Exciting 1979!

Chapter 268 Jointly Resisting Foreign Enemies, North-South Cooperation

"Sister Lin, do you remember the Beatles? The ones who sang Hey Jude?"

Zhu Lin: "Are you trying to change the subject?"

"The band's lead singer and founder was John Lennon, who is considered one of the greatest pop musicians in the world."

Zhu Lin: "I won't listen to this bastard's chanting."

Wei Ming: "He's dead."

"Ah, how did she die?" Zhu Lin was successfully transferred. At that time, Wei Ming had copied a lot of foreign songs for her, and the Beatles' songs were among her favorites.

Wei Ming: "He was shot and killed in New York by a crazed fan. He was only 40 years old when he died. Melinda was also present when he was killed. I just received a letter from her from New York recently."

A hint of regret flashed across Zhu Lin's face, then he said, "So, what do you want to say?"

Wei Ming: "Melinda was terrified at the time. She said that it was too dangerous abroad and not as wonderful as we imagined. Every day, there were a lot of shootings, drug use, and other incidents. She said she missed China and wanted to go back to Yanjing to settle down."

"What?" Zhu Lin reacted strongly. "No way! She's a foreigner, not a diplomat, why should she settle in China!"

If Zhu Lin was wary of Gong Xue, then he was fearful of Melinda.

She still remembers that her relationship with Xiao Wei had naturally progressed to kissing, but after Melinda went back to China, things took a sharp turn for the worse. If she hadn't really been so reluctant to part with this brat, there probably wouldn't have been any future.

Melinda was, after all, Xiao Wei's first woman, just as Xiao Wei was her first man. They were like mentors, guiding the naive young boy and girl into the adult world. This was an unforgettable memory.

If that weren't the case, she should have dumped Xiao Wei after confronting Gong Xue, but unfortunately, she just couldn't quit.

Moreover, that foreign woman was really cunning. Zhu Lin could still recall the details of the two of them in the bathroom that day. Her fiery red curly hair draped over her snow-white back, and below her swaying waist and hips were long, straight legs. What man could resist such temptation?

Therefore, Zhu Lin felt that if Melinda chose to return to China to settle down, neither she nor Gong Xue would be a match for her, unless they joined forces to fight against the foreign enemy and the two of them could defeat her.

and many more!

The quick-witted Sister Lin realized that she was a modern woman born under the red flag, capable of holding up half the sky, so how could she have such feudalistic ideas?

It's Xiao Wei's sales pitch!

She was clearly asking him if he had slept with Gong Xue, but this brat was deliberately leading her in that direction.

What a sinister intention! But his evasive attitude can almost be considered an admission of guilt.

Sure enough, they had already broken through that barrier, and their lead was gone.

"Did Melinda really say that? With such abundant material resources abroad, how could she overcome it? You're lying to me, right?" Zhu Lin was still more concerned about Melinda, this foreign enemy.

To hell with the idea that internal strife must precede external resistance!

"Her letter is still at the Overseas Chinese Apartment. How about I bring it to you tomorrow?" Wei Ming put on his best acting skills and looked at her provocatively.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Lin snorted, "No need. I wouldn't understand it anyway if it were written in English."

Wei Ming laughed and said, "It is indeed in English, but we have the Oxford Chinese Dictionary, so we can translate it word by word."

"Shaopin, what are you thinking? I'm talking about her returning to China." Zhu Lin's hand slipped inside Wei Ming's pajamas and gently stroked his chest, a gesture of vulnerability.

Wei Ming felt comfortable and put his arm around Lin Jie's waist again: "She can't come back for the time being. I just finished translating 'The Lion King,' and she is in charge of the subsequent overseas publication. How am I going to earn foreign exchange if she comes back? I plan to write her a letter to tell her to be careful and not to go out at night. I will also send her some martial arts books so that she can learn to protect herself."

Zhu Lin: "I didn't realize that foreign countries aren't a paradise either. Do you think we should let her learn Qigong?"

Zhu Lin has come to believe that foreign countries are terrifying, and has even come to believe in qigong.

While marveling at how easily women can be fooled, Wei Ming was also relieved that she was so gullible, otherwise tonight would certainly not have ended well.

"Let's master martial arts first, before we talk about qigong." Wei Ming looked at Zhu Lin, keeping a close eye on her to prevent her from getting involved in every little thing; this stuff is more harmful than helpful.

