Chapter 178 Earning foreign exchange for the country

The U.S. publication of "Farewell My Concubine" was successfully negotiated with the joint efforts of the Chinese Literature Society and the WS department, and the manuscript fee was settled at a lump sum of US$15,000 via international wire transfer.

It only took two days for Lin Weimin to receive a huge royalties of 15,000 yuan.

Lin Weimin was not happy about receiving the royalties.

The royalties are in foreign currency. Private holdings of foreign exchange are not allowed in China at this time. If he wants to withdraw the royalties, he can only convert them into RMB.

One is the official exchange rate of one to one point, and the other is the private exchange rate of one to eight. Thinking about the difference in price, Lin Weimin shivered with distress.

This time Lin Weimin planned to do it.

He came to Yan Wenjing's office and sat down with a sad look on his face.

"Didn't you just receive the royalties? Why did you do this for me?"

Lin Weimin glanced at Yan Wenjing and said, "Leader, I can't withdraw this money!"

"Why can't it be taken out?"

Yan Wenjing then smiled and said, "I guess you know the basics."

“For the people!”

Then in the past two years, China has implemented reform and opening up, and the People's Bank of China has once again opened its safe deposit box business.

The domestic bank safe deposit box business has been around since the Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the advancement of the GM business, the safe deposit box business lost its market. In 1958, it was all merged into the People's Bank of China. By 1960, under the supervision of the judicial department, all banks

All unclaimed safe deposit boxes were broken and turned over to the state treasury, and the rental safe deposit box business was completely ended in the country.

Then he looked at Lin Weimin's ordinary black briefcase, with shock and fear in his eyes.

"This is a special case. Let me warn you, reselling foreign exchange certificates is against the law. You kid, please take it easy." Yan Wenjing warned.

Lin Weimin took out the certificate Yan Wenjing issued to him and explained the situation for a long time before he finally explained the situation.

The denomination of the foreign exchange coupons is 10 yuan. There are more than 20 stacks on the desk, which is still very shocking.

Of course he knew that Lin Weimin wanted to convert foreign exchange into foreign exchange coupons because he did not want to suffer losses, and he probably planned to resell these foreign exchange coupons to make a fortune.

"How much?"

Lin Weimin was riding a motorcycle and was surrounded by his colleagues' bicycles. The motorcycle could only move at a constant speed of ten kilometers per hour. Countless people on the street cast strange and curious looks at their team.

Lin Weimin knew that he couldn't hide the fact that he asked the president, Yan Wenjing, to exchange the royalties into foreign exchange coupons.

Lin Weimin chuckled and asked, "You're a bit shady. The cheapest ticket at Renjia's is 6 cents, but it starts at 2 yuan at your place."

On June 22nd, starting from 5 pm, the front door of the Capital Theater became lively. In the past, the front door of the Capital Theater was deserted at this time, and it would not become more popular until 6:30.

Hiss~

Everyone took a breath of cold air.

Only then did the young man realize that he had been screwed, and glared at Lin Weimin fiercely, "Why are you causing trouble if you have a ticket!"

Everyone looked extremely serious, as if they were facing some important matter of life and death.

Lin Weimin arrived relatively late, at almost half past six. When he was waiting for someone at the door, he was stopped by a young man with a deer-headed head and a rat-like eyes.

He Qizhi asked: "What is the ratio of exchange of rice knives for foreign exchange coupons?"

“The bus is a bit slow!”

The young man came over and whispered: "Tickets for Farewell My Concubine."

"We call it caution. Go in quickly and save up early."

Two days later, Lin Weimin received the largest royalties in his life - 22,500 yuan in foreign exchange coupons - in Yan Wenjing's office.

Lin Weimin went into the bank and explained the purpose of his visit. He wanted to open a safe deposit box to deposit something, and asked what he wanted to deposit. When the bank staff heard that he wanted to deposit more than 20,000 yuan in foreign exchange certificates, he directly called the top manager of the bank.

Lin Weimin listened quietly. He lowered his voice, but said in an exaggerated tone: "My Farewell My Concubine has been published in the United States to make money, and the royalties earned are all foreign exchange, tsk tsk tsk..."

Lin Weimin looked at the young man carefully soliciting business and talking to others, and he felt a little bit happy inexplicably. The young man over there also noticed his idle behavior, and was shocked by him, and subconsciously observed the surroundings.

, aren’t the people from the industrial and commercial and public security departments coming to arrest him?

"Leader, who do you think I am? I want to exchange for foreign exchange certificates simply because I don't want to suffer a loss. I'm not short of money, so it would be great to keep these foreign exchange certificates."

