1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 187 The Magical Use of Foreign Exchange Certificates
This morning, after Lin Weimin went to work, Meng Weizai found him.

At the beginning, the old comrade talked about him left and right, but Lin Weimin saw that he must have something to ask of himself.

As an editor, what can the director ask him for?It must be outside the scope of the old comrade's duties. Lin Weimin was the first to think of foreign exchange certificates.

Since the publication fee of "Farewell My Concubine" was exchanged into foreign exchange certificates by him, everyone in the work unit knew that he had a huge amount of foreign exchange certificates in his hand.

In this era, foreign exchange certificates are hard currency comparable to rice knives in China.

Regarding the rise of foreign exchange certificates, we have to start with the supply situation of the Friendship Store.

When the Friendship Store first implemented commodity supply in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the supply varieties were mainly some high-end commodities that were sold in a unified market and in short supply in the market, such as grain, cooking oil, sugar, pork, poultry, kerosene, cotton cloth, watches, bicycles, sewing machines, etc., whether it was Supply varieties or supply are at a low level.

During the campaign, the development of the Friendship Store basically stagnated.

After 76, the variety of goods supplied by Friendship Store gradually increased, and many goods that were in short supply in the market also began to be supplied, such as desk fans, watches, black and white TV sets, cameras, etc.

Because Yanjing belongs to the capital, it has the most foreign friends and overseas Chinese, and it also supplies the most abundant types of commodities, such as local specialties, handicrafts, four treasures of the study, famous calligraphy and paintings, craft ceramics, jade carvings, drawn embroidery, silk products, etc., which can be described as everything.

Such a rich supply of goods is much more than what ordinary people can buy in general department stores at this time, and the things here only need foreign exchange certificates, unlike outside where both money and tickets are required.

Therefore, many products in the Friendship Store have become the things that the common people of this era are flocking to.

"Leader, do you need foreign exchange certificates?" Lin Weimin asked.

After he broke his mind, Meng Weizai rarely showed a bit of embarrassment on his face.

He nodded and said, "The granddaughter wants to learn the piano, and she did well in the Children's Palace. My son and daughter-in-law want the child to follow this path in the future, and are going to buy her a Xinghai brand piano."

"This is a good thing. How much do you need? It's all up to you." Lin Weimin said proudly.

Zai Meng Wei gestured, "4000 yuan."

The 4000 yuan should refer to foreign exchange certificates, if it is RMB, it will be more.

In general, working families in Yanjing may not be able to make so much money in ten years.

Meng Weizai's ability to tell this figure shows that his family is not ordinary, and his son and daughter-in-law are probably not ordinary people either.

"No problem, I'll go pick it up with you in the afternoon."

Lin Weimin didn't mention the money, Meng Weizai said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll ask my family to pool the money when I go back today."

"It's okay, I'll take out the money first."

Before leaving get off work in the afternoon, Lin Weimin left early and went to the People's Bank to withdraw 4000 yuan in foreign exchange certificates.

The more than 2000 foreign exchange certificates that he originally kept in his hand have been scooped up by colleagues in the unit during this period of time, and what he harvested was 5000 yuan.

There is a line of small characters printed on the foreign exchange certificate: This certificate is equivalent to RMB.

As long as there is a bill that needs to be written with such words, the value of the two must be unequal.

These days, an overseas student from Africa goes to the Friendship Store to buy two "Great China" cigarettes, and he can earn enough for a month's living expenses when he goes out, but the country basically does not receive foreign exchange.

Taking advantage of this loophole was the country's preferential treatment for foreigners at that time.

假设一个外国留学生，用100米刀以官方1:1.5的汇率兑换了150元外汇券，再用150元外汇券在友谊商店购买了其他地方难以买到的紧俏商品。

After going out, the product was sold at a price of 250 yuan.

Then he spent 100 yuan on eating, drinking and having fun, and when he left China, he exchanged the remaining 150 yuan into rice knives. He still had 100 rice knives in his hand.

Foreigners make a lot of money, but it is the government that suffers.

Instead of leaving foreign exchange, the country took dozens of dollars in foreign exchange.

