Chapter 90 - The Chance for an Interview at the Television Station Has Come! (1/2)

1st October.

Today was National Day.

Early in the morning, Zhang Ye was in the bathroom, brus.h.i.+ng his teeth.

Mom called and her tone was filled with blame and criticism, “Have you found a job? Not yet? I already told you not to quit. Take a look, take a look!”

Zhang Ye simply rinsed his mouth and wiped his mouth as he laughed, “Mom, even if I don’t have a job now, I will also not starve to death. Don’t you know? My ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’ and a few fairy tales are about to be published. Today happens to be the day it goes on sale, so you don’t have to worry about me. When the publis.h.i.+ng firm transfers me the money, I’ll give you some.”

Mom was overjoyed, “It’s published already? How much did you make?”

Zhang Ye feigned ignorance, “Not much, not much. Have you eaten?”

“I asked you how much, so stop trying to interrupt!” Mom said fiercely.

Zhang Ye could only say, “About six million. After it reaches me, it’s probably around five million. Quite a lot of it is taxed.”

“What? Six million? Aiyah! Hey!” Mom was shocked, “Did you rob a bank? So much? Aren’t most people earning only a few tens of thousands when they publish a book? Our neighbor Uncle Zhang’s child is also an author. His best book only received 80,000. Why is yours so much more?”

Zhang Ye began bragging, “How can that be the same. What kind of book is my ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’? It’s completely on a different level when compared to theirs. Also, I have my fairy tales. All of them are cla.s.sics. I even think I lost out. If not for them giving me the money quickly, and that they only wanted the simplified Chinese rights, I wouldn’t have sold for this pittance. Mom, help me tell Dad. Don’t let him be worried for me. I’m doing fine. After quitting my job at the radio station, I actually have more freedom. If I want to publish, I can publish. I don’t have to be limited by my job’s regulations. Besides, I can guarantee you that there will be even better units waiting for me in the future.”

“Then are you going to your granny’s house today?”

“Go with Dad; I won’t be joining for now.”

“Alright then. I know you are busy. Then do well.”

Just as the phone was about to be hung up, he even heard her Mom say to his Dad, “Good lad, our son is impressive. Six million! He earned six million from publis.h.i.+ng!”

Only then did the call hang up. Tian Bin’s number came calling.

“h.e.l.lo, Zhang Ye.” Tian Bin’s voice sounded excited.

“Old Tian, it’s me. What’s the matter?” Zhang Ye walked out of the bathroom.

Tian Bin said, “I’ve been hired. Yesterday, I submitted my resume and came for an interview today. In the end, after just five minutes of interviewing, they informed me that I would start work tomorrow.”

“Hey, that’s good. Which radio station?” Zhang Ye asked.

Tian Bin laughed, “It’s the Central Radio Station, the biggest radio inst.i.tution in the country!”

Zhang Ye was also happy for him, “Alright, then I’ll congratulate you first.”

Tian Bin paused for a while, “Actually, it was all thanks to your copyright power of attorney. When I gave it to them during the interview, they were all speechless. Then a Leader made a phone call and came back, telling me to report to work tomorrow. It looks like the Central Radio Station also highly values your segment. Zhang Ye, thank you!”

Zhang Ye laughed, “I won’t be able to get used to you being so polite, so there’s no need to thank me. It’s not a big deal; it’s as simple as lifting a finger.”

“If we have the chance, let’s have a meal.” Tian Bin said.

“Alright, then we can have it when there’s time.” Zhang Ye hung up.

After the two phone calls, Zhang Ye appeared happy. He had reported the good news to his mother and had congratulated Tian Bin; however, he was still feeling worried. Now with the publis.h.i.+ng matter settled, this step had ended early, but his next step returned to that dead end once again, which was the way to get into a television station.

If he was really banned and couldn’t enter one, Zhang Ye would have to redevelop his plans. Where should he go? Filming movies? Singing? But the timing was not right. He still did not have the qualifications or ability to make people ignore his looks. If he were to encroach into the music and film industry straight away, probably no one would care about him. So what if the works he produced were great? The time was not ripe.

Let’s give an example.

Was “Miss Dong” a good song?

Back when the original songwriter released his alb.u.m, almost no one heard it, nor did anyone know about it. Later, when it was sang by Zuo Li on the singing contest stage of Singing Boy did it become popular. It even went viral throughout the entire country. What was the reason? Although the lyrics were slightly changed, it was essentially the same song. There was no difference. Maybe his singing ability was slightly better than the original songwriter, but why did it only become popular when it was sung by Zuo Li and not him? It was not a problem with the song. The song was just a song, and it was also a good song. It was due to a fortuitous turn of events and also because of Zuo Li’s story about his girlfriend. And a lot more of it had to do with looks and conditional factors. At least that was how Zhang Ye saw it. This was something he could do nothing about, for Zhang Ye knew that he was in a similar situation.

Without the opportunity, he could not do something at the wrong time!

He could only go to the television station. No matter how much thought he gave, that was the only place suitable for his next step to develop further. He needed a springboard, and he needed it a lot!