The next morning.
As soon as the sun broke the horizon, it was covered by dark clouds.
Zhang Ye had applied for leave today. Yesterday morning, he had gone to the hospital to save people and had been busy with this and that. Later on, he had to raise money and send money. He was exhausted and wanted to take a break. After waking up, he had nothing to do, so he turned on the TV to watch the news. Then, he logged onto the computer to check out the Tieba.
His Tieba suddenly gained a lot of fans.
"Teacher Zhang, I'm also a fan of yours. My father is sick. I wonder if you can lend me 500,000 yuan. I'll return it to you when I have the money."
"Teacher Zhang, I'm sick and need your help. My family doesn't have the money to see a doctor, so I can only come to you."
"I'm a fan of your books. Since you're so nice to your fans, can you lend me tens of thousands of yuan to see a doctor?"
"The doctor said I need 100,000 yuan. 100,000 yuan is enough. You don't lack that money. Please help me!"
Quite a number of requests for help started popping up. Some people directly asked to borrow money without even giving a reason. Some people did not give any details and just said that they were Zhang Ye's fans and were seriously ill. There were even some who posted their bank account number, asking Zhang Ye to transfer the money to them.
Zhang Ye's original fan club members were not too happy about it, but since many of them were asking for help or were seriously ill, the moderators did not dare to delete such posts.
"Where did all these people come from?"
"Who are they? Why are they all sick?"
"It must be fake. Are these people trying to take advantage of us?"
"Not necessarily. Who knows, it might be true. Teacher Zhang, will you be able to help?"
"Are you stupid? There are so many people, how could he help them all? It's not like Teacher Zhang runs a bank. Even if Teacher Zhang had the money, there's no need for him to help them like this. Does he have to transfer money to anyone who posts their bank account number? Why? There's no such logic! "
"How should we deal with this?"
"I don't know. Let's see how Teacher Zhang reacts."
"Eh, Teacher Zhang is online. He should have seen it."
Zhang Ye saw it, but he did not say anything.
One of the people asking for help had posted a few posts to urge Zhang Ye. Seeing that Zhang Ye was not responding despite being online, he posted another post, "What Teacher Zhang, Teacher Zhang! The TV was blowing him up like that! I think he's just a sanctimonious fellow! Oh! He saw that the fan was a girl! You helped her just because she was a girl? You've paid for so many medical fees? Are we, the male fans, not human? Are you not going to look me in the eye? Aren't you being too discriminating? Huh? A good person? I think he's a hypocrite! "
Another person who had asked for help earlier scolded, "That's right. He only helped her because she's a woman. He doesn't have any good intentions at all. How can such a person appear on TV? Pooh! "
Many of Zhang Ye's fans could not take this lying down.
"How can you say that!"
"Watch your mouth!"
"Number1 is a hardcore fan who has been helping Teacher Zhang conquer the world since his debut! And the leader of our fan club! Of course, Teacher Zhang had to help! Who are you? The first thing he did was send his account number to ask for money! I didn't pay any attention to you, yet you still scolded me! What kind of humanity is this?! "
The helper said, "We are also fans. Why are you helping others but not us?"
Zhang Ye had no choice but to reply. He replied: "Sorry, I'm temporarily unable to do anything."
The person asking for help scoffed, "Come on, your 'Analysis of the Three Kingdoms' is so popular, and there are all kinds of poems, novels, and fairy tales. How can you be short of money? How can a hundred thousand dollars be considered money to you? If you don't want to help us, then you don't want to help us! And you still say you're helpless!? What a f * * king hypocrite! "
The few people who wanted money began scolding.
Zhang Ye ignored them. He did not know what to say.
He had thought that this matter would pass, but he did not expect it to get worse. His Tieba fan base constantly had people claiming to be Zhang Ye's fans. They used all sorts of excuses to borrow money from him. In the end, this matter even caused a discussion on the internet.
"When a fan is in trouble, should we help?"
A poll and discussion was started on this topic on Weibo.
"Hai, in this society, people are not allowed to do good things!"
"Why are there so many people at once? Teacher Zhang Ye sure is unlucky. "
"That's right. If he helps one, what will others think? Oh, you're helping him but not us? Why? Based on what? We are all fans. How can you treat us differently? Now, it has the opposite effect. If Zhang Ye wants to help, he can't. If he doesn't help, the other fans will have complaints. "
"There's no way to do good things."
"Why is there such a trend now?"
"Are those people really Zhang Ye's fans? I highly doubt it! "
In the end, this matter even appeared on the fifth page of the Beijing Daily News.
… …
Noon.
Hu Fei, who was working at the office, angrily slammed a newspaper on his desk, "This bunch of people are too despicable. Don't they know what's good for them?"
Xiao Lu asked, "What's the matter, Brother Hu?"
"Take a look for yourselves." Hu Fei passed the newspaper to them.
Hou Ge had only read half of it when he angrily slammed the table, "Are they treating Teacher Zhang as an ATM? So many people are here asking for money? And all of them are acting so righteous? "
Suddenly, a female voice came from outside the door.
