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As soon as He Qiaosheng got home, he locked himself in his room.
He was full of grievances and had no one to complain to, so he wrote this sad emotion into the song. His mind was full of her deception. As he wrote, he sorted out a line in his mind. He made up a story line in his mind, about a boy who had a crush on a girl, but the girl lied to him and gave him a fake name and a fake school. He searched hard but couldn't find the truth, and finally suddenly learned the truth. The line was sorted out, and the lyrics gradually fell into place. In the process of writing, he couldn't help but hum along. He wrote and revised it over and over again, while humming the tune.
When He's mother came back, her son was in front of the piano, playing the piano and singing with deep emotion. He even cried at the end of the song.
He's mother put down her bag and looked at her son crying at home in astonishment.
She poured herself a glass of water and asked her son with a smile: "Shengsheng, are you heartbroken?"
He Qiaosheng vented his anger and was in a good mood. He looked back at He's mother. There was no trace of the sadness of a broken heart on his face, only the excitement of writing a new song. But when he heard his mother's question, he remembered that Jiang Qi had lied to him, and both ears seemed to droop down. He said, "No."
Mother He drank some water while looking at her son and laughed, "From what I heard from your lyrics, you have a crush on that girl, but the girl doesn't like you? And she lied to you?"
As soon as the word "lie" was mentioned, He Qiaosheng was immediately shocked. Unable to sit still, "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 with a smile: "Why are you back? Didn't you say you would ask her clearly?"
He Qiaosheng said while changing his shoes: "No. 1 Middle School must be closed at this time. I'll go find her tomorrow."
He locked himself in the room. This time he didn't play the piano, but played the erhu in the room. The sound was sad and miserable.
Not long after, He's father came back and heard the sound of the erhu in the room. He signaled to He's mother with his eyes and asked her: "What's wrong?"
He's mother was cooking noodles and said with a smile: "He's heartbroken."
He's father raised his eyebrows in surprise: "When did this silly boy fall in love?"
"What are you thinking? He has a crush on the girl, and the girl doesn't like him."
He's father laughed.
The couple was enjoying 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 forming a band was especially popular. He Qiaosheng also wanted to form a band, but unfortunately he felt that his classmates' music level was not good enough, so he could only sing by himself.
The ratings of "Bao Er" have basically stabilized, because the editor's magic editing, each episode is edited at the most critical place, which attracts the audience to watch every night, chase every night, and call the TV station the next day to scold the TV station for being unkind, and ask them to show more, one episode is not enough.
Director Li made a lot of money from his TV program. Other TV stations relied on "Hong Shuai" to compete for the remaining ratings. In the prime time at night, "Bao Er" was the only one that was favored. The highest ratings even broke 50. They all knew the benefits of self-produced dramas.
The copyright was only in their hands. They broadcast it themselves. Other stations did not have the copyright and could only watch the ratings go to the Z Province Satellite TV Station. They could do nothing about it. Only the weekend variety shows of the neighboring provincial stations in Z Province could get a little ratings. But the audiences in the neighboring provinces all watched "Bao Er" again when it was replayed the next day. It can be said that everyone benefited.
Seeing the benefits of self-produced dramas, various TV stations also began to learn from Shanghai TV Station and Z Province TV Station and also started to produce self-produced dramas.
Apple TV saw that the rerun of "Hong Shuai" could not grab any ratings, and it did not have any self-produced dramas, so it had to take out the previously broadcast "The Legend of the White Snake" and continue to broadcast it exclusively. After all, it was different from the "Hong Shuai" that was broadcasted in rotation by other TV stations. Many viewers who had not watched it before because they did not have a TV, or those who had watched it but had forgotten it, revisited "White Snake" and snatched back some ratings from many TV stations that broadcast "Hong Shuai".
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 teachers in Shanghai, but also the papers from Wucheng. After the first mock exam, his grades were still improving, and the school's ranking was also improving. His head teacher kept saying, "Such a good college student was delayed for two years. If he had worked so hard two years earlier, he might have done better now!"
This was said by other teachers in the class. Although he did not mention the physics teacher's name directly, everyone could hear his dissatisfaction with the physics teacher in his words.
