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Chapter 175: Letter from a young reader, a huge treasure (guaranteed 2 more chapters)
"Shaolin Temple"!
It can only be "Shaolin Temple"!

Last year, two of the three major left-wing film companies, Great Wall and Xinlian, established the Central Plains Film Company. They had already started the project to shoot part of "Shaolin Temple", but the results were not very good, so they asked Zhang Xinyan to start a new company.

Zhang Xinyan revised the script, abandoned the originally selected actors, and looked for suitable candidates in sports schools and martial arts teams across the country. He finally selected the 17-year-old Li Lianjie as the male lead.

Wei Ming asked: "Do you envy Xiao Li?"

"Why should I envy him? Does he earn as much as I do?" Biaozi was very proud.

Wei Ming was also amused: "What if he becomes famous, doesn't care about his nationality, goes to Hong Kong, or even the United States, and gets paid millions for a movie? Wouldn't you be envious?"

Biaozi was surprised: "He has the courage? Can he make so much money?"

Wei Ming: "After all, you have been performing abroad since you were young, and you have seen the prosperous people outside. You have been to Guangzhou, and your heart is a little wild, not to mention that others have been to the United States."

"Well, then I don't envy you," Biaozi said, "I have Yan Zi!"

Maybe this is what it means to be content with love.

Wei Ming thought of something: "'Heroes of Ancient Times Emerge Young' should be casting soon. If I want Yan Zi to be the female lead, would you be willing?"

"Why not? Yan Zi is a perfect fit for this role. Didn't you write it based on her?" Biaozi didn't think much about it.

Wei Ming added: "But you have to understand that people change. If Yan Zi becomes famous overnight because of this play and becomes a national celebrity, then she will definitely continue to make plays in the future and may come into contact with many handsome actors. As for you, you are just a temporary worker at Peking University, and at most a small trader."

These words left Biaozi dumbfounded. He was speechless and didn't know how to answer Wei Ming's question.

Wei Ming knew that his words would make Biaozi very distressed, but this was something that might happen, so he had to make it clear to him in advance.

And even if he didn't choose Huang Qiuyan, with her looks and abilities, she would probably still enter the film and television industry when she filmed "Shaolin Kid" and "Shaolin North and South" in the future.

After a long silence, Biaozi finally spoke: "Brother Ming, am I not worthy of Yan Zi?"

Wei Ming told her the truth: "You two are barely worthy of each other now, but if she becomes a female star, your social status will be quite different."

Biaozi thought about it and asked, "Brother Ming, if Yan Zi really becomes the heroine of "Heroes Come From Youth", can you arrange for me to join the crew? I can do anything."

Wei Ming: "If you don't have any requirements for salary, I think it shouldn't be a big problem. The crew needs a lot of martial artists who can withstand falls and beatings."

"Thank you, Brother Ming." Then Biaozi lay on the bed and stopped talking, as if he was trying hard to sleep and see Yanzi in his dreams.

Although Wei Ming didn't drink much coffee, the effect was significant and he couldn't fall asleep at all.

Out of boredom, he took out the recent letters from young readers and prepared to read them.

When he received these letters, he usually felt the thickness first. If it was thicker, it meant that the reader had written a lot or there were enclosed items, so he would take a closer look.

As for the other things, you can open them and take a look when you have time. If you don’t have time, just pile them together like now.

Most of the letters from young readers are of very poor quality. Some are full of typos and pinyin errors, while others ask their parents to help write them, so the tone is childish but the handwriting is very sophisticated.

When picking up the letter from Hainan, Guangdong, Wei Ming was obviously stunned. Ma-Hua-Teng!
As for the Internet tycoon, Wei Ming only knew that he was a student of Shenzhen University, but he was not very clear about his childhood.

He should be about ten years old now, right?

Wei Ming hurriedly opened the letter. The young reader claimed to be nine years old, so he seemed to be about the same age.

Looking at the content, it looks even more like a kid who loves science and astronomy!

He remembered that Pony did have a hobby of astronomy and seemed to have joined a UFO club when he was in college.

Wei Ming, who had almost never written a reply to his young readers, had the idea of replying this time.

In this way, maybe when Xiao Ma starts a business in the future, he will not look to Li Zekai for financing, but to himself!

Wei Ming suddenly realized that as a children's book author, his greatest advantage is not just that readers will continue to consume his works with their children when they grow up, but that when these children become pillars of the country and celebrities in society in the future, their most profound impression of their childhood will be his works. The goodwill of these young readers is his greatest wealth.

Thinking of this, Wei Ming began to carefully read the letters from these young readers. Childhood is so important. Your uncle must have been disrespectful to you before.

So Wei Ming took out a handful of blank envelopes and a stack of writing paper, ready to select some meaningful letters to reply to and answer the questions in these children's minds, hoping that he could play a positive role in their growth.

However, these letters are basically just requests for updates. There is no technical content and not even any pictures of beautiful women.

After flipping through some more pages, Wei Ming saw a letter from a kid from Beijing named Pan Ying, who lived in Dazhalan. He liked painting and gave Wei Ming his own drawings of Dan Sheng and Black Cat Sheriff. Wei Ming put the boy together with Ma Huateng and planned to reply to them together later.

