Chapter 100
As soon as He Qiaosheng returned home, he locked himself in his room.
He was filled with grievances and had no one to turn to, so he wrote this grief and indignation into the song. His mind was filled with the thought that she had deceived him. As he wrote, a line of thought came into his mind. He made up a story line in his mind, about a boy who had a crush on a girl, but the girl deceived him and gave him a fake name and went to a fake school. He searched for her desperately, but couldn't find her, and finally suddenly learned the truth. The lyrics gradually became smoother, and in the process of writing, he couldn't help but hum along. He wrote and revised the song over and over again, while humming the tune.
When He's mother came back, she saw her son sitting in front of the piano, playing the piano and singing a heart-wrenching song with deep passion. He even cried at the end of the song.
He's mother put down her bag and looked at her son in surprise, who was howling in the house.
She poured herself a glass of water and asked her son jokingly, "Shengsheng, are you heartbroken?"
He Qiaosheng vented his anger and felt very happy. He looked back at his mother. There was no sadness of heartbreak on her face. She was just excited about writing a new song. But when he heard his mother's question, he remembered that Jiang Ning had lied to him. Both ears seemed to droop down. He said, "No."
He's mother drank water while watching her son laugh: "From what I hear from your lyrics, you have a crush on that girl. The girl doesn't like you? And she lied to you?"
As soon as the word 'cheat' was mentioned, He Qiaosheng immediately became restless, "I'll go find her and ask her clearly!"
He's mother watched her son go out and come back in less than a minute. She asked him jokingly, "Why are you back? Didn't you say you wanted to find out?"
He Qiaosheng said as he changed his shoes: "No. 1 Middle School must be closed at this time. I will go find her tomorrow."
He locked himself in the room, and this time he didn't play the piano, but the erhu, and the sound he played was very sad and miserable.
Not long after, He's father came back and heard the sound of the erhu coming from the room. He signaled He's mother with his eyes and asked her, "What happened?"
Mother He was cooking noodles and said with a smile, "I'm heartbroken."
He's father raised his eyebrows in surprise: "When did this silly boy start dating?"
"What good things are you thinking? He has a crush on the girl, but the girl doesn't like him."
He's father laughed out loud when he heard this.
The couple was eating their son's melon when the sound of the erhu in the room suddenly stopped. He Qiaosheng opened the door and looked at the couple: "Dad, I want to learn guitar. Can you buy me a guitar?"
At that time, the Beyond band was very popular all over the country and it was particularly popular to form a band. He Qiaosheng also wanted to form a band, but unfortunately he felt that the musical level of his classmates was not good enough, so he could only sing by himself.
The ratings of "Bao Er" have basically stabilized because of the editor's amazing editing, with each episode edited at the most critical parts, attracting the audience to watch it every night and follow the show every night. The next day, they would call the TV station and scold the people there for being inhuman, asking them to show more episodes, saying that one episode was not enough.
Director Li made a lot of money from GG fees, while other TV stations relied on "Xiang Shuai" to compete for the remaining ratings. In the prime time in the evening, "Bao Er" was the only one that received favor, with the highest ratings even breaking 50. They all knew the benefits of producing their own dramas.
The copyright is in their own hands, and they broadcast the show themselves. Other stations don't have the copyright and can only watch the ratings go to the Z Province Satellite TV Station, but they can't do anything about it. Only the weekend variety shows of the neighboring provinces' TV stations in Z Province can get some of the ratings. But when it is rebroadcast the next day, the audiences in the neighboring provinces will go to watch "Bao Er" again. It can be said that everyone benefits.
Seeing the benefits of self-produced dramas, various TV stations began to learn from Shanghai TV and Z Province TV and also started producing their own dramas.
Seeing that the rerun of "Legend of White Snake" could not attract much ratings and that Apple TV did not have any self-produced dramas, it had to continue broadcasting the previously aired "Legend of White Snake" exclusively. After all, it was different from "Legend of White Snake" which was broadcast in rotation by other channels. Many viewers who had not watched it before because they did not have a TV or who had watched it but had forgotten it, relived "Legend of White Snake" and it did win back some ratings from many TV stations that were broadcasting "Legend of White Snake".
Although Jiang Bai's student status was transferred to a high school in Shanghai, he still took the first and second mock exams at Wucheng No. 1 Middle School. He had strong self-control and studied hard. He not only did the papers sent by the teachers in Shanghai, but also the papers from Wucheng. After the first mock exam, his grades continued to improve, and the school's ranking also improved. Seeing this, his class teacher kept saying, "Such a good university seedling was delayed for two years. If he had worked so hard two years earlier, he might have even better grades now!"
