Chapter 175 - Wang Shuixin gets Beaten Up! (1/2)
“Did you switch off the cameras?”
“I didn’t. I forgot to!”
“Quickly switch it off! It’s a live broadcast!”
“It’s too late! It has already been broadcast! Who knew that he would suddenly grab the microphone?”
“d.a.m.n it! What is this Teacher Zhang Ye doing!? Why is it that, at every such occasion, he doesn’t feel good if he doesn’t mess things up!”
“What do I do now?”
“What can we do after it has been broadcast? There’s nothing that we can do!”
The Beijing Television Station crew that was in charge of the live broadcast was in chaos!
However, others were silent, especially the television station’s staff who knew the truth. For example, Hu Fei, Xiao Lu, as well as the other colleagues of the Arts Channel. They were all staring at Zhang Ye in a dumbfounded fas.h.i.+on. There was nothing in their ears but the reverberation of the shocking poem!
After Zhang Ye finished his poem, he paused for a few seconds before gently saying, “This poem is called ‘Some People’. Today, I’m dedicating it to Uncle Wei. This is my eulogy!”
Eulogy?
This isn’t some f**king eulogy!?
w.a.n.g Shuixin’s secretary nearly fainted from agitation. It was clearly a f**king piece of poetry that cursed at someone! Bullsh*t eulogy!
w.a.n.g Shuixin also nearly blew a fuse. Before he could catch a breath, his body wavered after being cursed at by the poem. He nearly lost his footing on the stage!
Zhang Ye!
Are you trying to perish together with me!?
w.a.n.g Shuixin’s face was pale. He didn’t think Zhang Ye had such courage. He thought that even if Zhang Ye was lawless usually, he had to have concerns deep down in his heart. For example, about his job, his position as lecturer and host for the television station. But only at this moment did w.a.n.g Shuixin realize that he had thought wrongly of Zhang Ye. He had underestimated how great a hooligan Zhang Ye was. He had a temper that was worse than any hooligan! This job.. was not something Zhang Ye cared about!
Hu Fei and Xiao Lu immediately knew of Zhang Ye’s resoluteness. They knew that Teacher Zhang Ye no longer planned on working at Beijing Television Station!
“Teacher Zhang!”
“This Teacher Little Zhang!”
Hu Fei let out a loud sigh. He was filled with complex emotions!
Actually, when the first line of the poem was recited, a few of them wanted to stop Zhang Ye. But after some hesitation, none of them spoke a word. This was because Hu Fei, Xiao Lu and company knew that this was the resoluteness of Teacher Zhang Ye and his own judgment. They could only respect his wishes!
In front of the television.
The live broadcast signal had been cut off.
The host that was in the live broadcast studio was feeling faint, as he tried to remedy the situation, “‘Some People’ is a very good poem. My colleague, Zhang Ye, has created another great work. Alright, the memorial service’s live broadcast will come to the end.” Following that, commercials were broadcast.
However, how could the audience just ignore it!?
Who could be that silly? Everyone could tell what was going on!
On Weibo, Zhang Ye’s “Some People” was immediately reproduced. There were all sorts of swearing below the post by netizens!
“There’s a conspiracy!”
“F**k! Father Wei was really driven to his death!”
“Is it that w.a.n.g Shuixin person?”
“It’s him! Teacher Zhang Ye’s poem makes it very clear!”
“w.a.n.g Shuixin, isn’t he the person that was reported in the newspaper as a sponsor of a child’s education? He seems to be a poet? I remember his “Everything” in a textbook when i was in school.”
“‘Everything’ counts for a.s.s! Did you not hear of Teacher Zhang’s ‘This is also Everything’? It was to refute w.a.n.g Shuixin! He has produced another poem now!”
“‘Some People’ is really well written!”
“That’s right. I got a f**king kick listening to it!”
“When some people live, they are already dead. When some people die, they are still alive? Cla.s.sic! Too cla.s.sic! Only a person with such a literary level like Teacher Zhang Ye can write such a thing!”
“Supporting Zhang Ye! Curse that w.a.n.g Shuixin to death!”