After selecting ten letters, Wei Ming began to write replies and even took out some change to give back to some children who had expressed their despair about their poor lives in their letters.

When I was writing the eighth letter, Mei Wenhua, who had just got off work, tiptoed into the room.

Then he saw Wei Ming sitting on the bed writing something, and heard Biaozi's voice: "Xiaomei is back."

Wei Ming and Mei Wenhua asked in unison: "You haven't slept yet?"

Biaozi was not sleepy at all. He had just been thinking about him and Yan Zi, but he didn't know how he could be worthy of Yan Zi, a star.

Biaozi sat up from the bed: "Let's put it this way, I'm very sober now, and I even want to go to work again."

Mei Wenhua teased, "What's wrong? Yan Zi doesn't want you anymore?"

Wei Ming coughed twice, telling Mei Wenhua to be careful with his words and actions. Mei Wenhua was even more desperate: "I guess I guessed it right!"

Biaozi clenched his fists and said, "Xiaomei, I can't sleep. Let's practice wrestling."

"A Biao, I was wrong. Can I introduce you to someone else? Ah!"

Finally, Wei Ming made a cup of coffee for the injured Mei Wenhua: "This is sent to me by a friend in Hong Kong. Drink it. Don't blame Biaozi after you drink it."

Mei Wenhua rubbed his shoulders and said, "You're not heartbroken, why are you so angry? Are you sick?"

Then he said to Wei Ming happily, "Coffee! I heard about it from my international student friends. It's a good thing. Brother Ming is the only good person in our dormitory."

Biaozi's anger had subsided, and when he saw Mei Wenhua wanted to drink coffee, he was even secretly happy.

"Why did you scold yourself?" Biaozi asked Xiaomei.

Xiaomei: "I don't want to be a good person. Good people can't make money. I still hope to be a rich person... Oh, why is it so hard!"

Mei Wenhua drank coffee while talking shamelessly.

Biaozi immediately said, "That's what coffee is like, you country bumpkin."

In order to show that he is not an old-fashioned person, Mei Wenhua drank the whole cup in one gulp and wiped his mouth and said: "Although it felt a bit bitter at first, it now feels a bit sweet."

Wei Ming and Biaozi looked at each other and smiled. Haha, now everyone can stay up late together!

The next day, Wei Ming and Biaozi got up to go to work listlessly. Mei Wenhua finally fell asleep so that he could sleep until the afternoon as he worked the night shift.

Wei Ming placed the reply letter to the young reader at the South Gate and turned back to ask the postman to take it away.

Not only did he have to go to work today, but he was also responsible for taking Lele to Teacher Gu for class after get off work in the afternoon. He also took out a new song he had composed and asked Teacher Gu for advice.

Teacher Gu asked him, "Did you sell the previous song?"

Wei Ming nodded: "Yeah."

Teacher Gu advised him: "This is a good thing, but you should also take care of your health and don't work too hard."

Wei Ming's dark circles shouldn't be too obvious.

Wei Ming sighed and said, "If I drink coffee again from now on, I'll be a dog!"

In the next few days, Wei Ming's condition improved a lot, and the simple scores of several songs became more and more perfect. Teacher Gu was once again shocked by Wei Ming's strong creative ability. If he were in the United States, he would probably be a frequent visitor to Billboard.

If this child can go to Berkeley for further studies, his future will be limitless!

Family members know their own business. No matter how much Teacher Gu praised him, he remained humble and said that he simply loved listening to music in his previous life.

That day he sent Lele back to Uncle Ping'an's house, and happened to see Uncle Ping'an talking on the phone with Aunt Xiaoyan.

Uncle Ping'an did not avoid Wei Ming, so Wei Ming found out that Aunt Xiaoyan, Xizi, and Gong Xing were going back to Shanghai to officially start filming.

"Oh, Xiao Ming and Lele are back." While chatting, Uncle Ping An reported to his wife.

Lu Xiaoyan immediately said: "Then ask Xiao Ming, Xiao Xue is by my side, do you want to chat with her?"

Wei Ming took the microphone generously: "Then let's chat."

There was a stalemate over there for a while before Gong Xing's pleasant voice came from the microphone.

"Hey."

Wei Ming: "Well, where are you calling from?"

Gong Xing: "Outside the train station. The train will leave in an hour."

"Sleeper berth?"

"Yeah, sleeper."

"That's fine, but it's too hard to travel from Yinchuan to Modu. Sister Xue, you are young and strong, so you must take good care of my aunt and Xizi and the others when the time comes."

Gong Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was too strange to use the word "young and strong" to describe himself.

"I know we will support each other." Gong Xing whispered.

Wei Ming added: "If I have time, I will go over to watch you filming."

Gong Wei told him: "We don't know how long we will be shooting in Shanghai, and we will have to go back to the northwest by then."

"Okay, OK, let's call each other then, so I don't have to make a wasted trip."

Uncle Ping'an and Lele were next to Wei Ming, and there were also two pairs of gossipy eyes staring at her from Gong Xing's side, so the two of them just briefly exchanged their recent situation and then hung up.

Afterwards, Wei Ming had dinner at Uncle Ping'an's house. When he returned to the dormitory, he saw Liu Rulong lying on Brother Feng's bed.

This kid is finally back!
(End of this chapter)