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Chapter 166 "She's Slippery" (Guaranteed 1 update)
With the release of "Popular Movies" in March, Gong Xing became famous, but not a good one. Many review articles believed that she was not suitable for the simple and kind-hearted rural girl Wei Fenfang based on just one still.

Gong Xing couldn't sleep well these days after reading these articles, for fear that he would be replaced by Director Xie.

Today she went to the town specifically to make a phone call just to report on the progress of her life experience and to reassure Director Xie.

"Xiao Gong, wait a moment." Xie Jin covered the microphone and told Wei Ming that this was Gong Xing. He also talked about the public opinion Gong Xing had encountered recently and asked him if he wanted to chat.

Wei Ming took the phone and signaled to Director Xie with his eyes, asking him if he felt the room was a little too bright.

Director Xie smiled and left the office.

"Sister Xue, it's me."

"Ah, Xiao Wei?!" Gong Xing's tone was filled with surprise.

"Well, I came to Shanghai Film Studio to look for you, but it's a pity that you haven't come back yet."

Gong Xing lowered his head and smiled: "I wrote you a letter in the northwest, didn't you receive it?"

"I've been out all this time and haven't returned to Yanjing yet," Wei Ming said, "Guess what I saw today?"

"what?"

"Snow in the Magic City."

"It's snowing?" Gong Xing was even more surprised, because it doesn't snow in Shanghai every year.

Wei Ming smiled and asked, "So today isn't your birthday, is it?"

Gong Xian took a moment to react before saying, "No, it will be tomorrow. If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten it."

Wei Ming: "Then I'll wish you a happy birthday in advance."

"Thank you." Gong Xing didn't expect Wei Ming still remembered the origin of his name.

Wei Ming added: "I have also seen some of the comments about that photo. You should actually be happy. Their comments are actually implying that you are too beautiful and have a great temperament. If others received such comments, they would have been secretly happy."

Gong Xing was at a loss for words; he had not expected this kind of interpretation.

"Hearing you say that, I think I should be happy indeed," Gong Xing said with a smile, "But I will definitely make myself meet the director's requirements and will never become a drag on the film."

"I believe it, and Director Xie believes it too, so just enjoy the experience. I'll come to see you again when you start the official filming."

After giving Gong Xing a reassurance, Wei Ming walked out of the office, and Director Xie also prepared to go home.

The old man didn't even bother to treat him to a meal, so Wei Ming took the initiative to say, "Director Xie, why don't we go out for dinner? I'll treat you."

Director Xie waved his hand and said, "I am used to eating at home. I am afraid that my wife can't handle it alone."

Wei Ming suddenly thought of Director Xie's family situation and didn't force it anymore. Director Xie was a poor man. He had four children, three of whom had intellectual problems. His daughter was okay, at least she had a family. But the intellectual problems of his two sons were more serious than his daughter's. They had almost become a lifelong burden for him and his wife, and they were worried even when they closed their eyes.

So after the reform and opening up, Director Xie worked much harder than his peers in filming. Later, he also set up an art school because he had to earn enough money for his two sons to spend the rest of their lives.

The next day, Wei Ming continued to wander around Shanghai. This city is also the place where many major events in modern history took place, and it is worth exploring.

Two days later, Wei Ming boarded a train to Nanjing. Before getting on the train, he bought a newly published March issue of "Story Club". He heard from the newspaper seller that the magazine was a best-seller.

At this time, the second part of "Heroes Have Always Been Young" had just been published in "Story Club", and the last third was left.

After reading the magazine on the train, Wei Ming could feel that the stories selected by "Story Club" were becoming more and more attractive and more and more familiar to him, so it was no surprise that the sales volume was rising steadily.

However, Wei Kuangren's fame is still far behind Wei Ming and Wei Sheshi.

After arriving in Nanjing, Wei Ming had no connections at all. Only Zhongshan magazine asked him to write an article, but he did not give them a copy as he felt embarrassed to trouble them.

Fortunately, his goal was clear: the Nanjing National Government and the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

After the tour, Wei Ming returned to Yanjing quickly. When he got off at Yanjing Station, it had been 11 days since Wei Ming came out. If he was not really embarrassed, he really wanted to go back to his hometown to visit his grandmother and cousin.

After returning to the dormitory, Biaozi and Xiaomei were on patrol. Wei Ming opened the door and saw letters from Sister Xue and Sister Lin on his bed, but he did not see the letter from Hong Kong.

He opened the letter and took a look. There was nothing important. They were just thinking about themselves.

So Wei Ming wrote back to them each. They told him about their own stories, and Wei Ming also talked about his experience in writing a new novel during this period.

However, after writing and comparing the two letters, Wei Ming was happy.

Fortunately, I'm not writing a paper, otherwise it would definitely not pass the plagiarism check, even before the first year of Tianlin.

Wei Ming still had a lot of empty envelopes and stamps, so he quickly put the letter in and sealed it, checking several times to make sure he had put it in correctly.

Obviously, they were just ordinary friends, but Wei Ming didn't know why he was so cautious like a scumbag.

Just as I finished all this, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in...Uncle, why are you here?"

It’s Wei Ping’an.

Wei Pingan smiled and said, "I'll ride your motorcycle to pick up Lele. She's studying at Teacher Gu's house."

Wei Ming: "I saw the motorcycle was still in the guardhouse. You haven't ridden it these days?"

