As for the matter of being targeted while living in the guesthouse, the grandfather stepped in to help investigate, and the couple obediently returned to school to continue their classes or further studies.
Because of the upcoming final exams, Liu Meiyu basically divides her time into two halves every day.
She gets up at 5:30, memorizes some French words, goes to class if she has classes, and goes to the library to review her professional courses if she doesn't have classes. She doesn't return to the dormitory until 10 o'clock in the evening. No matter if it is windy or rainy, as long as the library is not closed, she will stay in the library every day without fail. She has become a symbol of Huaqing Library.
Everyone in dormitory 301 saw how hard Liu Meiyun worked, and while they admired her, they were also full of fighting spirit.
They are so outstanding and still working so hard. How can the remaining ones like them have the nerve to just lie down in the dormitory and sleep?
So one after another, as long as they have the time, they would pester the top student to ask for guidance and to reserve a seat for them.
Of course, not everyone can be swept away by Liu Meiyun.
For example, Song Qi, the first person in the dormitory to openly talk about love.
He also goes out early and comes back late every day, but he goes to the University of Finance and Economics next door to meet his partner.
Dormitory head Zhou Hanhong saw that Song Qi had just hurried back when it was almost time for dormitory inspection. Moreover, since it was exam week recently, she had hardly done any reading, so she asked with concern, "Song Qi, you have an exam soon, do you want to take some time to review more?"
Song Qi, however, didn't care at all. "What's there to review? I'm not competing for a scholarship."
“…”
For Song Qi, who had learned foreign languages before and then majored in foreign languages, exams were not as difficult for her as for other students, who needed to study hard every day. She had a solid foundation and started off better than others. Even if she could not get first place in every professional course like Liu Meiyu, she could still be among the best.
"I heard from our teacher that the difficulty of the exam questions for all majors will increase this time. Song Qi, why don't you review it?" Su Qinghe, who was sleeping on the upper bunk of Song Qi, also reminded him in a low voice.
"Oh, I get it. How difficult can it be? It's just what's in the book." Song Qi didn't care.
Well, I've advised her enough. Miss Song doesn't take the exam seriously, and no one can force her to study.
Moreover, Song Qi was not the only one in the dormitory who did not take the exam seriously.
Bai Ting didn't know what happened this semester. Her enthusiasm for studying only lasted for half a semester at the beginning. Later on, maybe it was because her test scores were not ideal, she went to the library less often. She didn't know what she was busy with every day, but it was rare to see her in the dormitory.
It was highly likely that neither of them took the final exam at Huaqing seriously, so when the test results came out, Song Qi, as expected, lost his top ranking, and Bai Ting directly failed a course in advanced mathematics and had to retake it next year.
The other students in the dormitory took the exam with Liu Meiyu and did well. One or two of them even scored high marks and have a chance to win departmental scholarships.
Su Qinghe's application for a student subsidy was also approved. When school starts after the New Year, she will receive eight yuan more in living allowance per month than others. This is undoubtedly the happiest thing for her.
As expected, Liu Meiyu ranked first in all her professional courses, firmly establishing herself as the number one female academic genius at Huaqing University.
Ever since Mr. Lu found out that his grandson's wife was such a great student, he would brag about her every time he saw his old friends and laughed from ear to ear.
While Liu Meiyu was concentrating on her studies, Yao Shunliu had already gone south to Guangzhou for the second time, carrying nearly 5,000 yuan in cash to get the second batch of supplies.
However, this time he was not as lucky as last time, where he could not get 400 pairs at one time at 5 yuan each. This time, there were obviously more people buying these bell-bottom pants in the market than last time. Moreover, Yao Shunliu also heard from Liu Meiyu that these kinds of pants can almost be seen frequently on the streets of Shanghai. In the past two days, most of the people who came to the market with him to look for bell-bottom pants spoke with the familiar Shanghai accent.
"Brother, I've seen you go around a few times, so I'll give it to you for seven dollars a pair. These pants are very popular now, and I'm already the cheapest I've got!"
