The next day.
In the morning.
As long as it was from the same city, the express delivery should have arrived.
His cousin called. "Little Ye, I was wondering what you had sent me. So it's just cosmetics and a cell phone, and it's even the latest model of a round box?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "You kept it?"
"I got it." His cousin said, "This thing of yours is too expensive!"
Zhang Ye said, "It's all for nothing anyway."
Cousin: "Alright, thank you then."
Zhang Ye said, "How's your blogshop's business?"
His cousin beamed with joy. "Ever since your picture and slogan were published, business has been good since last year. As your popularity has increased, so has my small business."
"That's fine." Zhang Ye said, "Feel free to use my photos in the future. I don't have a management company anyway, so there aren't many restrictions."
A moment later, Yao Jiancai also sent a message.
Yao Jiancai: Zhang 'er, the things are here.
Zhang Ye replied: "Sure."
Yao Jiancai: "Haha, Mimi asked me to thank you. This girl is playing with that whatever box of her phone. Your sister-in-law also opened the cosmetics box and tried the facial cleanser. She said it was very effective."
Zhang Ye: "As long as you like it."
Then Xiao Lu sent a message: "Thank you, Teacher Zhang!
Dafei: It's here! Teacher Zhang is mighty!
Hou Ge: "Director Zhang, I wish you a happy new year!" Thank you for your phone! It was so useful!
Songstress Grandma Zhang Xia called. "Thanks, Little Zhang."
Peking University's Chinese Department teacher, Su Na, posted a picture on Weibo. She posted a picture of the cell phone box, the delivery box, and the unboxing. She posted on Weibo: "Thank you, Professor Zhang, for your New Year's gift. I like it very much!"
Zhang Yuanqi also received the item.
However, Old Zhang only sent two words to him: "I've arrived."
Zhang Ye asked: "How's it working?"
Old Zhang: "Just make do."
With a slight smile, Zhang Ye knew that Old Zhang had such a temper in private, so he did not mind it. After replying to everyone, he packed his things and rushed off to work.
…
As it was nearing the end of the year, a lot of work suddenly came to him. Zhang Ye's schedule was immediately arranged in a tight schedule.
Dinner …
Year-end summary …
The publicity for A Bite of China …
Feedback campaigns from advertisers …
For the entire day, he was extremely busy.
In the end, something happened that night. Tonight was the broadcast of the latest episode of A Bite of China. As usual, many viewers were watching it in front of Central TV Department 14. Based on past episodes, A Bite of China would always focus on food, be it food ingredients or dishes. But today's episode had a segment about tea leaves mixed in. By right, tea leaves were not a big deal since they were also a staple of A Bite of China, but the problem was that no one seemed to have heard of tea leaves before.
"There's an unknown temple in the Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area. It doesn't have a lot of incense. Early that morning, the little monk Hui Zhi woke up as usual and fetched water with Senior Brother … "
"On the precipice, there are a few tea trees overflowing with green."
"This tea is Da Hong Pao. Its appearance was tightly knotted, and its color was greenish-brown and fresh. After brewing, the soup was bright and orange, and its leaves were alternating between red and green. The most outstanding part of the quality was the fragrance, which had the fragrance of orchids. The fragrance was high and lasting, and the 'rock charm' was obvious. Other than the health benefits that ordinary tea leaves have, such as refreshing, relieving fatigue, inducing saliva and diuresis, antipyretic, antiseptic, detoxifying, digestive, body-building, and other health benefits, it also has the special effects of preventing cancer, lowering blood lipids, anti-aging, and so on. "
"Da Hong Pao is very resistant to brewing. It still has a fragrance even after seven or eight brews."
After the episode was broadcast, there was a great response online.
"Da Hong Pao?"
"What tea is this?"
"Oolong tea? Why haven't I heard of it before? "
"You must be ignorant!"
"Me? Ignorant? Fuck, I'm a native of Wuyi Mountain! "
"Previous poster, it doesn't sound like it."
"Man, I learned it from Zhang Ye. I'm really a local. There are also good and famous tea leaves from Wuyi Mountain, but there has never been a Da Hong Pao!"
"That's right, I'm also a local. There really isn't a Da Hong Pao tea leaf. My family is a tea merchant, and my grandfather and parents' generation are all in this business. If there was a Da Hong Pao oolong tea, how could I not have heard of it? There are only so many oolong teas, so I can even recite them backwards!"
"That can't be right. What did A Bite of China say about it?"
"Did they get it wrong?"
