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

Chapter 194: The manuscript fee continues to explode, and the first millionaire is achieved (seeking full order)
"Wife, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Cheng Xuemin originally wanted to blurt out and ask the woman which news she wanted to hear first!

But seeing his wife's growing belly, Cheng Xuemin swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his throat.

He said, "Wife, I've already told you that when Mr. Wu asks me to come over, it's usually for good things!"

"Good news, good news. Don't worry, my wife!"

Then he supported the woman and asked casually, "Wife, why did you get out of school so early today? Didn't I pick you up at school?"

As soon as Cheng Xuemin received the payment for her manuscript from Renwen Publishing House, she rushed back without stopping, but she was not picked up by Yanda.

Said he had returned home!

Cheng Xuemin then followed back, but was stopped at the door by his wife who was waiting eagerly for him.

My belly is getting bigger, and I may have to stay at home to rest and prepare for the birth of my baby in a month or so. I won’t be able to go to school even if I take a long vacation.

So at this critical juncture, when Cheng Xuemin mentioned to her about going south to the front line, he was really afraid that it would scare her to death.

So Cheng Xuemin swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

This matter must be kept secret from Feng Jiayou!

I have to find a reason for this and I must keep it a secret from the woman.

I'll discuss with my father-in-law and mother-in-law later tonight and see how we can work together to keep the woman a secret.

"Good news?! What did Mr. Wu say? Why did he ask you to come over?"

"I only have two classes in the afternoon, and I'll be back right after they're done!"

Feng Jiayou looked at Cheng Xuemin with suspicion, asked quickly, and then explained.

"Of course it's a good thing!"

Cheng Xuemin then started to fool around again, saying, "Today, Mr. Wu called me over. First of all, he praised me for my good speech. I am worthy of being the pioneer of reform and opening up appointed by the old man who wrote the inscription. He wanted other college students to learn more from me."

"Really? Did Mr. Wu really say that?"

Feng Jiayou's face was full of tension when she heard this, but then she relaxed, as long as her man was not scolded.

"How could it not be true?!" Cheng Xuemin helped the woman back into the house and said, "And Mr. Wu also gave me instructions to compile what I said that day into an article as soon as possible!"

"He has already informed People's Literature. After the work is finished, People's Literature will publish it for your man as soon as possible!"

"So, your man is going to study at People's Literature again, and he was appointed by the higher-ups. Is this a good thing?"

What Cheng Xuemin said was half true and half false. In fact, Mr. Wu did not push for this matter.

It was Zhang Guangnian of People's Literature who took the initiative to approach Cheng Xuemin and asked him to write the manuscript.

So Cheng Xuemin simply learned and used it right away, just in time to deal with his wife temporarily.

"Really?! That's a good thing, that's a good thing!"

Feng Jiayou's heart finally settled down. Judging from her man's tone, he must be right.

"Xuemin has a young family, what good news can there be? I heard you talking about it from a distance!"

Cheng Xuemin had just helped Feng Jiayou into the house and asked jokingly to his older sisters who were reviewing their homework.

"Sister, Xuemin got the praise from Mr. Wu, he is so happy now!"

"By the way, sister, Mr. Wu is a big boss in Zhonghai!"

Feng Jiayou also felt unhappy in her heart and replied to her elder sister Cheng Wenxiu and the others.

Like this!
It’s okay for the second sister-in-law, Sun Juan, she is numb to her brother-in-law.

Sister Cheng Wenxiu and cousin Qin Xiaolian, who came here after the New Year, are different. They are big leaders in Zhonghai!

Unexpectedly, her younger brother and elder brother could actually get straight to the ears of the emperor, not only meet the big leaders there, but also receive praise.

It’s incredible! It’s incredible!

Then, Cheng Xuemin also asked and checked on the review situation of the three of them at home.

Because he had been memorizing for almost a month, Cheng Xuemin also checked his grades.

My second sister-in-law and cousin Xiaolian were fine. After all, one of them had been preparing for the college entrance examination for a year, and the other was a fresh graduate in school and had not forgotten much of what she had just learned.

Therefore, their performance in the past month is pretty good. They just need to set aside some time every day to consolidate their progress.

My sister’s progress is a little slow, but she needs to keep it up.

At the same time, the monthly exam at Yanda High School was about to begin, and Cheng Xuemin had already informed his class teacher in advance.

He probably won't be able to take part in any of the monthly exams this semester.

He also hopes that the school can prepare a few more sets of test papers so that he can take them back and give them to the three people at home who are preparing for the exam to take as well.

Of course, this is actually just a matter of one sentence from Cheng Xuemin.

When the monthly exams really start, my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo will help bring back the exam papers so that my second sister-in-law and the others can also take the exams.

Let's also see if they can rank well in Yanda High School with their current review level.

After this monthly exam, Cheng Xuemin should start the next round of intensive review.

