“It’s not me?” Zhāng Yě was the first to be dumbfounded.
Jia Yan was just about to applaud Zhāng Yě, and his hands were still frozen in midair.
Host Zhang Huo’s words made many people who knew what was going on stunned. Everyone looked disbelievingly at Zhang Huo, thinking that he had made a mistake!
However, Zhang Huo looked seriously at the award certificate in his hands, and with great care and confirmation, read once again, “This year’s Silver Microphone Award winner… Zhang Ye!”
He articulated his words very clearly!
It was Ye! Not Yě!
Deputy Station Head Jia was stunned!
The Station Head’s face turned black!
Everyone from the Beijing Radio Station made an uproar!
Xiaofang almost jumped up. She grabbed Zhang Ye and shook him hard, “Heavens! It’s you! Teacher Zhang, it’s you!”
Zhang Ye was in a daze, “Me?”
Auntie Sun widened her mouth, “How did it become Zhang Ye?
“I don’t know, either.” Zhang Ye wasn’t sure himself.
“It’s you! He has already read your name twice!” Big Sis Zhou was happy all of a sudden. She gave Zhang Ye a hard push, “Haha! Stop looking silly there! Quick go on stage to receive the award!”
The old editor also urged in a whisper, “No matter what, just go up first!”
“Right, first get the award before speaking. Even if the staff made a mistake, it will be too late to change who gets it at that point!” Big Sis Zhou came up with a rotten idea.
Zhang Ye was about to stand up, but he was stopped.
A staff member suddenly ran onto the stage to communicate with the host, and then took the award certificate from his hands.
Next, Zhang Huo waved his hand at Zhang Ye, “Teacher Zhang, wait a while. The jury has asked for a pause. I think there’s been a mistake.” Following that, he said to everyone present, “Sorry, everyone. We have a situation on our hands. Please wait for the jury’s review.”
The other people did not know what was happening and also waited to see a show play out before their eyes.
The five judges were already in discussion. Besides them, there were other staff members gathered together.
Deputy Station Head Jia went over to take a look and also came together with the Station Head to understand the situation. What had happened? It was clearly supposed to be Zhāng Yě. They had even seen Zhāng Yě’s trophy. But why did the announcement suddenly change to Zhang Ye? Wasn’t this nonsense!? There was no precedent of additional nominations winning an award! Not even once!
“Where’s the award certificate?”
“It’s here. Take a look. It’s written ‘Zhang Ye’.”
“It’s definitely not him. It should be the Beijing Radio Station’s Zhāng Yě.”
“Ah? Then why is it this name in the award certificate? That’s not right. The trophy is here, too. It’s also engraved ‘Zhang Ye’. There’s no mistake.”
“Even on the trophy was written ‘Zhang Ye’?”
“Can someone tell me what is happening?”
“Teachers, this might be the fault of my people.”
“Qu Ping, what are you talking about?”
“Just now backstage, one of my staff members spilled some water and the award certificate could not be used. The trophy also shattered from falling, so I got them to get a spare from the manufacturer. But.. they might have heard the names wrongly. Zhang Ye and Zhāng Yě sound quite alike.”
“What do you mean by this?”
“How can this happen?”
“Then how are we to present the award?”
“The names are all written as Zhang Ye, so should we present it now or not?”
At this moment, the Beijing Radio Station’s Station Head interrupted their conversation, “Even if it’s wrong, it should still be presented to Zhāng Yě. This was decided by the jury, so how can we change it?”
An old judge looked at him, “We already announced it, so how do we take it back?”
Deputy Station Head Jia knew that Zhāng Yě had to get this Silver Microphone Award, for he was the only son of the Station Head’s old war comrade. Hence, he said, “Since it’s an error made by the jury staff, we shouldn’t have it affect our station’s newcomer award winner because of this! That would be too unfair for Zhāng Yě! You can’t do that!” Fairness? When they were pushing Zhang Ye to a cliff, refusing to give him a nomination, they had never thought of the meaning of fairness. But now, once it affected their own interests and relations, they began shouting about fairness!
The old judge was very unhappy with their tone. In terms of qualifications, he was an old veteran in the circle, and was one grade more senior than the Station Head and Deputy Station Head Jia. “Isn’t Zhang Ye from your radio station, too?”
Deputy Station Head Jia flatly said, “No way can it be Zhang Ye! It has to be Zhāng Yě!”
One of the five judges, a younger judge, stared at Deputy Station Head Jia, “Please keep your tone down and don’t scare us again. Now that we are discussing how to resolve the matter, must we go to the point of making such a fuss? Zhang Ye and Zhāng Yě are both comrades from your radio station. I ha