Chapter 60

The Mid-Autumn Poetry Recital has ended.

Stepping out of the large auditorium of the station, just a few steps in front of Zhang Ye was Meng Dongguo and a dozen or so people from the Writers' Association. They still did not speak to Zhang Ye and left with the accompaniment of the station's staff. Deputy Director Jia was also in this group. He saw Zhang Ye coming out, but his expression was not too good. He glanced at Zhang Ye lightly, clearly not very happy.

Why?

Zhang Ye was as clear as a mirror.

Not to mention the fact that Zhang Ye did not sell the copyright of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" to the station, or that Zhang Ye had squeezed out Jia Yan, Deputy Director Jia's relative, from a pre-arranged program. The bigger reason was this poetry recital. Why could every poetry recital invite so many literary figures from the hosting city? Because of fame and profit. The station's leadership must have promised something to Meng Dongguo, probably guaranteeing that his poem would win first place, or perhaps they had notified Meng Dongguo long in advance to prepare his work. This might be why Meng Dongguo brought the Writers' Association to participate. If they were not aiming for the championship, there would be no point in coming; it would be a loss of face!

But this time, an unexpected event occurred!

Zhang Ye, the disruptor, completed an impossible task in just over twenty minutes and took the championship! Could Meng Dongguo be happy? Could Deputy Director Jia be happy? Although Zhang Ye brought honor to the Beijing Radio Station and gained attention, after all, he was the station's host, Deputy Director Jia probably did not care about these things. He might be more concerned about the station's promise.

Zhang Ye did not care either!

Bro, I got first place! What are you going to do about it?

Since he had already offended Deputy Director Jia and the station's leadership, Zhang Ye did not care anymore. Those people ignored him, and he did not bother with them either, brushing past them to return to his office.

"Teacher Zhang is back?"

"Haha, Teacher Zhang is amazing!"

"The lyrics were so good, I was so excited!"

Several colleagues who had not been close before also came over on their own.

After offending the station's leadership, Zhang Ye had already been isolated in the office area and was not very well-liked. However, after "Water Melody Ode" was released, his popularity improved somewhat after "The Green Field Fairy Tale." Even if some colleagues still did not speak to him, at least Zhang Ye would not be ignored. Winning the well-deserved first place in such a prominent event, who would dare to ignore him?

On the internet, many people were already causing a stir!

Zhang Ye flipped through the forum and Weibo, and he was surprised. He did not expect so many people to support him and speak up for him!

"Never trust the Writers' Association again!"

"Right, from now on, I will only trust Teacher Zhang Ye!"

"Seagull," "The Bird and the Fish," "A Generation," and "If You See or Don't See" are all classics of classics, great literary works of this world. How could they be called dogshit by Meng Dongguo and others? How could they be called worthless doggerel? What is wrong with this world? Is there no right or wrong anymore? Are those so-called teachers all blind?"

"Teacher Zhang Ye proved himself today! I want to see who dares to say anything bad!"

Among them were fans of Zhang Ye's ghost stories, fans of his fairy tales, and those who supported his famous insults. But more were fans who had just recognized Zhang Ye through the Mid-Autumn Poetry Recital. They formed a group and began to criticize the Beijing Writers' Association, led by Meng Dongguo. Some even shouted, "Such a level of vice-chairman of the Writers' Association should step down quickly!"

Zhang Ye quickly replied, thanking everyone one by one. He knew that the reason he could create a miracle and get over 150,000 votes was all thanks to these people. They created the miracle, they gave Zhang Ye his legend, and he certainly had to thank them!

Suddenly, someone @Zhang Ye.

It was Zhang Ye's No. 1 fan, who said on Weibo, "Teacher Zhang, quickly check Meng Dongguo's Weibo and Da Lei's Weibo, hahaha!"

Weibo?

What happened again?

Zhang Ye trusted this fan a lot. This person had led the charge through several difficult times, so he immediately opened Meng Dongguo's Weibo. Hmm, why was there nothing? The Weibo post from last night, which had been forwarded thousands of times, questioning the literary value of Zhang Ye's work, still had the same number of forwards and comments, but the content of the Weibo post was now "deleted." Looking at Da Lei and Xiao Hong Mushroom's Weibo, their previous comments were also gone, as if they had agreed to delete them.

The water army celebrated their victory!

"Brothers, we have once again stormed the city walls!"

"Haha, it's so satisfying, following Teacher Zhang, there is never a failure!"

"Right, our organization is becoming more and more closely united, the situation is very good!"

"Exactly, I suggest we strengthen our cooperation in the future. When something happens, we all work together. Look, the Writers' Association had to retract their previous foolish words!"

"Teacher Zhang is awesome!"

"It's because 'Water Melody Ode' was written so well!"

With the deletion of their Weibo posts, it also indicated that Meng Dongguo and others had retracted their words. Thus, this matter could be considered over. Zhang Ye used one work and his own way to perfectly resolve this issue. Those who had been misled by Meng Dongguo and others about Zhang Ye also returned, and many left comments saying they would support him again. In the end, the doubts and denials of Meng Dongguo and Da Lei did not cause Zhang Ye's popularity to plummet; instead, it increased several times over!

A perfect resolution!

A perfect turnaround!

Zhang Ye found a moment to open the game ring interface on his hand and checked his current reputation—already over 320,000! And while Zhang Ye was checking his reputation, it was still increasing at a visible speed, without stopping!

+1!

+13!

+16!

Clearly, more and more people were paying attention to him!

In total, this was the first time Zhang Ye had gained so much reputation in one day. Although some of it was due to "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "The Green Field Fairy Tale," the majority was due to "Water Melody Ode" and the Mid-Autumn Poetry Recital. It was truly a case of not making a profit for three years, but making a profit for three years in one go. He had gained both fame and reputation today. Just the current reputation points were enough for him to draw three times, let alone the reports in the newspapers after today, which would still increase his reputation!

Someone blackened him, but he was still thriving?

Zhang Ye once again wanted to shout that phrase—Let the storm come even more fiercely!