This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 466 You're not repairing the road, you're repairing us!

However, as more viewers have watched, many netizens have noticed the differences between this drama and others.

"Other military dramas show us how amazing and powerful these soldiers are, but Soldiers Sortie seems to show us why these soldiers are so amazing."

"I didn't have much to do yesterday. I finished watching the first two episodes of Soldiers Sortie during the day and watched the last two episodes at night. The more I watched, the more interesting it became. I'm a little curious about how Xu Sanduo's story will develop."

"Don't think of Soldiers Sortie as just some feel-good show; this show has a lot of depth."

"It does have some depth, and some of the lines are quite philosophical."

Some netizens who were drawn in by today's news about the Five-One Project Award also joined the online discussion.

The ratings were released by major television stations the following morning.

Xu Gaomin's phone kept ringing with notification sounds.

This is the WeChat group of the creative team behind "Snow Blade and Furious Tiger".

"Our Snowblade Angry Tiger ratings continue to rise, from 2.31 to 2.39!"

"The ratings for 'Soldiers Sortie' have increased slightly, but only to 2.08."

"Our show is a sure thing!"

The ratings continued to rise on the second day, which means that the first two episodes attracted a new batch of viewers.

Xu Gaomin opened the screenshot of the viewership ratings and looked at it carefully.

The number one spot goes to "Snow Blade and Furious Tiger," with "Soldiers' Assault" still ranked behind it.

"Okay, increase the publicity efforts for me, and give Lu Ran a boost."

Xu Gaomin holds a grudge very much.

He remembered clearly what Lu Ran had done before.

After the release of "Nameless River", Lu Ran released another film, "Li Yannian, a Man of Both Literary and Martial Arts", which sparked a wave of criticism from netizens against "Nameless River".

Ultimately, the box office performance of "Nameless River" was abysmal.

In recent years, Xu Gaomin has been able to continuously obtain investment to make movies and boost box office revenue by making these kinds of films.

Everything was fine before, but this trick stopped working as soon as Lu Ran arrived.

The fact that the movie flopped at the box office is a minor issue; the real problem is that subsequent investors stopped funding it.

This left him without the funds to film the movie scripts he had prepared, resulting in a huge loss.

Back then, Lu Ran used public opinion to attack him; now, he can use public opinion to attack Lu Ran.

Suddenly, all sorts of messages began to fly around the internet.

"Soldiers' Assault's unexpected results: Was its selection for the centennial celebration project rigged?"

"Soldiers' Assault ratings fell short of expectations!"

"If you add your own personal agenda and don't tell the story properly to the audience, you naturally won't win their favor!"

"We strongly urge the relevant authorities to investigate the inclusion of 'Soldiers' Assault' in the centennial celebration projects!"

"Do extreme characters like Xu Sanduo and Cheng Cai constitute a defamation of our People's Liberation Army?"

Thanks to the spread of various marketing accounts and self-media, the public opinion surrounding "Soldiers Sortie" has changed dramatically.

As a result, a large number of netizens were also affected on the Weibo accounts of Wang Peng, the actor who played Xu Sanduo, and Cheng Cai, the actor who played Cheng Cai.

This is what it means to escalate a matter to a major issue.

The office of the Red Star Art and Culture Center.

Gao Yuhui was sitting in front of his computer when his subordinate rushed in.

"Manager Gao, our soldiers' assault has been breached."

Gao Yuhui looked up when he heard this: "Tell me in detail."

The subordinate immediately began to recount the story.

After his subordinate finished speaking, Gao Yuhui smiled faintly: "That's it? I thought some actors had their careers ruined. As long as these actors don't have their careers ruined, the rest don't need to be worried about."

"But……"

"No buts. If you're free, go back and watch Soldiers Sortie. Watch it slowly and patiently. Don't rush."

After dismissing his subordinates, Gao Yuhui calmly picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

This wave is clearly a case of online manipulation. Although Gao Yuhui works in the military, he is also involved in film and television production, and he has never seen anything like this before.

