In the morning, Fang Yang had just parked his car when he saw Yang Huajin pacing back and forth in front of the office building, looking preoccupied. He couldn't help but walk over and ask, "Uncle Yang, what's wrong?"
Upon seeing Fang Yang, Yang Huajin said anxiously, "Xiao Yang, something bad has happened! My friend just called me and said that Yuehai Media, together with other media companies, music platforms, blogs, and other social media platforms, has launched a joint boycott against us!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Yang scoffed, "Yuehai Media really thinks too highly of themselves. Have we offended them in some way?"
Yang Huajin shook his head: "My friend said it's because our two songs have such high download rates that Yuehai Media is afraid your debut will affect their music department, so they want to blacklist you in your early stages."
Fang Yang opened the office door and laughed, "It really is an undeserved disaster. Don't take it to heart. It's just the actions of petty people. Right now, they're just jealous of us. I just love seeing them jealous but unable to do anything about it."
Yang Huajin said: "But they hired online trolls to bombard our company's blog, and a large number of trolls flooded the website to smear us. This severely disrupted normal communication in various communities, causing a huge impact on the community."
Fang Yang, resting his chin on his hand, said, "Don't worry about the blog. We don't have anything to post. Just turn off the comment function. As for the website, that's a bit of a problem!"
After thinking for a while, Fang Yang said excitedly, "Okay, Uncle Yang, go and post an announcement: Starting at noon today, the website will implement a membership system. The membership fee is 20 yuan per month, 18 yuan per month for a six-month subscription, and 16 yuan per month for a full year subscription. Members can download all works on the website for free. After noon, all non-members will no longer have the comment function. If Yuehai Media still wants to recharge and cause trouble, we welcome them."
Yang Huajin's eyes lit up: "Hey, that's a good idea. I'll go talk to Old Chen about it." As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Huajin hurriedly ran out to find Chen Chen.
Watching Yang Huajin, who was laughing like a child, walk away, Fang Yangzhuo gradually became serious. Yuehai, I will remember this. Sooner or later, there will be a day when we fight to the death!
After taking a few pages of sheet music, Fang Yang began composing the theme song and interludes for "Calabash Brothers." These needed to be recorded by Zhu Laosan and the others before being added to the animated film. They also needed to find voice actors. Fang Yang planned to have the song sung by a voice actor, but he simply couldn't sing that kind of childlike voice.
Around 2 PM, Fang Yang woke up from his nap, and Yang Huajin came in beaming. "Xiao Yang, your method really worked! The website's online trolls have disappeared without a trace, and we've gained over two million members, with membership fees exceeding forty million. The website is now flush with cash!"
Fang Yang: "Uncle Yang, about the assistant director I mentioned last time, has anyone been chosen yet?"
Yang Huajin: "I've got my eye on someone. Fu Ming, an assistant director who used to be signed with Yuehai Media, worked with Yuehai's top director Wang Jialiang for many years. But he offended the crown prince of Yuehai and was blacklisted by Yuehai. His contract will be finalized in a week, and I'm making contact with him as soon as possible. He's also interested, so I don't think there will be any major problems."
Fang Yang: "Logically speaking, having followed a top director for many years, I should have a certain status. How could I be blacklisted?"
Yang Huajin: "I asked someone who knew the situation on the spot, and they said that the heir of Yuehai tried to assault an actress on set, but Fu Ming caught him. This was then exposed by someone with ulterior motives, which put the heir of Yuehai in a very passive position. The heir of Yuehai was furious and blacklisted Fu Ming that very night."
Fang Yang sneered, "The people of Yuehai are truly a den of snakes and rats. What do you think of Fu Ming's character?"
Yang Huajin: "He has a very good character and is also a very strong director. Wang Jialiang originally intended to groom him as his successor. Because of this, Wang Jialiang had a big argument with Sun Hai, the boss of Yuehai. Now Wang Jialiang is making fewer films, which is also because his relationship with Sun Hai has broken down. It's just that the contract hasn't expired yet, so they are in a state of superficial harmony but inner discord."
Fang Yang nodded: "Hurry up and get in touch. We're about to start filming a web series, which will increase the number of website members and greatly benefit traffic."
In the conference room of Yuehai Media Company, Sun Hai was furious. He had mobilized so many resources, only to have them vanish in an hour or two, all at the hands of Yuewen Entertainment Website, making a fool of himself in the industry. Seeing Yuewen Entertainment Website use this opportunity to launch a membership system that rakes in over 40 million yuan, Sun Hai was consumed with envy. The other side had reaped all the benefits, while he had paid out real money and incurred many favors. It was a classic case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead—a complete financial disaster!
Yesterday, the department heads, who were all in high spirits, were now shrinking back and not saying a word, afraid of being singled out and scolded by Sun Hai. Who knew that Fang Yang was so powerful? He had completely formed a closed loop, and no amount of external attacks could touch him. It was utterly speechless!
In the chairman's office on the top floor of Jinghua Film and Television, Zhou Haijun was listening to Guan Yue's report. Hearing that Fang Yang had cracked Yuehai's conspiracy in just one or two hours, he couldn't help but admire him: "This kid is a talent. He probably had these tricks in mind from the beginning. Go and contact them, give them some film and television resources to enrich their film and television library, and we can cooperate with them more in the future!"
Guan Yue: "Okay, I'll contact Manager Yang right away."
Zhou Haijun: "We'll also give them all the songs we release online. We might even commission some songs from this guy in the future. I think he's quite good at songwriting and worth getting to know long-term."
Guan Yue nodded and turned to make the arrangements.
At the Central Conservatory of Music, Principal Ma Donglai, along with several vice-principals and the office director, were listening to Wang Jin's report. "Last night, Yuehai Media, without any cause, joined forces with more than a dozen entertainment companies, music platforms, blogs, and other social networking sites, as well as at least three online troll studios, to launch a comprehensive and relentless crackdown on Yuewen Entertainment. The Yuewen Entertainment website was attacked by a large number of online trolls, and their actions were extremely brutal. This morning, Yuewen was forced to close the comment function on its official blog website. At noon, the Yuewen Entertainment website implemented a membership system, prohibiting non-members from posting comments in the community. This finally repelled the online trolls, but Yuewen Entertainment still suffered considerable losses. There are many negative comments about Yuewen online, which has severely damaged Yuewen's image."
Vice Principal Chen, who is in charge of instrumental music, said angrily, "Yuehai is just trying to intimidate us old guys. I'm afraid they're targeting us old folks!"
Vice Principal Liu also said angrily, "Even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner. Is Yuehai going to start a full-scale war with us?"
Ma Donglai stopped the noise and asked Wang Jin, "What is the reason why Yuehai wants to blacklist Fang Yang?"
Wang Jin: "It is said that they were worried that Fang Yang's debut would severely damage Yuehai's music department, so they wanted to take precautions and nip Fang Yang in the bud."
Upon hearing this, Ma Donglai trembled with anger. "Yuehai is taking advantage of the Central Conservatory of Music's lack of talent! Director Yao, issue a public notice: effective immediately, the Central Conservatory of Music will sever all cooperation with Yuehai. Yuehai will be blacklisted from the Central Conservatory of Music. No teacher or student at the school is allowed to cooperate with Yuehai privately. Otherwise, once verified, they will be expelled!"
Several vice principals immediately agreed, "Good, that's how it should be done. We at the Central Conservatory of Music will not bully others, but we will never allow ourselves to be bullied!"
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