After the midterm exam, Jiang Wu's grades were still firmly ranked first in the grade. The Dean of the Academic Affairs Office suddenly reacted and said, "Is the student whose enrollment was transferred to Shanghai City Jiang Wu's brother? His enrollment was transferred to Shanghai City, so should Jiang Wu's enrollment also be transferred to Shanghai City?"
Although Jiang Wu and Jiang Bai did not hide the fact that they were brother and sister, who would care whether they were brother and sister? Jiang Bai ate in the cafeteria every day, and Jiang Wu took a meal and went to the store to eat with his grandfather every day. The two did not often appear in the same frame. Even though their names were similar, many people did not know that they were brother and sister.
The Dean of the Academic Affairs Office also suddenly remembered this 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 Wu to ask clearly.
Jiang Xi nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, Director Zhang felt a pain in his heart as if a piece of flesh was cut out.
This is his big baby, the best in the whole county! If the student's registration is transferred out, their No. 1 Middle School will suffer a great loss!
It's okay to transfer out Jiang Bai this term, after all, his grades were not outstanding before, but if Jiang Xi is transferred out, it will be a big loss!
After learning that Jiang Xi was still in the competition class, Director Zhang discussed with Jiang Xi whether he could represent their school to participate in the competition in the second year of high school. It would be best if he could get a good grade, but it didn't matter if he couldn't: "Can you transfer out the student registration later?"
Jiang Xi's household registration has been transferred to Shanghai, and the student registration only needs to be transferred before the college entrance examination. The test scores at other times in Wucheng No. 1 Middle School will be counted as those of No. 1 Middle School.
Now No. 1 Middle School has already started recruiting students from other middle schools, so there is no need to hold a joint exam. He wants to wait until the second year of high school, when Jiang Xi is still there, to hold a joint exam. If he can suppress Wu Middle School, that would be the best. Even if he can't, if the scores are evenly matched, people will not choose between Wu Middle School and No. 1 Middle School as they did before. The top students in the middle school entrance exams all chose Wu Middle School as their first choice, and No. 1 Middle School can only pick up what Wu Middle School has left.
Director Wang of Wu Middle School is also planning to hold a joint exam again in the second half of the year. In fact, No. 1 Middle School has used this year as a stepping stone. If they don't hold a joint exam in the second half of the year, No. 1 Middle School can continue to use last year's joint exam results to promote No. 1 Middle School, which will affect Wu Middle School's enrollment next year. Director Wang naturally can't let this influence continue.
Also, we must achieve good results in the competition in the second half of the year.
Wuzhong usually won first and second prizes in the city competitions. It was already a very good result to win a second or third prize at the provincial level every year.
But this year they had a good seedling, and Director Wang wanted to make a push for the provincial first prize. If possible, it would be even better if he could enter the national winter camp.
This was something they didn't even dare to think about in the past, but this year because of Song Peifeng, they dared to think about it.
Now is the era of "National Mathematical Olympiad", and the country is vigorously cultivating talents in this area. As long as you enter the winter camp, the top 100 to 120 do not have to take the college entrance examination, and they are basically signed by Tsinghua University and Peking University on the spot.
If their school can produce a student who can be admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University, then Wuzhong's position as the top high school in Wucheng will be completely stable. No. 1 High School will never be able to compete with them. In the future, when it comes to recruiting top students, they can only think of Wuzhong, and No. 1 High School can only pick up the remaining students from Wuzhong. In the long run, Wuzhong will definitely stand out.
The principals and directors of the two high schools are all thinking about good things.
On the other hand, after being serialized for more than half a year, the article "The Great Song" is finally coming to an end.
"Wu Xia" had been asking Jiang Xi to write more. After all, it was just a case, so she just had to write one after another. But when a piece of writing is too long, the author will also fall into a period of fatigue, especially since Jiang Xi 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 "Wu Xia" magazine was reluctant, Jiang Xi still sent the last manuscript to "Wu Xia" magazine.
