Chapter 842: Zhang Ye Enraged! (1/3)
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
The next day.
9 AM.
Zhang Ye headed to dia College again for the second day of the entrance exam.
"Professor Zhang, you're here?"
"Yes, Teacher Xue."
"Professor Little Zhang, good morning."
"Professor Wang, good morning to you too."
"We're colleagues now."
"Yes, and I'll still be depending on everyone's care."
When he arrived at the exam hall, the other examiners were all exchanging greetings with Zhang Ye. Yesterday, everyone still addressed him rather casually, with so calling him Little Zhang, while others addressed him as Teacher Little Zhang. But today, everyone seemingly added the title of Professor when they addressed him. Zhang Ye taking up the temporary position had been announced on dia College's official website. A spokesperson of the school authorities even gave a dia interview about it, which was the main reason why everyone addressed him a little differently now.
Of course, when Su Hongyan arrived, she still called him Little Zhang. Even if Teacher Su tried to address him as Professor Zhang, he would not dare to be called that by her since she was his forr teacher.
The interview round started.
They were kept busy all morning, a whole three hours.
...
In the afternoon.
They were finally done with the interviews.
Su Hongyan did not say anything and just left the exam hall quietly.
Zhang Ye was looking through his notes about the examinees and by the ti he looked up, he could not see her anymore. He had intended to get lunch with Teacher Su at first, but he didn't expect Teacher Su to move so quickly. "Eh, where did Teacher Su go?"
A female teacher said, "Did she leave already?"
Another examiner replied, "She seed to have left after answering a call."
Zhang Ye also stood up to leave. Curious, he looked around after he went downstairs and suddenly spotted Su Hongyan sowhere far away. There was another person with Teacher Su, a rather young man who was around Zhang Ye's age. Although he couldn't make out his features, from what he could see, that person should be rather good-looking. On top of that…he even seed sowhat familiar?
Is he?
He instinctively walked over to them.
From a distance away, he could hear Teacher Su's conversation with that person.
Teacher Su: "Sure, I'll help ask around."
That person: "Thank you. I've troubled you again."
Teacher Su: "Have you ever not given any trouble?"
That person laughed dryly.
Teacher Su: "But I can't guarantee anything. Although it's been a year already, if the other party still wants to bite onto it, it'll still be very difficult for you to find work in this industry."
That person voiced, "I understand. I'll just take it as it cos. This is the most pressing matter that I want to settle now that I've co back."
Teacher Su smiled and said, "Actually, that old classmate of yours has a bigger influence than in the industry. You should've sought his help on this matter and exchanged so tips. After all, that kid has started bigger troubles than you and has offended much more people as well. In this aspect, he is definitely much more experienced than you. In the past two years, you could say that he's been the most reckless person of all."
That person shook his head and replied, "You must not tell him about this."
Suddenly, Zhang Ye's laughter rang out. "Don't tell who?"
Teacher Su and that person were startled.
Zhang Ye looked at that person at the sa ti that person looked at Zhang Ye. They stared at each other for at least two seconds.
Zhang Ye laughed. "I was just thinking who this familiar person could be. If it isn't Classmate Wang He. What's the matter? You ca to Beijing but did not even bother to say hi to ? Not even a phone call? If it weren't for Shanshan who told , I wouldn't have known that you were already back. What's the aning of this? Are you avoiding ?"
Wang He chuckled. "Would I have to avoid you? Have we ever been on such good terms to warrant that?"
Zhang Ye thought about it and then nodded with a chuckle too. "That's true, we're not really on good terms."
Wang He glanced at him. "You're still that sa old you, totally unchanged."
"But you've changed," Zhang Ye said sarcastically. "I heard that you offended soone and then ran back to your hotown after that?"
Wang He's eyebrows twitched. He brushed it off with a sort of smile and said, "That wasn't running away. What I did was beat a strategic retreat and reorganize my defenses."
Zhang Ye seethed, "Oh alright, just stop bragging. If you ran away, then you ran away. What retreat and defense are you even talking about? You're just sugarcoating it!"
Wang He retorted, "Enough about . Didn't you also get banned by the SARFT! You were the top artist on the SARFT's blacklist last year!"
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes. "But they couldn't keep down, could they!? But what about you?"
Wang He glanced at him again. "Am I not back now?"
The two of them said things one after another. After not seeing each other for two years, the first thing they did was to start with a fight. This scene seemingly brought them back to their days in university. At that ti, these two also argued in such a way every day, bickering their days away. It was even a highlight of their classes.
