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Chapter 112 A Letter from Hong Kong (Guaranteed 2 more monthly tickets required)

The news about Zhu Lin spread from Mu Rong to Qiao Feng, and finally spread by word of mouth to Wei Ming's ears.

There was a movie produced by Xi'an Film Studio called "Traitor" which went to the Institute of Health to look for actors. Zhu Lin signed up and after a period of selection, she was chosen.

"She's not even the main character, and it will take several months. What do you think she's trying to achieve?"

For Brother Feng, a Shandong native, organization is above everything else. He certainly cannot understand Zhu Lin’s choice.

But Wei Ming knew that she wanted to try if she could take another path, and she still had a literary heart.

This movie, this incident was not affected by Wei Ming's butterfly wings. Zhu Lin officially took on her film debut and stepped into the film and television industry.

Wei Ming didn't have any special feelings, it was just a pity that he still had several copied tapes in his hands and it was a complete waste of his time.

Qiao Feng added: "I heard that she will be going to the southwest to film a movie soon. She has already left the company. Fortunately, the company has retained her position, so she can continue to work when she returns."

Wei Ming smiled and said, "She probably won't go back."

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Film Academy.

Ma Jingwu, a teacher in the Department of Acting, asked for leave from the dean before going to class. He was the male lead in "Traitor".

Although the film will start shooting after the end of this semester, the shooting period is longer than the winter vacation, so he will have to return to school later.

Dean Zhong Jingzhi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll let your teacher Li take your place in the class."

Ma Jingwu and his wife Li Ranran are both teachers at the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, and they are also backbone members.

Afterwards, Ma Jingwu went to the classroom of the Performance Department of the 78 class and talked about the final exam situation. It can be said that this class is full of celebrities. Zhang Tielin, Zhang Fengyi, Zhou Lijing, Xie Yuan, Fang Shu, Shen Danping, and Liu Jia are all classmates.

After class, Zhang Tielin ran into Chen Kaige from the directing department in the cafeteria. He immediately went over to him and said, "Kaige, when will your dad's movie The Shepherd start filming? Can you arrange a role for me then? Even a minor role is fine."

Chen Kaige asked with a smile: "Slut, do you want to act?"

"Go to hell, I, Zhang, am an upright young man!"

The cafeteria was filled with a happy atmosphere, but when Chen Kaige returned home he was no longer happy.

His father told him that Wei Ming finally chose director Xie Jin from Shanghai Film Studio.

This made Chen Kaige very angry. He didn't choose the local film studio, but instead clung to the leg of Shanghai Film Studio. He was going to pursue something far away instead of something near. Was he sick?

And many people in school thought that his father would become the director of the popular novel "The Horse Herder". Now, it's ruined!

This made Chen Kaige feel extremely embarrassed. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and he turned from a fan to a hater.

What a crap "Ideal", it's not as good as his buddy Bei Dao's "Answer", and that "Far and Near" is not as good as Gu Cheng's new "A Generation".

"The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to look for light." It's so short, yet so powerful. This is a classic.

"Wei Ming, bah! You're just a peasant!"

……

Before Wei Ming found Master Liu from the school team, Uncle Ping An called him over and told him, "Get ready to go through the formalities. You are going to become a Yanjing citizen!"

"Ah, so fast!" Wei Ming exclaimed. After all, it had not been half a year since he started working, and he had not even joined the Writers Association.

Wei Pingan said cheerfully: "Your successive works have had such a great influence. You have been recognized by Peking University as a rare and special talent. The school is also willing to speed up the process. From now on, your household registration will be in Peking University."

That is a collective household registration, unless he has his own property.

However, it is so difficult to buy a house now. First, there is no suitable one and it takes time to find one. Second, I haven’t saved enough money. More than 3000 yuan is not enough to buy anything.

"Also, prepare to review your lessons. The library department's correspondence course will start next fall!"

Wei Ming sighed and wondered if there was any way to get in through the back door. He remembered the novels, songs, movies and TV dramas very clearly, but he had forgotten all the math formulas. It seemed like he could only ask Xiaohong to tutor him during the summer vacation.

After that, Wei Ming went into the city for three consecutive days. After all, Peking University was too remote and it took a whole day to go to each government office. What's more, he had not yet finished the process. There was still one more procedure to complete when he returned to his hometown during the winter vacation.

This also made Wei Ming more and more eager for a highly efficient means of transportation that would allow him to use his precious time more meaningfully, such as reading, attending classes, writing, and women.

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"You want to buy a motorcycle?" Liu Wenjie, a veteran driver who was maintaining his car, exclaimed, "Can you make money so quickly by writing novels?"

"Yes, Master, do you know where I can buy it? It uses RMB."

The last sentence blocked Lao Liu's words of "borrowing foreign currency from your red-haired boyfriend".

He put down the wrench and said, "It's not easy to buy that thing. Imported ones require remittance coupons and foreign exchange. Now domestically produced ones are basically supplied to post offices and the military, especially post offices. Many of them are equipped with the Happiness 250. The bright red color is very festive. If you have connections with these two parties, you can buy some obsolete ones and replace some accessories to continue using them."

Wei Ming does have connections with the military, and he's in the Air Force, but this must be very difficult for him, as that would be tantamount to taking advantage of a favor.

