Chapter 151
The head teacher couldn't remember Jiang Ning's name for a moment.
Because Jiang Bai's academic record had been transferred, his head teacher regularly sent him study materials. Jiang Ning's academic record had not yet been transferred. Although it was said before that this class would accept her, since her academic record had not been transferred, there was no need for him to send her study materials. As time went by, he forgot about this girl who had said she wanted to transfer her academic record to their class.
However, the school director reminded him, "She is in her third year of high school now. If she wants to transfer, she should do it as soon as possible. Although it is okay to transfer before the college entrance examination, it is different to adapt to the Shanghai college entrance examination in advance and not adapt to the Shanghai college entrance examination."
It had been so long, and they had only met that girl once. At that time, her brother's student record had been transferred. Although her brother had only been admitted to Shanghai University of Science and Technology, his college entrance examination score was over 580 points, which was several tens of points higher than that of East China University of Science and Technology. If he had not filled in his application form so conservatively, he could have entered a very good university.
I heard that his sister's grades were better than his and she was the top student in the county. Although they didn't think much of her because she was the top student in a small county, if the school had one more student admitted to a key university, their high school admission rate would be higher, especially since they were in one of the best key high schools in Shanghai and their student was just average.
It is not possible for transfer students to enter a high school just because they want to.
Because they remembered this, they called Wucheng No. 1 Middle School. When Jiang Ning left her phone number with Shanghai High School, it was Teacher Wang's phone number in the English department office, so the contact person was Teacher Wang.
At Wucheng No. 1 Middle School, I heard that a high school in Shanghai called Teacher Wang and asked about a student who said her enrollment was transferred to their school, but they didn't ask when her enrollment would be transferred to their school. The teacher of No. 1 Middle School was surprised and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go call Director Wang."
All the teachers at No. 1 Middle School knew Jiang Ning, but not every teacher at No. 1 Middle School knew that Jiang Ning's enrollment was going to be transferred to a high school in Shanghai. So they went from the English Department's office to the Academic Affairs Office and called Teacher Wang, who was now the deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office: "Dean Wang, a high school in Shanghai called you and said that a student wanted to transfer his enrollment and asked when he would be transferred."
Teacher Wang was a little surprised: "You didn't tell him that Jiang Ning had been admitted to Beijing University in advance?"
Teacher Wang was a little confused. Jiang Ning's winning of the gold medal in the IMO competition was reported on the "News Broadcast". It made no sense that the school in Shanghai wouldn't know about it.
Because Jiang Ning was so famous in Wucheng, Teacher Wang didn't expect that the teachers in the school in Shanghai had forgotten Jiang Ning's name.
After receiving the call, Teacher Wang realized that the high school in Shanghai probably couldn't remember Jiang Ning's name, so he had to tell the school in Shanghai: "This student was admitted to Jingcheng University in advance. She went to winter camp last year. Yes, she represented the national team in the IMO and won the gold medal. It was broadcast on the "News Broadcast" two days ago. I don't know if you have watched it."
The principal of the Shanghai High School felt that the name "Jiang Ning" sounded familiar when he saw it in the local news, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it. He heard too many students' names every year, and except for the outstanding ones, it was difficult for him to remember the name of a student who had not transferred to their school.
But he never expected that his high school would miss out on a promising student from Beijing University.
After hearing what the teacher at Wucheng No. 1 Middle School said, he felt like he had missed out on 100 million yuan.
A prospective Peking University student who came to them on his own initiative and the gold medal winner of the IMO competition was actually missed by them. The school director sighed and was heartbroken.
These two students transferred from small places, or because of Shanghai's real estate policy, buying a house will give you a household registration. The house they bought corresponds to their high school, and their high school had to accept them, so they were passively accepted. Therefore, in the matter of transferring academic status, Jiang Ning and others have always been the active ones, and the school is passive. Every term, it is Jiang Bai who calls the Shanghai high school, and the teachers there remember to send him the information.
