Chapter 610 If You Don’t Get Rich, Who Will?
At the end of the month, on Friday morning, Yu Hua distributed wedding candies to everyone as soon as he entered the office. His colleagues immediately started teasing him. He joked with everyone for a few words, then ran to Lin Weimin's office and told Lin Weimin that he was getting married.
"You are really efficient." Lin Weimin joked.
"It's better to get married sooner rather than later. I'm already so old. Teacher Lin, I'm holding a wedding banquet at Donglaishun on Sunday morning. You must come!"
Lin Weimin agreed.
On Sunday morning, Lin Weimin brought Tao Huimin. Her belly was slightly bulging. Today was Yu Hua's wedding banquet, and she was eager to attend it. Especially when she heard that the wedding banquet was held at Donglaishun, she was willing to come even if she had to wipe her saliva and fill her belly.
Yu Hua's wedding banquet was very informal from the perspective of the ceremony, but it was quite grand from the perspective of the guests.
Donglaishun did not accept wedding banquets at that time, so Yu Hua's so-called wedding banquet was more like inviting a hundred or so people to have mutton hotpot.
Combined with the ice and snow outside, it creates a quite nice atmosphere.
Neither Yu Hua nor Cheng Hong are native to Yanjing, but there are quite a few guests coming today. Except for two tables of Cheng Hong’s comrades in the art troupe, the remaining eight tables are all Yu Hua’s classmates and friends.
Among them were faculty and staff of the National Academy of Literature, classmates from the writers' class, colleagues from the Chinese Literature Society, and some friends Yu Hua met in society, most of whom were in the cultural circle.
The guests who came here fully proved that Yu Hua’s previous years in Yanjing were not in vain, and he lived up to his life as a "socialite".
Before the wedding banquet began, Lin Weimin was pulled up by Yu Hua and his wife to say a few words and act as a witness.
He simply said a few words and sat down to show off.
The wedding or something is not important. It is really comfortable to eat some mutton in the cold winter.
The couple were arranged to sit at the same table with Shi Tiesheng and his wife, along with Mo Yan, Wang Shuo and others.
Shi Tiesheng is a carnivore, but unfortunately his health has not been as good as before in the past two years, so he dare not eat too much. After eating half full, he sat there and watched Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin eat, swallowing his saliva as he watched.
Lin Weimin had almost finished eating, so he put down his chopsticks and joined in the conversation.
Mo Yan came to Yanjing this time specifically to attend Yu Hua's wedding, but unfortunately he was disappointed as soon as he arrived. You know, a wedding is just a meal, so he would not waste the journey of more than 200 kilometers.
He was talking with Shi Tiesheng about his new novel. He had written two novels in the past two years, but the response was not very good. This time, he was full of energy.
This time he came to Yanjing, in addition to attending Yu Hua's wedding, another purpose was to deliver the manuscript.
"I read the manuscript of 'Wine Country'. It's well written and shows improvement."
Lin Weimin's encouragement made Mo Yan's eyes narrow, and his smile was almost invisible.
As they were talking, Yu Hua and Cheng Hong came over to toast. After they finished, they said to Mo Yan, "You wanted to stay in Yanjing at the beginning, but you were not determined, so you didn't stay. I didn't want to stay in Yanjing, but now I stay here, thanks to Teacher Lin!"
There was a hint of smugness in his words, obviously trying to provoke Mo Yan.
Mo Yan said unwillingly, "If there was a beauty waiting for me in Yanjing, I would stay too!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Today is Yu Hua's wedding day. Even when Mo Yan was arguing with him, he only said nice things.
After Yu Hua and his wife left, Wang Shuo sighed, "Yu Hua has finally found his true love this time."
There was quite a bit of envy in his words.
Lin Weimin glanced at him and said, "Why do I smell a cat in heat?"
Wang Shuo blushed, "You farted!"
"Look at you, I didn't say anything to you, why are you so excited?" Lin Weimin looked relaxed.
Wang Shuo looked at him angrily, his expression hurt.
