Chapter 223

Wei Ming put Melinda's letter away. From today on, he can be considered a person with assets overseas.

Eggs must never be put in the same basket. This is the wisdom left to us by our ancestors.

He admires those who burn their bridges and leave no way out for themselves, but he never demands himself so strictly. It's quite good to be a vulgar person.

Except for eating a meal in the faculty canteen at noon, Wei Ming has been at school today because the new fairy tale story he wrote for Melinda has reached its end, all completed using fragmented time.

Today he wants to finish it in one battle.

And when eating at noon, he also met Uncle Ping'an.

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

"I heard from Xiao Hong that your father ran to Shandong?"

"Well, he helped the crew raise cows before. Now the cows are going to film, and he has to accompany them. I also received his letter recently. He said he wanted to raise a dairy cow later."

"Haha, this can be considered as exerting his strengths. Just raise it for fun. With you as a son, he doesn't need to struggle~"

Yes, Wei Ming envies Lao Wei. His life is really good.

"Your aunt brought back some letters from your readers. Take some time to pick them up. There are quite a lot, but you shouldn't be afraid of having no place to put them now."

"Yes~" He bought another courtyard house, it should be enough. If not, buy more.

Wei Ming felt it was necessary to tell Uncle Ping'an about buying another house, because he also wanted to install a phone there, and might need to use Peking University's connections.

Just as he was about to say it, Uncle Ping'an said again: "Why don't you call Xiao Hong and Xu Yunyun then? Since they came, your aunt has been saying she wants to invite them to eat at home."

Wei Ming said: "Why don't we eat at my place? By the way, recognize the door."

"Recognize what door? You forgot, your aunt has been there," Wei Ping'an laughed.

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

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

"Well, I thought that holding so many US dollars in my hand was useless, so before Xiao Mei and Seeing Biaozi resigned to be self-employed, I invested some money and got a clothing store in Xidan, but there was still a lot left, so I simply bought a courtyard house next to the Forbidden City."

"Uh..." Wei Ping'an was speechless. Wei Wei Jiefang doesn't just not need to struggle; he can squander it at will for the rest of his life!

At this moment, Wei Ping'an envied his brother Wei Jiefang. I don't know if Xizi can have half of his brother Ming's success in the future.

"Okay, then when are you going? I'll pick up Xile from their grandfather's place."

Wei Ming said: "That clothing store will officially open on the 20th. It might be quite busy, and I haven't officially gotten the house yet. After the procedures are clear, it should be the end of the month."

"Okay, how is that shop of yours doing?" Wei Ping'an asked with concern. He is also engaged in creating income now, so he is very attentive to doing business.

Wei Ming: "Looking at it now, there should be no problem. The turnover on the first day broke 1,000. You and my aunt can also go shopping. Xiao Mei will definitely give you a heavy discount."

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

"Actually, I also have good news here. Teacher Wang Wang Xuan's project took another step forward today!"

"Oh?"

It turned out that today they output a piece of eight-page newspaper film from the laser phototypesetter. This project is getting closer and closer to practical application.

By then, at least so many publishing houses and printing plants across the country will be enough for Peking University to make a big profit. This is a very large market. Wei Ping'an even thought about participating in international competition to earn foreign exchange.

After eating and returning to the library, Wei Ming spent an hour completing the last section, and then spent two hours reading it from beginning to end, quite satisfied.

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

At the same time, he borrowed some books on economics for Xiao Hong.

Teacher Lin, who was responsible for borrowing, smiled: "Ma Xiaowei, when will you join our library?"

It seems that people in the library all know about this.

Wei Ming also smiled: "It is estimated that I will wait until I am admitted as a correspondence student. By then, I will work and study at the same time."

"Our library welcomes it warmly. Our working environment here is no worse than the School Journal Office, and we have also added a copier recently."

"Oh, really!" Wei Ming was very happy. Then he wouldn't need to borrow from the School Journal Office in the future.

China began to introduce foreign copier production lines from 1978, such as Canon, Ricoh, and Konica, which can be considered to have started the first wave of popularization of modern office equipment in China.

However, this kind of equipment is too expensive, more than 100,000 yuan each. Even universities have very few.

But it is really convenient. Wei Ming's manuscripts need to be submitted to multiple places, and he also wants to keep a copy. Tens of thousands of words, it is too laborious to copy by hand. So Wei Ming now copies a copy with the School Journal Office's copier every time he finishes writing, and he pays the original price.

Actually, if Xiao Hong were asked to copy books for him, it would probably be much cheaper than a copier.

Alas, thinking about the price of the copier, Wei Ming sighed. He is still not rich enough.

