The facts are just as Fu Yonglin and Zhang Dening expected. After mid-August, more and more critical articles about the novel "The Chess Master" appeared in newspapers and magazines, and the discussion of this novel in the literary world entered a full swing.
stage.
The discussion gradually fell into three styles. One was articles such as "On the Narrow Nationalism of "The Chess Master"" in "Shanghai Literature", which captured the "patriotic complex" in the novel and had to express it.
It is a desperate attack by "narrow nationalism" or "populism".
One is the discussion on Go, mostly by lovers of Go and literature. These people generally believe that the plots written in Lin Chaoyang's novels are too idealistic, have been divorced from reality, and are completely the novelist's imagination.
Another kind is the praise of the novel.
Among the many comments, the third type of comments has the largest number, but the communication of public opinion relies on the eyeball effect.
Seeking truth from facts usually does not attract much attention from readers. If it is alarmist, people's attention will naturally be attracted, as is the case with those articles criticizing "The Master of Chess".
Therefore, although the number of such articles is not large, their influence cannot be underestimated. For a while, they were able to compete with those comments that affirmed "The Master of Chess".
The outpouring of praise or criticism for "The King of Chess" from the outside world has not affected Lin Chaoyang. He still lives his life between two o'clock and one line every day. Occasionally he goes to trust stores, cultural relics stores and other places to search for treasures in his spare time on weekends.
He promised Tao Yushu that he would only use a quarter of the manuscript fee for the collection, so it was impossible to spend a lot of money like he did at the Foreign Guest Service Department of the Forbidden City. Every time he made a move, he would be careful and careful, and spending money would not be so enjoyable anymore.
I found some pleasure in picking up leaks.
But if you can't make money quickly enough, "The Master of Chess" was published in "Yenjing Literature". The standard remuneration is ten yuan for one thousand words, and one hundred and thirty thousand words is one thousand three hundred yuan.
He got a quarter of it, which was three hundred and twenty-five yuan, and after a few trips to the store, it was gone.
Collecting is really expensive!
Just when Lin Chaoyang was worried about running out of money for his collection, a remittance slip from Xiangjiang broke his anxiety.
Some time ago, a delegation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong visited Yanda. The poet Xia Chengying who came with the delegation signed a publishing contract with Lin Chaoyang on behalf of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, intending to publish Lin Chaoyang's "Sanskrit" at a price of 300 Hong Kong dollars per thousand words.
"The Death of Gao".
After such a long time, the royalties for the manuscript have finally come through, and it seems that the time for "The Death of Van Gogh" to be released in Hong Kong is not far away.
The full text of "The Death of Van Gogh" has 220,000 words. The royalties paid by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press are as high as HK$66,000, which is the largest royalties Lin Chaoyang has ever received since his creation.
After receiving the royalties, Tao Yushu was also very excited. Zhang Luozhu and Lin Chaoyang went to the Bank of China to withdraw money. Tao Yumo also wanted to join in the fun and found a very plausible reason.
"Brother-in-law, if you want to withdraw so much money, it will be safer if there are more people."
As a result, the three of them came to the Bank of China and got good news from the teller who handled the business.
Two months ago, the country just promulgated the new "Regulations on Foreign Exchange Administration", which stipulates:
Chinese nationals, foreign nationals and stateless persons living in China must settle and sell foreign exchange remitted from foreign countries and Hong Kong, Haojiang and other regions to the Bank of China; for each transaction of RMB 3,000 (including RMB 3,000)
), 10% of the foreign exchange is allowed to be retained for large-amount remittances above). The above-mentioned RMB proceeds from sales to Bank of China can enjoy preferential treatment related to overseas remittances.
The requirement for mandatory foreign exchange settlement has not changed, but individuals are allowed to retain 10% of their foreign exchange, which is good news for Lin Chaoyang.
This time the publishing house remitted 66,000 Hong Kong dollars to him, and the 10% foreign exchange retained was 6,600 Hong Kong dollars, which was a considerable amount of foreign exchange reserves.
It is impossible to withdraw this money directly. If he wants to use it, he must exchange it for foreign exchange certificates.
However, Lin Chaoyang will definitely not exchange this money for foreign exchange certificates. He has no shortage of foreign exchange certificates now, so it is better to keep them in his hands. If he wants to go abroad in the future, won't it be useful?
Nowadays, although you can apply for a foreign exchange quota from the Administration of Foreign Exchange when going abroad, the quota you apply for is usually ridiculously low. It is not as good as having foreign exchange in your own hands.
