Chapter 279 280 [Hide in a small building to form a unified body]
As for Xiang Nan, Hujiang Publishing House settled the royalties for the six months of "The Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" with him.
This novel sold a total of 1.2 million copies in the past six months, making it one of the best-selling novels in the mainland last year.
Because of this, Xiang Nan''s royalties were also ridiculously high. He received a total of 2.42 million, making him a millionaire instantly.
"Yongqiang, am I dreaming? I have never seen so much money?" Xiao Meng couldn''t help but said excitedly when he saw the series of numbers on the passbook.
??More than two million yuan. She never thought she would have so much money in her life.
"Of course it''s not a dream, we are really rich." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Say what you want, I''ll buy it for you."
"No, I don''t need anything." Xiao Meng waved his hand.
Xiang Nan treated her very well. He bought her things from time to time, including food, drinks, and things to play. He never owed her anything, so she really didn''t need anything.
“Xiaomeng, you are too easily satisfied, why can’t you give me a chance to show off?” Xiang Nan said with a smile.
"It''s better not to do it. It''s not easy for you to make money, so we should save money." Xiao Meng advised, "My father said, if you don''t have enough food, you won''t have enough clothes. If you don''t calculate, you will suffer from poverty."
"That''s the old man. If you want to make money, you can''t save money. You have to be able to invest." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
Bank interest rates have always been unable to offset inflation.
At the beginning of the 1990s, a household worth 10,000 yuan was still a rarity. If you deposit your money in a bank, even if you save it for ten years at a 10% annual interest rate, you will only earn tens of thousands of dollars.
Ten years ago, ten thousand yuan was enough to build a house in the countryside. Ten years later, 20,000 yuan was not even enough for bricks, tiles, and wood. So money cannot be saved, let alone saved.
Only investment can achieve wealth appreciation that exceeds the rate of inflation and currency depreciation.
“Then how do you plan to invest?” Xiao Meng asked curiously.
"Buy a house." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Our country is now moving towards urbanization. In the future, there will be more and more people in the city, and housing prices will be higher and higher. Let''s buy a house now and save it, and then we can wait. Appreciated.”
?Xiao Meng thought for a while and nodded.
?Last year, from their village alone, she, Yongqiang, Wang Xiangxiu, and Xie Dajiao entered the city. Although Liu Yishui did not go to the city, he also bought a house in the city. And Pi Changshan has been nagging at him, wanting to buy a house in the city and become a city dweller.
?It seems that there will indeed be more and more people in the city, and the housing prices in the city will definitely rise.
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After reaching a consensus, Xiang Nan immediately ran to Yanjing and bought five houses with full payment.
?In 2006, Yanjing only had 5,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, which was like picking up money for free. You know, in 2020, even in the southern counties of Yanzhao, the houses were only four to five thousand per square meter.
Xiang Nan estimates that if he holds the houses in his hands for ten years, the prices will increase seven to eight times, so there should be no big problem.
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?A year later, Xiang Nan also produced the third volume in the Ghost Blowing Lamp series, Yunnan Worm Valley, and handed it over to Hujiang Publishing House for distribution.
Now the "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" series has become a big hit in the book market. The first "Jingjue Ancient City" sold more than one million copies. The second film, "The Mysterious Cave of Longling", also sold more than one million copies.
Taken together, there are more than two million copies. If Toiban is included, this number will be at least ten times higher.
It can be said that at least 20 to 30 million people in China have read the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and know its name. It can be said to be a very well-known IP.
?Therefore, a large number of imitations quickly emerged in the book market, such as "A Family of Tomb Robbers", "The Biography of Tufuzi", "Ghost Stories on the Yellow River", "The Robbers of the Mountains" and so on. But their popularity is still far behind compared to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".
?However, the launch of imitations has stimulated the market for tomb-robbing novels, making this type of book known to more people, and further increasing the sales of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series.
As for the novel "Coiling Dragon", it has accumulated more than two million words and has a collection of more than 400,000. It is one of the most popular novels on Qidian Chinese website today.
?The daily new subscriptions exceed 150,000, ranking at the top of the best-seller list for many months in a row. Last month’s remuneration was as high as 200,000 yuan, which has become Xiang Nan’s new profit point.
The popularity of "Coiling Dragon" has also attracted the attention of publishing houses, and many publishing houses want to publish this work.
?With the help of Qidian.com, Xiang Nan officially signed a contract with Baihua Publishing Group in March to sell the publishing rights of the novel "Panlong".
