Chapter 219 Three Happinesses
“It’s not much. Although this watch is a foreign brand, it’s not very famous. There are still not many women’s watches in the Friendship Store, and I don’t know if Huimin likes it.” Lin Weimin said with a smile.
Although Lin Weimin didn't mention the price, Jiang Yao knew it would definitely not be cheap. A domestically made watch in Shanghai would cost one or two hundred yuan.
What's more, this watch is sold in the Friendship Store, and you must use foreign exchange coupons to buy it, which makes it even more expensive.
Jiang Yao looked at this with envy in her eyes.
At this time, Tao Huimin whispered shyly: "I like it very much!"
Lin Weimin smiled at her, and they looked at each other with tenderness and affection.
Jiang Yao acted as a light bulb for a whole day and finally realized how redundant she was.
After the romantic atmosphere had finally passed, she whispered to Tao Huimin, "Of course you like it. This watch costs several hundred dollars."
"I don't like this watch because of the price."
"I know, I know. It's a gift from my lover. The price is not important. The love is worth a thousand gold!" Jiang Yao teased.
Tao Huimin was so angry that she pinched her waist and Jiang Yao cried out in pain.
Lin Weimin, who was walking in front, naturally knew the little actions of the two little girls and couldn't help but smile.
Time passed quickly and it was already evening. Tao Huimin and her friends had to go back to the Temple of Heaven Hotel. They only had one day off for New Year's Day and they had to go back in the evening.
Lin Weimin treated the two to a meal and then sent them back to the hotel.
Jiang Yao was tactful enough to go into the hotel first, leaving Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin reluctant to leave.
"When are you free to come to my house next time?" Lin Weimin asked.
Tao Huimin's face instantly turned shy, "I'm not going."
"My home is not a den of tigers or wolves, why not go?"
"I'm not going anyway."
After being affectionate for a while, Lin Weimin planned to take this opportunity to take a step further, but unfortunately his girlfriend was on high alert and did not let him succeed.
Before leaving, perhaps because she was afraid that Lin Weimin would be angry, she said hesitantly, "Don't worry."
Lin Weimin held her hand and said, "Of course I'm not in a hurry. You will be mine sooner or later!"
"You just talk nonsense!" Tao Huimin was so embarrassed by what he said that she ran to the door of the hotel as if escaping, then turned around and waved at him.
Lin Weimin smiled and waved to her, then rode away on his motorcycle.
When we returned to the Temple of Heaven Hotel, we found out that the troupe had a holiday that day and everyone went out to play. They only came back one after another at this time.
When a group of girls get together, they naturally want to share where they went and what they bought.
The girls in the group spent a lot of money today. Although they are not very old, their income is quite high.
The income of opera performers has been considerable in recent years, and they have been performing in other places for several months this year, receiving subsidies every day, which is equivalent to having a second source of income.
"Hey, Huimin, Jiang Yao, where did you two go today?" Mao Weitao suddenly asked.
"We..." Jiang Yao was shocked and a little panicked.
Just when she didn't know how to answer, Tao Huimin said calmly: "We went to Tian A Gate today."
"Tian A Gate, we went there too. By the way, did you go to the Friendship Store?"
Tao Huimin knew that Mao Weitao must have a reason for asking this. She glanced at Jiang Yao and said without blushing, "No!"
"Ah! Then maybe we saw it wrong."
Jiang Yao couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Mao Weitao said: "In the afternoon, a group of us went to the Friendship Store, and we saw a figure on the street who looked very much like Jiang Yao."
Jiang Yao glanced at Tao Huimin guiltily. She still had that calm expression. "We went to Wangfujing this afternoon."
After finishing the conversation, Jiang Yao whispered, "You should really let Brother Weimin see what you looked like just now!"
Tao Huimin rolled her eyes at her, and Jiang Yao continued, "Women in love are really scary. They actually have two faces."
"You're not done yet, are you? You ate so much today."
"Hey, we're not married yet, so it's not okay for me to eat some of your food?"
The two laughed and joked for a while, then Jiang Yao ran off to chat with everyone for a while, then came back and held Tao Huimin's wrist to look at it for a long time.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Yao put her wrist down, "I just asked everyone, guess how much your watch is worth?"
Tao Huimin panicked for a moment, "Don't talk nonsense, or someone else will find out."
"I'm not stupid. I said I saw a really nice watch at Henry's in Wangfujing, but I didn't recognize the English name."
Tao Huimin breathed a sigh of relief, and Jiang Yao continued the previous topic.
"Guess how much?"
"I won't guess!"
Jiang Yao was bored for a while and could only talk to himself. He raised his finger and said, "Six hundred yuan!"
She added: "Foreign exchange certificates."
