Chapter 142 - Growing Success of “Lecture Room”! (1/2)

Monday morning.

Zhang Ye went to the police station to record his statement. It didn’t take too long. After taking care of the issue, he finally arrived at work.

“Ah, Teacher Zhang!”

“Why did you come to work?”

“Didn’t Brother Hu give you time off?”

“How’s your injury? Where is it? Is it serious?”

When he arrived, Hou Ge, Dafei and the others surrounded him and asked him many questions out of concern.

Zhang Ye folded up his sleeves to show them, “Thank you for your concern, everyone. I’m fine. It has almost recovered and shouldn’t affect work too much.”

Xiao Lu was shocked, “Such a big wound?”

Hu Fei also came over, “It’s a knife injury? That’s dangerous!”

Zhang Ye answered, “It’s already healing up. A few more days and it should be totally fine.”

Hu Fei pointed at him and said in earnest, “You… It’s not that I want to criticize you. Even if you were being a good samaritan, there should be a limit. Do you understand? You have a good heart and intentions, but this is out of your abilities. You are in the literature field and were a radio host. Your kung fu hangs off your mouth and is written with a pen. Yet you dare to pick a fight with criminals? And even two of them? With knives? You really don’t value your life!”

Zhang Ye smiled. “It was Chenchen house. I was worried that her aunt was tied up. She’s very good to me, so I had to help. Besides, they were going to attack Chenchen. I was right there, so I couldn’t have not done anything. Even if I had to fight for my life, I couldn’t let a child get hurt.”

“So that’s how it was!” Hu Fei understood. He squeezed Zhang Ye’s shoulders, “Well done!”

Xiao Lu had a face full of admiration, “Teacher Zhang is really an ethical man! He’s a role model for the people! Our role model!”

Dafei took the initiative to get some water from the water cooler, “Teacher Zhang, don’t exert yourself. Today, leave everything to us. If there’s anything you need, I will get it for you!”

Zhang Ye quickly said, “I appreciate your kindness, but it’s okay. I can move around. It’s just a little injury. Hur hur. When I was slashed that day and bleeding, I didn’t even raise an eyebrow. In the end, I fought with all I had and captured the two thieves. When the police arrived, they wanted to call an ambulance for me, but I rejected it. A small injury like that needs an ambulance? What a joke! Wouldn’t that be an insult to me? It’s a small injury, so don’t worry!”

Xiao Lu was stunned, “You are that fierce?”

Zhang Ye boasted, “I’m not bad at all. I’m pretty alright.”

After chatting, Hou Ge suddenly asked, “Teacher Zhang, did you watch yesterday’s ‘Lecture Room’?”

Zhang Ye replied, “I had some things to handle yesterday, but I did catch a bit of it. It was okay; it didn’t have many problems.”

Hu Fei laughed and said, “Yesterday, I had everyone come to work earlier to discuss the second episode’s editing and the issues for the third episode. We would like your opinion on how to edit it, such as which parts to cut away and which parts to keep. After hearing about your injury, I did not ask you further. I discussed with everyone else and we decided to do it similar to the first episode, keeping it fully. However you said it, we will keep it as it is. When we saw the comments on the internet later on and asked some professionals for their opinions, everyone said this episode was as good as the first one. It was not draggy. Every part had a hook that kept the viewers interested. It’s basically a textbook for history cla.s.ses!”

Dafei said “Yeah, an ex-colleague, who is also an old friend of mine, called me. He said that my editing and treatment of the show were very good, and even the netizens said so. Hur hur. But they don’t know that I didn’t even have to do any changes. Not a frame was cut. Your lecture was too good, and the rhythm was too well controlled, so there was nothing irrelevant to remove. Teacher Zhang, you are really making my job obsolete. In all my years of editing, even the best ones had to be edited a little. But I have never seen an episode where after a program has been recorded, no additional editing was required!”

Xiao Lu happily said, “If not, Teacher Little Zhang would not be called Teacher Little Zhang!”

Zhang Ye thought to himself. Of course, there was no useless footage. He did not know how Yi Zhongtia gave the lecture, but the “Lecture Room” he watched was the edited product; it was the essence, so of course there wasn’t anything that could be cut.

“Right… How was the rating for the 2nd episode?” Zhang Ye asked, “Did it maintain or go up?”

“We still don’t know. In a while, we will. Wait a while.” Hu Fei looked at his watch, “It will be soon.”

Everyone went back to their seats, but no one did any work. They were all anxious to know the ratings. The beginning few episodes were the most important to them. From the ratings, it would show the potential and momentum of the program. Many in the station were also focused on it; the ratings were the decisive factor in many decisions.

Five minutes…

Ten minutes…

A person suddenly came.

It was Editor Wei. Zhang Ye had seen him once before. It had been the day when he arrived early and saw him, a pretty old man, cleaning the office for them. He had even asked for an autograph from Zhang Ye. Later, he found out that Editor Wei had offended w.a.n.g Shuixin and was given menial tasks to do.

Hu Fei apparently knew him, too, “Brother Wei, why are you here?”

Editor Wei smiled. “The director wants you and Teacher Little Zhang to go to the meeting room. Maybe something is up.”

“They could have just gotten someone else to notify us. There are many other younger staff in your department. Also, a phone call would have sufficed. You are poor in health, so don’t keep running around.” Hu Fei said.

Editor Wei laughed, “Don’t take me for an old man. I’m fine. My health is good!”

Hu Fei said, “I will speak to the Leader afterwards, to transfer you over to our program team. You have to bear with so much working at your department. There’s no need for that. I can’t bear to watch it go on like this.”

“Thanks, but it’s okay.” Editor Wei said.

After chatting for a while, Hu Fei brought Zhang Ye along with him.

Behind, Editor Wei followed them out. He ran into several of his team’s colleagues. Everyone was very polite and greeted him.

“Uncle Wei,” a girl said.

Another youth said, “I went home a few days ago and bought some tea back with me. I’ll bring some for you later.”

Behind, a woman said, “Oh, yes. Our department has saved a lot of bottles. When they wanted to throw them away, I didn’t allow them to. I will put them under your desk later.”

Editor Wei said, “Thank you. I will go get them from you instead.”