Exciting 1979!

Chapter 222: The First PK between Nan Gongxi and Bei Zhulin
Wei Ming put away Melinda's letter. From today on, he was considered a person with assets overseas.

All your eggs must never be put in one basket. This is the wisdom our ancestors left us.

He admires those who are determined to take risks and leave no way out for themselves, but he never demands such strictness of himself. It's good to be an ordinary person.

Except for having lunch in the faculty cafeteria at noon, Wei Ming has been in school all day because he has come to the end of the new fairy tale he wrote for Melinda, which he completed in his spare time.

Today he wanted to accomplish his goal in one fell swoop and get it done once and for all.

And during lunch, he met Uncle Ping'an.

Because Wei Ming was too busy, this was the first time the uncle and nephew met after he came back.

"I heard from Xiaohong that your father went to Shandong?"

"Well, he helped the crew raise cattle before, and now the cattle are going to be filmed, so he has to accompany them. I recently received a letter from him, and he said he wanted to raise a dairy cow in the future."

"Haha, this is also a good use of one's strengths. Just keep him for fun. With a son like you, he doesn't have to struggle anymore~"

Yes, Wei Ming envies Lao Wei, he is so lucky.

"Your aunt brought back some more letters from your readers. Take some time. There are quite a lot, but you shouldn't be worried about having nowhere to put them now."

"Yes~" I bought another courtyard house. It must be enough. If it is not enough, I will buy another one.

Wei Ming felt it necessary to tell Uncle Ping'an about his purchase of another house, because he also wanted to install a phone there, and perhaps he would need to make use of his connections at Peking University.

Just as he was about to say that, Uncle Ping An said, "Why don't you invite Xiao Hong and Yun Yun over? Your aunt has always said that she wants to treat them to a meal at home after they come."

Wei Ming said: "Why don't you just eat at my place and get to know my place at the same time."

"What door do you want to recognize? You forgot that your aunt has been there." Wei Ping'an laughed.

Wei Ming: "I mean the new house I bought."

"Ah?" Uncle Ping'an's smile suddenly stopped. "New, newly bought?"

"Well, I thought it was useless to hold so many dollars in my hand, so when Xiaomei and Biaozi resigned and wanted to start their own business, I invested some money and opened a clothing store in Xidan. But I still had a lot left, so I simply bought a courtyard house near the Forbidden City."

"Uh..." Wei Ping'an was speechless. Wei Jiefang not only didn't need to work hard, he could squander the rest of his life as he pleased!

At this moment, Wei Ping'an envied his brother Jiefang, and he didn't know whether Xizi could achieve half of his brother Ming's success in the future.

"Okay, then when are you going? I'll take Xile back from their grandfather."

Wei Ming said: "The clothing store will be officially opened on the 20th, so it may be quite busy. Besides, I haven't officially acquired the house yet. Once the formalities are sorted out, it will probably be by the end of the month."

"Okay, how's your store going?" Wei Ping'an asked again with concern. He is also trying to generate income now, so he is very concerned about doing business.

Wei Ming: "It looks like there won't be any problems now. The sales volume exceeded 1,000 on the first day. You and my aunt can come and have a look. Xiaomei will definitely give you a big discount."

Afterwards, Wei Ming told Uncle Ping'an the specific address, and he nodded with satisfaction and wrote it down.

"Actually, I have good news. Teacher Wang Xuan's project has made another step forward today!"

"Oh?"

It turns out that today they output an octavo newspaper negative from the laser photosetter, and this project is getting closer and closer to practical application.

By then, at least with so many publishing houses and printing houses across the country, it would be enough for Peking University to make a fortune. This is a huge market. Wei Ping'an even thought of participating in international competition to earn foreign exchange.

After dinner, Wei Ming returned to the library and finished the last section in an hour. Then he spent another two hours reading it again from the beginning. He was quite satisfied.

Before leaving the library, he returned the popular science books about Africa and Shakespeare's Hamlet that he had borrowed for his writing.

At the same time, he lent Xiaohong some economics books.

Teacher Lin, who was in charge of borrowing books, smiled and asked, "Xiao Wei, when will you join our library?"

It seems that everyone in the library knows about this.