"It still has a fragrance even after seven or eight brews? Isn't that bullsh * t!? Three brews and it's gone! "
"If it's really as A Bite of China said, then wouldn't this tea be the best in the country?! How could it be that good! Even the locals don't know about it? "
"That can't be. Teacher Zhang is very strict when making a show. He wouldn't make such a low-level mistake!"
There was an endless debate on the Internet, and the more they argued, the louder it got.
Many of those who did not like Zhang Ye found an opportunity to get into the fray.
"Zhang Ye is just spouting nonsense!"
"Da Hong Pao? You must be making it up! "
"How can there be such tea leaves!"
"This show is too irresponsible!"
"They're trying to deceive the audience!"
"It would be a wonder if the lousy tea trees in the wild could taste good!"
Finally, some of the locals and even the local tea merchants started to show their faces on Weibo.
A Fujian tea shop owner said: "Da Hong Pao? Forgive my ignorance, but I've never heard of it before. "
A Wuyishan oolong tea merchant said: "I've never heard of it before either. Is there really such a good tea? If it's really as good as the show says, and there are only so many trees in the world, and it tastes so good, then wouldn't it fetch an astronomical price? It's impossible that no one knows about it. "
An expert from the Tea Association also came forward. "What kind of tea is this?"
All of a sudden, A Bite of China was met with a wave of scolding without any warning. Scammers, irresponsible, a fake show, and all sorts of other labels were attached to them!
…
Back at home.
Yan Tianfei urgently contacted Zhang Ye.
Over the phone, Old Yan sounded anxious. "Teacher Little Zhang, have you seen it online? What's going on with this Da Hong Pao? Is there really no such tea? "
Zhang Ye laughed. "They're just ignorant."
Yan Tianfei said in surprise, "But those are all local tea merchants. How could they not know about it?"
Zhang Ye said: "Director Yan, when I do shows, I've never done things that are fake. It's not like you don't know that there's no need to be picky about this tea. It's just that not many people know about it."
Hearing that, Yan Tianfei was relieved. "I knew it. Little Zhang, you've never disappointed anyone before. Alright, I understand now. There's no need for any PR either?"
Zhang Ye said: "I don't think there's a need for that, right? I'll handle it depending on the situation. "
Yan Tianfei said: "Alright, it's already the end of the year, so I'll leave it to you."
Zhang Ye smiled and said: "It's what I should do."
The debate was still going on online.
For the first time, A Bite of China had a crisis of trust.
But on the second day, there was a turn of events.
The viewership ratings of A Bite of China were so high that it could already be considered a national documentary. Although a single scene could attract the attention of the entire country's viewers, the unheard of Da Hong Pao naturally attracted the attention of countless people. As a result, quite a number of local tea merchants, as well as people from the local Tea Association and national tea-related organizations, came to visit. Some of them even flew over from afar. With this, even the Wuyi Mountains scenic area's management committee was alarmed!
When the Wuyi Mountains scenic area's management committee saw this, they could only bring their people into the scenic area. Actually, even many of their staff members did not know about the existence of these tea trees. As they were too inconspicuous, no one cared about them at all. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sold them to Zhang Ye so easily back then. They even treated Zhang Ye as a sucker!
The monastery was found.
The tea trees were found.
The tea merchants started collecting tea leaves. The experts started inspecting. "These tea trees are at least a hundred years old! Or even older! "
This fact stunned a lot of people!
Earlier, the monastery's abbot had already packed up most of the Da Hong Pao tea leaves they had saved and brought them back to Beijing for Zhang Ye. However, it was not all of them. They still had some left, just a very small amount. No one knew what the tea merchants and experts said, but they really managed to get their hands on some Da Hong Pao tea leaves from the monastery in the end.
After tasting it, everyone was shocked!
"Heavens!"
"What kind of tea is this!"
"It's true! What A Bite of China said was true! "
"This … this …"
"It's really top-notch oolong tea! And it even has a tea fragrance that no other oolong tea has! The aftertaste! The texture is mellow! This is definitely top-notch! "
"There's such a peerless product in this world?"
"Master, do you still have any left in the monastery? I'll buy all of them! "
A monk from the monastery said, "We don't have any left."
The tea merchants immediately went to the scenic area's management committee. "We would like to reserve these tea trees of yours. Just name the price!"
Even the tea experts were getting excited!
But the words of the scenic area's management committee's staff sent a chill down their spines. "These mother trees have already been reserved by Teacher Zhang Ye."
"Ah?"
"How did that happen?"
"Not a single one of them is left?"
