Chapter 283

During the meal, Lao Lao Lao Wei began to tell the juniors about their land division. Because of his high status in the village, Lao Lao Lao Wei was a member of the land division group, acting as a stabilizing force.

Based on the principle of fairness and justice, they first drew lots, and everyone could be allocated some good land and some poor land, and then, following the principle of voluntariness, they could also negotiate exchanges privately.

In the end, after drawing lots, Lao Lao Lao Wei found someone to exchange with, and the land he got was adjacent to his cousin Fan Chunhua's. In total, it was less than six mu, with two mu of good land and more than three mu of poor land. From now on, this land would be managed by Cousin Chunhua. As long as the public grain for him and Xu Shufen was paid, the rest would be hers.

This excited Cousin Chunhua so much that she couldn't wait to wean Qi Dongqiang and quickly tidy up her land. Even Teacher Qi Kexiu, who had never worked in the fields, finally started doing farm work.

To reduce their burden, Lao Lao Lao Wei also paid to hand it over to the brigade for them, and from the brigade's livestock shed, he allocated the strongest mule, Xiao Erhei.

This was a horse mule that didn't need much rest; one mule could equal three Qi Kexius.

Wei Ming also reported a piece of good news: "My *The Lion King* has also been published in the UK, and Xiao Hong has also written a book about the Rubik's Cube. Macmillan Publishers in the UK has decided to publish it and is currently translating it."

"Ah, Brother, does that mean I can earn foreign exchange too!" Wei Hong was excited.

Wei Ming nodded.

"Then how much can I earn?" she asked again.

Wei Ming: "A few tens of thousands of dollars shouldn't be a problem."

Grandmother was shocked, "What, a ten-thousand-yuan household!"

Lao Lao Lao Wei: "Mother, that's US dollars; it would be 100,000 yuan in RMB!"

Wei Ming remembered that the first book on Rubik's Cube analysis sold a million copies worldwide. If it could really reach that number, then a few tens of thousands of dollars wouldn't be able to stop it.

Yunyun asked with a smile: "Then Xiao Hong, what do you want to do with so much money?"

After the excitement, Xiao Hong was a bit confused: "Oh yeah, what do I want to do?"

It seemed a bit unnecessary to buy a house; the family had two houses with more than a dozen rooms, where couldn't she fit in?

Wei Ming had already arranged it for her: "This money won't be sent directly to you. When the time comes, I'll have Melinda open an account for you abroad to spend when you go abroad to study in the future."

"Ah, studying abroad!" Speaking of studying abroad, his parents were a bit worried.

Wei Ming told them not to worry: "If Xiao Hong studies abroad, I will definitely accompany her. It's so chaotic abroad, how could I be at ease."

Hearing that their son also wanted to go abroad to accompany her, and connecting it with the fact that he had been in correspondence with Melinda, the old couple couldn't help but suspect whether he still couldn't let go of the first girl he liked and was thinking of rekindling old feelings?

But what about Gong Xue and Zhu Lin?

A foreign daughter-in-law was indeed prestigious, but those two children were also excellent; he couldn't delay them.

In fact, Wei Ming going abroad was also to experience life, write more works with international influence, and expand his international reputation.

With a reputation, he would have more room to maneuver in dealing with Sister Xue and Sister Lin. He would definitely return to the country in the end.

In his previous life, he had also been abroad, and it was just so-so. However, if there was a chance, he could take Sister Xue and Sister Lin out to see the world outside.

The next day, Wei Ming made a trip to the Beijing Er Yingchang, taking the opportunity of the preparation of the *Once Upon a Time in China* crew to have a secret meeting with Sister Xue.

Later, Wei Ming also took her to the Friendship Store to buy some things for her to eat and use on the road, and by the way, revealed the good news that *The Lion King* had earned foreign exchange by being published in the UK.

Gong Xue had already known; the bond between the little man and the foreign girl was getting deeper and deeper, and she and Sister Lin had to keep an eye on him.

Although Wei Ming only told a limited number of people about the news of *The Lion King*'s overseas publication, *China Youth Daily* soon reported this good news.

"Fairy Tale King Wei Shenme Goes to Sea Again, Sha-style Fairy Tales Conquer Britain!"

*China Youth Daily* reporter Zhu Wei brought good news about the first publication of *The Lion King* in the UK, and the distribution scale was even larger than *Jumanji*, and the reputation was even better.

