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

Chapter 299 Another foreign exchange earner, Titanic (seeking full order)
There are basically no problems with the General Political Department Art Troupe, and the manuscript has been sent to the PLA Art Troupe.

Originally, Cheng Xuemin planned to go to the PLA Art Troupe since he was already here, so as to avoid having to go back for a second time, but he was delayed too late at the art troupe.

By the time Cheng Xuemin left the art troupe, the sun had already set and the PLA art troupe must have been off work, so they had to reschedule the trip to another day.

Anyway, the old team leader meant that the manuscript should be revised and published before the National Day tribute, not at the end of this month, so there is still plenty of time.

So after leaving the art troupe, Cheng Xuemin simply went straight back to the Friendship Hotel.

"Xuemin, what's going on? Is there any instruction from the old commander?"

When we came back, we found that our eldest brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao and Zhu Lin had gone back first. Only Lao Xie, Lao Zhu from the photography crew, Lao Liu who played Xu Lingjun's father, and Liu Tianxian's mother Liu Xiaoli were left at the hotel.

Including the male protagonist Cheng Xuemin, there are a total of five people here.

When Xie Jin saw Cheng Xuemin coming back, he waved to him and asked.

"Director Xie, the old commander didn't give any instructions, and the manuscript has been sent to the PLA Literature and Art Department for proofreading!"

"I was supposed to be back soon, but I happened to run into the troupe's swearing-in ceremony for the Mid-Autumn Festival performance in the south, and the old troupe leader stayed behind to perform two programs, so I was delayed!"

Cheng Xuemin greeted Xie Jin with a smile and gave a few explanations in a sullen tone.

"The art troupe is heading south again to offer condolences?"

Xie Jin was very surprised when he heard this, but when he thought about the intermittent and constant wars in the south, and the fact that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, it was normal for the art troupe to have a Mid-Autumn Festival performance.

"Xuemin, Xiaoli told me that you can dance disco?"

"How about you dance for us after dinner?"

After welcoming Cheng Xuemin in, it was time for dinner, so Old Xie was generous for once and used the crew funds to prepare a Western meal for Cheng Xuemin and the others.

It is Friendship Hotel, and basically receives foreign guests.

So here we have not only Western food, but also many advanced Western entertainment methods.

for example!

In the leisure hall of the hotel, there is not only a discotheque, but also a billiard room, as well as other entertainment methods that have never been seen in the country.

However, Cheng Xuemin's script only mentioned one discotheque and nothing else.

So the crew only arranged the disco scene and did not play billiards.

After Xie Jin invited Cheng Xuemin to have dinner, he went to the dance hall to try out a couple of dances.

"No, no, Director Xie, you guys should just go and have fun! I don't think I have any scenes where I have to dance disco, so don't go up and make a fool of yourself!"

Although Cheng Xuemin knew about disco, it was already out of fashion in his era and few people danced to it.

The only places where you can see people dancing are the aunties dancing square dance.

The reason why Cheng Xuemin was able to dance those two steps was mainly because he watched the aunties dancing in the square and danced a little bit along with the crowd.

"Xuemin, you are a hidden talent! You must have skipped it before, or seen it before!"

"Otherwise, why would there be a scene in your script where Xu Lingjun's father dances disco?"

"Besides, when you came here today, you didn't seem surprised at all about the disco dancing in the Friendship Hotel!"

"Obviously, Xuemin, you must have been here before, right?"

Old Xie didn't believe Cheng Xuemin's nonsense. It was all written in the script. And he still said that he knew nothing. Who was he trying to fool?

"Director Xie, that's all hearsay!"

"As for this, I did have two or three assignments before, both of which were commissioned by foreign journalists and editors."

This was not the first time Cheng Xuemin came to the Friendship Hotel, so it was normal that he did not look surprised.

This is where Mr. Zhou from the Foreign Language Bureau brought Cheng Xuemin when I first commissioned an article with a foreigner.

after all!

Nowadays, the country basically receives foreigners in a unified manner, and most of them are arranged to stay at the Friendship Hotel.

Therefore, there are the most foreigners here.

Especially at night, the nightlife at the Friendship Hotel has just begun, and it is really different from the outside world.

To be honest, Cheng Xuemin doesn't like this kind of excitement.

Maybe it's because you've played too many high-level games, and playing such low-level entertainment makes you seem too stupid.

If you have this much time, you might as well go home and play with your wife.

However, under the repeated insistence of Xie Jin and Liu Xiaoli, Cheng Xuemin didn't want to spoil everyone's fun and could only adapt to the atmosphere here with everyone.

