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Chapter 173 The era of foreign exchange certificates has arrived! (Guaranteed 2 more chapters)
Wei Ming thought to himself, why not disagree with this? Although changing it to a picture book means there is one more person to share the money, the price of a picture book is much higher than a paperback text book, and picture books are very profitable abroad!
Moreover, he originally regarded this book as a breakup fee, so it would be fine even if Melinda took it all, as long as she helped him get the pen name "Mr Why" out there.

So at noon, Wei Ming immediately went to the post office to send a telegram to Melinda with just two letters "OK".

Good news came one after another. Early the next morning, Wang Bairong, director of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, called Wei Ming and said that the BBC had transferred the first payment for "The Magic Book".

"The initial payment is 200,000 pounds. This time our Shanghai Animation Film Studio can finally show its face among the national film studios!" Wang Bairong said with excitement.

Upon hearing the news, Wei Ming was stunned.

Butterfly effect?
This cooperation in the previous life did not succeed. Not only did we not get the first payment, we didn’t even get the deposit. But at that time, the Shanghai Animation Film Studio had already started the project and there was no way to stop it, so they had to bite the bullet and do it themselves.

Although his version of the script is more commercial and has more jokes, the basic framework remains the same. Is this enough to make the BBC change its mind?

But no matter what, this is a good thing and a good opportunity for domestic animation to spread abroad.

Wei Ming asked: "What about my royalties?"

Wang Bairong asked, "Writer Wei, you are in Peking University now, right?"

"correct."

"Okay, wait, I'll deliver it to you personally, and we'll talk in detail later," Wang Bairong said with a smile, "I almost forgot to tell you that I came to Yanjing for a meeting, and I brought the manuscript fee here personally."

Wei Ming left the morning class early, and he and Wang Bairong agreed to meet in the Changzheng canteen.

"Here it is!"

As soon as Wei Ming entered, he saw Wang Bairong waving at him.

"Have you ordered?" Wei Ming asked as he sat down.

"Not yet. Please have some. I don't know what to eat." Director Wang looked embarrassed.

The dishes here probably don’t suit the taste of Wang Bairong, a Shanghai native, so Wei Ming picked out two.

At this time, Wang Bairong also handed a thick envelope to Wei Ming.

Wei Ming did not hesitate and opened it to take a look, and found two types of currency inside.

"Is this... foreign exchange coupons?" Wei Ming was holding six hundred-yuan bills and the rest were ten-yuan bills.

On April 1, Foreign Exchange Certificates first appeared on the historical stage. Since then, the country has had a super currency. Although in principle Foreign Exchange Certificates and RMB are exchanged at a one-to-one ratio, in reality the purchasing power of Foreign Exchange Certificates is much stronger than that of RMB.

Foreign exchange coupons are a quasi-currency, and their scope of use is much wider than the overseas remittance coupons that were previously used as vouchers for material supplies. In the future, Friendship Stores will gradually open to Chinese people holding foreign exchange coupons. Whoever has foreign exchange coupons will be the boss.

In principle, when you leave China, the foreign exchange certificates you hold can be exchanged for foreign currency at the official exchange rate.

"That's right, 600 foreign exchange coupons and 1000 yuan," Wang Bairong said with a smile, "Don't be disgusted. There are too many people in the factory who want to get foreign exchange coupons, but the boss doesn't give much, and most of them have to be handed over."

Wei Ming nodded without any objection. Now he understood that if he wanted to earn foreign exchange, it would be better to cooperate directly with outsiders.

He was more curious about why the BBC agreed to cooperate.

"You won't give up more benefits in order to facilitate cooperation?"

"No, absolutely not. It is still as we agreed. The rights in Asia belong to us, and those outside Asia belong to the BBC."

Although the bulk of the profits go to the BBC, it is fair that the BBC bears almost all the production costs.

Wang Bairong added: "I heard from the translator there that the BBC was indeed a little hesitant at first, worried that foreigners would not understand this story. Later, there was an article in The Times, which seemed to be written by a British student about his experience studying in China. The article focused on the popularity of your novel in China, saying that this is a Chinese-style Prometheus story."

Wei Ming stopped picking up his chopsticks.

Wang Bairong smiled and said, "It is said that this article is quite popular. This may be the reason."

Now Wei Ming couldn't concentrate on eating the meal. Could it be that Melinda hadn't contacted him for such a long time because she was busy with this?

Now he wished he could send Melinda another telegram as soon as he finished his meal.

But in the end Wei Ming still chose to write a letter, because letters have warmth, while telegrams do not.

Director Wang Yang of the Beijing Film Studio also thought so, so he wrote a long letter to Ms. Xia Meng, earnestly hoping that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could cooperate in the film "Heroes Have Always Been Young". He also introduced the story in detail, and of course the author of the story, Wei Ming.

Xia Meng still remembers Wei Ming. After all, the handsome guy is memorable. She also doesn't know if his friend's father is still in there.

At this time, Xia Meng had established Blue Bird Film Company for some time, but she had not yet found a project that satisfied her.

Xia Meng personally prefers to shoot art films with depth, but a large part of the money used to establish the company came from the Huo family, and she does not want investors to lose money. Kung Fu martial arts films are indeed easier to make a profit.

"'Heroes have always been young'? This name seems familiar."