The boss spoke Mandarin with a Guangzhou accent, and quoted prices to Yao Shunliu.
Yao Shun looked around for a long time and found that the material of these pants was similar to the one he got last time, but the price had increased by two yuan. He took them back and sold them for 12 yuan a pair. Although it was still a huge profit, it was inevitably a bit lower than the profit margin of the first time.
Therefore, Yao Shunliu just talked a lot and did nothing. He wore people's ears out until he lowered the price to 6 yuan per piece and bought more than 700 pieces at one time.
However, what Yao Shunliu didn't know was that Liu Meiyu had no intention of selling the second batch of bell-bottom pants at the price of 12 yuan.
When they sold their first batch of bell-bottom pants, the market acceptance was not very high. They only opened a gap in the market by taking advantage of the popularity of the movie and giving away celebrity photos. However, once this gap was opened, the market demand was like a continuous flow of water.
At first Yao Shunliu didn't understand why Liu Meiyu waited for him to bring the second batch back to the capital and only asked him to keep it instead of selling it right away.
After the Chinese New Year and the beginning of spring, there were suddenly more and more people wearing bell-bottom pants on the streets, and tailor shops received endless orders for bell-bottom pants. Some shops even had to wait in line for a long time.
It was only then that Liu Meiyun asked Yao Shunliu to start selling the second batch of bell-bottom pants, directly pricing each pair at 15 yuan.
Yao Shunliu was very careful and thought that Liu Meiyu was really amazing and knew the market so well.
He would bring out dozens of pairs of bell-bottoms every day and didn't have to worry about sales. Fortunately, several people negotiated with him to lower the price and bought dozens or even hundreds of pairs at a time.
Even if the price is lowered further, it will not be lower than the price of the first batch of 12 yuan.
The first group of people who bought it were even lucky that they paid 12 yuan a piece and also got a poster photo as a gift, which was really a great bargain.
As for those who wanted to buy it later, they thought it was good enough to be able to buy it. If you make it yourself in a tailor shop, you have to queue up and buy the cloth yourself. All in all, it is not much cheaper, and it doesn’t look as good as buying it from a stall owner.
You might ask why the demand for bell-bottom pants suddenly increases after the Chinese New Year.
Of course, this is because during the Chinese New Year, every household has people visiting relatives and friends, and exchanging letters and phone calls all over the world. Not to mention other things, there are many college students who go home from Beijing and Shanghai to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
What these people brought home was not only the results of their studies that year, but also the “bell-bottom pants” that had quietly become popular in big cities.
So much so that after the Chinese New Year, those who have never seen what bell-bottom pants look like have started to make owning a pair of bell-bottom pants their New Year's wish.
It was at this time that the gap in market demand was opened, but those who smelled the business opportunity did not act as quickly as Liu Meiyu and others. While others were still going to Guangzhou or even Shanghai to look for such bell-bottom pants, Yao Shunliu and his friends had already sold almost half of the goods in their hands.
When Liu Meiyun started school after the New Year, she was of course even more nervous and devoted herself to her studies.
She wanted to graduate from Huaqing University ahead of schedule next year, 1980, but it was not enough to just talk about it. She had to devote more time and energy than others and complete four years of credits in three years ahead of schedule.
Not only that, she also had to write a few economics papers and try to publish them in professional academic journals, so that she could apply for early graduation from the school and have an advantage. After all, at this time, most people had no idea of graduating early. If you didn't have any skills, how could the school let you graduate early?
In the same year, a foreign symphony orchestra visited China for the first time. Liu Meiyun was fortunate to be a member of the college student reception group. She stood at the airport to welcome them together with college students selected from various universities in Beijing, and served as an auxiliary translator, observing and learning from the sidelines.
Of course, she also stood out from thousands of competitors for this opportunity.
There were 1,000 people, but only 5 spots were left. From English reading and writing to oral English and foreign cultural exchanges, Liu Meiyun crushed her competitors and made it into the 5/1000 shortlist. In the end, she stood in the reception group with the Huaqing school badge and a proud look on her face. The president of Huaqing University was so happy!
