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

Chapter 306: It became popular all over the world in just half a day? (Please subscribe to the full version)

That night at the Overseas Chinese Apartment, Cheng Xuemin received a very unexpected phone call.

It was Mr. Wu from the cultural outlet who called in!

This was something Cheng Xuemin never expected. It seemed like his telephone had only been installed for a few days, so how come even Mr. Wu knew about it?
Moreover, he even called me personally.

During the phone call, Mr. Wu was very optimistic about Cheng Xuemin's accumulation during the summer vacation, and told Cheng Xuemin that if he had time, he could visit the department more often.

of course!

If Boss Wu calls me in the evening, it must be because he has something important to do.

We want Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer, to make another push. We hope that before the start of the new semester in colleges and universities, Cheng Xuemin can write some articles on behalf of the reform and opening-up direction to inform contemporary college students of the direction of their pursuit of knowledge and progress, so as to determine the correct values.

When the manuscript is finished, it will be published directly in the People's Daily.

To this!

Cheng Xuemin would definitely agree without hesitation. Since he has been given the title of pioneer, it is his duty to do the work of propaganda slogans.

I agreed immediately, wrote the manuscript before school started, and submitted it to Mr. Wu for review.

"Wife, stop messing with that radio! If you have that much time, you might as well mess with me more!"

After Cheng Xuemin hung up the phone with Mr. Wu, he saw his wife, Feng Jiayou, still fiddling with the radio in her hand. He couldn't help but smile and flirt with her.

"There's nothing going on. The girls at home are all watching TV!"

Feng Jiayou glanced at Cheng Xuemin unhappily, and said angrily, "Why can't I receive it? This is the latest radio I bought. It's said to be able to receive any radio station!"

Seeing his wife looking a little frustrated, Cheng Xuemin came over and said with a smile, "It's good that you can't receive it! If you really can receive it, believe it or not, you will be treated as an enemy spy tomorrow and ask for tea?"

"Alright, alright! We should have news by tomorrow!"

Cheng Xuemin was comforting Feng Jiayou. The reason was that when his father-in-law Feng came home from get off work today, he mentioned to Cheng Xuemin and his wife that Cheng Xuemin's foreign song would be released and ranked first today.

The news came from Emily, a foreign mare, who called her father-in-law's workplace according to the contact information left by Cheng Xuemin and asked him to convey the message back!

Dayangma even asked her father-in-law to convey her apology on the phone, saying that she was too optimistic before and was thinking of inviting the most popular female singer in the United States to sing this new song for Cheng Xuemin to promote it.

But the famous female singer was too famous, and Cheng Xuemin was a new singer with no fame, so no one would lower their price to sing there unless they could afford the price.

Unfortunately, Emily, a young foreign girl who was also entering the brokerage operation circle for the first time, could not come up with so much capital.

Finally, a new singer was invited to sing.

When it comes to new singers making the charts, they definitely cannot compare with well-known female singers in terms of influence or speed.

To this!

The little foreign girl Emily expressed her apologies on the phone.

At the same time, Cheng Xuemin was also relieved that apart from being a new singer, she had all other work prepared and had completed the song recording.

Starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow New York time, they will officially begin to compete for the charts on the other side of the ocean.

Let Cheng Xuemin pay attention to VOA's global music.

After father-in-law Fengfu brought back the news, daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou couldn't wait any longer and ran back to the Overseas Chinese Apartment after dinner.

Because she had brought the imported radio she had bought from the Overseas Chinese Store here.

In order to be the first to hear the foreign songs written by her man, Feng Jiayou spent 500 foreign exchange coupons to buy the best imported radio, which is said to be able to receive any radio station in the world.

But the fact is!

Still unable to receive the message, Feng Jiayouzhi felt as if he had been cheated.

Cheng Xuemin took the opportunity to make fun of her and said that no matter how imported the radio was, it would not be able to receive foreign radio broadcasts.

And it's the most capitalist Voice of America, which is even more impossible.

There must be some shielding there. After all, this is the land under the feet of the emperor and one of the core areas of socialism. How could the Voice of America be allowed to infiltrate?

If Feng Jiayou really caught the Voice of America signal, the problem would be even bigger.

"What enemy agents?"

"Mr. Wu just called me and said you are a pioneer, but you don't even have this much ideological awareness!"

"They say that the reform has been carried out, and that wireless broadcasting has been liberalized a lot. I actually received a few foreign broadcasts just now, but none of them were from the United States!"

