Chapter 93 - The Outcome of the Interview? (1/2)

Everyone had their own recital style.

Some had highly exaggerated expressions. Some liked to use body language. Some had varying tones when delivering the recitals. And some did it with a straight face. There were all sorts of reciters. Those who were not skilled at recitals would always attempt to copy someone else’s style or just not attempt a style at all and recite it just as it is. But someone like Zhang Ye, who was from a background of media arts, would always recite in their own style. This was his rice bowl; he would not lose to anyone in a basic skill like that. His recitals tended to be calmer. He was used to expressing his emotions through the subtle expressions of his eyes and the tonal changes in his voice, and did not use exaggerated body language like dancing and shouting.

From the results, it looked like he had done a very good interpretation of the poem.

These interviewers, each and every one of them had a shocked look!

“I’ve finished reciting it. This poem…is called ‘This is also Everything’.” Zhang Ye said lightly after adjusting his breath and looking at the interviewers.

Director w.a.n.g’s “Everything”!

Zhang Ye followed up with “This is also Everything”!

The former was filled with the cries of darkness! While the latter was overflowing with the light of hope!

Zhang Ye’s work was heard! The 8-9 interviewers looked at each other. They were thinking that this wasn’t some poetry compet.i.tion with Director w.a.n.g; it was clearly a smacking of face! You were clearly here to mess things up! They had initially thought that Zhang Ye was unable to follow up, or even if he did, it would not have been good. As for a “pessimism” poem, “Everything” was impeccable! Using the line of thought of w.a.n.g Shuixin’s poem to carry on writing a pessimistic modern poem? He would never be able to write something better than “Everything”, no matter how much he tried!

However, no one had expected Zhang Ye to do the opposite. He did not follow the line of thought of “Everything”. He had instead used “This is also Everything” to lambaste this pessimistic view!

Not all!

Not all!

No, not everything… is like what you said!

A few lines of “Not everything” had gradually stepped up the mood of this poem and at the same time stepped down on “Everything”!

If this wasn’t face slapping, what was?

If this wasn’t a blatant challenge, what was?

But somehow, this blatant challenge had sent shockwaves down everyone’s spines. A few interviewers who had not thought much of Zhang Ye initially had been swept along with their emotions while hearing Zhang Ye’s poetry. A few lines of “Not everything” had convinced them as they maintained their stunned faces.

This is Zhang Ye? This was the Zhang Ye that they didn’t think much of? Director w.a.n.g had doubted Zhang Ye’s composing on the spot before this? He felt that his poems were all prepared beforehand to fool the listeners? And felt that Zhang Ye’s literary standards could only be compared alongside amateur poets? And if he met a professional poet, he would be exposed? Those who had thought this to themselves earlier were now blus.h.i.+ng from embarra.s.sment!

And they thought he was just so-so?

Or that he could not compose on the spot!

This was called a low literary standard that could only be compared to low-grade poets?

Zhang Ye’ s “This is also Everything” had made them swallow their words. Even the least literary educated person present could tell that Director w.a.n.g had been outdone by a newcomer! “Everything” had really been overshadowed by “This is also Everything”! And the gap did not feel like it was by a small margin. It was a crus.h.i.+ng victory! There was no question about it!

Zhang Ye’s poem had even answered the biggest flaw of “Everything” — Pessimism! It was full of optimism in “This is also Everything”! Full of positive influence on the people! No wonder “Everything” was only in the appendix of the high school textbook for a short one year. Compared to “This is also Everything”, “Everything” was such a shallow and weak piece. Instead, Zhang Ye’s poem looked like it should be added into the textbooks!

They all whispered to each other. All of them had been shocked by this poetry piece of Zhang Ye’s!

But none of them knew. In Zhang Ye’s world, this poem was precisely born because of Bei Dao’s “Everything”.

“This is also Everything” — This was a piece by a famous poet in Zhang Ye’s old world, the writer Shuting’s work. It was rumored that after Bei Dao’s work was criticized for being too pessimistic, Shuting had also criticized something about it. Soon after, “This is also Everything” was born. From its words, parallelisms and thoughts, it could be seen that “This is also Everything” was targeted at “Everything”! So after w.a.n.g Shuixin had read his poem, Zhang Ye’s immediate thought was this work of Shuting’s!

Poetry compet.i.tion?

This poem was made for it!

This was walking into the line of fire!

Hu Fei had given Zhang Ye a thumbs up in his heart. He looked over at the silent w.a.n.g Shuixin, “Director, Little Zhang has answered the interview question. What do you think?”

The others also looked over at Director w.a.n.g.

w.a.n.g Shuixin acknowledged, “It’s matched pretty well.”

How was it just pretty well! It was perfect! But of course they did not say that… No one was that dumb!

Hu Fei took advantage of the situation and asked, “Then about Little Zhang’s recruitment?”

w.a.n.g Shuixin looked at Zhang Ye, “Little Zhang, stand up and let me have a look at you.”