Chapter 2929 [Update 1]

"You just said that Wucheng No. 1 Middle School is under closed management?" Director Li asked Wang Yong, "Does that mean that students can't leave at all?"

"That's not true." Wang Yong reported his investigation to Director Li: "The school also has day students. They go to school at 6 a.m. and finish their evening self-study at 9:30 p.m. Day students also go to and from school at this time. Boarding students stay in school all day and cannot go out."

"What about the weekend?"

"I don't know about the weekend yet. They were in military training last weekend and went straight to class the next day."

"Is there an Internet cafe nearby? What time does it close at night?"

“There is no internet cafe nearby.”

In order to investigate and inquire about Ning Meng's affairs, Wang Yong has run all over the neighborhood these days.

There are four high schools nearby, including Wucheng Senior High School and Wucheng No. 1 High School, and there are No. 2 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School not far away.

"Okay, I got it." Director Li rubbed his forehead and had a rough idea in his mind. "Go find Jiang Ning."

He already knew roughly that Ning Meng was probably Jiang Ning, who was less than fourteen years old. If she was really someone in the public security system as the police had inferred, it would be impossible for her not to reply to the email until now.

Unless he goes undercover.

This little girl is so familiar with the police's criminal investigation methods, probably because she has a relative or friend working in the public security system.

He walked to Editor-in-Chief Bao's office and said to him, "Pay attention to the submission box these days to see if there's any letter from Jiang Ning. She lives far away from here, and it takes time for her to write and send it over. Don't give up until the last minute. If it really doesn't work, don't you have two chapters reserved? Publish those two chapters in the fifth issue."

Yes, with the end of Jiang Ning's military training, the fourth issue of "Wuxia" was also sent out, but it is still being distributed in Guangzhou and has not yet been distributed to Nanshi and Shanghai. In this issue, Director Li finally achieved the first print run of one million copies, just like they did when they first started the magazine.

He knew that too many manuscripts had been released and the fifth issue might not be published, but he could not let go of such enthusiasm, especially at the critical moment when his Guangzhou branch was about to be closed down.

The hot sales of these issues of the magazine also brought huge profits to the "Wuxia" magazine, and even GG approached them.

The higher-ups have finally stopped talking about closing down the Guangshi branch for the time being, but no one can guarantee how long this level of enthusiasm can last.

If this level of popularity cannot be sustained, it is only a matter of time before the magazine withdraws from the market.

"We still have to ask Wang Yong to urge her to submit her manuscripts." It would be troublesome if the other party was really a high school student. The number of manuscripts would definitely decrease, especially as she gets into her second and third years of high school. The study becomes more intense and the time she has to write becomes less. She can't just rely on Ning Meng for the manuscripts.

“We still need to solicit more articles.”

But who doesn’t know that we need to solicit articles? When has their magazine ever stopped soliciting papers? But now there are more and more martial arts novels on the market. With the martial arts novels of Gu Long, Jin Yong, Wen Ruian and others becoming popular in mainland China, the impact on the mainland martial arts market is huge.

A drama like "The Great Song" has completely opened up a theme that is different from traditional martial arts, while also taking into account the current popularity of criminal investigation, reasoning and detective stories. It can be said to be unique.

Even if someone imitates Ning Meng in the future, it may not be as popular as "Judge Bao". Even if it can catch up with the popularity of "The Song Dynasty", how many people in the field of criminal detective cases can make each case interconnected and extremely exciting, and at the same time control the rhythm as experienced as Ning Meng?

I just hope Ning Meng is not a high school student.

Jiang Ning didn't know at this time that someone had been looking for her for several days.

While Wang Yong was on the phone with Director Li, Jiang's father also used a cart to pull 400 kilograms of food to the gate of No. 1 Middle School. He didn't know which class Jiang Ning was in, so he just said to the guard, "I'm here to deliver food to Jiang Bai in Class 8 of Senior 3. Please call Jiang Bai."

The students were in class at that time, so he naturally would not call out Jiang Bai who was at a critical moment in his studies. Instead, he checked the rice on Jiang's father's cart, and after making sure that there was no problem, he asked Jiang's father to register it. Then he locked the guard room and led Jiang's father to the cafeteria. After the chef in the cafeteria weighed the food, he gave Jiang's father 400 kilograms of food coupons.

He thought that Jiang's father had prepared a whole year's worth of food for Jiang Bai, so he didn't ask much. He looked at the time and said, "It's almost time for them to finish class. Wait here for five minutes and I'll call someone for you."

The senior high school students were gathered on the fifth and sixth floors. The security guard came out of the cafeteria, climbed up to the fifth floor, and walked to the door of Class 8. Less than two minutes later, the bell rang. The teacher inside delayed the class for five minutes and came out of the classroom. The security guard stood at the door and shouted, "Jiang Bai, who is Jiang Bai?"

Jiang Bai at the back stood up and raised his hand: "It's me."

"Come out for a moment."

After Jiang Bai came out, he told him about Jiang's father coming to bring him food: "Your father is waiting for you at the entrance of the cafeteria." He pointed at the tall man standing at the entrance of the cafeteria not far away: "Look, is that your father?"

After getting Jiang Bai's definite answer, the security guard did not delay and quickly ran to his guard room.

The guard room is still locked!

Jiang Bai ran to the cafeteria door in small steps. Jiang's father found that after not seeing him for half a year, his second son had grown a lot taller and was almost as tall as him.

He unfolded four hundred kilograms of food coupons and handed them to Jiang Bai, saying, "I heard from your grandfather that Ningning has come to school to register. You and Ningning should each have half of the food coupons. Do you know which class she is in? How is she now?" He mainly wanted to ask about tuition fees.