"Aiyo, what a pity!"
Everyone cried out in pain!
Unbeknownst to them, the people from the scenic area's management committee were also on the verge of tears. Looking at the expressions of these tea merchants and experts, they could tell that this tea was definitely not an ordinary product. Furthermore, some of them were lucky enough to have tasted some of it earlier, and the taste was still fresh in their minds. But in the end? They had already reserved all of it! Nothing was left!
The news spread very quickly!
When the tea merchants and experts returned, they were full of praise for it!
The netizens were shocked!
"What?"
"Is it really that good?"
"That's impossible, right?"
"Why not? The people from the Tea Association have already gone to the area to inspect it!"
"So Da Hong Pao is real?"
"Then why did no one know about it?"
"Yeah, why is it that only the people from A Bite of China's program team knew about it? And how did the name Da Hong Pao come about? Who came up with the name? "
"I still have my doubts. Could those experts and tea merchants be shills?"
"How could that be? Several groups of tea merchants and tea lovers have already gone there in the past two days! It should be real! "
"But why is Zhang Ye the only one who knows about it?"
On the third day of the incident, another major turning point occurred!
This turning point was something that even Zhang Ye had not expected.
A professor from Fujian University who was in the field of historical research had actually found records of Da Hong Pao in a precious historical document from this world. It was a document from the Qing Dynasty. Although it was damaged and badly missing, it clearly recorded the words "Wuyi Mountain", "Da Hong Pao", "Tribute", and "Emperor". As there was too much missing information, and the specific location and relevant details were not clearly stated, it had never attracted anyone's attention!
This discovery was shocking!
That professor posted a photo of the document online. "As an associate professor of Peking University, I won't comment on Zhang Ye's character, but in terms of knowledge and rigor, I trust Zhang Ye. That's why I've flipped through a lot of information and finally found the evidence. Now, we can completely prove that Da Hong Pao tea does exist, and it can even be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. From the few words in the document, we can see that it's basically similar to the Da Hong Pao parent tree that was introduced on A Bite of China!"
This information caused a huge wave on the internet!
The tea merchants went crazy!
The experts went crazy!
Those who loved tea went crazy!
"It's true!"
"Holy shit, Da Hong Pao is a tribute tea?"
"It's that famous? Even the emperor likes to drink it? "
"Awesome! That's too awesome! "
"What the heck! Does it have to be so awesome? "
"So Da Hong Pao was actually that awesome in ancient times!"
"This is a famous tea!"
"There are only a few parent trees in the entire country? How much would it cost for a catty? "
"A catty? You joker! How can they sell it by the catty? With this document as evidence, they can't even sell it by the tael. They'll probably sell it by the gram! "
"Ah?"
… …
Zhang Ye, who was at home, was also stunned. There were still some differences between this world and his previous world. The history of Da Hong Pao was a little different. For example, the inscription on the cliff was no longer there, and this document was probably an additional part of this world.
The newspapers were all over the place!
It even appeared on News Simulcast!
"Birth of a Famous Tea!"
"The 'Da Hong Pao' forgotten by history!"
"Qing Dynasty tribute 'Da Hong Pao' shocked the world!"
"China's contribution to cultural heritage from A Bite of China!"
Da Hong Pao!
Da Hong Pao!
Da Hong Pao!
It was all over the news and the internet!
At home.
Zhang Ye's mother and father were watching the news on TV with their mouths agape.
Suddenly, his mother turned around and kicked at a bag of tea leaves that had been thrown under the coffee table at home. She pointed at the TV and said dumbfoundedly, "Little Ye, the famous Qing Dynasty tea that they're talking about, could it be … could it be that it's that bag of lousy tea leaves that you brought back last time?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "That's right."
His father said with his mouth agape, "The one that you didn't allow us to drink after we drank a cup?"
Zhang Ye said, "That's right."
His father asked again, "Was it meant for the emperor to drink during the Qing Dynasty?"
Zhang Ye said happily, "Maybe, but I don't know the details."
"Aiyo, oh my god!" His mother was scared out of her wits. She quickly bent down and carefully reached out to pick up the small bag of Da Hong Pao from under the coffee table. That gentleness, that action, that love, it was as though she was carrying her own child. "Hurry up! Hide it! Quickly hide it! "
Zhang Ye chuckled and said, "I've already stored most of it. This little bit is for home, so what's there to hide?"
His mother stared at him and said, "Of course, how can I not hide it! Only our family has this Da Hong Pao in the entire world! This is a treasure! Only the emperor can drink it! "
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