"Sister, do you know about yoga?"

Zhu Lin shook his head, having never heard of such a thing.

"Then I'll teach you," Wei Ming said with a smile, since he couldn't really do anything today anyway.

It's not that Wei Ming is a Western worshipper, but those so-called qigong practices are not as good as Indian yoga. At least yoga can make women more flexible and graceful, making it easier for them to assume various positions and have harmonious relations with men and women.

At this time, yoga was already being practiced by many people abroad, but it was not yet practiced in China. It was not until the late 80s and early 90s that it began to be introduced to China.

But the word "yoga" has existed for a long time.

"Yoga is a Buddhist physical exercise that can improve flexibility, which is very important for an actor who needs to perform many movements. In addition, it can relieve anxiety, improve immunity and sleep quality," Wei Ming said in a very nice way to get Sister Lin to learn from him, "and it can even make people look younger."

Upon hearing that it could make you younger, Zhu Lin's eyes lit up. She asked, "You know how? Who taught you?"

"I don't need anyone to teach me. I learned it from ancient books. Yoga was introduced from India during the Tang Dynasty. It was very popular among some scholars and officials during the Tang Dynasty. However, it was not popular among the general public. There is an ancient book library next to my workplace. I often go there to read books."

Zhu Lin looked at Wei Ming with a hint of admiration. If he weren't so talented and omniscient, how could she have been so foolish as to maintain this relationship with him knowing that there was another Gong Xue?

In his previous life, Wei Ming had studied yoga for two years at the insistence of one of his girlfriends. So he pulled Zhu Lin out of bed, spread out a blanket he had bought earlier, and began his journey of teaching yoga to beginners.

The beginners were all quite serious about their movements, but the coach was a bit too serious, occasionally touching and pinching Zhu Lin under the pretext of correcting her movements.

However, Wei Ming himself was also upset. Zhu Lin could clearly feel the intensity of his reaction. Hmph, serves him right. If you're so capable, go fly to Shanghai and find your Xue.

Zhu Lin, after all, had a background as a dancer. Although some of the movements were a bit strenuous for her, she could still complete them with a little effort. After finishing the whole set, she lay back down on the bed.

"Hey, this feels pretty good."

Wei Ming: "We'll continue practicing tomorrow night. This is just the beginner level; there are many more challenges to come."

"Tomorrow won't work. I need to go home tomorrow night to celebrate my birthday with my family."

Upon hearing this, Wei Ming angrily slammed his fist on the bed: "How annoying! How annoying!"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Lin asked, puzzled. "Can't I spend time with my family?"

Wei Ming: "That's not what I meant. I ordered a birthday cake from the international student cafeteria today, thinking I'd pretend I didn't know it was your birthday and then trick you into coming over tomorrow to give you a surprise. But now you've told me yourself, so the surprise is gone."

Seeing Wei Ming throwing a childish tantrum, Zhu Lin hugged him, feeling both amused and exasperated. At the same time, she couldn't help but think back to her birthday last year, when Wei Ming was also with her. Back then, she had a boyfriend, but she was a bit confused about her love life and career plans, and it was Wei Ming who comforted her.

Unexpectedly, only a year has passed, and they have already reached a point where they don't even need to hide from each other when going to the toilet.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I let you down. But was the birthday cake delicious?"

Wei Ming guessed that she hadn't tried it before: "Want some?"

"Ah."

Wei Ming: "Then tomorrow at noon~"

Zhu Lin: "Actually, my character is already dead, but I still have to stay on set. I'll tell the director tomorrow morning, and I'll wait for you here at noon."

"Okay," Wei Ming hugged and kissed her again, "The cake is as sweet as your mouth."

~
The next day, Wei Ming took Zhu Lin back to the Beijing Film Studio, and then went straight to Peking University, first visiting the Shaoyuan canteen.

"What? You don't offer that service?"

So where did Li Aiguo get his birthday cake from?

Fortunately, Li Aiguo was eating at the restaurant. He and other international students were discussing the murder of John Lennon, and the news had just arrived.

Li Aiguo's eyes welled up with tears. This American deeply loved the Beatles, and he hated that crazy fan, regardless of whether he was schizophrenic or not.

