Chapter 315 That Year's Olympics

"Hiss~"

“Slurp!”

Han Zhuangzhuang came to pick up the motorcycle and give him some money, but he couldn't walk when he arrived at Lin Weimin's house.

The body of the seventh-generation Crown is slightly square, with clear edges and corners. It looks calm and luxurious, and it shows its unique luxury just by standing there motionless.

In the 1980s, Toyota really put a lot of effort into luxury cars in order to catch up with BBA.

Han Zhuangzhuang was stroking the car body like a pervert, drooling all over, and wiping it as he looked at it.

"Hey, hey, hey, pay attention to your image!"

Lin Weimin couldn't stand seeing his naive look and felt very disappointed with him.

Han Zhuangzhuang finally pulled his eyes away from the car body and turned to look at Lin Weimin with a flattering look on his face.

"Uncle, hehe~"

The laughter was full of vulgarity and ill intentions.

Lin Weimin hid the car keys behind him and said, "Come on, you don't even know how to ride a motorcycle!"

Han Zhuangzhuang was rejected by Lin Weimin before he could even say a word. He felt a little regretful, but it didn't matter, there was still a long way to go.

Lin Weimin threw the motorcycle key to him. Han Zhuangzhuang took the key and walked to the motorcycle. As soon as he got on the motorcycle, he heard Lin Weimin say, "Put on your helmet."

"That thing is so boring."

"Don't ride without it!"

Han Zhuangzhuang put on his helmet helplessly. The weather in July was so hot that he couldn't breathe.

After strolling around Baimixie Street and stopping again in front of Lin Weimin's house, Han Zhuangzhuang took off his helmet, sweating profusely, but still in a good mood, as he had finally bid farewell to the stage of being a human engine.

He got out of the car and was attracted by the crown at the door again. Not only him, but also the neighbors who had nothing to do after dinner in the evening all ran to the side to watch the fun.

The Crown car first entered China at the Canton Fair, where it appeared as a reception car. In addition, at that time, the Chinese people's concept of BBA luxury cars was not yet so deeply rooted.

Therefore, during the 1980s, the Crown was once synonymous with luxury cars in the minds of Chinese people.

The neighbors all knew that the person living next door was the famous writer Lin Weimin, who earned more from royalties than they could earn even if they worked for several lifetimes, so they donated 100,000 yuan without hesitation, but that was just hearsay after all.

Today, the luxurious Crown stopped at the door of Lin Weimin's house, and everyone truly felt the charm of money.

As the technological crystallization of the industrial age, no man can resist the charm of cars. Ever since Lin Weimin's Crown was parked at the door of his house, there are always men stopping by the car with envy in their eyes.

It’s really not that Lin Weimin wanted to attract attention. If the door of his house was not wide enough, he would not want to park his car in front of it.

It attracts too much attention!

There are no cameras these days, so if someone scratches or scrapes something, there’s nowhere to find it.

Han Zhuangzhuang’s driving skills were not good enough, but he begged persistently, and Lin Weimin got in the car and took him for a ride.

Sitting in the passenger seat, he was as excited as a big monkey.

"Uncle, when Ge Li arrives in Yanjing, please lend me your car!"

"What a show-off!" Lin Weimin cursed, but still agreed.

The great writer Lin Weimin bought a car, which became the hottest topic on Baimixie Street tonight.

In addition to expressing their admiration for the Japanese cars, the most common topic is how damn profitable it is to be a writer.

As parents, we can't help but give our children advice.

Study hard, become a writer when you grow up, and you can make money just by writing a few words.

The next morning, a Crown car was driving on Chaonei Street and followed the flow of bicycle traffic to No. 166. When it was about to drive into the courtyard, it was stopped by the security guard at the gate.

Lin Weimin got out of the car and greeted the security guard, who looked surprised.

"Writer Lin, did you buy a car?"

"A way of transportation! A way of transportation!" Lin Weimin handed a cigarette to the security guard with a smile and completed the registration. It would be much more convenient for him to enter the house in the future.

When he came out of the guard room, Lin Weimin's car was already surrounded by his colleagues.

Everyone parked their bicycles aside, surrounding the Crown so tightly that no one could get in or out.

People in Yanjing see a lot of cars on the streets, after all, it is the capital. But except for a few leaders of the Guowen Society, no one else has enjoyed this treatment.