After the wedding banquet was over and they got in the car, Tao Huimin asked Lin Weimin: "Why did you say that about Wang Shuo just now?"
"It's okay, I just want to provoke him. I heard that he would go to Jiang Wen's crew to flirt with her when he had nothing to do."
The main actors of "The Sunshine Crew" are all young, in their early twenties, and several actresses are so young that you can pinch water out of them, Ning Jing, Tao Hong, Zuo Xiaoqing...
Now even Liu Xiaoqing has to run to the crew to keep an eye on things when she has nothing to do, for fear that Jiang Wen might have any bad intentions.
Shi Tiesheng and Cheng Ximi were still sitting in the car, and Lin Weimin first sent them back to the Shichahai courtyard.
Lin Weimin was planning to leave after seeing the person off, but was stopped by Shi Tiesheng.
"Weimin, the Literary Association is going to allocate a house for me." Shi Tiesheng shared the good news with Lin Weimin with joy.
Lin Weimin was delighted when he heard this and said, "This is a good thing. The Cultural Association has finally gotten its business done."
He also asked about the specific circumstances of Shi Tiesheng's housing allocation.
Shi Tiesheng joined the Writers Association very early. He joined the Yenching Writers Association in 1980 and the China Writers Association in 1986. In the same year, he became a long-term contracted writer of the Yenching Writers Association and received a subsidy every month. In the past two years, the subsidy has increased to 500 yuan per month, which is a very good treatment.
In 1988, he became a director of the Yenching Literary Council, and was considered a leader of the association. This time, the allocation of housing was considered one of the benefits.
The house allocated to him by the Cultural Association is on Jintai Road, a newly built building. According to Shi Tiesheng's current title and level, he was allocated a three-bedroom apartment of 130 square meters, which will be delivered in mid-December.
When Shi Tiesheng talked about the house, the smile on his face was extremely bright.
Lin Weimin was also happy for him and said, "Great, we will live in a building in the future, which will be much more convenient than now."
He then asked, "How tall is the building? Is there an elevator?"
Shi Tiesheng nodded, "Yes."
"That's even more convenient. When will you get your house? I'll find someone to help you decorate it." Lin Weimin said.
"No, my idea is just to clean up simply."
"How can that be? We finally got a house, so of course we have to clean it up properly. Do you still remember Li Guangfu?"
Shi Tiesheng thought for a moment and said, "I remember, the people from the People's Art Theatre often helped you in the past."
"Now that his business is big, he is no longer an actor. He has a construction team under him, and they are all familiar people, so it is easy to get things done. Don't worry, it will definitely not cost much. If you don't believe me, I will call someone over and you can ask him."
Lin Weimin said this and did not allow Shi Tiesheng to refuse. He went outside to make a phone call. Less than half an hour later, Li Guangfu's car stopped at the gate of the Shichahai courtyard.
When they met Li Guangfu, they exchanged a few pleasantries first, then Lin Weimin asked, "Guangfu, Tiesheng wants to renovate a house, a three-bedroom apartment of 130 square meters. Can you calculate how much it will cost?"
Li Guangfu observed Lin Weimin's expression. He was such a smart man. He thought to himself and smiled. "There are so many levels of decoration. If Mr. Shi wants to decorate well, the money spent on a house is not enough..."
Shi Tiesheng was about to speak when he heard this, but Li Guangfu continued, "If you want to install it cheaper, you can install it for one or two thousand yuan."
When Shi Tiesheng heard that he could get it for only one or two thousand yuan, he subconsciously felt relieved. Lin Weimin then said, "You are talking nonsense. Who doesn't want to get a cheap one?"
Shi Tiesheng asked, "Can it really be installed for one or two thousand yuan? Isn't it too cheap?"
Li Guangfu smiled somewhat proudly, "If it were someone else's, it would definitely not work, but with me, I'm not bragging, if you ask around in Yanjing City, there is no decoration company more economical than mine."
As he spoke, he seemed to be afraid that Shi Tiesheng might be worried, so he started to explain some science to him.
