Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 164 Always a New Surprise

[Third update tonight]

The next morning.

"Let's stop here."

When they were still about three or four hundred meters away from CCTV, Zhou Tao told Zhang Yan to pull over and park the car.

As she unbuckled her seatbelt, she casually touched the velvet roof and exclaimed, "This car is much better than a Xiali."

Then, with a hint of jealousy, she asked, "You and Chen Hong have already done 'Mountain Walk,' right?"

Zhang Yan ignored this and asked seriously, "When do you think you'll be done?"

He was summoned by Zhou Tao early in the morning, and he thought that the woman was already impatient. But when they met, he found out that Zhou Tao wanted to send the files to CCTV first.

"Once you've submitted your file, everything should be fine."

Seeing that he was avoiding answering, Zhou Tao didn't say anything more, leaned over and pecked him on the face, then pushed open the door and got out of the car.

After watching her leave, Zhang Yan pulled the seat adjustment lever and lay down flat on the spot.

After returning to his apartment from the coffee shop last night, he didn't rest. He took the time to buy three more negatives—or rather, he was forced to buy them.

Jiang Shan was particularly dissatisfied with his procrastination and had been calling him frequently lately to urge him on, as if she wanted to squeeze all the negatives out of him in one go.

Zhang Yan has essentially brought this upon himself, and has no choice but to grit his teeth and bear it. Therefore, he must now make the most of every second to conserve his energy.

Zhou Tao had only walked less than a hundred meters after getting out of the car when she heard someone shout behind her, "Senior Zhou!"

Zhou Tao reflexively turned around and saw a highly recognizable young man walking quickly toward him.

"Li Yong?"

Li Yong is one year younger than Zhou Tao and was the only graduate from the School of Communication to successfully join CCTV last year.

"It really is you!"

Li Yong leaned closer and said with a smile, "I felt like I recognized you when you got out of the car, and the more I looked, the more familiar you seemed—senior, I heard you're also being transferred to CCTV?"

Upon hearing the words "get off the bus," Zhou Tao felt a sudden jolt, but on the surface he still pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Yes, after working so hard for so long, I've finally caught up with you."

"Don't say that."

Li Yong quickly waved his hand: "Your show, 'I Am a Singer,' would be a benchmark even on CCTV. I heard several people say that your style was particularly suitable for CCTV."

After saying that, he couldn't resist turning back to glance at the car again, and found that the Crown was still in the same spot. He couldn't help but ask, "That car is..."

"a friend."

Zhou Tao felt increasingly guilty and tried to change the subject in a nonchalant manner, saying, "I'm here today to deliver your personnel file. Are you familiar with the HR department?"

“We know each other anyway—I’ll take you there later.” Li Yong was a warm-hearted person, but also a gossip: “Speaking of friends, you and Zhang Yan, the chief planner of ‘I’m Crazy for Singing,’ haven’t you known each other for a long time?”

This is really a pot that cannot be opened.

Zhou Tao even suspected that Li Yong might have already sensed something, which was why he was testing him indirectly.

Fortunately, as a host, she had enough composure and calmness, and nodded as if nothing had happened, saying, "Back then, his sister wanted to apply to our Broadcasting Academy. In order to understand the process in advance, she used her connections to get in touch with me and Yao Ke."

We even helped her tutor a bit later, and now that girl is a sophomore at the Broadcasting Institute.

"I said so."

Li Yong suddenly realized, counted on his fingers, and joked, "What a pity, I graduated while others entered university, otherwise if I could have found a girlfriend, I would have saved myself thirty years of hard work."

"It's not that exaggerated!"

Zhou Tao glanced at him and said, "Besides, don't you already have Ha Wen?"

Li Yong laughed heartily, "Haha, I definitely don't have a chance, but that's no exaggeration—just yesterday, the station even held a special meeting for Director Zhang."

"A meeting for him? Really?"

"Of course it's true. You must have heard about the August First Film Studio building a film and television base, right? It was originally planned to be built in Beijing."

