Chinese entertainment industry has been booming since 2008.

The news that "My Love from the Star" would be released on September 28th was like a pebble thrown into a cesspool, splashing filth all over the city.

The internet instantly erupted in excitement, and Fan Bingbing's haters began to revel.

"Hilarious! Is Fan Bingbing just throwing caution to the wind? Casting an amateur as the male lead?"

"I checked, Zhang Yang, 20 years old, there's no such person in the four major film and television academies, so I guess this Zhang Yang might be Fan Bingbing's kept man. Tsk tsk, it's good to be rich."

"Litchi TV is really hopeless. They finally gained some momentum with the drama 'Difficult Love,' but they resort to this kind of ridiculous stunt. It's hilarious."

"Fan Bingbing's departure from Huayi Brothers proved to be a mistake. Not only did her films fail, but her television drama resources also suffered. As expected, what goes around comes around."

"....."

These comments spread like wildfire; it would be suspicious if no one was manipulating them behind the scenes.

Wang Xiaoer felt incredibly satisfied looking at the online discussions about Fan Bingbing, but he still felt unsatisfied.

"Damn it, you think you're all set now that you've climbed up the social ladder? This time, I'll show you what's what."

Wang Xiaoer was secretly pleased, especially seeing how hard the fire extinguisher was working. He picked up the phone and dialed a number: "The firepower isn't strong enough. Get some more people and focus on posting 'Fan Bingbing has been kept by a sugar daddy for years, and now she's keeping a sugar daddy in return.' I want to make her utterly disgraced."

While netizens were enthusiastically criticizing Fan Bingbing online, what was Fan Bingbing doing at that moment? She was taking a shower in the bathroom.

After taking a shower, Fan Bingbing walked out of the bathroom wearing Zhang Yang's white shirt. Water droplets clung to her full, rounded legs, making her look very alluring.

While drying her hair, she said to Zhang Yang, "Little brother Zhang Yang, my hands are weak, come and help me dry my hair."

Zhang Yang didn't refuse and picked up the hairdryer to gently blow-dry Fan Bingbing's hair.

Fan Bingbing enjoyed Zhang Yang's service, but was also a little jealous: "Little brother Zhang Yang, your technique is so skillful, you must have blow-dried the hair of many other girls, right?"

"You're so clueless! No matter who I've flattered before, at least for this moment, I'm only flattering you."

"snort!"

Fan Bingbing's coquettish moan piqued Zhang Yang's interest, and he teased her with a smile, "Sister Bingbing, it's only fair to reciprocate, you can't always make me blow for you."

"Never doing anything right."

Actually, Fan Bingbing didn't reject Zhang Yang's suggestion, but she had to record a program tomorrow, and it wouldn't be good if she stayed up too late and missed the recording.

After Fan Bingbing left, Zhang Yang immediately took out his phone, found Tong Xiaoya's number, and typed a text message: "Sister Ya Ya, the night is long and I can't sleep, come quickly!!"

Tong Xiaoya was very unhappy about Zhang Yang's invitation. "Damn it, what do you take me for? I have a temper too, you know."

"I don't have time."

"Sister Ya Ya, are you sure you're not coming? If you're not coming, I'm going to sleep."

Tong Xiaoya typed "OK", then deleted it, and typed another line: "I'll be there soon".

After reading Tong Xiaoya's text message, Zhang Yang put away his phone and leaned against the bed, waiting for the seafood Tong Xiaoya would bring as a late-night snack.

Because he had to record a variety show, Zhang Yang didn't stay up too late, and Tong Xiaoya left around 3 a.m.

Just as Zhang Yang and Fan Bingbing were recording the program, Hunan TV announced a major piece of news: the TV series "Ugly Betty Season 9", adapted from the American TV series "Ugly Betty", is scheduled to premiere on September 28 during prime time.

This news went viral online, with analysis posts flooding industry forums.

"Mango TV is really going all out to destroy Jiangsu TV!"

"That's true. We need to nip the enemy in the bud. Hunan TV doesn't want to see another 'Difficult Love'."

"Adapted from a classic American TV series, and broadcast on Hunan TV, 'My Love from the Star' is no match for 'Ugly Betty'."

"Mango TV has a very good relationship with Huayi Brothers, and Fan Bingbing left Huayi Brothers last year. Those who know, know."

"When the sky is wild, it will rain; when people are wild, disaster will follow."

Suddenly, news about the entertainment industry was flying everywhere. Wang Jinghua called Fan Bingbing and told her to be careful with her words during the interview to avoid getting into even bigger trouble.

Fan Bingbing was no pushover either; she immediately found the person behind her, Mu Xiaoguang, and tearfully recounted her ordeal.

Under Mu Xiaoguang's intervention, the celebrities from Taiwan who had been making strange remarks all fell silent. After all, they still had to give this big shot face, unless they didn't want to work in the entertainment industry anymore.

The underhanded attacks from Taiwan have been suppressed, but those from the mainland entertainment industry are not so easy to quell. Several junior artists who had been mentored by Fan Bingbing have distanced themselves from her in interviews, saying, "Actually, I'm not familiar with Sister Jin Suo..."

The most devastating blow came from her former best friend, the popular actress Zhao Yanzi, who inadvertently revealed in an interview: "When filming 'Princess Pearl,' someone often stayed out all night, and we were all quite worried about her."

Zhao Yanzi's actions emboldened those who were pessimistic about Fan Bingbing online, and at the same time, the number of people attacking Zhang Yang also increased, after all, hatred extends to everything connected to one's family.

In an attempt to reverse the online sentiment, Zhang Yang suddenly released the promotional song for "My Love from the Star," titled "The Mute."

Zhang Yang liked the song "The Mute" in his previous life, so he could sing it, but that was all he did.

However, this was 2008. If you paid, you could hire a million-dollar sound engineer to enhance your recordings. It was common to see videos circulating online showing that a popular song had been edited word by word.

If others could do it, Zhang Yang certainly could too. So, he found someone to recreate the song "The Mute" and even used it as background music for "My Love from the Star".

In the original timeline, the song "Dumb" was criticized by many people, and Will Pan was even brought up as a result of his past as the "King of Sinicized Music" in his early years. But now it is 2008, and BIGBANG has not yet debuted.

The song "Dumb" naturally received a good response and brought Zhang Yang more attention, but it also angered many people.

Just as "The Mute" was gaining momentum, an analysis of the song by a veteran music critic named Black Sword once again stirred up a huge controversy.

"I really admire Zhang Yang as a singer. I listened to the song 'Dumb' and to be honest, the melody is good, but the singer's singing skills are really not flattering."

Whether Zhang Yang did it intentionally or not, the song title "Dumb" sounds more like a confession or a mockery. If it's the former, then I can only say that Zhang Yang is really bold; if it's the latter, I can only say that Zhang Yang is really bold.

The former's audacity lies in fooling the audience, while the latter's audacity is using the term "mute singer" to satirize the lip-syncing performances of contemporary singers.

Regardless of Zhang Yang's mindset, I'm willing to call him a brave man. The music scene today desperately needs brave men like Zhang Yang.