Chapter349:PopurityRisesAgain!
Ontheweb.
Atfirst,manypeoplewerestillhavingacontinuationofthetopicfromstnight.Thereweremoreandmorepeoplejoiningintheranksofthosewhosupported"OdetoYoungChina".TherewerealsomoreandmorepeoplejoiningtheranksofpeoplewhodenouncedZhangYe.Itreachedquiteaferventstate.Then,suddenly,inaninstant,theentiresituationflipped!
"AhAhAh!"
"Myeyes!"
"QuicktakealookatPeople'sDaily!"
"WhataboutPeople'sDaily?Whyshouldwelookatit?"
"It'sjustapoliticalnewspaper.Whichcommonerwouldbuyit!?"
"Letmetakealook.Myorganizationissubscribedtoit...Holysh*t!Myeyesareblind!Whatisthis?ThePeople'sDailyhaspublishedanexcerptof'OdetoYoungChina'!"
"Impossible!"
"F**k!Isthisrealornot?"
"Ihaveattachedapicture.Pleasetakealookforyourselves.WhywouldIlietoallofyou!"
Whenacellphonepictureoftoday'seditionofPeople'sDaily'sthirdpagewasuploaded,everyonewasstunned!
"Breakingnews!"
"That'stooawesome!"
"TeacherZhanghasgottenontoPeople'sDaily!"
"Iknewit.Howcan'OdetoYoungChina',somethingthatcanbeimmortalized,becondemnedbypeople!Thiswoulddefinitelybepasseddownforcenturies!"
Immediately,manypeoplecriedoutindisbelief!
ElderQian,YaoJiancai,ZhaoGuozhou,HuFei,XiaoLu,HouGe,HouDi,WangXiong,DongShanshan,WangXiaomei,etc.ZhangYe'soldfriendsandcolleaguesallforwardeditonWeibo.
ZhaoGuozhou:"Congratutions."
YaoJiancai:"Welldonebro!Haha!"
XiaoLu:"TeacherZhangissomagnificent!"
ElderQian:"Aslongasitisgold,itwillglitter!"
DongShanshan:"Oldcssmate,I'mhappyforyou."
AsforthosepeoplewhohaddenouncedZhangYeinoutrage,theyimmediatelybecamesilent.Argenumberofpeopleshuttheirmouthsandsilentlywentoffline.Therewerestillpeoplewhogaveafewindignantcurses,buttheirvoicesdecreasedtilltheycompletelydisappeared!WithPeople'sDailygivingZhangYe'sspeechaffirmation,itwasmeaninglessforthemtocarryondenouncingit!
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Afternoon.
ZhangYetreatedeveryonetolunch.
ThedininghallwasinPekingUniversity'scampus.Itmayhavebeencalledadininghall,butitwasactuallyarestaurant.ZhangYehadreservedanareaearlier.Hedidnotknowhowmanypeoplewouldturnup,norwasheckinginmoney,sohedecidedtoreservearoomfortwentypeople.Thereweretwotables,soitwassurelyenough.
"TeacherZhang,congratutions."
"ThankyouTeacherXu."
"LittleZhang,IheardyouwerepublishedbyPeople'sDaily?"
"Yeah,Ididn'texpectiteither.ProfessorLi.TeacherXu,youcameattherighttime.Iwasjustabouttoinviteyoutolunch.Ihavealreadyreservedsometables."
"Isitappropriate?"
"It’smytreat.Everyoneisgoing."
"Haha,alrightthen.I'llscroungeamealfromyouthen."
"It'salmostthelunarnewyearwintervacation.Weshouldgatherforamealtoo."
Thereweremoreandmorepeoplecoming.MostofthemwereteachersfromtheChinesedepartment.ZhenShuquanhadalsoinvitedtheDeanandtheDean'ssecretary,butZhenShuquanandChangKaigehadbothnotarrivedatworkthatday.TheyhadgonetothehospitaltovisitthePresident.Anotherwasoutoftownforaconference.Theywerenotaround,sotherewasnootherwayaboutit.AsforYanJiantaoandthoseelderlyprofessorsandlecturersthathadgoodretionshipswithYanJiantao,ZhangYedidnotbotherinvitingthem.Heknewtheyweredefinitelyfeelingagrudge,andwouldnotcome,soZhangYedidnotwanttobringcontemptonhimself.Furthermore,hehadwonthistime,andthepeoplethatshouldhavebeenscoldedhadbeenscolded,andfacessmacked.IfheweretoinviteYanJiantao,itwouldmakepeoplethinkhewasintoxicatedbysuccess.Itwouldnotlookgoodonhim.
Ring,ring,ring.
Atelephonecallcame.
Therewasnoonearoundhim,soZhangYepickeditup."Hello?"
"Hello,ZhangYe."Itwasawoman'svoice."I'mfromthePeople'sDaily.Asthemanuscriptwasrushed,weaddedyourspeechatthestminute,soIonlyhadthetimetoinformyounow."
ZhangYehurriedsaid,"It'snoproblemwhatsoever.Infact,I'mveryhonoredtobeabletobeonPeople'sDaily.Iwanttothankallofyou."
Thewomansmiledandsaid,"ItwasrecommendedbyyourPresidentWu.Afterexaminingit,wefounditprettygood.Hence,wedecidedtoadditat3inthemorning."