Then Mr. Zhang from Tianjin interfered, planning to move the film studio to Tianjin and even proposing a theme park project. It's said that the August First Film Studio is interested; CCTV is considered relatively unaffected, while Beijing and Taiwan are practically arguing about it.

Listening to Li Yong's detailed and detailed account, Zhou Tao couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Sure enough, every time he saw Zhang Yan again after a period of time, he would bring him a new surprise.

She had heard of the film and television base project; even now, with construction starting everywhere, it was considered a major project.

It is said that hundreds of millions of yuan will be invested, and the military will also put some obsolete vehicles and equipment at the base to assist in filming.

Who would have thought that such an important project would be interfered with by a third party like Zhang Yan!

However, while Zhou Tao felt honored, he couldn't help but feel a little resentful. He was the first person to tell him about his transfer to CCTV, so why didn't Zhou Tao mention such a big thing to him?
…………

at the same time.

"Hey, no parking here!"

Zhang Yan, who had already fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by the sound of knocking on the window. He quickly sat up, rolling down the window as he said, "Sorry, I'll open it right away... Oh, Chen Daoming?!"

"Haha~"

Chen Daoming, standing outside the car window, laughed heartily, walked around to the opposite side, opened the door, and sat in the passenger seat. He touched and looked at everything, saying enviously, "I must say, this thing is definitely much more awesome than the Xiali."

As Zhang Yan adjusted his seat, he asked in bewilderment, "How did you know this was my car?"

“When I spoke with Director Yan on the phone a while ago, he mentioned that you had changed your car, so I specifically asked for the license plate number. I never expected to actually run into you.”

"I said so."

Zhang Yan suddenly realized, then joked, "Then why did you come back from America? Does Florida not support idlers?"

After being rejected by "A Native of Beijing in New York", Chen Daoming went to the United States before the crew. However, he did not go to New York, but to Florida—his wife, Du Xian, was doing a short-term academic exchange at the University of Florida.

“My wife is back, why should I stay there? I’m not like some foreign-worshipping film crews who would rather have several people betray them every day.”

This is, of course, referring to "A Native of Beijing in New York".

Chen Daoming tends to put on airs in front of unfamiliar people, but once you get to know him, he's just an ordinary person, and his sarcastic remarks are no less frequent than anyone else's.

"My sister-in-law is coming back now, she should be getting a promotion, right?"

Du Xian was among the first batch of professional announcers at CCTV in the 80s. Now that she has returned from studying abroad, she should be promoted.

“Hey, what promotion? She doesn’t want to work at the TV station anymore and plans to go into business. She came here specifically to resign.” Chen Daoming didn’t go into details, but instead said, “Let’s get together tonight. Let’s invite Feng Gong and the three of us find a place to have a meal.”

"Alright, let's invite Zhang Guoli too. As a new Tianjin native, I'll treat you old Tianjin residents to a meal and also share the latest news from our hometown."

As they were talking, Chen Daoming suddenly pushed open the car door and got out, waving towards the distance and saying, "Here I am! Here I am!"

Zhang Yan also got out of the car and found that Du Xian had already come out of the CCTV building and was circling around Chen Daoming's Xiali.

Hearing Chen Daoming's shout, Du Xian ran over with her bag, complaining, "You said you'd wait for me, but when I turned around, the car was in a different place and you were gone?"

"Didn't I just run into a friend?"

Chen Daoming smiled and pointed to Zhang Yan: "Let me introduce you, this is Zhang Yan."

"Ouch!"

Du Xian hurriedly extended his hand to Zhang and said, "So it's you, Teacher Zhang. Old Chen has mentioned you to me quite often, and I've been wanting to thank you in person for a long time."

"Sister-in-law, you're too kind."

"I'm not just being polite. 'Fortress Besieged' helped me win an award, and 'Tianjin Wei' helped me buy a house and a car—I still prefer the house and the car to the trophy."

Chen Daoming interjected, "Are the formalities completed?"

"It's all done. I had already resigned before leaving the country, so now I'm completely jobless and carefree."

When Du Xian said this, although there was a hint of reluctance, there was more relief than anything else.

It seems that CCTV is also a walled city; those outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out.

(End of this chapter)