1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 130 Director Xie, you are testing me with this, isn't that bad? (Please subscribe)
After the exam, Feng Jiayou hid in her little room early and started counting her little treasury again!
I calculated it before and it was more than 5,300!

In addition, during this period, Cheng Xuemin received more than 750 yuan in bonuses from reprints of his works in various newspapers and magazines in Yanjing, which added up to more than 6,000 yuan.

The manuscript for the comic book of Journey to the West was submitted today. Feng Jiayou never thought that he would get the royalties today, which is another 1,386 yuan.

Cheng Xuemin has become honest now, and even handed over the manuscript fee of 121 yuan reprinted in "Shanghai Literature and Art" to Feng Jiayou.

If Cheng Xuemin wanted to save some private money, he could have secretly deducted the 120 yuan in royalties. How could a woman find out?

But Cheng Xuemin didn't do that now, and he still handed it in obediently, which made Feng Jiayou so happy that he rewarded him with ten big unity coins for him to put in his own piggy bank.

Why are women so generous?
Isn't it the same for adults who don't make choices? She wants Cheng Xuemin's private money, and Cheng Xuemin wants to give her a little surprise, and women want the same.

She usually gave Cheng Xuemin the tip money and asked him to save it to give her little surprises from time to time.

So it was Cheng Xuemin’s private money, but in the end it was saved for a woman. She knew the amount of this money, so how could he spend it recklessly?

Finally, the woman calculated that she now had more than 7,400 yuan in her hand. Excluding the 5,500 yuan she was going to spend on the courtyard house, she could still have about 2,000 yuan left.

When the eldest brother got off work in the evening, he brought Xie Jin here with him!

"Xuemin, after much deliberation, I still think you are the most suitable person to play Xu Lingjun!"

"Well? What do you think? Can you give me a definite answer?"

Xie Jin has been organizing the crew for "The Shepherd" at Yanying Studio these days, and the other actors have also been basically finalized.

But when Zhu Lin and Zhu Shimao played Li Xiuzhi and Xu Lingjun together, director Xie Jin always felt that something was missing!
Maybe I have already seen Cheng Xuemin’s Xu Lingjun, so I am no longer interested in other Xu Lingjuns!
This is just like Feng Jiayou. After he spent a lot of time looking at the safe house in Overseas Chinese Apartment, other houses no longer appealed to him.

The woman also wanted to give up the idea of ​​buying the Overseas Chinese Apartment right away, so she had to compromise and urge Cheng Xuemin to quickly negotiate the deal for the courtyard house.

The situation was the same for Xie Jin. The crew was basically formed, except for the core figure Xu Lingjun. He wanted to finish all the work here before returning to Shanghai.

Well, after the Chinese New Year and the beginning of spring, I’ll head straight to the Northwest Farm to collect local materials and start shooting!

So today, I followed my eldest brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao to visit Cheng Xuemin again to do some ideological work on him, and at the same time, I also wanted to do some work on my mother-in-law, Teacher Gu.

Because he knew that if he could get through this shortcut with his mother-in-law, Cheng Xuemin, the son-in-law, would be his!
"Director Xie, you've seen it too! I really don't need too many manuscripts that I owe!"

Cheng Xuemin also said bitterly, "Look, this is from my mother-in-law's October, this is from Yenching Literature, this is from People's Literature, and this is from Shanghai Literature and Art in Shanghai! This is..."

"Stop, stop, stop, stop! I really won't tell you about this! I'll go tell your mother-in-law and father-in-law!"

Looking at Cheng Xuemin placing a pile of manuscripts in front of him, Xie Jin didn't know whether this guy was really that busy or was deliberately talking to him like this!
He immediately interrupted him and waved his hands. He no longer stood outside the window of the boy, but went straight into the main room to chat with Feng's father!

"Old Feng, your son-in-law is amazing!"

"I heard that the all-powerful article about Director Qiao was also written by your son-in-law?"

After entering the main room and handing a cigarette to Feng's father, Xie Jin sat down and asked.

"Don't tell me! Whether he goes or not, my words have no effect!"

Father Feng took the cigarette and borrowed a lighter from Xie Jin. After taking a puff, he waved his hands repeatedly, knowing what old Xie wanted to talk to him about!
But whether Xuemin gets to play the role of Xu Lingjun is not up to Feng's father!

