Chapter 220 New Ideas

After Lin Yi rode away on his bicycle, Lin's mother asked Lin's father, "Why did you stimulate him so much?"

Lin's father said, "Although we still eat from the same pot, some factories across the country are indeed trying to be self-sufficient. I think Mingche is right. Lin Yi's generation may not be able to enter the factory from a young man in his twenties and retire in his fifties. It's rare that he is finally willing to make progress now. On Sundays, he doesn't go to play cards but thinks about making extra money. I'll add fuel to his fire! Don't spoil him, otherwise he will become a waste."

For such a Lin Yi, it's good to become a father later. I'm not mature enough and responsible enough. If my daughter-in-law's job didn't rely on the family, she would definitely not want to live with him a long time ago if she was earning such a high salary now.

Lin Yi rode all the way there, and felt that life was very depressing. When did the formal employees of a state-owned factory live so depressingly? Other people's families are obviously not like this.

He rode for dozens of minutes to get there, and his sister now drives a car home. From a 26-circle ladies' bicycle to a second-hand pickup truck, and now to a new car. My sister's means of transportation always shocks the people in the compound.

When it came to ladies' bicycles, some people still complained behind her back, but now those voices have disappeared. Because my sister and brother-in-law have reached a height that the neighbors in the compound can only look up to. Now it is no longer the fashion to be poor together, and the richer ones have been knocked down. Even if they hate the rich, they dare only do it secretly.

But for me, even the old bicycle I am riding now belongs to the old man. He also asked me to buy another one to ride. How did his life become like this?

Before he left, he went to the tavern to make a public phone call, otherwise he was worried that my sister would not be at home. She has a lot of things to do now. And with a car, it is more convenient to go in and out. But

my brother-in-law and sister said that if they encounter situations such as someone falling on the road, do not stop the car, let alone get off. It is better to take a detour than to meddle in other people's business. At worst, when I get home, I can help call the police. The public

security is really a bit chaotic now. He had to go home early, not too late.

When Lin Yi arrived, Yan Yan was waiting for him at the gate of the community. Otherwise, he would have to register and wait for the security guard to confirm his identity before he could enter. Seeing that the time was almost up, Lin Yan sent Yan Yan downstairs to greet her uncle.

Lin Yi and Yan Yan, who was wearing a woolen suspender skirt, walked to the bicycle shed together.

"Why doesn't your mother want the bicycle anymore?"

Yan Yan said, "My mother has long had her eyes on an imported bicycle from the Friendship Store and wanted to buy it with foreign exchange coupons. But she already has the previous one, so she couldn't buy it."

"I see! Yan Yan, how much has your monthly pocket money increased to now?"

Yan Yan said, "It's still ten yuan. My parents said that no matter how rich they are, they can't make their children rich. What's more, they are still in debt of more than 300,000 yuan. Uncle, do you want to give me some?"

Lin Yi said embarrassedly, "Let's talk about it when my uncle's salary increases."

When he parked the bicycles, he took a look and found that the bicycles parked here were indeed better than those ordinary people ride. Are they all imported?

Yanyan said, "Most likely. Many people living here have overseas connections. Foreign exchange coupons are not so rare!"

On the way here, Lin Yi still wanted to weigh some egg cakes from the state-owned cake factory for his nephews and nieces. They were not expensive, but he couldn't come empty-handed.

He gave one to Yanyan to eat, and took the rest upstairs. As soon as the door opened, Changchang came out smelling the fragrance. This egg cake was freshly baked and it smelled quite good.

Changchang hugged his uncle's legs, looked up and smiled, "Uncle..."

Lin Yi bent down and handed him one.

Lin Yan said, "You can just eat half, and give the other half to mom. He just had dinner, so he's afraid of indigestion."

Yan Yan said, "Mom, this is really delicious."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "In state-owned cake factories, the old masters usually pass down their skills from generation to generation. At the beginning, they all passed public exams before setting prices."

"Oh, really? Then I'll buy all the things from those state-owned food factories to try."

Lin Yi said, "Brother-in-law is not at home?"

"He has an appointment outside."

Lin Yi sat down next to Lin Yan and watched TV. Chang Chang brought a bottle of mineral water to his uncle from his "pigsty". He really only had enough strength to carry things.

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows, "You know how to entertain guests?"

"I'm just following someone's example. A few days ago, someone came and the water wasn't boiled yet so I couldn't make tea, so I opened a box of mineral water and gave it to him. And you gave him egg cake, didn't he? He was just returning the favor. Next time you bring food, he might give you water. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Lin Yi said, "What else could it be? Isn't it that you want to drive to the travel agency on Sunday?"