Now that Jinshi has found a suitable editor-in-chief, Director Li Ang has returned to Guangzhou. After receiving Wang Yong's report that "Da Song" was finished, even though he had been mentally prepared, he still felt melancholy.
"Wuxia" now has both long serials and short stories, but it is still very difficult to find a popular article like "Da Song". After all, the factors that make a piece of article popular are too uncontrollable. In addition to the quality of the article itself, it is also a rare opportunity to have the luck of being promoted by magazines, publishing houses, and TV stations like "Da Song". This book can be said to be a hero made by the times.
There are many works imitating "Da Song" on the market now, some are criminal investigation, some are time travel, some are female romances, and some are male protagonists who travel to ancient times to marry princesses and have three wives and four concubines, but none of them are as popular as "Da Song".
They did try to promote other new works during this period, trying to replace "The Great Song" and become the new representative work of "Wu Xia" after "The Great Song" was finished, but "The Great Song" was too popular. There is no book on the market that can be as popular as "The Great Song" in magazines, books, and TV series, with high sales and ratings.
Director Li Ang asked: "Did Xi Meng say what she will write next?"
Even if it is a work written by the same author, it is difficult to guarantee that her next work will still perform very well, but at least it can be promoted as Xi Meng's latest masterpiece, at least it can bring some heat, which is easier to get 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."
A first print run of 800,000 is already a very high number. He now only hopes that the monthly total sales can be maintained at 2 million. If not 2 million, 1.5 million will be fine. He is afraid that after there is no masterpiece that goes beyond the circle, the monthly sales will drop directly to 500,000 like before.
Editor-in-Chief Bao said: "Why don't we sign the next book of Meng Meng while we still have manuscripts in reserve and ask her if she can write the next article first. In this way, we can serialize "The Great Song" while serializing her new article, and take over the period, and promote her new article while she is popular now."
"That's the only way." Li Ang nodded, then looked at Wang Yong and said, "Try to contact Xi Meng and ask her to start writing as soon as possible. If that doesn't work, you can go there again. As long as we can guarantee 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 another author, they would not go to such lengths for one author. The truth is that Xi Meng is a high school student, and she has to squeeze out time to write after studying. If there are other trivial matters to distract her, then she really has no time to write. But her manuscript is too important to their "Wuxia" right now.
Wang Yong was also a little worried and said: "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 really doesn't work, give her a higher fee. Increase it to 300 per thousand words. I don't believe that she will not write with such a
high fee!" He was not worried that Xi Meng deliberately wrote her work as long as a foot wrap for such a high fee. If she really wanted to do this, she could just continue writing "The Great Song Dynasty". Why finish "The Great Song Dynasty"?
Editor-in-Chief Bao and Wang Yong were a little worried: "What if her second article is not good?"
Then it would be too bad for them to give her this fee.
Li Ang thought about the figures on their books. The income that one article from The Great Song brought to their entire magazine was a sky-high price in this era. He made a decision right then and there: "The income that The Great Song brought to our magazine alone is enough to double the royalties. Let's do this. Xiao Wang, please contact Jiang Meng as soon as possible."
After Jiang Xi finished writing The Great Song, she really wanted to take a break.
Since her rebirth, she has been very busy every day, not having any time for herself, like a fully drawn bowstring.
The launch of the third and fourth volumes of The Great Song has made her not short of money at all. Moreover, the fifth volume will also be launched, and then there will be another amount of royalties.
With so much money in the passbook, it would just sit there. She planned to buy two shops near Jiang Bai's school after he finished the college entrance examination and went to Shanghai, so that Grandpa Jiang could continue to sell clothes in the shops and give him something to do.
In addition, with the money, the villa and the other two apartments could be renovated.
The villa had not been renovated before, but it was not a small amount of money to renovate the villa. With the money for renovating the villa, she could buy a few more properties while the houses were cheap.
But she also took into account Grandpa Jiang's old cold legs. After all, houses are just dead objects. Money is something that only needs to be used. In her heart, the most important thing is that Grandpa lives comfortably.
She planned to install floor heating in all parts of the villa, so that Grandpa Jiang would be more comfortable in winter.