Su Hongyan had not forgotten this. When she heard them bickering, she felt like she was transported back several years. "You two!" She broke out into a laugh.
Suddenly, Zhang Ye looked at Wang He and threw open his arms.
Wang He also laughed. He spread his arms and walked over.
The two of them gave each other a great bear hug!
Zhang Ye lanted, "We haven't seen each other in two years. I kinda missed you!"
Wang He laughed and said, "Without you around, there was no one for to argue with. How boring it got for too!"
Zhang Ye declared, "It's good that you're back now."
Wang He replied, "Yes, I'm finally back."
Su Hongyan smiled happily and said, "Are you both done reminiscing about the old days?"
Wang He laughed. "Yes, we are."
"Let's go and find a restaurant where can we sit and catch up," Su Hongyan suggested.
...
There was a small restaurant just outside the back gates of dia College. It was slightly rundown and there weren't many custors either.
The three of them sat down and randomly ordered so dishes before starting to discuss the serious issues.
Zhang Ye sipped the hot tea and said, "I overheard a little of what the two of you were talking about. Dong Shanshan also briefly shared with what happened. Wang He, just what kind of person did you offend?"
Wang He looked quite unwilling to share. "Let's eat first."
But Zhang Ye stated, "If I didn't know about it in the first place, that would be fine. But since I already know about it, then there's no point in hiding it. Quickly tell what happened. We can try to think of a solution together."
Su Hongyan also urged, "Go on, Little Wang."
Wang He pondered for a mont before explaining, "It was an incident that happened back when I just graduated. At that ti, a lot of television stations and other hiring businesses were already headhunting us before we graduated. Among our batch of broadcasting majors, my results were considered to be quite good since I was first or second in our class, around equal to Dong Shanshan. Therefore, both of us found jobs before we even got our diplomas. I ended up going to Hebei TV, but of course, it wasn't so high-flying departnt there. My results were good, but they weren’t the best among our faculty. We did not have any connections either, so to be able to just work in a television station as an host intern after graduating was already considered great. Many of the other dia College graduates could not even be a host intern. They were mainly running errands for their employers and wouldn't get any screen ti for at least year or two, so I was rather cocky at that ti."
Zhang Ye whined, "Get to the point and stop boasting. I was one of those graduates who you claim to have been running errands."
Wang He said, "Fine. The main issue happened after I started working. I was interning at the Hebei TV Headquarters for three months when my boss there felt that I had good overall potential, and transferred to the Production Departnt that's located in Beijing. There were quite a few well-performing shows on Hebei TV that were produced over at the office in Beijing. Many television stations place their production departnts and resources in Beijing since this location is convenient and has more access to additional resources."
Zhang Ye asked, "Who did you offend then?"
Wang He said, "The head of Hebei TV's Production Departnt located in Beijing, their leader Guan Yunhai. He's also a station lead of Hebei TV, and is one rank lower than a deputy station head even though he's on the salary scale of a deputy station head. You could say that he's a leading figure in the television circle."
Zhang Ye frowned. Soone on a similar level to a deputy station head?
Su Hongyan added, "I t Guan Yunhai once before. He's a highly qualified veteran who has worked at Central TV and Anhui TV before. It was only later that he went to Hebei TV and was later made the head of the Beijing Production Departnt. You should know who he is if soone ntions him in the industry."
Zhang Ye nodded at that. He seed to have heard of that na before too.
Su Hongyan said, "I'd asked soone to put in a good word for Wang He back then, but before it could even happen, nothing was heard about the case anymore."
Zhang Ye asked, "So what really happened? Did you uncover his family's secret?" The latter sentence was Beijing slang that roughly ant: "Did you steal his wife?"
Su Hongyan understood and rolled her eyes. "You're already an associate professor. Watch what you say."
Wang He smiled bitterly. "You know what? It really has sothing to do with that, but it's not . His mistress was my boss, the head of our departnt and a forr host. Although she's already fallen out of the B-list rankings, she's still rather pretty. When I first joined the station, I did not know anything at all. I didn't know my way around to the people and only did what the lead ordered. After all, I was only an intern, so whatever the boss asked, I would just do it diligently. It was only after so ti that she began trusting . Once, when she attended a dinner function, she brought along as well. I was just there to drive her around and whatnot, but when she had a drink too much, she gave an address in her drunken state. It wasn't her ho address but sowhere else, so I just sent her there. Afterwards, I gained even more of her trust and she got to pick her up many more tis to go to that address. She even specifically told not to tell anyone, and it was only later on that I found out that that was not Guan Yunhai's place but the ho of another lover of hers."