Although there was an unexpected change that they had to go south immediately, Cheng Xuemin had made sufficient preparations in the previous month, so they were not caught off guard.

Because even if he didn't go south this month, he might have to go to shoot "The Shepherd" according to the original plan, so Cheng Xuemin had already expected that he might not be in Yanjing in the next one or two months.

Before leaving, Cheng Xuemin would leave all the arrangements behind and let his second sister-in-law and older sister review on their own. He would come back to check their learning results and make the final sprint for the college entrance examination.

Anyway, with half of the book "Three Years of College Entrance Examination and Five Years of Simulation" in his hand, Cheng Xuemin really didn't believe that he couldn't train his second sister-in-law and the others.

"Wife, you were making eyes at me just now, urging me to come in. Do you think so?"

After checking on my second sister-in-law and the others’ review, some went to the front yard to prepare dinner, and some went to pick up their children from the kindergarten.

Cheng Xuemin went into his room and looked at Feng Jiayou with a lustful look on his face.

The woman was feeling uncomfortable just now, and kept winking at him at the door of the house. He thought that this woman was getting more and more unscrupulous in that aspect as her belly got bigger!

It's not even dark yet, and my second sister-in-law and my elder sister are still outside!

He looked at Cheng Xuemin impatiently, winked at him secretly, and called out: Old man, come and play!
It's worth it!

Next, Cheng Xuemin will go south, and it’s unknown how many months he will be able to return. If the woman’s belly continues to grow so big, what will she do without an old man like Cheng Xuemin by her side?

"Look, old man, what did I receive today?"

Feng Jiayou seemed not to understand Cheng Xuemin's obscene words at all. Instead, he tremblingly took out a large red iron box from under the quilt at the head of the kang and spoke mysteriously to Cheng Xuemin.

"This……"

Cheng Xuemin must be very familiar with this big red iron box, it is Feng Jiayou’s small treasury!

She would keep the royalty receipts that Cheng Xuemin brought back in there, carefully hiding them like a treasure.

In the past, when a new bill for royalties came in, the couple would usually go into their room after dinner, lock the door, and then happily take out the money to count.

But what about today?

The woman took out her secret stash of money before even having dinner!

That's obvious, no need to guess!
The woman must have received another royalty bill today, and it was sent by mail!

And the amount might be a bit large, and the woman is so nervous that her hands are shaking.

Since it was a large amount of royalties sent by mail, Cheng Xuemin guessed which company sent it just by thinking about it.

"Guess first!"

Feng Jiayou's beautiful eyes lit up, and she encouraged her old man to guess. What's there to guess?

Cheng Xuemin guessed directly without understanding the situation, "It's the money for the script of Yellow Earth Plateau. Has it arrived?"

No need to guess really!
The only places where royalties can be mailed to me now are northern Shaanxi and Shanghai.

Cheng Xuemin has never submitted any manuscripts in other areas.

In Shanghai, Cheng Xuemin's manuscript fees were basically settled before the New Year, and the remaining fees may be the fees for single-volume books and reprints.

Cheng Xuemin is not so sure about this.

Because his articles were rarely reprinted in other places and they were paid for reprinting, Cheng Xuemin had never received many, so he didn't have much hope.

If it's a single volume!
It may be "Chen Huansheng's Journey into the City" given to Li Xiaolin in "Harvest", which may be published as a separate book, but it may not necessarily be published.

Because the single volume of "Chen Huansheng's Entry into the City" has actually been published by Renwen Press.

It is the single volume of "The Pioneer of Reform and Opening-up" approved by the old man who wrote the inscription, in which four manuscripts were published together.

Therefore, since it has already been published, the Shanghai People's Literature Publishing House should not publish a separate volume again.

In this way, Shanghai is directly ruled out.

From northern Shaanxi!

Cheng Xuemin's new manuscript was sent over not long ago, and Yanhe Literature may have just received his submission, so the payment bill will definitely not come that soon.

Unless, during the Chinese New Year, Cheng Xuemin passed by there on his way back to Beijing and left behind the script of "Loess Plateau".

Judging from the time, the reply from Xi'an Film Studio should arrive soon.

Therefore, it is most likely the payment slip for the script of "Loess Plateau", which Feng Jiayou received today.

"Hehe, old man, besides the payment for the script of Huangtu Gaopo, there is more!"

"Guess again!"

Feng Jiayou's face was so beautiful, and she was clever and dodgy, hiding from Cheng Xuemin. She secretly took out a receipt for royalties from the small treasury and asked Cheng Xuemin to guess again!
She was afraid that Cheng Xuemin would see what was in her box.

"besides?!"

Cheng Xuemin took the payment slip handed over by the woman and glanced at it. It was the payment slip for the script of "Loess Plateau" mailed by "Yanhe Literature".

