Just as Fang Yang had predicted, after the first episode aired, the comment section immediately became lively, with the number of commenters surging and a constant stream of comments appearing:

"As expected of Fang Yang's productions, they are always top-notch! This plot is absolutely amazing."

"The visuals are exquisite, the plot is tight and doesn't drag, it's great!"

"The characters are vividly portrayed, the actors' performances are exquisite and not awkward at all, highly recommended!"

"I don't have any big-name actors I like, but they don't seem to matter much. I like Kou Zhong, I'm a fan."

"I like Kou Zhong too, he's unrestrained and roguish."

"I just created a fan group for Kou Zhong. Anyone interested, join! My QQ number is:..."

"What Kou Zhong? Xu Ziling's fans, join QQ: . Enter quickly."

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Fang Yang switched his phone to social media, and sure enough, the top trending topic on each website was "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". The huge "hot" word attracted countless people to enter, and news related to "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" quickly occupied an important position, leaving others far behind!

"President Fang, what is it that allows this young and promising CEO to turn lead into gold!"

"You used to look down on me, but now you can't even look up to me!"

"Who gave you the courage to question Mr. Fang's directing talent?!"

"Kou Zhong, a free-spirited and unruly playboy!"

"Xu Ziling, a boy like the boy next door."

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Some are happy while others are worried. The newspapers that questioned Fang Yang in the past are now being boycotted by netizens. They smeared him without any investigation or understanding. People will always remember this. This is the time to get revenge. Netizens who support Fang Yang flooded the official websites of those newspapers and hurled insults and abuse.

Don't say these netizens are rude. If you do something wrong, someone else will do something wrong. Heaven is watching what people do. There are gods three feet above your head. Good and evil will eventually be rewarded!

Several entertainment tabloids immediately issued statements declaring that this was an individual's act, that the person involved had been dismissed, and that they had apologized to Fang Yang and netizens! Their actions were extremely practiced.

They're just doing things for money anyway. Apologizing doesn't cost them anything, and it attracts a lot of traffic, so why not? These websites are used to it. You can't eat shamelessly; making money is the only thing that matters!

The people who are really suffering are the TV stations!

After turning down a drama series from Yuehai Media, Hunan TV promptly invested heavily in importing an idol drama from Taiwan. After a dazzling promotional campaign before the Spring Festival, it successfully attracted the attention of a wave of young men and women, achieving a viewership rating of 1.85 and standing out from the crowd.

Thinking that the first episode would create a buzz online, the newly appointed head of the content department, Qiu Yunbo, logged onto the Bole website with a smug look, wanting to see the audience's comments so he could report the good news to the station manager later.

To his surprise, upon logging in, Qiu Yunbo was bombarded with news about "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty." His hands and feet went cold. How could this be? Wasn't it supposed to have a 1.85 rating? That was the rating monitored by the station. Although it wasn't as accurate as the one published by CTV, it was pretty close!

What's going on with the news on the internet these days? The despicable Shanghai TV station actually bought trending topics? Qiu Yunbo immediately suspected that Shanghai TV station was up to something. He never expected that Hunan TV, a master of buying trending topics, would fall behind!

Uncle can tolerate it, but Aunt can't. Qiu Yunbo immediately called the manager of Bole website, wanting to buy a trending topic to remove the trending topic from Shanghai TV. What a joke. In terms of strength, which local TV station in China has more money than Hunan TV?

"Hey, Manager Wang, this is Qiu Yunbo from Hunan TV. Could you sell me your number one trending topic? We're brothers, this is no big deal. What? Money is no problem? As long as you can suppress Shanghai TV, you name your price!"

Qiu Yunbo put down his phone with satisfaction. "When the king is enraged, blood will be spilled for miles. Let's see what you have to offer to compete with me."

Wang Kaiyuan was completely bewildered after hanging up the phone. What the hell was Shanghai TV? Nobody bought the number one spot on the trending topics list. But prioritizing safety, he still reported it to his manager. Someone was sending him money, and he could even get a commission. Why not?

Following the manager's instructions, Wang Kaiyuan began searching for news from Hunan TV in places ranked outside the top ten. The robot was just starting to boost traffic, nothing too serious. At the same time, he began to suppress the viewership of "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty." In fact, by this time, the viewership of "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" had already declined, the second episode had already started airing, and there were hardly any discussions about it.

A few minutes later, Qiu Yunbo put down his phone and smiled with satisfaction. He had spent millions to finally change all the top trending topics online to news from Hunan TV. He could now report to the station director.

At Shanghai TV station, Director Zhang was stunned by the surge in viewership ratings and hurriedly reported to the new station director, Wang Zedong, "Director, our viewership ratings just exploded!"

"Minister Zhang, what's going on?"

"Director, the ratings for the first episode of 'Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty' were 1.52, but the ratings rose to 1.98 at the start of the second episode. It's very likely that it will reach second place today."

"Really? Do you know why? Did Yuewen Entertainment Media buy the trending search?"

"Director, Yuewen Entertainment Media never buys trending topics, but I just saw that when the first episode finished airing, the number one trending topic on all major websites was 'Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty.' According to my investigation, it was all promoted by netizens themselves, so the ratings skyrocketed as soon as the second episode started."

"Hmm, not bad, keep observing."

"Uh, Director, there's something else. Just now, the top trending topic on all the major websites suddenly changed to Hunan TV's news. I suspect they bought the trending topic. It was outside the top ten just now."

Will this affect our current viewership ratings?

"No, our ratings are still rising; they've already broken 2%, and they're currently at 2.01."

"Let's ignore it for now. If our ratings are very good after the CTV ratings come out tomorrow, we'll buy some trending topics to solidify our ratings and improve them for tomorrow. That would be more effective."

"Okay, Director, you can rest now. I'll report to you if there's anything urgent."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. After get off work, you can all go out and get something to eat. I'll reimburse you once you officially start working."

"Okay, Director, on behalf of all the staff, thank you and wish you a Happy New Year and all your wishes come true."

"Haha, you guys are the same. Ouyang has been promoted. When you officially start working after the New Year, come with me to visit Yuewen Entertainment Media to wish them a Happy New Year. I hope we can deepen our cooperation this year and make the station even more profitable."

"Yes, station manager, I will follow your instructions."

After hanging up the phone, Minister Zhang let out a long sigh of relief. "Brothers, the station manager said that after get off work we'll all go out for a nice meal to reward everyone. You've all worked hard today!"

Seeing the cheers of the crowd, Minister Zhang was also glad. Ouyang Station had been sifting through the waves of time and had befriended Fang Yang before he became famous. Now the station's business was booming, and Fang Yang's works had played a significant role in that.