Many people were quite delighted to know what the outcome was.
Some of the older elders of the National Writers’ Association raised their objections.
“Mr Qian, why are you recommending such a hooligan into the association?”
“This is the National Writers’ Association. If we let that Little Zhang in, wouldn’t that cause the atmosphere to turn foul!?”
“I don’t support it. He doesn’t even know the basics of respecting one’s elders. He can’t even mind his mouth. What can such a person do? Mess things up?”
“This Zhang Ye has no standards!”
ZhangYeNumber1Fan expressed, “Teachers, all of you may be predecessors, but I don’t think any of you have the qualifications to say that. If you have the ability, then match the 烟锁池塘柳 (yān suǒ chí táng liǔ, Willow pond locked in smoke) Teacher Zhang gave. Only then will you have the qualifications to criticize Teacher Zhang for his literary standard! If not, anyone can say ‘what standards does Zhang Ye have’. If you want to reject him, why don’t you show some of your abilities?”
After this was said, many people stopped speaking.