And typewriters are also very needed by writers. That is not so expensive, but the convenience of current Chinese typewriters is too poor. He has to wait a few more years. When the Sitong Chinese typewriter comes out, he can buy a set.

However, what is really worth looking forward to is the era of personal electronic computers!

In emotion and imagination, Wei Ming left the School Journal Office. It's a bit late today, let's send it out tomorrow.

When he returned home, Xiao Hong and the others hadn't returned yet. It is estimated that the newcomers hadn't arrived yet. Wei Ming turned on the TV casually and watched the weather forecast after watching the news.

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

When Xiao Hong and the others came back, the first thing they asked him was: "Brother, did you watch the weather forecast? Is it going to rain tomorrow?"

Hearing that it was a sunny day, they were relieved. Rain is not only inconvenient for travel, but also affects the sales performance of the clothing store.

"Brother, today Brother Mei Wenhua asked me to collect money and keep accounts. Guess how much we sold today!"

"Should it still be over 1,000?"

"1,386!" Xiao Hong proudly reported an accurate number, more than the first day.

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

Wei Ming looked very calm. When the sales reach five digits, he might be excited.

"Brother, today I heard customers discussing 'Lushan Love', saying that the movie is particularly good-looking, and our clothes are exactly the same as what the heroine wears," Xiao Hong said again.

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

"Is that movie very good-looking?" Wei Hong looked expectant.

Xu Yunyun said on the side: "Brother Mei Wenhua said that two new shopping guides will join tomorrow, and we can get off work early, so Xiao Hong wants to watch that movie."

Xiao Hong nodded expectantly. She hadn't watched a movie in a cinema since she was so old. Her limited movie-watching experiences were all open-air movies watched in the village.

Wei Ming: "Oh, so that's it. It's worth watching. You guys want to watch it? Okay, I'll help you get two tickets tomorrow."

It just so happens that he also wants to find Master Wei to accept the posters.

"Brother, aren't you watching? Let's watch together," Xiao Hong said.

Wei Ming: "Oh, I've already watched it."

Is it not good to accompany Sister Lin if he has time to watch a movie with them?

The next day at noon, Wei Ming ran to Daguanlou. The queue for watching the movie during the day actually stretched far away. "Lushan Love" is indeed popular. Recently, he often sees related reports in newspapers, even newspapers unrelated to the movie.

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

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

Wei Ming glanced at the giant posters of the two sisters: "It doesn't look like them."

Master Wei didn't speak, just silently hung up the two paintings and let Wei Ming stand back.

"Oh my, it looks like them! Too like! The charm of the two models has been taken care of. Master Wei's skills are exquisite!"

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

Wei Ming paid the final payment readily.

It can't be hung up today. Wei Ming sent the posters to Mei Mei Wenhua and asked him to hang them up after closing on the 19th. At that time, the posters and the signboard will appear together.

"And are the firecrackers ready?"

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

Then Wei Ming gave the tickets to Xiao Hong and the others and left.

Mei Mei Wenhua looked at the two tickets enviously. He also wanted to watch the movie with Xu Yunyun so much. I heard it is a love movie. It's a pity that this shop can't leave him at all.

If he is not at the counter to keep accounts, he has to hire another person. Now, in addition to Xiao Hong, there are five shopping guides, so it is not suitable to increase manpower for the time being.

At the same time, Modou.

Gong Xue looked at the tickets in Gong Ying's hand and smiled helplessly.

"I need to add a night scene temporarily today, so I can't accompany you to watch the movie tonight," Gong Xue said to her sister, "Why don't you find sister-in-law or big sister to watch it."

"Sister-in-law and big brother, big sister and brother-in-law have already watched it," Gong Ying sighed, "Then I'll find someone else to watch it."

"Well, the movie is so popular now. I heard that many people queue up and can't buy tickets. If you shout casually in the cinema, maybe you can sell it at a higher price," Gong Xue smiled.

Gong Ying pouted: "Then wouldn't I become a scalper."

Actually, Gong Xue also wanted to watch it very much. Being in Modou, she could feel the popularity of "Lushan Love" more than Yanjing people. Mom has already started calling Dad to find a tailor to make a few sets of clothes that Zhang Yu wore in the movie.

And Guo Guo Kaimin, this guy is getting more and more noisy and showing off in the crew. Actually, the main person who is popular in this movie is Zhang Yu, but Guo Guo Kaimin is the male lead after all, so he really has the capital to be proud.

It's just that Zhang Zhang Zhihua has been in a bad mood these days. More and more people know that Zhang Yu kissed her boyfriend. She is now full of vinegar all day long.

So Gong Xue secretly made up her mind that in order not to let Ma Xiaowei become like Zhang Zhang Zhihua, she must not film such intimate scenes in the future.