"Can you pay attention to safety like other drivers and not ask for special treatment just because you are my brother?"

Lin Yi nodded, "I'm also in the car, so I will definitely pay attention to safety. I will do the same as other drivers and won't ask for special treatment." He had

to ask for this job three times before he got it. He had to cherish it. No other place would only want him to work on Sunday.

"Okay, come this Sunday. Also, it's not about how other drivers do. If they don't do a good job, you can't go along with them."

"Got it." It turned out that they were really waiting for him to show up.

He reached out and took a big and beautiful orange from the fruit bowl on the coffee table and ate it. "There are oranges already? Hmm, they are quite sweet." "

They were brought back by college students who went to other places to collect folk songs and take pictures of the creative process of craftsmen from all over the country."

Those college students took the money of the travel agency and traveled all over the world with the travel agency's assistants. They also mailed a lot of food back, and the people in the travel agency got some.

Lin Yi obviously remembered this. Han Mei brought back a lot of food from all over the country. There were snacks, snacks, and fruits. The neighbors were very envious.

But this time she came back to deliver the early shooting materials for editing. These oranges were brought back to Beijing with the people. After the editing is completed, they will be taken to the graduation defense. According to the agreement signed at the beginning, the copyright belongs to the travel agency. But they can apply for free use.

Before leaving, Lin Yan asked Fang Min to pack a bag of oranges for Lin Yi to take back. This time they were not mailed, but brought back by college students. The quantity was not large, so they were not divided in the travel agency.

"Sister, my brother-in-law is rich now. Are you worried about going out for social events like this?"

Lin Yan said: "I am certainly a little worried. But I am not a dodder, I earn my own money to live. I am still a college student. So, although I am worried, I am not afraid. If he really messes around, I don't want him anymore."

Fang Mingche just came out of the elevator, with a little bit of drunkenness on his body. As he approached the door, he heard the two siblings mumbling at the door, saying that they didn't want him anymore.

"What are you talking about?"

Lin Yi said: "Nothing, I just asked my sister if she was worried that you were messing around outside. Goodbye, brother-in-law-"

He got into the elevator after he finished speaking.

While the elevator door was not closed, Fang Mingche said, "You should worry more about yourself."

When the elevator went down, the couple walked in together.

Lin Yan smelled that he was not drunk, so she did not ask Fang Min to make sour soup for him to sober him up. She only asked, "You are going to school, taking classes to review, and managing the travel agency. Can you handle it?"

"No big problem. It's mainly because I have to go through the procedures to open a store in Hong Kong recently, and there are adjustments to personnel at home and abroad, so there are more things to do."

He went out to socialize today just to go through the procedures to open a store in Hong Kong. There shouldn't be any problem. Mr. Deng is going to invite the Iron Lady to Beijing for negotiations. The Chinese side is happy to see him open a store in Hong Kong anyway, and they won't hold up the procedures.

Lin Yi began to work from Monday to Saturday and drive on Sunday.

Han Mei digested her emotions by herself. It is estimated that she will have to go through this every two years in the future. What else can she do except figure it out by herself?

Fang Minghui has already gone to Guangzhou. Before leaving, she asked Fang Mingche what currency her salary would be paid in if she went to Hong Kong.

"The currency of the place where you are is the currency of your salary, otherwise you can't use it directly there."

Fang Minghui left happily. She would definitely strive for the opportunity to go to Hong Kong. First of all, she had to do a good job in Guangzhou.

When she got the Hong Kong dollars, she would go to the bank in Hong Kong to exchange them for US dollars. Then she would take them back through secret channels and exchange them for RMB with people in the alleys near the central bank. There was a black market there, and the exchange rate was much higher than the current one of the central bank. This way, she could make a lot of money.

Brother Mingche told her that if she was caught by the police, she should remember to make it clear that it was a personal act and had nothing to do with the travel agency.

Hehe, next time she comes back, she will bring some goods back from Hong Kong and Guangzhou to make a profit. With this two-pronged approach, she should be able to afford a house soon. Guangzhou is expensive, but Chengdu and the capital are not bad!

The goods that Fang Minghua and Yuan Shufen brought back were sold out very quickly, and they really made a net profit of three or four hundred. He immediately returned the remaining half of the three children's high-priced tuition fees to Fang Mingche. He still had a hundred yuan left in his hand, so he really treated Lin Yan to Tianfuju's braised pork elbow.

