Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 232 Jiang Shan Invites a Song

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Inside the hall, staff were busy with final confirmations, while the guests from the television station were seated on two rows of benches near the south wall, separated by a metal railing more than a meter high.

Those who are shorter have to stretch their necks to get over the railing—of course, they can also hunch their necks and act like Miao Renfeng.

Zhang Yan was positioned in the middle of the second row, with the vice mayor in charge, Leader Lin, and Ma Yuan in front of him, and several division-level and deputy division-level officials standing behind him.

The most nervous people were, of course, the TV station leaders, such as Ma Yuan and Yan Xiaoming.

When everything was ready, and the people from AVIC came to get Ma Yuan's signature for confirmation, Ma's hands were trembling violently, and his forehead was wet.

After all, this is the largest investment Tianjin TV has made since its inception.

If it goes up into the sky and then skips across the water...

Fortunately, the worst fears did not come true. After the countdown ended, with a shout from the on-site commander, the rocket carrying the broadcast satellite soared into the sky.

Various data were fed back one after another until the satellite entered its predetermined orbit. The hall erupted in thunderous applause, and Ma Yuan excitedly hugged Yan Xiaoming.

After the celebration, we found out that there were several more steps to follow, such as equipment self-testing, system initialization, attitude adjustment, and antenna deployment.

If any step goes wrong, the satellite will not function properly.

So everyone waited anxiously for another hour or so until the on-site commander announced that everything was going smoothly and the ground control tower had received the broadcast signal transmitted back from the satellite.

The group then started celebrating again, but this time they were clearly less enthusiastic.

"lead."

Zhang Yan dialed the phone of the deputy station chief who was staying behind, and handed him the mobile phone. Ma Yuan then remembered that he still needed to check the signal with "home," so he quickly took it and asked, "How is it? Did you get a signal?!"

"Received it, received it, the signal is very clear!"

The deputy director on the other end of the line was quite excited: "We are applying to use the equipment from Beijing and Taiwan to conduct a short-to-medium-range broadcast test as planned—by the time you return, the process should be complete."

"Okay, I'll personally confirm with the Beijing-Taiwan authorities then." Just thinking about calling the director of the Beijing-Taiwan station made Ma Yuan eager to go home.

During the celebration banquet that evening, the deputy general manager of AVIC presented the guests with commemorative prizes, which were models of the rocket and satellite launched this time.

However, what's a little embarrassing is that only 20 of these models were prepared, which means that seven or eight people will not be able to get one.

After a final discussion, the leaders decided to distribute the souvenirs separately, with some receiving rockets and others receiving satellites—Zhang Yan was sure to get the complete set, even though he was the only one without a rank among them.

This thing can be placed in the display case of Yuanmeng as a testament to the close relationship between Yuanmeng Company and Tianjin TV Station.

…………

On the afternoon of June 9th.

The guests who attended the ceremony flew back to Beijing. Zhang Yan originally planned to return to Tianjin overnight with the rest of the group, but Leader Lin wanted to discuss the suggestions with him further and prepare some less favorable terms in case of compromise.

So he had no choice but to stay in the capital for the time being.

That night.

Wearing a mask, Jiang Shan sneaked into the Guomao courtyard like a thief, only breathing a sigh of relief after locking the gate.

Although the popularity of "Addiction" is slightly less than that of "Tianjin Wei" back then, she has recently become quite popular and can be recognized on the street in no time.

After locking the courtyard gate, Jiang Shan strode into the house, taking off her mask as she asked, "When are you planning to go back to Tianjin?"

Watching the "Chinese Poetry Competition" on TV, where the top eight teams were advancing to the top four, Zhang Yan replied absentmindedly, "It will probably take another two or three days."

Zhou Tao's ability to withstand pressure is truly remarkable. After being tricked by Yang Lan, he not only didn't lose heart, but performed even better. Over the past half month, the ratings of "Chinese Poetry Competition" have been rising higher and higher, even reaching the level of "Two Greats" (referring to two major TV dramas), and Zhou Tao has also used this opportunity to recover a lot of goodwill within the TV station.

