Exciting 1979!

Chapter 182 Amin's Test (Guaranteed 2 more chapters)
The letter was from my grandfather, and there was also a remittance slip. The sender was a strange woman, but the amount was a lot of money, a full 8000 Hong Kong dollars!

Wei Ming knew that all four songs had been sold, and the unfamiliar name might be Amin's mother.

It was almost the same time that Wei Ming replied to Grandpa and Amin. Grandpa's letter and the remittance slip had arrived, and Amin's letter and package would probably arrive soon too.

It’s the Nth day I miss Amin.

He secretly opened the letter from Lao Gui, in which he revealed some unknown secrets of the party and the country to Wei Ming.

Two words "Exciting!"

I really want to have a long talk with the old man face to face!
The letter from grandpa was highly confidential, so Wei Ming destroyed it directly after reading it. It was a pity. If he had his own house, he wouldn't have to be so careful.

Afterwards, Wei Ming went to the Bank of China again and exchanged the remittance slip for 8000 Hong Kong dollars for foreign exchange certificates, and put the money in his pocket.

The number of foreign exchange coupons on hand suddenly skyrocketed to 3000!

Bank staff have always been arrogant, especially in this era. However, when seeing that Wei Ming had exchanged so many foreign exchange coupons, the beautiful female bank employee showed Wei Ming a very sincere smile.

After all, this means that Wei Ming can consume most of the goods in the Friendship Store.

And when he just went out, people asked him if he had foreign exchange coupons, and they were willing to buy them at a high price.

Wei Ming shook his head, got on his motorcycle and left. With the speed of this vehicle, even if someone had bad intentions, they would not be able to catch up.

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The next day, Wei Ming finally bought the April issue of People's Literature while jogging. He didn't have time to read it until he took it to the school magazine office during work.

This selection is for the 1979 National Outstanding Short Stories. It is also the second time the selection has been held, with Ba Lao in the lead.

I heard that novellas will be selected later, which is Wei Ming’s comfort zone.

There are about a dozen short stories selected this time. The first one is "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" by Jiang Zilong, the second one is "The General in a Small Town" by Chen Shixu, and Wei Ming's "The Duck Knows the River Water Warms First in Spring" is ranked third. I heard from Mr. Wu Zuxiang that there is a certain order of ranking.

Wei Ming felt that being ranked third was already a sign of everyone taking care of him as a young man.

After all, the familiar faces behind include Wang Meng's "Grass of Love", Zhang Jie's "Who Lives a Better Life", Chen Zhongshi's "Trust", Gao Xiaosheng's "Li Shun Builds a House", Liu Xinwu's "I Love Every Green Leaf", Feng Jicai's "Carved Pipe", etc., all of whom are his predecessors.

In addition, "Old Man Nurman and the Hunting Dog Balisi" by Aikebai Mijiti, a big brother from Xinjiang who I just met at the literature institute, was also selected.

There will be a commendation event later and a certificate will be issued. This is the first mainstream award Wei Ming has received.

However, it happened to be May Day, so he could only ask the editor of People's Literature to pick him up. It was more important to visit the crew and take a plane.

When I got off work and returned to the South Gate, Liu Zhenyun came to return the shoes. He returned them after washing and drying them. It happened that Wei Ming was too lazy to wash his shoes, so he saved himself the trouble.

As they were talking, Mei Wenhua came back and told Wei Ming, "The package from your pen pal has arrived. I left it in the dormitory."

Liu Zhenyun was surprised: "You have a pen pal?"

Wei Ming: “Is this rare?”

Liu Zhenyun asked: "Does he know you are Wei Ming?"

"I know, but I'm not famous among them."

"Could it be making friends in English?" Liu Zhenyun guessed.

"Wrong, it's the traditional Chinese character for making friends."

Mei Wenhua suddenly wanted to get naughty, and said to Liu Zhenyun: "Old Liu, Brother Ming's pen pal sent some coffee over, do you want to taste it?"

