After learning that Xiang Nan had been selected for the national team, Director Pan was overjoyed and announced the good news at the school radio station.
"Teachers and classmates, I have a piece of good news for you. Chu Tiankuo, a class 1 grade 2 student in our school, has been successfully selected for the national team due to his outstanding performance during the Mathematical Olympiad training camp. He will represent China in the July competition. , International Mathematical Olympiad held in Cancun, Mexico.
This is the best result we have achieved in the field of Mathematical Olympiad in the 80 years since Zhenhua University was founded. Classmate Chu Tiankuo has won honors for our Zhenhua, which is the pride of every Zhenhua person. We are proud of classmate Chu Tiankuo..."
After hearing this broadcast, the students were shocked.
"Chu Tiankuo is really awesome. He was actually selected for the national team."
"It's really amazing! Forty million high school students only need six. This is not about thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, but tens of millions of troops crossing a single-plank bridge."
"Yu Huai, Weekend, Lin Yang, Sheng Huainan...the best results of these top academics are only the first prize at the national level, and they have to take the recommended exam to win the recommended spot. Chu Tiankuo was shortlisted for the national team this time. Directly recommended, it’s really amazing!”
The classmates talked a lot and were full of envy for Xiang Nan.
They are still working hard to prepare for the college entrance examination, but Xiang Nan has already been freed. Moreover, being able to represent the country in the competition is really honorable and affordable.
When Ling Xiangqian heard this broadcast, she was very happy for Xiang Nan.
As expected of the man she likes, he is excellent!
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Xiang Nan returned to Shanhai City and went home to meet his parents first.
"My good son, you have indeed given credit to our old Chu family." Chu Guoqiang said happily.
It is really an honor for my son to be selected for the national team and represent the country.
"Son, if you compete abroad in the future, will you get any bonuses if you win?" He Yufen asked with concern.
"There shouldn't be any." Xiang Nan was stunned, then shook his head, "There is only one medal, one certificate, and one certificate."
"Oh." Hearing what he said, He Yufen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
She thought she would be like an Olympic athlete and would receive material rewards after winning.
"Mom, you can't think like that. Winning the International Mathematical Olympiad competition already shows your ability. Your son will definitely be successful in the future, so you don't have to think about petty profits." Upon seeing this, Xiang Nan comforted with a smile. .
Hearing what he said, He Yufen nodded.
No matter what, it is a great joy for his son to be selected for the national team. There are so many high school students in the country, but few have such ability.
It’s really amazing!
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Suddenly, when Xiang Nan returned to school, the students were excited again.
Congratulations, congratulations, envy, jealousy, admiration...it was not until a few days later that the students' emotions calmed down and they no longer surrounded him every day.
In the following time, Xiang Nan continued to study and write while getting bored with Ling Xiangqian, and his life was relatively free.
However, there is also something that makes Xiang Nan unhappy, that is, he wrote "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". Before the publishing house released a single volume, Toiban Booksellers had already assembled a volume and started selling it.
In the rental bookstore near the school, "Ghost Blows Out the Lantern: The Ancient City" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Mysterious Cave of Longling" are clearly displayed there, and you can rent them for 50 cents for a day. Because the writing is really wonderful, so many people rent it, and often even if they want to rent it, they can't.
"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has been serialized in "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times·Story Edition" for more than half a year, and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Longling Labyrinth" has just been serialized.
Xiang Nan is preparing to serialize "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Yunnan Worm Valley". However, now that he saw that the pirates were so rampant, and all the books he wrote were used by the booksellers in the pirates to make money, Xiang Nan couldn't help but hesitate a little.
If the serialization continues, the market for "Oni Blows Out the Lamp" will be crowded out by Touzaka Books even before it is released as a single book. By then, everyone will have read the Tao Ban book, and who will buy the genuine version again?
Therefore, he immediately gave up the idea of serialization.
However, in order to make money, he still serialized other series. One is the "Old Martial Arts" series, which tells the story of martial artists in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The first one is "Archer Liu Baiyuan".
The other is the "Di Renjie" series, which tells the story of Di Renjie, the prime minister of Dali Temple, who investigated the case during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The first part is "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire".
These two works are serialized in "Legends of Modern Times" and "Story Club" respectively. They are both medium-length novels, with a maximum length of 170,000 to 80,000 words.
Unless several volumes are collected and published together, a single volume is not suitable for Toizaka.
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In April, the monthly exam results were released. Xiang Nan and Ling Xiangqian continued to rank first in liberal arts and sciences, and they both had a big advantage over the second place.
What makes Xiang Nan happy is that Xin Rui's grades have been hovering at a low level since the beginning of the new semester, without much improvement.
According to Xiang Nan's estimation, her mentality is unbalanced, which makes her grades difficult.
Just like Ling Xiangqian in the third semester of high school in the play, because she was caught up by Xin Rui, Yu Zhouzhou, Liu Yi and other classmates and lost her first place, her mentality became unbalanced and she became more and more anxious.
Coupled with the bad relationship between her parents and their constant bickering, her mood was affected. Coupled with the fact that Chu Tiankuo stabbed her in the back and put the blame for her puppy love on her, she suffered a complete mental breakdown and her grades dropped sharply.
Xin Rui's mentality is not as good as Ling Xiangqian's. She has lower self-esteem and is more gloomy. She doesn't have a loyal dog like Jiang Chuan around her to vent to, which makes her emotions more likely to collapse.
In addition, her family is even worse than Ling Xiangqian's. Her mother is a philistine and vulgar, and her father is cowardly and lazy. They also quarrel every day. Therefore, her emotions are more likely to be imbalanced, and her performance is naturally more susceptible to impact.
Seeing her results like this, Xiang Nan felt very happy.
It's not that he has a dark mind, but that those who harm others will eventually be punished.
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In April, publishers contacted Xiang Nan one after another, hoping to get the publishing rights for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
It turns out that the magazine "Modern and Ancient Legends·Story Edition" has limited sales, with each issue selling no more than 600,000 copies. Therefore, although the quality of the book "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is very good, its influence is not very great.
However, it was the best-selling "Ghost Blowing Lamp" by Toizaka that made this series become popular, which attracted the attention of publishers and prepared to publish this series.
After learning this reason, Xiang Nan didn't know whether he was angry or funny.
But Xiang Nan is very happy that a publishing house is willing to publish a book. After all, he can make money once he publishes a book.
The "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series has sold more than 10 million copies nationwide. The original author Tian Xia Ba Sing earned RMB 2.8 million in royalties in 2007, ranking 19th among the richest writers.
However, when he learned that people under the age of 18 with limited capacity for civil conduct had to ratify by their legal representative when signing a contract, he immediately hesitated.
To be honest, he doesn't want Chu Guoqiang and He Yufen to know about his book writing yet.
Because both of them are quite philistine, they would probably let him take it away after learning that he had made so much money. When the time comes, it will be trouble to give, and it will be trouble not to give.
Therefore, Xiang Nan finally rejected the publisher's request. I would rather keep the copyright in my hands for another year to avoid complications.
