At 7 AM.
At Central TV.
The other departments and departments had not come to work yet. Many of the other offices were empty, but Department 14 was bustling with activity!
None of the staff were absent!
"Where's the script?"
"We're making copies. We'll be right back!"
"Give me the number of the Environmental Protection Department!"
"I have it here!"
"Who's going to go and interview Director Xu?"
"Give it to me, I'll go!"
"Director Zhang? You're going to go personally? "
"Yes!"
"Then I'll arrange it for you right away!"
"Director Ha, the animated short has been completed. Do you think it's OK?"
Around 8 or 9 AM.
Only then did the Central TV staff start arriving for work. When the passersby saw the situation at Department 14, they were all stunned. They realized that the people at the Documentary Channel seemed to have changed today. Everyone was busy working, no one was playing games, no one was chatting idly. Everyone was like a sharp sword with an extremely sharp expression. There was persistence, tenacity, and anger in their expressions!
What was going on?
What was going on?
A staff member of Department 13 wanted to go up and ask, "Old Wu, what are you all …"
Then, someone behind him who knew what was going on quickly pulled him back. "Don't ask anymore. Something happened to Huang Dandan from their department!"
"What happened?"
"Lung cancer."
"What did you say? How could that be! "
"Yeah, how old is she?"
"How did you know?"
"I only heard it from someone this morning. I heard that it was caused by the smog!"
"This …"
"No wonder! No wonder the people of Department 14 are working so hard! "
"Smog? Is the smog really that bad? "
"It can cause lung cancer?"
"Why didn't I know about it? Why didn't the news report about it? "
"I know that the smog is bad, but no one told me that it can cause lung cancer, right? And are there really such a high probability of it happening? I even saw Huang Dandan yesterday! "
"I don't know."
"Is the smog really that bad?"
In the morning, the news had spread throughout Central TV!
A few leaders from the other departments also went to look for Yan Tianfei to express their condolences.
Some channels also offered to donate out of kindness, but they were rejected by Yan Tianfei and Tong Fu. In order to investigate the smog, she had to travel all over the country where the smog was the worst. This was also one of the reasons why she had lung cancer. Huang Dandan's case was a work-related injury. Yan Tianfei had already informed the relevant departments to pay for all the medical expenses. Huang Dandan and her family did not have to worry about it. Yan Tianfei had already settled everything.
…
One day.
Two days.
Three days.
The people of Department 14 were all working their hardest. With such intense work, they only used three days to complete the second half of the four-episode documentary. Adding on the progress of the previous month's work, the entire documentary had come to a successful conclusion!
In the end, it was Zhang Ye who was personally in charge of the editing. He edited out some of the more controversial parts and did not broadcast it according to the original version of Chai Jing's air pollution investigation from his previous world. The way it was broadcast was also different from that of his previous world. Zhang Ye even added in some of his own ideas at the last minute and made quite a few edits. He was afraid that it would not be broadcast, so he had to remove a lot of the controversial parts. However, there were some that could not be deleted and had to be kept.
On the same day, the documentary was completed!
Ha Qiqi heaved a sigh of relief. "It's finally done!"
"I'm so tired that I'm about to faint!" Zhang Zuo was almost collapsing.
Little Wang said excitedly, "That's great, I'll go and give Dandan a call to let her know!"
Tong Fu hurriedly asked, "Director Zhang, when can it be broadcast?"
Zhang Ye asked, "What's the matter?"
Tong Fu said, "Dandan will be having her surgery next week. I want her to see it before that happens!"
Zhang Ye immediately said, "Alright, I'll speak to Director Yan about it."
Zhang Ye went to Yan Tianfei's office to speak with him. After Yan Tianfei finished watching the documentary, he was very satisfied and immediately submitted it to the higher-ups. They wanted to broadcast it next week and use this week to promote it!
However, to everyone's surprise, the next day, Central TV's decision came out of the blue: Department 14's "Air Pollution Investigation Documentary" was not approved and would be banned from broadcasting. They would also ban and stop all promotional work related to this documentary!
Department 14 blew up!
Ha Qiqi banged the table. "Based on what!"
Zhang Zuo stared at her and said, "Why can't we broadcast it? Why? "
Little Wang said, "Just what's going on?"
No one could believe it. They had put in so many days of hard work, even working day and night to finish the documentary before Huang Dandan's surgery, but Central TV still did not allow it to be broadcast? They did not even put forward any suggestions for amendments and just banned it forever?
This was something that rarely happened!
It had only appeared a few times at Central TV!
Yan Tianfei was also furious and went to look for the station head. Over there, when the people of Department 14 heard the news, they all followed Yan Tianfei's lead!
The station head's office was packed with a lot of people!
"Why?"
"How did we violate the rules?"
"This is a public service documentary!"
"Sir, why can't we broadcast it?"
No one could accept this!
The station head in charge of the approval looked at them and frowned. "I've seen the documentary. If you all just talk about the dangers of the smog, no one would care. But why do you all insist on the source of the smog? Pollution from the burning of coal? Pollution from the smelting of steel? That won't do! "
Yan Tianfei said angrily, "Why can't we?"