"I understand, I understand. I'll talk to Teacher Gu later!"

Xie Jin also nodded to show that he understood, and then said, "Actually, I can't borrow it for more than a few days! I promised Xuemin before that it would only take a month at most!"

"When he joins the crew, our crew will focus on his scenes throughout the whole process, so it won't take up much of his time!"

"Want to write a manuscript?"

"He can write at home, and he can also write on the set! We don't take up his 24 hours!"

Xie Jin said a lot of things, and Father Feng was also shocked. He couldn't help asking, "Is Xuemin really that good at acting? Old Xie, do you have to choose him?"

"It has to be him! We all think that he is Xu Lingjun, and the script is written exactly based on him!"

"So let him play the role and let him play his true self!"

Xie Jin said without exaggeration.

"Xuemin's performance as Xu Lingjun is indeed very good. We have tried several actors so far, but none of them can perform as well as Xuemin!"

The brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao, who was accompanying him, also nodded repeatedly.

"Yes! Lao Feng, Jiazhao said so!"

"Besides, Yan Film Studio has asked Jiazhao to be the producer this time, so even if they don't consider me, Old Xie, as their boss, they should at least consider their eldest brother-in-law, right?"

Thinking of this, Xie Jin quickly followed up.

"I've told you, there's no point in telling me, just go talk to Xuemin yourself!"

"But if it really takes a month, Xuemin can really go out and exercise!"

Mr. Feng agrees with his son-in-law going!
After all, it's not good to stay at home all day writing articles without any social interaction.

Besides, his son-in-law is a man of few words. Mr. Tang even said that Xuemin is a little dull, so it would be good for him to let Jiazhao and Xie Jin take him out for some exercise.

"Is that right?" Xie Jin was so happy that he slapped his thigh and said, "Lao Feng, help persuade Teacher Gu later!"

"It's not the same thing to lock up your son-in-law at home all day to write articles!"

Xie Jin could imagine that the mother-in-law who was an editor tried her best to exploit her son-in-law who was a writer, and she wished that he would help her write manuscripts 24 hours a day. She was simply a mother-in-law version of Huang Shiren.

"Old Xie, you can talk later, but don't mention the manuscript! His mother-in-law hasn't received a single manuscript from her son-in-law so far!"

The corner of Feng's father's mouth twitched. If Xie Jin talks about this with his lover in this attitude later, believe it or not, I will kick you out directly.
"Yes, yes, yes, Lao Xie, don't mention the manuscript in front of my mother later! Nowadays, we don't dare to mention the manuscript in front of her!"

Brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao also nodded repeatedly. The father and son had the same opinion. If Xie Jin dared to mention the manuscript, her mother would be furious.

"Isn't it?"

"Hasn't Scholarism published several articles that have received positive responses?"

After hearing this, Xie Jin was stunned and a little bit unconvinced. His son-in-law had written so many articles, but as a mother-in-law, he had not used any of them yet?
However, I quickly went through it and found out which publication Cheng Xuemin, the son-in-law's response article, was published in.

I shut up instantly, it's true!

Soon, Feng's mother's meal was ready and served, and Xie Jin started again!

"Old Xie, don't tell me, ask Xuemin what he thinks!"

After hearing this, Feng's mother nodded, but did not express her opinion and let Cheng Xuemin make his own decision.

The ball was kicked back again!
Xie Jin was in a difficult situation. He rolled his eyes and said to Cheng Xuemin, "Xuemin, I heard from Jiazhao that you are planning to buy a house recently?"

"Uh?"

Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou both looked at their elder brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao. They didn't expect that their elder brother was such a quick-talking person.

"Don't look at me! I just mentioned this to Old Xie. He said that next time he comes to see you, it'll be here!"

Feng Jiazhao quickly explained the matter and mentioned it casually when he just entered the door.

But who knew that Xie Jin would suddenly change the subject and bring up this matter! "Xuemin just wanted to ask if you want to buy a house recently?"

Xie Jin didn't care about all that and asked Cheng Xuemin directly.

"Director Xie, we do have this idea, but as you just saw, we have to rush out all those manuscripts before we can barely put them together!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded and started to cry poor and pity again, also hinting to Xie Jin in disguise, your crew doesn't pay you, who would volunteer to travel so far to act with you?

Besides, even if we pay salaries, how much can they be?

