On this day.
It was the weekend.
Spring was warm and the flowers were blooming.
At his parents' house. Zhang Ye had returned home yesterday. His parents were also resting today. His father was in the living room mixing the dumplings, while his mother was standing at the table, kneading the dough and rolling out the wrappers.
Zhang Ye came out of the house, "Dad, Mom."
His father looked over, "You're awake?"
"Yes, what are we having for lunch?" Zhang Ye glanced over.
His mother turned around and smiled, "Dumplings, chives and pork."
Zhang Ye chuckled, "Heh, dumplings are good. I'll have to eat more then."
"You only know how to eat, eat, eat. You don't even know how to give me a hand." His mother glanced at him, "Go, get some more noodles for Mom. There's not enough."
Zhang Ye smiled, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
The television was on and a piece of news was being broadcasted. On the screen, a familiar figure appeared. It was Wu Zeqing, who was being interviewed by the media in her new office. As Old Wu was in charge of an important and sensitive department, with the SARFT causing quite a stir this time, the media had already interviewed Wu Zeqing on the first day of her appointment. They asked her about some matters that the public was very concerned about, and also raised questions about the SARFT's future policies. For example, they wanted to know if there would be any changes to the censorship of certain television dramas or movies. Wu Zeqing answered them one by one in a bureaucratic manner.
This was the interview from yesterday, and it was being replayed today.
His father had also watched it yesterday and said with emotion, "Your Peking University's President Wu has been appointed in the nick of time. Did she get promoted?"
Zhang Ye acknowledged, "She's been promoted from the main department to the Deputy Department."
His father also knew a little about politics, but of course, most of it was from hearsay. "I heard that based on seniority, this appointment shouldn't have been made by President Wu. After all, she's not that old. There aren't many such young Deputy Departments in the country, and she's even a woman? That's even less likely. It looks like your President Wu's luck is very good. She's been promoted three times and is now a high-ranking official. "
Good luck?
Maybe everyone thought so, but probably only Zhang Ye knew that this luck was not thrown down by the Heavens, but by his Difficulty Adjustment Die. However, this was clearly not something that he could tell anyone. Even if he told them, no one would believe him. Even he himself was still a little confused. The Difficulty Adjustment Die had been a great help to him this time. From winning the lottery for his cell phone bill, to appearing on a live broadcast while performing his crosstalk, to appearing on a live broadcast again and again, to dating Old Wu, and so on and so forth, its effects were obvious. It had gone smoothly all the way and had already exceeded Zhang Ye's expectations. But who could have expected that in less than two days, the Difficulty Adjustment Die would give him another great surprise. Not only did it allow Wu Zeqing, who was supposed to go to the south, to stay behind, it even allowed Old Wu to be promoted by a whole rank. She was even promoted to the position of Deputy Chief of the SARFT. This was practically a goddamn pie falling from the sky!
It was simply unbelievable!
His mother tilted her head and said, "It doesn't matter if she's a high-ranking official or not. I just want to know if she can lift the ban on our son. Son, how was your relationship with President Wu when you were in school?"
How could it not be good?
She's this bro's girlfriend!
However, Zhang Ye did not reveal anything because he had not decided if he should tell his parents about it. After all, with Old Wu's age, he was too embarrassed to tell her about it for the time being. "It was alright."
"Is it alright or not?" his mother asked.
His father said, "Little Ye went to Peking University because President Wu invited him. Even if their relationship isn't that great, they at least know each other and have a little bit of fate with each other. This kind of matter to President Wu … I should call her Chief Wu now. To her, it should be as easy as lifting a finger. If she can help, she will probably do so, right?"
His mother immediately said, "Son, then you should quickly contact Chief Wu and bring some things to visit her. Quickly resolve this matter. Otherwise, if you're in a deadlock with the SARFT, when can you return to the entertainment industry? With that bad temper of yours, it would be a wonder if she could lift your ban. "
Zhang Ye casually said, "Don't worry about it. I know what I'm doing."
His cell phone rang.
