Chapter 425: Burning Buns
"Meeting? What meeting?" Lin Weimin asked Cheng Zaochun.
Cheng Zaochun had a very secretive expression on his face. "It was organized by the Ministry of Rites. Don't ask so many questions. You will know when you get there."
"I'm just a small editor-in-chief. Wouldn't it be high enough for me to go there?"
Lin Weimin's eyes turned, and he wanted to get rid of this burden.
"Don't even think about it. The top leader of the Ministry of Rites has called your name and asked you to attend the meeting." Cheng Zaochun warned.
Well, I can’t run away.
Cheng Zaochun was the president and editor-in-chief of the Guowen Society, so he was naturally qualified to attend the meetings organized by the Ministry of Rites.
But as the editor-in-chief, I am not that good enough.
Being named by a senior leader in the department to attend a meeting is not necessarily a good thing!
"What exactly happened? Please at least tell me a little bit!" Lin Weimin asked.
After some hesitation, Cheng Zaochun said, "It has something to do with the recent trend of public opinion."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Weimin immediately thought of the newspapers he had read recently.
Having a clue in mind, Lin Weimin didn't ask any more questions. He guessed that even if he asked, Cheng Zaochun wouldn't tell him.
Since the meeting was not until next week anyway, Lin Weimin put the matter aside for the time being.
On Thursday evening, he received a call from the auto trade company saying that the Mercedes-Benz he ordered had arrived.
After waiting for several months, I finally got this car.
Lin Weimin drove to the auto trade company early the next morning. With Mi Dao paving the way, there was no delay along the way and the procedures were handled smoothly. Even the license plate was arranged by the auto trade company after they specially contacted the vehicle management office.
The black-bodied Mercedes-Benz W126 has a square shape and looks tiger-like. This car was first produced in 1979 and is the predecessor of the so-called "Tiger-Head Mercedes-Benz" in later generations.
The classic Mercedes-Benz logo and the low-key black paint sparkle in the sun, demonstrating the high value of this car.
After completing the formalities and putting away the documents, Lin Weimin got into the car and tested the gas. From the perspective of driving experience alone, this Mercedes-Benz is far better than the Crown.
The biggest feeling when driving the Japanese car is that it doesn't feel like driving a car, it feels like driving a toy.
Come to think of it, how much did I spend on that Crown? Even though it came from Hainan, even if the price was tripled or five times higher, it still couldn’t compare to the price of a Mercedes-Benz!
People say that service awareness is poor these days, but Lin Weimin didn't feel that way. The auto trade company took care of all the formalities, and they even sent someone to help deliver his Crown back to the downstairs of his home.
Lin Weimin drove his black Mercedes to the Chinese Literature Society.
He took a whole morning off today, and when he arrived at the office, it was already past work time.
But as soon as the Benz appeared, it still attracted a lot of attention.
He re-registered the license plate at the door, but there was actually no need to re-register. Apart from a few leaders in the community who were high enough to use a car, Lin Weimin was the only one who drove.
The Crown was replaced with a Mercedes, and it didn't affect anything.
"Weimin, are you changing the car again?" asked Uncle Zhai.
"yes."
Uncle Zhai circled the Mercedes-Benz twice, his eyes shining, "This car is not cheap, is it?"
No matter how old they are, it is really hard for men to refuse cars, just like they would refuse an eighteen-year-old girl.
"It's a little more expensive than the crown."
Lin Weimin did not tell the truth. He spent 260,000 RMB on this Mercedes-Benz, which is almost one million according to the current exchange rate of RMB to RMB.
This price is a huge incentive for anyone.
It’s better to keep a low profile!
Uncle Zhai gave Lin Weimin a meaningful look. What he said was a bit too obvious!
This car must be expensive, at least hundreds of thousands, right?
The car stopped at the place where the Crown had been parked before, and Lin Weimin went into the back building.
The news about his car change quickly topped the Guowenshe hot search list in a short period of time.
Cheng Zaochun was upstairs looking at Lin Weimin's Mercedes-Benz and couldn't help but frowning, "This kid is so arrogant!"
During lunch, Lin Weimin's Mercedes-Benz was surrounded by colleagues, and everyone was commenting on this car that was obviously worth a lot of money.
Although no one has a car these days, it does not mean that no one cares about cars. The eye-catching logo of Mercedes-Benz is as dazzling as a firefly in the dark night in the eyes of several young men in the community. They are almost drooling around the car. They are not so excited even when seeing a beautiful woman.
"This is a Mercedes-Benz!" The young man in the bookbinding design room was amazed.
Others asked curiously: "Do you know this car? How much does it cost?"
The young man said, "I don't know about it abroad, but the car trade company sold it for 1.2 million!"
"How much?" There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.
"One million and two hundred thousand, and there must be a target!" the young man repeated and emphasized.
"Oh my God!" A female colleague exclaimed, slapping her forehead.
All the colleagues present were equally shocked and full of disbelief.
"Just this one car? One million and two hundred thousand?" someone asked.
"What do you think? This car is a foreign luxury car, made in Germany. Even abroad, only rich people can afford it!" said the young man.
