At Muyao TV.

Inside the conference room,Chen Mian propped his feet up on the long table as he browsed through the comment section on Weibo on his phone. The corners of his lips curled up.

"The navy we hired this time is pretty good."

The person in charge of PR smiled. "Right now, not only has "Two Under One Roof" fallen into a slew of hateful comments, the posts we arranged in the comment sections are also beginning to spread around in full.

Sure, they weren't as good.

Might as well compete on who's more rotten; after all, Muyao TV has never lost in this regard.

Numerous blogs and forums began to release the rampant negative opinions:

["Two Under One Roof" is too hostile; why not look forward to "Delicious Three Meals", a real lifestyle gourmet variety show]

[Do you guys really believe that Shi Yingdi had returned to rural life and doesn't need any popularity? You're wrong! Think about how many times "Two Under One Roof" trended on hot searches, who's gonna believe that they aren't buying views?]

[The Xiang woman has attracted too much hate for "Two Under One Roof". One thing at a time, the comments she's attracting puts her at the edge of 'celebrityhood'. Publicly trying to seduce and flatter men; choosing her to come on this show is the biggest failure of the production crew. ]

Everyone has some herd instincts. Seeing the overwhelming negativity bombarding "Two Under One Roof", the netizens who hadn't seen the show before naturally did not want to start it. Even those who were following the show decided it was better to watch something else. The situation was looking grim.

The number of viewers in the stream began to noticeably drop.

Yet

"Why are there still so many viewers?" Chen Mian raised an eyebrow.

Muyao TV's PR representative was also speechless. Weren't netizens supposed to be dumb? Often, they could follow the direction set by anything, like a group of idiots charging off a cliff in order to get the d.e.s.i.r.ed effect they want.

They had planned this with the d.e.s.i.r.e for the viewer count to drop!

Although the views had declined, the proportion was not high as there were still millions of viewers watching!

F.o.r.c.i.b.l.y, she tried to salvage some face. "Probably because it's meal time...You know that fans of gourmet shows are very loyal. Those dumb fat foodies only have food on their minds. They probably muted the live comments..."

Chen Mian exclaimed: "Add more fuel! Worse comes to worst, contact those hackers and shut down their stream!"

They had used this tactic the day "Two Under One Roof" aired. That's why the stream had been interrupted several times that day.

"There are some high-level security personnel at Xingchen app, ordinary hackers can't break through their walls..."

"Then find me some master hackers!"

"....Master hackers are very expensive."

"That's pocket change! Women, the longer your hair, the shorter your perspectives. As long as "Two Under One Roof" falls, "Delicious Three Meals" will earn it back in minutes!" Chen Mian added. "Don't forget, I managed to get Zhuo Yi and Jiang Yun'er!"

Zhuo Yi was a two-time award-winning actor, famous for his martial arts ability. He was nationally acclaimed.

Jiang Yun'er debuted as a singer. She had won the highest award for singing and had produced countless popular songs.

These two could be considered top-tier individuals out of S-tier celebrities.

A few years ago, when rumors regarding the two's hidden marriage surfaced, Weibo had been paralyzed by the commotion. Fans felt as if they'd been tricked, and both of them had been impacted negatively.

They had come to "Delicious Three Meals" firstly because Muyao TV had offered a large sum of money, but also because they wanted to rebuild their image by showing off their love for each other.

The PR representative grimaced. "Okay, I'll go contact them now."

At the manor...

Leftovers from lunch had been cleaned away. Xiang Yi inadvertently turned to realize her brother had woken up sometime. His slender fingers were rubbing against his forehead as he stared at his phone screen. His expression...

Extremely unflattering.