When Chen Lang was still frowning at the negative/negative reports of himself and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" by many media, the phone at home suddenly rang.

"Hey, hello, I'm Chen Lang." Chen Lang picked up the phone and said.

"Lang Lang, I'm the editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily", have you read the media reports on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" recently?" Editor-in-Chief Wang asked.

"I've been busy with my new record lately and haven't been paying attention to it, and I just saw these reports today, and I really didn't expect things to develop into the current situation." Chen Lang frowned and replied.

"This ...... It's not because some people are red-eyed, so they join forces with others to target the "Oriental Daily", and by the way, you are also discredited as the hero of the "Oriental Daily". Editor-in-chief Wang said helplessly and angrily when he heard this.

"Oh? What the hell is going on? Chen Lang's heart moved when he heard this, and asked.

"Since Lang Lang's "Zhu Xian" was serialized in the "Oriental Daily", our newspaper has been occupying the top spot in the sales list of Hong Kong newspapers, and constantly refreshing the sales record, before "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was serialized, the highest sales of "Oriental Daily" has reached 179805 copies, and the average sales volume has remained at about 174,000 copies, while the second-ranked "Ming Pao" has not sold 170,000 copies so far, let alone other newspapers.

This time, the serialization of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" broke through the 180,000 copies in one fell swoop on the first day, and directly sold 181035 copies, shocking the Hong Kong press circles, and no newspaper could remain calm about this, because the distance between them and the "Oriental Daily" has become more and more distant.

And "Sing Tao Daily", which has always been ranked third in the newspaper industry, in order to open up sales, came up with the idea of discrediting you, maybe they have this idea for a long time, but they have not been able to seize a good opportunity, this time it happened that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" failed to continue your practice of continuing to create a new type, so there was action, which is why there is the article "Jiang Lang's Talent", which is just a single event at this time.

But later, the article "Blasphemy" by the historical columnist of "Cheng Pao" attracted widespread attention, and caused the phenomenon of "Cheng Pao" selling well, so other newspapers saw the way to crack down on "Oriental Daily" and increase sales at the same time, so they rushed to report all the negative/news about you and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and later several companies reached a consensus, and the hype continued, so the current situation was created. Editor-in-chief Wang explained to Chen Lang in detail.

Chen Lang couldn't cry or laugh after hearing this, it turned out that it was not because "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was 20 years ahead of schedule and he was not adapted, but because of the fierce competition in the Hong Kong newspaper industry, of course, he was also the biggest reason for the "Oriental Daily" to stand out, so it was normal for him to be hacked.

"That's the case, but I want to know if the sales of Oriental Daily have been affected and whether there has been a sharp decline." Chen Lang is actually more worried about the reaction of his readers and fans to this film.

"Huh...... I want to laugh when I talk about this, because their conspiracy did not achieve any effect, "Oriental Daily" sold 180,000 copies on the first day of the serial "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and there was indeed a big downward trend, but after a week, the sales slowly increased again, and stabilized at about 178,000 copies, that is to say, "Oriental Daily" not only did not imagine a decline in sales because of their negative/report, On the contrary, it has steadily increased the average sales of nearly 4,000 copies, you know, this is an average sales, not a single day sales, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is obviously very successful, and readers obviously like this history. Editor-in-chief Wang laughed happily.

"It's good that sales haven't decreased." Chen Lang was also relieved when he heard this, it seems that readers still accepted this history, and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" did not disappoint him.

"However, being jointly yin by so many newspapers, it is even more harmful to Lang Lang's reputation, our "Oriental Daily" will not stop there, of course we will not use such a means to do this, the newspaper will report on the hot / selling boom, and at the same time jointly with the two TV stations to do a special investigation on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", so that these media and so-called experts can see what readers say about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". Editor-in-chief Wang said hatefully.

This is also more to curry favor with Chen Lang, because Chen Lang is really important to the "Oriental Daily", Chen Lang's contribution to the sales of the "Oriental Daily" definitely accounts for 30%, and these 30% are the top 30%, without Chen Lang's "Oriental Daily" can only be regarded as an influential newspaper, and with Chen Lang's "Oriental Daily" is the overlord of the Hong Kong newspaper industry.

Not because of how good Chen Lang is, but because at this time it occupies an extremely important part of everyone's entertainment, Jin Yong alone set up a "Ming Pao" worth hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars and has great influence is a powerful proof.