The head teacher was mentioned by other teachers in the class. Although he did not mention the physics teacher's name directly, anyone could hear the dissatisfaction with the physics teacher in his words.
After the midterm exam, Jiang Ning's grades were still ranked first in the grade. The Dean of the Academic Affairs Office suddenly reacted and asked, "The student whose registration was transferred to Shanghai, is he and Jiang Ning's brother? His registration was transferred to Shanghai, so does Jiang Ning's registration have to be transferred to Shanghai as well?"
Although Jiang Ning and Jiang Bai did not hide the fact that they were siblings, who would care whether they were siblings? Jiang Bai eats in the cafeteria every day, and Jiang Ning gets her meals and goes to the store to eat with her grandfather. The two don't often appear in the same frame, and even though their names are similar, many people still don't know that they are siblings.
The Dean of the Academic Affairs Office suddenly remembered this matter when he saw the latest midterm exam score rankings.
When he thought of it, his heart skipped a beat, and then he asked someone to find Jiang Ning to ask him about it.
Jiang Ning naturally nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, Director Zhang felt as if his heart was being cut.
This is his great treasure, the best in the whole county! If the student's academic record is transferred out, No. 1 Middle School will suffer a huge loss!
It would be fine if Jiang Bai transferred out this time, after all, his previous performance was not outstanding, but if Jiang Ning transferred out, it would be a huge loss!
After learning that Jiang Ning was still in the competition class, Director Zhang discussed with Jiang Ning whether he could represent their school in the competition in his second year of high school. It would be best if he could get a good score, but if he couldn't, it didn't matter: "Can you transfer out of school later?"
Jiang Ning's household registration has been transferred to Shanghai, so her student registration only needs to be transferred before the final examination. Her test scores at other times at Wucheng No. 1 Middle School will be counted as those of No. 1 Middle School.
Now that No. 1 Middle School has already started recruiting students from all the other middle schools, there is no need to hold a joint entrance exam. He wants to wait until the second year of high school, when Jiang Ning is still around, to hold another joint entrance exam. It would be best if Wuzhong could be suppressed. Even if not, if the scores are evenly matched, then others will not make the choice between Wuzhong and No. 1 Middle School as they did before. The top students in the high school entrance exam would always choose Wuzhong as their first choice, and No. 1 Middle School would only be able to pick up what's left from Wuzhong.
Director Wang of Wuzhong is also planning to hold the joint examination again in the second half of the year. This year, No. 1 Middle School used it as a stepping stone. If there is no joint examination in the second half of the year, No. 1 Middle School can keep using last year's joint examination results to promote No. 1 Middle School, which will affect Wuzhong's enrollment next year. Director Wang naturally cannot let this influence continue.
Also, in the second half of the year’s competition, I must get good results.
In competitions, Wuzhong won more first and second prizes at the municipal level. It is already a very good result to get a second or third prize at the provincial level every year.
But this year they have a good seedling, and Director Wang wants to try to get to the provincial level. If possible, it would be even better if he could enter the national winter camp.
This was something they had never dared to think about in the past, but this year because of the emergence of Song Peifeng, they dared to think about it.
Now is an era of "National Mathematical Olympiad". The country vigorously cultivates talents in this field. As long as you enter the winter camp, the top 100 to 120 people do not have to take the college entrance examination. They will basically be signed by Tsinghua University and Peking University on the spot.
If their school can produce a student who is admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University, then Wuzhong's position as the number one high school in Wucheng will be completely secured. No. 1 Middle School will no longer be able to compete with them. In the future, when it comes to enrollment, as long as they want top students, they can only think of Wuzhong, and No. 1 Middle School can only pick up what's left from Wuzhong. In the long run, Wuzhong will definitely stand out.
The principals and directors of the two high schools were thinking of good things.
On the other hand, the article "The Great Song Dynasty" is finally coming to an end after being serialized for more than half a year.
"Wuxia" kept asking Jiang Ning to write more. After all, they were just cases, so she could just write one after another. But if an article was too long, the author would fall into a period of burnout, especially since Jiang Ning had to take care of her high school studies. After she finished writing the original plot in the outline, it was difficult to insert other cases into it. Even though "Wuxia" magazine was reluctant, Jiang Ning still sent the last manuscript to "Wuxia" magazine.
Now that a suitable editor-in-chief has been found in Jinshi, Director Li Ang has returned to Guangzhou. After receiving Wang Yong's report that "The Great Song" was completed, he still felt melancholy even though he had been mentally prepared.
