Chapter 330 - The path of Peking University was the right one! (1/2)

It was late at night.

These days, it started getting dark earlier, so it was actually only 9 PM.

His father knocked on his door, “Little Ye, your Mom and I are going to bed.”

“OK, good night.” Zhang Ye switched off his computer and replied his father through the closed door.

His father asked, “Do you want breakfast tomorrow morning? What time will you wake up at?”

Zhang Ye laughed, “Yes. I have to teach a morning cla.s.s tomorrow, so I will definitely be up early. Wake me up around 7 or 8 AM. I want to have tofu pudding.”

“Alright. I will get your Mom to buy some tomorrow morning.” Dad replied.

Suddenly, Zhang Ye’s cell phone rang. It was an unknown number.

Zhang Ye picked up, “h.e.l.lo, who is this?”

“Teacher Zhang Ye, I’m a program producer from Beijing Television Station,” said a man’s voice. He could not decipher his age from the way he sounded, but he thought he might be 30 something or even 40 something.

Zhang Ye acknowledge him without changing his tone when he heard that he was from Beijing Television Station. He said in a smiling tone, “h.e.l.lo, for what reason would you be looking for me for?”

That person replied, “A program slot was recently freed up on Beijing Television Station and we will have a new program up around the end February, so there’s still one to two months of preparation time. We feel that Sinology has been a subject of interest recently, we would like to do a program similar to ‘Lecture Room’, but it would not be aired on the Arts Channel to test the market. Rather, we intend for it to premiere on the Beijing Television channel (Satellite Channel) itself. As for the lecturer, we have not yet decided on who yet. After much discussion though, we feel that you are the most suitable. Teacher Zhang, you are an ex-employee of Beijing Television Station and we hope you understand that we were forced to do what we did the previous time…..”

Zhang Ye interrupted him saying, “I understand all of that, don’t worry. I’m not that petty.” Zhang Ye was very clear about this. What Beijing Radio Station did to suppress him was something that he would remember for life. He could never forget that, but regarding his sacking at Beijing Television Station, Zhang Ye did not actually care about it, because he had really disrupted a live broadcast. He had been prepared to get fired and understood that the station was just handling business as business. These two matters were clear to Zhang Ye. He wasn’t someone who did not speak reason, but….”But I’m not intending to do such programs for now.”

That person said, “You can speak about other things, that’s fine. Like ‘Water Margin’ or ‘Journey to the West’, all that is fine. Hmm, let’s put it this way, as long as you are the lecturer, we will agree to anything you want to speak about!” Putting it in this manner could be said to be the greatest acknowledgment to a host.

Zhang Ye thought over it for a bit, but still declined, “My schedule for the next few months are full, so I might not be able to afford the time. Let’s talk about it in the future.”

That person did not force it, “Sure, then let’s keep in contact.”

After hanging up, Zhang Ye was very clear. Beijing Television Station did not get Hu Fei to invite him, because it was clear that Hu Fei did not wish to be the bridge. Because of the incident of Zhang Ye’s sacking, Hu Fei did not feel comfortable with it. This was why somebody else was given the task instead. Zhang Ye had not thought about his direction after this. After all, he was still a staff member of Weiwo Video and he did not plan for future programs, nor did he give it any thought, so it would be better to decline Beijing Television Station for now and leave that option open for the future.

At around 10 PM in the evening.

Zhang Ye was about to go to bed when he received another call. It was w.a.n.g Xiaomei from the Beijing Radio Station. She was also helping someone to contact Zhang Ye. Jins.h.i.+ Television Station was hoping to invite Zhang Ye over to do a discussion forum-like program and even promised to give in to all Zhang Ye’s demands should he come over. They would even pay for the breach of contract fee to Weiwo Video if he agreed to it!

“I’ve done my part.” w.a.n.g Xiaomei said.

Zhang Ye replied, “Teacher Xiaomei, help me reject them.”

w.a.n.g Xiaomei asked, “You aren’t even considering their offer?”