Chapter 230 Saving Private Mike
November 4, Nanluogu Lane.
Early in the morning, the song from the radio was floating in the alley, and it was still "China | Soldiers".
Han Yuemin rode a motorcycle to Fang Yan’s house, carrying fried dough sticks, sesame seed cakes, and an aluminum lunch box.
“Mom, is Yanzi getting sick?”
"I'm up, I'm up, I'm eating."
Yang Xia took out the corn porridge from the kitchen, "I just came back yesterday and brought back a lot of things from Shanghai, including some from you and Yaya. "
Han Yuemin said: "I'll hold it for you."
Yang Xia waved her hand and walked into the room with him.
I saw Fang Yan flipping through the newspaper with his head down. As soon as the two met, they exchanged greetings.
Han Yuemin opened the lunch box, "Look what is this?"
"Hey, fried liver!"
Fang Yan smelled the aroma, raised his eyebrows, and prepared to cut it into two, half for each person.
“I ate it at home.”
Han Yuemin said, “I bought these for you.”
"Then I won't be polite."
While eating, Fang Yan started chatting with Han Yuemin.
The topic was basically what he saw and heard at the Canton Fair.
Han Yuemin's face was full of excitement, as if he had endless things to say, especially when he mentioned the sock knitting machine he bought.
“The first-hand one is too expensive, I can’t afford it, and they won’t sell it. Fortunately, I thought of your suggestion and bought a display sample machine.”
"I'm afraid it's not that easy to get, right?"
Fang Yan has one bite of sesame seed cakes and one bite of fried liver.
“That’s right, the manufacturer refused to sell it at the beginning.”
Han Yuemin said: “Thanks to Mike and his father who gave me some advice and asked me to make friends first. Please Eat a meal with the person, give him a gift, wait until the relationship is established, and then reason with him. Instead of shipping these sample machines back to their company for processing, it would be better to deal with them on the spot..."
Dialect said: "Mike and the others helped. A big favor for you.”
"Indeed!"
Han Yuemin grinned and said: "That manufacturer is very arrogant. If he hadn't seen that I had hired a foreigner as a translator, he would have ignored me at all."
Dialect It's very gratifying to see his progress.
“But even if it’s second-hand, the price is not cheap. Brother-in-law, are you buying all your belongings?”
“It’s not all, maybe 89%. ”
Han Yuemin said: "I'm going to use the rest to feed materials. Winter is coming soon, and I'm thinking that cotton socks will be easy to sell."
"It's good, but you have to be careful."< br>
Dialect reminded me that the recent situation has eased a bit, and the crackdown on speculation has also become much weaker.
“Don’t worry, I know it well.”
Han Yuemin nodded, and then took out the letter entrusted to him by the editorial department of "Flower City".
Dialect opened the letter, and the main idea was very simple.
After the editorial review, "The Great Master Huang Feihong" basically has no major problems. It is going to be published in the December issue of "Flower City" and has already cooperated with "Yangcheng Evening News", "Nanfang Daily", etc. The newspapers and periodicals have discussed it and will cooperate with the publicity at that time.
Therefore, I hope that I can connect "The Great Master Huang Feihong" with Lingnan literature, write another creative article, and send it to "Flower City".
Take this opportunity to expand the popularity of literary and artistic concepts such as "Cantonese novels" and "Lingnan literature".
Hey, I got another royalties!
The total word count of the entire novel is about 527,000, which is 5,270 yuan, although it is only before tax.
Coupled with the royalties from the reprint of "Operation Sword", I have more and more money in my pocket.
We must celebrate it well, go to the foreign guest service departments such as the History Museum and the Forbidden City Museum, and scan the goods.
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After finishing the last bite of fried liver, Fang Yan slowly folded the letter.
"By the way, Mike has been waiting for you to return to Beijing."
Han Yuemin said: "When are you going to meet?"
Fang Yan said: "Just today, make an appointment with him Come home.”
“No, I’ll pick him up now!”
Han Yuemin took the initiative and left quickly.
Soon, there was a harsh roar outside the courtyard, from near to far.
