Chapter 68 - Refreshing a New Historical Record! (1/2)

Lunchtime.

Many people came to speak to Zhang Ye.

“Teacher Zhang, let’s go. Let’s go for lunch.”

“I have to congratulate you in advance. You might break a record tomorrow!”

“That’s right! If it all goes well tomorrow, your programs will definitely break 2% and 3%. At the very latest, it should happen the day after tomorrow. Don’t forget to give us a treat when that happens. I would not believe if your bonus money is less than 20,000 this month. Haha! Speaking of which, Little Zhang’s two program segments are in the channel’s top three, and also in the station’s top 20. This is already a record in itself! Imagine our old comrades from the past; only a small handful of them could have done the same.”

Everyone was praising him.

Except for Tian Bin, Jia Yan and a few others, everyone else in the Literature Channel was friendly towards Zhang Ye now. If Zhang Ye could really wield his prowess and break a few station, or even national, records by bringing up his listeners.h.i.+p ratings, then everyone in the Literature Channel would also stand to gain. There was a rule in the station that not only gave out rewards for individual performances, but also for team performances. Their whole channel’s employees could all gain an increase in wages of 10% to 20% due to Zhang Ye’s performance. When w.a.n.g Xiaomei’s segment broke 4% the previous time, everyone received a reward of about 1,000. It all depended on what record Zhang Ye could create now.

Zhang Ye smiled wrily, “Don’t expect too much. This time was just a coincidence that the results shot up by so much. It may not continue on.”

“Shouldn’t it be possible?” Big Sis Zhou was a little unsure now.

Zhang Ye waved it off, “There are no guarantees.”

Auntie Sun smiled. “We will just see tomorrow’s results. Let’s not give Teacher Little Zhang too much pressure.”

w.a.n.g Xiaomei took her lunch box and prepared to go to the canteen. She obviously had wanted to bring her lunch back to the office to eat, but the canteen didn’t have takeaway boxes. w.a.n.g Xiaomei gave a glance at Zhang Ye when she was pa.s.sing him and suddenly stopped in her tracks, “Did you put on makeup today? Or use skincare products? Eye cream?”

Zhang Ye was stunned, “No?”

Big Sis Zhou wondered, “Hey, I also felt it when Teacher Xiaomei said that. It’s not makeup, but why does Teacher Little Zhang feel a little different today?”

Someone asked, “Really?”

Another asked, “Nothing changed, right?”

Auntie Sun said, “How could there be no changes? When I saw Little Zhang today, I felt it immediately. Shouldn’t this be a case of when everything is going well, the spirit is also refreshed? Haha. Look, it’s like he has become more handsome. His eyes are also discharging electricity every moment. Little Zhang doesn’t have a girlfriend, right? Auntie can introduce one to you. Do you want me to?”

Zhang Ye’s a.s.sistant, Xiaofang, also laughed, “Teacher Zhang did become more handsome.”

Zhang Ye finally understood why the question of makeup was brought up. They were actually talking about the effects brought about by the Fruit of Charm. “Even my eyes can discharge electricity? d.a.m.n, that’s too exaggerated!”

Xiaofang nodded furiously, “For real!”

She said nice words and had good taste. Zhang Ye was feeling very proud right now.

Afternoon.

The letters from the listeners had arrived.

Zhang Ye was once again the one who received the most letters within the channel. There were over 400 letters, more than w.a.n.g Xiaomei by a hundred. It wasn’t hard to guess why. Zhang Ye had two programs, so the letters were also a combination of both of them. Besides, a children’s program would definitely get more letters than an adult’s program. Therefore, it cannot be said that just because of this, Zhang Ye could replace w.a.n.g Xiaomei as the channel’s top host. He couldn’t do it, because he was a guy.

The letters were written by a mixture of both adults and children.

“Please speed up the narration!”

“’The Wizard of Oz’ is really interesting, but it’s too slow!”

“Uncle Zhang, could you read it faster? I can’t wait any longer!”

“The program duration is too short. Comrade Zhang, I hope the program duration can be extended, or that the speed could be increased. It’s making me so eager to listen!”

A lot of listeners put in their suggestions.

Zhang Ye thought about it. He also felt that the suggestions were valid. When he was narrating “The Wizard of Oz”, he had maintained the speed and softness of when he had read “Little Bunnies Be Good”. After all, this was a children’s program and he wanted to take care of them, so he narrated it very slowly. But the letters this time made him reconsider. The speed could definitely be quicker. Because “The Wizard of Oz” had a more mature theme and suited a larger age group, it would not be suitable to use style of “Little Bunnies Be Good”. The children might still accept this, but the adults definitely would not have the patience. They might like the story itself, but if it was too slow with its emphasis on every word, the adults might not continue to tune in.

Some changes were required!

Three chapters per segment was possible. Adding one chapter wouldn’t be too difficult!

Zhang Ye had Xiaofang contact the recording studio for a booking. He stayed inside the studio for the whole afternoon to prepare the recordings for tomorrow and the day after. Zhang Ye had already recorded tomorrow’s broadcast this morning, but for the quality of the program, Zhang Ye did not think twice about deleting the recording from before. He re-recorded a full three chapters for tomorrow and almost doubled the speed of narration for them. He had set very high standards for himself. He only finalized it after a few recordings.

The next day.

Friday.