Chapter 245 Wealth cannot be exposed, let alone foreign exchange coupons (please book in full)
After having lunch at the Changzheng Hotel, because I knew Cheng Xuemin was going back, I had to hurry up and fill in the application form from the Literary and Art Association. Xiao Cui from People’s Literature They all chased me to the hotel.
So after dinner, Hu Cai thanked the group and did not go back to Cheng Xuemin's house to bother them. They went back alone!
Cheng Xuemin also made an appointment with Lao Hu from Yanhe Literature. They will take the train back to the provincial capital Xi'an tomorrow afternoon. His sister will take Qingwa and her cousin back together.
Hu Cai and the others immediately agreed upon hearing this. Lu Yao and Mo Shen even volunteered, saying that they would help Cheng Xuemin and send his sister, sister and nephew back to Chengjiawan, Cheng Xuemin's hometown.
He also said that he wanted to stop by Chengjiawan to see what kind of land, environment and people could produce such a great writer as Cheng Xuemin.
By the way, Xi Film Studio was also going to Cheng Xuemin’s hometown to shoot the movie "Loess Plateau". Mo Shen happened to go to see the actual location of "Loess Plateau" in Cheng Xuemin's novel.
If their local area is suitable for film shooting, Moshen will feedback his investigation to their Xiying Film Studio.
Maybe by then, the crew of their West Film Studio's "Loess High Slope" will also go to Cheng Xuemin's hometown to shoot on location.
Cheng Xuemin felt good after hearing this, and made an appointment to go to their hometown for filming. He would definitely be at home waiting for them after the college entrance examination.
After making an appointment, Lao Hu Xiejin and the others took the bus back to their respective guest houses from the Yanda bus station.
Cheng Xuemin rode Xiao Cui's bicycle from People's Literature, and he thought more and more about it all the way back.
If Xiying Studio really went to their Chengjiawan or commune to shoot, would this be regarded as promoting the development of their hometown?
Although there is no talk of tourism and cultural undertakings in this era, it is not impossible if Cheng Xuemin starts the layout and operation now to build their hometown into a film and television city with the loess style of Qin.
I really need to think about this matter carefully when I look back.
Let's start with the movie "Loess Plateau", and there will definitely be a series of novels such as "The Ordinary World", "Old Farmer", "Furong Town", "Northern Shaanxi Hanzi", etc., which will definitely be adapted into film and television dramas.
At that time, we were going to the author Cheng Xuemin’s hometown for on-site shooting. Could we start up the local film and television culture and tourism business in his hometown?
This can be regarded as Cheng Xuemin’s contribution to the reform and development of his hometown, right?
"Xuemin, these are the only three electric fans left!"
"No, no, I can only give you two at most. Our overseas Chinese store has to keep one for emergencies!"
"Xuemin, you also know that our overseas Chinese store is aimed at foreigners and overseas Chinese in Beijing. Now that the weather is hot, those overseas Chinese and foreigners can't stand the heat. People come here to buy almost every day!"
"So I really can't give you all three. I have to keep one for emergencies!"
"Next batch, next batch, okay?"
"It's fast, it's fast! We've already given feedback and a batch of electric fans will be here next week!"
"When the time comes, let alone five, I will help you arrange even ten!"
When Cheng Xuemin came home, he passed by the Overseas Chinese Store and thought about buying an electric fan for the Feng family, mother and son.
Moreover, Cheng Xuemin also knew that they were all under one roof, especially since the Feng family had just given birth to a baby, and their mother-in-law and the rest of the family were helping out a lot.
In the future, I will also count on their family to help take care of the Feng family's young mother and son.
So it would be unreasonable to just buy an electric fan.
Therefore, Cheng Xuemin had estimated before that he would need at least five electric fans, which together would cost almost 1,000 yuan in foreign exchange coupons.
But when Cheng Xuemin came over, he found that at the Overseas Chinese Store, because the weather has been too hot recently, foreigners or overseas Chinese came to buy electric fans almost every day.
