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

Sister-in-law, do you want it too?
Pull it down!

The whole family rolled their eyes at him. Now, apart from the four young children, my sister-in-law is the poorest in the family!

After all, she was a poor student at school, but she lived quite comfortably with her living allowance of 23 yuan per month.

Anyway, she doesn't have to hand over a penny to her parents, and she can occasionally get ten or twenty dollars in pocket money from her sister.

As for asking her to write the manuscript?
My sister-in-law has been jealous for a long time, but if she is asked to write something seriously, what kind of thing can she write?
So, if you have the time, you should read the book first.

When they graduated, it was just after 83 when the reform and opening up and the four modernizations began to enter the fast lane. At that time, there were opportunities everywhere and they would get rich sooner or later, so the three or four years of studying would not matter.

"Xuemin, Lao Zhao called me today and asked you to come over when you have time!"

"It should be a payment for overseas manuscripts. It's here!"

After talking about his elder brother-in-law, his father-in-law, Mr. Feng, also spoke up and mentioned this matter to Cheng Xuemin.

Now, thanks to his son-in-law Cheng Xuemin, my father-in-law has been promoted from the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau to Haizili, and has made a breakthrough in the State Council, holding a position of real power.

So whenever there was any news from the Foreign Language Bureau, he would always call his father-in-law and ask him to help pass the message to his son-in-law Cheng Xuemin.

The whole family was excited to hear that there was more royalties coming in from overseas.

Especially Feng Jiayou, with sparkling eyes, asked her father: "Dad, did you say which manuscript the fee was for? Was it the follow-up fee for that foreign song, or the fee for that long foreign manuscript?"

The foreign language novel that I submitted last month was said to have been approved for publication at the end of last month, but I have not received the royalties so far.

Similarly, for the foreign song written by Cheng Xuemin, he has only received the initial 300,000 yuan in copyright fees. I heard that there will be a share of the profits later, as well as a bonus for ranking on the new song chart.

Calculating the time, the settlement period has passed and the foreign currency in US dollars should be remitted over!
"More than 200,000! It should be from that foreign song!" Father Feng was now calm and composed. Two hundred thousand US dollars came out of his mouth so calmly.

However, the whole family was shocked. Mother-in-law Feng was just biting the chopsticks in her hand, and asked in disbelief: "Old Feng, did you hear it wrong? Didn't the copyright of Xuemin's song already be sold? There are still more than 200,000 yuan left?"

"Really? Dad, did you hear it wrong?" Feng Jiayou trembled as he listened. Holding 300,000 US dollars in front of him was enough to make him tremble!

But now more than two months have passed, how can there still be more than 200,000, and it is US dollars in foreign currency.

"That's right!" Father Feng smiled and nodded, saying, "Xuemin signed a copyright profit-sharing agreement with them before, so in addition to the initial copyright fee of US$300,000, Xuemin will still get a certain percentage of the subsequent sales of this song."

"These two hundred thousand should be the money they make from selling the album later, and they should be distributed to Xuemin, the original author!"

"Their overseas model is different from our domestic model. It's not a one-time buyout that will disappear later!"

Feng's father originally worked at the Foreign Language Bureau, in charge of cultural export work. He also had a certain understanding of the copyright sharing system of foreign capitalism.

So it’s not difficult to explain it this way.

"Doesn't that mean that if they keep selling, my brother-in-law will keep getting a share of the profits?" Feng Jiamo, the smart sister-in-law, asked again after hearing that more than 200,000 US dollars had been deposited into the account and the computer was shut down for a short while?
"In theory, that should be the case. But as the popularity dies down, if fewer records are sold, the money you get will be less, right, Xuemin? Is that how it is calculated?" Father Feng nodded, explained it to everyone, and then asked Cheng Xuemin a question.

After all, this copyright sharing model was signed by the son-in-law Cheng Xuemin himself, and their Foreign Language Bureau does not have this model at present.

Generally, we give a fixed price to external parties and then sell it to them without worrying about the outcome.

"Yes, Dad, that's about it!" Cheng Xuemin nodded. It was basically what his father-in-law said.

The copyright sharing means that as long as the Americans keep buying, theoretically they can keep getting money, it’s just a matter of how much.