Huaqing is a school of science and engineering. Among the 1,000 students who registered, half were from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Peking University, and Beijing Normal University. The principal had not held out much hope at first, but he never expected that Liu Meiyu was not only good at economics, but also had strong foreign languages. She was so outstanding in less than two years of study. She really made Huaqing proud!
However, what the principal did not expect was that Liu Meiyu was still bringing honor to Huaqing University at Beijing Sports University, and his old friend in the Ministry of Economic Affairs excitedly came to his office and threw the latest issue of professional economics books and periodicals on his desk.
"Mr. Zeng, there is a classmate named Liu Meiyu in your school. Hurry up and find her for me. I want to meet her."
Principal Zeng was still confused: "She's not here, why are you looking for her?"
"She's not here? Where did she go?" the man was anxious.
Principal Zeng proudly told his old friend about the time when Liu Meiyun represented Huaqing in the symphony orchestra reception at the Capital Gymnasium.
You see, our Huaqing students are not only excellent in science, but also in English!
Principal Zeng's friend was also stunned. He didn't expect that this student was not only good at economics, but also strong in other aspects.
"What do you want to see Liu Meiyu about?" Principal Zeng finally had time to flip through the economics magazine on the table.
Principal Zeng's friend couldn't wait and turned to the middle page and said excitedly: "This economics article by classmate Liu Meiyun is so well written. Take a look at this one, "Economy and the Future."
Principal Zeng's eyelids were twitching. This academic journal on economics in his hand would not have been easily published without some real knowledge.
After wiping his glasses, Principal Zeng read it carefully. Before he could recover from the shock, his old friend couldn't wait to point to the back and said, "There are also the last two articles. She published three articles in total, all of which are excellent, but I like the first one best! Old Zeng, your school has really cultivated a talent. This student has a unique and broad perspective on problems, and her writing is humorous. The examples she cites from classics are also very vivid, making economics less boring, and everyone can understand it!"
Only then did Principal Zeng understand why his old friend was so excited!
Being able to publish professional articles in such an academic journal, and three at a time, would be exciting for him too!
"When Liu Meiyu graduates, assign her to our unit. Our country needs talents like her!" Principal Zeng's friend came here not just to praise Liu Meiyu, but to ask Principal Zeng for someone!
For an outstanding talent like Liu Meiyun, who majored in economics, it is perfect for her to work in their company.
"She still has two years until graduation."
Principal Zeng poured a bucket of cold water on his old friend's head.
“…”
When Liu Meiyun finished the glorious task of hosting the symphony orchestra's visit to China and returned to her intense studies, the principal called Liu Meiyun to his office again and gave her a round of encouragement and praise. Of course, he did not tell her that his old friend had come to the school specifically to poach her.
I’m afraid Liu Meiyun will get upset if I say it out loud.
But Principal Zeng had no idea that Liu Meiyu had never thought about waiting for assignment after graduation.
All she could think about was how to perform well and accumulate good grades so that she could graduate early and concentrate on her self-employment!
As for Yao Shunliu, Liu Meiyu doesn't have to worry about him.
After making several trips to Guangzhou, he now knows exactly where to get good quality goods at a low price, and he can even learn a few words of Guangzhou dialect!
Liu Meiyu would occasionally go over to look at the account book. In addition to bell-bottom pants, she also asked Yao Shunliu to get a pair of glasses and a Dacron shirt. With the complete set of clothes, when walking on the park streets in Beijing in summer, they formed a unique landscape line.
However, just as Liu Meiyu said, more and more people in Beijing are wearing bell-bottom pants, and more and more people are entering this industry.
Many unemployed young people who returned to the city took this opportunity to go south to Guangzhou, or directly to Shanghai to pick up goods, and then return to Beijing to sell them, just like Yao Shunliu.
Liu Meiyu was flipping through the sales statistics in the account book and saw that in one column, 200 items were sold at a time for 13 yuan.
"Now many people come to me to place orders, and they want quite a lot right away."
