Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 219 Snow and Ice Arrive in Beijing
Yang Lan's move hit Zhou Tao's weak spot precisely, because she did indeed have the idea of ​​going abroad, so she did not immediately adopt Zhang Yan's suggestion.

The next morning, the station's leaders talked to her, wanting to transfer Kang Hui back to the program team to co-host "Chinese Poetry Conference" with her. Kang Hui had officially joined the news department at the end of July.

"Both 'Variety Show' and 'Zhengda Variety Show' feature male and female partners. Working together makes the work easier, and this is one of the standards for our station's flagship variety shows."

Although the Taiwanese leader did not mention "going abroad" at all, this move was clearly a precautionary measure.

The reason for choosing Kang Hui is that he is familiar with the show and can get started more quickly.

Secondly, it's because the program was planned by Zhang Yan, and Zhou Tao is also a friend of Zhang Yan—and as everyone knows, Mr. Zhang is a guest of honor of the station director, so transferring Kang Hui to take over is also to save face for Mr. Zhang.

This brought Zhou Tao back to his senses. He not only swore an oath but also called the police in front of the station's leaders, demanding that they investigate thoroughly.

I thought that this would gradually dispel the rumors.

Soon after, rumors spread that Zhou Tao had previously worked in the public security system and had many "close old connections" within it, and that the so-called police report was just a charade.

Ultimately, the investigation will likely come to nothing.

The worst thing is when something is seven parts truth and three parts falsehood, and the truth and falsehood seem to make sense at the same time.

Left with no other choice, Zhou Tao had to sign a supplementary agreement with the station, guaranteeing that he would not leave CCTV or go abroad during the contract period.

With this agreement, the matter of adding male hosts finally came to nothing, but these two rumors still dealt a heavy blow to Zhou Tao's rise in the station.

Even a significant number of long-term employees developed a prejudice against her because of this.

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Two days later, at noon, in a restaurant in Beijing.

"That despicable, shameless, and treacherous woman!"

Zhou Tao, unusually drunk, lost his temper and started cursing at Zhang Yan in the private room.

Actually, she brought this on herself. If she hadn't deliberately tried to cause trouble for Chen Hong and then tried to find fault with Yang Lan, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

But how could she have imagined beforehand that Yang Lan and Zhang Yan would simply part ways, not only failing to affect Chen Hong, but instead hitting her like a boomerang.

"It's not necessarily true that she did it."

Zhang Yan ate his food calmly and said with a smile, "Even if she did it, what way do you have to fight back now?"

"She's definitely on guard now!"

Zhou Tao gritted his teeth and said, "If I make a move now, it might play right into her hands—besides, my foundation at CCTV is still shallow, and it would be difficult for me to defeat her."

But there's a long road ahead, and I'll get my revenge sooner or later!

It seems things aren't going to be peaceful for CCTV from now on.

After lunch.

Zhang Yan was trying his best to help Zhou Tao calm down when he suddenly received a call from Tao Hong.

Zhang Yan had contacted Tao Hong before coming to Beijing, but Tao Hong couldn't leave the film crew, and Zhang Yan couldn't visit the set, so they couldn't arrange a meeting time.

When Tao Hong called this time, Zhang Yan thought things had changed.

After listening to Tao Hong's explanation, it turned out that Li Bingbing and Li Xue had come to Beijing to report for duty and had specially brought some local specialties from their hometown.

Because Tao Hong was too busy and it was inconvenient to bring the local specialties to school, she called Zhang Yan and asked him to help her pick them up.

"What is it?"

"It is said to be authentic Wuchang rice."

"Then just have them deliver it to your home, so your parents can try it too."

"No, I'm afraid they'll let slip about the loan."

Zhang Yan immediately understood that, besides the matter of borrowing money, his relationship with her was also a piece of information that couldn't be revealed to his family.

"in addition……"

Tao Hong then added, her voice still low, "I'll find a suitable opportunity later to tell her that we've broken up."

"what?"

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment before he realized that Tao Hong had told the junior schoolmate that they were in a relationship because of vanity.

