Chapter 1362: 1362
Later that morning.
Jiaomen East.
In the neighborhood the studio was located, Zhang Ye's car got surrounded by reporters the moment it drove in.
A large number of fans were also crowding around and shouting Zhang Ye's name.
"Zhang Ye!"
"Please give me an autograph!"
"Congratulations to you!"
"Heavenly King!"
"Heavenly King!"
"Zhang Ye, I love you!"
It was bustling and alive in the neighborhood.
In the car, Yan Mei was wordlessly marveling at this. It was the first time she was witnessing Zhang Ye's popularity up-close. "What do we do now?"
Zhang Ye was clearly very familiar with such situations. "Just stay in the car and wait."
He opened the car door and got down to walk towards the fans. He signed autographs for them one by one while answering questions from the reporters who were standing close by their audio recorders and microphones out. Soon after, Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others rushed forward to take over the task of handling the reporters. Meanwhile, Zhang Ye finished signing autographs for the fans and also satisfied all requests of taking photos with them. In the end, he excused himself from his fans, and they were also very understanding about it, parting to let him through.
"Thank you!"
"Thank you, Teacher Zhang!"
"Love you to death!"
"Lord Zhang, I'll always support you!"
"Teacher Zhang, I just enjoy watching you scolding people!"
"Haha, I finally have a picture together with Teacher Zhang!"
"I even got to touch his hand! Heehee, I've decided not to wash my hands for the next three days!"
Zhang Ye got back onto the car and drove in.
Yan Mei did not quite understand the situation. "Are you like this every day?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "What do you mean?"
Yan Mei asked, "Don't you avoid the reporters?"
Zhang Ye said, "If I have urgent matters to attend to, there's no choice but to avoid them. But if I'm free, I'll answer as many questions as I can. The larger news agencies and TV stations can easily schedule an appointment for an interview, just like in your case. But the smaller media outlets don't even have a chance to do so, so it isn't easy for them too. Some of them start staking out at 5 AM during the winter while it's snowing heavily just for a chance to ask some questions but might not even get any work accomplished for their efforts. I just have to answer some simple questions that they pose or do an impromptu interview with them, none of which takes up too much time. But because of that, they might be able to keep their jobs and bring home the bacon for their families, so what does it matter to me to just say a few extra words to them?"
Hearing that, Yan Mei was taken aback!
She was really taken aback!
Yan Mei said, "Director Zhang, this is the first time I've heard such words from a celebrity. You're such a kind person."
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Kind? There aren't too many people who would describe me as that."
They got out of the car.
Yan Mei shook her head. "Nobody would give autographs and take pictures with their fans one by one either, especially for a celebrity of your status. I've heard before that you never reject your fans' requests for autographs and pictures, but I thought that was just a rumor. Now that I've seen it for myself, I finally believe it. You're really kind."
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "It's not easy for someone to like another person. So just based on that, if they request an autograph, would it really be right to reject them? It's not a matter of whether I am kind or not, haha. I also do not think that I'm a kind person anyway. All I keep doing is taking advantage of other people every day. You just haven't seen how I get scolded by them."
Ha Qiqi and the others returned after they finished handling the reporters.
Everyone went upstairs together.
Zhang Ye said as he walked, "I've always been someone who would not let others be happy if they made me unhappy. If they make me happy, I'll surely make them happy as well. We only have status as celebrities because of the fans and the ordinary folks supporting us. It's all due to them that we are who we are. Otherwise, we couldn't have the good food and clothes that we have. If someone saw you on the streets and called out to you: 'Hey, Zhang Ye, can I take a picture with you?', would you just turn your head and leave? If that happened, that person would probably be very disappointed in you for their entire life. It's just a few seconds of your time; surely it wouldn't hurt to make someone happy if you could spare it, right?"
Yan Mei sincerely said, "I've learned something."
She now realized that Zhang Ye was different from all the other celebrities that she had interviewed before!
No fronts.
No hypocrisy.
No deceit.
This was just someone who was very sincere, even if he had some shortcomings here and there.
When they got upstairs, Zhang Ye began working.
Yan Mei stayed close by to observe. No one was bothered by her presence.
His work today required his urgent attention. The executive director of the Spring Lantern Festival Gala, which would be taking place in a few days, had come to seek advice from Zhang Ye. Even if Director Shen was much older than him, and was also a veteran gala director of Central TV, he still came over with the sincere hope that he could learn something from Zhang Ye.
"Little Zhang, you've gotta help me out!"
"Old Shen, take a seat."
"Help me look at this skit."
"Alright, let me go through it."
"I think it's not too bad, but it still feels like something is lacking."
"Oh, I've gone through this skit by Old He before."
"Yes, it's one of the skits that was submitted for the Spring Festival Gala's first approval session."
"Then I'll share with you my personal views on it. I think that the problem with this skit lies here—"
He kept working until noon.
After Director Shen left.
Zhang Ye said to Yan Mei, "Let's go, back to my place for lunch."
But Ha Qiqi said, "Director Zhang, the advertisers will be arriving very soon."
Zhang Ye asked, "There's still more work?"
Ha Qiqi nodded and said, "You've just broken into the S-list, so two of our endorsement advertisers would like to make some changes to their ad campaigns. They want to make use of your ascension into the S-list as part of their ad campaign, but since their advertisements were planned out by you, they're requesting that you go through it first. They only dare to submit it if it's to your agreement."
Zhang Ye checked his watch. "When are they arriving?"
Ha Qiqi said, "In 15 minutes."
Zhang Ye looked at Yan Mei helplessly, "Are you fine with eating box lunch?"
"I'll have whatever you're having," Yan Mei said with a smile.
Zhang Ye called Little Wang over. "Bring us meals quickly. We still have lots of work to attend to after lunch."
Then he called Old Wu.
"Old Wu, we won't be able to go back for lunch."
"It's fine."
"Eat by yourself, don't wait for me."
"Alright, what about dinner?"
"I'm not sure, we'll see how that goes."
At 2:30 PM.
The advertisement matters were finalized and tied up.
Zhang Ye was just about to take a break when something else popped up.
His Weibo account and official website were attacked by hackers. Initial investigations judged that the attack was carried out spontaneously by the fans of the previous Heavenly King who had been replaced by Zhang Ye.
"What are the losses like?"
"There isn't really much of a loss, but the effect from the attack is pretty big."
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