"Wuxia" now has both long serials and short stories, but it is still too difficult to find a popular article as phenomenal as "The Great Song Dynasty". After all, the factors that make an article popular are too uncontrollable. In addition to the quality of the article itself, it is also rare to have the luck of being promoted by magazines, publishing houses, and TV stations like "The Great Song Dynasty". This book can be said to be a hero made by the times.
There are now many works imitating "The Great Song" on the market. Some are criminal investigation, some are time travel, there are romantic time travel stories for girls, and there are also works in which the male protagonist travels to ancient times to marry a princess and have three wives and four concubines, but none of them has become as popular as "The Great Song".
It's not that they haven't tried to promote other new works during this period, trying to replace "The Great Song" and become the new representative work of "Wuxia" after "The Great Song" is completed, but "The Great Song" is too popular. Currently, there is no book on the market that can be as successful as "The Great Song" in magazines, books, and TV series, with both high sales and ratings.
Director Li Ang asked: "Did Ning Meng say what she will write next?"
Even if it is a work written by the same author, there is no guarantee that her next work will still perform very well, but at least it can be promoted as Lemon Studio’s latest masterpiece, which can at least generate some heat, which is easier to generate heat than a work written by an unknown author.
Wang Yong shook his head: "She didn't say."
Li Ang paced anxiously in the office and called Editor-in-Chief Bao and others to a meeting.
"After the completion of "The Great Song", the sales of our magazine will definitely be affected. The first print run will be reduced to 800,000."
The first print run of 800,000 is already a very high number. He now only hopes that the total monthly sales can be maintained at 2 million. If not 2 million, 1.5 million will also be fine. He is just afraid that without a representative work, the monthly sales will drop directly to 500,000 like before.
Editor-in-Chief Bao said, “Why don’t we go sign Ning Meng’s next book while she still has some manuscripts in reserve and ask her if she can write the next article first. That way, we can serialize her new article while we’re serializing The Great Song, and take advantage of her current popularity to promote her new article.”
"That's the only way." Li Ang nodded, then looked at Wang Yong and said, "Try to contact Ning Meng and ask her to start writing soon. If that doesn't work, go over there again. As long as we can ensure that she can submit the manuscript on time, we will try our best to complete the things she has to do outside of her studies."
If it were any other author, they wouldn't go to such lengths for him. The truth is that Ning Meng is a high school student, and she has to squeeze out time to write after studying. If there were other trivial matters distracting her, she would really have no time to write. But her manuscript is too important for their "Wuxia" right now.
Wang Yong also said with some concern: "She will be a sophomore in the second half of the year. Will she have time to write?"
Li Ang knocked the table with the tip of his pen. "If it doesn't work, raise her fee. Raise it to 300 per thousand words. I don't believe she will not write with such a high fee!"
He was not worried that Ning Meng would deliberately write her work as long as a foot binding cloth in order to reach such a high number of thousand words. If she really wanted to do so, she could just continue writing "The Great Song Dynasty". Why bother to finish "The Great Song Dynasty"?
Editor-in-Chief Bao and Wang Yong were a little worried: "What if her second article does not perform well?"
Then it would be a huge loss for them to give out the royalties.
Li Ang thought about the figures on their books. The income that the article "The Great Song" brought to their entire magazine was sky-high in this era. He made a decision immediately: "With the income that the article "The Great Song" brought to our magazine alone, we won't lose money even if we double the royalties. That's it. Xiao Wang, contact Ning Meng as soon as possible."
After Jiang Ning finished writing "The Great Song Dynasty", he did want to take a break for a while.
Since her rebirth, her daily schedule has been tightly arranged, leaving her with no time for herself at all, like a fully drawn bowstring.
With the release of the third and fourth volumes of the physical books of "The Great Song Dynasty", she is no longer short of money. Besides, the fifth volume will also be released, which will bring her another income from royalties.
With so much money in the passbook, it would just sit there anyway. She planned to wait for Jiang Bo to finish the college entrance examination and go to Shanghai, then buy two shops near his school and let Grandpa Jiang continue to sell clothes in the shops so that he would have something to do.
In addition, now that I have more money, I can renovate the villa and the other two apartments.
The villa had never been renovated before. Renovating a villa is not a small amount of money. With the money for renovating the villa, she can take advantage of the current cheap prices and buy a few more properties as backup.
But she also took into consideration Grandpa Jiang's old rheumatoid arthritis. After all, a house is just an inanimate object, and money is enough as long as it is sufficient. In her heart, the most important thing is that Grandpa lives comfortably.
