Beijing Television.
Central TV News.
Shanghai Satellite TV.
Wait, this news was broadcasted on TV that night!
Who doesn't have a child in their family? Whose child doesn't go to school? The issue of education had always been something that the common people paid the most attention to. The recompilation of national teaching materials was even more of a major event. Things that were closely related to the common people would naturally be given the greatest amount of exposure by the media and television stations!
"Physics Textbook Dystocia?"
"English Textbook Vocabulary Increases Explosively!"
"Major changes to the Chinese Literature textbooks!"
"Young China and Poplar's Tribute are both selected?"
"Zhang Ye may become the biggest beneficiary of the revision of the Chinese language textbooks!"
"Education Department's unusual recognition of Zhang Ye?"
"Expert analysis: Being selected as a national teaching material will have a significant impact on Zhang Ye's popularity and status!"
There was a heated discussion on Weibo.
"It's really him!"
"Two of them?"
"Has Teacher Zhang been on steroids recently?"
"Yeah, Fortress Besieged has been sold all over the world, and it won the highest literary award for being ranked number one. Now, it's even been featured in the national language textbooks?"
"In the future, Zhang Ye's best-selling book will no longer be 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' or 'Fortress Besieged'!"
"Ah? What's that? "
"It's a primary and secondary school Chinese textbook!"
"Pu!"
"Zhang Ye is riding on a rocket. There's no stopping it!"
"The recent headlines have all been stolen by him!"
"What is he trying to do? Fighting so hard? Are you aiming for the seven highest positions in the S-list? "
"That can't be. Teacher Zhang is still far from reaching the S-list. I don't think he'll be able to get there without at least a few years, right?"
"That might not necessarily be the case. Just look at how much Zhang Ye's popularity has risen in the past few days. Who knows, we might not even have to wait for a few years. Those people sitting at the top really have to be careful!"
"Not really."
"Yes, you're exaggerating."
"I don't think it'll happen that fast. After all, those seven spots are too high up and haven't changed for too many years. But then again, looking at the current state of the entertainment circle, if there's really someone who can replace one of those seven spots in the future, then that person might really be Zhang Ye. Just look at him on the domestic popularity rankings. He's always been firmly at the top of the A-list rankings, leaving those A-list celebrities behind him who weren't too far behind in terms of popularity behind him. And all of this happened in just a short month? Two months? "
"Supporting Zhang Ye's rise to the top of the entertainment circle!"
Of course, there were also voices of doubt.
"What?"
"Is he qualified?"
"With Zhang Ye's temper, is it really alright to put his essay in the textbook?"
"What the hell is' Tribute to the White Poplar '? Isn't it just plain nonsense? "
One of the representatives who questioned the Ministry of Education's decision turned out to be the leaders of Central TV Department 1.
Central TV Department 1's Deputy Director Jiang Yuan: "Education is serious, and so are the textbooks. Putting an artist with a stain on his history into the textbooks is irresponsible to the children!"
The people below cursed.
"Scram!"
"Central TV Department 1 is the one with a stain on its history!"
"Is there no end to your discrediting of Zhang Ye?"
"That's enough! Back then, it was because you guys didn't handle things properly that you ended up in court with Zhang Ye. Now that you've lost the case, don't you remember that? "
…
At home.
When Zhang Ye came back, he heard his mother calling an old colleague from the living room.
"Yeah, didn't you see the news? The news is flying everywhere! "
"Really?"
"Yes, it's really in the Chinese textbooks. One is in primary school textbooks, and the other is in secondary school textbooks!"
"Your son is really amazing. You and Old Zhang taught him well! Everyone is so envious of the two of you. "
"Hahaha, when your granddaughter goes to school in the future, my son's essays will be in the textbooks. She might even ask her to memorize them …"
His mother went off to brag again.
Zhang Ye was already used to it. No one could control his mother's mouth.
"Ai, my son has returned home. I'll stop talking now!" His mother hung up and said excitedly, "Son, you've really been selected! You've really done your dad and me proud! "
His father was also beaming with joy. "This is great! Especially great! "
His mother said, "You've become even more famous."
"It's not about fame." His father said seriously, "It's good to be able to contribute to the cause of education. Relying on this to increase your fame is just unorthodox. Don't be so short-sighted."
His mother winked at her son. "Ignore him."
Zhang Ye laughed.
Congratulatory phone calls came in one after another.
Zhang Ye's friends were still very shocked that two of his essays had been selected for inclusion in the textbooks. They all expressed their disbelief and congratulations.
Hu Fei was puzzled, "What move did you use?"
Zhang Ye said, "Haha, magic?"
Hu Fei said happily, "Since when did you become so popular in the industry?"
Zhang Ye sighed. "It's all because everyone is giving me face."
The industry's evaluation of Zhang Ye was also getting higher and higher. They felt that he had great potential. In the past, Zhang Ye went around scolding people and offending people. Not many industries accepted him, and most of the industry insiders did not want to acknowledge him. Of course, even though he did not change his temper, many of the mainstream industries had slowly accepted Zhang Ye. Some of them even accepted his unique bad temper!
Previously, it was the literary world!
Now, it was the education world!
Zhang Ye was getting on the right track step by step. His position in the industry was becoming more and more stable.
At night.
His parents had gone to bed.
The heated discussions online had also lessened.
Zhang Ye lay in bed and took out his cell phone to call Wu Zeqing. It did not go through on the first try. After about 10 minutes, Old Wu called back.
Zhang Ye asked, "What are you doing?"
"I just took a shower. I worked overtime today and came home late," Wu Zeqing said with a smile.
Zhang Ye blinked a few times. "Two of my essays were selected for the textbooks."
Wu Zeqing smiled. "I know. I saw the news in the afternoon. It's pretty good. Your essays are definitely qualified, so it's only right that they were selected."
Zhang Ye asked, "Did you help them?"
But Wu Zeqing said, "No, how could I help? I'm in charge of the SARFT now, so I'm not too sure about the Education Department's situation. "
Zhang Ye was amused. "You really didn't?"
"Hur hur, it's your essays that are good," Wu Zeqing said.
Bullshit!
Elder Qian already told me about it. You obviously got help from your friends at Fudan University!
Zhang Ye already knew the inside story. He knew that Old Wu knew that he was not someone who liked to ask others to help him with his work. Especially when there were problems, he would rarely tell Wu Zeqing about it. He would usually handle it himself. Even if Old Wu asked him about it, Zhang Ye would just say, "There's no need for you, I can handle it." After knowing him for so many years and being in a relationship for so long, Wu Zeqing understood his temper very well. That was why Old Wu had quietly handled the matter and even pretended not to know about it.
This was the greatest gentleness, right?
Even his own wife wouldn't amount to much, right?
And thinking about it, Zhang Ye just happened to know about this matter. What if he didn't know Elder Qian? What if Elder Qian didn't get a call from his friend and didn't know about it? Then Zhang Ye would probably never know about all the things that Old Wu had done for him in private!
How many times had such a scene happened in the past?
How many more things had Old Wu done for him that he didn't know about?
Zhang Ye felt very warm inside. He and Old Wu were actually not the type of people who were good at expressing their feelings. It was already very difficult for them to say the words "I love you." Zhang Ye did not know anything about romance and often did not know how to make a woman happy. Old Wu was also not someone who clung to people, nor did she know how to express her feelings in a gentle way. The way that the two of them expressed their feelings was quite different from other couples. But Zhang Ye felt that this was very good.
Yes.
It was really very good.
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