One thousand seven hundred dollars!

This is considered the highest royalty paid for a single film script in the industry!

The royalties for the film "The Shepherd" submitted to Yanying Studio were 2,000 yuan, and Xie Jin contributed to it.

Because Cheng Xuemin helped director Xie Jin to draw all the storyboards.

Although Xie Jin stubbornly re-drew a lot of the drawings on this basis, he also used a lot of them, so he was given a script fee of 2,000 yuan.

This time, when he was working on "Loess Plateau" for Xi'an Film Studio, Cheng Xuemin learned his lesson and did not bother drawing the storyboards.

Because this is the director's job, if Cheng Xuemin does it all at once...

If you meet a better director, you can just let it go and he can even give you some extra royalties, like Xie Jin!

But if you meet a arrogant director, when he sees that there are even storyboards drawn in the script, he will definitely quit his job and say: If you can do it, then you can direct it!
In this era, there are many old artists like this who have temper and personality.

So after Cheng Xuemin learned his lesson, he no longer dared to do those unnecessary and thankless tasks.

Therefore, the 1,700 yuan script fee given by Xi'an Film Studio is the highest!
"Can't guess it?"

Seeing Cheng Xuemin's face full of surprise and suspicion, Feng Jiayou was not too proud and said, "Dangdangdang, old man, look at what this is?"

Then, he mysteriously took out a payment slip from the small treasury, and now stood in front of Cheng Xuemin, smiling foolishly.

"Another sixteen hundred dollars?"

"Shanghai Film Studio?"

"The script fee for 'Female College Student Dormitory' has arrived so soon?"

When Cheng Xuemin "grabbed" the woman's manuscript fee slip and took a glance at it, he couldn't help but be surprised!
Because Cheng Xuemin finished the script of "Female College Students' Dormitory" after the New Year, and it took less than half a month to mail it to Xie Jin in Shanghai, right?
How come the payment slip was mailed so quickly?

And it was mailed?!

Cheng Xuemin originally thought that even if the manuscript could be approved so quickly, Xie Jin would have to bring it with him when he returned to Beijing.

How come it was sent directly to me?

"Hehe, today is full of good things and happy events. I didn't expect that after going to Mr. Tang's place, I found out that the payment bills for these two scripts arrived on the same day!"

When Feng Jiayou was walking home today, she stopped at Mr. Tang's mail room to see if there was any letter for them.

But who knew that she would get two such big surprises.

The two scripts her man submitted actually received acceptance letters and payment invoices on the same day. How could this woman not be so happy?

How could Feng Jiayou not be so beautiful? She had just been winking at her old man at the door, reminding him to come in quickly and see the baby.
"It's all good news indeed. My dear wife, are you feeling happy?!"

Cheng Xuemin felt even happier!

"Hehe, I've calculated that with these two payments, our savings have caught up to what we had before we bought the house!"

Feng Jiayou took back the two manuscript fee receipts that he had shown to Cheng Xuemin, and said to Cheng Xuemin very happily, "Another eight thousand! Old man, if we keep working hard, we will soon become the first ten thousand-dollar household in our family!"

Ten thousand yuan household!

This is also the term that Feng Jiayou learned from Cheng Xuemin. If a family has a savings of 10,000 yuan, they are considered a 10,000 yuan household.

Moreover, her old man also estimated that, given the current situation, there are only a handful of people in the country who can afford to save 10,000 yuan.

But what Feng Jiayou didn't expect was that the couple would unknowingly become one of the rare ones.

Ten thousand yuan household!

Anyway, according to Feng Jiayou's estimation, her mother definitely doesn't have 10,000 yuan in savings, let alone her eldest brother and his wife, and her second brother and his wife!

Even her grandparents...

He certainly doesn't have a cash deposit of 10,000 yuan, but he must have some gold bars or something hidden away. After all, he was a red capitalist in his early years.

Even if he was knocked down once, there would definitely be some left at home.

But the cash is definitely not as much as that young couple has.

and so!
Feng Jiayou was certain that she and her husband would be the first in her family to achieve the goal of becoming a ten thousand yuan household.

"Then how much do we have here, daughter-in-law? How much are we short of ten thousand?"

Seeing that the little money-grubber showed a look of admiration, Cheng Xuemin asked in a low voice.

“Hehe, there are more than 8,400!”

"We still need 1,600 yuan. Come on, old man. Try harder and work harder..."

"Oh, old man, did you also receive the manuscript fee today?"

"How many?"

Without waiting for the woman to encourage and tempt him to continue working hard on the manuscript, Cheng Xuemin directly took out a receipt for the manuscript fee and put it in front of the woman.

In an instant, the daughter-in-law's eyes lit up too brightly with surprise.

"No more, no less, exactly one thousand six hundred and twenty-three yuan, just enough for you, my wife, to become a millionaire!"

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)