Zhang Ye was left almost speechless at this. "It's this complicated?"
Wang He said, "You don't say. There was one ti when everything just ca together and we got caught by Guan Yunhai. , that woman, her lover, and Guan Yunhai just found ourselves together sowhere. There was even a fight there, and it was only then that I realized that Guan Yunhai was her lover too. Don't you think that I was really unlucky to have that happen to ? What has all this got to do with ? As a result, Guan Yunhai hated because I was the one who always chauffeured my boss to her lover's house. Moreover, as it involved such a secretive issue, Guan Yunhai did not make a big fuss out of it and just straight-up had fired. He even released word in the industry that my character and work abilities were flawed, so that ant whoever hired would be going against him!"
Su Hongyan shook her head. "What a corrupt person."
Wang He gave a helpless laugh. "Teacher Su, you've always taught at dia College, and the culture here is definitely different. But for many other places, this is how it is. The industry is really ssy and complicated."
Zhang Ye said in a speechless manner, "Is that how you ended up in this situation now?"
"Yes." Wang He threw up his hands in resignation. "After that, I tried to apply for several more positions at other television stations but without an exception, none of them got back to ."
Su Hongyan said, "Television stations usually inquire with the previous employers of a host who makes a move from their previous jobs. They would then et with a roadblock at Guan Yunhai's side and wouldn't risk hiring Wang He. Since he is not a famous host, there is no need for them to take this risk."
After listening to all the details, the entire situation was quite clear to them.
Zhang Ye remarked, "You can't be a more innocent party when it cos to this affair."
"Right?" Wang He furiously shook his head. "But who can I go to for justice?"
Suddenly, a call ca in.
Wang He had a look at his phone and said, "It's from Shanshan."
He answered it.
Dong Shanshan's voice could be heard saying: "Wang He, I've already asked for you."
Wang He said: "Thanks, how was it?"
Dong Shanshan sighed. "I've told Brother Hu and a departnt head over at Beijing Television about it. They were willing to give you a chance for an interview at the beginning, but then later they said to forget about it. They said that your résumé is not good as Hebei TV has given you a bad review."
Wang He kept quiet for a mont. "Alright, I understand. Thanks, Shanshan. I'll buy you dinner so other day."
Dong Shanshan replied: "There's no need for that. I wasn't of much help anyway."
"I'll still have to." Wang He said: "I appreciate that you tried to help."
Dong Shanshan said: "I feel that it's better if you tell Zhang Ye about this. He has a much bigger influence than , perhaps he can help you think of a way. If you don't want to, I can help you speak with him. I briefly ntioned it to Zhang Ye over the phone yesterday, and he seed quite worried about your situation as well, even though he might not say so."
When Zhang Ye heard that, he laughed and said: "Shanshan, are you making things up about again?"
Dong Shanshan was a little startled: "Yo, you guys are together right now?"
Wang He laughed. "I bumped into him at dia College."
Dong Shanshan laughed: "Alright, then I feel more relieved. You can ask him for help. I'll be hanging up now."
They ended the call.
Su Hongyan asked, "Beijing Television said no?"
Wang He nodded. "Shanshan has already asked for . They said no."
"It's already been a year. Why is he still not letting this go?" Su Hongyan frowned.
Wang He laughed very helplessly. "He's trying to get rid of once and for all. It's fine, I was already prepared for such a result anyway."
Hearing this, Zhang Ye said, "OK, isn't this just a small issue? I'll help you handle it."
Wang He looked at him. "Are you sure you can do it?"
"Heh, what's with that doubting tone? I've not having any of it. Just wait and see what I can do." Zhang Ye took out his cell phone and called Departnt 14's Director Yan Tianfei.
Du du.
The call connected.
Yan Tianfei: "Hello? Little Zhang, haha, I've just seen your news. How did it happen? You got appointed as an associate professor again? This ti at dia College? Don't forget to treat us when you're back after the new year."
"For sure," Zhang Ye agreed.
Yan Tianfei asked: "What's the matter?"
Zhang Ye answered: "It's about an old classmate of mine, also from dia College. He's been looking for a job as a host recently. Do you think you can make so recomndations for him? There's no doubt about his abilities, I can guarantee that."
Yan Tianfei granted without hesitation: "It's not a difficult request, so sure, just send his information. Since our departnt does not have a hosting position, I'll help you ask around with the other departnts of Central TV."
Zhang Ye said, "Alright, thank you so much then."
Zhang Ye also thought that this issue would be settled just like that, but the outco was totally beyond his expectations!
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