Sing and dance!

Liu Xiaoli was very bold to go up and sang a song which came from the art troupe and is very popular recently, "The Full Moon on the 15th".

However, no one told her that the song "The Full Moon on the 15th" was written and composed by Cheng Xuemin, who was close to her.

"Xuemin, what the hell are they singing? Isn't it noisy?"

In fact, Xie Jin was not very adapted to this environment, especially listening to the foreigners on the stage, shaking their heads and singing crazily. He frowned and complained to Cheng Xuemin.

"Director Xie, they should be singing the popular rock music in Europe and America!"

Although Cheng Xuemin knew that the music on the stage was rock music, he couldn't tell which foreign rock song it was. In his previous life, he wasn't very interested in these things.

"Rock music? Xuemin, do you know this kind of music from foreigners?"

"Can you sing?"

"How about you, Xuemin, go up and sing a song to outdo those noisy foreigners?"

When Xie Jin heard that Cheng Xuemin actually knew foreign music, his eyes lit up immediately and he quickly instigated Cheng Xuemin to go up and beat those annoying foreigners.

"Xuemin, do you know any foreign music? Why don't you try singing one?" Liu Tianxian's mother pestered Cheng Xuemin the whole night, just to persuade him to go up and sing a song.

But Cheng Xuemin remained indifferent, which made Liu Xiaoli very disappointed.

Now, when I heard Director Xie say that Cheng Xuemin could actually sing foreign songs, I immediately joined in the cheering and shouting.

"Director Xie, how can I sing any foreign songs? I can't even sing our own songs well, I'm tone-deaf!"

Cheng Xuemin waved his hands repeatedly. Why were they all encouraging him?
"Oh my god, Cheng? Is it really you?"

Just as Cheng Xuemin finished speaking, a very eye-catching and hot foreign horse came over with a glass of red wine. He was originally very puzzled, but after seeing Cheng Xuemin clearly, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise and exclaimed.

"Hello Miss Emily, it's an honor to see you here again!"

Cheng Xuemin was also very surprised to see this foreign girl here.

This foreign girl is a resident reporter for the New York Times, the largest American newspaper, in Yanjing. She had met Cheng Xuemin once before.

Because of his flirting skills, fluent English and humorous conversation, Cheng Xuemin often charmed foreign girls.

But that was all more than half a year ago. Cheng Xuemin hasn't come here to ask for articles for a while, and he hasn't seen this foreign girl for a while.

I didn't expect that after coming here, I would run into him again so easily.

Then he quickly stood up and greeted the other party.

"Cheng, I'm very honored too!" Emily then hugged Cheng Xuemin in front of Xie Jin, Liu Xiaoli and others.

"This……"

Everyone said that Liu Xiaoli was a bit brave, but when they saw Cheng Xuemin hugging this foreign woman at this moment, their jaws dropped.

Didn’t Sister Zhu Lin just tell her this afternoon that Cheng Xuemin has a lover and children?
I usually keep a certain distance from these female comrades.

But how come when he met a foreign girl, Cheng Xuemin was so unscrupulous that he hugged her in public?
"Miss Emily, let me introduce you!"

"This is Director Xie, the director of our film "The Horse Herders", and this is our actress Ms. Liu Xiaoli!"

Cheng Xuemin then explained to Old Xie and the others, "Director Xie, this is Miss Emily, a journalist from the New York Times who is based in our Yenching!"

"Hello!"

"Hello, Director Xie!"

"Hello, Miss Liu Xiaoli!"

Lao Xie and the others greeted Emily and were all surprised by the Chinese proficiency of this foreign girl.

"Emily speaks very good Chinese. We interview and communicate in Chinese at Yanjing University!"

Cheng Xuemin introduced it to Lao Xie and the others.

"Thank you! Thank you! Cheng, your English is also fluent and humorous!" Emily smiled and thanked him, then responded to Cheng Xuemin.

"Cheng, you said this is your crew of The Horse Herder? Has your movie started filming already?"

"When your movie comes out, please invite me to watch it!"

Emily and Cheng Xuemin were very familiar with each other, which made Xie Jin and Liu Xiaoli next to them very suspicious.

What's the situation?
How come Cheng Xuemin met a foreign woman at the Friendship Hotel without saying a word?
When you first meet, you either hug or watch a movie together?
"Of course! Our movie is scheduled to be released around our National Day. If you are still in Yanjing by then, Miss Emily, I will definitely invite you to watch it!"