Of course, basically in the later stages, the original author will no longer be given any money. It is basically the publishers who are blackmailing them.

However, being able to make a lot of money in the first few times was already a big profit for Cheng Xuemin.

After all, if Cheng Xuemin had agreed to a buyout of US$500,000 at the beginning, but this is only the first time he has made a profit, plus the previous copyright fees, it would have exceeded US$500,000.

When the second share arrives, it will be at least hundreds of thousands, right?

This is the result of Cheng Xuemin not having any subsequent works. After a while, when Cheng Xuemin releases "Yesterday Again", it will surely lead to another wave of big sales of "My Heart Will Go On", and then it will be all money!

"Then our family's rice, oil, meat, and cloth coupons will be left over and unused!" said the mother-in-law, Mother Feng, with another sigh.

Indeed it is!
Last time, 300,000 US dollars in foreign exchange were converted into foreign exchange coupons, and tens of thousands of kilograms of food coupons were given as part of the treatment for overseas Chinese. How can they eat or use them all now?

This is because my mother-in-law and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked together and kept selling it, but there are still a lot left.

Now, the money I had before has not been eaten or used up, and now there is so much again, I can never spend it all!
"Food coupons are fine. They have a validity period of four or five years, so our whole family can eat them slowly. But meat coupons and cloth coupons are only valid for that year. It would be a waste if they are not eaten or used up!" The old grandmother also nodded and said.

In the first half of the year, these tickets were extremely scarce in the Feng family, and they basically relied on Cheng Xuemin to buy them at high prices in cash at the pigeon market.

But it’s only been half a year, and I’m worried about having too many tickets because I can’t use them all!
Therefore, the tens of thousands of kilograms of food coupons were in the hands of his wife Feng Jiayou, and she had to rack her brains to figure out how to use them all up.

okay!

After receiving the more than 200,000 US dollars and converting it into RMB and bills, Cheng Xuemin planned to have a talk with the logistics department of Yan University.

Now that Yanda has resumed enrollment in the past two years, the number of teachers, students, family members and staff on campus has reached tens of thousands.

Although teachers and students on campus do not need tickets to eat out and can just buy them with cash, behind these tens of thousands of teachers and students are tens of thousands of family members.

Among them are family members of students who are accompanying their children to study and unemployed family members of faculty and staff. These family members, like the older sisters and cousins ​​before, cannot receive national food and meat coupons in Yenching.

Without food and meat coupons, they couldn't buy rice even if they cooked at home, let alone have no rice to cook with.

Therefore, many faculty and students were trying to find ways to purchase food coupons, meat coupons, and other necessary tickets through the logistics department.

Therefore, the demand for tickets in the Yanda Logistics Department has always been very high.

If Cheng Xuemin could give them tens of thousands of kilograms of food coupons at one time, I'm sure the Yan University Logistics Department would be very happy to purchase them.

In fact, not only Yanda, but other universities are facing the same situation.

It is very common among the families of unemployed faculty and staff, as well as the families of their children accompanying their children to study.

The issuance of tickets in this era was basically linked to wages and was issued together. Not having a job in Yanjing meant no wages, let alone food and meat tickets. In extreme cases, people might really starve to death!
However, the next day, Cheng Xuemin did not rush to the Foreign Language Bureau to collect the US dollar foreign exchange.

You can't give people the impression that you are in a hurry. After all, your father-in-law just delivered the message last night, and going there early the next morning is indeed too urgent.

Cheng Xuemin still went to Yanying Studio.

"Xuemin, our affair has become the focus of the factory. A tall tree attracts the wind!" As soon as Cheng Xuemin entered the office, Huang Jianzhong appeared from nowhere and sighed to him.

"Just about two dollars?" The eldest brother-in-law mentioned this to Cheng Xuemin last night. He knew that their Tai Chi crew was wealthy, and the two-dollar subsidy per day was now a hot topic in Yanying Studio.

As I said, it’s not a big deal!
"Isn't it? We have set a precedent. It's the highest among all the film studios in the country!" Huang Jianzhong felt that this subsidy was too hot to handle.

Since he is the director, he can also take it together.

