Chapter 463

Chapter 463: Where is the way out?

In one afternoon .

Many friends worried over Zhang Ye . Some called him while others sent him a text message .

Di Di .

Dong Shanshan's text message was very simple: All the best!

Zhang Ye replied . "Don't worry . Your old classmate is doing fine .

Dong Shanshan: That's good . You gave me a fright for nothing . It's just the entertainment industry . Don't put it to heart . With your capabilities, what else can't you do?

Zhang Ye: Hur Hur, we'll see .

. . . . . .

Big Saber Bro's phone call .

"Teacher Zhang . "

"En, Officer Fan . "

"Do you want me to help you mess with them?"

"Don't . I accept your kind intentions . I'll handle this matter myself . "

"Alright then . You sound alright, so I'm relieved . If you have anything, tell me . Your Sis Fan's large saber can no longer endure its thirst!"

"Thanks a lot . "

. . . . . .

His old leader, Zhao Guozhou called from his office .

"Little Zhang, I helped you inquire . This governmental policy is too strict . There is no news of the ban being lifted for the time being . If there will be one in the future, you will definitely be the first to be removed from the list of artists of misconducts . This is because your situation is much more minor than the people on the list . It's nothing, so you have to hold on . Don't think pessimistically . Who knows, in a year or two, you might be fine . "

"Thank you for your comforting words . Hur Hur . "

"For you to be able to laugh, not bad . "

"What else can I do besides laugh? I have experienced all sorts of situations . Over the past year, what have I not seen? I'm already used to it . It's only so much . "

"It's great that you can think this way . "

. . . . . .

Singer, Grandma Zhang Xia also called him .

"Little Zhang, I have some work here . It has to do with music production . Come over, and I'll make you a deputy director with an annual salary of 800,000 . "

"Grandma Zhang, thank you . I know you are truly concerned about me, but I'm not too interested in working behind the scenes . Truthfully, I do not know much music, so I won't be able to help you . "

"You don't necessarily need to be on a stage to shine . "

"For me, I just haven't considered it . "

"Don't let your thoughts go wild . Since the matter is set in stone, then you can only accept it . For the next few days, go out and have some fun . Don't stay cooped up at home . "

"Alright, I got it . "

. . . . . .

Then, it was famous skit actress, Ci Xiufang .

"Hur Hur, Auntie Ci . I'm fine . I feel quite ashamed making so many senior artists concerned over me . "

"Are you really fine?"

"Do I sound bad?"

"You sound okay, but I'm still worried . The two of us happened to meet each other once and only chatted once, but I understand you very well . You are too stubborn . Now with such a large matter happening, I'm afraid you can't pass this snag . So after deliberating all day, I decided to give you a call to ask on you, if not I'll keep worrying over you . Well, alright then, since that's all I can say, I want you to think positively and look towards the future . That is all . Make sure to take care of your health . "

"Thanks Auntie Ci . "

. . . . . .

The door suddenly opened .

Rao Aimin entered uninvited using the keys to the apartment . She did not even ask before opening the door . She did not even mention the SARFT document and told Zhang Ye, "The dishes are ready . Have dinner at my place!"

Zhang Ye said, "I won't be going, Landlady Auntie . "

Rao Aimin leered at him . "Heh, in the past, you would be crying and screaming to have meals at my place . Kid, you even have a sense of integrity this time? You really aren't coming?"

Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I'm really not going . I'm not hungry . "

Rao Aimin left with a fling of her arms . "Got it . "

Zhang Ye knew that the landlady was also worried about him .

Friend after friend called him!

All of them contacted him out of concern!

He found it quite heartwarming that so many people thought of him and remembered him . Compared to the Beijing Education Publishing Firm's adding insult to injury, Zhang Ye thought of another phrase—a friend in need is a friend indeed . That afternoon, nearly every person Zhang Ye considered a friend called him without exception . Even Wang Xiaomei, who was out on business in the West, or Zhang Yuanqi, who was filming a MV in Australia, had given Zhang Ye a phone call . Wu Zeqing had done the same, including Zhang Ye's relatives . Although they exchanged only a few words, it was sufficient .

Alright, there was an exception .

Yao Jiancai never called .

Zhang Ye gave him a call, but it never went through . His phone was constantly switched off . Thinking of how Old Yao was also on the list of deplorable artists, Zhang Ye knew that something had happened to Old Yao . Furthermore, it was a situation that happened out of the blue . As brothers, they sure suffered bad luck at the same time!

However, Old Yao was definitely not as miserable as him . Zhang Ye was now pushed into a dead end, and reduced back to his original form . He had compensated Beijing Education Publishing Firm 3 . 5 million as well as the 70,000 to the other publishing firm, so now he was penniless . The 3 million endorsement fee he received previously had been reduced greatly after tax, leaving him with about 2 million . The remaining 1 million was the salary and bonuses Zhang Ye received back when he was working . In this one swift move, Zhang Ye's savings were wiped dry . He became broke, and his programs had been halted . Whatever had to be taken off the shelves were taken off . Saying that he was reduced back to his original form wasn't an exaggeration . In some sense, he was in an even worse position than he had previously been in . At least back then, he had just graduated from college and could start from scratch . He could accumulate popularity bit by bit, beginning from nothing, but now? There was no chance to even go on camera!

At that moment in time, Zhang Ye sat on a stool in his home and lit up a cigarette . He ruminated for a long time . Should he create a pen name to write a novel? However, he needed his identity card to sign a contract and publish . His identity card was now on the publishing firms' blacklist, so it was impossible for him to have a pass on that . If he changed a pen name and became a ghost writer for someone else? That wouldn't do too . That way, no one would know it was a book he wrote . He would not gain any popularity as a result!

Singing?

Filming movies?

Produce a program?

There was no need to think about these as they were impossible now!

Should he develop himself overseas? After a bout of deliberation, he also overthrew that choice!

It was not that he could not develop himself abroad . It was not like he did not have the ability to work in the foreign entertainment industry . With the ban still in place, even if he were to produce a program overseas, the show would not be permitted to air domestically, nor would there be any publicity . Then the outcome would still be the same, he would not gain any popularity . Furthermore, Zhang Ye's roots were in this country . His fans were all domestic . He couldn't just abandon them and run away, right? That would be unacceptable! Now was still not the time to develop himself overseas . It was not like there were mountains of gold everywhere internationally . Without a foundation, how could he develop himself? Who knew if the list of deplorable artists were sent over, those foreigners might reject him upon seeing it . A celebrity banned in China would not be welcomed overseas either! Those celebrities, who did well overseas, basically did so with the Chinese market . Foreigners only looked up to the celebrity because of China's influence . With China's market so huge, yet you were a banned celebrity, who would give you a second look? This was equivalent to being sentenced to death before he began!

A dead end!

Everywhere was a dead end!

Zhang Ye studied the situation all day till his head hurt . He did not see a way out . It seemed like there was not a single way out!

No!

There definitely was something!

Where was the way out?

Who can f**king tell me where the way out is?