Jiang Shan grumbled and moved closer to Zhang Yan, sitting down right next to him. Then she deliberately pushed him aside, saying, "Move over a bit!"

Zhang Yan shifted half her body, and then sat contentedly in the middle, looking at the television screen.

"Oh~ these two were drawn together today—sigh, do you think the lame female editor will win, or the middle school girl?"

The limping female editor was referring to Chen Ximi, while her opponent was a 13-year-old girl with a photographic memory. Both of them were considered top contenders for the championship among the eight remaining contestants, and it was unexpected that they would face off so early.

"Can you please speak with some respect?"

Zhang Yan hugged her irritably, pinched Jiang Shan's heart hard twice with his claws, and asked, "Tell me, what kind of songs do you want to collect?"

As usual, it was Jiang Shan who took the initiative to contact Zhang Yan, but she did so two days ago.

Jiang Shan has become very popular recently, so some people have reminded her to release an album as soon as possible and then take advantage of her popularity to do commercial performances.

Jiang Shan knew nothing about this kind of thing, but wasn't Zhang Yan, who was particularly good at understanding things, there for her?
So a couple of days ago she contacted Zhang Yan, wanting him to help her produce an album—it doesn't have to be all new songs, just one or two popular ones, and the rest can be covers of other people's old songs.

“Of course, tender and gentle love songs.” Jiang Shan cupped her cheeks in her hands and deliberately acted coquettishly, “Only such songs are worthy of a gentle and affectionate woman like me.”

"Ah~"

Zhang Yan made a sound of utter disgust, while simultaneously using his other hand to decisively protect his vital areas.

As expected, Jiang Shan used the Monkey Stealing Peach technique the next second. Even after being stopped by Zhang Yan, she still refused to give up and tried to slide tackle him on the stomach.

In the midst of their 'offense and defense', Jiang Shan suddenly sensed something was wrong and withdrew her hand in disgust, saying, "What's going on? You..."

Halfway through her sentence, she realized what she had said and abruptly stood up, exclaiming, "You've been fooling around with other people before?!"

Zhang Yan didn't speak, but silently looked at Zhou Tao on the TV.

Enraged by this, Jiang Shan shouted, "How can you do this...how can you do this to your girlfriend?!"

She originally wanted to say, "How could you do this to your mother?", but then she realized that their relationship didn't seem to be that kind of relationship, so she changed her mind at the last minute.

Zhang Yan rolled her eyes at her: "Do you think you have the right to say such things?"

Jiang Shan, hands on her hips, declared confidently, "Why don't I have the right? I'm here to collect debts... uh, I mean, to collect interest!"

"Haha~"

Zhang Yangang sneered twice, and Jiang Shan kicked him in the chest.

Zhang Yan rolled away on the sofa to avoid it, and then Jiang Shan stormed out of the door in a huff.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan didn't chase after her. Anyway, there was no romantic relationship between the two of them. Now that Jiang Shan was gone, he could take the time to rest and recuperate.

Less than half a minute later, Jiang Shan stormed in again, carrying a bucket of water, and splashed it all over Zhang Yan's head!
"I am!"

Zhang Yan hurriedly dodged, and although he avoided most of the water, he still got quite a bit drenched. What was even more troublesome was that the sofa was soaked through.

"Are you crazy?!"

"I'm just trying to be kind and cleanse your rotten heart!"

At this moment, Zhang Yan discovered that the mobile phone had also gotten wet, and he immediately flew into a rage, putting on his slippers and lunging at Jiang Shan.

Jiang Shan dropped the bucket and ran away. The two of them went into the bathroom one after the other. At first, they were cursing and arguing, but gradually the noise was replaced by the sound of rushing water, and then the sound of the water continued...

(End of this chapter)