"Many British parents even treat *The Lion King* as a literary enlightenment book for their children, cultivating their love for classical literature."

Finally, he also mentioned the good news that *Jumanji* had landed in several other English-speaking countries. The influence of Wei Shenme's two fairy tales was spreading further.

Not only were there his own articles, but they even posted reports and relevant data from British media on *The Lion King* to prove his point.

Of course, these materials were all handed over to Zhu Wei by Wei Ming.

This person understood journalism. He originally wanted to wait for a while until Wei Shenme's popularity died down before revealing the news that Wei Shenme was Wei Ming, but Wei Shenme made new moves, so he temporarily suppressed the news that Wei Shenme and Wei Ming were the same person.

And waiting for the two to become more and more famous, the effect of revealing it then would definitely be better.

In fact, the popularity of *The Lion King* in China was not as good as works like *Jumanji*, *The Legend of Sealed Book*, and *Black Cat Detective*, so Zhu Wei called this novel "Sha-style Fairy Tales" in the article.

Because the story structure was derived from Shakespearean tragedy, it wasn't popular in China, but it was popular in the UK, so it wasn't strange.

And at this time, Chinese people were willing to see foreign recognition of themselves. Wei Shenme's two works went to sea, and the influence had covered more than ten countries. This was too worthy of being written about.

Soon other authoritative media reprinted this article by Zhu Wei, and Wei Shenme's fame approached that of Wei Ming, the big account.

The reaction of these newspapers and periodicals directly affected the readers. Some parents saw that *The Lion King* was so highly rated, and it was said to be literary enlightenment, and British children loved to read it, so they expressed to their children one after another: "You only know how to watch *Black Cat Detective*. What prospects can you have when you grow up? Catching mice? I'll buy you a copy of *The Lion King*; lions are more powerful than cats."

Previously, the publication volume of *The Lion King* was not too many. *Juvenile Literature* saw this and immediately printed another 100,000 copies of *The Lion King*, and once again solicited manuscripts from Wei Shenme.

And CCTV, seeing that the popularity of *The Lion King* was so high, thought of the fact that the Japanese delegation had previously brought a batch of animations to sell, one of which was called *Jungle Emperor*, which was about lions, and it was also the work of Osamu Tezuka, the author of the now very popular *Astro Boy*.

So CCTV contacted the Japanese side again, preparing to introduce this animation at a low or free price.

Zheng Yuanjie was reading *Guangming Daily* at this time, and saw criticism of the Emei Er Yingchang movie *The Mysterious Buddha* in the cultural section, and also saw affirmation of Wei Shenme's fairy tale *The Lion King*, and was crowned with the title of "Fairy Tale King."

*Guangming Daily* was even more authoritative than *China Youth Daily*, and it was also saying "Fairy Tale King," so the Fairy Tale King must be Wei Shenme. This was officially stamped.

In fact, 26-year-old Zheng Yuanjie also liked this title very much. He was also a fairy tale writer, and recently just wrote a novella called *The Biography of Pipi Lu*. This was the first time his "biological son" Pipi Lu was introduced to the world, and the reader feedback was not bad. He received more than a dozen letters from young readers.

However, since someone had already been crowned "Fairy Tale King," and he respected trademarks very much, he didn't know if he could be called "Fairy Tale Little King" in the future. He just didn't know if the age of this Fairy Tale King Wei Shenme was above or below his own.

He should be older than himself. He had read all of Wei Shenme's works, and the genre span was very large. At first glance, he was a very experienced author, at least over thirty.

Today he should be able to know how old Wei Shenme was.

After the bus arrived at the station, Zheng Yuanjie put away the newspaper and stepped into the editorial department of *Juvenile Literature*.

After being a worker for five years, Zheng Yuanjie finally relied on his high-yield fairy tale creation to be selected by *Juvenile Literature*, which had been changed to a monthly magazine, and became an editor.

It just so happened that today Lu Xiaoyan came to ask the editor-in-chief for leave. She was going to take her son out to film again. To be precise, it was to experience life, and after experiencing it, they would start filming.

And this time the role was relatively heavy, and it might take two or three months to leave.

So the editor-in-chief asked Lu Xiaoyan and the new editor Zheng Yuanjie to hand over the work.

