An employee with a blue pass offstage noticed the situation and quickly went onstage, and took over the microphone, “Sorry, but we have a situation. Just now, someone reported that a contestant had violated the rules by cheating. So please wait patiently. We are still discussing the situation.”
“Cheat?”
“Who?”
“What cheating?”
The audience began to chatter.
The Beijing Writers’ Association’s employee said quickly, “The person that was reported is Zhang Ye.”
A few judges were looking very harsh, especially Elder Qian. He stared coldly at the Writers’ Association employee who had went up onstage to speak without their agreement. The outcome was not settled, so who allowed you to announce the name of the contestant that was reported? Who let you say it?
The female host was also stunned. She had previously mentioned that she had her bets on Teacher Zhang Ye.