The attitude of Shanghai high schools towards these two students has always been indifferent and not positive.
This is also normal.
Even though they knew that Jiang Ning was the top scorer in Wucheng County, they didn't take it seriously. Wucheng was too small in their eyes, and they didn't know if a small top scorer in a county could adapt to the college entrance examination in Shanghai. So they really didn't take it seriously. They sent information to Jiang Bai regularly, but it was only based on the school teachers' sense of responsibility and their responsibility to the students of their school.
Who would have known that this top student from a small county was so amazing. Not only was he admitted to Peking University in his second year of high school, he also won the IMO gold medal!
The Shanghai news was replayed in the afternoon. The principal took a few leaders to watch the interview video about IMO again. Although there were more than 30 seconds of content in the news, more than 20 seconds of which were interviews with students from Shanghai Middle School, when Jiang Ning's name appeared, the principal of Shanghai High School still clapped his legs and shouted, pointing at Jiang Ning in the last three seconds of the photo and said, "That's her! She is Jiang Ning! I thought the name sounded familiar at the time, as if I had heard it somewhere before, and I didn't think of her at all!" He sighed hard, "Oh!"
Several other school leaders also expressed regret: "If we had known earlier, we would have let her and her brother transfer their enrollments."
"Yes, it doesn't matter if you don't come to school and still attend classes at your original school, but your student status must be transferred first."
"Who could want to know?"
However, this incident also reminded them that if there are students transferring their academic records in the future, they should transfer their academic records first.
After Teacher Wang hung up the phone, he told Director Wang and the director of the Political Education Department about this matter. Director Wang twisted his teacup, took a sip of tea and said, "Director Zhang is still foresighted. He said before that if Jiang Ning can pass the competition, then the admission quota will be counted for No. 1 Middle School. This is a Peking University student. It has been many years since No. 1 Middle School has produced such a unique Peking University student. Fortunately, he didn't transfer out."
If Director Zhang had not talked to Jiang Ning at that time, Jiang Ning would probably have transferred out, and this Peking University student and the IMO gold medal would have nothing to do with No. 1 Middle School.
Teacher Wang was also drinking tea. He blew away the tea foam on the tea leaves and said in a relaxed manner, "As the saying goes, old ginger is still spicy."
The fact that Jiang Ning won the gold medal with full marks in the IMO competition was not only promoted on banners around the school, but also featured on the cover and inside pages of the school's enrollment brochure this year, with large photos. Now, all the middle schools in Wucheng knew that Jiang Ning had won an international gold medal.
Nowadays, everyone takes the competition very seriously. Even people in the small mountain villages know how many gold medals the country has won and what place it ranks in the overall score. The whole Wucheng has been discussing this issue for some time.
No. 1 Middle School has become the talk of the town. In this year's enrollment, it has won a huge victory. The top students who would have only considered Wuzhong and not No. 1 Middle School in the past now choose No. 1 Middle School instead of Wuzhong.
Obviously, they also have a Tsinghua University student in Wuzhong, but unfortunately their publicity has not kept up.
In Guangzhou, Wang Yong had just gone to work early in the morning when Director Li Ang called him to his office. He handed Wang Yong a newspaper from the People's Daily and pointed to the group photo on it and said to Wang Yong: "Take a closer look. Is this Jiang Ning the Ning Meng we signed a contract with?"
In the entire "Wuxia" magazine, apart from Editor-in-Chief Qian of the Shanghai branch, only Wang Yong has seen Ning Meng in person. Director Li Ang and his colleagues have only heard of him but never seen him in person.
Wang Yong was preparing for Jiang Ning's new work "The Commander of the Imperial Guards" during this period. After "White Snake's Immortality" was completed, "The Commander of the Imperial Guards" took over. There was a period of time in between when he did not write or update, and the effect of the follow-up was not as good as that of "White Snake's Immortality". He did not watch the "News Broadcast" on CCTV, nor did he watch the news programs on their provincial TV station.