I don’t know how long it took, but just when Fang Yan was revising the novel according to the editorial board’s opinions, the roar came again.
"Teacher Fang!"
Mike ran into the house carrying a box. "Don't be anxious, take your time."
Dialect asked him to sit down.
I saw that the box was full of information, densely packed.
Mike picked up a thick stack of manuscript paper and handed it over.
"Teacher Fang, this is the novel I wrote."
Fang Yan took a closer look. The title is "Blood and Sand".
The whole article is in English, but basically it doesn’t trouble him.
Except for place names, unit numbers, weapons and equipment, I really don’t know anything about them.
After all, what you learn from Bai Ruoxue is not only Japanese, but also English.
Otherwise, how can I earn foreign exchange by writing novels in the future?
Look down from beginning to end, narrated in the first person, the protagonist "I" is a member of the 101st Airborne Division.
Seeing Fang Yan's surprised look, Mike said nervously: "What's wrong, Teacher Fang, is there something wrong?"
Fang Yan said in surprise: "The army your father serves is the 101st Airborne Division?"
"Yes, Eagle Division!"
Mike told about his father's experience in joining the army.
Originally, it participated in the 101st Reserve Infantry Division, but it was later disbanded and reorganized into the 101st Airborne Division. Initially, it had 1 paratrooper regiment, two glider infantry regiments, and 3 artillery battalions...< br>
Old Mike was not in the Parachute Regiment, but in the Artillery Battalion.
Speaking of this, he rejoiced: "Fortunately he did not become a paratrooper, otherwise I might not have come to this world."
Han Yuemin was curious, "Why is this so? Say?"
"There was a widely circulated saying in World War II, called 'We are paratroopers and should be surrounded.'"
Mike casually talked about the extremely failed "Market-Garden." "action.
I originally thought that the heavenly soldiers would descend to the earth, but I didn't expect that they would fall into boxes on the ground.
Fang Yan listened and turned over the manuscript.
The main plot of the story is about how old Mike tried his best to accumulate points and fight for the opportunity to return to the country after retiring from the army.
The U.S. Army has designed a points system specifically for the American soldiers who stayed in the European theater after the European War.
You can get points by participating in a battle, getting a medal, serving for a certain period of time, and even getting married.
Only American soldiers who have reached or exceeded "85 points" are eligible to retire and return home by ship.
Those who do not have enough points can only stay in the division, and will most likely be transferred to Japan to continue participating in the war.
The neon people at that time could shout "One hundred million pieces of jade".
In order to collect enough points as quickly as possible, Old Mike even married a local French woman at the same place.
As a result, the marriage was completed, but I still didn’t have enough points to go home.
What he was thinking at that time was all written on this piece of paper.
“I no longer have to worry about being in a grave at a young age and going to see God, because I am already in the grave now.”
“Marriage is my grave!”
“From one grave to another!”
“O God!”
Seeing this, Fang Yan pursed his lips and suppressed a smile.
"It's okay, Teacher Fang, if you want to laugh, just laugh."
Mike said that this was his father's first wife and his mother was the second.
“Haha~”
Fang Yan immediately laughed loudly, “Your father is really a humorous and interesting person. I hope to have the opportunity to meet him.”
"He thinks so too!"
Mike said: "After watching "Operation Sword", he really wants to get to know you and talk about the novel."
"There will be Opportunity."
Fang Yan continued to read, and Han Yuemin asked with interest: "Is it true that you can only return to China if you have accumulated enough points?"
"No, there was a policy at that time. It’s called the ‘lone survivor policy’.”
Mike rummaged through the box and took out a memoir written by Fritz Niland.
When I listened carefully to Dialect, I was greatly surprised.
This "Fritz Nilan" was a soldier of Company E of the 101st Airborne Division. His three brothers were killed on the battlefield one after another.
According to the "Single Survivor Policy", if there is only one child left in the family due to military operations, you can withdraw from the war.
As Nilan was the only surviving son in the family, the army ordered him to be sent back to the country.
Isn't this the "Ryan" from "Saving Private Ryan"?
(End of this chapter)