Wei Ming also laughed: "I guess I'll have to wait until I pass the correspondence course, then I can work and study at the same time."

"Our library has given you a warm welcome. Our working environment is no worse than that of the school magazine office, and we recently bought a photocopier."

"Oh, really?" Wei Ming was very happy. He didn't have to go back to the school magazine office to borrow books anymore.

China began to introduce foreign copier production lines in 78, such as Canon, Ricoh, and Konishiroku, which started the first wave of popularization of modern office equipment in China.

However, this kind of equipment is too expensive, costing hundreds of thousands of yuan per unit, and is rarely available even in colleges and universities.

But it is really convenient. Wei Ming needs to submit his manuscript to multiple places, and he also wants to keep a copy. It is tens of thousands of words, and it is too tiring to copy by hand. So every time Wei Ming finishes writing, he uses the school magazine's copier to make a copy, and he just pays the original price.

In fact, if I ask Xiaohong to copy the book for me, it would probably be much cheaper than using a photocopy machine.

Alas, thinking about the price of the copier, Wei Ming sighed and felt that he was still not rich enough.

A typewriter is also very necessary for writers. It is not that expensive, but the current Chinese typewriters are much less convenient. You have to wait a few more years until the Chinese typewriter made by Sitong comes out, and then you can buy one.

But what is really worth looking forward to is the era of personal computers!
With emotion and imagination, Wei Ming left the school magazine. It was a bit late today, so he would send it out tomorrow.

When he got home, Xiaohong and the others had not come back yet. Probably because the new couple had not arrived yet. Wei Ming casually turned on the TV, watched the news and then checked the weather forecast.

The "Weather Forecast" program was newly established this month. Forecasters from the National Meteorological Bureau rush to the CCTV studio to record it every day. It will be replaced by CCTV hosts in a few years and gradually become familiar to everyone.

When Xiaohong and the others came back, the first thing they asked him was, "Brother, have you checked the weather forecast? Is it going to rain tomorrow?"

They were relieved to hear that it was a sunny day. Rain would not only make travel inconvenient, but would also affect the sales performance of the clothing store.

"Brother, Brother Wenhua asked me to collect money and take care of the accounts today. Guess how much we sold today!"

“It should still be over a thousand, right?”

"One thousand three hundred and eighty-six!" Xiao Hong proudly reported an accurate number, which was more than the first day.

Usually on the first day of opening, even if it is a trial operation, sales will be higher. Now that sales are increasing, it should be that the shopping model has been recognized by customers and may even have started to spread by word of mouth.

Wei Ming acted very calmly. He might only get excited when the sales volume reached five figures.

"Brother, today I heard customers talking about 'Lush Mountain Romance'. They said the movie was really good and our clothes were exactly the same as the one worn by the heroine." Xiaohong said again.

Wei Ming: "Yes, our women's clothing is based on that movie, so it must be exactly the same."

"Is that movie good?" Wei Hong asked with anticipation.

Yunyun said, "Brother Wenhua said that there will be two new shopping guides joining us tomorrow, so we can leave work early, so Xiaohong wants to watch that movie."

Xiaohong nodded expectantly. She had never seen a movie in a cinema in her life. The few times she had watched movies were open-air movies in the village.

Wei Ming: "Oh, so it's worth seeing. If you want to see it, then okay, I'll get you two tickets tomorrow."

It just so happened that he also had to go to Master Wei to inspect the poster.

"Brother, don't you want to watch it? Let's watch it together." Xiaohong said.

Wei Ming: "Oh, I've seen it."

Instead of accompanying them to the movies, why not spend time with Sister Lin yourself?

The next day at noon, Wei Ming went to the Daguan Tower. The line for watching movies during the day was surprisingly long. "Lush Mountain Love" was indeed very popular. Recently, he often saw related reports in the newspapers, even those that had nothing to do with the movie.

He first went through the back door to get two tickets, and then came to Master Wei's workshop.

At this time, Master Wei was creating posters for "Lush Mountain Love", and he was creating two at the same time. In addition, a cinema also asked him to draw. Now that "Lush Mountain Love" is so popular, one poster can be used for several months.

Wei Ming took a look at the huge posters of the two sisters and said, "They don't look alike."

