Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 719: Tianya Magazine Redesign

After Dick finished his introduction, Li Li looked at Fang Minghua.

"Why don't we just buy this one? The educational resources here are good."

"Row."

Fang Minghua agreed readily.

The villa is priced at 108 million US dollars, which is relatively expensive in San Francisco. Fang Minghua certainly could not agree to it immediately.

There were also some legal issues involved, so I called Meng Dawen and asked him to send a lawyer to assist - for a fee, of course.

At noon the next day, Fang Minghua, Li Li and their lawyer drove to Kewei International Real Estate for further bargaining. In the end, the deal was closed at 99 US dollars. They also had to pay various taxes and fees, which totaled nearly 110 million US dollars.

The United States does not have a housing authority similar to that in China. Transfer procedures are generally handled by the title company.

"Write your name on the property certificate." Fang Minghua said to Li Li.

"The house you bought?" Li Li hesitated.

"Are you so distant from me? Yours and mine?" Fang Minghua replied and told the staff to handle it according to his wishes.

Li Li didn't say anything else.

After the transfer procedures were completed and the keys were obtained, the house belonged completely to Li Li. The two of them prepared for the move and spent several days busying themselves, finally moving from their original community to Seacliff.

Li Li was humming a song while sorting clothes in the bedroom, while Fang Minghua was standing on the balcony on the second floor looking at the surrounding scenery.

The environment here is indeed much better than where Li Li lived before, with green trees, lawns, children playing happily not far away, and occasional luxury cars passing by.

Of course, it is still far from those real luxury houses that have KTV, swimming pools, mini golf courses, helipads, art collection rooms, and wine cellars.

More on that later.

"Minghua! Come here."

Hearing Li Li calling him in the bedroom, Fang Minghua left the balcony.

"Look, is this curtain color good? I want to change it to this one." Li Li asked excitedly while holding the curtain pattern provided by Springmaid.

"Okay, sure, as long as you like it."

Although she moved in right away, Li Li still replaced many of the decorations in the room with her own favorite ones.

Women are like this.

Today is January 27th, which is also the traditional Laba Festival in China. Fang Minghua and Li Li drove straight to the airport after breakfast in the morning. Song Tangtang brought their two children to San Francisco to celebrate the New Year.

The Spring Festival in 1996 came late, so the winter vacation also started late. As soon as the vacation started, the two children couldn’t wait to ask their mother to take them to the United States.

One said he wanted to see his father, and the other said he wanted to see his aunt.

Fang Minghua and Li Li didn't have to wait long in the airport waiting hall before they saw Song Tangtang coming out of the customs passage dragging a trolley case, followed by two children.

She was wearing a grey woolen coat, high-waisted leather boots and sunglasses, and looked very graceful.

"cousin!"

"Ruirui! Lele!"

Li Li ran over like a child and hugged Song Tangtang.

"Cousin, I haven't seen you for half a year, and I found that you are becoming more and more elegant." Li Li praised sincerely.

She thought she was good-looking, but in terms of temperament, Song Tangtang always lagged behind her.

Song Tangtang took off his sunglasses and looked at his cousin carefully.

The complexion and mood are much better than before.

It turns out that women need men to nourish them. That's good, because it will alleviate the lingering guilt deep in my heart.

Fang Minghua also hurried over, bent down, hugged the two children, and kissed each of their little faces hard.

Sometimes it’s annoying to see them being naughty when I’m at home, but I miss them very much after being away for a few months.

Finally, Li Li held Ruirui in her arms, holding her cousin's arm, while Fang Minghua dragged the suitcase in one hand and held her son in the other. They walked out of the terminal hall together, went to the parking lot, got into a car and headed straight for the city.

Arriving at the small villa that Fang Minghua had just bought in Seacliff, the two children got out of the car. Ruirui looked at the house in front of her and immediately said, "Wow, my aunt's house is so beautiful, much more beautiful than mine."

"Then Ruirui, why don't you just not go back to China? How about you and your aunt live in the United States?" Li Li said with a smile.

"Okay, but my mother doesn't agree." The little girl replied immediately.

"Okay, Lili, stop teasing her." Song Tangtang quickly interrupted, "How can I not go back? I can't bear to let her go even if she wants to come."

"Cousin, when Ruirui and Lele grow up a little, they can really come to the United States to go to college or even high school. The teaching quality here is indeed better than in China." Li Li said as they walked.

"We'll talk about it later. First lay the foundation, otherwise you won't be able to learn Chinese well by then."

The two sisters were chatting, and Fang Minghua did not interrupt.

After packing their luggage and tidying up the room, everyone went to the living room and chatted around the fireplace. The kitten Huahua became the group's favorite and the two children couldn't let go of her.

"Minghua, let me tell you something." Song Tangtang turned sideways and said to her husband:

"Before I left, I received a call from Han Shaogong, who said that Hainan's Tianya magazine had been redesigned, and he was now the editor-in-chief. He had opened a column called "Writer's Viewpoint" and invited you to contribute."

Fang Minghua had certainly heard of Tianya magazine, a magazine sponsored by the Hainan Writers Association that had never been very popular in China. When Han Shaogong became the editor-in-chief and revised Tianya, the magazine's circulation increased significantly, and it jumped into the top echelon of domestic magazines.

The revision of Tianya magazine was also rated as one of the top ten events in the domestic literary world in 1996 by Xinmin Evening News, ranking second!

This shows how great the impact of this incident is.

There seems to be a certain relationship between this magazine and the Tianya Community on the Internet. It is said that the Tianya Community was originally called Tianya Virtual Community, which is an online version of Tianya Magazine.

Now hearing Song Tangtang say this, Fang Minghua smiled and replied: "I am abroad now, I have to go back to write if I want to."

"Well, that's what I told Han Shaogong as well." Song Tangtang replied, "I heard that this time Han Shaogong invited famous writers such as Zhang Chengzhi, Shi Tiesheng, Su Tong, Ye Zhaoyan to contribute, and also invited French writer Milan Kundera!"

"Milan Kundera? Is he the author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'?" Li Li interrupted.

"Yes, it's him!" Song Tangtang replied.

"Not surprising." Fang Minghua said with a smile: "A few years ago, Han Shaogong translated his book. His novel style is greatly influenced by Milan Kundera."

"It seems that this Han Shaogong is quite capable." Li Li said again.

"Well, among domestic literati, he and Zhang Xianliang both like to make trouble, but Zhang Xianliang is a businessman and he runs newspapers and magazines. The former is mainly to make money and the latter is to convey ideas. In a sense, Han Shaogong is an idealist." Fang Minghua said.

After hearing this, Li Li fell into thought, but Song Tangtang glanced at Fang Minghua.

"You don't like tossing?"

"Me? I like to be lazy."

"Puchi" Li Li couldn't help laughing.

"Dad, Mom, and Auntie." Seeing the three of them chatting animatedly, Ruirui felt a little unhappy: "I'm hungry!"

"Auntie cooks for you, what do you like to eat?" Li Li asked immediately.

“We want to eat McDonald’s!”

The two children said in unison.

(End of this chapter)