In addition to the good thing of retaining, there is another sentence in the new regulations: any RMB received from the sale to the Bank of China can enjoy preferential treatment related to overseas remittances.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country's foreign exchange was tight. In order to raise as much foreign exchange as possible for national construction, the government called on overseas Chinese to mail foreign exchange to relatives and friends in China. This was called overseas remittances.
These foreign exchanges have to be compulsorily settled when they arrive in China, and the foreign exchange is converted into RMB. People are not stupid. Who is willing to do such a thing?
In order to encourage overseas Chinese to bring back foreign exchange, the government came up with the idea of ​​issuing a batch of special tickets - overseas remittance coupons.
In the 1950s, anyone who brought back foreign exchange equivalent to RMB 100 from abroad could use overseas remittance coupons to increase the supply of 6 kilograms of grain, 1 kilogram of cooking oil, 1 kilogram of sugar, 1 kilogram of fresh meat, and 10 feet of cotton cloth.
Such generous policies have naturally attracted the active participation of many ordinary people. In the past few years, in some southern provinces with many overseas relations, some ordinary people were able to buy houses simply by relying on remittance certificates exchanged for foreign currency from overseas relatives.
1981 was a somewhat special year. The hot economic reforms over the past few years had come to a standstill.
At the beginning of the year, GWY issued two emergency documents "Combating Speculation". The main reason was that the government discovered that township and village enterprises, which had been booming in recent years, began to compete with state-owned enterprises for markets and raw materials, which had a huge impact on the development of state-owned enterprises.
Therefore, the government has introduced a series of macro-control policies, but this series of measures has objectively caused two facts. On the one hand, it has effectively controlled the direction of the macro-economy and avoided various turbulences and risks that may occur due to overheating.
Unstable.
On the other hand, it also caused the nascent township and village enterprises to suffer the first cold wave. The economic indicators of almost all enterprises founded around 1980 in 1981 declined or stagnated.
Just this past July, the British Economist magazine published an article that pointedly pointed out that "tight foreign exchange reserves, serious domestic inflation, bottlenecks in oil production, declining exports, and heavy dependence on rare energy resources have caused serious economic changes in China."
question."
The promulgation of the "Foreign Exchange Regulations" is in response to the domestic economic environment this year.
Lin Chaoyang cannot control whether the country's economic development is good or bad, but the promulgation of the "Foreign Exchange Regulations" is indeed a good thing for him.
The 66,000 Hong Kong dollar manuscript fee paid to him by the publishing house, excluding 10% of the foreign exchange retention, would be just over 18,000 yuan when converted into RMB according to the official exchange rate.
In the 1980s, overseas remittance vouchers, which could only be used to purchase designated daily necessities in the past, also evolved. The types of goods that could be purchased included not only daily necessities, but also many industrial products. They could also be exchanged for tickets and shopping vouchers.
Overseas remittance coupons can be used for all goods that can be bought in the market, covering almost every aspect of people's lives.
You can also purchase some imported goods that are in short supply domestically. In terms of function, they are almost the same as foreign exchange coupons.
But unlike foreign exchange coupons, overseas remittance coupons are composed of the main coupon "overseas remittance RMB" and the "actual receipt" for purchasing supplies.
The main coupon is printed with the name of the overseas remittance coupon, the amount of the overseas remittance in RMB, the serial number, the validity period and the seal of the issuing agency. The actual coupon is printed with the type and quantity of the goods that can be purchased.
Because it is a combined currency and coupon, there is no need to pay additional RMB when using overseas remittance coupons to purchase supplies.
According to Yanjing City's current policy on product quotas for overseas remittances, the money Lin Chaoyang sells to the Chinese people will bring him more than 1 ton of grain and more than 100 kilograms of cooking oil, as well as hundreds of non-staple food coupons and shopping coupons.
Thousands of photos.
Listening to the bank teller settling their accounts, Sister Tao Yu was almost stunned.
"Can you give me so many things?" Tao Yumo murmured to himself.
After the shock, Tao Yushu returned to her usual shrewdness and asked a very important question.
"Comrade, how long is the validity period of this overseas remittance voucher?"
Nowadays, tickets have a validity period and become invalid upon expiration.
The teller said: "We have two types of remittance coupons, one is valid for one year and the other is valid for two years."
After hearing her answer, Tao Yushu said to Lin Chaoyang: "Shopping vouchers are okay, we can buy things. Food stamps, gas stamps, non-staple food stamps, etc., we may not be able to use them in five years!"
She asked the teller again, "Can I use less grain, oil and non-staple food coupons?"
The teller shook his head, "Comrade, these overseas remittance coupons are uniformly issued by the Commerce Bureau, and the product quotas are also fixed. You can only digest the many things by yourself."
Lin Chaoyang whispered: "Let's handle it privately."
Tao Yushu nodded and no longer hesitated.
