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Chapter 155: Plan to Earn Hong Kong Dollars (Guaranteed 1 Update)
First was the letter to his grandfather Wei Senhao, which Wei Ming had been considering for a long time.

He first introduced the family situation in more detail and attached a recent family photo of four. He didn't know whether the nearly 40-year-old Wei Jiefang could overlap with the ten-year-old Goudan in his mind.

Wei Ming thought it would be best to add some photos of his father when he was young. He remembered that Uncle Ping'an's house had several photos of the two of them taken when they were in their twenties at Peking University. He would see if he could get them later.

In addition, Wei Ming also talked about his own creative issues that his grandfather was concerned about.

"I have published many short and medium-length novels under my real name, with themes including the War of Resistance, Educated Youth, Scars, and Reform and Opening-up. The publication media include People's Literature, Harvest, and Wenhui Daily, all of which are top domestic publications. They will soon be compiled into a book and published. I will send it to you as soon as I get the sample book."

"Besides, since I was young, I have listened to my grandmother telling stories about you and my great-grandfather, so I am also interested in martial arts stories. I have another pen name, 'Wei Kuang Ren', and I have written a martial arts novel called "Heroes Have Always Been Young", which has been serialized in the domestic magazine "Story Club". I will send it to you after I edit it a little bit."

He can't send it now, because he only has a copy of the manuscript of "Heroes Have Always Been Young" in his hand, which he needs to use to write the script.

As a martial arts novel, "Heroes Have Always Been Young" is not of very high quality. It is certainly not comparable to the martial arts novels of Jin Yong, Gu Long and Liang Yusheng, who were at the peak of their careers. The story ideas are not fresh enough, and the length of the novella is also much shorter. However, Wei Ming does not have time to write a new martial arts novel in the short term, so he can only use this novel to test the Hong Kong market first.

"There is one more thing. I don't know if you can help me..."

Wei Ming mentioned Liu Rulong's father Liu Bin, and asked the old man to visit him if conditions permit, and tell him that everything is fine at home and that A Long is working very hard and making progress.

Uncle Liu was suddenly locked up and cut off from the outside world. His family must be the most worried, and the old man was Wei Ming's only connection in Hong Kong.

At the end of the letter, Wei Ming expressed his concern for him and said, "I can already make money, and my family is not short of money. You don't need to send money home in the future. You can keep it for yourself. Don't wrong yourself. You must take care of yourself. I believe that our family will be reunited soon."

After finishing the letter to his grandfather, Wei Ming began to carefully polish the letter to his pen pal Amin, and he kept writing until very late.

He also wanted to make some money from music through this little girl who loved music, but in this letter he only said that he also liked music and knew a little about writing lyrics and composing music.

As for what I have written but not said, let me arouse the little girl's curiosity first. You have to fish slowly.

The next day, Biaozi and Xiaomei went to work, and Wei Ming sent the two letters first, guessing that they must be waiting anxiously.

Then he went to the newspaper office. Some people were at work there, but he was not there to work. He was there to develop photos. He used a lot of film in just half a month's vacation.

Wei Ming, who is rich and willful, prints out two copies of almost every photo he takes.

After spending a long time in the darkroom, he finally developed all the photos. Then Wei Ming went to a deserted place outside the school to make a phone call. His call would probably take a long time.

Wei Ming took a small notebook and typed them one by one.

"Haha, Editor Zhang, I just returned to Yanjing as well. I've prepared new works. I wrote a few essays this time. I'll let you pick one when the time comes..."

He first called Sister Zhang Dening of Yenching Literature and Art, and asked her to go to the city one day to distribute these essays, as a way of expressing his gratitude to everyone for their kindness.

"Director Xie, I wish you a happy old age. The film will start shooting next month? They will shoot in the studio first, right? Okay, okay, if I have the chance, I will go and see it... The Shepherd Class? Don't worry, if someone comes to me, I will definitely not give in... And can Comrade Gong Xing answer the phone? Oh, he has already gone to the northwest to experience life, so it's okay."

Wei Ming was also pretending to be nice to Director Xie. His directing skills were indeed strong, and it was no exaggeration to say that he was the best director in mainland China at the time, but Wei Ming had better candidates in mind, so he could only be ranked second.

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"Are you Director Wu Tianming from Xi'an Film Studio? I'm very grateful for your appreciation. However, this novel has been reserved by Director Xie Jin. I'm really sorry. But are you interested in "Two Oxen" and "The Story of Two Donkeys"?..."

Wu Tianming has made excellent children's films such as "Face/Off", but he can only be considered a new director after all. He has not yet reached artistic maturity and is not Wei Ming's ideal candidate.

However, Wei Ming really wanted to sell him a script, and Wu Tianming said he would consider it.

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"Mr. Liao from Pacific, hello. I'm Wei Ming. Sales are pretty good, right? That's good... What? You want me to go to Guangzhou to give you some guidance, including food, lodging and travel expenses? How can I give you guidance? I don't know how to give you guidance. Wait for me to arrange a time."

Wei Ming really wants to go to Guangzhou. Before writing a new novel, he must take a look at the Whampoa Military Academy in person. He also wants to walk along the routes of the two Northern Expeditions.

He has accumulated a considerable amount of literature reading, but still feels that there is something missing.

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"Director Wang, has the script been approved? Oh, we still have to wait for the British side's opinion..."

After speaking on the phone with Wang Bairong of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, he told Wei Ming that the script of The Magic Book had been unanimously praised within the studio, leaving them no room for modification. All they needed now was the British side's opinion.

