Chapter 48 - The Program Won’t Be Axed! (2/2)

This was the advantage of a serialization!

Zhao Guozhou did not praise Zhang Ye like yesterday. He said it in pa.s.sing before announcing the rest of the listeners.h.i.+p ratings. This ambiguous att.i.tude made everyone even more baffled.

After he finished announcing, Zhao Guozhou did what he did yesterday. He left after turning around.

Jia Yan was also dazed. He was still thinking that Zhao Guozhou would say something. However, in the end, there was nothing. Like yesterday, he ran out to chase after him.

“Director!”

“Little Jia?”

“I want to talk to you. Do you have some time?”

“Sure. Follow me to my office.”

Once they left, Big Sis Zhou worried for Zhang Ye, “Little Zhang, you should go, too!”

“That’s right, that’s right!” Another person, Aunt w.a.n.g, chimed in, “You should quickly try to grasp an opportunity. Say something nice. Who knows if the Leader might change his mind!”

Previously, Zhang Ye was not popular with his colleagues. Firstly, he had offended the Leader. Secondly, he was new, so he hadn’t had much interaction with others. He did not know many people, which resulted in his poor social popularity. Now, through his fairy tale stories, Zhang Ye had at least managed to gain the liking of the five to six women in the office.

Furthermore, with Jia Yan being young and so aggressive that he did not show any respect for Teacher Feng on his first day, there were many older people who did not like him. As such, they slowly leaned towards Zhang Ye. They did not care that Zhang Ye cursed as he had back when he and Tian Bin cursed at each other on the internet. Tian Bin was a person who usually spoke badly of people behind their backs and since he was the person who first instigated the dispute and Zhang Ye was just reacting to it, it was understandable due to the extenuating circ.u.mstances.

Furthermore, no matter how much a jerk Zhang Ye was, he had never been disrespectful to the older people in the station. When had he never been polite when he met them? Just from this point, Zhang Ye was already in a much better position than Jia Yan in the hearts of the older people!

“There’s no need.” Zhang Ye did not go.

“You care about your face too much. Will lowering your head kill you?” Aunt w.a.n.g felt exasperated.

Zhang Ye was very clear of the situation, “I have done my things well. I have already put in my greatest efforts into it. The Leader’s decision was likely already decided some time ago. I also won’t be able to change it.”

Although he said so, the process was quite a torment.

Two hours pa.s.sed since Jia Yan left, but still, he was not seen.

Zhang Ye repeatedly looked as his watch. He also went to the Leader’s office, but there was no one there. He returned to the office and asked an old editor, “Editor Xu, the afternoon’s program is about to begin soon. The Leader isn’t around either. What’s going on? What about today’s program?”

Editor Xu was also unsure what to do. He could not reach Director Zhao on the phone!

Finally as it was approaching noon, Zhang Ye asked, “What’s going to happen?”

Editor Xu slapped his forehead, “Little Zhang, why don’t you record it first?”

“It can’t be recorded anymore. It can only be broadcast live since it’s this late.” Zhang Ye pointed to his watch.

Editor Xu bit his tongue, “Then let’s do a live broadcast. You take the reins. We’ll speak after the live broadcast is over!”

Zhang Ye agreed and immediately called for his a.s.sistant, “Xiaofang, quickly reserve a live broadcast studio. The faster, the better.” He picked up a bottle of mineral water to moisten his throat before setting off.

12 o’clock.

Zhang Ye pushed the volume b.u.t.ton, “h.e.l.lo listeners. Due to some special reasons and circ.u.mstances, today’s program will still be ‘Old and Young Story Club’. Let me tell everyone the fifth chapter of “The Wizard of Oz”, The Rescue of the Tin Woodman.”

Zhang Ye managed to finally finish his program’s live broadcast. He returned to the office from the live broadcasting studio at 1 P.M. Only then did he see Jia Yan, who was silent.

When Jia Yan saw Zhang Ye, he had raised his head, but then quickly bowed his head to carry on typing on the computer. He no longer had the aggressive air that he had on his first day.

Zhang Ye roughly understood what had happened. He walked towards Teacher Feng, “Our program won’t be axed?”

Teacher Feng whispered, “No talk about not axing, but Director Zhao did not say a word despite knowing you were broadcasting live. His intention is to let us carry on broadcasting. The station has not mentioned anything about axing the program anymore.”

Zhang Ye heaved a sigh of relief, as if a burden had been lifted, “Teacher Feng, I finally did not disappoint you. I managed to keep the program!”

Teacher Feng squeezed his shoulder, “I won’t be coming to the unit tomorrow. You have given me a big gift before I leave! Thank you!”

“To think you have to say that. It’s what should have happened. I also do not wish for the program to end.” Zhang Ye said.

Tian Bin was secretly burning with anger. How could it be!? The Leader really tolerated him?

Wu Datao could not accept it. The station really did not axe the program? They really were letting Zhang Ye do what was deemed an impossible task?

Everyone saw this and felt mixed emotions. The past few days were too dramatic.

Thinking back to the day when Zhang Ye declared his bold words, saying that “Old and Young Story Club” would not be axed, none of them had believed him. No one treated him seriously. But by giving Zhang Ye five days, just five days of programming was enough for Zhang Ye to complete a startling reversal. He had managed to change a segment that was dead last to a legendary myth in terms of ratings. The results were so stunning that the station’s management could not say anything!

A young person’s abilities must be respected!

A new generation was replacing the old!

This made people begin to realize that maybe one needed to bow one’s head or compromise at work, but in front of absolute ability and results, many intrinsic beliefs appeared laughable. Jia Yan was an example. So what if he was the Station’s Leader’s relative? A segment that was decided on could still fail to go on air! It similarly could not replace Zhang Ye’s segment. Jia Yan had to queue up obediently in the station! Why? This was because Zhang Ye had handed in a result that no one else could hand in! “Old and Young Story Club” had received second place in the Literature Channel! Its rating was at the tenth place in the entire Beijing Radio Station! Coupled with “Late-night Ghost Stories” being fourth in the Literature Channel and 19th in the entire station! There was no one who could move Zhang Ye’s position in the radio station!

This time, Zhang Ye had really rooted himself. He had laid a deep foundation through his hard work and determination!

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