Ouyang Ming sat in his office, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the headline news, looking as if he wanted to kill someone. Minister Zhang stood to the side, trembling, seeing the station director so angry for the first time.
Have they found out who's behind this?
"We've found out." Minister Zhang inexplicably shrank his neck. "It was Yuehai Media and some media outlets in the south who conspired to suppress Fang Yang."
"It's those bastards again. Remember this: from now on, all works and artists from Yuehai Media are banned from appearing on Shanghai TV. Send out the notice; we're going to blacklist Yuehai Media! What kind of trash dares to slander the works of our Shanghai TV station? I don't know who gave them the guts!"
Minister Zhang rubbed his nose. This time, Yuehai Media was going to be in trouble. As one of the top three of China's five major television stations, if Shanghai TV announced a ban on a media company, it would be a devastating blow to that company.
"Is this an internal station notification or a public announcement?" Minister Zhang had to find out. This was a major event. If it were announced to the public, it would be tantamount to Yuehai Media tearing off its mask, leaving no room for reconciliation.
"Let's make a public announcement. They've already come to our doorstep. People who don't know better might think we're afraid of them. The station needs to clean up the mess. Any cooperation with Yuehai Media will be immediately terminated, and we will never cooperate with them again."
Minister Zhang swallowed hard. "Yes, Director, I'll get right on it."
A dozen minutes later, an announcement on the official website of Shanghai TV Station went viral online: "In view of Yuehai Media's unwarranted insults against our station's director Huang Xiaoping and his co-produced TV series 'Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty,' causing irreparable damage to our station's reputation, our station has decided to remove all works by Yuehai Media from our station. At the same time, we will never cooperate with Yuehai Media or its artists again. Furthermore, our station reserves the right to take this matter to court at any time. This is hereby announced!"
As one of the top three television stations, Shanghai TV's every move attracts attention within the industry. The announcement immediately caused a stir, like a magnitude 10 earthquake.
The industry knows about the feud between Fang Yang and Yuehai Media, but no one expected that Yuehai Media would dare to slap Shanghai TV in the face in order to strike at Fang Yang. In particular, everyone knows that Huang Xiaoping is at a critical moment of upgrading, and if he fails, he will be at odds with Shanghai TV forever.
However, Yuehai Media still did it without hesitation, showing no regard for Shanghai TV. The underlying meaning behind this is surprising, and perhaps Yuehai Media also has a powerful background to back it up.
Perhaps this is why Ouyang Ming lost his temper. Perhaps Yuehai Media did not expect Shanghai TV to be so ruthless, after all, Yuehai Media and Shanghai TV have a lot of cooperation.
As soon as the announcement was released, influential online figures immediately commented and shared it. With such a huge amount of traffic, it would be a crime not to take a bite immediately.
Where there is a positive, there is a negative. There are supporters of Shanghai TV and supporters of Yuehai Media. Supporters of both sides debated and argued online, creating a huge uproar that exploded across half the internet.
Needless to say, before either party could even speak, the internet was in complete chaos. Even the headline about a top female celebrity's affair was completely overshadowed, much to the delight of the celebrity and her company. Meanwhile, those seeking headlines were seething with resentment, having spent money only to be completely ignored.
The strangest thing is that Yuehai Media, the party involved, did not say a word, which aroused a lot of speculation among other media companies. Did Yuehai Media not take Shanghai TV seriously at all?
Fang Yang only found out about this when Huang Xiaoping reminded him after the day's filming ended in the evening. He took out his phone and went online to read the heated online arguments. After putting his phone away, he saw Huang Xiaoping's hesitant expression and said, "Director Huang, just say what you want to say."
"Mr. Fang, please don't let the online arguments affect you. Those are just idle people with nothing better to do, it's all just pointless chatter."
Fang Yang gave Huang Xiaoping a strange look. "Director Huang, I've been through this kind of thing many times, I'm used to it. Besides, it's not a bad thing."
"Hmm, not a bad thing? What did Mr. Fang say?"
"Originally, we weren't very well-known in the film and television industry. After the opening ceremony was reported, I guess apart from the readers of 'Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty,' no one else would pay attention. Now that this has caused such a stir, we're basically known all over the country. This is an advertisement that ten million yuan can't buy. Even negative publicity is still publicity!"
After thinking it over for a long time, Huang Xiaoping had to admire Fang Yang's big heart. However, this matter was a mixed bag. On the one hand, if the drama turned out exceptionally well, Fang Yang and Huang Xiaoping's fame would spread throughout the country instantly. On the other hand, if the results fell short of expectations, they would become infamous!
Judging from the quality of the filming this afternoon, Fang Yang's directing ability is outstanding. Even though I have been directing for more than 20 years, I am far inferior to Fang Yang in many aspects. Huang Xiaoping has to admit this.
What Huang Xiaoping found even more strange was that Fang Yang took very few shots, discarding almost all the shots that were not essential. Most directors would take several shots to prepare for editing, but Fang Yang did not do that.
Curious Huang Xiaoping once asked, "Aren't you afraid that the shots won't be good enough and you'll have to reshoot?" But Fang Yang replied, "Besides being a director, I'm also an author and screenwriter. I know exactly which shots I need."
One sentence almost made Huang Xiaoping despondent. It felt like decades of directing experience had been wasted. You can't be so mean to hurt someone like that!
During dinner, Zhou Xin anxiously approached Fang Yang, "Fang Yang, have you seen the news online? Don't take it to heart, let's just focus on doing our own thing."
"It's okay. Director Huang told me about it before, but I didn't take it to heart. People can say whatever they want. Besides, it's a good thing. It's free advertising for us. We can't even ask for that kind of thing normally!"
Zhou Xin took a close look at Fang Yang and, seeing that he was indeed unaffected, felt relieved. She happily sat down next to Fang Yang to eat, chattering about the fun things that happened during filming, and even stood up to act out a scene when she was in high spirits.
Fang Yang quietly stayed with Zhou Xin, watching her smile and talk. His eyes seemed to travel through a time tunnel. Since ancient times, there have been countless stories of beautiful women causing trouble, but who can resist the company of a beautiful woman? A beauty is like a painting, but without someone to paint it, even the most beautiful person is just buried in a handful of yellow earth, unknown to anyone!
Secretly, Fang Yang had an impulse to make Zhou Xin a top actress. He believed that with enough resources, as long as Zhou Xin didn't disappoint, it wouldn't be difficult!
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