"Coffee, the one with c,o,f,f,e,e?!" It was obvious that he was tempted.

Because Wei Ming didn't like drinking that stuff, he put it on the table in the dormitory. Whoever wanted to drink it could drink it, but naturally no one was interested in it.

Mei Wenhua and Zhao Debiao used this thing to play pranks. Brother Feng had fallen into their trap once before. Not only did it taste bad, but he couldn't sleep all night after drinking it. Fortunately, Sister Mu Rong was already four months pregnant and could accompany him to do some nighttime exercises.

Liu Zhenyun was a cautious person and was not easily fooled. When he was fighting with Mei Wenhua, Wei Ming went to bed with the package. After opening it, he found that the contents were richer this time.

There are still a lot of snacks, and it feels like there are more than last time.

There is also a poster of Cheng Long's "Young Master".

This movie was released in February this year. After its release, it broke the box office record in Hong Kong film history and broke 2 million Hong Kong dollars for the first time. In addition, it was a box office hit in Japan, which established Jackie Chan's status as an Asian superstar.

Wei Ming mentioned Cheng Long's name in the letter, but he didn't expect that Amin actually helped him get a poster.

Since this girl is so thoughtful, should I mention Cherie Chung and Cecilia Yip in my next letter?

In addition, there were magazines and contracts containing "private goods", which Wei Ming put behind him and did not touch for the time being.

At this time, Mei Wenhua had already poured the bitter coffee into Liu Zhenyun's mouth.

Liu Zhenyun was also a child who had experienced hardships, so he felt okay. He said to Mei Wenhua calmly: "Seeing you were so eager to get me to drink it, I thought it would be very unpalatable."

Mei Wenhua: "It's just a small problem that it tastes bad. The problem is that I really can't sleep after drinking it."

Liu Zhenyun was skeptical: "Some people can't sleep after drinking tea, but it doesn't affect me. This thing should be useless to me."

Wei Ming: "It really depends on the person, and the effect will be weakened if you drink too much."

After Liu Zhenyun left, Xiaomei went to the bathroom, and Wei Ming took out 2000 Hong Kong dollars from the magazine. It seemed that the four songs had been successfully sold.

But this is only 10000 Hong Kong dollars. Didn’t Amin get any commission this time?
At this time Biaozi came back and saw Cheng Long's poster.

"Who is this guy? He looks like he can fight."

"There's a Hong Kong Kung Fu star called Cheng Long. He's not very tall, so he shouldn't be your opponent." Biaozi examined Cheng Long's physique and said, "Well, he's probably only at the level of Xiao Li."

From a practical point of view, he has always looked down on people like Xiao Li.

Seeing Biaozi taking out the dumbbells that he hadn't played with for a long time, Wei Ming was surprised and said, "Biao, there will be a track and field competition next month, not a fighting competition, so you don't have to take it so seriously."

"I have to be serious. I have to win the championship in all the events I participate in this time, and make Yan Zi happy." Biaozi said seriously.

Wei Ming smiled and shook his head, then opened Amin's letter, which this time came with both text and pictures.

It begins with a cartoon character sticking her butt out in thanks, thanking Wei Ming for helping her earn 1000 yuan.

She did not refuse this huge sum of money because it could really relieve her mother's stress a lot and also allow her not to worry about the high postage.

Afterwards, Amin talked about his experience of selling songs.

"'Liuliu De Ta' became a big hit in Hong Kong. Many people requested it on the radio. My classmates who usually don't listen to Mandarin songs were singing it.

"Originally, my mother was going to accompany me to the record company, but Uncle Zhang Mingmin came over by himself. Because the last song was so successful, my mother helped to bid, and then there was an extra 1000 yuan. This yuan is the labor of my mother and me. Thank you, Boss Ming, I will still do the signing for you."

Wei Ming took a look at the contract and felt that the handwriting was becoming more and more similar.

