When Fang Yang received Ouyang Ming's call, he was about to go online to the Yuewen Entertainment website community. Seeing that it was Ouyang Ming calling, he answered the phone without thinking. "President Fang, I have some good news for you."
Fang Yang: "It must be good news, that Mayor Ouyang is so happy."
Ouyang Ming laughed heartily: "I am indeed very happy, President Fang. I have to thank you for letting 'Calabash' be broadcast on our station. I've been staying at the station the whole time. Tonight, 'Calabash' is ranked second in the national ratings. I estimate that it will be ranked first in another two days. Are you free tomorrow? Let's have dinner together to celebrate."
Fang Yang hesitated and said, "I don't have time these two days, I have to finish the script."
Ouyang Ming was now interested in everything about Fang Yang, and couldn't help but ask, "Is it another new drama? What kind of drama is it?"
Fang Yang said, "It's still an animated film, but it's a comedy."
Ouyang Ming: "Then I'll go to your company tomorrow to take a look?"
Fang Yang: "Production only started today, and it will probably take a few more days to be completed. Come to the company to see the finished product then."
Ouyang Ming smiled and said, "Alright, I'll go to your company next Monday."
After hanging up the phone, Fang Yang looked at the rapidly rising popularity value in the system and pondered. Perhaps television and the internet can truly be compatible and coexist. Although there may be overlap in viewership, those with elderly family members will still prefer television, especially in the field of animation, where television holds the top spot.
Upon entering the social media section, Fang Yang found a lively discussion about the online release of "Calabash" on Shanghai TV, with everyone also very concerned about the TV station's ratings. One post in particular caught Fang Yang's attention, stating that the online release of "Calabash" on Shanghai TV had topped the blog's trending topics, which greatly surprised him.
In fact, these community-related posts can easily trend on social media, but these people are used to discussing things in the community and are increasingly disdainful of blogs. This means that the popularity on blogs is entirely driven by new enthusiasts, which explains why the system's popularity score increased so quickly tonight.
For Fang Yang, this is a good thing. The wider the reach of his work, the greater Yuewen's fame, and the easier it is to promote his new work. In turn, this will boost Yuewen's fame. It's a mutually reinforcing cycle, which is a great thing for Yuewen. Fang Yang can also gradually become more and more popular and gain more fans.
At 7:30 PM, the latest episode of "Calabash" was released as scheduled. Fang Yang watched silently. The production level had improved, probably due to increased familiarity with the process. The most significant improvement was in the special effects. In comparison, the special effects technology of Yuewen, led by Xie Bin, was indeed superior, which also significantly raised the production quality of "Calabash".
After watching the episode and returning to the community, I found that the comments were indeed focused on these two points. It's clear that the real experts are among the general public, and this immediately revealed the difference.
"The production quality of today's episode is much better. Did Yuewen invite a top-notch artist to join the project?"
"The person upstairs is truly a master! According to the news about Yuewen, they seem to have acquired Magic Special Effects, a top-tier special effects team in the country. From now on, Yuewen's works will say goodbye to cheap special effects! Hooray! Hooray!"
"Damn, the person upstairs is really resourceful, you even noticed this. I just joined Yuewen Animation, how's my production level?"
"The person upstairs must be bragging to death. Didn't you see that the production staff of 'Calabash' hasn't changed at all, except that the special effects have been changed to Yuewen Special Effects?"
"Oh dear, brother, you're so mean! I finally managed to put on a good act, and you exposed me. You have to make it up to me."
"Get out of here, you big, scruffy man! What are you pretending to be, little sister? Ugh, ugh!"
As expected, there's a lot of fun in being a goofball. Fang Yang smiled slightly, but it was quite interesting to watch. No wonder so many people are willing to pay for memberships; the people inside are just too funny. There are no trolls causing trouble; there's only joy and goodwill inside.
After leaving the community, Fang Yang browsed other areas and found that the popularity had dropped significantly. Thinking about it, it made sense; he had been focusing his energy on film and television lately and had neglected other things. He decided to record a song for tomorrow. Looking at the pitiful few songs on the music charts, Fang Yang felt embarrassed.
It's already the end of August, and summer is almost over. So, a song like "A Quiet Summer" would be fitting. I just won this song in a raffle a few days ago, so I'll record it tomorrow while I still have time.
A peaceful summer
The sky was dotted with stars.
I feel a little longing
I miss your face
I can pretend I can't see it
You can also secretly miss them.
Until I touch your warm face
As Fang Yang composed the music, he hummed the lyrics and couldn't help but think of Zhou Xin's youthful face full of collagen. He suddenly felt a jolt of surprise. What was going on? Why did he suddenly think of Zhou Xin? Fang Yang shook his head and focused on finishing Liang Jingru's "Quiet Summer". He also used his verified account on the community to make a teaser: "Tomorrow night at 8 pm, the new song 'Quiet Summer' will be released."
Although the song is sung by a female voice, Fang Yang, who has a perfect voice, doesn't take it seriously. This is mainly because the song doesn't require many high notes, so both men and women can sing it, each with their own unique flavor.
Looking at the time, both episodes of "Calabash Brothers" had finished airing. Fang Yang went backstage. Tonight's viewership was 160 million, slightly higher than last week. It was basically saturated, which may also be related to the size of Yuewen Entertainment website. After all, not everyone knows about Yuewen Entertainment website, and not everyone likes to watch cartoons. It mainly has a slight influence on families with children.
Unbeknownst to Fang Yang, who had logged off the website, the announcement had unleashed a massive wave of activity from lurking users in the music section.
"Holy crap, the missing person is back! I've called the police so many times, and we've finally found him."
“Who isn’t? I told the police I’ve been missing for over 24 hours, but they said they couldn’t find me. How could someone as big as Yang Shen not be found?”
"Upstairs, you're clearly telling me that Yang Shen has disappeared. I've checked the household registration records across the country, and there's no one named Yang Shen."
"Hey, officer upstairs, it really is Yang Shen who's gone missing. It's been half a month, and you still haven't found out where he is? I've prepared a whole basket of razor blades, but I can't send them!"
"Damn it, upstairs, why didn't you say so earlier? Hurry up and send it to me! This is Lanxin Hair Salon at No. 15 Kunming Road, Zhou Yangshen Recipient. I've been waiting for you for half a month, why hasn't it been sent yet!"
"Don't listen to him upstairs. Send it to me at Yangshen Blade Shop, No. 26 Nanjing Road. Recipient: Li Yangshen."
"Hey, hey, you guys upstairs, that's enough! Stop going off-topic, or I'll arrest you for making a false police report! Catching this foreign god is everyone's responsibility!"
The buildings were piled up one after another, and soon they went completely astray, faster than the Monkey King's cloud of reversal, just as unreliable as the Second Brother!
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