Yao Shunliu is starting to have a headache now. Every time he brings back the goods, they are sold out within a few days, but there are still many people who come to him to make reservations. He is about to switch from retail to wholesale. Although he makes a few less dollars per piece, the capital flow back is faster and it saves manpower and time. If he makes one more trip to Guangzhou, he can make more money than if he does retail himself.
He is just one person, so transportation is a hassle. He has to deal with the trains every time, and it’s not good to have too many people.
"Oh, right," Yao Shunliu suddenly remembered and said to Liu Meiyun, "I bought 300 of these at a time. It was a woman. I was afraid there would be problems after I sold them, so I secretly followed her for a while. I found out that she was from your school, and she was selling hair ropes, just like this, at 1 cent each. She also rented a yard near your school to store the goods. This won't have any impact on you, right?"
Yao Shunliu was mainly worried about this.
Are your classmates from Huaqing University also self-employed?
Liu Meiyu was quite curious.
At that time, there were very few people like her who were studying in college but were not content to come out and make money. Most of them were unemployed people at home who were willing to come out and do this.
I have to say, this classmate has great potential for making money.
Liu Meiyu: "By the way, Brother Yao, please make two more trips to Guangzhou in the next few months. I want to open a clothing store at the beginning of next year."
Yao Shunliu was shocked. "Open a store?"
"Yes, a clothing store. It's within the Second Ring Road, close to the city center. If you have time, please ask if there is a suitable store nearby."
"Will it work?" Yao Shunliu was a little bit unbelieving.
They had been selling bell-bottom pants for less than a year when Liu Meiyu opened her own shop. Although many private shops had sprung up on the streets of Beijing since the beginning of the year, most of them sold breakfast, or were barber shops, shoe repair shops, and bicycle repair shops. He had seen private tailor shops, but no clothing store yet.
"It will definitely work. You just need to prepare more funds."
Liu Meiyun's tone was firm.
It was now the summer of 1979. If I remember correctly, the earliest individual business license would be issued in October, so she applied for one in advance and waited for the license to be issued. She opened the clothing store at the end of the winter vacation in early 1980, just in time.
Of course, Yao Shunliu cannot foresee the future yet, and does not know about the business license.
But seeing that Liu Meiyu was so confident, he didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, he just had to listen to Liu Meiyu every time.
"Then opening a store shouldn't cost that much money, right?" Yao Shunliu wondered.
He now has more than 20,000 yuan, nearly 30,000 yuan, after deducting his own share, for Liu Meiyu to use.
Who would have thought that Liu Meiyu's initial capital of 2,000 yuan would increase more than tenfold in just one year.
Judging from Liu Meiyu's tone, 30,000 yuan is not enough to open a clothing store?
Liu Meiyun: "I plan to buy a shop myself instead of renting one."
Although buying a shop requires a larger investment than renting, it is more convenient and less troublesome. The past two years have been a period of rapid development of the self-employed economy. Even if you sign a contract in advance, you may find that the landlord will be jealous of your shop making money so quickly and will either raise the rent every few days or make trouble for you to move out.
If Liu Meiyun wanted to avoid these troubles once and for all, she had no choice but to buy her own shop.
If she wanted to buy a shop within the second ring road of Beijing at this time, she would have to prepare tens of thousands of yuan, right? And if she found a suitable one, she would also like to buy a slightly larger one, so as to avoid the headache of the shop not being wide enough in the future.
Liu Meiyu thinks three steps ahead and tries her best to avoid some problems that often occur after opening a store.
Of course, this only works if the house prices are cheap now. If you wait another twenty years, you will still have to rent a house even if there are a lot of troubles.
After explaining everything to Yao Shunliu and leaving, Liu Meiyu took a car back to the military compound.
Dabao and his friends at home have more and more new friends now. They are no longer like before, eagerly waiting for Liu Meiyu to come home on weekends. Now, they disappear as soon as the holidays come.
He either goes roller skating with classmates, or makes appointments to read comic books, or goes to the gymnasium to swim. No one can stop him or control him.