"Two thousand of them were put inside a magazine package, and the other eight thousand was remitted to my mother."

Wei Ming: It is indeed so.

Afterwards, Amin praised Wei Ming for his good writing skills.

"Your lyrics are so well written, your novel must be great too. Can I read your masterpiece next time?"

There's nothing wrong with that, just send me a copy of "Animal Fierceness".

But can a little girl who grew up in Hong Kong understand stories with special backgrounds such as "The Shepherd" and "The Sheep Class"?

Besides, this is simplified Chinese. Can she understand it?

Then Amin began to introduce her gifts, one of which was a pair of cosmetics that Wei Ming didn't notice.

"This Maybelline Refreshing Cleanser is not very expensive, but it is very good to use. If you have a girlfriend, it will definitely be a plus if you give it to her."

The little girl began to test the waters and invested a lot of money in it.

Wei Ming flipped through the snack bag and found a set of cosmetics inside.

What made her think she had a girlfriend? Was it the lyrics of those two love songs?

However, the little girl reminded herself that the northwest is windy and sandy, so this set of facial cleansers is very suitable for Sister Xue.

The sun in Yunnan is so poisonous that I guess Sister Lin’s skin will be several shades darker when she returns. I’ll have to ask Amin to bring me some whitening skin care products.

Oh, I am such a good brother! Amin is such a good purchasing agent!
Wei Ming and Uncle Ping'an are going to the northwest tomorrow, so Wei Ming started writing his reply letter today. There are still a few copies of "Animals Are Dangerous" left in the dormitory, so he brought one to Amin.

Although he sent his collection of novels to Amin, Wei Ming guessed that she would not like it, so he asked Amin and her classmates what books they usually read and what books sold well in Hong Kong.

"Also, the skin care products you sent me are just in time. I'm going to a border area of our country soon. There's a lot of wind and sand there, and the sun is strong. Although I don't have a girlfriend, I can use these myself."

Not knowing the price of the cosmetics, he enclosed two hundred Hong Kong dollars in his reply and asked her to buy some whitening skin care products.

"Biaozi, Xiaomei," Wei Ming said before going to bed, "My uncle and I are leaving Yanjing tomorrow. Who of you wants to drive?"

The two were not excited at all: "Please, we also need to go to Shenzhen to purchase goods."

the next day.

Liu Zhenyun took Mei Biao's hand and said, "Is there any cheap coffee in Shenzhen? Can you give us some?"

Behind him were several brothers from their dormitory, all with hopeful looks on their faces.

Liu Zhenyun almost didn't sleep last night. He read under the light in the corridor until almost dawn, shocking his roommates.

They all think coffee is great. Drinking it can help them sleep less and spend more time studying.

Mei Wenhua and Biaozi looked at each other and thought that this thing seemed to have business opportunities!

"There's nothing wrong with this business opportunity. China is not the origin of coffee. Coffee beans are basically imported, which means they need to be purchased with foreign exchange. You can't afford it. You'd better drink some tea." Wei Ming's words dispelled the idea of Liu Zhenyun and others to neglect their studies by drinking coffee.

When you become a slave in the future, you will have plenty of opportunities to drink coffee. Why are you in such a hurry now?

But I have to say that today's college students are too hardworking. They have a spirit of striving as if ten thousand years is too long and they must seize the day.

After a while, Uncle Ping'an came with Lele, and the six of them got on the bus to the train station together.

After arriving at the station, Wei Ming and his two companions got on the train first, in hard sleeper cabins, while Biaozi and his friends still had hard seats.

Mei Wenhua: "But when we come back, we plan to splurge a bit and buy sleeper tickets!"

Wei Ming: "Oh, we took a plane when we came back."

Xiaomei, Biaozi: "..."

After settling down on the train, Uncle Ping An said to Wei Ming: "I have something to tell you. The school leaders held a meeting yesterday. From now on, I will no longer work in the General Affairs Department."

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(End of this chapter)