Cheng Xuemin shrugged and readily agreed.

"good! good!" Emily praised repeatedly.

"Oh, by the way, Cheng, I seemed to hear you and Miss Liu Xiaoli talking about going on stage to sing, right?"

"Is that the new song you mentioned? Has it been written yet?"

Then Emily changed the subject and brought the topic back to singing on stage.

He also reminded Cheng Xuemin.

Previously, Cheng Xuemin got to know several foreign journalists and editors at the Friendship Hotel through the introduction of Lao Zhou from the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau. At that time, he was thinking of getting them to submit articles.

But I can get along well with Miss Emily from the New York Times.

Cheng Xuemin also thought that the other party was the New York Times, the largest newspaper in the United States and even in the world, so it would definitely be beneficial to maintain this relationship.

So I was very flirting at the time, and I even seemed to be bragging to others that I was also composing a foreign song at the time.

I just mentioned it casually at that time, but when I met this foreign girl again, I actually remembered it.

It is an inquiry that is eagerly anticipated in person.

What else could Cheng Xuemin say? It had been almost half a year, he couldn't just say that the creation hadn't been completed yet, right?
"Xuemin, do you still write foreign songs?"

The foreign girl spoke fluent Chinese. She asked Cheng Xuemin this in person, and Xie Jin and Liu Xiaoli who were standing next to them heard it.

They all looked at him with surprise!
I didn’t expect that Cheng Xuemin can not only sing foreign songs, but can even write new foreign songs. Is this true?
"Alas, I was just bragging at the time!"

Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly and whispered something to Old Xie. After looking at the little foreign girl, he could only go on with it and said casually, "It has indeed been written!"

"Then can you go up and sing for us? Cheng, you are not shy and embarrassed to sing, right?"

Row!
This little foreign girl is indeed worthy of being an American reporter stationed in Yanjing. She even uses the method of provoking others.

If Cheng Xuemin doesn't go up and sing a song, he will look like a little man, shy and timid!

"Of course!" Then, Cheng Xuemin could only bite the bullet and say.

"goodgood!"

"Cheng, if your new song is good, I can help you publish it in the United States!"

Ok?
After hearing what the foreign girl said, Cheng Xuemin's mind suddenly became clear.

Yes!

In our country nowadays, there is basically no awareness of copyright for songs, and the most we can get for writing a new song is a small fee.

But a song may only have a few words in its lyrics, and for a new song, the royalties would be at most a dozen yuan.

Therefore, the theme songs that Cheng Xuemin wrote for Lao Xie and others were basically written for free, and there was no such thing as royalties at all.

As for copyright, it is even more impossible.

But the situation abroad is different from that in China. People abroad are now very friendly to intellectual property rights.

For someone like Cheng Xuemin, writing foreign manuscripts is already considered making money.

If you write and release a new song, and it becomes a global hit, the copyright fee will be absolutely sky-high.

So, why didn’t we think of paying tribute to a few classic foreign songs and making a lot of foreign exchange?

Fortunately, it’s not too late now that the foreign girl has reminded me.

"Then thank you very much, Miss Emily. I hope you like this new song!"

Since he already had an idea in mind, if Cheng Xuemin was going to pay tribute, he would pay tribute to the most classic songs with the highest copyright fees.

But it can’t be too advanced either. Just like writing an article, it has to conform to the current social trends in the United States.

Got it!

Soon, a very classic old foreign song appeared in Cheng Xuemin's mind.

Immediately, Cheng Xuemin walked to the front desk, asked for a microphone, and signaled the rock drummer next to him to stop for a while.

Then I told them that I hoped for some softer accompaniment.

“Every night in my dreams!
I see you， I feel you!
That is how I know you go on!
Far across the distance , And spaces between us .
You have come to show you go on!
Near, far, wherever you are.
I believe that the heart dose goes on,

Once more you open the door.
……

"

The first song he sang was a blast. Cheng Xuemin saw the foreign girl Emily in the audience with a look of surprise and covering her mouth. Then the noisy dance hall suddenly became silent after Cheng Xuemin's singing.

All the foreigners present were looking at Cheng Xuemin singing on the stage in disbelief.

They even discovered that it was a yellow-skinned Chinese man, and their faces were filled with shock.

Cheng Xuemin knew that stacks of bright green U.S. dollar bills were beckoning to him.

My heart goes on forever!

The theme song of the Titanic, when this song came out, it became a global hit. With Cheng Xuemin using such a powerful move, how could he not make a fortune from foreign exchange?
……

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