According to the Ming Pao of Hong Kong, as the year was drawing to a close, many news media liked to review the major events of the whole year and summarize what had happened in the past year. On December 9, a network search engine released the rankings of the popular keywords in Hong Kong in 2008, summarizing the people and events that netizens were concerned about in 2008, and the protagonists of Edison Chen's sexy photo scandal accounted for four of the top ten风云人物.
When the scandal of Edison Chen's sexy photos broke out at the beginning of the year, it not only occupied the front pages of newspapers and magazines for nearly a month, but also triggered a wave of online collection of relevant sexy photos. Therefore, Edison Chen became the most searched风云人物in 2008, far surpassing the second place by more than twice, while Charlene Choi, Nicole Chong, and Vivian Chan ranked 2nd, 4th, and 6th respectively.