All the money he earned was invested in the real estate market.
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Time passes day by day.
In May, "Panlong" was officially completed with 3.3 million words.
At that time, this number of words was already considered a huge work.
Comparatively, in 2020, if a novel had less than 5 million words, it would not be considered a long novel.
After finishing it, Xiang Nan did not open another book.
Once, he has completed primitive capital accumulation. He has now earned nearly 10 million yuan from "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Coiling Dragon".
In 2006, this was already a huge sum of money. Even if it is all deposited in the bank, no other investments will be made. In this life, he and Xiaomeng don''t have to worry about money.
Secondly, writing a long series of online articles is really time-consuming. We must insist on updating every day, and we must update 10,000 words every day. Even if he already has a story in his mind, the workload is still huge.
Xiang Nan’s coding speed is not very fast, about sixty words per minute, which is only two thousand words per hour. It takes five or six hours to write 10,000 words.
?In addition, he also has to write "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp", tutor Xiao Meng with homework, eat, rest and sleep. It can be said that the whole day is fully arranged, and there is not much free time to deal with relationships.
Furthermore, Xiang Nan also knows that many Internet article writers have chronic diseases, such as lumbar muscle strain, tenosynovitis, cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, vascular syndrome... They can resist it when they are young, but they will suffer from old age.
So he is not going to open any more online articles and exchange his life for money. He plans to use the remaining time to write "Ghost Blowing the Lamp II" and live a good life with Xiao Meng.
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In July, Xiaomeng took the exam at Radio and TV University.
Because of Xiang Nan’s tutoring and her own hard work, her test scores were very good.
This also encouraged her.
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As for Ivory Mountain, in July, the first batch of seedlings cultivated in Yutian were also officially launched.
?Although he has never gone to college or seriously studied cultivation techniques, he probably has a talent for it, and the flowers he grows bloom quite beautifully. The seedlings planted also grew vigorously.
So after it was launched, it was very popular and saw initial benefits.
?This also encouraged the Zhao family and his son to plan to expand the scale of cultivation and build another greenhouse.
After Liu Neng heard about it, he felt that he could take advantage of it, so he proposed to invest. However, Zhao Si was afraid that he would **** the fruits of victory and did not dare to ask for his money, which made Liu Neng very dissatisfied.
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In the first half of 2006, Liu Neng opened a small store and made some money. After he demolished Xie Dajiao''s small shop, he expanded the scale.
The room where Xie Dajiao used to sleep was also opened up. As a result, the business area has been increased by more than twice.
In addition to selling tobacco, alcohol, non-staple food, and daily necessities, it also sells clothes, shoes and socks, vegetables and fruits, cold and fresh cooked food, etc.
Because it is the only one in Ivory Mountain Village, it monopolizes a huge market of thousands of villagers. In addition, he is the village director, and he receives guests in the village and buys them in the supermarket, so the profits are quite considerable. In this short half year alone, I made 20,000 yuan.
Although costs are still being lost, profits are just around the corner. This also made Liu Neng quite proud, and the name of Little Zhuge of Ivory Mountain became even louder.
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Liu Yishui''s breeding farm continues to expand, and he is no longer satisfied with just raising rabbits, but also begins to consider raising dairy cows.
?However, raising cows requires a much larger investment than raising rabbits. With the money he has, it is still a bit difficult. So he was going to get a loan from the bank.
?Xiaomei is worried that the farm will expand too fast and have too much debt, which may easily break the capital chain, so he is advised to slow down the pace of expansion.
Liu Yishui firmly believes in how bold people are and how productive the land is. At present, with the improvement of residents'' living standards, the domestic demand for fresh milk has increased significantly.
?It is very promising and necessary to enter the dairy cow project now, so he has to take it despite the pressure.
?This also made Xiaomei very dissatisfied, so she resigned from her job as a technical consultant and ran back to the city.
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Wang Laoqi’s tofu workshop is still open.
Actually, Xiang Nan has persuaded him many times to stop making tofu.
After all, in this line of work, it is very hard to get up early and go to bed late. Moreover, the profits from tofu are not high. Apart from the cost, it is almost impossible to make money, and it is easy to tire the body.
?So Xiang Nan didn’t want him to work so hard anymore.
?However, Wang Laoqi and his wife are people who can''t take time off. They feel that they can still move now. It would be outrageous to rely on their son-in-law to support them if they no longer do any work.