Master Wei said nothing, but silently hung up the two paintings and asked Wei Ming to stand back.

"Oh, they look alike! So alike! The charm of both models has been taken care of. Master Wei's skills are superb!"

Master Wei: "Just hang it at this height when the time comes."

Wei Ming paid the balance readily.

It cannot be hung up today, so Wei Ming sent the poster to Mei Wenhua and asked him to hang it up after closing on the 19th. The poster will then be unveiled together with the signboard.

"Are the firecrackers ready?"

Mei Wenhua: "Don't worry, it's fine!"

Then Wei Ming gave the tickets to Xiaohong and the others and left.

Mei Wenhua looked at the two tickets with envy. He also wanted to go to the movies with Yunyun. He heard that it was a love movie. Unfortunately, he couldn't leave this store.

If I don't manage the accounts at the counter myself, I'll have to hire one more person. Now, in addition to Xiao Hong, there are already five shopping guides, so it's not advisable to add more staff for the time being.

~
At the same time, Demon City.

Gong Xing looked at the ticket in Gong Ying's hand and smiled helplessly.

"We need to shoot an extra night scene today, so I can't watch a movie with you tonight," Gong Xing said to his sister, "Why don't you go find your sister-in-law or eldest sister to watch it with you."

"My sister-in-law, my eldest brother, my eldest sister and my brother-in-law have already seen it." Gong Ying sighed, "Then I'll find someone else to see it."

"Well, the movie is so popular now. I heard that many people are lining up but can't buy tickets. If you just shout it out in the cinema, you might be able to sell it at a higher price." Gong Xing said with a smile.

Gong Ying pouted: "Then I'm a scalper."

In fact, Gong Xing also wanted to watch it. Being in Shanghai, he could feel the popularity of "Lush Mountain Love" more than people in Beijing. His mother even asked his father to find a tailor to make a few clothes for Zhang Yu in the movie.

And there is Guo Kaimin. This guy has become more and more noisy and arrogant in the crew. In fact, the main celebrity of this movie is Zhang Yu, but Guo Kaimin is the male lead after all, so he does have capital to be proud of himself.

Zhang Zhihua has been in a bad mood these past few days. More and more people know that Zhang Yu kissed her boyfriend, and she is now feeling jealous all day long.

So Gong Xing secretly made up his mind that in order to prevent Xiao Wei from becoming like Zhang Zhihua, he would never shoot such intimate scenes in the future.

When she thought of being intimate, she couldn't help but think of Xiao Wei's textbook kissing skills. Oh, she couldn't think about it anymore.

After watching her sister leave, Gong Xing returned to the Shanghai Film Studio. When she entered the studio, the old man called her. "Xiao Gong, there is your package from Beijing. Remember to take it when you leave."

"Oh, I'll take it now." She knew it must be Xiao Wei's and she couldn't wait until after get off work.

Before the filming officially started, she opened the package and took a look. It was clothes, the same clothes worn by the heroine in "Lush Mountain Love"!
Not all of them, they are all selected by Wei Ming to suit Sister Xue's temperament.

He estimated that the Magic City would not produce imitation women's clothing from "Lush Mountain Love" so soon, so he quickly sent some to Sister Xue so that she could be at the forefront of fashion.

Gong Xing was delighted and planned to write him another letter after returning home.

When Gong Ying arrived at the Daguangming Cinema, she saw that the line had stretched all the way to the street. There were no empty seats for the show she was going to watch, and the people in the line were waiting for tickets for the evening show or tomorrow.

She also grabbed the ticket early in the morning, but was stood up by her sister.

Just as I was thinking about how to sell the extra tickets, I heard someone calling me, "Sister Ying?"

Then Gong Ying saw a familiar figure in the long queue.

"Ah Long!" Gong Ying said with a smile, "Are you rehearsing Love in Lushan Mountain?"

"Ah."

"See for yourself?"

"Ah."

Gong Ying immediately pulled him out and said, "You're lucky. Sister is inviting you to the movies."

"what?"

"Let's go, I have an extra ticket."

Aaron followed with his pigeon-toed steps: "Sister Ying, is your foot okay?"

"It will be fine after two days of rest. It's okay."

