Saturday.
The weather was getting cold.
Peking University's main entrance.
Today, the school was closed. Only students and teachers, as well as the Couplet Competition's staff and guests were allowed to enter. Hence, the other school gates were closed, leaving only the main entrance and the largest side entrance. There was a sign on it. The side entrance was for students and teachers. Today, the main entrance was only for the Couplet Competition's related personnel and audience. There were quite a number of security guards. Many of the school's security guards were gathered here. There were more than ten of them. Perhaps due to the frequent occurrence of extreme events in society, the security checks were very strict.
Zhang Ye was also being interrogated.
"Hello, please show me your admission ticket." A Couplet Organization staff member said.
Zhang Ye, who had arrived early, took advantage of the fact that there were not many people and did not need to line up. Just as he was about to enter the school, he was stopped by someone. He said, "I'm here to participate."
The youth looked at him, "May I know your name?"
"My name is Zhang Ye. Check it. The Writers' Association should have given me a pass." Zhang Ye said.
"Alright, let me see." The youth immediately called a colleague over to bring a small box. Inside were some competition passes. "Zhang Ye … Zhang Ye …" After rummaging for a long time, the youth frowned and looked back, "Sorry, there's no entry pass for you." Then he looked at the name list, "Zhang Ye, right? The Writers' Association's name list doesn't have you. Then sorry, we can't let you in. "
"My name isn't there?" Zhang Ye could not help but laugh.
The people from the Couplet Organization thought that Zhang Ye was deliberately here to cause trouble to enter, so they ignored him and continued checking the tickets of others.
Zhang Ye could already smell something unusual. Was it really as he had guessed? The Beijing Writers' Association inviting him was a trap? They were deliberately making things difficult for him? But wasn't their method too low-level? Or was it that a small group of people from the Writers' Association did not like him, so they did something to him? And the people from the Writers' Association and the Couplet Organization did not know about it? He felt that this was the most likely possibility. Anyway, no matter what the possibility was, someone must have done something fishy. Did they forget Zhang Ye's entry pass because of a mistake? This possibility was nearly zero!
It was time for the official entrance.
There were many people lining up at the school's entrance. they began entering.
Over there, Hu Fei, Hou Ge, Hou Di, Dafei, and Xiao Lu had also arrived. The moment they went over, they noticed Zhang Ye, who did not look too good not far away.
"Eh, Teacher Zhang?" Xiao Lu said loudly.
Dafei also waved, "Teacher Zhang, over here!"
When Zhang Ye walked up, Hu Fei and company also walked over. Hu Fei asked curiously, "Little Zhang, why haven't you gone in yet? The preliminaries should have started, right? You contestants should have entered earlier than us. "
Zhang Ye threw up his hands, "I can't enter. The Beijing Writers' Association did not prepare a participant card for me. Although they invited me, I wasn't on the invitation list."
"What? There's such a thing? "Hou Ge was furious.
Hou Di immediately understood. He gritted his teeth and said, "F * ck, isn't this bullying?"
They had recently found out about Zhang Ye's past deeds. They knew that Zhang Ye had offended quite a number of people from the Beijing Writers' Association, including the Vice President, Meng Dongguo. But from their point of view, the Writers' Association was a large organization, so it was impossible for them to be so petty. Since they had invited Teacher Zhang Ye, it was most likely to pave the way for them to recruit Zhang Ye into the association. Hence, they had even encouraged Zhang Ye to participate in the competition to gain some fame. But who knew that they had thought things too simply. They had invited Zhang Ye, but did not let him in? Were they purposely trying to disgust him?
Now, on the internet, Zhang Ye's fans knew that Zhang Ye was participating in the competition. Many of them were looking forward to it, and were waiting in front of the live broadcast. In the end, Teacher Zhang could not enter? If anyone asked, the Beijing Writers' Association would give an explanation of "Zhang Ye forfeited"? Let the fans complain to Zhang Ye, and use this to attack him? If the higher-ups investigated, the Writers' Association could still say, "Oh, it was our employees' negligence that did not prepare the participant card properly", and then push the blame away? This was too despicable!
"This bunch of grandsons!" Hou Ge cursed!
Hu Fei's expression turned serious, "Little Zhang, give the person who contacted you a call."
"Yes, I was just about to call." Zhang Ye took out his cellphone and called the woman from the Couplet Organization who had contacted him, "Hello, I'm Zhang Ye."
The woman was in a mess. She was probably busy, "Zhang Ye? Oh, Teacher Zhang Ye. Why haven't you entered yet? You can't make it? The preliminaries have already begun. "
Zhang Ye said, "I'm already here, but I can't enter." He explained the situation.
The woman clearly did not know and was stunned, "That can't be? The Writers' Association should be prepared, right? Let's do it this way. Let me give them a call. I'll help you contact them. "
After hanging up, Zhang Ye said, "Go in first."
"If you aren't going, what are we going to do?" Xiao Lu said, "Let's go in together!"
Hu Fei touched his pocket and handed him the ticket, "Take my ticket and go in first. Go to the preliminaries first. Since you have been invited, even if someone tampered with it, you will definitely be on the Couplet Organization's name list. When the time comes, you just need to get a participant card."
