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Chapter 161 Audio Adaptation (Guaranteed 2 Updates)
The March issue is the first issue of "Contemporary" this year. It is still a quarterly magazine. The two main novellas are "The Price" by writer Chen Guokai and "Resurrection" by Zhu Wenhua, a professor at the Chinese Department of Fudan University.

There is also a play, several short stories, two foreign translations, and several short essays and critical articles.

Among them is Wei Ming's travel essay about his trip to Yunnan to look for his aunt, which was added in temporarily as it is not long anyway.

A few days ago, "Yenching Literature and Art" just published the first essay of Wei Ming's journey to find his relatives.

With Wei Ming's current popularity, even if this name is not a novel, people will still pay attention to it. Moreover, a young author revealing his family and private life will also satisfy some book fans, especially female fans who want to understand Wei Ming's intentions in depth.

Now Wei Ming's parents and sister are no longer unfamiliar to readers.

Especially the previous article "Entering Sichuan" published by Yanjing Literature and Art, which tells the story and feelings of a family on a train, and several people have a lot of roles.

In this article, Wei Ming revealed for the first time that he has a younger sister named Xiaohong who is in high school. When Wei Hong herself learned about this article, she felt a little embarrassed.

My brother wrote too well about himself, praising himself for being pretty, good at studying, and hardworking. He was still working hard to review his high school textbooks while lying on the berth.

This copy of "Contemporary" was not bought by her, but by Teacher Zang. He saw an essay by Wei Ming and thought it was very suitable for students to learn, so he asked people to read it aloud in public. This was tantamount to executing Wei Hong in public.

The girl at the same table touched her arm and said, "You told me that you were playing all the time during the holiday, but it turns out that you were secretly studying for the exam without telling us!"

"It's mainly for fun, and the preview is just a pretense." Wei Hong said modestly and embarrassedly.

After the recitation, Teacher Zang announced the ranking of the first test after the start of the school year. As expected, Wei Hong was still ranked first in the grade, and Teacher Zang said: "Wei Hong's score is 50 points higher than the second place in the grade!"

Her deskmate and other classmates looked at Wei Hong in admiration. The gap between her and the second place was getting bigger and bigger. There was no doubt that she would be admitted to Peking University next year!
All they want is to be able to get into university, but this is already a luxury. Last year's college entrance examination admission rate was 6%, while the enrollment rate of Ping An No. 4 Middle School was only 25%. Only about one in people can be admitted, which means there are only two people in a class.

After the results are announced, students can go home from school and it’s the weekend again.

Wei Hong went to find teacher Zang Kefu.

Teacher Zang thought she was asking him to borrow "Contemporary" and had already handed it to her.

Wei Hong waved her hand and said, "Teacher Zang, I'm not here to borrow books. I just want to say that I want to take the college entrance examination this year."

"what!"

Wei Hong took out a few test papers from her schoolbag.

"This is the opening test paper I got from my sophomore classmates. I've finished it. Can you ask the sophomore teachers to show me how many points I got?"

Teacher Zang took the test paper in shock: "You can do all these?"

“Most of them know how to do it, but there are some who don’t quite understand.”

After careful consideration, Teacher Zang said, "Student Wei Hong, you can actually take the college entrance examination next year according to the plan. You will be more confident then."

"I know, but Teacher Zang, you don't know how big and how good Peking University is. I fell in love with it after living there for two days. I can't wait!" Wei Hong said.

She had originally been frightened by Wei Ming and had given up the idea, but those two days at Peking University rekindled the idea.

Teacher Zang said a lot of things, hoping that she would think it over again: "If you want to take the exam this year, you have to decide now whether to take the arts or science class."

"I'll take the science exam." She had already made up her mind.

"Also, the weight of the English subject will be increased to 30% this year, that is, 100 points will be calculated as 30 points." Last year it was 10 points.

Wei Hong: "This is more beneficial to me. My English score is already high."

Teacher Zang thought about it and it seemed to be right!

"Then you go home first, I'll ask the teachers to give you a grade."

"Goodbye, Teacher Zang."

As soon as Wei Hong left, Teacher Zang immediately went to find the principal and asked him to take the lead in asking the second-year teachers to mark Wei Hong's papers. The whole school took this matter very seriously. After all, Wei Hong was the hope of the whole school, and they were just waiting for the school to produce a student who was admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University so that they could ask for resources from the higher-ups.

The one who drove the donkey cart to pick up Wei Hong and other students today was not Old Wei, but Uncle Old Fan, Qi Kexiu's father-in-law.

My uncle said sourly, "Your father is busy with school matters now and has no time to take care of you."

After returning from Yanjing, Wei Jiefang took office as the honorary principal of the village primary school. These days he was busy buying glass, repairing windows, replacing tables and chairs, and also building a playground for the school.

He said he got the inspiration from the Peking University playground and planned to set up three ping-pong tables and two sets of uneven bars.

Old Wei often says, "The children in our Gouzi Village must develop in an all-round way in terms of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor!"

When Wei Hong was about to return to the village, Old Wei was giving a speech at school. He caught several lower grade students who had run out to play.

The current principal is too old. He is good at teaching but is not capable of managing students. Old Wei now takes on some of the responsibilities of the dean of studies. Qi Delong now avoids him whenever he sees him.

Old Fan returned the donkey cart first. On his way home, he passed by the village primary school and saw Wei Jiefang was still there.

"Liberation, why don't you go home for dinner?"

