1980 My literary era

"Meeting? What kind of meeting?" Lin Weimin asked Cheng Wuchun.

Cheng Wuchun had a cryptic expression on his face, "It's organized by the Ministry of Rites. Don't ask so many questions. You'll know after you go there."

"I'm just a junior editor, so I'm not at a high level, right?"

Lin Weimin rolled his eyes and wanted to get rid of this burden.

"Don't think about it. The leader of the Ministry of Rites has called your name and asked you to attend the meeting." Cheng Wuchun warned.

Come on, I can't run away.

Cheng Wanchun is the president and editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society, so it is natural that he has enough level to join the meeting organized by the Ministry of Etiquette.

But as the editor-in-chief, I almost didn’t care.

It is not necessarily a good thing for the big leaders of the department to attend the meeting by name!

"What's the specific matter? Let me reveal it at least!" Lin Weimin asked.

After Cheng Wanchun hesitated, he said: "It has something to do with the recent trend of public opinion."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Weimin immediately thought of the newspapers he had read recently.

With the knowledge in his mind, Lin Weimin didn't ask any more questions. It is estimated that if he asked, Cheng Wanchun wouldn't tell.

Anyway, the meeting won't be held until next week, so Lin Weimin put this matter aside for now.

On Thursday evening, he received a call from the automobile trading company, saying that the Mercedes-Benz he ordered had arrived.

After waiting for several months, I finally got this car.

Lin Weimin drove to the automobile trading company early the next morning. With a rice knife to clear the way, there was no stagnation along the way. The procedures went through smoothly. Even the license plate was processed by the automobile trading company after specially greeting the vehicle management office. .

The Mercedes-Benz W126 with a black body has a square appearance and looks tiger-headed. This car was first born in 1979, and it was the predecessor of what is often called "Tiger-headed Ben" in later generations.

The classic Mercedes-Benz logo and the low-key and calm black paint shine in the sun, all demonstrating the value of this car.

After completing the formalities and putting away all the documents, Lin Weimin got in the car and tested the oil. From a pure driving experience, this Mercedes-Benz was a crown jewel.

The biggest feeling when driving a little devil's car is that it doesn't feel like driving, but like driving a toy.

Think about it, how much did your Crown cost? Even though it came from Hainan, there is no way to compare with the price of a Mercedes-Benz even if it were doubled three to five times!

It is said that service awareness is poor these days, but Lin Weimin didn't feel this way. The auto trading company took care of the formalities, and even sent someone to help him bring his Crown downstairs.

Lin Weimin drove his black Mercedes-Benz to the Chinese Literature Society.

Today he specifically asked for a morning off. When he came to the club, it was already past the time to go to work.

But Da Ben still attracted a lot of attention when he appeared.

I re-registered my license plate at the door. In fact, there was no need to re-register. Apart from a few leaders in the club who were high enough to use cars, Lin Weimin was the only one driving.

The Crown was replaced by a Mercedes-Benz, which had no impact at all.

"For the people, are you changing cars again?" Uncle Zhai asked.

"yes."

Uncle Zhai walked around the Mercedes-Benz twice, his eyes shining, "This car isn't cheap, is it?"

No matter how old you are, it is really difficult for a man to refuse a car, just like he would an eighteen-year-old girl.

"A bit more expensive than the Crown."

Lin Weimin didn't tell the truth. He spent 260,000 meters on this Mercedes-Benz. According to the current exchange rate of RMB to rice, it is almost one million.

This price is a huge incentive for anyone.

Just keep a low profile!

Uncle Zhai glanced at Lin Weimin meaningfully, his words were a bit too obvious!

This car is certainly not cheap, at least it costs hundreds of thousands, right?

The car parked where the crown originally parked, and Lin Weimin entered the back building.

The news about him changing his car quickly reached the top of the Chinese Literature Society's hot search list in a short period of time.

Cheng Wuchun looked at Lin Weimin's Mercedes Benz upstairs and couldn't help but frowned, "This kid is burning buns!"

During lunch, Lin Weimin's Mercedes-Benz was surrounded by colleagues. Everyone commented on this car, which was worth a fortune at first glance.

Although everyone doesn't have a car these days, it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't care about cars. The eye-catching logo of Mercedes-Benz is as dazzling as fireflies in the dark in the eyes of a few young guys in the club. These people surrounded the car. I'm so excited, I'm not even that excited when I see a beautiful woman.

"This is a Mercedes-Benz!" The young man in the binding design room was filled with wonder.

Others asked curiously: "Do you know this car? How much does this car cost?"

The young man said: "I don't know about foreign countries, but the automobile trading company sells it for 1.2 million yuan!"

"How much?" There was a burst of roar from the crowd.

"One million and two hundred thousand, you have to have a target!" the young man repeated and emphasized.

"Oh my God!" A female colleague exclaimed, slapping her forehead.

All the colleagues present were equally shocked and full of disbelief.

"Just this car? 1.2 million?" someone asked.

"What do you think? This car is a foreign luxury car, made in Germany. Even in foreign countries, you have to be rich to afford it!" said the young man.