As for Guangdong City, since there was also someone from Guangdong Province who entered IMO and won a gold medal this year, the provincial TV station there naturally also had interviews and broadcasts.
For veteran media professionals like Director Li Ang who work in the media and magazine industry, programs like "News Broadcast" are a must-watch every night unless there are unexpected events.
Li Ang was also busy because of the completion of "White Snake" and a lot of things needed to be readjusted at the magazine. He didn't watch the "News Broadcast" during this period, but he watched the news on their provincial TV station.
Wang Yong has always been in charge of the Ning Meng line. Li Ang is not actually familiar with Ning Meng, but he has heard Wang Yong talk about Ning Meng's winter camp training and knows that she is participating in a competition. However, due to the distance between the two, the competition is very unfamiliar to someone of Li Ang's age. He actually does not have much sense of reality until he heard Jiang Ning's name in the news, saw the photo of Jiang Ning and others at the airport, and saw the gold medals on them. Only then did he suddenly realize that the real name of Ning Meng, who was signed to their magazine, seems to be Jiang Ning.
Early in the morning, he bought a newspaper from Renmin University, brought it to the office, called Wang Yong up, and showed it to him.
Wang Yong had taken care of Jiang Ning at close range for two months in Wucheng. Even though he hadn't seen Ning Meng for nearly two years and Ning Meng had changed a lot, he still recognized Ning Meng in the photo at a glance and nodded, saying, "It's Ning Meng."
He picked up the newspaper and read it carefully.
They didn't expect that Ning Meng was so powerful.
Director Li Ang said, "The newspaper said that all the people who went to the IMO competition this time were admitted by Beijing University and Tsinghua University. You can call Ning Meng to ask if she was admitted."
They have actually confirmed that Ning Meng was admitted, but they don't know which school she was admitted to, and they also plan to confirm it in person.
Wang Yong did not hesitate and immediately called the training team where Jiang Ning was staying. The security guard of the training team said that they had all left.
He quickly called the Shanghai phone number she left.
Not only Wang Yong was there, but Director Li Ang was also there.
Jiang Ning asked him what was going on, and Wang Yong asked her if she was the one who won the gold medal in the IMO international competition reported in the news these days, and if she had been admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University in advance.
Jiang Ning said yes.
Director Li Ang immediately answered the phone and asked her, "Ning Meng, I remember you are only in the second year of high school, and you will be in the third year in the second half of the year, right? Since you have been admitted to Peking University in advance, did you register at Peking University in September?"
Jiang Ning said: "No, I am just an auditor. I will not be able to enroll until September 1st next year with the other freshmen."
Director Li Ang said, "Your White Snake has been completed. You said before that you wanted to take a break. In addition, considering that you are in the training team and have no time to write, your new work has not been promoted. Now that the competition is over, you have time to write. This is what I think..." Director Li Ang still retained some institutional characteristics when speaking, "We will save the manuscript first, and wait until August, when you should receive admission letters from major universities one after another. At that time, we will fully promote your new work Jinyiwei. At that time, each issue will be restored to the previous 21,000, and use all promotion channels to announce the news of your admission to Peking University. How about it?"
This is actually using the influence of Peking University to promote Jiang Ning's new work.
I have to say that Director Li Ang is worthy of being the founder of "Wuxia" and a senior media person. Even though he is fifty years old, the reaction speed of his brain is still not comparable to that of a young man like Wang Yong. Yesterday, after seeing the news that Jiang Ning won the IMO gold medal and was admitted in advance, he immediately asked someone about the high school student being admitted to a university in advance. Although he has not confirmed it with Ning Meng herself, he already has an idea in his mind about how to promote Ning Meng's new work "Jin Yi Wei".
It’s best to promote it together with the publishing house. Their serialized magazines and physical books have always complemented each other.
Jiang Ning chuckled and asked Director Li Ang, "Director Li, aren't you afraid that my identity will be leaked and someone will poach me?"
