Chapter 87 - Selling the Copyright to the Novel and Fairy tales! (1/2)

Beijing Radio Station.

“Station Head Jia.” His secretary entered.

Deputy Station Head Jia had his head lowered, busy with work, “What’s the matter?”

The secretary smiled. “I heard that Zhang Ye is applying for television hosting jobs and had submitted his resume to several provincial television stations.”

Deputy Station Head Jia laughed, “He still wants to go to a television station?”

The secretary said, “Yes. And from what I know, they have rejected him. No one wants him.”

“Alright, I got it.” Deputy Station Head Jia let his secretary leave. He knew that no one would dare hire Zhang Ye because both he and the Station Head had already informed friends in the industry. Although working in the radio station was not as glamorous as a television station, they still had quite a lot of connections. Maybe they might not be able to make other radio or television stations do anything to a person with excellent qualifications, but if they made the indication for someone whose qualifications were not good, then they could definitely let everyone in the industry reject that person!

This was the so-called banning!

The moment “Dead Water” was out in the world, the Beijing Radio Station and Zhang Ye were irrevocably irreconcilable!

An entire day.

Zhang Ye did not receive anything. Every time he sent his resume, he would not even be given a chance at an interview. Their replies were very fast, for they rejected him without even giving him a look. It was impossible for them to not know him. A typical process of submitting a resume would need at least a few days before responding, even if they did not want him. Some even dragged it out for a month or two. But for Zhang Ye, it was different. It could be said to be a “second-level reply”. Some people had responded politely, but others were not that polite. There were even e-mails that said “we want anybody but you”!

It’s the end!

The plans were up in smoke!

Has this bro become public enemy number one?

After trying a few more times to no avail, Zhang Ye was also out of options. Immediately, his temper turned bad. F**k it, were the television and radio industry collectively banning me? Fine, you think I can’t live without you? Do you really think I need you to become famous?

Zhang Ye immediately corrected his short-term plans. He definitely needed to join a television station, as it was a very important development and waypoint for his future. However, now with the situation changed, Zhang Ye had to make some temporary adjustments. He decided to put the television stations on hold, pus.h.i.+ng forward some of his earlier plans, and waiting out the negative influence brought by “Dead Water”. Since there was nothing to do these days, Zhang Ye would naturally not just sit idle, or his popularity would decrease by the day. He had to retain his popularity, as well as earn some money on the side.

He called his previous a.s.sistant, Xiaofang from the radio station.

Du Du, it was connected.

“h.e.l.lo, Xiaofang. This is your Brother Zhang.”

“I know, Teacher Zhang, I have your number.”

“Have you gotten off work?”

“Not yet. I’m adjusting some doc.u.ments and will probably need to work overtime until eight.”

“It’s this. I came to you because of a matter. The last time, do you know about the matter of publishers contacting our radio station to publish my ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’? I didn’t agree back then. The publis.h.i.+ng firm had also skipped over me, or it could be said that the station management purposely prevented them from contacting me. Now, I’m thinking of getting the publis.h.i.+ng firm’s telephone number. I have already left the unit, so it’s not convenient for me to ask. Even if I asked, I wouldn’t be able to get it. Can you check for me?”

“Aiyah, I also won’t be able to find that out. I’ll secretly ask others for you. I’ll see if any colleagues know anything about this. You just need to know the publis.h.i.+ng firm, right?”

“Yes, I just need to know the publis.h.i.+ng firm.”

“Alright, I’ll do it immediately. Wait for my news.”

“Sorry for giving you trouble. Thank you. I’ll treat you in the future.”

After putting down the cellphone, Zhang Ye lit up a cigarette and waited.

After about twenty minutes, Xiaofang called back. She was very efficient, or it could be said that she was diligent with Zhang Ye’s matters, “Hehe, Teacher Zhang, I got it for you. Get a notebook and write it down. The telephone number is 53276172. It’s the Beijing Education Publis.h.i.+ng Firm, one of the largest publis.h.i.+ng firms in terms of sales in Beijing. Although they specialize in publis.h.i.+ng some official books and works, they also do commercial books.”

Zhang Ye wrote it down and said hurriedly, “Thank you very much.”

Xiaofang whispered, “You don’t have to thank me. Actually, it was Teacher Tian Bin who knew that you needed it before telling me. After all, he was always the anchor for ‘Late-night Ghost Stories’, so it was his responsibility to contact authors and publishers and knew this area well. Uh, but Teacher Tian Bin told me not to let you know this telephone number was given by him. I’m just being frank with you, so don’t betray me.”

Zhang Ye was surprised, “Tian Bin? He was so nice? And didn’t even want you to tell me?” He and Tian Bin had previously had several quarrels and their feud was not tiny.

Xiaofang sighed, “After you left, Teacher Tian’s days haven’t been good. You might not know that yesterday, the station had already removed Teacher Tian from his anchor position of ‘Late-night Ghost Stories’, making him a replacement host. He has no position now.”

“Ah?” Zhang Ye was curious, “That can’t be; didn’t he get the job after I was removed?”

Xiaofang explained, “It’s because of Jia Yan. Jia Yan’s new segment, about 8-9 episodes of ‘Soaring Youth’ have been broadcasted already. Other than the first episode having an extremely high listeners.h.i.+p rating, the episodes after decreased by the episode. It could only get that listeners.h.i.+p rating for its first episode from the popularity of ‘Old and Young Story Club’, and it could not measure up to its previous usual standard.

Now, with the program’s defects exposed, yesterday’s listeners.h.i.+p rating was just 0.46%. I heard that it’s about to be axed soon, so the higher-ups have transferred Jia Yan to ‘Late-night Ghost Stories’. Once ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’ is done broadcasting, Jia Yan will take over. After all, with tomb robbing-related supernatural novels being extremely popular these days, there are quite a lot of good works that are tailing behind you on the market. As long as we buy the copyright, we can use the popularity to increase the listeners.h.i.+p ratings. The station is clearly paving the way for Jia Yan, letting him build up his qualifications. As for Teacher Tian… He naturally became the sacrificial lamb.”

Zhang Ye frowned, “Old Tian is so miserable now?”

“Hai, your ‘Dead Water’ did not wake them up. Now the station is getting even messier. Anyways, I heard that Teacher Tian has already submitted his resignation letter. He should be leaving in a day or two.” Xiaofang said.

The phone was hung up.

Zhang Ye sat on the bed. Hearing a previous enemy of his in such a situation, he did not feel happy at all, and in fact felt very uncomfortable!

Let’s put this matter aside for a while.

Zhang Ye called the number given to him by Tian Bin. It did not connect on the first time, as the other party might have been busy. It connected on the second try.

“h.e.l.lo, who’s this?” The other party was a middle-aged man.

Zhang Ye said, “Hi! I’m Zhang Ye, the original author of ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’. I heard your publis.h.i.+ng firm wants to discuss about the publis.h.i.+ng copyright? I’m wondering if you still have those intentions?”