Although Tao Huimin was prepared, she was still surprised.
“So expensive?”
Then she realized, "Who did you ask? How do you know so much?"
Jiang Yao leaned close to her ear and said, "Sister Sai Fei, she also bought a watch at the Friendship Store this afternoon. It's an Orient watch and she spent more than 200 foreign exchange coupons."
"Ah?" Tao Huimin finally couldn't maintain her expression. The people in the group not only went to the Friendship Store, but also bought things. So by this calculation, they almost passed by everyone.
Jiang Yao ignored her reaction and continued, "Sister Saifei is really willing to spend. She should have spent all the foreign exchange certificates in her hand, right?"
The actresses from Xiao Baihua Yue Opera Troupe went to Hong Kong to perform before. They were subsidized in Hong Kong dollars every day, which was ten dollars a day, or one hundred and fifty dollars in half a month.
Nowadays, foreign exchange is not allowed to be retained in private hands. Some people are reluctant to spend the money, so they hide it and bring it back.
Who knows when you need something, you can exchange it for foreign exchange coupons and take them to the Friendship Store to buy something. This is what He Saifei did.
Tao Huimin asked, "You didn't spend your money, did you?"
"No." Jiang Yao just finished speaking, and immediately asked alertly: "Why are you asking this?"
Tao Huimin took the initiative to move closer to Jiang Yao, with a flattering look on her face, "Xiao Yao..."
Tao Huimin confessed her thoughts to Jiang Yao.
Today, she received such an expensive gift from Lin Weimin, and she also planned to give Lin Weimin a gift. From Jiang Yao, Tao Huimin learned that the brand of the watch Lin Weimin bought for her was Enicar, an imported watch from Switzerland.
She noticed the watch Lin Weimin wore. It was a domestically produced Shanghai brand watch.
Jiang Yao hesitated for a moment, "I knew today's meal wouldn't be so easy to get."
"Then you have to promise me that next time you go out to perform, your foreign exchange will belong to me."
"Yeah, no problem."
Tao Huimin thought that with Jiang Yao's Hong Kong dollars and her own money to exchange for some foreign exchange coupons, she should be able to buy Weimin a very nice imported watch.
She stroked the watch on her wrist, thinking about how happy Lin Weimin would be when he received the watch in the future. She felt even happier than when she received the watch herself.
The New Year's Day holiday is only one day, and on January 2nd, it's back to work again.
As soon as work started this morning, the bulletin board in the National Literature and Social Sciences College was surrounded by employees who had just started work.
"I told you, he will definitely be promoted soon. Old Yan and Old Madam Wei praised him a lot in private."
"It's been so fast. You've only been in the company for two years?"
"I remember he joined the company in November 1980, so it's been a little over two years."
"Wow, tsk, tsk, rocket speed! Young people are so fast, there's no comparison!"
Everyone was talking around the bulletin board, with different expressions and tones filled with all kinds of emotions.
As soon as Lin Weimin entered the yard on his motorcycle, he was stopped by everyone.
"Congratulations, Weimin!"
"Congratulations, Weimin!"
Lin Weimin was confused, "Congratulations on what?"
"Are you playing dumb? You've been promoted to deputy editor-in-chief. Hehe, this position is specially created for you."
Lin Weimin followed everyone's instructions and saw the notice on the bulletin board.
The content is very simple, it is about the appointment of Lin Weimin as the deputy editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" by the publishing house, and the public announcement period is 15 days.
Qin Chaoyang had mentioned it vaguely to Lin Weimin before, and Lao Meng had talked to him a few days before the holiday.
But he was not told the specific time at that time. Lin Weimin thought that it would be announced after the New Year at least. Unexpectedly, the announcement was made just after work on New Year's Day.
"Thank you, thank you everyone!" Lin Weimin responded to the congratulations from many colleagues with a warm smile on his face.
When he entered the office in the back building, his colleagues in the editorial department looked at him and called out in unison, "Editor-in-Chief Lin!"
Lin Weimin was embarrassed and said, "Stop making trouble!"
Rong Shihui joked, "Weimin, this is a double blessing! Last month, you won the Yanbing Literature Award, and this month you were promoted to deputy editor-in-chief."
Liu Yin said: "It's more than a double happiness, it's a triple happiness. Have you forgotten? Weimin has a girlfriend now!"
"That's right, that's right, triple happiness!"
After congratulating for a long time, everyone finally revealed the real reason.
"As a new official, Editor-in-Chief Lin, should he treat everyone to a meal?"
Lin Weimin had guessed their thoughts long ago and waved his hand.
"Tonight at Dong Lai Shun, I'll treat everyone to shabu-shabu mutton!"
"Wuhu~"
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