Although she said so, Liu Rulong was determined to send her home after the movie: "It's dark now, it's not safe."

"Okay." Gong Ying agreed. It wasn't the first time after all, and they could also talk about the plot of the movie on the way.

It was just very embarrassing when they were seen by Gong Ying's elder brother Gong Xu at the entrance of the alley.

Gong Xu asked Liu Rulong how old he was and where he was from like interrogating a criminal.

This made Gong Ying very embarrassed: "Brother, we are not dating. A-Long is just an ordinary friend."

Aaron: "Yes, just ordinary friends. We just watched "Lush Mountain Love" and I am worried that it will be unsafe after dark."

My goodness, I just watched a movie, and it was "Lush Mountain Love"! The evidence is confirmed.

Gong Xu smiled and said, "Your elder sister and brother-in-law refused to admit it when I bumped into them. Do you want to go up and sit with them, young man?"

"No, brother. I'm afraid I'll miss the last bus. I'll go first." Seeing such a scene for the first time, A'long was so scared that he ran away. However, when he reviewed the situation afterwards, he felt that he had nothing to be afraid of. The one who should be afraid is A'ming.

After Gong Xu and Gong Ying returned home, Gong Xu immediately reported the matter about his younger sister's ordinary friend A Long to his parents. Moreover, Gong Ying had already returned, with his eyes wide open, watching the show silently.

When the parents heard that they were watching a movie together, they misunderstood and immediately asked their son about the boy. They also hoped that their 24-year-old youngest daughter could settle the major event in her life as soon as possible and set an example for the second daughter.

Gong Ying: "Okay, I'll answer it myself. First of all, he is from another province, Hebei."

Upon hearing this, the parents' excitement was immediately dampened. He was from another place.

Gong Ying continued: "And she is only 19 years old and has no formal job."

"What!" The old father stood up immediately, thinking that the age difference of five years was too big.

Gong Ying breathed a sigh of relief. Now her ears were finally quiet.

Gong Xian, who was just watching the show silently, also looked gloomy. If a father couldn't accept a five-year-old, wouldn't it be even more difficult for an eight-year-old?

Gong Ying also realized this and tried hard to comfort her sister before going to bed at night.

"Xiao Wei is much better than A'long. Mom and Dad have no reason to be picky in front of him. Don't worry."

Gong Xing finally smiled: "Since you are so sweet, I brought back a few clothes today. Please pick one."

"Ah?" Gong Ying began to flip through them. "These are the clothes Zhang Yu wore in the movie!"

Gong Xing: "This is not a prop costume. Xiao Wei sent it to me. It is a new dress sold in their clothing store."

"Oh, Xiao Wei is so smart, he will definitely make a lot of money!" Gong Ying said, "I choose this one."

Gong Xing thought, that’s right, Xiao Wei once said that when he makes money in the future he will buy himself an old house in Shanghai.

But why should I buy it in Shanghai? Does he want to stay in Shanghai with me?

Thinking of this, Gong Xing's heart became hot again.

~
On the 19th, after sending all the shopping guides away, Mei Wenhua asked someone to set up a ladder and hang up the posters.

After finishing, he looked at his two sisters-in-law and thought, this is amazing. He wondered how many customers these two beauties could attract.

Especially the female customers, who have been wearing monotonous blue-green colors for so many years. When they see the two beauties looking so beautiful in fashionable clothes, they will definitely want to try them on themselves.

So Mei Wenhua told the garment factory in advance that he had ordered the largest quantity for these two sets of clothes.

Xiaohong got off work early today and did not bring the day's sales to Wei Ming. Mei Wenhua really wanted to let Brother Ming know that the store's sales today have exceeded 2000 yuan!

So after deducting all expenses and costs every month, their net profit would probably be more than 20,000!
If he wasn't wearing a tight ring around his head, he would definitely arrange ten shopping guides, a store manager and an accountant in the store, completely freeing himself up to do more important things.

He felt sad when he thought that "Lush Mountain Love" was popular in major cities across the country, but Oriental New World could only sell those clothes in Yanjing.

What a huge business opportunity, what a waste.

The 20th is Sunday, which is also the busiest time of the week at Xidan Commercial Street.