"Little Zheng, you should have a good handover with Editor Lu and get familiar with the work process as soon as possible. She is Wei Shenme's responsible editor."

Originally, Zheng Yuanjie wanted to ask the editors about Wei Shenme, but now it was good; he became Wei Shenme's acting responsible editor!

Lu Xiaoyan had more than just Wei Ming as an author. Although these were the writer resources she had maintained with great difficulty, thinking that she didn't know when she would be able to return to work, for the sake of the writers, she could only share the contact addresses and personal styles of these authors with Zheng Yuanjie and let him contact them diligently.

Zheng Yuanjie listened very carefully and took notes from time to time. Although he only had a fourth-grade primary school education, his cultural level was not bad.

"Sister Lu," it wasn't until Lu Xiaoyan finished speaking that Zheng Yuanjie couldn't help but speak up to remind her, "Is there also Wei Shenme?"

Lu Xiaoyan waved her hand: "He has already written all the *Black Cat Detective* for the next three months, don't worry about him."

Zheng Yuanjie: "Then what if there is a problem with the manuscript, I need to contact him to modify it."

Lu Xiaoyan pondered. Zheng Yuanjie thought that Editor Lu was worried that he would poach her top writer resources.

Lu Xiaoyan: Cut, if you can poach them, I'll take your surname.

She was just worried that the young editor would be ignorant and always bother Little Ming. He had three pen names, so many manuscripts to write, had to go to work, had to go to school, and had to deal with so many partners. How could he have time to deal with the editor? In the past, if there were typos in *Black Cat Detective*, Lu Xiaoyan handled them herself.

However, Zheng Yuanjie was very stubborn and felt that he should still hand over "Wei Shenme" to avoid not being able to find anyone.

"Fine, I'll give you his contact information, don't bother him if you have nothing to do."

Zheng Yuanjie got a slip of paper from Lu Xiaoyan, which had both his home address and phone number, and finally Wei Shenme's real name "Wei Ming."

Zheng Yuanjie found it interesting: "It's actually the same name as the author of *The Human Righteous Way Is Vicissitudes*."

Zheng Yuanjie's father was a military academy instructor, and recently he often mentioned this novel in his ear with a loud voice. He was simply thunderous.

Lu Xiaoyan began to pack her things and prepared to leave: "What same name, it's the same person."

"Ah?" Zheng Yuanjie was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Sister Lu, it's not interesting for you to tease me like this."

Lu Xiaoyan pointed to the editors around her: "Tease you? Who among them doesn't know."

After speaking, she didn't give Zheng Yuanjie time to react and just walked away, leaving a sentence at the end: "Little Zheng, if you don't understand anything, ask other colleagues."

Then Zheng Yuanjie looked at the old colleague on the side and asked with a stiff expression: "Is Wei Shenme really Wei Ming?"

"Yeah, the eldest nephew of Lu Xiaoyan's husband."

"Everyone knows."

"In the past, Sister Lu liked to show off this nephew of hers, but now that she has become a team leader, she has restrained herself a little."

"I heard that Wei Ming seems to be less than 20 years old?" Zheng Yuanjie asked woodenly.

"He just graduated from high school for less than two years, so he should be around twenty."

The 20-year-old Fairy Tale King, and the most prestigious newcomer in the literary circle today, the sales king who helped *People's Literature* and *Harvest* reach a million copies!

And he had also fallen in love with international students!

Zheng Yuanjie swallowed his saliva. He, who had always been quite conceited, couldn't help but sigh, why did heaven create Yuan when it created Ming!

Suddenly, Zheng Yuanjie thought that Lu Xiaoyan said that Wei Shenme had already written all the *Black Cat Detective* for the next three issues, so he immediately went to find the editor-in-chief; he wanted to review the manuscript!

I can't read *The Human Righteous Way Is Vicissitudes* in advance, can't I read *Black Cat Detective* in advance!

Lu Xiaoyan asked for leave to accompany her son to Sichuan. They went with Gong Xue, so Wei Ming and Sister Xue also had to separate.

In early March, Wei Ming bid farewell to Gong Xue and the others. Because there were outsiders, they could only forcibly suppress their feelings, but they were crazy when no one was watching.

It's a pity that Sister Xue's birthday is in a few days, but work is important, so they can't spend it together.