His elder brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao, as the producer of the crew, would only receive some extra bonuses besides his salary, which would not exceed one hundred yuan at most.

So don’t blame Cheng Xuemin for being unconscious. Even now, the self-financing pay system has not been implemented. He still acts in movies, TV shows and plays. He is truly an artist!
"It must be exhausting to write so many manuscripts to get them all together!" Xie Jin smiled and said to Cheng Xuemin, "Well, Xuemin, you come with me. By the way, I'll let you take charge of the script of a new movie that our studio is about to launch. How about that?"

"Writing scripts is your strong point, Xuemin. You can finish it in ten days or half a month. The fee for this script is 1,500 yuan!"

In the final analysis, isn't it just that you lack money to buy a house, so you have to work hard to write articles to earn money for the house?

This was really a coincidence. Their Shanghai Film Studio had just launched a new movie and was asking Xie Jin to recommend a screenwriter to write the script.

If Cheng Xuemin goes with him, Xie Jin will do whatever it takes to get him the 1,500 yuan royalties for the script!

As a well-known director of Shanghai Film Studio, he does have some say!
"Are Shanghai film studios going to produce new films? Are they dubbed films or adaptations of famous domestic dramas?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiazhao, the brother-in-law next to him, couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Similarly, Cheng Xuemin also looked up at Xie Jin. This old guy was determined to let him play Xu Lingjun.

If you can’t get it for free, just bribe him with the script!
One thousand five hundred yuan for the script, to be honest, this money is totally worth earning.

"It's not a dubbed film nor a drama adaptation, just like Xuemin's The Shepherd! Didn't we also publish a script at the end of the year that received a good response?"

"Not long ago, Shanghai Literature and Art submitted it for review, and our production studio has also been confirmed. We will prepare to start filming this year, and we are now confirming the screenwriter for the adaptation!"

Xie Jin took a sip of wine and spoke to Feng Jiazhao and the others while breathing heavily!

"'Girls' Dormitory'?"

When Cheng Xuemin heard what Xie Jin said, his face suddenly became strange, and Feng Jiayou couldn't help but ask Xie Jin a question.

"Yes, yes, yes! Jiayou, you guessed it right. I guess the response to this article is really good!"

Xie Jin nodded repeatedly and said to Cheng Xuemin, "Xuemin, you must have read this manuscript, right? It shouldn't be difficult for you to be the screenwriter and adapt it, right?"

"Isn't this 1,500 yuan script fee easier than writing a manuscript of several hundred thousand words?"

"No, why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything wrong with what I said? Can a small adaptation really stump the scholars?"

Seeing that everyone in the Feng family was looking at him strangely, Xie Jin tried to figure out what he had said was wrong!

Did he make a mistake?
As for the level of their son-in-law's adaptation, even his brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao admits that he is not as good as him. Even Lao Teng, the chief screenwriter of their Yanying Studio, says it is good!

So was it difficult for Cheng Xuemin to adapt "Female College Students' Dormitory"?

Not difficult!

It must be easier than Cheng Xuemin writing a manuscript of hundreds of thousands of words, right?
With Cheng Xuemin's current net worth, the highest he could earn from contributing articles to various publications is about seven yuan per thousand words.

The 1,500 yuan manuscript fee was enough for Cheng Xuemin to spend all his time and effort to write more than 200,000 words.

But a small script shouldn't be too easy for him, right? But why do the people in the old Feng family look at him like this? What does it mean?

"Yes, yes, yes, Old Xie, you are right, yes, yes, yes. It might be a bit difficult for Xuemin to adapt other manuscripts!"

“But adapting ‘Girls’ Dormitory’ is not difficult, not difficult, not difficult!”

Brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao nodded repeatedly and added, "'Female College Student Dormitory', written by Xuemin!"

"I said it wasn't difficult for Xuemin... No, Jiazhao, what did you say? Was it Xuemin who wrote the article "Female College Students' Dormitory" in our Shanghai Literature and Art magazine?"

After getting the approval from his elder brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao, Xie Jin nodded repeatedly. But when he heard the last change of tone, he was stunned.

After thinking it over, he shook his head and said, "That's not right, that's not right, Jiazhao. How could 'Female College Student Dormitory' be written by Xuemin? He's a gay man!"

"Isn't it said that 'Female College Student Dormitory' was written by a female college student named 'Kuang Yalan' from your Yanda University? How could it be written by Xuemin?"

