Chapter 302 - Blasted! (1/2)

It was late in the afternoon.

“Mister.”

“Eh, what’s the matter?”

“Please keep silent in the library.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Well, do not affect the others. Thank you for your cooperation.”

Xuanwu Library’s female staff member came by to remind Zhang Ye of the rules.

Thus, Zhang Ye stopped taking any calls. He had already answered all of them anyway. His research was almost done, so he prepared to leave. He drove home with the remaining information in his head, which was from his previous world. On the road, Zhang Ye brought up the game ring’s interface and checked his total Reputation Points — 1.7 million. It wasn’t bad, it was enough to for him to use it to organize his thoughts and knowledge of “Dream of the Red Chamber”.

Actually, Zhang Ye had almost spent all of his Reputation Points on the recording of “Zhang Ye’s Talk Show”, but with the publis.h.i.+ng of “To The Oak” and his new “Everything”, as well as the news of him joining Peking University, more people started to know about him. This had given him the opportunity to gain even more Reputation. This was probably how he had gotten his 1.7 million Reputation points.

At home.

His father and mother were still not back from work.

Zhang Ye was getting a little tired as he leaned back on his couch. He took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on it while going online to take a look with his cellphone. He wanted to see the reactions to his joining of Peking University. A few hours ago, when the news first broke, many of Zhang Ye’s fans were very excited. There were congratulations, admiration, and many other pa.s.sers-by who expressed their disbelief, but there weren’t many aggressive comments, but now, a few hours later, the comments online became more and more extreme. Quite a few domestic newspapers had strongly questioned Zhang Ye’s appointment!

In the educational circle.

In the literature circle.

In the students’ parents circle.

They all seemed to be on steroids!

A certain Huaxi Daily, which had a sizable domestic circulation, had published the following headline “What’s up with Peking University?”. The article reported: Zhang Ye’s appointment as a lecturer in Peking University has already stirred up strong opinions in society. As the number one inst.i.tution in the country, as a global educational inst.i.tution, we do not understand what’s up with Peking University. To employ a person of only 23 years of age, who has even been put on the SARFT blacklist, who doesn’t meet any of the standards of a broadcast host. Why would they say that this is breaking new ground? A one time trial? It’s a good thing to have change and progress, but there are many ways to innovate. Yet Peking University had to choose the most shocking way to do this. By employing a person like Zhang Ye, who has a bad reputation in his industry, isn’t this being too irresponsible to the students of Peking University?

This report was not published physically in Huaxi Daily’s print edition, but posted online. Even so, a newspaper like Huaxi Daily has a larger influence than the smaller newspaper publishers. The publication of this online report was like adding oil to fire!

Many netizens were shocked with amazement.

“Yea, that’s too much!”

“Zhang Ye can teach? Then even I can become a professor!”

“Peking University’s playing with fire this time! If it goes on like this, I think they would soon be surpa.s.sed by Tsinghua University as the number one inst.i.tution. What kind of nonsense is this!”

“What kind of person is Zhang Ye like? Yes, his literary qualities aren’t bad, but too bad he is also a literary hooligan. To let him teach young people at Peking University? What would he teach? Teach them how to scold people?”

“This is like sending a tiger into a sheep farm!”

“The Peking University students are going to be led astray this time!”

“What qualifications does Zhang Ye have? He’s not fit to be a lecturer!”

“That’s right, there are many others who can teach ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’! Why does it have to be this Zhang Ye who can’t do sh*t! I guess Peking University’s the only inst.i.tution who has the guts to do this! Are you all really not afraid that Zhang Ye would cause some big trouble? Did you not see what happened to Beijing Radio Station, the live broadcast incident at Beijing Television Station, the press conference at SARFT? Does that not show what kind of person Zhang Ye is? And yet Peking University dares to employ him?”

Following that, the opposing voices could also be seen on Weibo.

Some industry experts and professor also began to make their views known!

An old professor from Tsinghua University, who was very well-respected in the academia world, posted on Weibo, blasting him. “Peking University has been engaging in so-called innovative educative methods. There have been failures and successes, so no one would comment too much about it, but today’s matter is too drastic. In my forty years of teaching, the first ten years was me acc.u.mulating experiencing in a rural secondary school. The next five years, I attempted teaching at a provincial university. After all that time did I finally manage to cross into the gates of Tsinghua University to be a subst.i.tute teacher as lecturer. It was a gradual process. The teaching standards of a teacher is slowly acc.u.mulated, and not leapfrogged. I used fifteen years of experience to enter Tsinghua University, so I want to ask, what is Zhang Ye basing it on? Based on experience? He does not have any! Based on his educational background? He does not have any! Based on his resume? He also does not have any! He’s not even a person who came through the education system! Based on personal relations.h.i.+ps? Whether there’s such a thing or not, I don’t know!” This sentence was rather strong. Not only was it targeted at Zhang Ye, it was also directed at Peking University!

With Tsinghua University’s old professor’s lead, many others could no longer hold it in!