When he looked at the caller ID, he saw that it was Old Wu!
"I'm going to answer this call." Zhang Ye said and quickly returned to his room. He closed the door and walked over to the window to answer the call. "Hello, Old Wu."
The woman's voice on the other end was very gentle. "Where's your home?"
Zhang Ye said, "I'm at my parents' house."
"You couldn't get through to Big Sis yesterday, right?"
"Yeah, I tried calling all day, but the line was busy. Later on, it was already late at night. I was afraid that you'd be too tired after a busy day, so I didn't call."
"Big Sis was appointed to take up her new post on the same day, so she was a little busy. Many of her old colleagues and friends were calling. She had a lot of social engagements and her dinner schedule was also full. Oh, there were even some people from the entertainment companies who contacted her, but Big Sis ignored them and left them to her secretary to handle. Her cell phone has not stopped for the entire day. Later on, after she took up her new post, I had to handle some work, attend meetings, and stabilize the morale of the troops, so I didn't have time to contact you."
"I have to congratulate you too."
"This promotion was quite unexpected. I didn't expect it myself."
"It's all thanks to me."
"Why is it yours?"
"Because I've been nagging you to stay in Beijing. See, didn't I agree?"
"Hur hur, alright, it's all thanks to you."
Suddenly, a young man's voice came from the other end of the line. He spoke in a very respectful tone, "Chief Wu, the meeting documents from this morning … you …"
"I'll hang up now. I have something to attend to," Old Wu said.
Zhang Ye nodded. "Alright, hurry up and get back to work. I'm hanging up."
As a new official and with such an important position, there would definitely be a lot of work to do. Zhang Ye understood very well. After hanging up, he hummed a tune as he walked out of the house to help his parents make dumplings.
… …
Noon.
The SARFT's Weibo lit up.
"It's been posted!"
"Aiyo, look at this!"
Everyone squeezed over and paid close attention to it. After going through so many negative events, this was the first time a new leader had taken up his post, so of course it attracted a lot of attention.
It was posted on Weibo!
The SARFT's official website also posted at the same time.
A new list of banned artists had been updated. There were no additional documents or explanatory words. It was just the latest list of banned artists. The policies had not changed and the strict crackdown was still the same. However, there were many names missing from this list.
For example, a male celebrity who had been involved in tax evasion.
For example, a female singer who had taken drugs two years ago.
And for example … Zhang Ye!
There was no longer any mention of the application. The ban on some of the artists with minor misdeeds was directly "lifted" from the list!
Countless netizens exclaimed!
Countless industry insiders exclaimed!
"What's going on?"
"Did I see that right? Zhang Ye's ban has been lifted? "
"It's still alright for the other celebrities since it's been so long and the storm has already died down. It's only right that their bans are lifted. But what about Zhang Ye? Didn't he just post a poem declaring war a few days ago? What's going on? How did he manage to avoid it? I don't understand what's going on! "
"Hahahaha!"
"This is great!"
"Wasn't the newly appointed deputy chief previously the vice president of Peking University? Teacher Zhang is also a teacher at Peking University. With this relationship, what's so hard to understand? "
"Right! It's really true! "
"When Zhang Ye first went to Peking University, I heard that it was Deputy Chief Wu who headhunted him over. Now that Teacher Zhang has solved a global mathematical conjecture, he has also brought glory to Peking University. Deputy Chief Wu has worked at Peking University for so many years, so of course she has feelings for Zhang Ye. Even if she doesn't have much of a relationship with Zhang Ye, she would definitely be biased towards Teacher Zhang. After all, they've both worked in education before, so this matter isn't that unbelievable!"
"Scattering flowers!"
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! "
"There's actually such a big turn of events? Pfft! "
"Haha, those who were waiting to see Teacher Zhang make a fool of himself are going to be pissed off!"
"Aiya, why is Teacher Zhang's luck so good! Even this is possible? "
On this day, the entertainment circle was shaken!
With his ban revoked, Zhang Ye had returned!
That jinx who struck fear into people's hearts … had returned!
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