Chapter 842

The next day .

9 AM .

Zhang Ye headed to Media 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 some 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 Media College’s official website . A spokesperson of the school authorities even gave a media 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 former 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 time 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 seemed 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 somewhere 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 seemed somewhat 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 me 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 comes . This is the most pressing matter that I want to settle now that I’ve come back . “

Teacher Su smiled and said, “Actually, that old classmate of yours has a bigger influence than me in the industry . You should’ve sought his help on this matter and exchanged some 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 same time 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 came to Beijing but did not even bother to say hi to me? Not even a phone call? If it weren’t for Shanshan who told me, I wouldn’t have known that you were already back . What’s the meaning of this? Are you avoiding me?”

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 same old you, totally unchanged . “

“But you’ve changed,” Zhang Ye said sarcastically . “I heard that you offended someone and then ran back to your hometown 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 me . 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 me 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 time, 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 lamented, “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 me to argue with . How boring it got for me 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 Media College . It was slightly rundown and there weren’t many customers either .

The three of them sat down and randomly ordered some 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 me 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 me what happened . We can try to think of a solution together . “

Su Hongyan also urged, “Go on, Little Wang . “

Wang He pondered for a moment before explaining, “It was an incident that happened back when I just graduated . At that time, 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 some high-flying department 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 Media College graduates could not even be a host intern . They were mainly running errands for their employers and wouldn’t get any screen time for at least year or two, so I was rather cocky at that time . “

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 me to the Production Department 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 departments 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 Department 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 . Someone on a similar level to a deputy station head?

Su Hongyan added, “I met 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 Department . You should know who he is if someone mentions him in the industry . “

Zhang Ye nodded at that . He seemed to have heard of that name before too .

Su Hongyan said, “I’d asked someone 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 meant: “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 something to do with that, but it’s not me . His mistress was my boss, the head of our department and a former 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 some time that she began trusting me . Once, when she attended a dinner function, she brought me along as well . I was just there to drive her around and whatnot, but when she had a drink too much, she gave me an address in her drunken state . It wasn’t her home address but somewhere else, so I just sent her there . Afterwards, I gained even more of her trust and she got me to pick her up many more times to go to that address . She even specifically told me not to tell anyone, and it was only later on that I found out that that was not Guan Yunhai’s place but the home 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 time when everything just came together and we got caught by Guan Yunhai . Me, that woman, her lover, and Guan Yunhai just found ourselves together somewhere . 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 me? What has all this got to do with me? As a result, Guan Yunhai hated me 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 me fired . He even released word in the industry that my character and work abilities were flawed, so that meant whoever hired me 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 Media College, and the culture here is definitely different . But for many other places, this is how it is . The industry is really messy 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 me . “

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 meet 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 comes to this affair . “

“Right?” Wang He furiously shook his head . “But who can I go to for justice?”

Suddenly, a call came 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 department 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 moment . “Alright, I understand . Thanks, Shanshan . I’ll buy you dinner some 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 me, perhaps he can help you think of a way . If you don’t want to, I can help you speak with him . I briefly mentioned it to Zhang Ye over the phone yesterday, and he seemed 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 me again?”

Dong Shanshan was a little startled: “Yo, you guys are together right now?”

Wang He laughed . “I bumped into him at Media 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 me . 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 me 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 Department 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 time at Media 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 Media College . He’s been looking for a job as a host recently . Do you think you can make some recommendations 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 me his information . Since our department does not have a hosting position, I’ll help you ask around with the other departments 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 outcome was totally beyond his expectations!