feel slightly better about American cartoons. Although there are a lot of fighting scenes, the content is still at the kindergarten or elementary school level. The key issue is that Japanese cartoons make up the vast majority of the content. Seven out of ten channels are broadcasting Japanese cartoons. I don't know what the authorities are thinking. How can such cartoons be so popular on TV? Mothers are complaining that this is destroying the future of their children!

From these discussions, Fang Yang couldn't help but ponder: what exactly is wrong with Chinese animation? In his previous life, Fang Yang remembered experiencing a similar period, with Japanese animation dominating the scene. He never imagined that in this world, with such a developed economy, they would still be going through the same process. China has a history of five thousand years; if we really wanted to draw inspiration, there would be a wealth of material. Why is it like this in this world? Fang Yang was completely baffled!

Fang Yang went online to check out the published fairy tales, and after reading them, he couldn't help but complain. What kind of stuff is this? It's just adult stories disguised as fairy tales. It might be okay to fool teenagers, but how can it be read by children a few years old? It's all just imaginary fairy tales. No wonder it's not popular!

Fang Yang couldn't help but wonder, if that's how it is in fairy tales, then what about television and movies? With the economy and technology so advanced now, it should be possible!

Fang Yang went online and entered a large video website. He clicked on a relatively popular TV series and started watching. After half an hour, he couldn't help but feel bored. It was all the same old, mundane family dramas. How could he watch this? He switched shows! He watched several in a row, and they were all the same. Wasn't there anything new? And this was supposed to be a popular TV series? Even the web dramas in his previous life were more interesting than this!

Fang Yang thought watching a movie would be fine, since each movie offered five minutes of free viewing. He selected a highly-rated movie and started watching, but closed it after less than two minutes. It was no different from a TV series; how could a movie like this attract people to spend money? Fang Yang was at a loss.

China's economy and technology are highly developed, but its entertainment industry is stuck in the 1990s. What happened in between? Fang Yang visited several well-known entertainment companies and found that these companies were all established in recent years and had a market value of only a few hundred million. The largest one, Kyoto Film and Television, which is affiliated with the higher-level authorities, only has a market value of a little over one billion. In other words, China's entertainment culture has only been developing for a few years.

So, how did the original entertainment culture survive? Fang Yang was completely bewildered! He had only thought that novels were outdated, but he hadn't realized that the entire entertainment industry was outdated. And what about abroad? What was the situation like?

Fang Yang clicked to watch a few more foreign films, and was once again bewildered. What was wrong with this world? Why was everything like this? He had no choice but to look at historical events; perhaps they would offer some clues. Clicking the search bar, Fang Yang finally understood: after the World War, all countries closed themselves off to focus on developing their economies and technologies, then became embroiled in a technological war. This period was exceptionally long, until about ten years ago, when nothing could be accomplished. Only then did the countries sit down together, shake hands, and slowly develop their cultural industries. First, state-owned enterprises took the lead, and only in recent years has a diverse range of industries flourished. And Fang Yang's father fell victim to this flourishing of industries.

After learning about this situation, Fang Yang was bursting with confidence. Being in a rudimentary stage of culture, wasn't this the kind of game he was going to crush the whole world? He was going to be the king of entertainment! Fang Yang secretly cheered himself on.

After logging off the computer, Fang Yang continued drawing. One must take things one step at a time, and Rome wasn't built in a day. The most important thing right now is to do the work at hand well. A tall building starts from the ground up, and we're still in the foundation-building stage. We can't be too ambitious!

When Fang Yang woke up the next day, he heard a mechanical voice in his mind, "Popularity value has reached 50 million. The system can be upgraded. Please upgrade to the second stage as soon as possible."

Fang Yang entered his mind and saw only two buttons: upgrade and don't upgrade. What was there to consider? Upgrade, of course! He clicked the upgrade button, and a flash of light appeared in his mind. A mechanical voice sounded: "Host will spend ten million popularity points to upgrade to level two. The upgrade will take twelve hours. Please wait patiently!"

"Hey, hey!" Fang Yang exclaimed. "When did leveling up require popularity points? System, why didn't you say so earlier?"

However, the cold, mechanical voice never sounded again. It was probably hiding in some corner, feeling guilty and drawing circles in its head. Fang Yang complained, "This system is too arrogant. It doesn't show any human feelings at all. Thumbs down!"

There's no other way; life goes on, and work still needs to be done!

After breakfast, Fang Yang continued coloring the comic he had drawn yesterday. By the time he finished, it was already eleven o'clock. The phone rang at that time, and Fang Yang saw that it was Zhao Liang again!

"Hey Yoko, I'm at Kyoto Airport right now. I'll be in Shanghai in two hours. Remember to pick me up at the airport, there's a surprise waiting for you!"

Before Fang Yang could react, the guy had already hung up the phone, leaving Fang Yang standing there bewildered in the wind. "Damn it, they didn't even give me any warning before coming, and they even launched a surprise attack. What kind of person is this?"

Despite the complaints, business still needed to be done. Fang Yang first called Old Shanghai and booked a private room. Fortunately, it was late, so they could make an adjustment at the last minute. If it were right at the top of the hour, forget about it!

Looking at the time, Fang Yang decided to hurry up and upload "The Gourd". After uploading everything, it was just past midnight. He quickly clicked publish, and it was another eight strokes. At this upload speed, he estimated that "The Gourd" would be completely finished in half a month.

Remembering that "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was going to be available for VIP today, Fang Yang uploaded twenty chapters totaling over 100,000 words, which immediately depleted half of the available content. The final result would depend on today's retention rate. A high retention rate would indicate that "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was truly a success, and as the story officially entered its climax, the number of readers would increase, allowing the website to truly benefit!