Floor heating is currently installed more in the north, but in Shanghai, most people install air conditioners, and fewer install floor heating. Jiang Xi also wants to contact Manager Qian to see if he can help her contact someone who installs floor heating.
Manager Qian was very excited when he received a call from Jiang Xi saying that he wanted to renovate the villa and install floor heating in all parts of the villa.
This means that he has received another big order.
At present, the decoration drawings have not been released. We have to wait for Jiang Xi to come to Shanghai, and the two of them will discuss the decoration style before the decoration. However, he can contact and arrange the floor heating in advance. Jiang Xi can come to confirm the decoration style on May 1st, and then we can officially start.
Jiang Xi's previous apartment has been fully decorated. After obtaining Jiang Xi's consent, her apartment is currently one of the model houses in their sales office and is also open to customers for visits.
Because Jiang Xi's house is a model house for the company, the bed, dishwasher, sofa and other furniture and appliances inside are all covered by their boss.
Because this house is an apartment, there is no gas. If Jiang Xi wants to live in it, he will have to use a gas cylinder.
This is very common in this era. Basically, people burn gas cylinders, but very few people use gas.
Jiang Xi's villa, on the other hand, was fully furnished.
After not having to write, Jiang Xi felt much more relaxed, as if she had taken a long vacation.
Unfortunately, Wang Yong called Jiang Xi's store a few days into her vacation and asked about her new article.
Jiang Xi said in a relaxed and cheerful tone: "Let's talk about it during the summer vacation. Take a vacation during this period."
Wang Yong said in an urgent tone: "No, wait until the summer vacation. How long has "Bao Er" been off the screen? The heat is gone. You have to hurry up and start writing while it's still the hottest."
Jiang Xi said slowly: "No hurry, there's enough money."
Wang Yong said: "Our director said that as long as you start a new article now, your salary will be increased to 300 per thousand words!"
Wang Yong got a salary increase this year, and his monthly salary is only 300. The rest is the bonus brought to him by "The Great Song". Once "The Great Song" is finished, his bonus will also decrease, so he also wants Jiang Xi to start a new one.
Jiang Xi, who was giving himself a holiday, heard that the number of words was increased from 1,000 to 300, and thought that he was good enough.
He thought, "I'll think about what to write in the new article and tell you later." Wang Yong begged, "You have to hurry up!"
Jiang Xi was indeed thinking about what to write.
"Wu Xia" is a martial arts magazine mainly for male readers. Although there are many more female readers now, it is definitely not okay to write pure romance. Modern officialdom articles are not suitable for serialization in "Wu Xia". Historical articles are not okay. But if you write pure martial arts, who can compete with Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Wen Ruian today?
So, pure martial arts is still not okay.
Grandpa Jiang is still watching TV in the store.
He has finished watching "Justice Bao" and has now tuned in to the "Legend of the White Snake" currently being broadcast on Apple TV. This drama is indeed a hit. Even though it was broadcast two years ago, it still attracted a large number of viewers when it was broadcast again.
Jiang Xi listened to the song "If there is a destiny, we will meet each other thousands of miles away~If there is no destiny, it is difficult to hold hands~" coming from the TV. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind. She could write a story about cultivating immortals!
She originally wanted to write a traditional story about cultivating immortals and upgrading, but after watching the White Snake repaying Xu Xian with her body and being suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda for so many years, she suddenly wanted to write a different story about the White Snake cultivating immortals. It was also about repaying a favor, so why could the White Snake only repay Xu Xian with her body?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xi's mind was instantly filled with inspiration. She turned on her computer and quickly typed: "The Years I Was a White Snake Cultivating Immortality".
Yes, she planned to continue to ride on her own popularity and link the name of her work with the name of her previous book "The Great Song Dynasty" so that readers would know that the new work was written by the same author as "The Great Song Dynasty" as soon as they saw the name.
She quickly read the outline. The heroine traveled to another world and woke up to find herself in a closed environment. She had a hunch that if she didn't break free, she would suffocate to death here, so she struggled desperately and finally broke through the small space that trapped her. After coming out, she found that she was trapped in a white eggshell, and she was actually a little white snake that had just broken out of the eggshell.