The overseas Chinese store is out of stock, and there are only three units left in the store.
Originally, Cheng Xuemin thought of just three units, so he would buy these three units first.
pity!
Lao Yang, the store director, refused to give all three to Cheng Xuemin, so he kept one in the store for emergencies.
"That's okay too!"
"Anyway, Lao Yang, when the next batch of electric fans comes, you have to keep three of them for me!"
It is true that you cannot buy or sell by force, and Lao Yang is indeed right. Their next batch of imported goods will have to wait until next week to arrive at the store.
In addition, the weather is really not too hot. Let alone foreigners, the demand for electric fans is increasing day by day. How about our own citizens?
Unfortunately, now there is no domestic production or sales, and the only imported goods from outside are foreign exchange certificates, so ordinary people generally cannot afford them.
real!
It was just Cheng Xuemin, otherwise the Overseas Chinese Store would not have been so straightforward as to give him two electric fans at once.
So there is nothing wrong with keeping one in the store for emergencies!
"No problem, no problem. Wait until the electric fan comes over. I'll ask Xiaomei to go home and let you know!"
Lao Yang, the director of the overseas Chinese store, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Cheng Xuemin had agreed to only need two units, and he nodded repeatedly.
"Okay! Here are four hundred and fifty yuan in foreign exchange coupons, Lao Yang, please order them!"
An electric fan costs 225 yuan in foreign exchange coupons. If converted into RMB, it costs 600 to 700 yuan, which is more expensive than an imported TV.
This is what makes things rare.
Because TVs are already produced by four major manufacturers in China and are replaced by domestic products, the price of imported TVs is only three to four hundred foreign exchange coupons.
But an electric fan that doesn't have too much technical content can be sold for more than 200 foreign exchange coupons, but there is currently no domestic manufacturer that produces this thing.
We have to wait until next year, when domestic electric fans are fully rolled out, and the price of this imported product will also be driven down.
By then, you may be able to buy it with just over 100 points of foreign exchange coupons.
But no matter what, more than 100 foreign exchange coupons are still a sky-high price for us ordinary people.
Fortunately, by then, with more than 100 yuan, you can buy a domestic electric fan.
In a few years, you will be able to buy it for dozens of yuan!
"Xuemin, this is an electric fan! More than 400 foreign exchange coupons, where did you get so much foreign exchange?"
Xiao Cui, who had been following the people's literature, was also very surprised when Cheng Xuemin suddenly turned into the overseas Chinese store.
When he saw Cheng Xuemin in the store, he actually wanted to buy three electric fans at once.
Although I only bought two units in the end, it was still unbelievable that Xiao Cui, who was silent next to me, saw it.
I have never seen someone like Cheng Xuemin spend hundreds of yuan in foreign exchange coupons to buy an electric fan!
Foreign exchange coupons!
And it’s more than 400 foreign exchange coupons...
The most scarce thing these days is foreign exchange coupons. Banks and foreign exchange bureaus have very strict control over the exchange of foreign exchange coupons. In ordinary workplaces, they can't exchange much at all.
But where did Cheng Xuemin get so much foreign exchange?
Anyway, Xiao Cui, who is an editor at People’s Literature, has never seen so much foreign exchange. The foreign exchange coupons he had in his hand were for his daughter’s birthday. If she wanted a birthday gift, she had to go to the Friendship Store. To buy, you need foreign exchange coupons!
Xiao Cui gritted his teeth and exchanged ten yuan of foreign exchange coupons from a foreign friend, who asked for one month's salary at that time.
A ten-dollar foreign exchange voucher cost him one month's salary.
But now?
Cheng Xuemin spent more than 400 foreign exchange coupons, which was the money he spent to buy only two electric fans. His original intention was to buy five.
So Cheng Xuemin may have at least a thousand dollars in foreign exchange in his hands?
Good guy!