When parting, Gong Xue pointed to her wrist, which was empty, but there had been a jade bracelet there before, which was now hidden in the study of the courtyard house, meaning: that could be considered the birthday gift he gave her in advance.

In fact, that was a pair he bought when he gave Sister Zhu Lin a birthday gift. Fortunately, because it was too valuable, they usually wouldn't wear it out, otherwise it would be miserable.

A week later, Wei Ming completely finished the script for *The Burning of the Imperial Palace*, and thus the scripts for the two Qing palace dramas were all completed.

He wrote a letter to Li Hanxiang and sent the original manuscript to him, keeping a backup copy for himself.

At the same time, he told Li Hanxiang in the letter: "If there is anything inappropriate in the script, we can talk about it in detail when we meet. I will go to Hong Kong in June."

He had been running to the Beijing Er Yingchang these past few days and finally got the word: *Once Upon a Time in China* would be released in Hong Kong in June, and then released in the mainland at a later date.

Emei Er Yingchang's *The Mysterious Buddha* was criticized repeatedly before it was officially released, and there were even rumors that it would be killed. Wang Yang knew that the theme of the *Once Upon a Time in China* script was very upright, and also hoped that after the Hong Kong release, there would be some good news to help the film gain policy accommodation in the mainland.

"Good, good!"

Wei Ming first told his father the news.

When Lao Lao Lao Wei heard this news, his eyes were red. He hadn't had a father for almost thirty years. If it weren't for the photos left by the old man when he was young, he would almost forget what he looked like.

For fear that Lao Lao Lao Wei would think too much, Wei Ming didn't show him the birthday photo of Old Ghost and Amin and her daughter. Old Ghost said that they were just pure partners.

Old Ghost regarded Mother Zhou as a junior in his heart. Although they were of similar age, maybe she would have to call him uncle in the future.

"What, June!"

When Wei Ming told Biao about this news, the first thing he thought of was Yanzi's belly.

The meaning of Bluebird Film Industry was to invite Wei Ming, Wu Jing, and Huang Jiaoyan, one screenwriter and two leads.

Because they knew that Biao and Huang Jiaoyan were married, they gave an extra spot for Biao to go too.

But in June, Yanzi's belly would be eight months old. With such a big belly, whether it was by plane or train, Biao wouldn't be at ease.

Wei Ming: "Then don't take Yanzi?"

"Don't take her, let's go together." Biao gave this plan after discussing it with Yanzi.

Yanzi was very regretful. Hong Kong, who wouldn't want to see how the capitalist world was decaying.

She wasn't worried that Biao would be corrupted, but reminded Biao to keep an eye on Brother Ming. No matter how she looked at it, he was the easiest to be corrupted.

"How can you say that about Brother Ming? He said that this time when we go to Hong Kong, I should use the Hong Kong dollars he earned from writing scripts to buy you some gifts in Hong Kong." Biao criticized. Our Brother Ming is really nothing to say to his brother's wife.

Yanzi said: "I know Brother Ming is righteous, I'm just afraid he will make a mistake. I have also read fashion magazines from Hong Kong. The people there dress too flirtatiously."

"That's true." Biao nodded.

Yanzi: "Oh, it seems you read a lot of them usually."

"Alas, it's all for work, for work~" Biao fled all over the bed, his height of over 1.8 meters flexible like a monkey.

Because there was an extra spot, Wei Ming began to communicate with the Hong Kong side, hoping to let Long go with them. They could be responsible for Long's expenses themselves, only needing an invitation.

Aunt Xia Meng still gave Wei Ming face and agreed to this request. Now Liu Rulong could also see his father. Next, he would draw comics desperately, and when the time came, he would take them to Hong Kong to see if there was a market.

Wei Ming told Old Ghost the good news about the June Hong Kong trip and asked him to tell Uncle Bin.

But he didn't tell Amin; they were just ordinary pen pals. If the Hong Kong trip was tight, he might not go to see her.

Long had double happiness recently.

In addition to this good news, Mei Wenhua hosted a banquet at Hongbinlou today, mainly to celebrate the hot sales of the new spring models of Oriental New World. Gong Ying contributed a lot to this, and she had completely established a foothold in Beijing, with a monthly income of over a hundred.

Thanks to Gong Ying, Wei Ming, Biao, and Long were all invited.

The difference was that the three of them brought their wives and girlfriends, and only Wei Ming brought his sister. Failure.