Jiang Ning was well aware of Director Li Ang's strict protection of her real identity. Since she herself did not want anyone to know her real identity, she always cooperated with the "Wuxia" magazine.
Director Li Ang said, "Don't you have to wait until next year to officially enroll?" Director Li Ang laughed heartily, "Then who knows that you are actually a freshman of the next class, not this class?"
This is just a smoke screen.
Moreover, by then, the fact that Ning Meng's real identity is not an "old policeman within the system" but a young college student who was admitted to Peking University this year will inevitably arouse discussion among readers on the Internet. Although the Internet in this era is not as developed as in later generations, with the increasing number of Internet cafes, the number of people using the Internet is also showing a blowout growth.
Not only the discussion about age, but also the discussion about Ning Meng's gender will inevitably enter a new round of discussion and speculation because Ning Meng is a recent college graduate, thus overturning the previous online speculation that Ning Meng is a "male veteran policeman within the system."
While they were congratulating Ning Meng on her admission to Peking University, they also launched Ning Meng's new work "Jin Yiwei Commander". In particular, the protagonist of Ning Meng's new work is actually told from a "female" perspective.
This seems to indirectly prove that 'Ning Meng' is a female.
Regardless of whether they are male or female, what Director Li Ang wants is for them to discuss "Ningmeng" so as to boost the popularity of her new work and then drive the sales of "Wuxia".
After the completion of "White Snake Cultivation", the first print run of "Wuxia" is only one million. Because this article has just been completed, there are still a large number of readers who still retain the habit of buying a copy of "Wuxia" every issue to read. For example, Wu Gongan and others in Jiang Ning's province do not buy every issue, but directly order the annual quantity. Each issue of the magazine will be delivered directly to their units, and they are also used to reading every issue.
They have studied the article "The Great Song Dynasty" written by Ning Meng over and over again, and it is almost torn to pieces. What's more, they actually got some inspiration from this book and solved two major cases, one of which happened a few years ago.
They also found inspiration from "The Great Song Dynasty" and became loyal readers of Ningmeng, following "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality" with great devotion.
But there are also a large number of readers who, after the completion of "White Snake's cultivation of immortality", initially bought a copy of "Wuxia". They even bought two issues, but when there was no new work from Ning Meng, they still followed the works of other authors in "Wuxia" and continued to buy and follow. However, a large number of female readers who read other male-oriented novels in the magazine have lost interest in "Wuxia" and have stopped buying it.
This has caused the sales of "Wuxia" to decrease during this period, and there is a trend of continued decline. This decline is not just a small drop, but a cliff-like drop.
This also shows how big the market for female readers is.
Director Li Ang can’t wait to release Lemon Tree’s new work “The Imperial Guards”.
I won't talk about her original male reader market. Anyway, the male reader market of "Wuxia" is maintained by other serialized works. The huge female reader market brought by Ningmeng is sourced from the Koukou group. More sources can be sorted out in the 52nd issue. Please come to consult
Director Li Ang, who already owns this huge market, cannot give it up at all.
He would rush to call Jiang Ning, which was also a publicity strategy, and it had to be approved by Ning Meng herself first.
It has to be said that professional matters should be left to professionals.
Jiang Ning had previously put all his energy into the competition. Now that the competition is over, he just wants to buy another apartment and then concentrate on writing.
She has bought too many houses, and now the monthly mortgage of over 10,000 yuan is a huge pressure, requiring her to always have income.
The publishing royalties are all paid in one lump sum, and in order to pay off the mortgage, it would be best to have a stable income like I did during the serialization period of "Wuxia".
However, she thought of her friend in her previous life who said that his manuscript fee in Zhiyin in 1998 had reached 600 yuan per thousand words. Now it is the middle of 1997, so she couldn't help but ask Director Li Ang: "Director Li, do you think my manuscript fee should also be increased?"
Director Li Ang was stunned.
Previously, Ning Meng’s royalties were 280 yuan per thousand words, which was indeed not low. However, compared with the huge profits that Ning Meng brought to "Wuxia", this royalty was just a drop in the bucket.