Knowing that Cheng Xuemin’s royalties for writing manuscripts were terrifying, Guang Xiaocui knew that the royalties for publishing in their People’s Literature and the Humanities Society upstairs might be close to tens of thousands.
The royalties are tens of thousands of dollars!
Xiao Cui doesn’t know what it is like in other places, but as far as people’s literature is concerned, the individual author who published the most manuscripts and earned the most royalties last year must be none other than Cheng Xuemin.
Therefore, as Cheng Xuemin's editor-in-chief at People's Literature, Xiao Cui must have known that Cheng Xuemin had money.
But I didn't expect that Cheng Xuemin not only had money, but also had foreign exchange coupons.
Where did he get the thousands of yuan in foreign exchange coupons?
"Old Cui, if I were to say that I received foreign exchange, rice and gold as royalties for the foreign manuscripts I submitted to outsiders, would you believe it?"
Cheng Xuemin held an electric fan in one hand and replied to Xiao Cui with a smile. He didn't expect Xiao Cui's reaction to be so big. He would have known that he would have sent Xiao Cui away later before going out to buy something!
This is not about taking a trip and saving yourself from having to go out again.
Xiao Cui was not shocked at all.
"What? Xuemin, you gave it to an outside magazine through foreign language manuscripts?"
"Xuemin, you know foreign languages, can you still write foreign language manuscripts?"
Cheng Xuemin's words were not surprising, but Xiao Cui was shocked again.
I really can't tell that Cheng Xuemin actually understands foreign languages. Not only can he understand them, but he can also write them.
The most outrageous thing is that not only can he write, but he can also write well. The manuscript has been published by magazines outside. Cheng Xuemin has now begun to earn foreign exchange royalties! ?
Good guy!
Does Lao Zhang, the editor-in-chief of People’s Literature, know about it? Does Li Shuguang of the Humanities Society know that Cheng Xuemin can still write foreign language manuscripts?
“I understand a little bit!”
"Usually, the overseas Chinese store here cannot accept foreigners because of the language barrier. I have come to help a few times!"
"So after going back and forth, I became acquainted with Lao Yang, the director of the overseas Chinese store!"
It’s indeed ripe!
Cheng Xuemin also thought about asking Lao Yang to help import an air conditioner to the unit above.
Because Cheng Xuemin is planning to buy an apartment in the Overseas Chinese Apartment. If it can be equipped with an air conditioner, it will be really cool this summer.
However, Cheng Xuemin just mentioned to Lao Yang that he was trying to make a report and whether it would be successful would depend on the opinions above.
After all, there is a huge demand for electric fans in overseas Chinese stores, but the demand for air conditioners is not non-existent.
There are many overseas Chinese and foreigners who have entered from developed countries such as Eagle Sauce, John Beef and Gallic Chicken. They are accustomed to air conditioning outside, and it is understandable that they need air conditioning after entering the country.
Unfortunately, many reports have been sent to the authorities, but so far no air conditioner has been approved for entry.
Therefore, it is not certain whether Lao Yang can import air conditioners here. According to Lao Yang, there is little hope.
In this regard, Cheng Xuemin also nodded to express his understanding and did not force it!
If there is, there will be no!
Even if there is, it will have to wait until Cheng Xuemin buys an apartment over there at the Overseas Chinese Apartment.
Otherwise, even if there is an air conditioner for early entry, Cheng Xuemin may not buy it.
When I bought it, I had nowhere to put it!
Someone said that the courtyard is also decorated in the same way? The installation environment of the air conditioner is not very harsh. As long as the house is not leaky, it can be installed? !
No!
It’s really not that!
Cheng Xuemin considered whether there was a place to install it, not because he was worried about its installation environment, but... he didn't want to be too high-profile!
Installing air conditioners in a courtyard is too conspicuous and high-profile.
Let the neighbors hear any noise, especially at night, and the noise should not be too loud.
At that time, there was a lot of heated discussion among the neighbors. It seemed that their home was too high-profile and might have a lot of negative effects.
