Chapter 264 - The SARFT’s Press Conference! (1/2)
At the same moment.
The news had spread online!
“Look at the Shanghai SARFT’s penalty notice!”
“Holy sh*t! Why is ‘Zhang Ye’s Talk Show’ halted?”
“Broadcasting of unhealthy information? What did Zhang Ye say that was unhealthy? Those are just contemporary social issues! They were all just cases that have happened before! F**k! If News Simulcast could broadcast that, then why can’t Zhang Ye talk about it? He can’t even mention them?”
“The SARFT is going more and more overboard!”
“Do they even reason things out! I’ve been watching ‘Zhang Ye’s Talk Show’ everyday!”
“He just poked fun at the Koreans a little! What do they mean by disrupting social order?”
“Such ridiculous charges can be just brought up like that? There’s definitely a conspiracy!”
“Everyone, look at the halted programs list, even a d.a.m.n children’s story program is included! What year is this even? Are they planning a literary inquisition? I’m numb, I’m so angry that my lungs are going to explode! How can such a thing happen? How can this not be a deliberate act! I know the SARFT’s authority is wide and that the SARFT’s rights cover a lot, but taking Teacher Zhang Ye’s program to set an example to others? That’s too despicable! How can that program have problems! It just reflects all the societal issues and it even has a positive effect. The commoners all have expectations and desires because of this program, yet you all want to kill it off? Are you really part of China or the lackeys of the Koreans! Lee Parkwoo publicly questioned our host, bringing fans to publicly scold our entertainment program colleague, yet you didn’t care. You didn’t even ask which program should Lee Parkwoo be allowed to appear on, yet when Teacher Zhang Ye rebuked with facts, you guys from the Shanghai SARFT turned nasty? And brought along the Koreans and their celebrities to kill off our country’s host? I would like to ask, are you all crazy? Are you still humans? Are you still people of China?”
“I blew up too!”
“F**king pus.h.i.+ng it too far!”
“With the halt of the program, Teacher Zhang Ye has suffered injustice!”
“There’s injustice to all the programs on that list, didn’t you all realize? Those bootleg programs that copied ‘Zhang Ye’s Talk Show’ didn’t even purchase the copyrights and yet they present their shows in the exact the same format as Teacher Zhang Ye does. Some of the joke segments were even fully copied over, but yet they did not appear on this list. I knew something was wrong! The programs that ought to have been halted did not get halted! What’s the meaning of this?”
“SARFT’s notoriety has been known for a long time, but this time it’s really too much. They should have halted those copycat Talk Shows as well!”
“They are targeting Zhang Ye!”
“Right, they’re deliberately repressing Teacher Zhang!”
There were many nationalistic youths and fans of Zhang Ye who started their scolding online!
Some people even took advantage of the situation. When the order from the Shanghai SARFT was released, a lot of baseless rumors began too. This included those industry insiders and professionals who wanted to scold Zhang Ye but didn’t dare to as his program was enjoying a very high popularity. Seeing that this was the end for Zhang Ye as his Talk Show was halted, they all jumped out to attack and blame Zhang Ye!
“Zhang Ye deserves it!”
“Hahaha! What good news!”
“Banning is very good! Who let him scold our Lee Parkwoo!”
“Have you learned now? Some people cannot be scolded by people like you! What kind of fame do you have and what kind of fame does our Lee Parkwoo have? You shouldn’t overestimate yourself, now you know what trouble you’ve gotten into? It’s too late!”
A Weibo verified expert commentator posted: Zhang Ye’s program really went too far. It crossed the line. It looks like he was just poking fun at the topics, but in truth, that was disrupting social order. What’s the point of scolding Korea? It’s just a few words, but the effects are grave! It might even get to the point that the relations.h.i.+p between the two countries gets messed up. If this sort of program is not handled strictly, then what programs should be handled strictly!?”
Someone rebuked. It was Zhang Ye’s old actor buddy, Yao Jiancai, “There’s the few bad quality Talk Shows that talked about things that crossed the line further than ‘Zhang Ye’s Talk Show’ and that didn’t disrupt any social order. Yet the original by Zhang Ye is not allowed? What kind of reasoning is that?”
That expert commentator answered, “To handle such cases, the first to be clamped down on would be the leader. We have to remove the biggest tumor. The SARFT handled this issue well and without any problems!”
Yao Jiancai answered, “You’re distorting the whole concept! The original needs to be cautious and careful while the thieves can just be so arrogant? Plagiarizing actually gets the stamp of approval from SARFT? What sort of logic is that!?”
On Weibo, Hu Fei also made a post, “I’m wondering, why a rare, original format program in our country that’s doing so well, has such problems? Zhang Ye’s Talk Show is an online television program, but even if we air it as a traditional television program, it’s possible to make the cut. Zhang Ye is a very professional host who graduated with professional training. He has worked for so long too and has several highly rated programs to his name. Why would anyone doubt his professionalism such an experienced and talented host? All of the joke segments he said could be said in public! So you’re saying he’s spreading unhealthy information? All right! Which segments spread the unhealthy information? Could the expert commentator from before point it out to me? I would really like to hear your views!”
Another expert jumped out. He obviously knew Hu Fei in person, but he posted, “Old Hu, Zhang Ye’s walking on a thin line. This kind of thing is like swimming alongside the regulations. Now that he had been used as a cla.s.sic example because of what he had said, Zhang Ye’s just paying the price.”