"Ride it a few times and put it back after use. Your gate is still safe. There have been people losing bicycles in our community recently. I don't feel safe leaving your thousands of dollars worth of stuff downstairs."

Wei Ming suddenly remembered something: "How about I help you pick up Lele?"

"You just came back from the south, aren't you tired after sitting on the train for so long?" Wei Ping'an said reluctantly. Wei Ming smiled and said, "I am young after all, and I have something to do with Teacher Gu."

"That's fine," Wei Ping'an said, "Come to my house for dinner when you get back, and it's a good opportunity to see your aunt and the others off as well."

"Send off?"

"Well, Director Xie called and said he hopes Xizi can experience rural life and get rid of the city kid's aura. At the same time, he can also get along with Comrade Gong Xing and cultivate the mother-son relationship. They will leave in a few days."

Wei Ming nodded. He took the key and was about to leave when Wei Ping'an talked about the house again.

"The professors from our school who live in the Overseas Chinese Apartments haven't thought about selling their houses, but they said there are people in the community who want to sell their houses, and they will help you find out."

"Good, good!" Wei Ming was very happy. There was finally some progress, but he had not yet collected enough money.

Wei Ping'an keenly caught the change in Wei Ming's expression and asked with a smile: "Is it because you haven't saved enough money yet? It's okay, I'll lend it to you when the time comes."

"This, this is not good."

This is no small sum of money.

Wei Pingan said with a smile: "My nephew is so capable, why should I be afraid that you can't pay it back? As long as someone really wants to sell the house, no matter what the price is, it should be sold. I will continue to help you keep an eye on it."

"Uncle, you are really my uncle!" Wei Ming hugged Wei Ping'an excitedly. Now he had no worries at all.

~
Hong Kong.

Lao Gui sneezed. It’s been a bit of a cold spring recently.

Before leaving get off work, he received a letter from the New Evening News. After opening it, he took a look at it and immediately went home happily to prepare a reply to his grandson.

In addition to martial arts novels, Wei Ming's other way to earn Hong Kong dollars is through music, and it is faster than writing martial arts novels.

This time he went to see Teacher Gu Jianfen to ask her for advice on a song he had just "created".

"Big brother!"

"Lele."

Wei Ming and Lele hadn't seen each other for many days. They first stayed together for a while, then he put his sister aside and was about to take out his lyrics book when Teacher Gu took the initiative.

"Xiao Wei, come here. I just wrote a song recently. Come and take a look."

"Oh." Wei Ming took it and took a look. The song was called "Young Friends Come to Meet".

Wow, this song is so famous!

Wei Ming watched and started singing. He sang and Lele sang along, obviously having learned it a long time ago.

Seeing Wei Ming singing it directly, Gu Jianfen smiled brightly and helped to clap the beat. The song was so catchy, and it was exactly the song she wanted to create for young people. It would surely be loved by young people.

Wei Ming praised: "Good, this song is great!"

Gu Jianfen said: "I also recently saw this poem by writer Zhang Meitong published in the Ci Magazine. I was very moved by it, so I composed the music for it."

Then Gu Jianfen criticized Wei Ming again: "But you, after writing "The Shepherd Class", you stopped writing songs. Don't waste your talent."

She felt that Wei Ming's talent in songwriting was no less than hers, but he knew too many things and couldn't focus on one. She heard from Lu Xiaoyan that he was actually writing children's literature.

Since Teacher Gu said so, Wei Ming immediately took out his lyrics book: "Who said I didn't write it."

Gu Jianfen immediately took it over: "'She's the One'? Let me take a look."

Gu Jianfen sat down and began to read it carefully.

"I heard that you went to Sichuan and Chongqing after the Chinese New Year. This song seems to have been influenced by "Kangding Love Song"."

"Teacher Gu has a keen eye," Wei Ming said with a smile, "My grandmother's home is not far from Kangding, and I heard people singing this kind of tune on the train. I spent a day writing the lyrics and half a month to complete the music. However, I am still not very professional in composing music, so I would like to ask you for advice."

According to Wei Ming's simple score, Gu Jianfen began to hum.

"You have never seen me, I have never seen you, but when young friends meet, they feel very close and friendly..."

Speaking of which, "She Slips Away" and "Young Friends Come to Meet" have certain similarities in theme, both of which are about making friends. This can be considered a special fate. When Wei Ming "wrote" this song, he did not expect that Teacher Gu was composing "Young Friends Come to Meet".

After reading the lyrics and the musical notation, Teacher Gu started humming the song and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "This kid has made great progress!"

After the song was finished, Wei Ming asked, "How was it?"

Teacher Gu said bluntly: "It's indeed well written, but you have been listening to a lot of Taiwanese songs recently, right?"

It's not that I've heard it a lot, it's that this is essentially a Taiwanese song. This song made newcomer Qi Qin famous overnight. It was originally called "See Her Again", but later Fei Xiang covered it in mainland China and changed it to the more familiar "She's Flowing".

Wei Ming smiled and nodded.

Teacher Gu said worriedly, "Recently, the criticism of "Homesickness" in China has become more and more serious. Radio stations are not allowed to play it. I am afraid that your song will suffer the same fate unless you adjust the tune."

The adjustments are more in line with the style of current mainland music.

Wei Ming shook his head and said, "Teacher Gu, what do you think about me sending this song to Hong Kong to earn Hong Kong dollars?"

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