Some people couldn't help but cast their eyes towards the back building. "He really deserves to be called Lin Baiwan. He can buy a car worth more than one million yuan just by saying so!"
The people around him joked, "You can't call yourself Lin Baiwan now. You can buy a car worth over a million yuan at will. Your net worth must be Lin Qianwan, right?"
This was of course just speculation, but no one present questioned it.
Let's ask ourselves, if they had one or two million, they would definitely not be willing to spend it all on buying a car. Even if they had three or five million, they might not be willing to do so.
But Lin Weimin dared to buy it as soon as he made the offer. What does this mean? It means that he has money, and it must be far more than one million. Ten million is definitely not an exaggeration.
In the past two years, Lin Weimin has been publishing overseas and performing in Broadway plays. Every time there is an overseas wire transfer, the amount we hear starts at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Several times a year, if you calculate it this way, 10 million RMB is nothing to them!
Although colleagues have long been accustomed to the shocks brought to everyone by Lin Weimin, they still couldn't help but be shocked when they carefully calculated the result.
Ten million!
It is enough for these ordinary working class people to earn money, one hundred yuan a month, twelve hundred years a year, and only 120,000 yuan in a hundred years. They cannot earn so much money even in ten lifetimes, not to mention that there are many people who earn less than one hundred yuan a month.
"It's so enviable!" a young colleague exclaimed.
Although they said this, this kind of jealousy could not be turned into reality and make people really feel bad about Lin Weimin.
Firstly, it is because his works are well-established. Over the years, he has published at least one novel every year, and sometimes two. Not only is his output high and the quality is good, but most importantly, his readers also support him.
I don’t know when it started, but among all the books published by Guowen Publishing House every year, Lin Weimin’s works have become a major category.
A novel can sell at least 100,000 or 200,000 copies, or as many as millions. With so many novels by Lin Weimin combined, how many years would that not bring the publishing house sales of two to three million copies?
In addition, "Contemporary" hosted by Lin Weimin has a stable sales volume of more than one million copies per issue, which means more than ten million copies a year.
He alone monopolized most of the publications of Guowen Publishing House.
How can you be jealous of such a person?
The second reason is that Lin Weimin has always followed the principles of doing things in the community. He never shirks his responsibilities and his achievements are obvious to all. He is not competitive and easy-going, and can get along well with anyone.
Especially the old comrades in the commune, all of them have a good reputation for Lin Weimin. When Wei Junyi had a cerebral hemorrhage in the middle of the night, it was Lin Weimin who rushed over from afar and took her to the hospital.
From this point, everyone can also see Lin Weimin's character. Regardless of whether you are in office or not, his attitude has never changed.
This alone is enough for most people to give a thumbs up and express admiration.
Finally, there is one most important reason, that is, the talent shown by Lin Weimin and the achievements he has made at this age really make many people who want to be jealous unable to be jealous.
Suppose you are a poor student in the fifth grade of elementary school, who usually only gets 50 points in exams. There is a top student in your class who always gets 100 points. It is natural for you to be jealous of him.
But now the person in front of you is a genius student who didn’t take any exams and went straight to university without any grades.
Why are you jealous?
You can only stretch your neck, look up and worship!
"Don't look at him. A genius like him might not appear once in a hundred or eighty years. Is there any use in being jealous?"
Everyone nodded when they heard this.
At the end of the discussion, many people were hit hard, sighed dejectedly, and went back to the office to read their manuscripts.
Although they are all editors, the difference between people is sometimes even greater than the difference between them and animals!
After get off work in the afternoon, Lin Weimin deliberately left a little later because he was afraid of being surrounded by his colleagues and asked questions.
He came to the front building and there were only a few colleagues left in the company. Lin Weimin greeted everyone with a smile.
Coincidentally, at this moment Cheng Zaochun took out his bicycle from the bicycle shed and glanced at Lin Weimin and his Mercedes-Benz.
"Shaobaoer!"
Lin Weimin looked at his receding back, gave him a middle finger, and turned around to see Uncle Zhai looking at him.
"It's very popular in the United States, and it's used to show respect to leaders." Lin Weimin explained, shaking his thick and long middle finger.
Uncle Zhai nodded. Weimin was indeed a person who had been abroad and had learned all the advanced experiences from foreign countries.
After chatting with Uncle Zhai for a few words, Lin Weimin was about to get into the car when he heard someone calling him at the gate.
"Teacher Lin!"
He turned his head and saw it was Ma Dudu.
"Why are you here?"
"I just wanted to come to the Chinese Literature Society to see you first. If I didn't find you, I was thinking of going to your house." Ma Dudu said.
Lin Weimin said: "Let's go, have some food together and talk while we eat."
After he got in the car, Ma Dudu noticed that the car Teacher Lin got in did not seem to be the Crown he had driven before.
"Wow~ You changed the car again?" Ma Dudu asked in surprise.
He stared at the car logo for a few seconds and said, "Is this a German Mercedes?"
Lin Weimin nodded and said, "Let's get in the car first and talk later."
"Okay!" Ma Dudu happily threw his bicycle away and couldn't wait to get on the bike to experience the feeling of riding in a Mercedes-Benz.
(End of this chapter)
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