"Hurry, hurry!" Jiang Zilong looked anxious.

A middle-aged man hurriedly passed the young man and ran quickly towards Lin Weimin in front.

"I'm going to find two people to accompany you to get off work later."

"Okay, I'll go in first."

So when everyone asked, he told the truth, "I converted all the royalties into foreign exchange coupons, and the president typed the report for me."

Lin Weimin suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, but at the same time, there was a bit of warmth in his heart.

After completing the procedures, Lin Weimin deposited 20,000 yuan of foreign exchange coupons into the safe deposit box, leaving 2,500 yuan of foreign exchange coupons for emergencies.

"For the people, we will take you home after get off work later." Zhu Changsheng said suddenly.

At the main entrance of the theater, there is a large poster with the images of the leading actors and the performance information of "Farewell My Concubine" printed on it.

The young man was upset and was about to come up to chat with Lin Weimin when he saw a strong man waving to Lin Weimin not far away.

Everyone's eyes widened, "All changed?"

Lin Weimin said: "If you find someone to do this privately, and the amount is such a large amount, isn't that taking a risk? I'm thinking of asking you to help me make a report. I am earning foreign exchange for the country at least, and we don't go too far. Let's use this money

Just exchange it into a foreign exchange voucher."

The young man pointed to the poster at the entrance of the theater, "That was written by the great writer Lin Weimin. Do you know Lin Weimin? Mr. Wan's closed disciple, this old man has only accepted such a disciple in his life. Those scripts were written by Renyi.

I don’t know if you have read the novel, but it has sold millions of copies. I’m not bragging, except for those classics by famous writers at home and abroad, no other book has sold so many copies in the past two years!”

The young man said with an envious look on his face, "Tell me, for such a writer and such a work, I want you to pay 2 yuan for a ticket. Is it expensive?"

"It depends on which seat you want tickets for!"

The young man said and took out a few tickets from his pocket, "Look, the seats are in different positions, and the prices are naturally different. Look at the tickets in the front rows, they cost 20 yuan each, and the ones on the second floor are different from those in the front row.

Almost. It gets cheaper after that, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 2 yuan..."

"Teacher Lin! Teacher Lin!"

Rong Shihui said: "It's very necessary. Just listen to us on this matter. This is more than 20,000 yuan in foreign exchange coupons!"

These are the talents who earn foreign exchange for the country!

Besides, if someone’s work can be published in the United States, how big of a writer must he be!

"I'm so sorry, Writer Lin." He held Lin Weimin's hand and said apologetically.

His shame is about to explode!

"It has to be converted into RMB."

"Dude, do you want a ticket?"

Lin Weimin walked into the People's Bank carrying his briefcase.

In the past two days, "Farewell My Concubine" was published in the United States, and the news that Lin Weimin received a sky-high royalties of 15,000 yuan has spread in the Chinese Literature Society, and is still spreading to various units in Yanjing City.

Lin Weimin left Yan Wenjing's office with brisk steps.

"1.5."

The young man was overjoyed and said, "Would you like two?"

Lin Weimin nodded, "Not expensive!"

The two of them walked up the steps together.

Lin Weimin was overjoyed, "Thank you to the leader! Thank you!"

Lin Weimin gritted his teeth in amusement, if it weren't for the fact that you talk so well, I would have found someone to favor you.

"That's twenty-two thousand and five thousand?"

A Yamaha 125 was riding in the middle, surrounded by seven or eight bicycles, and the motorcycles were surrounded in the center, as if the county magistrate was out on the street, and he just had to splash water on the street.

"Well, everything has been changed."

Lin Weimin came over with a flattering look on his face, "Let's discuss it with you. Can you see if my money can be exchanged for foreign exchange certificates?"

Yan Wenjing immediately understood what Lin Weimin meant, "What do you want to do?"

"What you said makes it sound like I am breaking the law. I am a soldier under your command. With more than 10,000 yuan in foreign exchange, I have earned one hundred thousandth of the foreign exchange for our country, right? There is no credit for it.

Hard work..."

After figuring out the origin of Lin Weimin's more than 20,000 yuan in foreign exchange coupons, which were royalties from the publication of his novels abroad, people in the circle couldn't help but respect Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin squatted on the side of the road and observed. The young man didn't stop everyone. He was in the speculative business, so he had to be careful. The only people he stopped were young people like Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin went to Yan Wenjing's office empty-handed, and when he came back he had a black briefcase, which immediately aroused the curiosity of his office colleagues.

"The show is about to start, let's go in quickly."
To be continued...