Her royalties are indeed very high compared to other authors of the same period as "Wuxia", or even compared to the salaries in this market environment, but they are indeed very low compared to the amount of profit she personally brings to "Wuxia".
Their first two books, signed with Ningmeng, were single books.
Now that they have seen Ning Meng's huge potential, Director Li Ang is considering whether he can sign Ning Meng directly.
He asked Wang Yong to go to Shanghai again and talk to Jiang Ning in person.
At the end of July, Wang Yong came to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The "Wuxia" magazine now has sufficient funds on its books, not to mention the huge cash flow brought by the sales of the magazine itself. Even if it pays for a promotion in "Wuxia", although it is not as high as the promotion fee in the prime time of the provincial TV station's satellite channel, the promotion fee in "Wuxia" is still a sky-high price among other paper media. Moreover, "Wuxia" is very protective of its reputation and generally rarely accepts random promotions. Its main source of promotion is in the promotion of film and television dramas.
Especially the martial arts TV series in the 1990s, which were a blowout in themselves. After filming a drama in Hong Kong, they wanted to broadcast it in mainland China. The best way to promote it at the moment is not to do it like 20 years later, by promoting it on various variety shows, but to preheat it on "Martial Arts".
Due to the abundance of funds, Wang Yong did not choose to take the green train when he came to Shanghai this time, but instead took a plane.
This was Wang Yong’s first time on a plane.
He hadn't seen Jiang Ning for two years. Even though he had seen her on TV news before, it was only for a few seconds. Now when he saw this girl again, who was over 1.65 meters tall, with long legs, a slender and strong figure, a short ponytail, a full and smooth forehead, and a relaxed look, he could hardly recognize her.
At that time, Jiang Ning was only as tall as his shoulders, with a look of maturity yet childishness. Now she has grown into a graceful young lady, standing in the crowd, so dazzling that people can't take their eyes off her.
Jiang Ning was much more familiar than him. When she saw him, she was almost enthusiastic with a bright smile. She held his hand affectionately, patted his upper arm, and called him, "Brother Yong."
Jiang Ning did not let Wang Yong stay in a hotel, but took him to an apartment that she had already handed over and decorated.
Jiang Ning did not decorate this apartment like the first one, but decorated it into two floors, suitable for renting out single rooms.
She brought Wang Yong to live in one of the single rooms.
Although it is a single room, Jiang Ning's decoration is not bad. It is based on the decoration style of one bedroom and one bathroom twenty years later. There is a whole wall of cabinets for storage, a dry and wet separated bathroom, a water heater, air conditioner, and a washing machine. The only difference is that there is no kitchen.
Because the apartment has no natural gas.
Each room is over 30 square meters. The southeast-facing rooms have entire soundproof glass walls, which provide excellent lighting. The rooms with balconies were fully enclosed at her request, and Manager Qian built bookshelves on the walls on both sides, so that the rooms can be used as a study or a clothes drying room.
After the house was renovated, it has been ventilated all the time. The one that Jiang Ning took him to live in was a one-bedroom, one-bathroom room with a large balcony. The original 20-square-meter balcony was divided into two parts with the next room, and the balcony on this side was about 10 square meters.
It was no different from other hotel rooms outside, because no one had ever stayed there before and it was more crowded.
In the past two years, Wang Yong has helped her a lot. Just the high-quality and affordable clothes that his uncle regularly sends to her, and the shoes that he sends to her from the factory next door, have made Jiang Ning earn a lot of money. More importantly, having such a source of income can make her grandfather and second brother feel at ease.
Wang Yong was not surprised at all that Jiang Ning could buy such a large apartment in Shanghai. Over the years, Jiang Ning had received more than 20,000 yuan in royalties every month just from their "Wuxia", not to mention her royalties from physical books and film and television copyrights with nearly 10 million sales.
What surprised him was that she had turned this apartment building into a serviced apartment for easy renting.
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