She plans to install floor heating in all areas of the villa so that Grandpa Jiang will be more comfortable in winter.
Floor heating is currently mostly installed in the north, but in Shanghai, most people install air conditioning and fewer install floor heating. Jiang Ning still needs to contact Manager Qian to see if he can help her contact someone who can install floor heating.
Manager Qian was very excited when he received a call from Jiang Ning saying that he wanted to renovate the villa and install floor heating throughout the villa.
This means he has received another big order.
At present, the decoration drawings have not come out yet. We have to wait for Jiang Ning to come to Shanghai, and the two of them will discuss the decoration style before decorating. However, regarding the laying of floor heating, he can contact and arrange it in advance. Jiang Ning can come over on May 1st to confirm the decoration style, and then they can officially start.
Jiang Ning's previous apartment has been fully renovated. After obtaining Jiang Ning's consent, her apartment is currently used as one of the model houses in their sales office and is also open to customers for viewing.
Because Jiang Ning's house was used as the company's model house, their boss bought all the furniture and appliances, including the bed, dishwasher, and sofa.
Because this house is an apartment, there is no gas supply. If Jiang Ning wants to live here, he will have to use a gas tank.
This is very common in this era. Basically, people burn gas cylinders, but very few use natural gas.
Jiang Ning's villa, however, will be equipped with natural gas.
After not having to type, Jiang Ning felt much more relaxed, as if he had taken a long vacation.
Unfortunately, only a few days into the long vacation, Wang Yong called Jiang Ning's shop to ask her about her new article.
Jiang Ning said in a relaxed and cheerful tone: "Let's talk about it during the summer vacation. Let's take a break for now."
Wang Yong said anxiously, "Don't wait until summer vacation. How long has it been since Bao Er was released? The popularity has faded. You have to start writing now while it's the hottest."
Jiang Ning said slowly: "No hurry, I have enough money to spend."
Wang Yong said: "Our director said that if you start a new article now, your rate will be raised to 300 per thousand words!"
Wang Yong got a salary increase this year, and his monthly salary is only 300 yuan. The rest is the bonus he got from "The Song of Great Song". Once "The Song of Great Song" is finished, his bonus will also decrease, so he also wants Jiang Ning to start a new one as soon as possible.
Jiang Ning, who was originally giving herself a holiday, heard that the quota had increased from 1,000 words to 300 words, and felt that she was good enough again. She thought about it and said, "I'll think about what to write for the new article and then tell you."
Wang Yong begged: "You have to hurry up!"
Jiang Ning was indeed thinking about what to write.
"Wuxia" is a martial arts magazine mainly for male readers. Although there are many more female readers now, it is definitely not acceptable to write pure romance novels. Modern officialdom novels are not suitable for serialization in "Wuxia". Historical novels are not acceptable either. But if it is purely about martial arts novels, who can compete with today's Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Wen Ruian?
Therefore, pure martial arts is still not enough.
Grandpa Jiang is still watching TV in the store.
He has finished watching "Justice Bao" and has now tuned to "The Legend of White Snake" which is currently being broadcast on Apple TV. This drama is indeed a big hit. Even though it was broadcast two years ago, it still attracted a large number of viewers when it was broadcast again.
Jiang Ning was listening to the song "If we are destined to meet, we will meet even if we are thousands of miles apart ~ If we are not destined to meet, it will be difficult to hold hands ~" coming from the TV, and suddenly an idea flashed through her mind: she could write a novel about cultivating immortals!
She originally wanted to write a traditional story about cultivating immortals and upgrading, but after watching the TV show White Snake repaying Xu Xian’s kindness by giving herself to him and being trapped under the Leifeng Pagoda for so many years, she suddenly wanted to write a different story about the White Snake’s cultivation of immortals. Since both were stories about repaying a favor, why could White Snake only repay her kindness by giving herself to him?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ning's mind was instantly filled with inspiration. She did not sit idle and directly turned on the computer and quickly typed on it: "The Years I Was a White Snake Cultivating Immortality".
Yes, she intends to continue to ride on her own popularity by linking the title of her new work with the title of her previous book, “The Great Song Dynasty,” so that readers will know that the new work is written by the same author as “The Great Song Dynasty” as soon as they see the title.
She quickly read the outline. The heroine traveled to another world and found herself in a closed environment when she woke up. She had a vague premonition that if she didn't break free, she would suffocate here, so she struggled desperately and finally broke through the small space that trapped her. After coming out, she found that what trapped her was a white eggshell, and she was transformed into a little white snake that had just hatched from the egg.
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