Lin Weimin is just a common man, and he can't manage this kind of national affairs.

Colleagues needed foreign exchange certificates, and he happened to have them, so he couldn't easily refuse them. That would be too offensive.

Anyway, he didn't suffer a loss, and everyone asked him to exchange foreign exchange certificates at the market price.

At this time, the value of foreign exchange certificates is actually very confusing. Some people can take advantage of loopholes and easily earn four or five times the price difference by using high-end consumer goods such as cigarettes and alcohol.

But to do so is pure speculation. It is impossible for Lin Weimin to do this kind of thing. Usually, his colleagues come to him to repay the foreign exchange certificates according to the increase of 50%~60% in the market. Generally, if they exchange 100 yuan foreign exchange certificates kindly, they will give Lin Weimin 160 RMB.

The next day, Lin Weimin and Meng Weizai came to the door of the Friendship Store. When they went to work in the morning, the old comrade told his son to let them meet here. They just exchanged the foreign exchange certificates and went directly to the store to buy a piano, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

After waiting for a while at the Friendship Store, Lin Weimin met Meng Weizai's son.Today not only his son came, but also his daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Counting Meng Weizai, it can be said that the whole family came together.

Meng Weizai asked: "Why did Yanni come with you?"

"She, as soon as she heard that she could buy a piano, she couldn't stay at home and insisted on coming after pestering me." Meng Weizai's daughter-in-law looked at her daughter dotingly and said.

Meng Weizai introduced the two parties.

When Lin Weimin was introduced, Meng Weizai's son and his wife were very enthusiastic and held Lin Weimin's hand to express their gratitude.

The granddaughter Meng Yanni looks fourteen or fifteen years old this year, looking at the tall and handsome Lin Weimin with sparkles in her eyes. This is the most famous young writer now.

After saying hello, Lin Weimin took out the 4000 yuan foreign exchange certificate.

"Brother Meng, you husband and wife, please order."

Meng Weizai's son also took out a bag from his bag, and Lin Weimin took a look at it. The money was tied up in advance.

The largest denomination of the third edition of RMB currently in circulation is ten yuan, a stack of 1000 yuan. Meng Weizai’s son and his wife gave him six and a half stacks of RMB. Lin Weimin knew that it must be 400 yuan without counting.

Meng Weizai's son finished counting the foreign exchange certificates and asked, "For the sake of the people, don't you count them?"

Lin Weimin smiled, "No need, just more and not less."

The trust he showed made the other party feel uncomfortable, and he showed a friendly smile to Lin Weimin.

"Okay, I got the foreign exchange certificate, let's go in and buy a piano." Meng Weizai urged.

The couple looked at each other, and then said to Meng Weizai: "Dad, let's go buy a piano first."

Meng Weizai hummed, and watched his son and his family walk into the Friendship Store. The back of his granddaughter, Meng Yanni, jumped for joy, as if she was about to fly.

"Leader, why don't you go in and take a look?"

Meng Weizai said: "What are you looking at? It's not me who bought the piano, let them see it for themselves."

Lin Weimin knew that among the 6000 yuan he received today, some, or even most of it, must have been given away by Meng Wei, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Poor parents in the world!

Meng Weizai turned his head and said sincerely: "Wei Min, thank you so much this time."

"Look at what you said, what are we doing so politely?"

Meng Weizai smiled with his hands behind his back, "Okay, you're welcome."

After helping Meng Weizai, Lin Weimin still had 6000 yuan in foreign exchange certificates, and his deposit in the bank was as high as 4 yuan.

The foreign exchange certificates are fine, but the money is getting bigger and bigger!

It's not that he doesn't want to trade antiques, Liulichang is in Yanjing, the problem is that he really doesn't know anything about it, and if he goes there, he will be slaughtered.

By the way, what is Ma Dudu doing at this time?

Lin Weimin thought about it for a while, and remembered that he published a full-page novel "Tonight's Full Moon" in the "China Youth Daily" last year. If he had time, he could make friends. He didn't plan to learn the knowledge of antique shops. It's a good idea for this kid to collect some old things for himself.

If you have time, you have to get two sets of houses, even if they are not formal courtyard houses.