After coming out of the Bank of China, Lin Chaoyang took stock of what he had gained from withdrawing money today.
The publishing house remitted him 66,000 Hong Kong dollars, 10% of which was deposited in the foreign exchange account of Bank of China, which is 6,600 Hong Kong dollars.
The remaining Hong Kong dollars were settled into RMB, totaling 18,063.54 yuan, and deposited into the passbook.
In addition, there are 180 overseas remittance coupons with a face value of 100 yuan, and the total face value is equivalent to RMB deposits.
These overseas remittance coupons can provide Lin Chaoyang with 1.8 tons of grain, 270 kilograms of cooking oil, 900 non-staple food coupons, and 3,600 shopping coupons.
When we were doing the math just now, everyone actually had no idea.
But when you actually get these overseas remittance coupons, you will understand the impact. The key is that these are all given for free after the exchange is settled. It is difficult to avoid the mentality of getting money for nothing.
Tao Yumo swallowed hard while looking at the overseas remittance coupon in her sister's hand, "Sister, I feel like your family won't have to spend money on rice, flour, grains and oils for five years."
After saying this, she immediately corrected herself, "No! It's not just rice, flour, grains and oils. You can buy four or five color TVs with these shopping coupons."
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my God! I finally understand why those overseas Chinese students in our school are so popular."
"Go home first!"
As the saying goes, wealth should not be revealed, and it was too dangerous to wander around on the street with so many valuable things. Tao Yushu urged her sister to leave.
When they returned home, the three of them gathered together again and looked at the thick stack of overseas remittance coupons on the table.
The foreign exchange and money are all stored in the account, so there is nothing to think about. The difficult thing now is the processing of these overseas remittance coupons.
"I'll find a way to sell these overseas remittance coupons tomorrow," Tao Yushu said.
Lin Chaoyang said: "Don't be in a hurry to sell it, we have to use it ourselves."
"Just leave a small part."
As she spoke, Tao Yushu divided the overseas remittance coupons on the table into two piles. She pointed to a pile of 100 coupons and said, "I will sell these."
Then he pointed to a pile of 80 sheets and said: "We keep these for ourselves. They are valid for two years and are enough for us. It's a pity that my parents can't use these. I'll exchange them for some national food stamps and gas stamps and send them there."
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The "parents" Tao Yushu mentioned were naturally Lin Erchun and his wife. Lin Chaoyang counted 10 overseas remittance coupons from the 100 and said, "Send these to my family."
The home he mentioned was the Tao family. Tao Yushu said: "There is no shortage of things at home."
"It's not a matter of shortage, it's our intention. With these overseas remittance coupons, our family's living standard will be able to reach a higher level this year."
These days, there is no family that does not lack daily necessities. The only difference lies in how much they lack and whether they live a nourishing life.
The advantage of overseas remittance coupons is not the money, but that it has the advantage of combining currency and coupons, which allows people to buy things without having to consider the issue of coupons.
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Tao Yushu's eyes were filled with sweetness, and the couple was filled with affection.
This unexpected piece of dog food almost choked Tao Yumo on the side.
"uh-huh!"
A slight cough interrupted the couple's eyes. Lin Chaoyang glanced at his sister-in-law and took out another overseas remittance coupon.
"Here's this for you. You've done a good job escorting me today." Lin Chaoyang said easily.
Tao Yumo was immediately overjoyed and took the overseas remittance coupon with both hands, almost not bowing to Lin Chaoyang.
"Thank you, brother-in-law!"
Tao Yushu didn't have time to stop Lin Chaoyang and complained: "Why did you give her this? It's not like she doesn't have money!"
A 100-yuan overseas remittance coupon contains 20 kilograms of grain, 1.5 kilograms of oil, 5 non-staple food coupons, and 20 shopping coupons. If calculated in RMB, it is definitely not as much as 100 yuan, but it is definitely thirty or forty yuan.
Worthy.
"You have a share in seeing me. It's been hard for Yumo to open those letters from readers recently."
Lin Chaoyang's words made Tao Yumo grateful, "Brother-in-law, you are the best to me. You are the best to me in our family!"
While she was busy showing her loyalty, she knocked over a boatload of people with one stroke. Tao Yushu next to her almost rolled her eyes.
"I'm not good for you, right?"
Tao Yumo immediately turned around, his face full of flattery, "You and your brother-in-law are the best to me."
Tao Yushu snorted coldly, "That's not what you just said."
"Sister~" The little girl started acting coquettishly, and Tao Yushu was unable to resist at all, so he told her: "Don't show off this thing. If you don't reveal your wealth, it's all in vain, do you understand?"
Tao Yumo immediately became serious, "Understood!"
Chapter completed!