Chapter 1386: 1386
Noon .
12 o'clock .
At the villa .
Zhang Ye pushed open the door and went in, saying loudly, "I'm home!"
Inside the living room, he could see that his parents and Wu Zeqing were here . They were making lunch .
Old Wu turned around and looked at him . She smiled and said, "You're home? What tea would you like? I'll brew it for you . "
Zhang Ye waved it off . "There's no need . I wanna rest for a bit first . "
His mother asked, "Why are you back so late? Didn't you say that you were landing in Beijing at 8 AM?"
"I did land at 8 AM . " Zhang Ye slumped onto the sofa and said in an exhausted voice, "But I was blocked from leaving by all the people asking for my autograph the moment I landed . I signed it for them one by one until my hands went soft . " He raised his right hand . "Look, just look at this . I almost can't lift it up . Those awful people tortured me so much . "
His father said, "Why didn't you just turn them down then?"
Zhang Ye said tearfully, "I bragged that I would never reject requests for autographs from my fans on A Date with Yan Mei . Who knew that this would happen? If I had known, I wouldn't have bragged on the show . "
His mother chuckled . "Didn't the airport authorities intervene?"
Zhang Ye said, "They did . "
His mother said, "That's right, drive them all away . Such a commotion would have badly affected the day-to-day of the airport . "
Zhang Ye said, "Right! That's why the airport authorities specially arranged a reception room for me so that I could concentrate on signing autographs . The ground crews and flight attendants even joined the line to get one themselves . "
The airport staff were terrible!
Thinking about this now, Zhang Ye still had an urge to curse at them .
His mother and father were speechless .
Wu Zeqing laughed as she prepared lunch . "It's because your calligraphy is so very popular . On a domestic trading and auction platform, your autograph was even sold for a sum of 100,000 yuan . "
Zhang Ye nearly sprang up from the sofa . "What? 100,000 yuan? Damn, no wonder I was thinking what was up with those animals! Then how much did I sign away today? 50 million? 100 million?"
Wu Zeqing said gently, "You're being too hopeful . That transaction was just a one-off and not the true market price . Did you really think you can depend on autographs to make a living? Hur hur . "
His mother was reminded . "Oh yes, just what is with your calligraphy?"
His father also wondered, "Yeah, your mom and I did not sign you up for any calligraphy lessons when you were young . "
Wu Zeqing smiled . "Dad, with his calligraphy, it's no longer a matter of getting lessons . "
Zhang Ye belly laughed and said, "It was self-taught . I'm just a genius at it . "
"Little Ye's writing has always been quite good . " Wu Zeqing said, "That 'Ode of Mulan' is still framed in our house . But compared to the 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion,' there are indeed no comparisons . I also watched the live broadcast and found that this 'Preface of the Orchid Pavilion' was the most stunning piece of semi-cursive calligraphy that I have ever seen . There's nothing that comes close to it . "
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "It's been some time since then . I oughta have improved . "
His father said, "The media blew up yesterday as well . Little Ye's name was all over the headlines and they even said something about his writing being the greatest semi-cursive since ancient times . I'm not sure what that means . "
His mother added insult to injury by saying, "Hmph, that means our foolish son donated away a calligraphy piece worth nearly 700 hundred million RMB to the Red Cross . Greatest semi-cursive since ancient times? More like the greatest fool since ancient times!"
His father was speechless .
As was Zhang Ye .
Wu Zeqing stood there laughing .
She was done cooking .
The family sat down together and had lunch .
Talking about the Korea trip, Zhang Ye bragged as he ate, his eyes lighting up . "Dad, Mom, Old Wu, it's not that I'm bragging to you all, but it was really a crisis at that point in time . I was ignoring Miyamoto Shinshou at first, but who could've guessed that he'd create trouble for himself . I kept wondering to myself why he insisted on showing off! He even wanted to discuss calligraphy with me? I could easily demolish him with my eyes closed! So how could I hold back? I decided to roll up my sleeves and take him on . After I finished writing the piece, I looked into the crowd and saw that everyone had turned silent . Miyamoto Shinshou was standing there dumbfounded and tried to flee after being defeated . He didn't even dare make a sound to me after that!"
His father said in a speechless manner, "Why do you always look so spirited whenever you get into a fight with a foreigner?"
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "Do I?"
His mother looked at him . "You do!"
Zhang Ye said, "Alright, so be it . But I'm only doing so for our country and its people . It's indeed meaningless to clash with our own, and I'm getting annoyed from fighting on home turf . There's too much discord within the Chinese entertainment circle with people trampling on each other every day . Once they head overseas, they turn headless and don't know what to do when a conflict arises . But that's OK! Isn't there still me, Lord Zhang, around in the Chinese show business? Have I ever been afraid of anyone in the domestic industry? So of course I can deal with them even if they come from abroad! I don't care who it might be!"
His mother said, "Good, that's my son!" She picked out a piece of meat for him and asked, "So you've taken the first steps to your development in Asia?"
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes . "What first steps? I've already taken off and am soaring!"
His mother curled her lips and said sarcastically, "Right, right, soaring . "
Wu Zeqing gave him a timely reminder . "Little Ye, don't assume it to be so great . Your relations with the Japanese and Koreans were already no good prior to this since you've fought with and scolded their people before . Although it brought you quite a bit of attention at that time and your current ranking within Asia is very high, if you really wish to continue progressing in the region and aim for the Asian S-list, all of those past incidents you were involved in will become stumbling blocks in your attempt to reach the top of Asia . "
Zhang Ye said, "You've said this to me before . "
Wu Zeqing acknowledged, "Yes, you have to be prepared for it . "
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "It'll be fine . I'll deal with it as it comes . "
After lunch .
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