Given Lin Weimin's status in the commune, it was impossible for him to be allocated a car on his own, so there was only one possibility: he bought it himself.

"Weimin, did you buy this car yourself?" a colleague asked, expressing everyone's thoughts.

Lin Weimin still had that smile on his face, "A way to get around! A way to get around!"

A colleague joked: "Your means of transportation is not cheap!"

Lin Weimin chatted with his colleagues with a chuckle. As more and more people gathered, he quickly parked the car in the yard.

There were no special parking spaces in the National Literature Society College at that time, so Lin Weimin parked his car directly under the window of the front building.

After getting off the car, before he could leave, a group of people surrounded him and his car.

After finally dealing with his colleagues, Lin Weimin entered the editorial department and became the target of everyone's ridicule again.

In this regard, he could only spread his hands helplessly.

This is the disadvantage of buying a car these days. No matter whether it is your neighbors or colleagues at work, once you buy a car, you will inevitably be subjected to all kinds of looks and words from everyone.

However, this kind of attention is only temporary. After the novelty wears off, the attention will naturally decline.

After a busy morning, everyone started chatting after lunch.

The topic is always about Lin Weimin’s newly bought crown and the Los Angeles Olympics which is about to open.

"Weimin, how much did you spend on this car?" Yao Shuzhi asked.

"More than 20,000."

My colleagues were a little surprised. “Your car should be very expensive, right? Only over 20,000?”

"Foreign exchange certificates!"

Yao Shuzhi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Panting!"

But then she thought, "No, I can't buy it with more than 20,000 foreign exchange certificates, right?"

"My car came from Hainan. It only costs about 7,000 dollars to land, and it only costs 15,000 dollars including the tariff."

"Fifteen thousand dollars? That's still cheap. If it's sold at a car trading company, it would cost two or three hundred thousand dollars, right?"

"Yeah, about the same."

This is the loophole in the country’s policy for Hainan.

The cars in Hainan and the cars from the automobile trading company in Yanjing are both imported cars purchased by the country through foreign exchange.

On the automobile trading company's side, cars come in, they are sold after adding tariffs, and the country is the one who makes money.

But it is not the case in Hainan. Whoever gets the approval document makes money.

The following is omitted.

After listening to Lin Weimin's description, his colleagues all sighed.

After a while, the topic shifted to the Olympics. Today is the 27th in Yanjing time, and the Olympics will open at around 4 pm on the 28th in the United States. However, due to the time difference between China and the United States, if we watch it in real time in China, it should be tomorrow morning.

Unfortunately, with the television broadcasting technology of this era, it is impossible for ordinary people in China to watch the broadcast without much time difference.

But even so, it cannot hinder everyone's enthusiasm for the Olympics, and colleagues are full of enthusiasm when talking about it.

As they chatted, everyone started talking about the new TV that Yao Shuzhi's family had bought.

Although Zheng Guo's Pi Xiu is stingy, he can be very generous when he is generous. He used to be reluctant to buy even a TV, but now he buys a color TV of 18 inches in size, thanks to the foreign exchange coupons supported by Lin Weimin.

"Your Zheng Guo is using real money to support the Olympics!" Lin Weimin teased Yao Shuzhi.

My colleagues couldn't help but laugh.

Another day, CCTV broadcast the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympics a day later. On that day, students from all the schools in Yanjing skipped classes, factory workers were absent from work, and cadres left early. In order to watch the Olympic Games broadcast, the people of Yanjing tried their best.

Lin Weimin did not have a strong sense of participation in the Olympics. After a day's work, he went to the parking lot in front of the building, got in his car and started it. The car was extremely hot after being exposed to the sun all day, so he turned on the air conditioner.

Cool air came out of the air outlet. Lin Weimin leaned his head out and greedily enjoyed this brief comfort for a while.

I spent so much money on a car probably for this moment.

The car drove out of the Guowen Society and headed north along Dongsi North Street to Yonghegong Street. The entrance to the alley was very narrow and the car definitely couldn't get in, so Lin Weimin could only park the car at the entrance of the alley and walk into Shi Tiesheng's yard.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

Shi Tiesheng was called out by Lin Weimin, "Come in!"

"Come on, I'll take you for a ride!"

Shi Tiesheng was totally confused. What on earth was going on?