"Then I have to thank the Oriental Daily, it just so happens that I am busy recording a new record now, so I will leave this matter to you to deal with, and I am happy to be relaxed." Chen Lang said with a smile when he heard this.

"Don't worry, Lang Lang, we will definitely get justice for you." Editor-in-chief Wang said with an oath.

"Okay, I'll wait to see the show." After Chen Lang finished speaking, he hung up the phone with a smile.

It sounds good, it is for Chen Lang to seek justice, but in fact, he doesn't want to take revenge and compete?

However, Chen Lang knows that things on face cannot be taken seriously, otherwise it is easy to have contradictions, at least so far the cooperation with "Oriental Daily" is quite pleasant.

"Oriental Daily" gave Chen Lang a manuscript fee of 300 Hong Kong dollars for 1,000 words, which is the highest price in Hong Kong now, and at the same time, "Oriental Daily" also serves as Chen Lang's propaganda and defense tongue, the two are mutually beneficial, and such cooperation is worth maintaining for a long time.

After Chen Lang hung up the phone, he stopped paying attention to these things and continued to concentrate on preparing his latest record.

At this time, the debate in the press about whether Chen Lang was exhausted and whether "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was good or bad continued.

Most newspapers and media believe that Chen Lang has exhausted his talents, and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is also a blasphemous work that desecrates history and is completely to cater to the taste of the public.

Only "Oriental Daily" and the later "Ming Pao" and several tabloids and weekly magazines under TVB supported Chen Lang, thinking that Chen Lang created this book in order to let everyone like history and learn more about the history of his country, and the history written by Chen Lang is really good.

This kind of controversy also continues among the general public, and those who have seen and have not seen this film have obviously different results, and there is a group of onlookers who don't think it's a big deal to have an unclear/truthful crowd to join in the fun, and the argument is quite fierce.

"Lang Lang seems to be really Jiang Lang's talent, and he can't write a new genre."

"How do you know that Lang Lang can't write about it, history is also a subject that Lang Lang hasn't written about before, isn't it, it's just not a new genre in the reader's mind."

"If he can write a new genre, why doesn't Lang Lang?"

"As long as what has not been written is a new subject, of course the reader and the author are different."

"Hmph, then the "Ming Dynasty" he wrote is not good-looking."

"How do you know it's not good-looking?"

"Can history be good? Is it good to use your brain? ”

"You dare to say that it's not good-looking if you haven't even read it, it's because there are too many people like you that the newspaper is so dark and bright."

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Such controversies can be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys, but there is no controversy among Chen Lang's fans.

At the beginning, after knowing that "Ming Dynasty" was history, there were indeed many people who had the idea of giving up, but after reading a few chapters, they thought it was interesting and insisted on reading it.

But seeing the media, newspapers and many people who have not read "Ming Dynasty" slandering Chen Lang and "Ming Dynasty" there, fans and Chen Lang's fans are very angry, but there is no Internet yet, and there is really no way for book fans and fans to make their voices heard to the outside world, and they can only spread the word of mouth and influence the people around them through their words and deeds.

While the controversy was still going on, an investigative program on "Ming Dynasty" commissioned by ATV and TVB commissioned by the Eastern Bloc was also broadcast before the prime time of the evening.

Many families in Hong Kong sat in front of TVB before the TV series aired, and the same was true for families who watched ATV, so everyone saw this investigative program about "Ming Dynasty".

"Recently, due to the serialization of Chen Lang's latest "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", it has attracted widespread attention and discussion, and we have specially done a survey for this to see what we think of this in everyone's mind." Said the host on TV.

Countless viewers in front of the TV were surprised when they saw this, obviously they didn't expect that there would be a TV station investigating this matter, and it seems that this matter is quite a big trouble.

However, everyone has obviously heard of this discussion, and many people have even joined the discussion themselves, so they are also interested in seeing what others think, as for Chen Lang's fans and many fans, they are also waiting for the results of the investigation.

Soon, the slow-moving camera found a middle school student, and the host stepped forward and asked, "This classmate, have you seen Chen Lang's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"?" What do you think of the writing? ”

The middle school student looked up and saw the camera and seemed to be a little nervous, slowed down, and said, "I have read Lang Lang's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", originally I thought that history would be very boring and serious, and I wanted to give up, but I thought that Lang Lang's first five books were so well written, and the sixth book should not be too bad, so I bought "Oriental Daily", and the result surprised me, I didn't expect history to be so interesting, I really admired Lang Lang, worthy of being my idol." ”

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