Chapter 110 - Beijing Couplet Competition Begins! (2/2)

Seeing nearly a hundred members invited as compet.i.tors, Zhang Ye could recognize a few old familiar names with his sharp eyes. Alright, they were considered old enemies. They were those people from the Beijing Writers’ a.s.sociation who had gone to the Beijing Radio Station to trample on Zhang Ye, but ended up being smacked in the face by him!

He did not know any of the other contestants.

Many of them were from the Beijing Couplet Organization or were gra.s.sroot members.

Zhang Ye finally saw that the last person to be invited was him!

“But I didn’t register! Why are they inviting me to be a contestant?” Zhang Ye frowned slightly. Do you really not care about me? When you ignored me, you ignored me. When you cared about me, you didn’t ask for my opinion to put my name in there? Do you know what respect is?

Xiao Lu said, “Who cares? You should go.”

“That’s right. It will be interesting. We can decide when the time comes whether to partic.i.p.ate or not.” Hou Ge encouraged him too, “This is a grand literature event. It is much more important than the Mid Autumn Poetry Meet that you partic.i.p.ated from before. Not just anyone gets the partic.i.p.ation qualification. Even the entry tickets for spectators aren’t easy to get.”

With a smile, he said, “Teacher Little Zhang, aren’t you fighting for fame? This would suit you perfectly. This is entirely broadcasted live on the internet. Not many people watch it, but the numbers definitely aren’t low. If you can enter the final round and show your face, it can increase your fame. If your fame increases, it will help our new program, too.”

What he said was right.

But… I don’t f**king know couplets!

It wasn’t that he didn’t know. He only knew the couplets from his world. He had no idea what the situation and foundation of the couplets for this world were!

Zhang Ye suddenly thought of something. F**k, could the bunch of people from the Writers’ a.s.sociation know that he did not know couplets, resulting in them putting him on the invitation name list without asking him? They had lost in the poem compet.i.tion last time, with the entire Beijing Writers’ a.s.sociation losing to Zhang Ye. They were indignant about it and wanted to take revenge? They wanted to use a literary area that Zhang Ye did not know to ridicule him? Put him to shame? Regain their reputation?

It seemed highly probable!

With the Beijing Writers’ a.s.sociation’s Vice President Meng Dongguo’s personality, what wouldn’t he do!?

Ring, ring, ring. A phone call came.

Zhang Ye picked it up, “h.e.l.lo. Who is this?”

“Teacher Zhang Ye?” It was a middle-aged woman’s voice, “I am an employee of the Couplet Organization. I want to confirm your invitation for tomorrow’s Beijing Couplet Compet.i.tion. Do you have time to partic.i.p.ate in it? If you do have time, I will inform my colleagues from the Beijing Writers’ a.s.sociation to print a contestant pa.s.s and entry pa.s.s for you. You were recommended by them. Tomorrow, you can just go to Peking University, and someone from the Writers’ a.s.sociation will attend to you.”

Zhang Ye hesitated for a while before saying, “Alright then.”

So what if he joined? He would a.n.a.lyze the situation first. If the Writers’ a.s.sociation had really planted a trap for him, or this world’s couplets were things Zhang Ye did not know, then he would give up and not bring ridicule to himself. Of course, if he had a chance to show his strength, Zhang Ye would definitely not grab the opportunity to show off. Being an E-list celebrity could not satisfy him. His goal was even higher and further. He would grab tightly at every opportunity that could make him become famous. Writing novels? Writing poems? Writing stories? Writing essays? Making advertis.e.m.e.nts? Match couplets? He was never picky! He would devour them all, despite what they were!

Outside.

Hu Fei, who was carrying a bunch of stuff, entered.

Hou Ge was the closest, so he rushed up, “Brother Hu, let me do it.”

“Alright. Thank you.” Hou Ge gave him the box. It was the information and doc.u.ments needed for work. However, after Hou Ge took it away, Hu Fei reached into the box and took out a few tickets placed at the top. Then he said to everyone, “Tomorrow, the Peking University will have a Couplet Compet.i.tion. It is very grand. The Couplet Organization has invited us from the television station to spectate it. They are middle row tickets. They are hard to get, but I managed to grab five of them. Tomorrow is Sat.u.r.day; let’s go together.”

“Five tickets?” Xiao Lu asked in a baffled manner, “Aren’t we short of one? With Brother Hu, we have a total of six people.”

Hu Fei pointed to Zhang Ye, “Little Zhang doesn’t need it, right? I heard that the Beijing Writers’ a.s.sociation has recommended Little Zhang to compete in the compet.i.tion. All contestants have an entry pa.s.s, so he doesn’t need a ticket to enter. Is that right, Little Zhang?”

Zhang Ye nodded, “Yes, someone from the Couplet Organization just called me.”

Xiao Lu was happy, “That’s good. Then, let’s go tomorrow. Anyway I have nothing to do at home.”

Hou Di snapped his fingers, “Right, we’ll go tomorrow to cheer for Teacher Little Zhang. Do you think we should make a banner? With ‘Teacher Zhang Ye, We Love You’ on it? Pretending we are his fans? With that, it can show how popular Teacher Little Zhang is and how many fans he has!”

Dafei wiped his sweat, “…You really have nothing better to do.”

Hou Ge also slapped his brother in the neck, “Does Little Zhang need to fake it? He has no lack of fans!”

Everyone happily chatted together. They came up with plans and joked around. Yes, they were actually too free. After being hired for so many days, their program had not begun airing. Since the planning for their segment had been mostly completed, they did not have much work to do. So whenever something interesting happened, they would be extremely pa.s.sionate about it. They didn’t feel good about not having anything to do all day, so naturally they had to find something to do!

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