When the meeting started, Hong Yankun, who had previously worked with Xu Gaomin on film and television projects, specifically brought up the matter. However, to his surprise, Dou Yong, the head of the film and television department at the Red Star Art and Culture Center, immediately told him to shut up.

This puzzled Hong Yankun greatly.

What level of viewership did "Soldiers Sortie" achieve? Keep in mind that it was broadcast on CCTV's drama channel. Although CCTV's drama channel's coverage is not as extensive as that of the general channel, it is still quite wide.

A 2.0 rating is comparable to any other similar TV series airing in the same time slot.

If "Snow Blade and Furious Tiger" were broadcast on this TV station, the ratings would definitely be even higher.

"Does President Dou have something that Gao Yuhui can use against him?"

Hong Yankun didn't know what to say in front of his superiors.

Meanwhile, Lu Ran had already started working on his craft at home.

Make flying swords!
A few days ago, he purchased all the necessary materials online according to the requirements in the technical documents, and they have all been delivered today.

After moving the coffee table in the living room to create a large open space, Lu Ran squatted on the floor under the illumination of the five-pointed star light, studying the small fan in his hand.

Just then, his phone rang.

Wang Peng called.

As soon as the call connected, Wang Peng said somewhat dejectedly, "Idol, I've let you down."

Lu Ran's heart tightened immediately: "What did you do? Did your boyfriend cheat on you and get caught by the paparazzi?"

This is the only thing that could happen to Wang Peng.

"Huh? I was talking about the poor reputation of Soldiers Sortie. Everyone's criticizing it online right now."

"Wait a minute, let me take a look."

Lu Ran hadn't had a chance to check Weibo all day. As soon as he saw the inflammatory comments online, he stopped reading and said directly, "Comrade Xiao Wang, your ideals and beliefs are still not firm. Tell me what cultural confidence is?"

Wang Peng: "Cultural confidence is a country's and a nation's full affirmation and active practice of its own cultural values, as well as its firm confidence in the vitality of its culture."

Lu Ran: "So, are you confident in Soldiers' Assault?"

"It existed before."

"It's gone now?"

"I think it's still available now."

"Look at you, your confidence is shaken by the slightest online disturbance. This is not true confidence, but false confidence. If you want people not to doubt you, you must first be confident. We don't even know if those people stirring up trouble online are human."

After listening to Lu Ran's words, Wang Peng nodded: "Okay, idol, I understand!"

After finishing his call with Wang Peng, Lu Ran took a picture of the ground and then posted it on Weibo.

"Comrades, weren't we supposed to be making a fantasy drama? I've decided to use my knowledge to create a flying sword. What do you guys think?"

This Weibo post immediately attracted the attention of netizens.

"Director Lu, everyone's after you, and you're just playing with your own toys?"

"A flying sword that can fly isn't very good, is it? This thing looks nice but is useless, right?"

"That's not the point either. Director Lu, aren't you going to explain the issue of Soldiers' Assault?"

In the comments section, netizens expressed great interest in the situation of Soldiers' Assault.

Those netizens who have watched "Soldiers Sortie" can vaguely sense that "Soldiers Sortie" is not what these people who are stirring up trouble are saying.

But that's how online public opinion is; no matter how you explain, there will still be a lot of people who won't listen.

Lu Ran only replied to one netizen in the comments section.

"Don't worry about it, just do something meaningful."

Amidst all this commotion, it was 8 PM, and the fifth episode of "Soldiers Sortie" began airing.

At the end of the previous episode, Sergeant Lao Ma assigned Xu Sanduo a task: to repair roads.

This task was originally intended to give Xu Sanduo something to do, but to everyone's surprise, Xu Sanduo actually started repairing roads.

He's not just repairing roads, he's repairing them properly.

But when he started repairing the road, the soldiers of the Fifth Platoon became uneasy.

You're not repairing the road, you're repairing us!

(End of this chapter)