Chapter 375 - Wu Zeqing Sending Him Home! (2/2)
”Good words, great pa.s.sage! Teacher Zhang has shown his prowess again!”
”Who else is at the gathering right now? Quickly tell us everything in detail!”
Someone really came forward to report what had happened at the gathering. It was relayed through this person how Zhang Ye battled over 10 calligraphers in a compet.i.tion and how 'Ode of Mulan' was composed on the spot!
Everyone became excited when they heard this!
A calligraphy compet.i.tion?
Perfect victory?
Zhang Ye's too awesome! The was the tempo of one man holding out against ten thousand!
”Ode of Mulan” had been forwarded by countless people and began appearing on other Tieba pages and large discussion forums. It had won over numerous women!
In the past, even though Zhang Ye was liked by people of all genders and ages, the people who liked him were mainly men. After all, the things that Zhang Ye wrote were usually violent things like hitting, killing, and scolding people. He spoke about things like the ‘Three Kingdoms’ and ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’, which were ancient cla.s.sic works which were studied more by men. Although many women liked to read ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ too, most of them just read it and didn't stress about the details, but men liked to research such topics and as such, 70% of Zhang Ye's fanbase was male, but when ”Ode of Mulan” was born, Zhang Ye suddenly had his ”affinity with women” shoot right up. His female fanbase also multiplied exponentially!
Over here.
It was almost 3 in the afternoon.
The gathering had come to an end. Everyone had had their fill of food and drinks.
Su Na took the Millennial Impossibility couplet from President Wu and left satisfied with her father. The other guests also began to leave.
Zhang Ye had been made to drink a lot with Mr Feng and a few other calligraphers and was now pretty drunk. He could barely stand straight as he walked over to Wu Zeqing to say goodbye, ”President Wu.” He hiccuped as he said, ”So then, I'll be.....crazed, you be... what's that thing, do you need me to send you back?”
Wu Zeqing had a lot of presents piled up beside her.
He only heard her say, ”You've had so much to drink, how would you go back?”
”I drove here, so I have to drive back.” Zhang Ye spoke with a fat tongue, but his mind was actually clear, ”It'll be OK, don't worry.”
Master Zhou heard him, ”Yo, you shouldn't do that. If you drank, then don't drive. Let me arrange someone to send you home instead?”
Wu Zeqing smiled, ”Don't bother Master Zhou. Since I did not drive here today and there are so many gifts, I could send Little Zhang back in his car. He doesn’t stay too far from me.”
Zhang Ye immediately said, ”It's fine, President Wu.”
”Just listen to me.” She said, ”You're already walking so wobbly, how could you drive a car?”
A heavily drunk Mr Feng also said, ”Right, let....hic.....let Little Wu send you. If there's a....another chance... let's have a drink together, just the two of us brothers....again!”
Zhang Ye replied toughly, ”No problem!”
They had even become brothers now. Mr Feng was actually even older than Zhang Ye's parents.
In the end, a few people helped Wu Zeqing load up all her gifts into Zhang Ye's BMW X5. They stacked them all in the back seat of the car and Wu Zeqing put Zhang Ye in the front pa.s.senger seat before grabbing the keys from his hand. She then said goodbye to Master Zhou and the others before driving off.
”Sit still.” Wu Zeqing reminded.
”Yea.” Zhang Ye rubbed his temple.
She shook her head and smiled as she reached out to put the seat belt across Zhang Ye’s chest. ”That'll do.”
Ring, ring, ring.
On the way back, Zhang Ye's cellphone rang.
It was his leader, w.a.n.g Xiong, from Weiwo WebTV.
Zhang Ye answered, ”h.e.l.lo, Director.....w.a.n.g.”
w.a.n.g Xiong could hear what was happening, ”Little Zhang, what's the matter? You had a few drinks?”
”I had some, but still...OK.” Zhang Ye said, ”Is there something you want to say?”
w.a.n.g Xiong noticed that he was still clear-minded, and said, ”It's like this, we just received news that the SARFT's revocation on your broadcast license has been lifted. We have also applied for your broadcast hosting qualifications to be reinstated. Zhang Ye's Talk Show can start airing again. Since it's almost Lunar New Year, you don't need to come back to Shanghai as all the episodes have already been recorded and are ready for broadcast, but there's something I need to let you know about.” Saying that, his tone suddenly became more serious. ”We've received some information which may or may not be reliable. There are rumors that the SARFT is preparing for another crackdown.”
Crackdown?
Another crackdown?
Zhang Ye begrudgingly said, ”Didn't they just finish a crackdown recently?”
w.a.n.g Xiong said, ”They are probably going to introduce some strict policies, which we are not clear about yet. Most of it is only hearsay, but to prevent any surprises, we had a discussion. We've decided to begin re-airing your Talk Show program from today and also to line up 4 to 5 episodes a day, not once a day as previously planned. On the surface, we are going to say that this is to make up for the stoppage of the broadcast and to prevent our loss in audience numbers. This will be the reason why we upload more content. Realistically speaking, we are trying to finish airing your talk show before the announcement of new policies because your program is actually treading on pretty thin ice with them. No one knows what policies are exactly right now, but rather than getting taken by surprise and having the possibility of your talk show being taken off air again, we will follow this new plan. This is why I've called you to inform you.”
Zhang Ye said, ”OK, I will leave it up to the company.”
w.a.n.g Xiong laughed, ”Alright then, that's all. You didn't drive, did you? Don't drive after drinking. Go back and home rest early. I'll see you after the new year.”
”OK, have a happy new year.”
”OK, thank you. Send my regards to your parents.”
After saying a little more, they hung up.
When he put his phone away, Zhang Ye's head tilted to the side and he immediately fell asleep!
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