"Old Huang, calm down, it's not a big deal!" Cheng Xuemin was so familiar with Huang Jianzhong that he called him by that name almost every day. Now he patted him on the shoulder and called him Old Huang, and then said, "Wait until we finish filming Tai Chi and the copies sell as well as Wrangler, then no one will gossip about it anymore!"

"Then they will only be envious and jealous, and even try their best to squeeze over to our side!" "What if we fail?" Huang Jianzhong is not as optimistic as Cheng Xuemin. After all, this is the first movie he has directed alone, and it is also the first martial arts film in China. He has no experience at all.

So under such circumstances, it would be strange if Huang Jianzhong could be as optimistic as Cheng Xuemin!

If it really fails, how will it end?

"Old Huang, we haven't even started class yet, why are you saying such discouraging things?"

"Don't worry, there is no word 'failure' in my dictionary!"

Cheng Xuemin had to give Huang Jianzhong a reassurance, the pressure on him was indeed too great.

This is because Cheng Xuemin and the old factory director have not yet put "Tai Chi" behind them, and have already issued a military order to the old leader of the cultural department for 10 million US dollars in foreign exchange.

If Huang Jianzhong knew that there was a military order worth 10 million US dollars, I wonder how scared he would be.

Wait!
When Cheng Xuemin and his team finish making the movie and officially send it abroad for exhibition and distribution, Huang Jianzhong, as the director, will definitely go abroad with them to cooperate in promotion. It is unknown how scared Huang will be then.

The same goes for the other main actors, they were completely unaware!

So far, Cheng Xuemin is the only one in the entire crew who knows about the military order worth 10 million US dollars, except for the old factory director Wang Yang, who is not considered a member of their "Tai Chi" crew.

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin repeatedly told his brother-in-law not to reveal too much to Lao Huang, after all, they were in the same office.

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin was able to choose Huang Jianzhong to be his director, not only because of Huang's luck in the "The Qin Empire" series, but also because of the recommendation from his brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao, which played a crucial role.

In fact, Huang Jianzhong himself is also aware of this.

After all, Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiazhao are uncle and aunt, and it is no secret in Yanying Studio.

"Oh! That's right. Anyway, I have a tall guy like you to support me. All I have to do is to make a good movie!" Seeing Cheng Xuemin so confident and thinking of his previous successes, Huang Jianzhong completely relaxed.

Then he said, "By the way, Xuemin, today the student actors from Beijing Film Academy have officially joined the crew. Do you want to go over and meet them?"

"Sure! Since we have nothing to do right now, let's go over and take a look!" Cheng Xuemin nodded, and before he could even get comfortable, he went downstairs with Huang Jianzhong.

"Xuemin, um... I've already written the back part. If you have time, could you help me check if it's appropriate?"

He happened to run into Liang Xiaosheng again in the corridor. He had something to say, but when he saw Huang Jianzhong following him, he softened his tone, as if he were a thief, feeling guilty!

He was indeed a thief, at least that’s what Liang Xiaosheng thought!
"Really? So soon? Then Mr. Liang, please put it on my desk first. Director Huang and I will go to the crew and come back to see it!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, thinking that Liang Xiaosheng was almost done with his writing!
"Okay, okay. Xuemin, you take care of your business first, and we'll talk in detail later!" Liang Xiaosheng nodded repeatedly when he heard it, and then moved aside to let Cheng Xuemin and Huang Jianzhong pass.

When Liang Xiaosheng passed Huang Jianzhong, he still felt guilty and nodded as a greeting.

"Is it still the 'Director Qiao' that you wrote, Xuemin? I heard that the factory gave it to Xiao Liang to adapt it!" Huang Jianzhong was curious and gossipy. The look in Liang Xiaosheng's eyes just now was so damn fake!

If I hadn't known that he was as lucky as I was, I would have received an independent creation task.

Huang Jianzhong had the opportunity to direct independently, and Liang Xiaosheng had the opportunity to adapt the script independently.

Coincidentally, they are all works by Cheng Xuemin.

And Liang Xiaosheng's luck is obviously better than his. You know, originally in the role of "Director Qiao", the factory was planning to pair them with Feng Jiazhao. After all, he is the real brother-in-law in the original novel.

