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

Chapter 245: Wealth cannot be exposed, let alone foreign exchange coupons (please order the whole thing)
After having lunch at the Changzheng Hotel, Xiao Cui from People's Literature even followed him to the hotel because he knew that Cheng Xuemin had to go back and fill out the application form for the Writers Association.

So after dinner, Hu Cai, Xie Jin and his group did not go back to Cheng Xuemin's house to bother him, but went back home directly!

Cheng Xuemin has also made an appointment with Lao Hu and others from Yanhe Literature. They will take the train tomorrow afternoon to return to the provincial capital Xi'an. His sister will bring Qingwa and his cousin back with them.

Hu Cai and the others agreed immediately after hearing this. Lu Yao and Mo Shen even volunteered to help Cheng Xuemin and send his sister, younger sister and nephew back to Cheng Xuemin's hometown, Chengjiawan.

He also said that he wanted to go to Chengjiawan to see what kind of climate and culture could produce such a great writer like Cheng Xuemin.

By the way, the Xi'an Film Studio was also going to Cheng Xuemin's hometown to scout locations for the filming of the movie "Loess Plateau". Mo Shen happened to go to the actual location of the "Loess Plateau" mentioned in Cheng Xuemin's article.

If their local area is suitable for filming, Mo Shen will report his investigation to their Xi'an Film Studio.

Maybe by then, the crew of "Loess Plateau" from Xi'an Film Studio will also go to Cheng Xuemin's hometown to shoot on location.

Cheng Xuemin was very excited to hear this and agreed that if they could go to their hometown to shoot the film, he would definitely be at home waiting for them after the college entrance examination.

With that arrangement in place, Lao Hu, Xie Jin and the others took the bus from the Yanda bus stop back to their respective guesthouses.

Cheng Xuemin rode on the bicycle of Cui Xiao from People's Literature, and the more he thought about it on the way back, the more beautiful it became.

If the Xi'an Film Studio really went to Chengjiawan or the commune to shoot, would it be considered as promoting the development of the hometown?
Although there is no such thing as tourism and cultural industry in this era, it is not impossible for Cheng Xuemin to start planning and operating now to turn their hometown into a film and television city with the Qin Loess style.

This is something I really need to think about carefully later.

Let’s start with the movie “Loess Plateau”, and then there will definitely be a series of novels such as “Ordinary World”, “Old Farmers”, “Furong Town”, “Man from Northern Shaanxi”, etc., which will definitely be adapted into film and television dramas.

By then, we will go to the hometown of the author Cheng Xuemin to shoot on location. Wouldn't that help develop the local film, television, cultural and tourism industry in his hometown?
This can be considered as Cheng Xuemin making a small contribution to the reform and development of his hometown, right?

"Xuemin, these are the only three electric fans left!"

"No, no, I can only give you two at most. We have to keep one in our Overseas Chinese Store in case of emergency!"

"Xuemin, you also know that our overseas Chinese store targets the overseas Chinese in Beijing. Now that the weather is hot, the overseas Chinese and foreigners can't stand the heat. People come to buy almost every day!"

"So I really can't give you all three. I have to keep one for emergencies!"

"Next batch, next batch, okay?"

"It's almost there, it will be very quick! We have already provided feedback, and a batch of electric fans will arrive next week!"

"When the time comes, let alone five, I'll arrange ten for you!"

When Cheng Xuemin was passing by the Overseas Chinese Store on his way home, he thought of buying an electric fan for Feng Jiayou and her son.

And Cheng Xuemin also knew that they were all living under the same roof, especially since Feng Jiayou had just given birth to a baby, and his mother-in-law and her family had been helping out a lot.

In the future, I will still rely on their family to help take care of the Feng family's young mother and son.

So it would be unreasonable to just buy an electric fan.

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin had estimated before that at least five electric fans would be needed, and the total amount would be about one thousand yuan in foreign exchange coupons.