When Liu Meiyu returned home, she saw that Dabao and the others were not there again. Only the old man was sitting in the living room, wearing reading glasses, carving small things.
"Grandpa, why are you the only one at home? Where are Aunt Wu and Dabao?" Liu Meiyu walked over and poured a cup of hot tea for the old man.
"I went to the market with Aunt Wu to buy vegetables," the old man replied.
As for what he would buy along the way, the old man did not tell his grandson and his wife in front of them.
"By the way, Meiyun, go to my study and take out the file bag from the drawer."
Liu Meiyu did as she was told, went to the drawer in the old man's study to find the file bag, and handed it to him. But the old man waved his hand and said, "Open it and take a look."
Liu Meiyu opened it out of curiosity, and when she read the contents, she was shocked.
"It was Qin Xiaoyue who reported Chang Zheng and I at the guesthouse last time?" Liu Meiyu found it unbelievable.
After so many years, she almost forgot about Qin Xiaoyue.
Besides, the Qin family should have been quiet in the past two years. When she saw in the old man's file bag that Qin Xiaoyue had been expelled from the art troupe two years ago, she was not surprised at all.
But Liu Meiyu was really confused as to why Qin Xiaoyue appeared in the capital and reported her.
After so many years, she almost forgot what Qin Xiaoyue looked like. It's hard for her to still care about her.
The old man was also puzzled, so he called Liu Meiyun back and said, "Meiyun, you were in the art troupe before. What happened with the girl from the Qin family? Don't worry and tell me. If you are wronged, I will support you."
This time, the old man investigated the Qin family. If he hadn't investigated, he wouldn't have known. Once he investigated, he found that there were quite a few things going on.
The girl from the Qin family came to the capital this time to find someone to intercede for her family. Many people had received "favors" from her family in the past few years, but the old man just passed the materials up, and when he pulled out the radish, he brought out the mud. Qin Xiaoyue didn't even think about asking relatives to intercede for her family, and even these relatives were implicated by her.
Now, the Qin family's network of relationships has been cleaned up.
Of course, these contents were not in the briefcase, and the old man would never show them to Liu Meiyu.
"Meiyun." The old man looked at his grandson's wife with a serious expression and said, "The girl from the Qin family may have killed someone. Not long after she returned from the capital, she "knocked over" a pregnant woman, and the woman's child was not saved. The police were called and said that it was obviously intentional. As a result, when the police arrived, the girl from the Qin family fled overnight."
The case has been filed at the Public Security Bureau, but Qin Xiaoyue has not been found.
Liu Meiyun frowned and asked subconsciously: "Is that pregnant woman related to a man named Chen Qingyang?"
The old man blew on his tea and nodded: "It's his wife."
“…”
What can Liu Meiyu say? Can she say that Qin Xiaoyue is a lunatic?
Chen Qingyang was unlucky to be liked by a crazy woman like Qin Xiaoyue.
This is not love, this is madness.
The old man originally thought that Liu Meiyu didn't know Chen Qingyang, but when he heard her ask this, the old man suddenly understood why the girl from the Qin family targeted Liu Meiyu.
But Liu Meiyun doesn’t know yet.
That Chen Qingyang is already married. Apart from the last time when she and Lu Changzheng met in Beijing while skating together, it’s like they don’t know each other. It’s impossible that after all these years, Qin Xiaoyue still dislikes her because of the lead dancer incident, right?
"This was found in her residence." The old man forgot to say this just now, and now he went back to the study and took out a picture album for Liu Meiyu.
It is called a painting album, but it is actually a sketchbook.
Liu Meiyu opened it curiously, and found that every page was filled with pictures of beautiful girls' eyes.
Liu Meiyu felt it looked familiar, and then she saw a panoramic sketch on a military card, with a pair of eyes showing through the gaps, and the time signed below. Her head buzzed instantly, and she was speechless for a moment.
Chen Qingyang was unlucky enough to be liked by Qin Xiaoyue, and she was unlucky enough to make Chen Qingyang fall in love with her appearance at first sight?
Old man: "That girl fled to Hong Kong."
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