In April of the previous year, Yanjing City had just released the first local demolition regulations, "Interim Measures for the Demolition and Resettlement of Capital Construction in Yanjing City". With the continuous development of the economy in the future, the first wave of demolition and relocation in Yanjing will come soon.

Although this first wave of demolition is serious about the planned economy, the houses deserve points.In Yanjing, if you have a house, are you afraid of running out of money?

Entering August, the weather in Yanjing is getting hotter and hotter every day.

The magic reform "The Kite Runner" was not written smoothly. Lin Weimin is not familiar with life on the grasslands, and now there is no developed Internet in later generations, so everything can be searched.

If you want to obtain writing-related materials, you must either read a lot of materials, or ask people around you who have experience in Inner Mongolia. In short, it is troublesome.

In the past few days, the performance of Renyi's "Farewell My Concubine" has officially ended, and preparations are underway to perform in Shanghai.

Lin Weimin didn't intend to follow, but Renyi's Yuzhi found him.

"Teacher Yu, what did you call me for?"

So he made a cup of tea for Lin Weimin, "Sit down and talk slowly."

"That's what happened. Isn't Farewell My Concubine going to perform in Shanghai? Our entire crew is going to go, and you understand this kind of opportunity, and everyone can take this opportunity to go out and have fun. But now there is a problem ..."

"what is the problem?"

So Zhichao Lin Weimin showed an apologetic smile, "Didn't the Zhijiang Repertory Troupe get the permission to perform "Untouchable" from you before? They contacted us in the past two days, and their crew is now set up The roles have been selected, and I hope that someone will help guide me, hoping to restore the appearance of the performance in Yanjing as much as possible."

Lin Weimin understood what Yu Zhi meant, and asked, "I couldn't find anyone, did I?"

So Zhi felt a little embarrassed, "One is going to Shanghai, and the other is going to Zhijiang. The key is to go to Shanghai first. At this time, whoever is going to Zhijiang must be very uncomfortable in everyone's mind."

"Wei Min, I have to ask you for help this time. Teacher Ouyang and Teacher Lan must be going to Shanghai, and other people's ideas must also be taken into account. That's why I thought of you. If you want to go, the courtyard can With a subsidy of five yuan a day, there will be a subsidy from Zhijiang..."

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "Mr. Yu, it's not about money."

So when he heard this, his face showed disappointment, but before he could speak, Lin Weimin said: "Since there is a lack of people in the courtyard, I'll go there."

So he said happily: "Oh, Weimin, you have helped me a lot."

"Teacher Yu, don't say that."

So he shook his head and said, "You don't understand. This kind of thing involves interpersonal relationships, which is the most troublesome thing. Thanks to you this time."

After deciding on this matter, Lin Weimin went to work to ask for leave.

Hearing that he was going to take half a month's leave, Meng Weizai immediately put on a straight face, "Why does it take so long?"

"It's all special circumstances!" Lin Weimin explained the situation of Renyi.

Meng Weizai had no choice but to eat people with a soft mouth and short hands. He had just asked Lin Weimin to finish his work. It would be a bit unreasonable not to approve the leave now, but the leave was indeed a bit long.

Lin Weimin saw Meng Weizai's difficulties, "Well, leader|leader. In fact, there are many authors of our "Contemporary" in Zhijiang. If there is any difficulty in creation, I will solve it for everyone, and by the way, start the work of drafting."

Meng Weizai gave Lin Weimin a look, you are still clever.

"Aiya, like this, half a month is not enough!" After all the excuses were found, Meng Weizai didn't mind giving Lin Weimin another favor.

"How about a month?"

Meng Weizai glared at Lin Weimin, he knew that his mouth was a bit too much, "Then 20 days!"

"Okay, just 20 days!"

After the leave was approved, Lin Weimin continued to work in a happy mood.

In the afternoon, the news that he asked for leave to go to Zhijiang spread throughout the office.

Zhu Changsheng asked: "For the people, are you going to Zhijiang?"

"correct."

Zhu Changsheng had a gossipy face, "The water town in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in beauties."

Lin Weimin said angrily, "I'm going to deal with business!"

(End of this chapter)