As luck would have it, Feng Jiazhao had an assignment at that time, shooting the movie "The Shepherd" in the northwest. The factory's "Director Qiao" was a political task, so it had to be launched as soon as possible.

So the factory couldn't wait and gave it directly to Liang Xiaosheng. But at this speed, Xiao Liang seemed to be lagging behind.

"no!"

"Director Qiao and Teacher Liang have already finished writing it and have sent it to the factory for review. It's another manuscript of mine!" Cheng Xuemin shook his head and said.

"Ah?! Xuemin, do you have a new script again?" Huang Jianzhong was shocked when he heard this. Is he too productive?

"It's not a script, it's a martial arts novel!"

It is the second half of the word "real man".

Some time ago, Liang Xiaosheng happened to read the first half of "A Real Man" which He Chengwei brought back from the storytelling club.

After watching it, I was addicted!
It's really that old dog Cheng Xuemin is not a human being. He broke the chapters too harshly. Not to mention that He Chengwei was obsessed with it, even Liang Xiaosheng kept urging Cheng Xuemin to finish his manuscript and update it, asking him to write the rest as soon as possible.

Cheng Xuemin was extremely busy at that time, so how could he have the time to care about the second half of "A Real Man"? Besides, other people are not in a hurry for the story, so why should the eunuch be in a hurry if the emperor is not in a hurry, Liang Xiaosheng?
At noon one day, Cheng Xuemin was pushed so hard that he could no longer bear it. He handed the pen to Liang Xiaosheng and said, "Here's the pen. How about you do it?"

Liang Xiaosheng did not hesitate to take the pen and said, "I'll do it. I know you don't have time to write. How about you dictate and I'll write for you?"

Row!
This was a very good idea. Cheng Xuemin was happy to free his hands, so he dictated a passage to Liang Xiaosheng and he wrote it down.

But later, Cheng Xuemin discovered that Liang Xiaosheng was actually quite talented.

He simply didn't bother to dictate the article and just gave Liang Xiaosheng a simple chapter outline, asking him to try to write it himself based on the outline.

This trial draft opened up a new world for Cheng Xuemin and gave him new ideas.

From then on, he would directly write the outline and details, and let Liang Xiaosheng fill in the content. They agreed to still publish it under the pen name Cheng Xuemin, after all, his current pen name is valuable.

They split the royalties 50-50. Liang Xiaosheng was hesitant at first, fearing that his writing would be bad and ruin Cheng Xuemin's reputation.

Cheng Xuemin was not in a hurry and said that they should first finish writing the second half of "A Real Man" together and then submit it to the story conference to see the effect.

In fact, there shouldn't be much difference. After all, Liang Xiaosheng's writing skills are there, and the story framework is checked by Cheng Xuemin. No matter how Liang Xiaosheng writes, it will be an eye-catching and best-selling work.

Therefore, the five or six scripts that Cheng Xuemin promised to his brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao were intended to fleece Liang Xiaosheng.

From now on, Cheng Xuemin would be responsible for coming up with the detailed story outline, Liang Xiaosheng would be responsible for enriching the content, and publishing it under the pen name of Cheng Xuemin. The elder brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao would stay at home and be responsible for adapting these published martial arts novels into scripts.

When Tai Chi became popular around the world and sparked a nationwide martial arts craze, the three of them sold the martial arts film scripts they had hoarded and made a fortune.

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin does not pursue quality, as long as it is acceptable, it is OK. Mass production must be accelerated.

Cheng Xuemin's requirement for Liang Xiaosheng was that he must publish a medium-length martial arts novel of no less than 100,000 words within a month, and his brother-in-law must also adapt the script within a month.

If they produce one movie a month, by the time Tai Chi is officially released in China in April or May next year, setting off a martial arts craze, they will have at least five or six scripts in their hands.

Cheng Xuemin doesn't ask for how much money he can earn from writing articles, but he hopes that his brother-in-law can earn more money for milk powder. After all, his sister-in-law will be giving birth in March or April next year.

It's the same for Liang Xiaosheng. He earns royalties and can also get out of being single as soon as possible.

Looking at it this way, Cheng Xuemin himself feels that he is a very good person.

Not only did I help my brother-in-law give birth to a son, I also helped him raise his son!

...(End of chapter)