But just as the few staff were arranging the order according to the name list, without any forewarning, a female employee accidentally knocked into a certificate. Pa Da, the certificate flipped, pushing down a mineral water bottle that was mysteriously placed on the table. The cap covered the top, but it was not tightly sealed, so momentarily, water spilled onto that certificate. It was all very sudden!
“Ah ya!” The female employee hurriedly wiped the certificate with her sleeve.
“Don’t rub it!” An old comrade beside cautioned, but it was too late.
With this rub, the paper on the certificate turned into a mess. The words could no longer be read.
A youth quickly came over to help, quickly wiping the water off the table and onto the ground, so as to not to affect the other certificates. However, the floor was made of glazed tiles, so with water it became very slippery. The youth nearly slipped, but although he did not crash to the ground, he had still pressed on the table with his hand to stabilize himself, and thus he had touched the corresponding trophy to that certificate. The trophy crashed to the ground amidst their panicking eyes!
The trophy shattered!
The Silver Microphone Award trophy was different in quality compared to the Golden Microphone Award. It may be a Silver Microphone Award, but it was actually made of something similar to crystal. It was in the shape of a microphone. And since the toughness of crystal was not that much stronger than glass, it ended up shattering. Even its real mother wouldn’t recognize it!
“Ah!”
“Bad, bad!”
“What are you doing!? How can you be so careless?”
“Sorry, sorry. I didn’t know that it would turn into such a mess!”
Everyone began running helter-skelter. After that mishap, there was no other way, as there was such a huge mess!
“Uncle Ping, what do we do? There’s still another hour before the Silver Microphone will be awarded!” The female employee was worried. She had never expected that they would screw up such a simple job!
The Silver Microphone Awards were what was first awarded in the morning. As it was not a live broadcast, it was considered a warm up for the Golden Microphone Awards. Only after the Silver Microphone Awards were given out would the Golden Microphone Awards be broadcast live on television. There was indeed not much time left. There was no way the Silver Microphone Awards would be placed after the Golden Microphone Awards, as there had never been such a precedent!
The oldest employee gritted his teeth, “Don’t panic. We can still make it in time. The certificate is easy. We still have blank, ready-made certificates. Just filling it in would do. The judges would definitely have an official seal on their side. Little Chen, go get the seal from the judges. Little Wang, I’ll give you a task. Immediately call Yi Xuan. The trophies were produced by his company. I’m sure they still have backup Silver Microphone Award trophies. The name is blank, so get them to engrave the name ‘Zhāng Yě’ on it as soon as possible. Go get it yourself. Do it as soon as possible!”
“Alright!”
“Understood!”
The two of them went out. One of them made a phone call, while the other made the certificate.
The female employee first got Yi Xuan’s number and hurriedly called, “Hello, this is the Beijing Television Station…Yes, we have a situation here. Can I ask if there is still a Silver Microphone Award trophy…There is? That’s great, that’s great. Please help us make the name again. One of them was shattered…Yes…Thank you very much. Please do it quickly, or it will not be in time… Alright… The name? The name is Zhang…” Being in a hurry, she had forgotten the name that the old comrade had told her as she said into the phone, “Hold on!”
The youth had already taken out a certificate and was about to fill it in.
The female employee immediately asked, “Little Chen, what’s that person’s name?”
“Uh, the unit is the Beijing Radio Station, I think it’s Zhang.. Yě?” The youth was also not certain and did not feel comfortable asking Uncle Ping again, for fear of being reprimanded. Hence, he quickly searched for the nomination list on his phone. “Oh, I found it. Beijing Radio Station, it’s this; his name is Zhang Ye!”
“Which Ye?”
“Take a look for yourself.”
“Alright, I’ve written it down.”
The pronunciation of Zhang Ye and Zhāng Yě was about the same. They were both “Ye”, just that there was a slightly different tone.
The youth used a pen and wrote down the name from the internet.
The female employee also told the trophy makers, “It’s Zhang Ye (张烨)… It’s written with a 火 and a 华. His unit is the Beijing Radio Station!”