But when Cheng Xuemin came over, he found that at the Overseas Chinese Store, because the weather had been so hot recently, there were foreigners or overseas Chinese coming to buy electric fans almost every day.

The Overseas Chinese Store is out of stock, with only three left in the store.

Originally, Cheng Xuemin thought that three machines would be enough, so he bought these three first and talked about it later.

pity!

The store manager, Lao Yang, was determined not to give all three machines to Cheng Xuemin and insisted on leaving one in the store in case of emergency.

"That's okay too!"

"Anyway, Lao Yang, when the next batch of electric fans arrives, you have to save three for me!"

It is true that you cannot force a sale, and what Mr. Yang said is indeed right. Their next batch of imported goods will not arrive at the store until next week.

Plus, the weather is really too hot. Not to mention foreigners who can't stand it, the demand for electric fans is increasing day by day. Isn't it the same for our own people?
Unfortunately, it is not produced or sold domestically now, and imported goods from outside only accept foreign exchange coupons, so ordinary people really can't afford it.

Really!

It could only be Cheng Xuemin, otherwise the Overseas Chinese Store would not have been so straightforward as to give him two electric fans at once.

So it's understandable that the store keeps one in case of emergency!
"No problem, no problem. Wait until the electric fan comes over and I'll ask Xiaomei to go home and let you know!"

Lao Yang, the director of the Overseas Chinese Store, was relieved when he saw Cheng Xuemin agreed to buy only two units, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Okay! Here are 450 foreign exchange coupons. Old Yang, please count them!"

An electric fan costs 225 foreign exchange coupons, which is about 600 to 700 yuan in RMB, more expensive than an imported TV.

This is why things are valuable because they are rare.

Because there are already four major manufacturers producing televisions in China and there are domestic products to replace them, the price of imported televisions is only three or four hundred foreign exchange coupons.

But an electric fan with no high-tech content can be sold for more than 200 foreign exchange coupons, but there is currently no manufacturer in China that produces this thing.

We have to wait until next year, when domestic electric fans are fully launched, and then the price of this imported product will be brought down.

By then, you may be able to buy it with just over a hundred foreign exchange coupons.

But no matter what, a foreign exchange certificate worth more than one hundred is still a sky-high price for ordinary people like us.

Fortunately, by then, if you have more than 100 RMB, you can buy a domestic electric fan.

In a few years, you can buy it for just a few dozen dollars!
"Xuemin, this is an electric fan! More than 400 foreign exchange coupons, where did you get so much foreign exchange?"

Xiao Cui from People's Literature, who had been following him, was also very surprised that Cheng Xuemin suddenly turned into the Overseas Chinese Store.

When I saw Cheng Xuemin in the store, he actually wanted to buy three electric fans at once.

Although he only bought two in the end, Xiao Cui, who was silent nearby, still saw it and found it incredible.

I have never seen anyone spend hundreds of dollars in foreign exchange coupons to buy an electric fan like Cheng Xuemin did!

Foreign exchange coupons!

And it was more than 400 foreign exchange coupons...

The most scarce thing these days is foreign exchange certificates. Banks and foreign exchange bureaus have very strict control over the exchange of foreign exchange certificates. Ordinary workers in work units cannot exchange very many.

But where did Cheng Xuemin get so much foreign exchange?
Anyway, Xiao Cui, who works as an editor at People's Literature, has never seen so much foreign exchange. The only foreign exchange coupons he had were when his daughter wanted a birthday present, so he needed to go to the Friendship Store to buy it, and he needed foreign exchange coupons!

Xiao Cui gritted his teeth and exchanged ten yuan worth of foreign exchange coupons from a foreign friend, which cost him one month's salary at the time.

Ten yuan worth of foreign exchange coupons cost him a month's salary.

But now?

Cheng Xuemin spent more than 400 foreign exchange coupons, which was enough to buy only two electric fans. His original intention was to buy five.

So Cheng Xuemin may have at least thousands of dollars in foreign exchange?