“Let w.a.n.g Shuixin step down! Pursue his legal responsibilities! Seek redress for Father Wei!”
“Right, seek redress for Father Wei! Let this kind of person who stands on the ma.s.ses’ shoulders come down! He even got newspapers to report on him sponsoring children? He just sponsored a single child and he announced it to the whole world!? This w.a.n.g guy wants to be immortalized? What a joke! People will pull you down! Teacher Zhang Ye’s poem is perfect for this! It’s a great way of contrasting Father Wei’s kindness and w.a.n.g Shuixin’s ugliness!”
“There’s no need for people to pull him down. Just Zhang Ye’s ‘Some People’ is enough to completely smear his reputation! In the future, when anyone mentions ‘Some People’, it might be years later when this enters our textbooks, since it will be a poem that lasts the ages. They will think of its origins, as well as think of two people, Father Wei and w.a.n.g Shuixin! That w.a.n.g guy even wants to be famous through the ages? It’s more like he will be infamous for ten thousand years!
“People like w.a.n.g Shuixin should die a horrible death!”
“That’s right! Teacher Zhang said it the best! People like him may be living, but he is in fact already dead!”
With the great poem setting off the situation, w.a.n.g Shuixin had caused a public outcry. Everyone formed groups to attack him. The reason why people were enraged was partly because w.a.n.g Shuixin had really done such a terrible deed. But a greater reason was because of Zhang Ye’s “Some People”. This great production had lit the flames of the public’s anger. Zhang Ye had previously used his world’s n.o.bel laureate, Mo Yan’s words: The greatest function of Literature is perhaps its lack of function.
“Some People” was written by a contemporary poet from his world, Zang Kejia. It was included in the textbooks perennially. It was an emotive poem written to commemorate Lu Xun’s 13th death anniversary. The poem was a comparison between two people. It was expressing the highest respect to Mr Lu Xun. It expressed one’s anger by mercilessly exposing individuals who lord themselves over the people. The uniqueness of the poem came from its philosophical theme. People lived for the better good.
Of course, this was Zang Kejia’s version, and it was the message he wanted to express.
Zhang Ye’s poem today was not a eulogy. The main goal was not to praise and honor Editor Wei. Today, he recited “Some People” mainly to express his anger at people like w.a.n.g Shuixin. Yes, just like how most people present understood it. He was scolding someone! It was the same with “Dead Water”!
Tieba.
Zhang Ye’s Nest.
“Hurry and watch the TV!”
“It’s already over. I have already seen it!”
“I also happened to tune into Beijing News Channel. I didn’t expect to see Teacher Zhang Ye astound the ma.s.ses! It’s another divine production! It’s a divine production similar to “Dead Water”, “My Confession” and “Prisoner’s Song”! It’s all used to scold someone! Hahaha! I got a kick out of that!”
“Where, where? Give me a link!”
“Wait a moment. It will definitely appear on the web soon!’
“Right, there’s no way to hide this matter. I recommend that all of you to first go on Weibo. In a while, go watch the video. The matter has stirred up quite a storm!”
Zhang Ye’s temper was no good and his personality matched it. He wasn’t the type that was especially endearing. Not to mention he lacked the superficial skills like Heavenly Queen Zhang Yuanqi, hence many people had their doubts about him. However, this Tieba page was Zhang Ye’s fan club. The people gathered here were those who liked Zhang Ye. They even liked it when Zhang Ye did some wicked things that could upset a grandma. They were people who were afraid that the world was too organized. Didn’t you see? The former life of Zhang Ye’s fan club was actually a troll army who cursed others in a war of words as they had nothing better to do! If the fan clubs of others were called orthodox armies, Zhang Ye’s fan club.. might more appropriately be called bandits.
Upon noticing that Zhang Ye had stirred up a storm, none of them worried for Zhang Ye. In fact, they were crying with excitement!
“Teacher Zhang Ye has gotten into trouble again!”
“Haha! Delightful!”
“I have been waiting for this day for too long!”
“Teacher Zhang had just been released from the police station for only a few days! Why has he gotten himself into trouble just a few days of being released? And he even interrupted a live broadcast to scold his Leader? But… I like it! Wahaha!”