Feng Jiayou gave Cheng Xuemin a playful sidelong glance, but continued to make trouble, still unconvinced.

Just as she said herself!

It’s not that we can’t receive foreign radio broadcasts, but that we can’t receive the Voice of America. We can’t hear the voice of the world, so we don’t know the results of the charts.

Seeing that the woman was very stubborn, Cheng Xuemin shook his head and ignored her.

The foreign language manuscript he has just finished writing is in a free period, and Cheng Xuemin hasn't figured out what to write yet.

It just so happened that Mr. Wu came in on time and asked Cheng Xuemin for an article.

For the next half month, Cheng Xuemin planned to do nothing else but focus on the reform and opening-up.

"Yes, yes, Xuemin, I have it!"

I don’t know how much time had passed, but I saw my wife Feng Jiayou, with an excited look on her face, rushing into his study room holding the radio she had just bought and shouting.

"Xuemin, we have it. Listen, listen, listen quickly. Is this radio station from the United States?"

"Xuemin, please help me translate it!"

No matter how his wife shouted, the radio was also broadcasting English, which surprised Cheng Xuemin a little.

Cheng Xuemin also listened for a while and found that it was too early to be happy!
It's not the Voice of America, nor the BBC, but a pop song radio station in Hong Kong.

"What's going on, isn't it, Xuemin..."

Seeing that Cheng Xuemin had been listening for a long time without saying anything, Feng Jiayou on the side became anxious and urged him again.

But just as she finished speaking, a Cantonese voice came from the radio, which instantly stunned her.

It was all in English just now, and Feng Jiayou thought they were receiving the Voice of America, but how come they suddenly heard a sentence, "Where's Cantonese?"
Is that the wireless radio station over at Guangyue?

Cheng Xuemin smiled and said to his wife: "It's either all English-speaking radio pop music broadcasts or Global Voice of the United States."

"Wife, you are not receiving Global Voice, but a radio station in Hong Kong!"

Cheng Xuemin told his wife the truth, and seeing her disappointed expression, he added, "But this is also a pop music radio station, and the songs it broadcasts are the most popular pop songs in the world!"

"Xuemin, are you saying that this radio station can also listen to your song?"

Feng Jiayou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked hopefully again.

"In theory, new songs that are popular around the world should all be broadcast widely, but our song has just started to chart."

“Even if it becomes popular on the charts, it will probably take some time for the news to spread to Hong Kong!” Feng Jiayou’s hopeful eyes were extinguished once again.

But I didn't bother with it anymore. Instead, I locked onto this radio station and continued listening.

Anyway, I have said that this radio station will broadcast her man’s new song sooner or later.

And once this Hong Kong radio station starts broadcasting, it means that the new song written by her man, which is popular all over the world, will be heard in Hong Kong.

It has already spread to Hong Kong, so it will soon spread to the mainland.

"This woman!"

Cheng Xuemin put down the pen in his hand, turned off the desk lamp, looked back, and found that his wife had fallen asleep with the radio in her arms at some point!
Immediately!

Cheng Xuemin also tidied himself up and carefully picked up the woman.

"Ah?!" Feng Jiayou was awakened and looked at Cheng Xuemin in confusion.

"Wife, it's late, let me carry you back to the house to rest!"

"Ok!"

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Unfortunately, Cheng Xuemin didn't dare touch her sister Feng Jiayou because of the annoying sister-in-law living next door. He returned to the room and fell asleep quickly!
But they didn't sleep for long, as the whole family was woken up by the ringing of the telephone outside the living room!
what's the situation?
Cheng Xuemin was awakened by the ringing of the phone. He subconsciously reached for the watch on the bedside table and took a look. He found that it was just past two in the morning. Who the hell is so crazy to call so late?
But he soon woke up. The sudden call in the middle of the night was most likely about something urgent.

And only a few people know Cheng Xuemin’s home phone number.

Immediately, Cheng Xuemin realized that something big might happen, and quickly got up to answer the phone.

"Wow!"

At the same time, his son Little Squirrel on the bed was awakened and started crying at night. His daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou, in a daze, subconsciously stuffed the swollen big grain into his mouth.

It was then that he saw Cheng Xuemin standing up and heard the phone ringing outside. He asked in confusion, "Xuemin?"

"I'll go answer it first, maybe it's a wrong number!"

Cheng Xuemin looked back at the woman and comforted his wife. Then he went out of the inner room, turned on the light in the living room, walked to the telephone and answered the call.