The whole family of eleven people plus Fang Min sat at a big round table, and they all ate happily.

Fang's father said, "I will treat you to a meal later. Think about where you want to eat next time!"

He made a lot of money recently by renting out ancient costumes to take photos in the Forbidden City. This was completely his idea, so Fang Mingche gave him 70% of the profit!

The old man has been feeling very fulfilled recently. Moreover, he will be going on a business trip to Shanghai soon. Mingche asked him to give some guidance on the homestay in Shanghai.

Fang's father said, "We can do this kind of ancient costume photo shoot in the capital. Then can Shanghai let guests dress like old Shanghai and go to the former foreign concessions to take photos?"

Fang Mingche nodded, "Of course. Speaking of this, I just went to Brother Mingfeng to get a set of videos of "Shanghai Beach". Let's watch it together later."

Fang Mingfeng's video hall is booming, relying on videotapes from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Well, the videotapes produced in Taiwan are also smuggled from Hong Kong, and there are many Qiong Yao films.

He likes fighting and killing, especially this set of "Shanghai Beach". So he took a set back to the capital to watch. Fang Mingche heard that he had finished watching it, so he went to get it and prepared to watch it himself. Classics are always new when you watch them again.

So after dinner, a car and a small truck drove to the Overseas Chinese Apartment together. The small truck was still driven by Fang's father.

The living room of the Overseas Chinese Apartment is very large, with a 220-square-meter apartment, and the living room occupies more than 50 square meters. It was built in imitation of foreign apartment types. Living room culture is more popular abroad, and living rooms are especially large.

Nowadays, in China, for example, in the Tuanjiehu community, the two-bedroom apartment of 52 square meters does not have a living room. Meals are eaten in a larger room with a table.

After everyone sat on the sofas in the living room, Fang Min turned on the VCR and TV. The first episode of "Shanghai Beach" began to play, in Mandarin. Brother Mingfeng directly got the version distributed from Hong Kong to Taiwan. He could understand Cantonese, but his parents had difficulty listening.

Hearing the familiar melody of "The Waves Run, the Waves Flow", Fang Mingche smiled slightly.

The whole family quickly started watching. Father Fang saw Xu Wenqiang's suit, dress hat and Feng Chengcheng's cheongsam, and touched his chin, thinking that such clothes should be made by the old tailors in old Shanghai.

Then he would match them with a black umbrella. Well, we have to take this videotape to the homestay in Shanghai to play it.

Fang Jian also said, "Isn't this Su Rongrong? Su Rongrong is Chu Liuxiang's person."

Fang Mingche smiled, "Actor, this play with this actor, the next play with that actor."

I still want to see 'Chu Liuxiang' and 'Su Rongrong' play together. Wait, there will be 'The Story of Qianlong' in the future.

A few days later, Fang Mingche heard Yanyan singing 'The Thousand Miles of Rivers Never Stop' at home. It can be said that the whole family, except Fang Chang, likes to watch 'Shanghai Beach' very much.

This time even Yanyan said that she could understand most of it. After dinner every day, Fang's mother and Fang Jian's three siblings urged Fang's father to drive them to see Xu Wenqiang. Yuan Shufen also likes it, and always finishes work in the afternoon and comes together in the evening. Lin Yan, Fang Min, and Yanyan don't go out to visit at night.

Fang Mingche thinks that Xu Wenqiang was beaten to death in the finale, and the women of the family, big and small, are afraid to cry. A few blood flowers bloomed on the white suit, which really has a broken beauty.

As expected, on that day, everyone from Fang's mother down seemed unable to accept it.

Fang Mingche had no choice but to say, "Think about it, think about it, it's just a TV show. He died in this show and came back to life in the next one."

Lin Yan said, "Then he wouldn't be Brother Wen if he came back to life."

Fang's father looked at the women and girls who were so sad and said, "It's Qingming Festival soon, who will go home with me to sweep the graves?"

Fang Minghua turned his head to the side and smiled. Recently, Yuan Shufen always talked about Xu Wenqiang, which made him very unhappy. It was only because he was a character in a TV show, otherwise he would definitely scold her.

When Fang's father said this, everyone who was so sad just now stopped looking sad.

"Ah, I have to go to school and sell noodles."

Fang Mingche said, "I really can't leave."

Fang's father said, "Just focus on your business." When he burned incense, he would silently tell his ancestors about his youngest son's current achievements. He had a legitimate reason not to go back.

Finally, it was decided that Fang's father and Fang Minghua would go back alone.

(End of this chapter)