Chapter 233 - Promotional Advertisement Published! (1/2)

After working hours.

People packed up their things and left the office.

Dong Shanshan picked up her bag and stood up. She smiled at Zhang Ye and whispered, “I’ll go buy some groceries first. You can work late, so that you can return to a ready meal. What do you want to eat?”

The moment food was mentioned, Zhang Ye became hungry, “Aren’t you eating with the other hosts?”

“They aren’t free today. We’ve decided on me treating them tomorrow.” Dong Shanshan smiled.

Zhang Ye gave it some thought and said, “Anything is fine. Just cook whatever you are good at…”

Just as they were chatting, Ah Qian came over, “Teacher Shanshan, I drove today. Do you need a lift?”

Dong Shanshan did not reject him and stopped talking about dinner with Zhang Ye, “Oh, then thanks a lot. You just need to send me to the supermarket’s entrance. I’m cooking for my maternal elder cousin today.”

Ah Qian exclaimed, “I thought you previously said she was your paternal elder cousin?”

Dong Shanshan blinked her s.e.xy eyelashes, “Did I?”

Ah Qian said in wonder, “Yeah, I was under the impression you said paternal elder cousin?”

“You must have remembered wrong. Alright, let’s go.” Dong Shanshan said.

“Hai, I’ve recently been busy with work. My mind is in a mess.” Ah Qian really believed that he had mixed up things in his memories. He didn’t say anything further and went downstairs with Dong Shanshan.

Zhang Ye also wanted to go home, but the moment that he lifted his b.u.t.t, the female host he had met today came over. Zhang Ye had an inkling that her name was w.a.n.g Bei. She was a young host that was about his age. She looked pretty good, but her figure was far worse than Dong Shanshan’s.

“Teacher Zhang,” w.a.n.g Bei smiled as she approached.

“Teacher w.a.n.g, what’s the matter?” Zhang Ye looked at her.

Previously, they had met when w.a.n.g Bei helped endorse Dong Shanshan in the recording studio. However, they had not spoken. This was the first time that they were having a direct exchange.

w.a.n.g Bei invited him, “Are you free tonight? Let’s have a meal?”

Zhang Ye exclaimed, “Sorry about that. I already have an appointment.”

“It’s alright. We can have it another day, since there’s plenty of opportunity.” After they exchanged a few words, she went to the point, “Teacher Zhang, your planning and artistic skills have broadened my horizons. I really admire you. Next time, when it’s my turn to promote the company, can you write a promotional tagline for me?”

Zhang Ye vaguely exclaimed, “Ah? Alright, alright. We’ll talk when the time comes.”

Although w.a.n.g Bei noticed that he did not give her a direct promise, she was still very pleased. After all, when Dong Shanshan had sought their help to endorse Zhang Ye, she had hesitated and did not rise up to the request. Instead, her request was somewhat abrupt. However, she was a woman, so she had the qualification to be a bit more abrupt than males. They could slowly develop their relations.h.i.+p as they got familiar over a few meals.

There were many colleagues who had not left at this moment. After hearing what Teacher w.a.n.g Bei said, everyone looked at each other. Although Teacher w.a.n.g Bei wasn’t very old, she had been a web host for quite a few years. She actually sought a newcomer, Teacher Zhang Ye, for a promotional phrase?

“It can’t be?”

“Teacher w.a.n.g Bei looks up to him that much?”

“Could Zhang Ye’s promotional phrase be so good?”

“I’m getting more puzzled about this. No way, I must watch it tonight. It’s just a promotional phrase. I heard no one helped Zhang Ye in his endors.e.m.e.nt. What can he come up with alone? How good can such a promotion be? Teacher w.a.n.g Bei is being way too dramatic, right?”

“We’ll know tonight!”

“Right, I sure want to see what it is!”

At home.

It was almost 7 P.M.

It was not easy to get a taxi, so Zhang Ye took public transport home. Upon opening the door, the fragrance of a hot pot came surging at him. The smell resembled his world’s “Kawasaki hot sauce”.

“You are back?” Dong Shanshan had already changed into silk pajamas with long sleeves and pants. She was busying herself in the living room, peeling apart a cabbage.

Zhang Ye rubbed his hands, “Yo, we are having hot pot?”

“That’s right. It’s easy. Wash your hands.” Dong Shanshan switched on the induction cooker.

“Alright.” Zhang Ye washed his hands and did not even bother changing his footwear and walked up to have a bite. He first scorched a piece of mutton and placed it in the seasoning sauce before putting it into his mouth. His face was full of pleasure. “Hu, nice. It’s been awhile since I’ve eaten Shabu-shabu!”

Instead, Dong Shanshan asked him something else, “Hur hur. How did you think of the tagline today?”

Zhang Ye waved it off, “It just popped up in my mind.”

“Back in college, you weren’t that good.” Dong Shanshan’s glanced at him charmingly. “That tagline made a woman like me feel my blood rush. You even received the sponsors.h.i.+p of the company to have wide-scale promotions for it. It will at least be on seven or eight video websites. The starting point is already higher than mine!”

Zhang Ye said, “It’s not that different. It’s about the same.”

Dong Shanshan ate a mouthful of Shabu-shabu, “What a pity. Your program is too dangerous.”

“You aren’t optimistic about it, too?” Zhang Ye did not turn upset but laughed instead.

Dong Shanshan said frankly, “I think it’s average. The selling point isn’t clear. There has been no precedent, so I can’t see what’s good about it, no matter what aspect it is. If we were just ordinary colleagues, I would definitely support and cheer you on, but we are old cla.s.smates for so many years, so I will definitely suggest that you change programs. But with your personality, you will definitely not heed my advice. Pretend I didn’t say it.”

Zhang Ye laughed, “I’ll not change it even if you killed me. I’m even hoping for the talk show format to go overseas.” The overseas market for talk shows was even bigger than the domestic market. If after his program was released, foreign countries wanted to emulated his program to produce a talk show, they would have to give Zhang Ye royalties. When that happened, he would be truly the founder of talk shows in this world, as well as a pioneer!

How could he not want such a big slice of the pie? Was he an idiot!?

Dong Shanshan curled her lips, “You are even talking about overseas? Keep bragging then.”

Zhang Ye smirked, “You don’t believe? Then let’s have a bet. What happens if my first episode exceeds 500,000 hits? If you lose, what do I get?”

Dong Shanshan leered at him, “You won a bet against me once, and you still want to patronize my business? Hur hur. I won’t fall for it, unless your first episode exceeds a million hits.”

Zhang Ye said without hesitation, “Sure, let’s make it a million.”

Dong Shanshan gazed at him with her watery eyes, “If you can’t exceed it, what happens?”

Zhang Ye blinked, “If I can’t exceed a million, the next time when you need a promotional phrase, I’ll write you one. I’ll ensure that it is of high quality.”

Dong Shanshan ran her fingers through her smooth, wavy hair, “Alright, then if you exceed it, eh… I’ll give you another kiss. Is that fair?”

“Sure. Let’s settle on it.” Zhang Ye agreed to it.

Dong Shanshan laughed, “I didn’t notice it in the first place. When were you so perverted?”

Zhang Ye was speechless, “You were the one who suggested it! You were the first to say it on the plane, too!”

Dong Shanshan was confused, “I was the one who first suggested it?”

“Can that be false?” Zhang Ye said.

“You must have remembered wrongly. Come, let’s tuck in!” Dong Shanshan began scooping the food.