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Chapter 150: Great Wisdom (Guaranteed 2 more chapters)
At the same time as People's Literature achieved a circulation of 110 million, 100 million cassettes of The Sheep Class produced by Pacific Video Company were also put on the market and began to be sold hotly in major state-owned audio-visual stores and some Xinhua Bookstores!

There were some complaints within Pacific Company about the production plan of 100 million boxes at the beginning, thinking it was too risky. After all, "The Sheep Class" was an album mainly featuring children's songs. How big a market could children's songs have?

Although Zhu Fengbo’s "Roses Blooming Everywhere" had sales of over one million before, it could only be considered a pop song after all, and young people had a strong desire to buy it.

However, facts proved that Liao Mingzu's decision was correct. The tape did not become unsalable. After two days of sales, the most enthusiastic feedback came from the Xinhua Bookstore channel.

Wei Ming attracted a large number of young literary people through his novel "The Shepherd Class". When they saw the tape of the same name in the Xinhua Bookstore, they were very willing to buy it. Although not everyone had a tape recorder, many people knew someone who had one, and as long as they had the tape, they would have no trouble finding a channel to play it.

When many people started buying this tape, songs like "Where is Spring", "Little Grass", "In the Fields of Hope" and so on could be heard everywhere, and soon a trend would form in society. Even though the tape was expensive, more people followed suit.

Especially the song "In the Fields of Hope", because it is in line with the current political correctness, the official media has a strong push to promote it. Commentary articles discussing this song can be seen in newspapers, and there is no shortage of listeners even in administrative units at the rural level.

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Magic City.

Gong Ying, Gong Xing's younger sister, took on the important task of buying the tape of "The Sheep Class". This was not only a request from her elder sister who was busy rehearsing the play, but also carried the expectations of the whole family.

My parents like old songs like "In the Fields of Hope" and "Farewell", my sister-in-law loves to listen to "Little Grass", and my nephew is fond of children's songs such as "Where is Spring" and "Planting the Sun".

She first went to Xinhua Bookstore, but the bookstore was sold out. Along with the tape, the newly arrived People's Literature was also sold out. This was still normal sales. If a bundled sales method was used at this time, the sales would be like crazy.

Helplessly, Gong Ying rode her bicycle to look for a nearby audio-visual store and finally found one, but she had to queue.

After listening to old songs for so many years, music audiences love every new original album. Although only half of "The Sheep Class" is original, the quality is very high, and there is a touching story behind it in the original novel, which is very topical.

While waiting in line, Gong Ying suddenly felt something hit her back. It was soft and the touch was amazing.

When she turned around, she saw a tall, plump girl yelling at the people in line behind her, "Stop pushing!"

Gong Ying quickly withdrew her gaze, recalling the touch just now, and a sense of inferiority arose spontaneously.

After buying the tape, Gong Ying left quickly. Li Zhi who was following her also bought one. Her grandmother gave her ten dollars, and she had four dollars left after buying the tape. She made a lot of money on this errand!
The 19-year-old girl Lizhi bought it for her grandmother. The old lady particularly liked listening to the two songs "In the Fields of Hope" and "Farewell". After listening to the tape from her neighbor, she asked her granddaughter to buy it for her.

However, Lizhi thought it was just average. After all, her family had many Hong Kong and Taiwan music tapes that her father had sent back. Compared with other people's songs, this album sounded extremely rustic to her. She considered herself to be at the forefront of fashion in Shanghai, so she disdained to listen to it.

Born on the last day of 61, Li Zhi was not a very happy person. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. She was awarded to her father, but was raised by her grandmother alone because her father remarried and later moved to Hong Kong with his new family.

Although her father, who performed in stage plays in Hong Kong, had never treated her badly in terms of money, she knew that she needed more than that.

When she got home, her grandma was not home yet. Lizhi threw "The Sheep Class" aside and put Danny Chan's album "First Love" into the player.

She listened with enjoyment, thinking, Hong Kong music is still the best, this is what music is. It would be great if she could live in Hong Kong.

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Lv Xiaoyan originally wanted to buy the tape of "The Sheep Class" herself, but Pacific Film Company sent Lele a tape along with his remuneration.

Although Lele only gets 10 yuan for singing a song, the tapes are not cheap either, so the total cost is still quite considerable.

I just don't know how much Xizi will be paid for filming. Director Xie said that he will receive a subsidy of one yuan per day during filming, and the amount depends on how long Xizi has been in the crew.

Unfortunately, the two little ones are now at their grandfather’s house, so Lu Xiaoyan can only enjoy music by herself.

It was not until the evening that my husband Wei Ping'an came back. Although Peking University had not yet started school, he had already started working.

As soon as Wei Ping'an took off his coat, Lu Xiaoyan rushed over to him. Without a third wheel these few days, the two of them were inseparable and used a lot of family planning products.

As soon as the two mouths parted, Wei Pingan asked, "Oh, you're already listening to it, is this "Little Grass"?"

Lv Xiaoyan: "Well, wait a minute, I'll go back and let you listen to "Where is Spring?" It has an accompaniment and sounds better than a real person singing it.

Listening to their daughter's childish voice, the two leaned back on the sofa and talked about Wei Ming again.

