A widower's entertainment

Chapter 240 [The Far-Reaching Capitalist Plan] (Subscription Request)
Beijing, Xinghua Hutong.

Lin Youcheng is very clear that he may still have a certain status as a screenwriter now, but once capital comes in, it will not be so easy for screenwriters to get credit. Even some big productions do not give screenwriters the proper respect.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Youcheng clearly knows that if he really wants to stand on the side of his director daughter in the future, the most important thing is capital.

This not only gives me the confidence to stand on the side of the director's daughter, but also helps those little kids to have a better future.

Just like the courtyard house they live in now, it is definitely a school district house, making the commute to school much easier for his children.

Of course, Lin Youcheng knew very well that it was not so easy to become an investor. He also calculated his current savings. The biggest part came from the 150,000 copies of "The Devotion of Suspect X" reprinted in the island country, which directly earned Lin Youcheng nearly 300,000 yuan. Although Lin Youcheng earned foreign exchange in the island country in Japanese yen, it was obvious that he had no plans to go abroad, nor did he care much about foreign exchange in Japanese yen. The country also needed foreign exchange.

Even so, Lin Youcheng still had some foreign exchange coupons in his hands. After all, foreign exchange coupons were a good thing that everyone wanted at that time. As long as you had foreign exchange coupons, you could buy high-end goods that were considered luxury goods at the time, such as imported foreign wine, cigarettes, color TVs, Swiss watches, etc., in some designated places. Some handicrafts and silk with Chinese characteristics could only be bought in Friendship Stores. These were all scarce goods that could not be bought with RMB.

This is also why, although Lin Youcheng does not care about foreign exchange, he still has foreign exchange coupons.

As for the 300,000 yuan in royalties for "The Devotion of Suspect X", he knew very well that this was just the beginning and there would be continuous income in the future because the book would be reprinted many times.

In addition, Kimura Yamai has also published three other novels by Lin Youcheng in the island country, "Strange Things in the World", "Under the Hawthorn Tree" and "Love Letter". Although they are not as good as "The Devotion of Suspect X", they are also highly praised because of the fame of the novel "The Devotion of Suspect X".

In fact, this is a huge gap. Lin Youcheng wrote such a novel, but it is far less than the income of "The Devotion of Suspect X" in the island country. The previous "War Meridian" paid "Huacheng" 15 yuan per thousand words, and because of the length of the article, the payment was more than 700 yuan. The script of "My Brothers and Sisters" just written for Yanjing Film Studio only earned 1,500 yuan, which is not as high as the 4,000 yuan for "The Devotion of Suspect X" written for director Hou Xiaoxian in Taiwan.

But this is the current situation of domestic writers' royalties. You should know that the copyright fee for the film adaptation of "Red Sorghum", which won the Berlin Golden Bear Award, is 800 yuan. The yuan fee kept Mo Yan awake all night. It is conceivable that the yuan fee that Yanjing Film Studio gave to Lin Youcheng as a screenwriter is already very high.

All in all, Lin Youcheng has now saved a total of 360,900 yuan.

The cover of the passbook has two lines of "Current Savings Passbook" and "Yanjing Branch of the People's Bank of China". On the upper right is a blue stamp of Arabic numerals stamped by a manual digital machine, and the second page shows that this is the account number. The second cover is "Precautions", a total of five items. The back cover is printed with three sentences: "Build the country with diligence and thrift, work hard, actively participate in savings, and support the construction of the four modernizations." On the second page, Lin Youcheng's name is clearly written in the name column.

As for why Lin Youcheng did not make a fixed deposit, it was naturally because Lin Youcheng knew very well that the money now was the real valuable money.

Three hundred thousand in savings!

There is no doubt that at this time, Lin Youcheng can be considered a rich man.

However, Lin Youcheng was also very clear that this deposit alone would not make him the investor. After all, there were many wealthy people in the capital, Beijing. Otherwise, Mr. Ma would not have been able to invest more than 40 yuan in a dance hall.

Lin Youcheng had no intention of investing in a dance hall. He was just thinking about whether he could buy one or two more courtyard houses for his children. After all, he also wanted his children to receive his deep fatherly love in the future.

There is no way. Parents will always plan long-term for their children, not to mention that he is the only father who cares about his children.

Although Lin Youcheng did not plan to invest in a dance hall, he planned to invest in a house, preferably a courtyard house. Since he was the investor, he naturally paid attention to the return on investment.

The return on investment of this courtyard house is extremely high.

Lin Youcheng knew that it was a hot trend to go abroad, and people were very active and open-minded. Whoever got sponsorship could be the boss. You could go abroad in less than two months by hooking up with a foreigner, regardless of whether you had any feelings for him or not. It was trendy, fashionable, and daring, and it could be said to be quite bold.

Because of the current trend of going abroad, Lin Youcheng asked Aunt Zhao from the street office to find out if there were any other courtyard houses in Xinghua Hutong that were for sale. Aunt Zhao was a native of Beijing and was familiar not only with Xinghua Hutong but also with many alleys in Beijing. Maybe there was someone who wanted to go abroad and wanted to sell his courtyard house.

"Youcheng, you already have a house to live in, so why are you still thinking about buying a courtyard house?"

Lin Youcheng naturally did not explain that he was thinking about investing in his children. He just said, "There are many children in the family. When they grow up, they will all get married and start their own families."

"It's still better to live in the same yard than to have our own homes."

Aunt Zhao listened to Lin Youcheng's words and nodded to show that she understood, but then she said, "You are thinking too far ahead. You should think about your own affairs first."

Lin Youcheng smiled and nodded.

Watching Aunt Zhao from the Street Office leaving, Lin Youcheng knew that although he had the money now, buying a courtyard house still depended on chance. It was not just about his willingness, but also about his ability.

Maybe even if he had a courtyard house, he wouldn't be able to afford it.

However, for the sake of his children, he, as a father, has to try his best to move forward even if he is powerless.

Although it is only 1988, housing prices are already rising, especially in Beijing.

Now, not only in Beijing, but also in many other regions, urban workers are very concerned about housing system reform, and many people are planning to buy houses. However, after reading the newspaper report that residents were enthusiastically buying and exchanging houses at the first housing transaction in YT City, I couldn't help but feel disappointed. Just like what was written in the newspaper, they are worried about the skyrocketing commodity housing prices. You should know that the housing prices in Beijing have actually reached 2000 yuan.

This was actually the first time that Yanjing publicly sold commercial housing built in a prime location. The maximum price per square meter was 2000 yuan, but in the end only 250 units were booked. It is obvious that the price of this commercial housing is still relatively high and the market acceptance is limited.

This is also because the welfare housing distribution system has not yet been abolished. It will have to wait until 1998, by which time the rate of increase in housing prices will be like a runaway horse.

Lin Youcheng knew very well that if they really waited until that time, they would all sigh that if they had known earlier, they would have borrowed high-interest loans to buy several houses. Once they bought them, they would really feel in bold and capital letters what it meant to be——

happy.

(End of this chapter)