Exciting 1979!

Chapter 118 New position, new work (guaranteed 2 more monthly tickets)

Biaozi is feeling so uncomfortable now.

It’s not because Wei Ming came back to live with him, he was so happy that Brother Ming was back that he couldn’t contain himself.

But today, two beautiful big sisters came to see Brother Ming, but he didn't see any of them, while Mei Wenhua saw them all and praised them to the sky.

Wei Ming plugged in Melinda's tape recorder, turned down the volume and started listening to the radio.

"Don't feel bad, Biaozi. You will see them again sooner or later." Wei Ming said with a smile.

Biaozi asked hurriedly: "They are still looking for you!"

Wei Ming shook his head: "You will see them in the cinema."

"why?"

Brother Feng said, "I know Zhu Lin. She has been selected for a movie and is going to act in the movie."

Wei Ming added: "I recommended another sister to play the leading role in The Horse Herder. She said she came to me to express her gratitude, so it's probably a done deal."

Mei Wenhua said excitedly: "You actually know two future movie stars!"

Wei Ming was happy: "They should be excited to know me."

Biaozi nodded: "Yes, it is their honor to meet Brother Ming!"

Wei Ming took a deep breath: This is the smell, it’s back, all back!

After the lights were turned off and the radio was turned off, no one wanted to sleep. Wei Ming hadn't spent the night here for more than a month. Everyone missed him so much that they wished they could sleep in the same bed with him.

Although we can meet each other normally, the things we talk about during the day can never be as heartfelt as when we are naked and lying in bed.

Biaozi said, "Brother Ming, please show us the watch that Sister Mei left for you."

Wei Ming raised his arm, and a fluorescent light immediately flashed in the darkness. Several people immediately praised: "This foreign technology is amazing!"

Mei Wenhua added: "Sister Mei's luminous watch is much more expensive than your Modu brand."

Biaozi: "What do you know? Feelings are priceless and cannot be measured by money."

Wei Ming: "That's right, but this watch is really not cheap. I have been writing novels for half a year and I can't afford it."

Several people were hit hard again. You can even afford a motorcycle, but you can't afford a watch. It turns out that poor foreigners are still foreigners. A broken ship still has a few nails.

Mei Wenhua and Zhao Debiao now feel the importance of money more and more. Their current monthly salary of 18 yuan is not enough for their expenses, and they have to take money from their parents every month.

Mei Wenhua thought about the tape and asked Wei Ming, "Brother Ming, is the tape you sold very profitable?"

Wei Ming flatly denied it: "No, I didn't make any money. I sold it at cost price. I did it for the sake of Mu Rong's wife."

Qiao Feng: Oh, yes, yes, yes.

Then Wei Ming added: "But if you sell the tapes privately, it is indeed very profitable."

For example, domestic blank tapes only cost more than two yuan, while music tapes imported from Hong Kong can be as cheap as more than three yuan. However, in Yanjing, a tape can be sold for six or seven yuan, and almost half of the profit is made from it.

Zhao Debiao asked worriedly, "Is that legal?"

"It's not in compliance with the regulations," Wei Ming said directly, "The money we earn is not in compliance with the regulations."

Now the only legal channel is to sell tapes in regular audio-visual stores, all other sales are illegal. But if others sell tapes from Hong Kong and Taiwan, you don't have any legal channels.

In this era of barbaric growth, guerrilla vendors like these are considered the cleanest way to make money. Aren't they more legitimate than those people who issue coupons?

"It's not just tapes. If you go south, you can also buy things like electronic watches, sunglasses, and fashionable clothes. Selling these things back home falls into the gray area, but the profits are very, very high," Wei Ming added.

"Frog-eye glasses, are they the same sunglasses as in the movie 'The Man from Atlantis'?" Biaozi asked excitedly.

Wei Ming: "Yes, yes, that's it. You see, before this drama is over, these frog-eye glasses will become popular."

Mei Wenhua asked deliberately: "Where can I get these goods?"

Wei Ming thought for a moment and said, "Shenzhen, it's developing very fast. Haven't you seen the news? Shenzhen has sold a piece of land to a Hong Kong businessman to build a building. It's a commercial building that anyone can buy."

Qiao Feng: "I've seen it too. The cadres in the south are still bold in thinking and acting."

Wei Ming hopes that this trend will reach Yanjing as soon as possible.

The two men and the two boys didn't know how long they chatted, but Wei Ming was the first one to wake up the next day. It was just dawn and the sky was straight.

He is going to see his parents off.

Uncle Ping'an was there too. They sent the two of them to the bus stop. They came with light luggage, but they had to carry heavy luggage when they left, as they had bought a lot of things.

Uncle Ping'an also gave Wei Hong a lot of things. These were study materials he found for her through his channels, including those for the first and second year of high school.

"Okay, go back. Come back if you can during the Chinese New Year. My auntie will definitely want to talk to you, too."

He didn't go back in the past two years because his children were young, his career was on the rise, and his house was almost uninhabitable. Wei Ping'an said he would definitely go back this year.

Wei Jiefang took the responsibility and said, "Okay, I'll clean up the room for you when I get back. Let's go."

Watching the bus drive away, Wei Pingan turned around and looked at Wei Ming: "What happened to your parents when they came to Beijing this time? It can't be that they suddenly missed you, right?"

He was still thinking about this matter.

Wei Ming didn't want to hide it from him: "Well, actually my father is timid. He received a letter from Hong Kong and was worried that it was written by the great grandfather on the other side, so he came to discuss it with me. My father also repeatedly told me not to let you know. After all, you are a person of high rank. It is not good for your career to be involved with that side, so you just pretend you don't know, I will handle it."