Thinking of intimacy, she couldn't help but think of Ma Xiaowei's kissing skills that could be in textbooks. Oh my, can't think about it anymore.

After seeing her sister off, Gong Xue returned to the Shanghai Film Studio. When she entered the door, the old man called her. "Little Gong, there is a package for you, from Yanjing. Remember to take it when you leave."

"Ah, I'll take it now." She knew it must be Ma Xiaowei's, and she couldn't wait until after work at all.

Before the official start of filming, she took a peek at the package. It was clothes, the clothes worn by the heroine in "Lushan Love"!

It's not all of them. They were all chosen by Wei Ming to suit Sister Xue's temperament.

He estimated that the imitation "Lushan Love" women's clothing shouldn't appear in Modou so quickly, so he hurriedly sent some to Sister Xue to let her walk at the forefront of fashion.

Gong Xue was happy in her heart and planned to write him a letter after returning home.

And after Gong Ying arrived at Daguangming Cinema, she saw that the queue had already stretched to the road. The show she was about to watch had no empty seats. The people in the queue were all waiting for the late show or tomorrow's tickets.

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

Just thinking about how to open her mouth to sell the extra ticket, she heard someone calling her: "Sister Ying?"

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

"A Long!" Gong Ying smiled, "Are you queuing for 'Lushan Love'?"

!

"Hmm."

"Watching it alone?"

"Hmm."

Gong Ying immediately pulled him out: "Consider yourself lucky. Sister will treat you to a movie."

"Ah?"

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

A Long followed with his feet turned inward: "Sister Ying, is your foot okay?"

"It's fine after resting for two days. It doesn't matter."

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

"Okay." Gong Ying agreed. Anyway, it wasn't the first time, and the two could talk about the plot in the movie on the way.

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

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

It made Gong Ying very embarrassed: "Big brother, we are not talking about friends. A Long is just an ordinary friend."

A Long: "Yes, ordinary friend. We just finished watching 'Lushan Love', and I was worried that it wouldn't be safe when it was dark."

Good guy, just finished watching the movie, and it was "Lushan Love"! It's confirmed.

Gong Xu smiled: "When my big sister and brother-in-law were bumped into by me, they didn't admit it either. Young man, do you want to go up and sit?"

"No, big brother. I'm afraid I won't catch the last bus. I'll go first." A Long, who saw this battle for the first time, was scared away. However, after reviewing it, he felt what was there to be afraid of? The one who should be afraid should be A Ming.

After Gong Xu and Gong Ying returned home, Gong Xu immediately reported the matter of the little sister's ordinary friend A Long to his parents, and Gong Xue had already returned, eyes wide open and silently eating melons.

Hearing that they even watched a movie together, the parents also misunderstood and immediately asked their son about the young man's situation. They also hoped that their 24-year-old little daughter could solve the major life event early and set an example for the second girl.

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

Hearing this, the parents' excited mood suddenly dropped a lot. Out-of-towner.

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

"What!" The old father stood up directly, feeling that a five-year age gap was too much.

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

It's just that Gong Xue, who was silently eating melons, also dimmed. Dad couldn't accept a five-year gap, so wouldn't eight years be even harder?

Gong Ying also realized this and tried hard to comfort her sister when sleeping at night.

"Ma Xiaowei is much better than A Long. Dad and Mom have no capital to be picky in front of him at all. Don't worry."

Gong Xue finally showed a smile: "For the sake of your sweet mouth, I brought a few pieces of clothing back today. You pick one."

"Ah?" Gong Ying started flipping, "This, these are all clothes worn by Zhang Yu in the movie!"

Gong Xue: "These are not props. They were sent to me by Ma Xiaowei. They are new clothes sold in their clothing store."

"Oh my, Ma Xiaowei is really smart. He will definitely make a lot of money!" Gong Ying said, "I choose this one."

Gong Xue thought to herself, should be. Ma Xiaowei said that he would buy her an old foreign house in Modou after making money in the future.

It's just why buy it in Modou? Does he want to stay in Modou with her?

Thinking of this, Gong Xue's heart was hot again.

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

After finishing, he looked at the two sisters-in-law, thinking it was amazing. Just relying on these two great beauties, he didn't know how many customers could be attracted.

Especially female customers. Having worn monotonous blue and green for so many years, seeing two beauties wearing fashionable clothes so beautiful, they must also want to try what it looks like on themselves.

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

Because Xiao Hong got off work early today, she didn't bring the day's turnover to Wei Ming. Mei Mei Wenhua really wanted Brother Ming to know that today's sales in the shop had exceeded 2,000 yuan!

