It had just drizzled, the ground was a little wet, and the Magic City was cool at this time.
After just declining the offer from the official who came to invite him to work in the government, An Jingzhi came to Christophe's home.
As soon as they met, Christophe's wife said, "I never thought that such a big thing would happen during the time I was away from China."
"An, I'm sorry about what happened to China."
An Jingzhi rushed here as soon as he received the invitation. He knew that the other party didn't call him here to talk about this matter.
"Thank you for your concern."
Perhaps because they have been in China for a long time, Christophe and his wife have learned how to exchange pleasantries.
After a few words, the three of them got down to business.
Christophe's wife glanced at her husband, then turned to An Jingzhi and said, "An, I want to congratulate you. Your novel has set off a sales boom in Europe!"
“The situation in North America is similar.”
“Everyone loves your work!”
“The fantastic ideas in it are so novel to readers that many laboratories have even purchased them.”
"You will be a millionaire as the author of this novel."
An Jingzhi just nodded after hearing this and was not moved by the money.
Christophe seemed a little disappointed. "Ann, why aren't you surprised at all?"
Although his wife was fully responsible for the publication of the book, it was impossible for him to know nothing about it, so he contributed a lot of his own connections to this end.
"Obviously, I am very confident in my work and the abilities of my husband and wife. Isn't it inevitable to achieve such results?" he said.
Christophe and An looked at each other and burst into laughter. "An, sometimes I really like your confidence. You are really different from other Chinese people."
He placed a small box under the table and chair on the table, and pushed it in front of An Jingzhi: "This is a deposit certificate from Citibank. I will deposit your income here in the future, and you can withdraw it at any time."
He took the box, opened it, and took a look. "Thank you, sir and madam, for your generosity."
Christophe's wife covered her mouth and laughed, "No, no, no, we should be the ones thanking you for your generosity."
“A win-win situation is a good cooperation.”
"Then I hope we still have the opportunity to cooperate."
An Jingzhi remained noncommittal, "If there's a chance."
Although An Jingzhi seemed to have suffered a loss in this cooperation, he was actually the one who gained the most.
Not only did he make money, gain fame overseas and add a layer of amulet, but he also gained the friendship of the Christos couple.
He would not be so naive as to think that just because the other person is his fan, he would really treat him as a friend.
Only eternal interests are the most solid relationships.
…
As Christophe's wife said, An Jingzhi's science fiction novel was sought after as soon as it was published.
The novel's great success is not only due to the help of Christophe and his wife, but also because of the war.
When the war broke out, people at home and abroad turned their attention to the Magic City.
The article predicting the war naturally fell into the hands of foreign politicians from all walks of life.
For a while, the pen name Shanhe kept appearing in the mouths of all kinds of people.
There are many people who can predict the island nation's evil ambitions, but there are very few who can predict their behavior so accurately.
After this battle, An Jingzhi has become an economist and political scientist in the eyes of politicians from all walks of life.
When these politicians from various countries heard that Christophe and his wife were promoting An Jingzhi's upcoming work, they would take the initiative to inquire about it.
As the leaders set an example, it will naturally arouse speculation and curiosity among those below.
Even Christopher and his wife were surprised by how effective the publicity was.
Only later did they find out the reason.
Of course, they would not take the initiative to inform An Jingzhi about this matter, otherwise wouldn’t it weaken their role?
"So tungsten isn't the best material for making electric lights? Tungsten filaments are resistant to high temperatures but not vibration. If I try this method described in the book, maybe it will actually work."
"Computer? I heard there's a computer lab in North America, but it seems very different from the computers in this book. Can they really build a machine like a computer?"
"Can a cell phone used for face-to-face video calls transmit signals through a cell tower? It seems feasible. Wouldn't that dramatically increase the speed of information transmission? I'm afraid those secret agents wouldn't be able to prevent it."
Unlike ordinary people, government officials and relevant researchers are not concerned about the content of the novel, but the various technologies proposed in it.
At first glance it seems a bit sci-fi, but if you think carefully along the lines of the novel, it doesn't seem impossible to crack.
But this requires countless experiments, and what is given here is only a direction, not the specific experimental process.
Although An Jingzhi is now famous overseas, no one would allocate thousands or even hundreds of millions of research funds to study the content of his science fiction novel.
Although they cannot experiment personally, many people still buy his books and keep them in their own study, waiting to open them again one day.
…
An Jingzhi never expected that his large-scale purchase of antiques would be noticed by others.
Looking at the well-dressed man in front of him, he appears to be a businessman on the surface, but everyone knows that there is a government official behind him.
The other party came to visit him and politely proposed to buy some antiques from him.
The tone was very polite, but the price was anything but polite.
At that time, people in Shanghai were in a panic. He bought the property at the lowest price, but the other party was only willing to pay the price he paid for it, and acted as if he had gotten a bargain.
An Jingzhi laughed out loud: "I'm sorry, I bought those antiques to keep for myself, not to sell them."
The other party obviously didn't expect An Jingzhi to lose face, his face gloomy: "Mr. An, have you thought about it? If I leave this door today, you will not only offend me. To tell you the truth, I don't want those antiques of yours. I am running away for the person behind the scenes."
An Jingzhi drooped his eyelids, his expression unchanged. He took a sip from the teacup, put it down, and said, "Sorry, I still say the same thing. I have no intention of selling those antiques."
Serving tea and seeing the guests off? Wan Rongbao suddenly stood up and said, "Good, very good. Do you think that just because you can write a few articles, you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is?"
"Let's wait and see. I'm giving you a guaranteed price today to let you sell these antiques. I'm doing you a favor. Since you don't want them, hmph!"
The other party walked away with a wave of his sleeves. An Jingzhi didn't even raise his eyelids and said in a cold voice, "Goodbye."
Given his current status, he didn't believe that the people behind Wan Rongbao would dare to rob openly.
Fortunately, the antiques were placed in the concession, so this group of people couldn't even steal them.
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