Wei Jiefang: "My classmates haven't eaten yet, how can I eat!"

When Lao Fan came in and took a look, he saw that there were still a few students in the fifth grade classroom who had not left after school and were still studying.

Old Fan knew that these boys and girls were all trying to get the bonus for the entrance exam from primary school to junior high school.

The first prize is 50 yuan. Wow, this is a sky-high prize. Last year's harvest was not good, and many families in the village had no money left at the end of the year. "Your Xiaohong is back." Lao Fan said.

"Oh, I'll go first then," Wei Jiefang told the student to go home if he was hungry. "Uncle, have you seen that the mental outlook of the students in our village is different now?"

"What appearance?"

"Forget it, you don't understand even if you tell me."

Lao Fan snorted, "What do I not understand? It's all for the money, so only the fifth graders are so hardworking. The kids below are still the same as always."

Because Wei Ming's bonus was only promised for this year's primary school to junior high school, although other grades were promised a trip to big cities, the effect was not as good as real money after all, so the motivation to study was not as strong as that of the fifth grade.

Old Wei blurted out: "Who said that only graduating classes have scholarships? There are scholarships next year, the year after, and every year!"

"Ah, really?"

Old Wei, who was obsessed with the aura of being the principal, nodded: "Really!"

Even if the son has no money, he still has his father.

"Ouch!" Lao Fan slapped his thigh, "I'll tell Qi Delong right now, if he doesn't learn well again, I'll beat his butt!"

Old Fan has only one daughter, Fan Chunhua, and no grandchildren, so he places all his hopes on his grandson.

Before leaving, the uncle suddenly said to Wei Jiefang: "Jiefang, I dreamed about your father yesterday."

Wei Jiefang's heart skipped a beat: "What did you dream about him?"

Lao Fan: "He said he's doing fine over there."

Wei Jiefang's heart was beating wildly. He couldn't keep this uncle anymore!

Old Fan: "He also said that the Wei family is getting better and better, but there is no one to inherit our Old Fan family. He feels sorry for your mother and your uncle. What do you think about letting Chunhua give birth to a child with the surname Fan?"

So that's what you wanted to say. Wei Jiefang said with a smile: "It's useless for me to say that. It depends on whether they want to repair it."

Lao Fan: "I'll talk to Chunhua first, get pregnant first and then tell Qi Kexiu."

When Wei Jiefang returned home, his mother-in-law was doing needlework and Wei Hong was talking to her cousin Yunyun about school matters. They also agreed to go to the next village to watch a movie tomorrow.

Wei Jiefang smiled and continued, "I'll take you there tomorrow. I and Shufen will also go."

Xu Shufen asked: "What movie is playing?"

"It seems to be called 'The Handcuffed Traveler'. The old man from the next door village was promoting it a few days ago," Wei Jiefang said, "and our old man Ge Cunzhuang is also in the starring role."

Lan Tianye and Ge Cunzhuang are both local performing artists, but Mr. Lan, who is currently performing in a drama, is not as famous as Mr. Ge, one of the "Four Evil Men".

He played a traitor in "Plain Guerrillas", a landlord in "Red Flag", a major in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and a commander of the security corps in "Little Flower", all of which are famous movies. However, he could not find a positive character in so many movies, and I guess he will not be a good guy in this new movie either.

Wei Jiefang turned on the radio and said to his wife, "I haven't seen the movie, but the song 'Camel Bells' I heard on the radio yesterday was from this movie."

Xu Shufen: "Just the one with tears in her eyes and the sound of camel bells in her ears?"

"Correct."

"That song is really nice," Xu Shufen said as she cleaned the table. "Okay, let's eat."

Old Wei was about to turn off the box when he suddenly heard something.

"Wait a minute!" Lao Wei raised his voice excitedly, "Isn't this talking about The Wrangler?"

Wei Hong: "Yes, this is The Horse Herder. It's a radio drama, right?"

Wei Jiefang said with a smile: "Yeah, hey, there will be a radio drama so soon, your brother will probably make a lot of money again."

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What did they make? The Central Radio Station took the rights to adapt "The Horse Herder" and "The Shepherd Class" into radio dramas and paid a total of 100 yuan.

Not only this year, but even in 2025, the copyright of audio novels will be the cheapest among all the copyrights of a novel.

Wei Ming didn't take it seriously and didn't expect it to be recorded so quickly.

He also heard it on the train to Guangzhou. It went pretty well, and it can be considered as expanding the influence of the IP.

After two days and two nights of train travel, the three finally arrived at Guangzhou Station.

Next, Biaozi and Xiaomei are going to Shenzhen to purchase goods, which is close to Hong Kong and the goods are cheaper than those in Guangzhou.

Although there is a Guangzhou-Shenzhen line, it is almost impossible to buy a train ticket from Guangzhou to Shenzhen. However, there are many minibuses specially provided for these profiteers in the local area, which can also reach their destination.

After parting with them, Wei Ming took a taxi to Pacific Audio and Video Company.

It is one of those modern taxis that stops when you wave at them. It was established last year in a joint venture with Hong Kong businessmen. Wei Ming was filled with emotion. If Yanjing had this thing, why would he bother buying a motorcycle himself!

It doesn’t block the wind in winter or the rain in summer, and you have to worry about it being stolen or dropped.

It only took Wei Ming ten minutes and he paid one dollar and fifty cents to reach his destination. How cool!

(End of this chapter)