But as time went on, news of her having another girlfriend might reach Li Bingbing's ears, which is why Tao Hong chose to 'break up early'. Zhang Yan couldn't respond to this, so he could only ask about the filming of "In the Heat of the Sun".

"You were absolutely right."

Tao Hong said, "Director Jiang is particularly fond of nitpicking. Take the opening scene where the protagonist sees his father off at the airport, for example. It took six or seven days to film, and it still wasn't finished. One minute he'd say the plane's color was wrong, the next he'd say the clothes were wrong..."

In fact, this three-minute opening scene took a full two weeks to film, involving more than a dozen aircraft and thousands of extras.

Jiang Wen thoroughly enjoyed being in control of everything, but the filming budget...

hang up the phone.

Zhang Yan was planning to go back and finish what he needed to do before contacting the Li sisters.

To his surprise, when he returned to the bedroom, Zhou Tao was already fast asleep.

Zhang Yan covered her with a towel, and then he heard her muttering something about 'bitch', it seemed she really hated Yang Lan.

After contacting Li Bingbing and learning that she and her sister were still at the train station, Zhang Yan decided to go all the way and said to them, "Then you two wait at the exit. I'll give you a ride to school later."

After quickly tidying up, Zhang Yan drove to Beijing Railway Station—one of the four major railway stations in Beijing, Beijing Railway Station is specifically responsible for the northeast direction.

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Exit.

The ice and snow sisters stood back to back, and placed four bags of rice in front of and behind them, completely isolating the space for the thief to approach.

Hearing that one of her seniors' boyfriends was coming, Li Xue was both nervous and curious. "Sis, is that Mr. Zhang really as handsome and rich as you say?"

"Otherwise, how do you think that 15,000 was transferred?"

Although she knew Zhang Yan couldn't possibly arrive so quickly, Li Bingbing still couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and peek outside. Although she had only interacted with Zhang Yan once, she had a very deep impression of him.

I didn't dare tell my parents at home, but I bragged to my sister a lot about that time I went to the coffee shop in a luxury car.

The two waited for about half an hour.

Zhang Yancai finally appeared at the entrance. Li Bingbing saw him at a glance and quickly picked up two bags of rice to greet him. Li Xue followed suit and followed closely behind.

Those were 15-kilogram bags of rice, two bags weighing over 60 kilograms. Although it was only a short distance of about 20 steps, the two of them were already panting heavily when they reached Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan hurriedly took the rice from Li Bingbing's hand, and said to Li Xue, "Put it down, put it down. You guys keep an eye on things here. I'll put these two bags in the car and then come back to pick you up."

Li Bingbing bowed deeply and said, "Brother-in-law, I am so grateful that you lent me the money before. Once we are settled in the capital, we will definitely pay you back as soon as possible."

There's no need to rush.

Zhang Yan asked, "Is your mother alright?"

"I'm much better now and I'm resting at home."

"That's good. Please wait for me for a moment."

As Zhang Yan spoke, he carried two bags of rice out of the station.

Li Bingbing and Li Xue stood on tiptoe, watching his back. They saw him stop next to the Toyota Crown, open the trunk and put things in. Li Xue couldn't help but whisper, "This car is a whole size bigger than the one next to it."

"of course!"

Li Bingbing felt proud and took his sister's arm, saying, "When I become a big star, I'll buy you one too!"

"It's not that easy to become famous."

Li Xue, however, was not as optimistic as her. Instead, she jokingly said, "If you ask me, it's more reliable to find a boyfriend who is both handsome and rich—like this Mr. Zhang."

"Hehe, you little rascal, you haven't fallen for Mr. Zhang, have you?"

I'm talking about you!

At this moment, Zhang Yan quickly turned back, and the two of them stopped playing around and obediently followed Zhang Yan toward the crown.

Zhang Yan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Aren't you tired from carrying so much rice on the road?"

"There were kind people offering help along the way."

I understand, it must be a man, a young man.

(End of this chapter)