Wei Hong was also quite regretful. If it were during the holiday, she would have to follow them to Hong Kong to see the world. It's a pity.

And Wei Ming thought about finding an opportunity to take his whole family to Hong Kong to reunite with Old Lao Lao Lao Wei.

"Biao, how good are you at fighting?" Wei Ming asked Zhao Debiao a question during the meal, "I heard that Hong Kong is not peaceful, and there are many black societies there."

Biao looked up and laughed, his neck full of muscles: "Brother Ming, although I haven't won a martial arts championship, when it comes to actual combat, even my master, Coach Wu Bin, has to weigh it."

Huang Jiaoyan: "Ahem."

Biao: "Even if you cough, it's the same thing. I'm half a head taller than my master and nearly a hundred pounds heavier. We are not in the same weight class. I'm just respecting the old, and I haven't really fought with my master usually..."

Hearing this, even Wei Ming started coughing.

Biao was puzzled: "This dish is not spicy, is your throat uncomfortable?"

Wei Hong looked at the middle-aged man behind Biao who gave people a lot of pressure and asked: "Uncle, who are you looking for?"

Biao was about to look back when his chin was supported by someone, and his neck was also firmly controlled by a thick arm. As long as he acted rashly, his head would be backward.

"Mas, Master," although Biao didn't see the person behind him, he already knew what was going on, and hurriedly begged for mercy, "Master, you are here to eat too. When did you arrive?"

Never expected that he was arranging people behind his master's back, and it happened to be heard by them.

Wu Bin hehe: "Just that sentence 'even my master, Coach Wu Bin, has to weigh it'."

Biao said nervously: "I mean I have to weigh how to not beat me to death."

Coach Wu Bin: "Then what does the sentence behind it mean, 'I'm just respecting the old, and I haven't really fought with my master usually'."

"I haven't really fought, but even if I really fought, I'm not your opponent," Biao said again.

Seeing her own man's head motionless, Huang Jiaoyan also hurriedly helped to persuade: "Master, you don't know him yet, he is just a mouth-style, even I can't beat him."

Seeing his beloved apprentice, Coach Wu Bin smiled and let go: "If I weren't afraid that Little Yan's child would have no father after being born, I would have to clean up the portal today."

Just after Coach Wu Bin finished speaking, his head was suddenly patted, and he made an "ouch" sound, and his hand also let go.

Biao looked back and saw an old man with sharp eyes standing behind Coach Wu, and was immediately overjoyed: "Grandmaster, save me!"

Wu Bin also respectfully called out: "Teacher."

Yanzi also called out "Grandmaster."

The person who came was named Zhang Wenguang, 66 years old this year. He is the Taishan Beidou of the Chinese martial arts world and one of the founders of the Martial Arts Department of Beijing Sports University. He performed martial arts at the Olympic Games in 1936, and there are countless works on martial arts theory.

And he is not only good at routine practice, but also good at confrontation and fighting, and has won the National Martial Arts Championship and National Wrestling Championship many times.

When Biao was a child, the old man liked Biao very much. At that time, Biao was sturdy, and he felt that this was a good seedling for wrestling. However, although Biao didn't have hair grown at that time, he had already fallen in love with Yanzi. If he practiced wrestling, he couldn't see Yanzi often.

Plus, Biao grew too tall later, so Zhang Lao gave up on him.

Never expected that Biao would grow so thick now. Although tall, according to the proportion, he is still a body type suitable for wrestling. This kind of seedling is simply pushing horizontally on the field.

Biao is about the same height as Wei Ming, but Wei Ming's crotch position is much higher than his, with short legs and long body, and the center of gravity moves down, so the chassis is stable.

"Little Wu, don't put on the master's shelf. What Biao said is also correct. He is now two or three hundred pounds, with a body of tendon meat. If you don't bring tools, it's hard to put him down."

Hearing Grandmaster's praise, Biao danced with joy.

He asked: "Grandmaster, is my master inviting you to dinner?"

Zhang Wenguang pointed to the back: "Not just me, there is also a colleague from Shandong."

Only then did everyone notice that there was a big beard behind them. Just standing there, they knew that the kung fu was not weak, and it was a master's demeanor.

Wei Ming also recognized him at a glance, Sword Saint Yu Chenghui!

(End of chapter)