Chapter 475 - Huge Blunder! (2/2)
This was a ban!
It was a ban from head to toe!
You can contest, you can register, you can even go through the normal procedures of the compet.i.tion, but if you want to show your face, not a single shot would be given to you. It was equivalent to how the crosstalk compet.i.tion was internally happening, but externally, Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai did not exist in this crosstalk compet.i.tion at all!
That was the situation!
No one believed Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai would be able to set off any waves in this crosstalk compet.i.tion. The only meaning for them coming here was to cause trouble. It was meaningless for everything else. Unless Central TV really aired your work, which you could even figure out with a fart, that it was impossible. Did you think Central TV was r.e.t.a.r.ded?
The crosstalk compet.i.tion's auditions raged on!
Five teams...
Ten teams...
There were more and more contestants who finished their performance in the compet.i.tion!
Some of them came out with faces of excitement, while others came out with helpless looking faces. Clearly, they had not performed well.
Before noon, Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai arrived at Division C's recording venue. Under the instructions of the staff, they went backstage, as it was their turn soon.
......
At the same time.
In a leader's office in the skysc.r.a.per.
The Director of Central TV's Department 11, Chen Huo, made a phone call and called his secretary into his office. ”How's the compet.i.tion going? No incidents, right?”
The young secretary said, ”Director Chen, everything is normal.”
Chen Huo nodded with a smile. ”That's good. It's been hard on all of you over the past few days. We have to do well for this compet.i.tion. Oh right, during the recording, remember to control the phones and recording equipment of the audience members. Previously, I mentioned that the audience's cellphones are to be locked in a cabinet upon entering to prevent affecting the contestant's performances. Also, it is prohibited that these people record anything with their cellphones. You must ensure that this doesn't happen. In a while, inform the program team about this.”
The young secretary jotted it down on a notebook. ”Got it.”
With a thought, Chen Huo added on, ”Also, there are two banned celebrities partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion. All of you need to know not to manage this improperly. Mind the ban, do not record anything. Do you understand?”
The young secretary was stunned. ”Even our cameras are not to record?”
Chen Huo said, ”Yes, there's no need to even switch them on. It's to prevent the video from getting leaked out. Pretend as if there's no one with the decree in mind. Don't ask why, just get the people below to do it!”
The young secretary immediately said, ”Got it!”
The station was still very cautious and did things very carefully.
This order was also considered normal, and there was no problem. However, this simple order caused a great blunder!
......
The secretary returned to his desk.
The secretary used his cellphone to call the person-in-charge of the crosstalk compet.i.tion's program team. For some reason, maybe there was too much equipment, or because there was signal interference, his mobile signal was very terrible. He did not manage to get through on his first attempt, and only succeeded the second time.
The person-in-charge was instructing the staff and when he saw the incoming call, he went into the lounge, with no one around, to pick up the call. ”h.e.l.lo, Secretary An. Hur Hur, are there any instructions?”
The young secretary smiled and said, ”I don't have any instructions, but Director Chen has given orders. Director Chen said...compet.i.tion...audience's cellphones..controlled...”
The person-in-charge hurriedly said, ”Secretary An, the signal isn't very good. I can't hear you clearly.”
The young secretary had no choice but to repeat that he had said once again. ”This matter is very important. Listen carefully. Director Chen said that for the contestants, Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai, all of you need to know is not to manage this improperly. Mind the ban, do not have any recordings! Cough!” Up to this point he coughed as he stammered slightly, before he carried on saying, ”Did you clearly get that about the recording? Pretend as if there's no one with the decree in mind. Don't ask why. Just get everyone to do it! These are the words of Director Chen himself.”
Unfortunately, the signal was just too bad!
Along with the young secretary having a foreign accent, the intonation was slightly out of place!
The young secretary had repeated in accordance to what the leader said, but on the person-in-charge's side, what he heard in bits and pieces was completely different!
What he roughly heard was, ”This matter is very important. Listen carefully. Director Chen said...*static*...for the contestants...Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai...*static*...all of you need...not...mind the ban...do...recordings clearly...Pretend there's no...decree...don't ask why. Just get everyone to do it!”
When the person-in-charge heard this, he was completely dumbfounded!
Do not mind the ban?
Do the recordings!? Holy sh*t, and it has to be done clearly?
Pretend there's no decree? What decree? Decree #43!?
The person-in-charge was scared silly. With his hands trembling, he croaked, ”Secretary An, are you sure we have to do that?”
The young secretary was wondering what the fuss was all about. ”Of course, just do as I said. It's ordered by Director Chen, so you have to do it well!”
The person-in-charge stared and said, ”Are you sure?”
The secretary felt a bit irritated. Was there any need to affirm such a trivial thing? However, thinking of how they were not switching on the cameras for the contestants, he said patiently, ”Although it's a bit against the rules, Director Chen has already instructed it, so let's just do as he says.”
However, what the person-in-charge understood was completely different!
This wasn't just “a bit” against the rules? This was f**king challenging the authorities! This was trying to tear apart decree #43! Could there be some internal leaders.h.i.+p fight within SARFT? Right, there was news a while ago that SARFT's Vice Director had been transferred away. Could this have anything to do with that?
Yes!
This was f**king a fight between G.o.ds!
No wonder they wanted to challenge it!
The person-in-charge did not dare to probe any further. After hanging up, he thought about it for a long time and knew the importance of this matter. Director Chen had given this daunting task to him. This was the leader's trust in him. He had to keep it a secret! He definitely could not let down the leader's trust in him!
He had to do it, do it well, and do it perfectly!
***Translator notes below***
There might be some of you wondering about the concept of crosstalk. Because it's mainly a chinese based folk art and comedy, it's really difficult to explain how it works.
There has been some foreign speakers though who got into it, here's a video interview with one of them: Julien Gaudfroy, ladies & gentlemen!
youtu.be/kL-MriW6Bjw
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