Kuang Yalan, as soon as you hear this pen name you know it is a female author, how could it be written by Cheng Xuemin, a gay man!

"Kuang Yalan is another pen name of Mr. Cheng. He has many pen names now..."

Without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to explain awkwardly, Feng Jiamo, the sister-in-law who couldn't stop talking while eating, nodded repeatedly and said.

Hearing this tone, he wanted to expose the rest of Cheng Xuemin's vests. Cheng Xuemin quickly took over the conversation and said angrily, "Director Xie, "Female College Student Dormitory" is indeed a spare time work of mine!"

"No way! Did you really write this, Xuemin?!"

Xie Jin was dumbfounded on the spot. He had wanted to use the script of "Female College Students' Dormitory" to bribe Cheng Xuemin, but he didn't know that the script actually belonged to Cheng Xuemin!

Although Shanghai Literature and Art has submitted the manuscript for authorization to their production studio, if the original author of the manuscript wants to rewrite the script himself, he will definitely have priority!

Therefore, Xie Jin’s attractive offer was a waste of time!

"A work of leisure, a work of leisure!"

Cheng Xuemin smiled awkwardly and said modestly, "Female College Students' Dormitory" is also going to be adapted into a movie, so the letter from "Shanghai Literature and Art" should arrive soon!
Although Xie Jin said that the Shanghai Film Studio had asked him to recommend screenwriters, it was clear that they did not know that Cheng Xuemin, the original author, could actually write the script himself!
This script...

To be honest, Cheng Xuemin really doesn't have the energy to write this script right now!
Although it is also a tribute, the script can be copied completely. After all, this manuscript was also adapted into a movie with the same name and plot in the previous life, so it is not difficult to copy.

But they are all copying. I have to copy this and that, and I simply can’t spare the time!
“Xuemin, forget it!” This was just a piece of shit, and he was being too modest. Xie Jin began to get jealous and said unhappily, “Anyway, I’ll help you get this script, Xuemin. I’ll recommend you when I get back!”

"This is really amazing! Old Zhou, does he know that you are also the old Joe from "The Wrangler", Director Joe?"

Xie Jinti’s old Zhou was Zhou Jieren, the then editor-in-chief of Shanghai Literature and Art and former vice-president of Fudan University.

"Then I have to thank you very much, director!" Cheng Xuemin nodded. It would be less materialistic to have Old Xie, a senior insider of the studio, recommend him than to have Cheng Xuemin volunteer on his own initiative.

"If it's scheduled after the New Year, I'll see about making some time!" He then said to Xie Jin, "But Director Xie, I've already told you that I only have one month to make it happen!"

"Really?! Xuemin, you agreed!?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Jin slammed his hands on the table in excitement and said excitedly, "I told you, Xuemin, that you should act in this film. Your Xu Lingjun and Zhu Lin's Li Xiuzhi are truly a perfect match. It doesn't seem like they are acting at all..."

"Ahem, Mr. Gu, I...I...I don't mean what you think! I just..."

Xie Jin was too excited. The more he spoke, the more excited he became. But in the end, he found that the people from Old Feng's family were staring at him, which made him realize instantly. Why was he talking so mean?

What do you mean Cheng Xuemin's Xu Lingjun and Zhu Lin's Li Xiuzhi are a perfect match? ?
Cheng Xuemin is a live-in son-in-law, and his wife is sitting next to him. Are you telling this to his family?

Xie Jin was so embarrassed that he tried to change his words again and again, but he was choked with words and didn't know how to argue!

Get ready to kneel on the washboard tonight!
Cheng Xuemin looked up at the sky in silence after listening to Xie Jin's outrageous and thoughtless words. He had never seen such a stupid teammate who was trying to trick him to death!
It hurts!
Feng Jiayou had a smile on his face and seemed to have said nothing, but his hands had already been making circles on Cheng Xuemin's waist!

The next day, Feng Jiayou finished his exams successfully. The next step was to wait for his transcript and go on winter vacation. He also went to see the courtyard house and the price was agreed upon at 5,500 yuan. He paid a deposit of 500 yuan!
The very next Sunday, while everyone was resting at home, Cheng Xuemin took his mother-in-law, father-in-law, elder brother, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law to see the courtyard house at Yanda University!
buy house!
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(End of this chapter)