"Hello!" he then spoke.

Soon, a very urgent and excited voice came from the phone: "Cheng, is that you? Cheng, have you listened? Cheng, our new song has been successfully listed and has entered the top ten!"

"Cheng, do you know? Our new song is now popular all over New York, and even all over the United States!"

"Cheng, do you know? Our phone has been bombarded with calls from fans today. Many music companies have approached us to buy copyrights!"

"Oh my god, Cheng, do you know? Do you know how much our new song can sell for?"

He was very excited, or rather, extremely excited; Cheng Xuemin could hear it on the other end of the phone.

Cheng Xuemin, who was originally frightened when he was woken up in the middle of the night, became very excited when he heard the voice of a foreign girl on the other side and learned that their new song had successfully hit the charts.

Successfully hit the charts!

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin estimated that after only half a day of rushing to the top of the Global Voice new song chart, it actually made it directly into the top ten of the Global Voice new song chart.

This speed is definitely a hit!

After all, the interaction among fans in this era is not as good as it would be decades later when the Internet is highly developed.

Although computers are now popular in the United States, the Internet speed is not very fast. Nowadays, the most direct and effective way to interact is to order songs and vote by phone.

In terms of timeliness, it is definitely incomparable with the future 5G Internet era.

But in this era of telephone song ordering and voting, Cheng Xuemin's song "My Heart Will Go On" was successfully ranked among the top ten new songs in just half a day.

It can be seen that in another time and space, "My Heart Will Go On", which has earned more than one billion in copyright revenue, is not just a name.

Being paid tribute to in advance by Cheng Xuemin in this life has made Cheng Xuemin see waves of bright green US dollars sweeping towards him.

"One hundred thousand dollars!"

"Cheng, did you hear that? A music company offered us $100,000 to buy our publishing rights!"

Before Cheng Xuemin could open his mouth to congratulate him, the big horse on the other end of the phone couldn't wait and blurted out.

One hundred thousand dollars?!

When Cheng Xuemin heard the price, he remained calm, because he wanted more than just 100,000.

But the music company didn’t lower the price!

After all, it is still in the top ten new songs, and the price of one hundred thousand US dollars is already the limit for a new song.

Moreover, this price was set taking into consideration subsequent expectations, knowing that it had already entered the top ten new songs in just half a day, but it would definitely not stop at the top ten new songs.

So, next!
One hundred thousand U.S. dollars is just the beginning, just wait for things to continue to ferment!

What Cheng Xuemin has to do now is wait!
And we have to make Emily, the big foreign horse on the opposite side, keep calm!
It's just 100,000 US dollars, but it has made the little foreign girl so excited. How excited will Cheng Xuemin be if his song tops the new song list?
Or how excited would you be if you directly made it into the top ten, top three, or even first place in the overall ranking?
Anyway, one sentence!

Tell the other party to stay calm and not agree to any offer from the music company yet. Wait until he wakes up tomorrow morning before discussing anything.

Cheng Xuemin hung up the phone and thought to himself: It seems like he will have something to do tomorrow!

I have to follow my father-in-law and go to the Foreign Language Bureau of his unit first to stay there!

Now that the song "My Heart Will Go On" has been successful, huge amounts of foreign exchange US dollars can be expected, with a guaranteed minimum of 100,000.

So Cheng Xuemin had to go over and have a thorough discussion with the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau.

After all, this involves foreign exchange (US dollars), and Cheng Xuemin cannot operate it all by himself. Public institutions must be involved.

Originally, I should have contacted the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, but my father-in-law's Foreign Language Bureau also has related direct foreign exchange business and can handle it.

"Who's calling? It's so late!"

Feng Jiayou was completely awakened. He looked at the watch beside the bed and found that it was just a little after two o'clock. He was even more confused and puzzled.

When he saw Cheng Xuemin coming in, he hurriedly asked.

"Wife, this is what you have been concerned about at night!" Cheng Xuemin looked at the lazy woman on the bed, and instantly got up and spread his fingers, saying lustfully.

"What I was concerned about tonight was...was there any feedback on that song? What's going on? Why is he calling me so late? Is he a hit?"

Feng Jiayou's originally puzzled look was instantly irritated, and he asked quickly.

“Yes, it’s hot!”

"Wife, do you know how much our song is worth now?"

"How many!?"

"One hundred thousand US dollars, minimum!"

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(End of this chapter)