Some people couldn't help but cast their eyes on the back building, "You're damn worthy of Lin Wanwan. If you want to buy a car worth more than one million yuan, you can buy it!"

The person next to me joked: "You can't call me Lin Wanwan now. You can buy a car worth more than one million yuan at any time. No matter what your net worth, you have to be 'Lin Wanwan', right?"

Of course this was just speculation, but no one present questioned it.

Everyone asks themselves, if they have one or two million, they will definitely not be willing to spend all of it to buy a car. Even if they have three to five million, they may not be willing to part with it.

But Lin Weimin dares to buy it and is willing to buy it. What does this mean? It shows that they have money in their hands, and it must be far more than one million. Ten million is definitely not an exaggeration.

In the past two years, Lin Weimin has been publishing overseas and performing in Broadway plays. Every time there is an overseas wire transfer, the number everyone hears starts with hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Several times a year, if you calculate it like this, 10 million yuan is nothing to others!

Although colleagues have long been accustomed to the shock that Lin Weimin brings to everyone, when you think about it carefully, people can't help but feel shocked.

Ten million!

That’s enough money for ordinary working-class people like them. One hundred yuan a month, one thousand two thousand a year, but only 120,000 yuan a hundred years. Even if they take ten lifetimes, they won’t be able to earn so much money, let alone There are still many people who still make less than 100 yuan a month.

“It’s so jealous!” a young colleague exclaimed.

They said this in words, but this kind of jealousy could not be put into practice, making everyone really feel bad about Lin Weimin.

Firstly, it is because their works have stood up. Over the years, they have produced at least one novel every year, and often two. Not only is the output high, but the quality is also good, and most importantly, readers love it.

I don’t know since when, among all the books published by the Chinese Literature Society every year, Lin Weimin’s works have become an important category.

A novel can have as few as one or two million copies, or as many as one million copies. If all of Lin Weimin's novels are put together, which year will not bring sales of two to three million copies to the society?

In addition, "Contemporary" hosted by Lin Weimin has a stable sales volume of more than one million copies per issue, which amounts to more than 10 million copies a year.

He alone monopolizes most of the publications of the Chinese Literature Society.

How can you be jealous of such a person?

The second reason is that Lin Weimin is accustomed to the principles of doing things in the society. He never shirks his work and his achievements are obvious to all. He doesn't fight for anything, he is easy-going, and he can get along well with anyone.

Especially the old comrades in the club have a good reputation for Lin Weimin. Previously, Wei Junyi suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in the middle of the night, and it was Lin Weimin who rushed all the way to pick her up and take her to the hospital.

From this point, everyone can also see Lin Weimin’s character. Regardless of whether you are here or not, people's attitude has never changed.

This alone is enough to make most people give a thumbs up and say admiration.

Finally, there is one most important reason, which is that Lin Weimin's talent and his achievements at this age really make many people who want to be jealous not be jealous.

Suppose you are a poor student in the fifth grade of elementary school, and you can only get 50 points in the test. There is a top student in the class, and you can get 100 points in the test every time. You're jealous of him, of course.

But now you have a scholar in front of you. He skipped the exam and went to college directly.

Why are you jealous of this?

I can only stretch my neck to look up and worship!

"Don't look at it. There may not be a genius like this in a hundred or eighty years. Is there any use in being jealous?"

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

At the end of the conversation, many people were so shocked that they sighed dejectedly and continued to return to the office to read their manuscripts.

As an editor, the gap between people is sometimes even greater than the gap between animals!

After getting off work in the afternoon, Lin Weimin deliberately walked a little late because he was afraid of being surrounded by colleagues asking questions.

When he came to the front building, there were only a few colleagues left in the club. Lin Weimin smiled and greeted everyone.

It happened that Cheng Wanchun took out his bicycle from the carport and glanced at Lin Weimin and his Da Ben.

"Shao Baoer!"

Lin Weimin looked at his retreating back, gave him a middle finger, and turned around to see Uncle Zhai looking at him.

"It's particularly popular in the United States, and it means respecting the leader." Lin Weimin explained, waving his thick and long middle finger.

Uncle Zhai nodded. He is worthy of being a man who has been abroad. He has learned advanced experience from foreign countries.

After chatting with Uncle Zhai for a few words, Lin Weimin was about to get in the car when he heard someone calling him at the gate.

"teacher LIN!"

He turned around and saw that it was Ma Dudu.

"How did you come?"

"I'm thinking of coming to the Chinese Literature Society to meet you first. If I don't find you, I'm thinking of going to your house." Ma Du said.

Lin Weimin said: "Let's go, have some food together, and talk while eating."

After he got in the car, Ma Dudu noticed that the car Teacher Lin got into didn't seem to be the Crown he drove before.

"Hey~ You changed cars again?" Ma Dudu said in surprise.

He stared at the car logo for a few seconds, "Is this a German Mercedes-Benz?"

Lin Weimin nodded, "Get in the car first, and we'll talk later."

"Okay!" Ma Dudu threw the bicycle away happily and couldn't wait to get on the bike to experience the feeling of riding a big car.