Good guy!
I know that Cheng Xuemin gets a huge amount of royalties for his articles. Just Xiao Cui knows that the royalties from publishing his articles in People's Literature and Humanities Publishing House upstairs may be close to tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of dollars in royalties!
Xiao Cui doesn't know about other places, but as far as People's Literature is concerned, the individual author who published the most manuscripts and earned the most royalties last year must be Cheng Xuemin.

Therefore, as Cheng Xuemin's editor at People's Literature, Xiao Cui must know that Cheng Xuemin has money.

But I didn't expect that Cheng Xuemin, besides being rich, also had so much foreign exchange coupons.

Where did he get foreign exchange coupons worth thousands of dollars?

"Lao Cui, if I told you that I received foreign currency in payment for my foreign-language manuscripts, would you believe me?"

Cheng Xuemin smiled and replied to Xiao Cui, holding an electric fan in one hand. He didn't expect Xiao Cui to react so strongly. If he had known earlier, he should have sent Xiao Cui away before going out to buy it!

This is not just about doing it on the way, so as to save you from having to make another trip.

But Xiao Cui was not shocked.

"What? Xuemin, are you submitting foreign-language manuscripts to magazines outside?"

"Xuemin, you know foreign languages, and can you write foreign language manuscripts?"

Cheng Xuemin's words were not surprising, but they shocked Xiao Cui again.

It is really hard to believe that Cheng Xuemin not only understands foreign languages, but can also write them.

The most outrageous thing is that not only can he write, but he also writes very well. Magazines outside have accepted his manuscripts for publication, and Cheng Xuemin has even started to earn foreign currency royalties! ?

Good guy!
Did the editor-in-chief of Renmin Literature, Lao Zhang, know about this? Did Li Shuguang of Renwen Press know that Cheng Xuemin could also write foreign-language manuscripts?
"I understand a little bit!"

"Usually, the overseas Chinese store can't accommodate foreigners because of language barriers, so I came to help a few times!"

"So after a few interactions, I became familiar with Lao Yang, the director of the Overseas Chinese Store!"

It’s cooked indeed!

Cheng Xuemin also wanted to ask Lao Yang to help him import an air conditioner from the higher-ups.

Because Cheng Xuemin is planning to buy an apartment in the Overseas Chinese Apartments, if he can install an air conditioner, then this summer will be really cool.

However, Cheng Xuemin only mentioned this to Lao Yang, saying that he would try to write a report, and whether it would be successful would depend on the opinions of the higher-ups.

After all, there is a great demand for electric fans in overseas Chinese stores, but there is also demand for air conditioners.

There are quite a few overseas Chinese and foreigners who have entered the country from developed countries such as the United States, John Bull, and Gallican. They are used to air conditioning abroad, so it is understandable that they have a need for air conditioning after entering the country.

Unfortunately, many reports have been submitted to higher authorities, but so far no air conditioner has been approved for entry.

Therefore, it is really uncertain whether Lao Yang can import air conditioners. According to Lao Yang, there is little hope.

In response to this, Cheng Xuemin nodded to show his understanding and said he would not force it!

There is, there is, there isn’t!

Even if there is, we have to wait until Cheng Xuemin buys an apartment at the Overseas Chinese Apartment first.

Otherwise, even if air conditioners were available in advance, Cheng Xuemin might not buy it.

I bought it but have no place to put it!
Some people say that the same is true for courtyard houses? The installation environment for air conditioners is not very demanding, as long as the house is not leaky, it can be installed?!
Do not!
That’s not the case!

Cheng Xuemin was considering whether there was a place to install it, not because he was worried about the installation environment, but because... he didn't want to be too high-profile!

Installing air conditioning in a courtyard house is too conspicuous.

The noise should not be too loud so that neighbors can hear it, especially at night.

If the neighbors start to discuss it, it will seem that their family is too high-profile, which may bring a lot of negative effects.