“Leonardo, we international students are planning a concert tonight to commemorate John Lennon. Would you like to come?” Li Aiguo invited Wei Ming.

Wei Ming thought for a moment. Sister Lin was going home to spend time with her family that evening, but he was still free.

"Okay, as long as you don't make me sing, I have something to ask you..."

It turned out that it was ordered from the Friendship Store, so Wei Ming immediately went to the Friendship Store again and ordered a birthday cake with foreign exchange certificates.

We also need to write words on it, add fruit, and just a couple of candles as a token gesture. If we put in 28 candles, I'm afraid Sister Lin will get angry.

After finishing all that, it was already ten o'clock. Wei Ming decided not to go to school and instead went to the Friendship Store. He went up to the second floor to look at their paintings, but none of them suited his taste. However, he did see a pair of jade bracelets, imperial green.

Wei Ming had been wealthy in his previous life and had some knowledge of these things, so he could tell the difference between real and fake. "How much is this?"

"Sir, this will cost 1200 yuan."

The waiter was referring to foreign exchange certificates, equivalent to 800 US dollars, but 800 US dollars on the black market is almost equivalent to a person with 10,000 yuan.

Wei Ming wasn't short of foreign exchange, so he asked, "Is there only one of this caliber?"

"There are other styles as well, but of course, the quality is a bit lower."

Wei Ming thought for a moment and said, "Wrap it up. Put it in two boxes for me and make it look nice. I'm giving it away as a gift."

"Yes, sir." The waiter maintained his smiling service throughout, making the purchase feel worthwhile.

After wandering around for a while, the cake was finished. After checking that everything was in order, he put it in a box and drove straight to the Overseas Chinese Apartment. Of course, he had to hide the other bracelet first.

~
Unity Lake.

Zhu Lin returned earlier than Wei Ming. She first did a set of beginner yoga exercises by herself, and then she heard the door open.

"Sister, get ready to eat cake."

"Is this a cake? Even the box is so pretty."

"open to take a look."

Zhu Lin carefully opened the packaging and quickly saw the snow-white cream inside, with some yellow peaches and strawberries embedded on top. Although the design was simple, Sister Lin was still very pleasantly surprised.

"It smells sweet." She had seen cream cakes before, but they were small, with cake as the main ingredient and cream as a decoration. Unlike this one, which was so big and had a thick layer of cream on the outside. You could eat as much cream as you wanted, and there were also fruits that were hard to find in winter.

“Let’s set the scene a bit today.” Wei Ming drew all the curtains to create an evening atmosphere, then lit and inserted the candles.

"Then, do you make a wish and blow out the candles?" Zhu Lin asked.

"You know?"

"I saw it in your Hong Kong novels."

“Hong Kong is all about the petit bourgeoisie, so why don’t you take this opportunity of your birthday to wish the motherland prosperity and strength?” Wei Ming suggested.

Zhu Lin rolled her eyes at him, closed her eyes, and first wished for her motherland to prosper and become number one in the world, and then wished to be Xiao Wei's only one.

Oh dear, isn't it a bit greedy to make two wishes on one birthday?
But she blew out two candles; making two wishes wouldn't hurt.

After the wishing ceremony, Wei Ming did not draw back the curtains, but instead lit two thick candles and shared the cake.

At first, they ate normally, but when Wei Ming saw a piece of cream on Lin Jie's face, he started cleaning up the cream and even snatched cream from Lin Jie's mouth.

Later, he went even further, trying to smear cream all over her body. Zhu Lin was afraid of getting her clothes dirty, so she had to take off her clothes first and let him smear cream on her body, and then she had to clean it off herself.

Finally, Zhu Lin couldn't take it anymore and secretly told Wei Ming, "Actually, my period ended today."

Wei Ming was overjoyed; he wanted to make up for what he hadn't done yesterday!

This was the best gift Lin Jie gave herself on her birthday.

~
"The birthday cake surprise is gone, so here's a replacement for you." After saying that, Wei Ming took out another small gift box from his bag.

Zhu Lin lazily clung to Wei Ming, unaware of the surprise that awaited her.

After she opened the cardboard box, she found a wooden box inside, and inside that, she saw a watery, green mass.

"It's a bracelet!"

“A jade bracelet,” Wei Ming said, “I went to the Friendship Store again; it’s imperial green.”