After all, it has just been liberalized. Feng’s father and Feng’s mother have just returned to the city. They are just enjoying themselves in such a high-profile manner and living a petty bourgeoisie life of Western capitalism. I ask you, what do the old Feng family want to do?
Therefore, considering this factor, it is definitely not allowed to be installed in the courtyard, and it is not dared to be installed.
But if it's over there at the Overseas Chinese Apartment, it's a different story.
The people living there are all returned overseas Chinese, or some foreigners, and they all know that they have experienced air conditioning!
If you can then buy an overseas Chinese apartment with air conditioning, it won't make a fuss and become an alternative.
For more people, you might just go to an overseas Chinese store and ask, and buy one if you can.
There is no need to worry about being labeled as petty bourgeoisie by the neighbors, because the neighbors in the Overseas Chinese Apartment are themselves petty bourgeoisie.
"Is that so? Then, Xuemin, aren't your foreign languages very good?"
Xiao Cui was shocked when he heard that Cheng Xuemin was invited to come over to help with communication and translation for foreign guests that the Overseas Chinese Store could not accommodate.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
Cheng Xuemin got on the back seat of Xiao Cui's bicycle and asked him to ride back with him.
"How can this be okay!"
This was not too modest. Xiao Cui kicked off his bicycle and asked, "Xuemin, your foreign language manuscripts must be very good. Which issue of an outside magazine did you submit to?"
"I'll go look for it and read it carefully!"
Xiao Cui didn't expect that when he sent Cheng Xuemin the application form this time, he would discover such a big secret.
Anyway, Xiao Cui felt that their editor-in-chief Zhang Guangnian definitely didn’t know.
After returning home, find out Cheng Xuemin's manuscripts published outside and let Lao Zhang and the others take a look.
"Metropolitan Metropolis and Reader's Digest both seemed to be published in April this year. I don't know the specific issue, and I didn't get a sample of the issue!"
Cheng Xuemin didn't tell Xiao Cui about being a playboy. After all, a playboy uses eroticism to attract attention, but he doesn't want his other side to be discovered.
Instead, I mentioned two other magazines that published my manuscript, Metropolis and Reader's Digest, both of which seemed to be owned by Yingjiang Laomi, so the money I earned was also Mijin Foreign Exchange.
"Metropolis? Reader's Digest?"
"This is a world-renowned top magazine. Xuemin, you... are so awesome!"
Xiao Cui also thought that the foreign language manuscript written by Cheng Xuemin might be from a magazine that was not very famous in Southeast Asia.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest. These two are the world's top literary magazines, and both are headquartered in Laomi. Their rejection rates are appallingly low.
Especially for their Chinese writers, very few of them can publish articles in these two magazines!
But Cheng Xuemin is better!
In April this year, foreign language manuscripts were published in these two world's top literary magazines.
Oh my god!
The editor-in-chief Zhang Guangnian definitely doesn’t know about this. He has to go back and report this situation to Lao Zhang.
"Actually, I just write and play casually!"
Cheng Xuemin said "don't be too humble" and chatted with Xiao Cui before they arrived home.
"Xuemin, you...what are you carrying in your hand?" Seeing Cheng Xuemin entering the door carrying two objects, Feng's mother asked doubtfully.
"Electric fan? Brother-in-law, where did you get the foreign exchange coupons to buy the electric fan?"
Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo and the others were also having lunch at home. They were probably preparing to go to school. They had the last political exam in the afternoon.
Seeing the electric fan in Cheng Xuemin's hand, he blurted out a question.
"Your brother-in-law writes foreign languages..."
Following the talkative Xiao Cui, he subconsciously rushed to help Cheng Xuemin reply, and Cheng Xuemin was so frightened that his hair stood on end!
Damn it, I just asked you for a foreign exchange coupon and you turned around and sold it to me?
Xiao Cui, you must know that as soon as you blurt out these words, it is not just him, Cheng Xuemin, who will be killed.
Even Cheng Xuemin's father-in-law had to be tricked to death.
…
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)