Zhang Ye waved his hand, "There's no need. Go in first." Everyone had come all the way here, so how could he go in alone and leave them outside?
Suddenly, a few shouts came!
"Haha! Little Zhang! "
"Teacher Little Zhang! Here, here! "
"Why are you here, too? Oh, right! You are here to participate! "
The people who came were Big Sis Zhou, Auntie Sun and his assistant, Xiaofang, from Zhang Ye's previous radio station. Zhang Ye greeted them and looked behind. Zhao Guozhou and a few familiar staff and Leaders from the other radio stations were also there. Upon seeing Zhang Ye, Zhao Guozhou smiled and walked over.
"Little Zhang, long time no see." Zhao Guozhou said with a smile.
Zhang Ye blinked and immediately went over, "Brother Zhao, do you have any extra tickets?"
"Admission tickets? Do you have too many people? Not enough tickets? That can't be. Your television station has more tickets than our radio station. "Zhao Guozhou was puzzled. The Beijing Radio Station and the television station had merged long ago. The tickets were given to the television station first, and the extras were given to the radio station. They were considered one unit, and the seats were next to each other.
Zhang Ye said helplessly, "No, I can't enter. The participant card wasn't done for me."
When Zhao Guozhou heard this, he understood that there was something else going on, "Do we still have tickets?"
Big Sis Zhou said, "No. Each person has one. This Couplet Competition is very popular. It's not easy to get tickets."
"Let me ask for you." Zhao Guozhou turned around to ask a few Leaders from the other departments.
Xiaofang immediately said, "Teacher Zhang, use my ticket. I have something to do anyway. I didn't want to come today." Everyone knew that she was speaking nonsense.
Zhang Ye shook his head. He did not want it no matter what.
Just as they were looking for tickets, Tian Bin and his wife suddenly appeared, hand in hand. Now, Tian Bin was a very popular late-night program host at the Central Radio Station. The "Ghost Blows Out the Light" that he handled had already achieved good results. The number of listeners was several times higher than when Zhang Ye was at the Beijing Radio Station. After all, it was a Central Radio Station that covered the entire country. It had more listeners than the Beijing Radio Station, so this result was not surprising. Furthermore, the Central Radio Station was a large unit. There were quite a number of tickets, so Tian Bin could naturally get one. Hence, he had brought his wife along.
"Zhang Ye." Tian Bin's wife smiled and waved.
Tian Bin had probably heard their conversation, so he took out a ticket and stuffed it into Zhang Ye's hands, "I have four tickets. Two of my friends are working overtime, so they can't make it. I'll give it to you."
Zhang Ye confirmed, "It's not your own ticket, right?"
"No." Tian Bin said happily, "Even if you wanted my ticket, I wouldn't give it to you."
"Then that's great. Thank you." Zhang Ye received it.
Tian Bin said, "Hurry up and go. Do you think they can trample you with this little trick? Let those people from the Beijing Writers' Association know who you, Teacher Zhang, are! "
Zhang Ye smiled, "Alright!"
Then everyone lined up and entered.
After chatting with his old colleagues and Leader, Zhang Ye entered the school gates and left with his new colleagues and Hu Fei. They went straight to a small square in the middle of the school grounds. That was where the preliminaries were held. Only by passing the preliminaries would one qualify to participate in the Couplet Competition in the auditorium.
It had already begun a long time ago.
There might not even be enough time.
Xiao Lu was even more anxious than Zhang Ye, "Teacher Little Zhang, hurry up. Those people from the Writers' Association are making things difficult for you. They are trying to attack your reputation. Besides, they might have already thought it through. Even if you manage to get a ticket and enter, with such a long delay, the preliminaries are almost over. If you don't even pass the preliminaries, they will definitely go back and spread the word that you are nothing much. They will constantly slander you, and then get back the face they lost. Hence, we cannot lose to them! We have to enter the finals! Let them know how great you, Teacher Zhang, are! Let them remember the scene of you smacking their faces at the Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet! "
Hu Fei thought of something, "You haven't asked Little Zhang if he knows couplets. This is a completely different field from writing books, poems, or essays."
Hou Ge was enlightened, "Oh, right. Teacher Little Zhang, do you know it?"
Zhang Ye was at a loss for words, "I don't really know. I'm not too sure either."
"What's there to be not sure about?" Xiao Lu said, "Just tell me if you have studied couplets before?"
"No." Zhang Ye told the truth. In his world, couplets were only popular in ancient times. As for modern times? Other than hipsters and scholars, who would study it? At most, they had accumulated a lot of Millenium Absolutes. However, he did not understand the environment of this world's couplets, so he did not know if it could be of use.
"You really don't know?" Xiao Lu's heart turned cold.
Hou Ge also sighed, "Then there's no other way."
Hou Di said, "It's alright. We can help Teacher Zhang come up with a plan. Let's get into the finals first. I still know a little about couplets."
Xiao Lu said, "I know a little too. Previously, when I was in the newspaper office, I did some related issues."
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