Wei Ming, who usually doesn't pay enough attention to Oriental New World, has to go over to help today, otherwise he is worried that he won't be able to handle it.

After so many days, the popularity of "Lush Mountain Love" has almost spread, and tens of thousands of fashionable young people in Yanjing have watched it.

A very special clothing store has just opened in Xidan. Not only are the styles new, but the store also allows customers to get up close and personal with the clothes. The news has also spread by word of mouth among customers over the past few days and has gained a certain degree of popularity.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Wei Ming rode his bike to Oriental Plaza with his two sisters. There were not many people on the street at that time, but everyone who passed by would stop to admire the poster photos of Gong Xing and Zhu Lin.

First, it is big enough.

Second, it is beautiful.

Wei Hong was shocked: "I thought it was something else, but I saw it from such a long distance!"

Yunyun looked up and said, "How beautiful!" The two sisters looked like goddesses descended to earth.

Wei Hong suddenly realized: "Hey, the other one is not Sister Zhu Lin!"

At first she thought they were both Zhu Lin, but upon closer inspection, they were clearly two people.

"The other one is also my friend." Wei Ming looked at Hai Report. The posters of the two of them were facing each other, as if they were looking at each other. In the middle of the poster was their signboard, which had been covered before and had not been revealed yet.

In addition to Mei Wenhua, there are four regular employees wearing uniforms and four temporary workers in casual clothes in the store. The regular employees are also in the probation period.

They are all young girls in their 20s. Mei Wenhua deliberately chose those who are good-looking and look more friendly.

Of course, they are all inferior to Yunyun. Yunyun's friendliness is obvious to everyone in the store. Even though she doesn't talk much, she is still the sales champion.

There are a total of 10 shopping guides, which should be enough. Mei Wenhua, as the manager, looks as if he is facing a great enemy.

Wei Ming comforted him: "Relax, there may not be so many people, and the sales volume may be similar to yesterday. How much was it yesterday?"

"Two thousand." He whispered.

Wei Ming: "I will try to get 3,000 today."

Before the store opened, quite a few people had gathered outside, mainly attracted by two huge posters. Many of them were staff members from nearby stores.

This new neighbor has been very popular recently. Many people have visited it and had a very good experience. Today it is finally officially opening.

Since they are not in the clothing business, they are quite welcoming towards this store. If they can attract more customers, they might also be able to make a profit.

And even if we take away their business, what does it matter? They are all public businesses. If business is good, they won’t raise their salaries. If business is slow, they can be more relaxed.

Not long after, Biao's mother also arrived. There was also a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, which would be conducted by her and Mei Wenhua. Wei Ming was a public figure after all, so he chose to reduce his exposure so as not to occupy public resources.

At eight o'clock, Xiaohong and Yunyun lit two strings of red firecrackers respectively. They were not very powerful, but they made a lot of noises, and after they exploded, red paper fell to the ground, which also looked festive.

Then Mei Wenhua, Biao's mother and a street leader completed the ribbon-cutting ceremony together. This leader had always supported them and hoped that they could share the employment pressure, but unfortunately Mei Wenhua was timid and did not dare to take big steps.

Because once a bad wave of public opinion is formed, the leader may be the first to take action against him to protect himself.

Afterwards the sign was unveiled, the five big characters "Oriental New World" were written by Mr. Wu Zuoren, and Wei Ming paid him a fee for writing them.

After the opening, in addition to the words "20% off for all items", there was also a line of "30% off for two items!"

In other words, as long as you buy two pieces of clothing at the same time, you can get a 30% discount. You don’t even need to buy clothes, hats, scarves, shoes, belts, and sunglasses will all do.

"This offer is only for one day! Everyone must seize the opportunity!" Mei Wenhua shouted, then opened the door and let the customers in.

After all, it was the first day of the official opening, and Mei Wenhua wanted to make the "Oriental Plaza" brand famous, so it was willing to give concessions to customers.

Brother Ming said that a sales volume of 3000 would be enough, but he doesn’t think so. He thinks it can reach 5000!

After hearing about such a huge discount, some customers were tempted to buy two pieces, but a large number of people immediately went home and asked their neighbors and friends to buy together.

If two people pretend to be one, isn’t that also a 30% discount?
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