The station head said, "Why can't we? Can the country not use coal? Can the country not smelt steel? What's the point of saying that? This will have a very negative impact! If it really causes social incidents and conflicts, who will bear the responsibility? Will you? Can you bear the responsibility? Not to mention you, even the entire Central TV won't be able to bear the responsibility! "
Outside the door, Zhang Ye came in. "If we don't talk about the source of the pollution, what's the point of making this documentary? What do you want us to tell the audience? Tell them that the smog is harmful! Very harmful! Especially harmful! But we have to keep the source of the pollution a secret, so we can't tell you all. So don't waste your efforts. You all will still have to breathe in the smog, and there's nothing you can do about it! Is that so? "
The station head said unhappily, "In your documentary, you said that the smog is the cause of lung cancer, but is there any scientific basis for that? Is there? If there is, then show it to us! "
Zhang Ye looked at him. "Many organizations have done investigations and found that the degree of air pollution is directly related to the number of lung cancer cases!"
The station head shook his head. "Let me ask you, is there any scientific basis for that? What basis? Is there a national report? Where is the report? You said that the smog can cause lung cancer, cause all sorts of respiratory diseases, and cause all sorts of pathological changes? You're just trying to scare us! Everything these days is based on science! "
Yan Tianfei said loudly, "So many people died overseas because of the smog back then. Then tell me, how did those people die?"
The station head said, "I don't know how they died, and I can't do anything about it either. I know that you're just trying to scare us. There are some things that you can't dig up, and it's not something that a documentary of yours can do anything about! If things go wrong, something big might happen! "
Zhang Ye could not bear to listen any further. "Because of the smog, so many people have died. Everyone saw it with their own eyes, yet you're still trying to fucking talk to me about evidence? Talk about scientific basis? Are you blind? Do you think I'm a scientist? Then let me ask you again! Is there any scientific basis for Chinese medicine? Explain to me the scientific basis for taking the pulse! Explain to me the scientific basis for taking the pulse! Explain to me the explanation! "
This question was clearly not something that the station head could answer. However, he did not approve this documentary either!
Furthermore, an hour later, the station issued a punishment!
The leaders of Department 14 led the way in causing trouble!
Zhang Ye was suspended for a month!
Yan Tianfei was suspended for a month!
Department 14's bonuses for this month were all deducted!
Such a large-scale punishment decision had never been made in Central TV before. It showed how determined and resourceful the station was this time!
Yan Tianfei slammed the table and scolded!
Department 14 was also scolding!
"Fuck!"
"Why aren't we allowed to broadcast it?"
"We got the data from a professional organization!"
"Yeah, how is it an alarmist?"
Zhang Ye was so angry that he laughed!
He was already being very careful with this matter!
Others might not know, but he knew very well that back in his previous world, Chai Jing's smog investigation had caused a huge uproar. Almost every level of society in the country was thrown into chaos. A lot of people were shocked by this documentary and were frightened by the smog for the first time. A lot of people were also questioning it and relentlessly objecting to Chai Jing and the documentary, pointing out all sorts of problems with it!
That was why Zhang Ye was being so careful!
Calling for capital reform? He did not film it!
Calling for reducing the use of coal? He did not film it!
The data from foreign organizations? He did not use it!
Nor did he urgently call for China's economic transformation!
He had deleted all the controversial parts of Chai Jing's documentary. He just wanted to make a pure public service documentary to inform the people about the dangers of the smog and what caused it! He was being careful and cautious in every aspect, but Zhang Ye did not expect that the documentary would still not be allowed to be broadcast!
Little Wang said anxiously, "I've already called Dandan to tell her that the documentary is ready, but how are we going to tell her now? We're not allowed to broadcast it? We can't broadcast it anymore? "
Tong Fu said angrily, "In the past few days that Dandan has been hospitalized, she has been asking about the progress of the documentary. She … she …"
Everyone fell silent. With Central TV's ban, Department 14 had no way of broadcasting the documentary. This was an irrefutable fact!
What should they do?
There was no other way!
Even Director Yan had been suspended from his duties!
"Director Zhang!"
"Director Zhang, what should we do?"
Ha Qiqi looked at him.
Zhang Zuo looked at him.
Everyone at Department 14 was looking at him.
Zhang Ye did not say anything. He walked back to his office and gave Wu Zeqing a call to explain the situation to her. He wanted to hear Old Wu's opinion on the matter.
"You want my advice?"
"Yes."
"Then my opinion is that it's best not to touch it. This is a very sensitive matter, so it's best to stay as far away from it as possible."
"I understand."
"But if you insist on touching it, I'll support it."
"Thank you."
Old Wu's words had already revealed a lot of things. At her level, she would definitely have more contact with this and would know more!
This was a minefield!
Whoever touched it would be finished!
Whoever touched it would die!
Central TV's intense reaction explained everything!
But.
Zhang Ye had always believed that in the long river of history, such matters couldn't be hidden forever. If no one said anything this year or next, what about a hundred years from now? What about 200 years from now?
Someone had to be the first to step forward!
And someone had to make a sacrifice!
Zhang Ye poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip. He closed his eyes and thought for a long time.
He … was willing to be that person!
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