So, the tofu shop is still working, and it is still so hard every day, which makes Xiang Nan quite helpless.
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As for Xie Guangkun, in addition to farming, his daily work involves collecting and selling mountain products.
??Although Xiang Nan didn''t want to deal with him, he gave him two thousand yuan every month. This money, in the countryside, is enough for him and his wife to eat and drink well.
?But Xie Guangkun, like Wang Laoqi, is also a person who can''t take any time off. Although Xiang Nan''s money is enough for his daily life and retirement, he still saves money and dare not spend it.
Moreover, continue to buy cheap, sell high, and pass off inferior goods as good ones. It can be said that the mentality of chicken thieves has been deeply ingrained and seeped into the bones.
??In addition to being busy with his career, Xie Guangkun also called from time to time, urging Xiang Nan and Xiaomeng to have children as soon as possible. He was waiting to have a grandson.
Xiang Nan ignored this request.
??Hence the call immediately if pressed again, making Xie Guangkun furious.
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?Wang Dana’s plan to invest in Ivory Mountain was officially rejected after half a year of investigation.
He plans to build a resort in Ivory Mountain Village to attract tourists by taking advantage of the beautiful scenery around Ivory Mountain.
Nowadays, with the increase of people''s income and the improvement of living standards, the demand for leisure and tourism has greatly increased.
?Every holiday, major tourist spots are crowded, packed with people. Therefore, tourism has a bright future.
As for Wang Dana''s decision, everyone in the town and village supported it.
On the one hand, after the resort is built, the tourists who come for sightseeing will bring huge income to the villagers; on the other hand, after the resort is built, employees can be recruited nearby, which can also solve the problem of idle rural labor force. Kill two birds with one stone.
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On Xiangxiu’s side, after learning that the Ivory Mountain Resort had invested nearly 10 million, they also encouraged Wang Musheng to become the general manager of the resort.
In this way, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Not only can he monopolize power, but he can also cover the sky with one hand.
?Wang Musheng is also very interested in this proposal. After all, he didn''t want to have to work in the company all the time and do things under his father''s nose every day. If you do well, you won''t be praised, and if you don''t do well, you''ll be criticized. How can you enjoy being alone outside?
So he actively asked his father for the position of general manager of the mountain village.
?However, Dana Wang was somewhat hesitant about this request.
He knew how much his son had to eat. In his short time, he couldn''t manage a villa at all, but it was easy for him to mess up the business.
But if he refuses, he is afraid that his son will be sad. After all, he was just a son. If this matter really caused the father and son to turn against each other and become alienated, it would not be good, so he was hesitating.
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In August, the last volume "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: Kunlun Temple" was officially published.
?At this point, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp I" is officially concluded, and the adventure journey of Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Shirley Yang has also officially come to an end.
The popularity of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series has not only made Xiang Nan extremely wealthy. Moreover, it also made him famous and became the darling of the media.
?However, Xiang Nan doesn’t like to be interviewed by the media.
First of all, the wealth is not revealed. He does not want people to know that he has made a lot of money, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
In fact, the villagers in Ivory Mountain now don’t know what books he wrote and how much money he made.
Secondly, the gap between him and Xiao Meng is already big enough. His knowledge far exceeds that of academicians, and his IQ is considered a super genius. He can also sing, dance, and perform. It can be said that he is versatile. Most of the young Meng Dian students have not graduated, and their IQs are only average. Singing, dancing, and acting are all bad.
The two of them can live together mainly because of Xiang Nan''s infinite tolerance. In the real world, even if they could be together, they would soon break up due to lack of deep communication.
So, if Xiang Nan becomes a famous star writer in China again and the gap between him and Xiao Meng widens further, it will be even more detrimental to their relationship.
?Hence, he declined all interviews. Even if the interviews are conducted, they are conducted over the phone to avoid being filmed or photographed.
And because of his hidden behavior, some bad speculations arose from the outside world.
Some people think that "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" is probably a collective creation, so no one author can stand up; some people think that "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" is probably a plagiarized work, and the wording, sentences, and pungency of the writing are not at all the same. Like young writers do.
?Some people took the opportunity to stand up directly and claim that "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" is their own work. However, the manuscript was once lost, and a claim was filed against Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan was speechless about this.
?However, he did not care about these doubts from the outside world and did not respond at all. Instead, he hid in a small building and stayed at home with Xiaomeng every day.
Watching TV dramas, growing flowers, raising fish, and living a retirement life thirty years early.
(End of this chapter)