Wei Pingan said: "I received a call from Xiao Ming in the office this morning. They have already boarded the return train."

Lu Xiaoyan asked hurriedly: "Did sister-in-law find her family?"

"Yes, but her sister also got lost and couldn't be found, and her father had already passed away."

Lu Xiaoyan sighed: "Alas, eight out of ten things in the world are not as you wish."

Wei Pingan added: "And this time Xiao Ming also brought his grandmother and a cousin back, and asked me to ask if there are enough rooms in the guesthouse."

"Is it enough?"

Wei Ping'an put his hand into his wife's collar and said, "It must be enough. Manager Wang cares more about Xiao Ming's affairs than I do."

Lu Xiaoyan gently held her husband's hand and decided to eat later.

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"I'll eat later, you guys go first." Wei Ming was lying on the berth and writing an article.

This journey of searching for relatives can be divided into at least four or five articles. When the time comes, I can distribute them to magazines such as "Yanjing Literature and Art", "Contemporary" and "China Youth Daily". I am not only good at writing novels.

The six people occupied exactly six bunks in the same space, with grandma and mother on the first floor, and Wei Ming and Lao Wei on the third floor.

Looking at her cousin Yunyun below, she had long since gotten over the frustration of her relationship. It was her first time going away from home, so she was even more excited than Xiaohong when she came. She was as happy as a little bird and obviously talked more. After the three elders finished their meal, Wei Ming and the other two young men went to the dining room compartment again.

After more than thirty hours of travel, one morning, a group of six people finally arrived in the heart of the motherland - Yanjing.

Cousin Yunyun looked at the two tall clock towers at the train station with her mouth open in amazement, looking cute and silly.

The old lady was in good spirits after sitting on the train for such a long time. She even asked her daughter and son-in-law: "Can we go to see Tianmen?"

"Of course," Lao Wei said with a smile, "but we have to go see a doctor first. After that we can play for a few days before going."

When Wei Ming saw the bus coming, he quickly asked everyone to get on.

In fact, although Xiaohong had reversed her car in Yanjing, it was actually her first time in Yanjing. She and Yunyun leaned against the window, looking at the outside world side by side, and everything they saw was new to them.

Although Wei Ming thought Yanjing was very old at that time, in their eyes it was so advanced that it seemed like the center of the world. Wei Ming also patiently explained to them where was and what stories it had.

The bus stopped at the west gate of Peking University. Wei Hong looked at the distinctive west gate and said with emotion: "This is the university I want to attend in the future!"

Hearing this, Yunyun exclaimed: "Xiaohong, are you going to apply to Peking University?"

"Yes, didn't you see me studying hard on the train?"

"I didn't see it. I was looking out the window." Yunyun shook her head.

Wei Hong: This sister is a little bit stupid.

"Brother Ming, you're back!"

Ximen's guys were very excited to see Wei Ming, and they became even more excited when they saw Yunyun and Xiaohong behind him. It turned out that Brother Ming had two such beautiful sisters!
Wei Ming greeted the guys and borrowed two of their bicycles to carry the luggage.

After arriving at Beijing Recruitment Institute, Manager Wang had already prepared the rooms for us: one triple room and one double room.

"Congratulations, writer Wei! Your work has once again sparked nationwide enthusiasm!" Manager Wang bowed to Wei Ming and congratulated him.

Although Wei Ming was not in school during this period, his legend was everywhere in the school. The school workers also read books and newspapers. Both "The Sheep Herding Class" and Wei Ming's words "No matter how poor, we cannot be poor in education, no matter how hard, we cannot make children suffer" were frequently seen in newspapers and were widely reported.

The key point is that he was surprisingly successful in his first attempt in the music field, and many of his colleagues were singing the songs he wrote.

I heard that the South Gate receives several calls looking for Wei Ming every day, and the school is discussing installing a phone in their dormitory to avoid trouble.

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South Gate Post.

When Zhao Debiao and Mei Wenhua returned from patrol, they heard several colleagues at the gate whispering to each other.

Seeing them coming back, he hurriedly informed them: "Wei Ming is back!"

Biaozi, who seemed a little tired, immediately stood up: "Where is it, where is it!"

"I'm in Beizhao."

Someone else said, "He also brought two younger sisters with him. They are both very beautiful, and their skin is very white!"

Just as Biaozi was about to ask in detail, he saw Mei Wenhua running away like a whirlwind.

"Xiaomei, what are you doing?"

"Go to Beizhao to pick up my brother-in-law!"

Biaozi cursed him as shameless and then chased after him.

However, they were unable to step into Beizhao, nor were they able to meet Wei Ming's sister, because Wei Ming came out and happened to meet them on the road.

"Hey, you're so anxious to see me, let's go back to the dormitory."

Mei Wenhua: "Brother Ming, we haven't greeted our uncle and aunt yet."

Biaozi: "Yes, I heard that our grandma is here too."

Wei Ming: "Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Before I left, I asked you to pay attention to letters from Hong Kong. Have you received any during this period?"

"Yes, there are two!" Mei Wenhua said.

"Two?" Wei Ming was a little surprised. "Let's go back and take a look!"

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