Chapter 9: Classmates
After breakfast, Ma Hongwei got on his bicycle and went straight to the Temple of Heaven Park.
Now he doesn't have enough start-up capital, so he can only continue to work as a tour guide for foreigners in the short term, so as to earn tips.
It didn't take long for Ma Hongwei to see foreigners coming one after another.
Then, he found his target and walked straight forward.
Unfortunately, not everyone needs a guide.
This time, Ma Hongwei hit a wall.
Ma Hongwei did not continue to grind there, but apologized and changed to another target.
In any case, people are "foreign adults", and they can't annoy people, right?
Otherwise, if people complain, then he will definitely not be able to continue to do this wild road guide.
Fortunately, although there are not many foreigners here, they are not rare enough to be comparable to giant pandas.
There are more than 5 million foreigners a year, which may not sound like a lot, but at that time, most of the interior was not liberalized, and foreigners could not go there casually, and they had to be approved and accompanied by specialized personnel.
As a result, most foreigners can only be in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou most of the time.
Moreover, as the capital, the capital also has the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall and other places of interest, which is the first choice for these foreigners.
No, it didn't take long for Ma Hongwei to finally find two Japanese couples who were willing to let him be tour guides.
Although the couple was a little arrogant, they were still relatively generous, don't look at it as just two people, but they gave Ma Hongwei 20 pounds.
According to the official exchange rate, 1 pound can be exchanged for more than 2 RMB.
Ma Hongwei lamented: "It's a pity that the capital is too far away from Hong Kong Island, otherwise the money can buy almost 4 tape recorders!" ”
(A cassette recorder is a tape recorder, because it can be used as both a radio and a record, so it was called a cassette recorder in the past.) )
At the exchange rate at the time, 20 pounds could be exchanged for more than 350 Hong Kong dollars.
On Hong Kong Island, the price of a cassette recorder is only more than 90 Hong Kong dollars.
Department stores in Beijing also sell tape recorders, and the cheapest one is more than 200, and you also need a ticket.
If you don't have a ticket and want to buy it on the black market, it will cost four or five hundred dollars.
It can be seen from this that at that time, these electronic products in the southern region made huge profits.
It is no wonder that Ye Jihuan, one of the four gangsters in Xiangjiang, would give up the business of robbing gold shops and banks in Xiangjiang, and instead began to go to the mainland to take water and household appliances.
Ma Hongwei didn't go to other places today, he was here in the Temple of Heaven Park all day, so there was no need to rush extra, and the Temple of Heaven was relatively small, which saved time.
In the following time, he took three more purchases, one for 15 dollars, one for 10 dollars, and one for 3,000 yen (yen).
At the exchange rate at the time, 1 dollar was exchanged for 250 yen.
20 pounds, 25 US dollars, 3,000 yen, these are Ma Hongwei's gains today, which is a little more than yesterday.
In addition to making money, Ma Hongwei did not forget other things.
Looking at his watch, Ma Hongwei found that it was a little later than yesterday.
So as soon as he "got off work", he rode his bicycle and frantically headed towards the workers' song and dance troupe.
When he got there, he had just met the song and dance troupe after work.
Today's Guo Lingyu is wearing a pink slim long-sleeved dress, which sets off her figure, with a pair of white leather shoes on her feet, which makes her look taller, and a red handbag on her shoulder.
In addition, Guo Lingyu's face was also painted with exquisite makeup, which made her already beautiful face.
Seeing Guo Lingyu dressed like this, Ma Hongwei guessed that the other party might have an appointment today, otherwise he wouldn't dress himself like this.
Sure enough, as Ma Hongwei followed, he found that Jia Wei did not send Guo Lingyu home today.
The two rode a bicycle together and kept heading in the direction of Chongwenmen.
Ma Hongwei followed, and when he passed by an alley, a bicycle suddenly rushed out of the alley next to him.
"Poof!"
Immediately, the two bicycles collided together, and Ma Hongwei was directly knocked to the ground.
"Who TM dares to ......"
The man was about to scold, but when he saw that it was Ma Hongwei, he hurriedly put back the words behind him, and then asked, "It's Hongwei, what are you doing in such a hurry?" ”
Ma Hongwei turned his head and saw that there was a burly, slightly obese man on the ground.
After seeing each other, Ma Hongwei also recognized each other.
This person was his classmate, named Cai Weidong.
The relationship between the two is very good, in his previous life, he was a tour guide, and the other party brought him up.
"It's Weidong!"
Ma Hongwei pulled the other party up and said briefly: "Come with me, I need your help!" ”
"Okay, I just don't have anything to do."
Cai Weidong nodded and asked, "I don't know, what do you want me to do?" ”
"Let's talk as we ride."
Ma Hongwei said, then got on his bicycle and chased forward.
Fortunately, there were few vehicles that year, so he didn't lose Guo Lingyu.
At this time, Cai Weidong finally followed, and asked curiously: "I said grandeur, what happened, you ride so fast?" ”
"Catch the traitor!"
Ma Hongwei gritted his teeth and said: "TM, Lao Tzu is green." ”
In this life, from the moment he planned to send Guo Lingyu and the others to prison, he was destined to have this matter unconcealed.
After all, 80 years is not the era when divorce was easy in later generations.
In those days, couples generally did not divorce unless they had to do so, because once divorced, it would be difficult to get married again, and they would always be discriminated against.
And at that time, divorce did not mean that you could leave and leave, first of all, you had to declare the units of both parties, and after the declaration, the unit would also send people to talk, and some would do ideological work for both parties to persuade them to continue to live.
It was this kind of trouble, coupled with Ma Hongwei's unwillingness in his heart, that he planned to flip the table directly.
Since these last acquaintances will know, there is no need for him to hide them now.
"You're green?"
Cai Weidong was stunned for a moment, but then nodded and said: "To be honest, I'm not surprised by this matter, after all, your wife's profession is really too much, and you have to hug and dance with men every day."
As the saying goes, your wife spends more time with that male dance partner than with your husband, so it's no surprise that something happens between the two. ”
Before Ma Hongwei got married, several of them also persuaded Ma Hongwei.
After all, when they watched the performance, they saw Guo Lingyu and the male dance partner hugging.
Although it was all a show, the social atmosphere at that time was still very conservative, and dating between men and women was at most sitting together, and even holding hands had to be secretly pulled in private, let alone hugging.
It is precisely because of this that their impression of Guo Lingyu has not been very good.
Now it seems that they really didn't misunderstand each other.