Director Wang said, "Once there are no problems with the British side, we can start production. It has been confirmed that your manuscript fee will be partly in RMB and partly in Overseas Chinese Remittances."

Wei Ming was delighted and suggested, "Let's wait until their money arrives before we start production. There is one more thing. The author of the character design, Mr. Liu Rulong, wants to do an internship at your place. What do you think?... Great, great, thank you very much."

Wei Ming used his reputation to secure an internship opportunity for Liu Rulong, but it would most likely have to wait until his summer vacation as he couldn't miss his courses at the Film Academy.

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"Editor Tu, the circulation of 110 million copies is really shocking. Congratulations to People's Literature for reaching a new level... Haha, let's congratulate each other! Oh, let me choose the cover. Okay, I will go there when I have time. Do I have to write the preface again?"

Tu Guangqun: "Why do you say again?"

"Nothing, okay, I'll just write it today."

People's Literature Publishing House is about to publish a collection of his novels. In order to show their importance, they asked Wei Ming to write a preface himself. In addition, People's Literature asked Ba Lao to write a preface.

Wei Ming's debut work "The Story of Two Donkeys" was published by "Harvest", so there was nothing wrong with this matter causing trouble to Ba Laotou.

But the favor was still too great, so I had to give my novel to "Harvest".

It’s a pity that his status is still too low, otherwise he would like to write a preface for Ba Lao’s "Random Thoughts".

Wei Ming made a few more phone calls, and the last one was to his high school, Ping An No. 1 Middle School, asking his English teacher Yang Shuting to pick up the phone. He wanted to ask when Liu Rulong would come to Yanjing, but Teacher Yang told him, "He couldn't stay at home when you were not at home, so he went back to school early yesterday."

"Okay, goodbye, Teacher Yang."

Wei Ming asked the staff to calculate the bill, and finally left after leaving 12 yuan for the phone bill.

The staff was really impressed to see so much money being spent on calls at one time.

Back at the South Gate, Wei Ming took out his keys and pushed the motorcycle out.

Colleagues immediately asked, "Brother Ming, are you going into the city?"

Wei Ming smiled and said, "No, I'm going to the Film Academy."

Normally, it takes Wei Ming at least an hour and a half to ride his bike to Zhuxinzhuang, but now it takes less than an hour, and it is effortless, and this is the result of him speeding up.

The security guard already knew him and was just surprised by his new car. After chatting for a while, he let the man in.

The school has not officially started yet, but some students have already returned to school early.

Wei Ming locked the car and went to the dormitory to find Liu Rulong.

Liu Rulong said excitedly: "Just now I heard the sound of a motorcycle, and then I saw you coming in through the window!"

As he said that, he was about to pull Wei Ming downstairs to see the new car.

"Your car is better than my grandpa's!" Liu Rulong made this evaluation from the perspective of styling aesthetics.

Wei Ming said: "It's indeed a little expensive. Let's go find a place to eat."

Their school is quite remote and there are no restaurants nearby, so Aaron can only invite Wei Ming to go to the cafeteria, where there is only one window reserved for teachers and students who return to school early.

Maybe it was because Wei Ming was too famous that he was recognized by two teachers when he was getting his lunch.

Wei Ming also recognized them.

One is a teacher in the directing department, Mr. Xie Fei, a leading figure of the fourth generation of directors. He was considered the main teacher of the Class of 78 and later won the Golden Bear Award himself.

Moreover, Teacher Xie came from a noble family, as his father was one of the Five Elders of Yan'an.

Another one is Zhou Chuanji, who is now just a data manager at the Beijing Film Academy Library. He later became a famous film theorist and educator. He also has a famous ex-wife named Yang Jie, who filmed a TV series that is famous in history, "Journey to the West".

The first person to recognize Wei Ming was Zhou Chuanji. He usually read books and newspapers in the library, and Wei Ming's appearance was too outstanding, so he remembered him.

Xie Fei also knew Wei Ming's name, especially the fight between Xie Jin and Xie Tieli for The Shepherd.

After failing in the competition, Xie Tieli took over the "Tonight's Stars Are Shining" produced by the Bayi Film Studio, with Li Xiuming as the female lead and Tang Guoqiang as the male lead. Maybe it will even compete with "The Shepherd".

"Hello, teachers. I'm Wei Ming. I'm here to play with my classmates." Wei Ming said politely.

But the embarrassing thing was that neither teacher could call out Liu Rulong's name. Teacher Xie Fei smiled and said, "Then this student should remember to entertain your classmates."

The two teachers did not disturb the two children and sat on the other side to eat their meals.

Aaron said generously: "Just order whatever you want to eat."

Wei Ming looked at the rather shabby dishes, ordered a random dish, and asked for two steamed buns.

"Come with me into the city tomorrow. Let's have something good to eat in the city."

Aaron: "Sure, you can pick any restaurant you want, I'll treat you."

"Oh, so generous?"

Aaron laughed and said, "I drew 15 comic strips for my grandfather this holiday, and he gave me yuan!"

Wei Ming was also happy: "Why is the old man still using the middleman to make a profit from the price difference?"

Aaron rolled his eyes and said, "I did think about drawing it myself, but I'm terrible at writing stories."

Wei Ming guessed what he was thinking: "I don't have time to write new stories now. If you have energy after class, you can draw your own comic strip of "Heroes Have Always Been Young". I authorize you."

Aaron: "Then it's settled, we'll split the profits in half!"

Wei Ming smiled and said, "I think you can try the comic book style and see if the publisher is interested. If you succeed, I will find a way to help you earn foreign exchange~"

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(End of this chapter)