Zhu Lin didn't know anything about imperial green jade, but he could tell that the bracelet was very beautiful, with a very clear and bright green color, and it was obviously not cheap.

Wei Ming put it on her: "Do you like it?"

Zhu Lin nodded and hugged Wei Ming affectionately again. Although Wei Ming was a bit of a jerk, he was really good to her.

The overflowing happiness at this moment allows Zhu Lin to temporarily forget the internal troubles of Gong Xue and the external threat of Melinda.

Wei Ming couldn't spend the afternoon with Zhu Lin because he had to go to work.

Seeing that only about a fifth of the cake on the table had been eaten, Zhu Lin asked, "Won't it go bad?"

"Of course it will. With the heating on, it'll only last a day or two at most," Wei Ming said. "Why don't you take it home and share it with your aunt and uncle?"

Zhu Lin: "I also want my parents to try it, but how do I explain it to them?"

Wei Ming blurted out, "Just say the crew bought it to celebrate your birthday."

Zhu Lin: "But why did you only eat so little, leaving so much? Does that make sense?"

“You just want Mom and Dad to have a taste, right? Then cut two pieces for them and say that you specially left them the leftovers. I’ll keep two more pieces for us to eat tomorrow, and give the rest to Biaozi and Xiaomei.”

Zhu Lin thought the plan was feasible and sighed again, "Such a perfect lie just came out of his mouth. I don't know how many times I've been fooled by him before. I've just gotten by without even realizing it. Sigh, I'm so stupid, really."

Yunyun was resting at home today, so Wei Ming handed the cake over to her to handle before going to work. On his way home from get off work, he saw Liu Rulong at the library.

"Ah Long, are you waiting for me? Have you finished the character design?"

Liu Rulong smiled and said, "I painted more than a dozen sets for Jing Tianming and five sets for Xiang Shaoyu. I'll show them to you later. I went to the National Art Museum of China today. When I got back to school, I thought you should be back at work, so I came to see you."

"You've only been back a few days, what kind of events are happening at the art museum?"

Ah Long: "I also participated in the Second National Youth Art Exhibition and won a third prize."

"Wow, that's amazing! I'll check out your work when I have time. What are you painting?"

Ah Long said with a hint of pride, "This youth art exhibition includes traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, sculpture, comics, and so on. My comic is about a love story."

Needless to say, it was definitely based on his and Aying's experiences; it's just a way of showing off their love, isn't it?

"Haven't eaten yet?" Wei Ming said. "Come on, let's go to Shaoyuan for a free meal."

Wei Ming took him to the Shaoyuan canteen to participate in an event for international students commemorating John Lennon, which included both music and delicious food.

Besides performing Beatles music, there were also songs created by foreigners to commemorate John Lennon. Well, they were full of sincerity, but the quality was just average.

This included Li Kui's rap, which he felt was great about, and he boasted to his classmates, "I think this song can be on Billboard."

Li Aiguo clinked glasses with Wei Ming next to him with a Coke, then teased his old friend, "What a pity, if you were really good enough, I could have helped you get on Billboard."

Wei Ming laughed and said, "Do you own the billboard?"

An American girl standing nearby said, "Li Aiguo's father is the personal lawyer of the president of MCA."

Wei Ming exclaimed in surprise, "A-Guo, your father is a lawyer?!"

Lawyers are incredibly powerful in the US, especially the private lawyer for a CEO. But what is an MCA?
Li Aiguo: "MCA is an American music company. Universal Pictures is its subsidiary. However, my father's client was not the president, but a vice president who happened to be in charge of the music department."

This music division later became Universal Music Group, one of the world's three music giants.

Wei Ming re-examined Li Aiguo and was surprised to find that he had such connections. That was Universal, one of the eight major Hollywood studios!

Wei Ming really wanted to ask if Universal Pictures was interested in the copyright for "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle".

However, the vice president that Li Aiguo's father knew was in charge of music, which is a pity.

When it came to music, Wei Ming racked his brains and actually made an unexpected discovery.

He didn't listen to many of John Lennon's songs, but a song commemorating John Lennon left a deep impression on him.

"Patriotic comrade, if I write a song, an English song, could you help me publish it?"

Li Aiguo: "Comrade Leonardo, are you serious?!"

……

(Today's guaranteed minimum)
(End of this chapter)