"Is there no other way?"

"Then use informal channels, but you also need connections in the south." For example, Liu Rulong's grandfather got the Suzuki motorcycle through A Long's father, but now A Long's father is in jail.

Wei Ming sighed. In that case, he could only wait to earn foreign exchange, so he decided to go back to writing novels.

In the future, even when buying a house, foreign exchange will be more competitive.

Wei Ming recently saw some related reports that more and more people are leaving Yanjing City. In 78, there were more than people, and last year there were more than people. They were all returned overseas Chinese and their families who went abroad or to Hong Kong and Macao in the name of visiting relatives or inheriting inheritance, and most of them have not returned.

This further highlights the positive guiding significance of "The Shepherd", and Wei Ming is more concerned about the real estate they left behind.

"and many more!"

Old Liu suddenly remembered something.

"Last year, two communes not far from us, Sijiqing and Sino-Japanese Friendship, sent some farmers to Japan to exchange ideas on vegetable planting. When they came back, they brought back a lot of Japanese motorcycles. I know someone in their commune, and I can ask for you later."

"Oh, that's great, Master, you really have many connections!"

Master Liu waved his hand and said, "Don't hold your hopes too high. Who would be willing to give away such a good thing?"

"I just need a way to get around. It doesn't matter if it's a little shabby, as long as it works. Anyway, if you can help me find out more, I'll treat you to a meal later."

Wei Ming then stayed in the library until nearly five o'clock. The date for Melinda's departure was getting closer, so he had to hurry.

At lunchtime in the afternoon, Biaozi came to deliver food to Wei Ming and also brought a letter from the Shanghai Story Club.

Then Biaozi ran to the TV room of the international students and started watching TV.

Currently, CCTV is broadcasting the American NBC TV series "The Man from Atlantis", a science fiction drama. It is a cultural feast for the Chinese people whose cultural life is extremely poor now, and it has quickly become popular in major cities across the country.

Biaozi and Mei Wenhua have become addicted to it. Only one episode is broadcast every week, and 17 episodes will take several months to broadcast. Fortunately, there are reruns.

Unfortunately, there are no frog-eye glasses for sale in Beijing now. If someone goes to the south to buy some, they will definitely make a fortune when they return to Beijing, but there will be certain risks.

Wei Ming opened the envelope from He Chengwei, and it was the remittance slip for "Heroes Have Always Been Young" - 450 yuan, ten yuan per thousand words!

There was also another 50 yuan payment for Liu Rulong as illustration fee.

Editor-in-Chief He is indeed open-minded. No wonder Story Club has become so big and strong.

He paid himself royalties, which meant that "Story Club" had been published.

……

Gouzitun, Wei Ming’s hometown.

At the village primary school, Qi Kexiu walked into the office with a magazine and happened to meet teacher Hu Qiuyang.

Qi Kexiu is thick-skinned, but Teacher Hu doesn't dare to look him in the eye.

It has been a long time since the Guo Ben incident, but the impact is still there. Teacher Xiao Hu originally wanted to be transferred, but she was just a substitute teacher with no connections and ultimately could only continue to work awkwardly with Qi Kexiu in the same school.

After taking a sip of water, Qi Kexiu took out the magazine in his arms and continued reading. It was the January issue of "Story Club".

Qi Kexiu read it and sighed: "This Wei Kuangren wrote it so well!"

He saw the last issue of "Story Club" from someone else. Unexpectedly, it was quite good. The short stories were very exciting, especially the one "Such Love". So he subscribed to the magazine. When he took a look at it today, he found it even more attractive.

Especially the martial arts novel "Heroes Have Always Been Young". The martial arts novels they can see these days are all antiques, and it is rare to see such an innovative story.

Qi Kexiu even said: Although we both have the same surname Wei, Mr. Wei Kuangren's works are more down-to-earth than Wei Ming's. I don't even want to read what he writes.

However, Qi Kexiu was watching with great interest when he saw the young wife suddenly appear from the sky and save the man, but there was nothing more after that!
“To be continued”, we have to wait another two months!
After school, Qi Kexiu passed by the brigade headquarters on his way home and saw the town's postman. His car had also been changed from the old 250-bar truck to a bright red Xingfu .

"Old You, that's great, we can upgrade our rifles to cannons!"

"Teacher Qi, hey, it's all thanks to the government, but we have to take turns riding. I still have to ride my 28-inch bicycle tomorrow."

After saying that, the postman Lao You rumbled towards the edge of the village and came to Wei Jiefang's house.

He could just leave other letters at the brigade headquarters, but this one had to be delivered personally and to the original recipient.

After all, this is Wei Mingjia, a famous writer in Hengzhou!

Wei Jiefang looked at Lao You's motorcycle and made a few jokes with envy, and asked, "Are you going to sell it?"

"Brother Jiefang, you must be joking. This is government property. By the way, this package was mailed by the great writer Wei from Yanjing."

Old You handed over the package and said, "Also, there is a letter from Hong Kong. I asked around and found out that our old lady's name is Fan Erxiu. She has passed away many years ago. The recipient of this letter is her. Since it is from Hong Kong, you have to sign for me."

Lao Wei was stunned: "What the hell, Hong Kong?! Or for my mother!?"

(End of this chapter)