Wei Yize's fans propelled the hashtag #YangHuanyiDedication# to ninth place on the overall trending list, while the production team of "The Special Envoy of the City" also contributed, pushing this hashtag into the top five of the trending searches.
Such a great opportunity shouldn't be wasted on promotion. The official Weibo account for "The Special Envoy of the Dangerous City" immediately released a series of materials featuring Yang Huanyi, praising his dedication in various ways.
Yang Huanyi's fans are nicknamed "Little Grass." After the official release of Yang Huanyi's content, the Little Grass fans also contributed their limited popularity, joining Wei Yize's fans in reposting and amplifying the buzz.
The protest from Xiao Fengque's fans was unexpected. Yang Huanyi isn't a popular celebrity, and his fans don't have much experience with fan-based rights protection. This is the first time they've encountered something like this.
As long as the person in question wants to stay in the entertainment industry, offending CTS (China Television System) is not a good idea. Therefore, Yang Huanyi's fans only quietly reposted the message and cooperated with the rights protection efforts on a small scale, without making a big fuss.
Even so, no one can control everyone. The hashtag #YangHuanyiDedicated# was still trending, while fans of Xiao Fengque's novel were already fiercely protesting. A 10,000 yuan giveaway wouldn't be a small sum even a few years later, and it was an even bigger deal in early 2017. In just two hours, the giveaway Weibo post was retweeted over 10,000 times!
On one hand, there's Yang Huanyi's spirit of going through fire and water for filming; on the other hand, there's CTS's drastic cuts to Xiao Fengque's scenes—which are essentially Yang Huanyi's scenes. The contrast is so stark that many casual viewers suddenly felt pity for Yang Huanyi.
The "little grass sisters" (a term of endearment for female netizens) can control their own family members from gossiping, but they can't control the mouths of indignant bystanders. Two hours after the giveaway announcement on Weibo, the latest official Weibo post from CTS (China Television System) already had over two thousand comments.
@CHTV-6 Official Weibo: [Little child, little child, don't be greedy, after Laba Festival comes the New Year. Little Liu Liu has already started cooking Laba porridge, did everyone cook porridge today? [Happy][Happy][Happy]]
The comments section was also full of interesting moments:
Xia is also going to get rich this year: [Drink this while it's hot, it's your last farewell porridge.]
Dudu the Grand Commander: [Little child, little child, don't be greedy, after the Laba Festival comes the New Year. Little Six, little Six, don't cry, changing the script is making you a pig.]
KuiKui - Give Me Back Xiao Fengque: [Please return Xiao Fengque's highlights and scenes free of charge! Please stop deleting or altering Xiao Fengque's original scenes! Please give an explanation to the fans of "Phoenix Plays with Dragon" published over fifty years ago! Please show the impartiality expected of an official account!]
Phoenix Palace and Dragon Tower: [I don't know what to say, I'm really disappointed... I've loved "Phoenix Plays with Dragon" since I was fifteen, and it's been fifteen years now. I never imagined Ah Feng would be treated like this.]
Eating three bowls of pizza every day: [Just a casual observer, I've been following you for over two years. Although I don't like Xiao Fengque, what you did this time, Lao Liu, is truly disheartening.]
Phoenix Soars to the Tower: [Do you still remember your promise to the audience? "The Movie Channel will not add extra scenes, will not film concurrently, will not abuse its privileges, will respect the original authors, and will respect our audience. Making movies that our audience loves to watch is our top priority." Have you lived up to our expectations?]
Three or five milligrams: [Please, I beg you, let someone else play Li Yi. He's acting terribly and adding extra scenes—what makes him so addicted?]
My little phoenix, fly slower: [I cried for a long, long time after watching the movie... I was so angry with you [smile]]
The haughty passerby sister: [Sixth brother, you need to be more careful. Either open Yi Tianzhao or come out and explain yourself. My parents are huge fans of "Phoenix Plays with Dragon," and they cursed at it for three days after watching the movie.]
There's nothing new under the sun: [Yang Huanyi almost died from exhaustion while filming action scenes on set, and you just cut it all out, right?]
Finally, the comment from a fan named "There's nothing new under the sun" quickly rose to the top and received over 20,000 likes!
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Shang Yechu pressed the last number and transferred 800 yuan to the water donation agency.
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