"PresidentWurecommendedit?"ZhangYewasstunned.
Thewomansaidcuriously,"That'sright.Youdidn'tknow?Well,it'snothing.I'mcontactingyoutoknowwhatmethodyouwouldlikeforustotransfertheroyaltyfeestoyou.Doyouwanttodoitbyregisteredpost,orthroughthebank?"
ZhangYesaid,"There'snoneedto.I'malreadyextremelyhonored.There'snoneedformoney."
"Justgivemeyourbankaccountnumber.Thesearetherules,soweneedtogothroughtheprocess.Theroyaltiesaren'tthatmucheither.It'sonlyaround23bucks."Thewomansaid.
ZhangYecouldonlysay,"Alright,thenI'lltextyoumybankaccountnumber."
Afterhangingup,ZhangYesentheratextmessage.Honestly,theroyaltyfeesfromPeople'sDailywasridiculouslylow.Thiswasn'tthefirsttimeZhangYehadbeenpublishedonanewspaper.Forexample,fortheBeijingTimes,althoughtheroyaltyfeeswerenotthatmuch,itwasatleastinthehundredseverytime.Iftherewerealotofwords,itcouldevenbreakathousand.ZhangYehadreceivedquiteabitofroyaltiesfromthosepoemsandproses,butthiswasthefirsttimehehadeverreceivedatwo-digitroyaltyfee.
Butthenagain,eversinceZhangYedebuted,hehadappearedonnearlyallthenewspapersovertheentirecountry,orindifferentprovinces,buthehadneverappearedonthergestPeople'sDaily.Asthispublicationhadapoliticalleaningtowardsitandhadnoentertainmentsection,ifitwasjustacommoncelebrity,likesingersoractors,theseimportantfigureswouldhavenochancetoappearonsuchanewspaper.ZhangYuanqiwasthesametoo,butZhangYehaddoneit.TobeabletogoonPeople'sDailywasalreadyextremelylucky,soroyalties?Thatwasnothingofimportance.Eveniftherewasn'tahundredmillionpeoplewhowantedtogetonthisnewspaper,therewereatleasttensofmillions.Thiswassomethingyoucouldnotobtainwithmoney.Ignoringthe23bucksofroyaltiesgiventohim,evenifZhangYehadtopayamillion,hewouldbewillingtodoso!
Itrepresentedfame!
Itrepresentedprestige!
Thiswasashimmeringqualification!
WasYanJiantaoawesome?Washeexperienced?Washereputable?ButouroldcomradeYanhadneverbeenonPeople'sDaily!Orhewouldn'thavegonebacktohisofficeafterknowingaboutthenewsinthemorning.Hehadnotevensteppedoutofitsince!Thiswasbecauseitrepresentedsomethingexceptional!
"TeacherZhang,areweleaving?"
"Sure,TeacherSu.Letmemakeacallfirst."
"Alright,everyonewillbewaitingforyoudownstairs."
"Great.Goondownfirst.I'llberightthere."
SuNacamelookingforhim,butZhangYedidnotgowiththem.Hemadeaphonecallfirst.RingRingRing.Itconnected."Hello,PresidentWu.It'sme,LittleZhang."
"LittleZhang."WuZeqingsaid.
ZhangYesmiledandsaid,"I'llbetreatingeveryonetolunchatnoon.Sofar,itismainlyteachersfromtheChinesedepartment,wouldyoumindshowingyourface?"
WuZeqingsmiledlightlyandsaid,"Goonahead.Iwon'tbejoininginonthefun."
"Don'tsaythat.Youarethestar.Ifyoudon'tcome,Iwon'tbeabletoeat."ZhangYesaid,"Iheardthatmy'OdetoYoungChina'wasrecommendedtoPeople'sDailybyyou.Forthemtousemytextwasmostlybecauseofyourrecommendation.Imustthankyouproperly."IfitweretheotherVicePresidentsofPekingUniversitywhohadtheirtrainingineducation,theywouldckthisability,butWuZeqingwasdifferent.ZhangYeknewshecamewithpoliticaltrainingandwasapoliticalexecutive.HernetworkwasnaturallywiderthanotherPekingUniversityVicePresidents.
WuZeqing'svoicewasalwaysthatsoftandgentle."Ifyousayitinthatway,I'llfeelguilty.HurHur.Youknowbetterthananyoneelsewhatyourspeechrepresents.It'syourliterarytalentthatallowedyoutoberewardedwithsuchhonors.Ithaslittletodowithme.Ionlytookontheroleofrecommendingit.Thatwasall."
ZhangYesaid,"I'vealreadyreservedapce.Wearejustwaitingforyou.I'mjustnotsureifyouareinyouroffice,ifnot,Iwouldhaveinvitedyouinperson."
"Don'tgo.I'mnotintheoffice.Well,alrightthen.Goonaheadfirst.OnceI'mfinishedhere,I'llcomeover."WuZeqingagreed.
ZhangYesaidhappily,"Alright.Thenwewillbewaitingforyou."
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Restaurant.
Onabalconyonthethirdfloor.
NexttoPekingUniversitywasake,sothescenerywasexceptionallygood.
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