So after deducting all expenses and costs every month, the net profit is afraid to exceed 20,000!

If it weren't for the tight hoop on his head, he would definitely arrange ten shopping guides in the shop, and then arrange a store manager and an accountant to completely liberate himself to do more important things.

Thinking that "Lushan Love" is popular in all major cities across the country, but Oriental Dongfang Xintiandi can only sell those clothes in Yanjing, he feels pain.

What a broad business opportunity. It's a waste of a fart.

The 20th is Sunday, and it is also the busiest time on Xidan Commercial Street every week.

Wei Ming, who didn't care enough about Oriental Dongfang Xintiandi, also had to go over to help today, otherwise, he was really worried that he wouldn't be able to handle it.

After so many days, "Lushan Love" has fermented almost enough. Tens of thousands of young people pursuing fashion in Yanjing have watched it.

And the news that a very special clothing store opened in Xidan, not only with new styles but also with zero-distance contact with clothes, has also spread through the mouths of customers in the past few days, possessing a certain popularity.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Wei Ming rode his bike with his two sisters to Oriental Dongfang Xintiandi. At this time, there were not many people on the street, but as long as someone passed by, they would stop to appreciate the poster photos of Gong Xue and Zhu Lin.

One is big enough.

Two is beautiful enough.

Wei Hong was shocked: "I thought what it was, I saw it from so far away!"

Xu Yunyun looked up: "So beautiful!" The two sisters were like goddesses descending to the world.

Wei Hong suddenly reacted: "Eh, the other one is not Sister Zhu Lin!"

At first, she thought they were both Zhu Lin, but looking closely, these were clearly two people.

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

Inside the shop, in addition to Mei Mei Wenhua, there were four regular employees in unified uniforms, as well as four temporary workers in casual clothes, and the regular employees were also on probation.

They were all young girls in their 20s. Mei Mei Wenhua specially chose those with higher appearance and looked more kind when choosing.

Of course, compared to Xu Yunyun, they were all a bit worse. Xu Yunyun's affinity in the shop is obvious to all. Even if she doesn't talk much, she is still the sales champion.

A total of 10 shopping guides should be enough. Mei Mei Wenhua, as the manager, looked like he was facing a great enemy.

Wei Ming comforted him: "Relax, maybe there won't be so many people. Maybe the turnover is about the same as yesterday. How much was it yesterday."

"2,000." he whispered.

Wei Ming: "Strive to reach 3,000 today."

Before opening time, many people were already surrounded outside, mainly attracted by the two giant posters, many of whom were staff from nearby shops.

This new neighbor has been very prominent recently. Many people have visited, and the experience is quite good. Today, it is finally officially opened.

Because they are not in the clothing business, their attitude towards this shop is quite welcome. Attract more guests, maybe they can also profit from it.

And even if they snatch their business, so what? It's all public business. If the business is good, they won't get a raise. If the business is bad, they are relaxed.

Not long after, Biao Ma also came. There is also a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, performed by her and Mei Mei Wenhua. Wei Ming is a public figure after all, so he chose to reduce exposure to avoid occupying public resources.

At eight o'clock, Xiao Hong and Xu Yunyun lit two strings of red firecrackers respectively. The power was not great, but there were many bangs, and after exploding, the ground was covered with red paper, which also looked festive.

Then Mei Mei Wenhua, Biao Ma, and a neighborhood leader completed the ribbon-cutting together. This leader has always supported them and also hopes that they can share the employment pressure. It's a pity that Mei Mei Wenhua is timid and dare not take too big a step.

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

After the signboard was revealed, the five big characters "Oriental Dongfang Xintiandi" came from Mr. Wu Zuoren. Wei Ming paid the manuscript fee.

After opening, in addition to the 20% off the whole store, there was another line: "20% off for two pieces!"

That is to say, as long as you buy two pieces of clothing at the same time, you can get 30% off. You don't even need to buy clothes. Hats, scarves, shoes, belts, and sunglasses are all okay.

"This discount is only for today! Everyone must seize the opportunity!" Mei Mei Wenhua shouted, and then opened the door to let customers in.

After all, it is the first day of official opening. Mei Mei Wenhua wants to completely hit the signboard of "Oriental Dongfang Xintiandi", so he is willing to give up profits to customers.

Brother Ming said that 3,000 turnover is enough, but he doesn't think so. He thinks it can reach 5,000!

Hearing such a big discount, some customers were already moved to buy two pieces, but there were still a large number of people who immediately went home to pull neighbors and friends over to buy together.

Two people pretending to be one person, isn't it 30% off?

(Guaranteed today, seeking monthly tickets!)

(End of chapter)