Lin Weimin pushed him to the entrance of the alley with a smug look on his face, "Brother, I've upgraded my equipment. This time I'll take you for a ride. It'll keep you warm in winter and cool in summer. You can throw away your equipment now!"

Shi Tiesheng looked at the crown resting there, his face full of surprise.

Shi Lan, who followed out, was also shocked.

"Brother Lin, when did you buy the car?"

"I just bought it, and the license plate is still warm." Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Shi Lan circled the car several times, "Isn't this car expensive?"

This is the question Lin Weimin is asked most often after buying a car. "It is definitely more expensive, but it is for convenience! Driving saves time and you can get anywhere faster!"

Shi Tiesheng was also very interested in this car.

There is no man who doesn't like this.

After letting Lin Weimin push him for a while, Lin Weimin said to Shi Lan, "Come on, Shi Lan, help me get your brother into the car!"

Lin Weimin asked Shi Lan to hold the wheelchair, he carried Shi Tiesheng on his back and stuffed him into the passenger seat of the car, while Shi Lan sat in the back seat.

She was still worried about Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair, but Shi Tiesheng smiled and said, "It's okay, no one wants to pick up your brother's junk!"

The worn-out wheelchair was just thrown at the entrance of the alley.

Lin Weimin was driving the car, and Shi Tiesheng was sitting in the passenger seat. The air in the car had already become cool due to the air conditioning, and in this hot weather, riding in the car became a pleasant experience.

In the evening, there is a lot of traffic, of course, most of the traffic is bicycles.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone into the car. Shi Tiesheng couldn't help but look to the west, and suddenly thought of the years when his leg was still intact.

At that time, he could enjoy the sunset while speeding, just like he does now.

"That's great!" he murmured in a low voice.

"It will be convenient to have a car in the future. Just tell me where you want to go and I will take you there!" Lin Weimin said excitedly while driving.

Shi Tiesheng laughed and said, "Okay, I'll let Shi Lan call you then."

After walking around the Second Ring Road, it was almost dark when I came back.

The car stopped at the entrance of the alley, and there was an old man next to the wheelchair. That was Shi's father.

When the few people came out, they didn't tell him how long it was, so they must have been worried.

"Uncle, I'm sorry, I took a little longer to walk around."

"It's all right."

Lin Weimin got out of the car and carried Shi Tiesheng back to his wheelchair. Shi's father said, "Have a bite here."

"good."

Lin Weimin parked the car at the entrance of the alley, ignored the neighbors who were watching, and pushed Shi Tiesheng into the yard.

Shi's father made fried noodles with soybean paste for dinner. The noodles were boiled in water and were chewy and soft. They felt cool in the stomach and made the whole body feel refreshed.

Shi Tiesheng asked Lin Weimin why he wanted to buy a car. Lin Weimin smiled and said, "I just donated 100,000 yuan. Looking back, I still ride a broken motorcycle. I feel a little bit of a loss. I can't just use the money to benefit others. I have to enjoy it myself too!"

Shi Tiesheng couldn't help but laugh after hearing what he said, "Your awareness is not good! What they promote is to be selfless and only benefit others."

"So, I am a vulgar person!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Shi Tiesheng smiled, but his face turned serious. "How can someone who doesn't love himself love others?"

"If one does not love himself but only loves others, then he is definitely not loving the person himself, but what the person can bring to him."

"That's right!" Shi Tiesheng nodded.

The two chatted until it was dark and Lin Weimin stood up to say goodbye.

The next morning, Lin Weimin had just gotten up and was brushing his teeth and washing his face when he heard voices coming from the street.

"gold medal!"

"Xu Haifeng won the gold medal!"

Lin Weimin heard the loud noise and pushed open the gate.

A figure rushed past him like the wind. It was the figure of a young man. He was waving a newspaper in his hand and shouting desperately.

The noise called out the early-rising neighbors, who began chatting excitedly as they watched the boy's receding back.

"Xu Haifeng won the championship? He's a shooting athlete, right? Hey! That's really exciting!"

"That's right, an Olympic gold medal, the first time in history! A Chinese won an Olympic gold medal, awesome!"

The good news of getting up early made the neighbors forget to wash up and eat breakfast, and they were so engrossed in talking about the Olympic Games being held on the other side of the ocean.

Lin Weimin's eyes were still following the young man's figure, and the morning sun was also following him.

(End of this chapter)