“Do you know why I’m so cheap?”
"Let's talk about the materials. Do you know where the ceramic tiles I buy come from? Have you heard of Buddhist porcelain? We are the first and largest enterprise group in the national ceramic industry.
The ceramic tiles produced by Fotao are all exported to earn foreign exchange, and only a small part is sold to domestic manufacturers, but a large number of defective tiles are produced every year.
Don't underestimate these defective bricks, that's because Fotao is exported and is strictly controlled. In fact, most of the bricks have slight flaws, which you can't see at all as long as we let the master deal with them during the decoration.
No matter who comes to see it, this is a genuine export-earning brick.
Can you guess how much such ceramic tiles cost? "
Li Guangfu used his eloquence to speak in a very logical way, and did not forget to throw a question to Shi Tiesheng.
Shi Tiesheng didn't know much about these things, so he hesitated and said, "It's definitely not cheap, right?"
Li Guangfu smiled and said, "Why would I buy it if it's not cheap? You are Teacher Lin's friend, so you are my friend. To tell you the truth, this thing is junk. I don't want a penny. I just give people some red envelopes and the freight from the south. That's the big expense."
Shi Tiesheng looked at Li Guangfu's face full of pride and confidence, and thought that he really had a business mind.
Li Guangfu went on to say, "For example, labor costs. You may not know that most of the decoration teams in Yanjing City are makeshift teams. They do whatever work is available and finally get a job and then try to cheat the client. I'm different. I'm a company. The workers work for me and get a fixed salary every month. I guarantee that they have work to do every day. The wages are much cheaper than those makeshift teams outside! And..."
Li Guangfu talked incessantly about his business experience with Shi Tiesheng, and it didn't take long for Shi Tiesheng to be confused. He happily handed over the house decoration project to Li Guangfu.
"Teacher Tiesheng, you are an acquaintance of mine. Don't worry about leaving the house to me. I can make sure it's OK. I guarantee that you can move in during the Lantern Festival after the New Year." Li Guangfu promised solemnly.
Shi Tiesheng asked in surprise: "So fast?"
"Your house will be delivered in mid-December, and there are still two and a half months before the Lantern Festival, which is plenty of time. Mr. Shi, I'm a decoration company, and we provide a full package. Our efficiency is much higher than those makeshift teams."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much."
Lin Weimin stood by and watched Li Guangfu lie with his eyes open, with a smile on his face, "How is it? Was I right? Are you relieved now?"
Shi Tiesheng smiled brightly, "Don't worry, I'm very relieved."
"Tie Sheng, Ximi, if you have any ideas about decoration, tell Guangfu in detail so that he can explain to the workers later." Lin Weimin said again.
“I don’t have any requirements, just clean and comfortable.”
"It's okay, just tell me. If you don't explain it to him clearly, he won't have any idea." Lin Weimin advised.
Li Guangfu also said: "Yes, the house is for you two to live in. I have to understand your needs before I can work!"
Shi Tiesheng and his wife then talked to Li Guangfu about the decoration effect they wanted, and Li Guangfu agreed readily.
"That's it for now. I'll go back and prepare. Once you hand over the house, I'll immediately arrange for workers to go upstairs to work." Li Guangfu said before leaving.
After he left, Lin Weimin also stood up and said goodbye.
As soon as the car drove out of the alley, we saw Li Guangfu's Daihatsu parked on the side of the road, and Li Guangfu standing next to the car.
Lin Weimin stopped the car and walked over, saying with a smile: "Okay, the business I've done over the past few years has really not been in vain."
"Hey! I'm just following your lead!"
After some jokes, Lin Weimin said, "All the things are good, but you can't tell they are good. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I see. Low-key and luxurious." Li Guangfu understood it immediately and used accurate words. He has a natural talent for being a writer.
Lin Weimin nodded, very satisfied. "Tell me, with such an understanding ability, if you don't get rich, who will?"
The smile on Li Guangfu's face became even wider. Teacher Lin spoke so nicely.
(End of this chapter)
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