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Chapter 31 "Such Love"

“How long did it take you to write this?”

"Just now, less than two hours."

What a fast guy!

Professor Qu was a little surprised and picked up the story written by Wei Ming and started reading.

It’s called “Such Love” and the story is about a young man who only cares about beauty when looking for a partner.

One day he saw a beautiful conductor on a bus, so he wrote a whole page of love letter and left it on the conductor's desk when he got off the bus.

Unexpectedly, the conductor threw the note out of the car, and it was caught by a young man passing by. The young man thought the conductor was expressing his love to him.

He kept writing letters to the address above, and from then on the two of them exchanged letters frequently, and their conversations became more and more passionate.

When the two finally decided to meet, they found out that they were both young men.

Professor Qu was delighted when he read it. Although the whole text has almost no literary quality and poor logic, it is indeed very interesting, especially the letters exchanged between the two parties. The two had to express love while blurring the gender to create misunderstandings, which was handled very cleverly.

This was a classic story published in "Story Club" two years later. It was also the first time Wei Ming saw it in his previous life when he came into contact with "Story Club". He was deeply impressed by it. Later, this story was selected into university textbooks.

Wei Ming didn't care about those trivial matters. He just wanted to establish a good relationship with "Story Club" and see if he could publish some longer popular literature in this publication with the largest circulation in the country.

The single issue circulation of "Popular Movies" may be higher during the award period, but the average monthly circulation of "Story Club" is still stronger.

Professor Qu said she did the favor: "But as a rising star in the literary world, are you sure you want to write popular stories?"

Wei Ming spread his hands and said, "It's hard to write an excellent novel. The story has lower literary requirements. I need to earn more royalties. At worst, I can change my pen name."

Professor Qu liked the boy's honesty. Then the two of them went downstairs to have dinner and met Sister Chen Rong again, so Wei Ming introduced them to each other.

They were of similar age, women, educated women, and teachers. They soon became very happy with each other, and Wei Ming had no chance to interrupt.

However, from their conversation, Wei Ming learned that Sister Chen also went out to play during the day and came back to write at night, so Professor Qu recommended some fun places to her. Although she had lived in Yanjing for a long time, she would come back every holiday.

After returning home from dinner, Wei Ming immediately started to revise the manuscript. He was so fast that he finished most of it in one night. He really was a genius in manuscript revision!
Professor Qu and his colleagues' meeting will last about a week. At this rate, he will definitely have to leave first. No, he has to slow down. After all, his salary from Peking University will still be paid, so it won't be counted as absenteeism. There is also a subsidy of two yuan a day. If he is too shameless, he can change it to a year!

So the next day after having free breakfast, Wei Ming went out for a stroll and experienced the local customs and the times.

Although the policy of reform and opening up was issued from Yanjing, Yanjing has not changed much in a year. On the contrary, the Magic City is bustling with many buildings being built, and people, especially girls, dress more fashionably.

Besides pedestrians and bicycles, taxis soliciting passengers can be seen everywhere on the street.

However, it was not a four-wheeled taxi, but a three-wheeled motorcycle, which the locals called a toad car or a turtle car.

The number of cars is also more than that in Yanjing. After all, the Magic City brand cars are not dead yet.

It may also be that Wei Ming rarely went into the city when he was in Yanjing, and now Huangpu where he is is considered the core area of the Magic City.

Seeing a shopping mall on the roadside, Wei Ming thought of helping Master Liu to bring something, so he went in to ask, but it turned out that there was no one selling Shengui Yangrong wine. Could it be that this Shengui Yangrong wine was selling so well? Was the supply insufficient to meet the demand?
Seeing how handsome he was, the saleswoman said a few more words to him: "It was popular for a while when the TV commercial first came out, but later because the price was too high, fewer people bought it, so we stopped stocking it. You'd better go to the drugstore and have a look."

As for the ginseng and cinnamon nourishing medicinal wine, it is reasonable to buy it at the pharmacy.

"Oh, thank you."

Afterwards, Wei Ming looked for a pharmacy nearby and finally found it this time. The price was 15 Yuan, which was cheaper than what Master Liu had learned.

The transparent bottle and simple packaging not only have the product name but also the manufacturer printed on it: Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Factory No. 2.

Wei Ming was not in a hurry to buy it, but chatted with the salesperson at the drugstore: "It's so expensive, my monthly salary is only enough to buy one bottle."

After hearing what Wei Ming said, the saleswoman's enthusiasm waned. What's the point of being pretty if you don't make money?

She said, "Then you should think about why you earn so little."

I didn't expect that she would say such cold words on such a hot day.

Wei Ming didn't break his guard, he continued to ask: "There must be very few people who buy this wine?"

"There are quite a few during festivals. It's a face-giving gift," said the salesperson.

However, Wei Ming could clearly feel that she was not very confident in what she said.

When is the next big festival?

Oh, National Day is ten days later, and Mid-Autumn Festival is fifteen days later.

Giving gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival is an old tradition.

There are still more than ten days left. If it is really a hot-selling product, the shelves should be fully stocked by now. However, the salesperson just pulled out a bottle from the bottom shelf. It is obvious that this product has passed its hot-selling period.

After going out, Wei Ming noticed that the wall opposite was covered with advertisements for Swiss Rado watches, a phenomenon that would never be seen in Yanjing.

Wei Ming thought of Li Xiaolin's suggestion that he could spend more time in Shanghai, maybe he would get some inspiration.

Hey, inspiration has come. He now has some ideas. This may be an interesting topic, and it will not be too long, so it can be done during the revision period.

Since he had nothing to do anyway, after paying the bill he went out and hailed a toad car.

"Master, please go to the Second Chinese Medicine Factory!" Wei Minghao said angrily.

When Wei Ming saw the master’s exaggerated smile, he knew something was wrong!
He quickly jumped down and added, "How much is it?"

"It's not much, just give me two dollars."

Wei Ming took two steps back again: "Sorry, I don't have enough money. I'll take the bus... I don't even have one dollar and fifty cents... What? One dollar is fine..."

(End of this chapter)