"So that's what happened." Wei Ping'an nodded. Although that person was more distant from him, his identity was indeed sensitive. Because of this, he had a lot of trouble getting into Peking University.

"Then how did you deal with it?" Wei Ping'an asked again.

Wei Ming: "The other party didn't reveal his identity, so I wrote him a letter and told him about my family's situation. I'll deal with it as it happens."

Wei Pingan nodded: "This is the only way for now. It's okay since the letter came from Hong Kong. It's not too sensitive."

Then he encouraged Wei Ming to do his best in his new position: "Actually, I want to transfer you to the library. It will be more convenient for you to write and review. However, two new people have just been transferred there. Let's talk about it next year. This new position is just for you to make a transition." After Uncle Ping'an left, Wei Ming went to the grocery store to make another phone call.

I called Gong Xing of the General Political Department Repertory Theatre, but I didn't know if she was still there.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, Gong Xing came jogging to answer the phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"I'm Wei Ming. I heard you came to see me yesterday."

Hearing his voice, Gong Xing perked up: "Yes, but it's a pity that you are not here."

"Well, I went to the Capital Airport."

She only knew that Wei Ming was going to see his girlfriend off, but she didn't know that he was going to the airport.

"Are you sending a friend off? Is it far?"

Wei Ming: "Yes, very far away, England."

"Ah!" Could it be that Xiao Wei's partner is going abroad to study?
Wei Ming added: "After this separation, I don't know if we can meet again in this life."

Hearing the sadness in Wei Ming's words, Gong Xing wanted to comfort him. She asked, "Is he a very important friend?"

Wei Ming: "Yes, a girl. We were together before. She is an international student from the UK."

"what!"

Gong Xing was shocked again, twice.

I thought he was a Peking University student going to study in the UK, but I didn’t expect he was a British student coming to Peking University to study!
Xiao Wei, you have something!

"Xiao Wei, don't be sad. Maybe she will come back to find you." Gong Xing didn't believe what he said.

"I'm fine. After all, I've been mentally prepared."

"Well, that's good. By the way, let me tell you something happy. Director Xie Jin has decided to let me play in The Shepherd. Thank you for recommending me!"

Then she told Wei Ming how many people Director Xie Jin had contacted in order to borrow her from the General Political Department Repertory Theatre, and how this was finally done.

"After the Spring Festival, I will go to the northwest countryside to experience life. It may take a few more months before I can officially shoot my part."

"You've been in the team for so many years, do you still want to experience it?"

"Jiangxi and the Northwest are still different, and I have been in the city for so many years, and the feeling in my body is no longer right." Gong Xing said with excitement in his tone.

Although we are all going to the countryside, my mood now is completely different from when I was a teenager.

I was confused and helpless back then, but now I am full of anticipation and eager to try.

Wei Ming smiled and said, "Then I wish you will become an instant star."

Gong Xing smiled and said, "I also hope that I can become famous overnight. If I become famous, it means that the movie is a success, and you, the author of the original novel, have made the greatest contribution."

I contacted Gong Xing, but I couldn't contact Zhu Lin. She had already left the unit. Perhaps we will have a chance to see her again only when she returns from the southwest after finishing filming.

These two people, one from the Northwest and the other from the Southwest, have both traveled quite far. Now there will be no pretty sisters to treat them to dinner when they go to the city.

Wei Ming then went to the cafeteria to have a meal and then went to his new post.

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"Writer Wei, why are you visiting our school magazine?" Photographer Yang Hao was a little surprised to see Wei Ming.

Wei Ming smiled and said, "I'm here to join the school magazine. Brother Yang, please take care of me."

Yang Hao: “Ah?”

At this time, the vice president Zhou Junfeng, who was in charge of specific affairs, came out and shook Wei Ming's hand enthusiastically: "Writer Wei, welcome, welcome, my name is Zhou Junfeng, just call me Lao Zhou."

Afterwards, Lao Zhou introduced him to the history of their "Peking University Journal".

It does have a long history, originating in 1917, and has a history of more than 60 years. It has changed its name many times, sometimes as a daily and sometimes as a weekly.

Now it is a weekly newspaper, with four pages, published once a week, and the work is relatively easy.

Each issue of the school magazine has columns such as the main news section, comprehensive news section, academic section and supplement section. It includes both campus news and social news, and sometimes even requires outdoor location visits, but most social news can be reprinted.

"Come here, this is the desk I vacated for you, next to Haozi."

Wei Ming: I finally got an office.

Yang Hao said with a smile: "Writer Wei, you really came to the school magazine. Then someone will do the work of writing manuscripts in the future!"

Wei Ming waved his camera: "I joined as a photographer."

Writing a press release only costs a few dollars, I'm too expensive.

At the beginning, Lao Zhou did not assign any work to Wei Ming. He just asked him to get familiar with the working environment and read previous newspapers.

Wei Ming took a look at the previous issue, which mainly reported on Professor Yang Zhenning's academic report, as well as some resolutions of school meetings.

As for social news, some time ago, Chinese scientists landed on the Antarctic continent for the first time, which was another great progress.

After watching for a while, I saw that everyone was relatively free, and Yang Hao next to me was reading a novel.

Wei Ming simply took out the manuscript paper.

After finishing "The Game of the Brave", I decided to put "Heroes Have Always Been Young" on hold, so I'll just write the planned novella first.

Having already written about donkeys, cows, ducks and horses, this time Wei Ming is going to write about sheep!

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