Xia Meng suddenly remembered something and called her aunt to ask if the newspaper from a while ago was still there.

"Yes, I'm thinking of selling it in a few days."

Xia Meng: "Find it out and let me see it."

After searching for a while, Xia Meng found the "New Evening News" from the pile of newspapers.

At that time, she only paid attention to the current affairs and economic news sections, and did not read the serialized novels. She did not expect that the young writer would send the novel to Hong Kong.

Being able to conquer both the mainland and Hong Kong newspaper industry, it can be seen that this story is indeed worth reading, so Xia Meng started reading it seriously from the first issue. ~
Coming out of the Chang Zheng canteen and looking at the foreign exchange coupons in his hand, Wei Ming didn't have anything particular he wanted to buy for the time being, so he just kept them for now.

He now has a cash flow of more than 12,000.

When he returned to the South Gate, he saw Liu Rulong's bicycle. When he arrived at the dormitory, he saw the boy waiting for him, and he even had a briefcase in his hand.

"What's going on? You want to go out?"

"Yes!" Liu Rulong said, "We have completed part of the content. I plan to go to Shijiazhuang and talk to the people from Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House in person. If they can accept this style of painting, we will continue to paint."

Because A'long's grandfather Yang Songqiao has always been cooperating with Hemei Society, so he has some connections there.

As for why he wanted to go in person, one reason was that he was worried that the manuscript would be lost, and the other was that he was afraid that the other party would have doubts and he wanted to convince them in person.

Wei Ming took a look at the ten black and white manuscripts.

"Very good, very good. This is definitely a depth bomb for today's comic book market!" Wei Ming praised.

According to the current market price, 10 tickets would cost 100 yuan, and it’s only been less than a week.

Although the speed of making money is a bit slow for Wei Ming now, once the team matures and can enter a larger market, the future of making money will be limitless!
There was still some time, so Wei Ming personally rode his motorcycle to take Aaron to the train station.

"Call me before you come back. I'll pick you up at the station and we can go shopping in the city."

When eating in the faculty cafeteria in the evening, Wei Ming saw Uncle Ping'an with Lele, so he went over to eat with them.

Ever since his wife and son went to the northwest, Wei Ping'an has been too lazy to cook. He takes Lele to eat in the cafeteria and occasionally goes out to a restaurant.

Uncle Ping An first asked about Wei Ming's study progress, and then talked about the house.

"I'm still asking around for you at the Overseas Chinese Apartments, but I have some good news about the house."

"What good news?"

"It is rumored that Yanjing will launch a pilot project for commercial housing, which means that anyone with money can buy a house."

Wei Ming also knew about this. It should be a pilot project in which two buildings were designated in Tuanjie Lake. It seemed that it happened this year. In his previous life, he knew the first batch of residents in Tuanjie Lake community.

This Tuanjiehu community has both advantages and disadvantages for Wei Ming.

The downside is the distance. Tuanjie Lake is on the East Third Ring Road of Chaoyang, and it takes more than half an hour to get there by motorcycle. He still wants to live closer to Peking University.

The advantage is that the houses there are smaller, probably only half the size of the Overseas Chinese Apartments. Even if the unit price is the same as that of the Overseas Chinese Community, the money in my hand is enough to buy it directly.

Wei Ming nodded: "This is also a backup plan. If it doesn't work, I can buy a set first. There are too many children who wrote to me after "Black Cat Sheriff". My dormitory is almost full of space."

Even if you don't live there, you can still post the letter.

In addition to "Black Cat Sheriff", yesterday the "Youth Literature and Art" Publishing House also sent all the letters from young readers of the three serialized issues of "Jumanji" to Wei Ming at once, a big package.

Now Brother Feng’s shop is full of letters from Wei Ming, and many of them are monkey stamps that were just issued this year.

When we walked out of the cafeteria, a drizzle began to fall from the sky.

Uncle Ping An couldn't help but say, "It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival. Tomorrow is Qingming Festival. I wonder if your father will forget to visit the grave when he is so busy now."

"Don't worry, he remembers it every year. It's a big deal to him."

It's just that things are a little different this year.

The next day, Wei Jiefang went to the graves of his grandparents and Ping An's parents. Looking at his parents Wei Senhao and Fan Erxiu who were "buried together", he felt very complicated.

I'm still alive, which is a good thing. It's better to live a miserable life than to die. It's just a pity for my mother. She has not enjoyed any happiness at all.

After visiting the grave and returning home, Xiaohong also came back.

She was in a good mood. She had taken the test paper for her second year of high school and still won first place in the grade, but her advantage over the second place was not that big, so it was considered a narrow victory.

Then the school let him attend classes with the high school science class.

This year, the "preliminary examination" system was added to the college entrance examination for the first time. There will be a unified examination in May, and only those who meet the standards can take part in the formal college entrance examination in July. It is said that half of the candidates will be eliminated in this preliminary examination.

The principal told her that her score in this preliminary exam would determine whether she could take the 80 college entrance examination.

So she needs to quickly improve her grades in this month or so. Humph, Peking University, I will definitely get you in!

~
Peking University.

Wei Ming had just sent the script of "Ox and Niu Er" to Wu Tianming of Xi'an Film Studio, and then he received a package from Hong Kong.

"Ha, little darling Amin actually sent me a package back!"

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