"Producer Hu, excuse me?" It was a familiar person. They all knew her. She was a guest from the first episode of "Lecture Room" — Reporter Ci. At that time, when Zhang Ye and the program team had a conflict with the professor and the two guests, this Reporter Ci had even helped to smooth things over. Her relationship with them was not bad, and she was also a rather well-known reporter in the industry.
Hu Fei said in surprise, "Reporter Ci is here? Please come in. What's the matter? "
Reporter Ci smiled and said, "I'm now in charge of the literature section in the newspaper. However, someone from the news team asked me for help, so I came over to help out and understand the situation. Now, quite a number of Teacher Zhang's fans are asking him for donations. Do you know about this?"
Dafei said angrily, "I just found out."
Xiao Lu said, "These people are really wicked!"
"Don't speak nonsense." Hu Fei was still very careful when dealing with reporters. Even if they were acquaintances, some things could not be said too much.
Reporter Ci blinked and said, "Teacher Zhang said on Tieba this morning that he was helpless and refused to donate to his fans?"
Xiao Lu spoke quickly, "Of course he's helpless. Sister Ci, let me tell you. Do you know how Teacher Zhang got the money for Yang Lian's surgery? He did not have any savings on hand. This money was earned from selling the two copyrights of 'Zhang Ye's Analysis of the Three Kingdoms' cheaply. If Teacher Zhang was not in a rush to use the money, he could have negotiated and dragged it out. The two copyrights could have sold for at least 1.6 or 1.7 million. But in order to save a life, Teacher Zhang could not be bothered to bargain. Also, even if this amount of money was sold, it would not be enough. Teacher Zhang had used all his savings and even wanted to sell his car, but the car could not be sold so quickly. In the end, he had to borrow money from us! "
When Reporter Ci heard this, she was slightly stunned, "What? There's such a thing? "
Dafei curled his lips and said, "Isn't that so? We don't have much money. In the end, it was Brother Hu who lent Teacher Zhang 50,000 yuan. Teacher Zhang would need at least three to four months of his salary to repay it. Of course, Teacher Zhang is helpless now. He doesn't have more than a thousand yuan left on him. Who can he help? He can't even afford to eat himself!"
Reporter Ci was a little excited, "Is what you said true?"
"Absolutely true!" Hou Ge said, "Do we need to lie to you?"
Reporter Ci sighed, "I thought Zhang Ye was not lacking in money, so I paid for the surgery. I never expected him … Don't bother about it. Our newspaper will clear Teacher Zhang's name!"
… …
That afternoon.
A piece of newspaper was quietly published.
"Celebrity bankrupts himself to save fan's life".
Content: Yesterday morning, a piece of news from Beijing Television Station attracted widespread attention. A celebrity saved a fan and paid for the full medical expenses. Many people might know about the process, but according to our reporter's understanding, the matter was not as simple as it seemed. As it turned out, the surgery fees that Teacher Zhang Ye gave to his fan had been earned by him going bankrupt. At the last minute, he had sold the copyright of his work at a low price and took out all his savings. Finally, he had to borrow money from his colleagues in the office to scrape together 1.1 million yuan. Teacher Zhang Ye was already penniless, so he was willing to go into debt to scrape together the surgery fees for the girl.
But now, many people on the internet who claimed to be Zhang Ye's fans were asking Zhang Ye for money and borrowing money from him in a righteous manner! We did a simple check. One of them claimed to be from Jiangnan and stayed at Jiangnan's Second Hospital, Mr. Liu. He also used the excuse of being terminally ill to ask Zhang Ye for surgery fees. But according to our reporter's investigation, the IP address of his post was not in Jiangnan or even in the South, but in the Northeast!
There were also many people who used the excuse of being sick to ask Zhang Ye for donations!
I only want to say one thing here. Pat your chests and ask yourselves. Pat your conscience and ask yourselves. Do you have a clear conscience?
… …
When the newspaper published it, the internet was shocked!
"What? Zhang Ye borrowed money to raise the surgery fees? "
"Is the news reliable? If it's true, then there's nothing to say about this person! "
"That's right. I thought Zhang Ye was very rich. After all, he is quite famous in Beijing. I never expected him to sell copyrights and borrow money to …"
"F * * k, why are my eyes red!"
"Me too. I haven't been so touched in years!"
"Who took advantage of the situation to extort Teacher Zhang? F * * k their ancestors! "
"This bunch of inhumane things! Zhang Ye went bankrupt to save someone! Yet you're trying to fish in troubled waters? And even slandering Teacher Zhang's reputation? Aren't you all wicked!? "
On Tieba.
In Zhang Ye's fan camp.
A person posted a picture from the newspaper. Then, all of Zhang Ye's fans who saw this news fell silent. They did not know what to say. They only felt that their hearts were full at this moment!
Those who were previously jumping about and cursing or asking for money from Zhang Ye were also silent.
Only one person who had asked for donations from Zhang Ye posted a post — "Sorry".
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