Jiang Bai didn't know what he was asking about, so he nodded and said, "Very good."

"It's good." He took out another two hundred yuan and gave it to Jiang Bai. It was the private money he had saved from selling crayfish some time ago. "Your mother didn't give Ningning tuition. Ningning made some money by selling crayfish. Some time ago, she went to the brick factory to move bricks. Three yuan a day, I don't know if it's enough. This is the money I saved secretly during this period. Give it to her. Don't tell your mother when you go back."

Jiang Bai didn't expect that Jiang's mother didn't give her sister tuition, but when he thought about it, it didn't seem to be a strange thing. His mother always only cared about his eldest brother.

He nodded silently in response, "Well, I'll pass it on to her."

Father Jiang had no concerns about his son, so he handed him two cans of salted fish from his snakeskin bag. "I found these on the riverbank when the hydroelectric station was pumping water some time ago. I sold all the live fish, and I pickled the remaining dead fish and small fish droppings. You and Ningning each have one bottle. When you finish eating, I'll have someone bring them back to you."

It’s not worth making a special trip to Wucheng just for two bottles of fish, so I can only ask relatives and friends who come to Wucheng for business.

"kindness."

Father Jiang looked at his second son, who was not much shorter than him, and patted his shoulder: "Your brother didn't come back to repeat his studies. He went to Shenzhen. No one knows where he is now. You and your sister are the only ones in school now. Study hard and get into a good university. Don't be like your brother."

His tone was weak.

Speaking of which, Jiang Song's grades are really not bad, otherwise Jiang's father and mother would not have placed such high hopes on him.

However, the college entrance examination system at that time was different from that of later generations. You had to fill in your application form first, then take the exam, and then estimate your scores.

Jiang Song was praised by his parents since he was a child and had a high opinion of himself. He applied to several good universities, but in the end he failed to get into any of them.

In her previous life, Jiang Ning happened to be the first batch to be admitted after the college entrance examination reform, which required students to estimate their scores before filling out their application forms.

He paused for a moment, and the father and son had nothing to say: "Then you should study hard. I will go back if you are short of money or food coupons. If you need money or food coupons, please tell someone to come back and tell me. I will send them to you."

He was pulling a cart, his back looking dreary. The energy that was always full of hope and enthusiasm in previous years seemed to have disappeared all at once, and he looked a little old for no reason.

Jiang Bai held the money and food coupons in his hand, looked at his departing back, and remained silent.

A moment later, he hurriedly sent it to Jiang Ning before class started.

Jiang Ning took the money and food coupons from Jiang Bai. After hearing that they were sent by Jiang's father, she didn't say anything. She just said, "I know. You can eat the salted fish. I brought it."

Jiang Bai didn't force her, they could eat together later anyway: "I heard from Dad that Mom didn't give you tuition." He took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave it to her: "I don't have much money on me, take this ten yuan first."

Jiang's mother gave him a total of 800 yuan. After paying for tuition, books, and accommodation, there was very little left.

But he had food coupons, and he didn't leave school on a daily basis, so he had little place to spend money.

As long as I don’t starve, it’s fine.

Jiang Ning didn't answer and shook her head: "No, Dad told me, right? I made some money selling crayfish during the summer vacation. Now I have the two hundred yuan that Dad gave me. I'm not short of money for now. You can take it."

Jiang Bai looked at her shaved head and didn't ask her why she shaved her hair like that. He just said, "I'm on the fifth floor, class eight. Tell me if anyone bullies you."

Jiang Ning chuckled, laughing at the mistakes of her past life, and said, "Well, don't worry, no one can bully me."

No one can bully her anymore.

Jiang Bai finally couldn't help it and touched her head. Then he turned around and ran back to the classroom before the bell rang.

At this time, teachers of all classes and subjects for freshmen are all working overtime to mark the test papers for the initial test at the beginning of the semester. They try to finish marking all the test papers before their classes start the next day.

The first paper that I finished grading was, of course, the English paper of Mr. Wang, the head teacher of Class 3, who took the first exam yesterday.

Knowing that Teacher Wang had finished grading the English papers, the English teachers in other classes who were still grading papers couldn't help but look up and ask Teacher Wang with a smile: "How was your class's test?"

This office is full of people from the English group, including English teachers from the experimental class and the cutting-edge class.

They all know that Teacher Wang announced in class on the first day of school that the student must get first place in English in the grade!

When they asked him this question, there was a hint of mockery in their smiles.

Teacher Wang looked at the teasing expressions on their faces and couldn't help but smile. He calmly took out a test paper and placed it on the top, tapping the paper and saying, "Full marks."

For this pre-semester assessment, the teachers consciously wanted to give the freshmen, who had had a relaxing summer vacation, a warning. A lot of knowledge that was only learned in the first year of high school was included in the test paper, so it is not easy to get full marks. For the top students in the experimental class and the cutting-edge class, it is still possible, but it is not easy for the students in the parallel classes to get full marks.

"Mr. Wang, you can't let them off just because they are students from your own class, right?" The other teachers in the English group deliberately made fun of Mr. Wang. They couldn't stand his cocky look.

Teacher Wang said with a "tsk" sound, "Go and see for yourself!"

The teacher sitting opposite him was a female comrade. She smiled and took the test paper he had placed on the table. Teacher Wang reached out and pushed the paper forward.

The female teacher took the test paper, looked at both sides, especially the composition, and said in surprise: "It really is full marks." Even the composition is well written, and there is no point in deducting points.

Upon hearing this, Teacher Wang couldn't help but become even more proud. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip very comfortably.

Upon hearing this, the other teachers also came over to take a look. After reading it, they looked at the name on the left side of the test paper - Jiang Ning.