After all, the policy has just been relaxed, and Feng's father and mother have just returned to the city. They are so high-profile in pursuing enjoyment and living a petty-bourgeois life of Western capitalism. I just want to ask you, what do you, the Feng family, want to do?

So considering this factor, it is definitely not possible to install it in a courtyard house, and we dare not install it.

But if it's the Overseas Chinese Apartments, it's another matter.

The people living there are all returned overseas Chinese or foreigners, and they all know what air conditioning is!

If you can buy a house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment and install air conditioning, it won’t seem strange or out of the ordinary.

Most people may just go to overseas Chinese stores to ask, and buy one if they can.

There is no need to worry about being labeled as petty bourgeoisie by your neighbors, because the neighbors at the Overseas Chinese Apartments are petty bourgeoisie themselves.

"Is that so? Then, Xuemin, your foreign language skills must be very impressive, right?"

When Xiao Cui heard that the Overseas Chinese Store would ask Cheng Xuemin to come over and help with communication and translation when they could not accommodate foreign guests, he was amazed at her beauty.

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Cheng Xuemin sat on the back seat of Xiao Cui's bicycle and asked him to ride back.

"This is not okay!"

This was not an overly modest move. Xiao Cui started pedaling and asked, "Xuemin, the foreign-language manuscript you wrote must be very good. Which magazine and issue did you submit it to?"

"I'll go look for it and read it carefully!"

Xiao Cui didn't expect that when he delivered the application form to Cheng Xuemin, he would discover such a big secret.

Anyway, Xiao Cui felt that their editor-in-chief Zhang Guangnian definitely didn’t know about it.

After I get back, I will find the manuscripts that Cheng Xuemin has published outside and let Lao Zhang and others take a look.

"Metropolitan and Reader's Digest both seem to have been published in April this year. I'm not sure which issue it was, and I didn't get a sample copy!"

Cheng Xuemin didn't tell Xiao Cui about Playboy. After all, Playboy attracts attention with his eroticism and he doesn't want others to discover his other side.

Instead, he mentioned the magazines where the other two manuscripts were published, Metropolitan Press and Reader's Digest, which both seem to be American-owned, so the money earned was also American foreign exchange.

"Metropolitan? Reader's Digest?"

"This is a world-renowned top magazine. Xuemin, you are amazing!"

Xiao Cui also thought that the foreign-language manuscripts written by Cheng Xuemin might have been written by a less famous magazine in Southeast Asia.

But I didn't expect that they were Metropolitan Press and Reader's Digest. These two are the world's top literary magazines, both with their headquarters in the United States, and their acceptance rate is shockingly low.

Especially for their Chinese writers, very few of them can get their articles published in these two magazines!

But Cheng Xuemin is different!

In April this year, foreign articles were published in these two top global literary magazines.

Oh my God!
Their editor-in-chief Zhang Guangnian definitely didn't know about this, so he had to hurry back to report the situation to Zhang.

"Actually, I just write it for fun!"

Cheng Xuemin said modestly, and while chatting with Xiao Cui, they arrived home.

"Xuemin, what...what are you holding in your hand?" Seeing Cheng Xuemin coming in carrying two objects, Feng's mother asked in confusion.

"Electric fan? Brother-in-law, where did you get the foreign exchange coupons to buy the electric fan?"

My sister-in-law Feng Jiamo and her family were also having lunch at home. They were probably getting ready to go out to school as they had their last political exam in the afternoon.

Seeing the electric fan in Cheng Xuemin's hand, he blurted out and asked.

"Your brother-in-law writes in foreign languages..."

Immediately following, the talkative Xiao Cui subconsciously rushed to reply for Cheng Xuemin, and in an instant Cheng Xuemin was so scared that his hair stood on end!

Shit, I just mentioned foreign exchange coupons to you and you turned around and sold me out?
Xiao Cui, you must know that once you say these words, it won't just be Cheng Xuemin who will be killed.

Even Cheng Xuemin's father-in-law was trapped to death.

……

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