At the end of 2008, something happened that no one expected.
That is, Sheng Huainan, the master of Zhenhua, actually took the exam for him, was caught by the teacher on the spot, and was expelled from the school.
After hearing the news, many people doubted their ears.
Sheng Huainan's academic performance is very good, ranking first in the university rankings all year round. In just my sophomore year, I have already joined the professor's experimental team, which can be said to be quite outstanding.
Moreover, he is not only excellent in studies, but also very handsome and is known as a male god.
In Zhenhua, Chu Tiankuo is the benchmark for appearance. All boys are divided into two categories, those who are uglier than him and those who are gods. Sheng Huainan is that great god.
It is simply unbelievable that such a person would take the exam for him and be expelled from school.
"I heard that something happened to the Sheng family. His father was arrested for corruption. In order to have someone save his father, he agreed to take the exam for him." Ling Xiangqian explained to Xiang Nan.
Her parents are both civil servants, so they are very well-informed in this regard.
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Xiang Nan nodded.
In fact, he knew the reason for Sheng Huainan's accident. It was indeed because his father was arrested that he became ill and sought medical treatment urgently.
But this is not a bad thing for him.
After this fall, he fell from the clouds into the dust. Without the aura brought by his family background, he was able to reap his own love.
Otherwise, Luo Zhi's family background is so ordinary. Even if they love each other, it is difficult for them to get together because of their different family backgrounds.
The four words "well-matched" sound old-fashioned, but in fact they are full of worldly feelings.
Moreover, it was Sheng Huainan's father who was embezzled and introduced a batch of substandard equipment, which caused a production accident and led to the death of Luo Zhi's father.
Therefore, now that his father is in jail, it can be regarded as retaliation.
Otherwise, the anger in Luo Zhi's mother's heart would not come out, and their marriage would not go smoothly.
Now it just so happened that Sheng Huainan had become a down-and-out prince, with nothing left except his talents and learning. Luo Zhi was originally from an ordinary family. Apart from his talent and learning, he basically had nothing.
The two of them happened to be together, supporting each other and working hard together.
So not only is it not a bad thing, it is a good thing.
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At the end of 2009, Xiang Nan and Ling Xiangqian took the postgraduate entrance examination together.
Few of the other Zhenhua students chose to continue their studies. In comparison, most of them went to find jobs.
After all, at that time, the postgraduate entrance examination was not considered mainstream, and only a few took the postgraduate entrance examination.
In 2009, 1.24 million people took the postgraduate entrance examination nationwide; in 2019, the number of people taking the postgraduate entrance examination reached 2.38 million, nearly doubling.
Based on their academic performance, the postgraduate entrance examination was naturally very smooth.
Xiang Nan then entered the research direction of high energy physics, while Ling Xiangqian entered the direction of journalism and communication.
Xiang Nan inherited the knowledge of Raj and Qian Sanyi and has an innate advantage in high-energy physics. Therefore, during the year of enrollment, he had already published many papers, all of which were published in top international journals.
This kind of performance shocked the instructors, not to mention the students.
You must know that it is not easy to get into the top international journals. You must have a very important invention, a very sensational discovery, and a very amazing initiative to be included in this journal.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is difficult even for tutors to get published in journals. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan had already made so many amazing discoveries when he was just a graduate student. It was really surprising.
As a result, Xiang Nan became famous in academia, and soon received invitations from well-known universities such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
However, when he was still in high school, he didn't even think about going abroad to develop. Now that they have settled in the capital and are famous and successful, they will naturally not want to develop abroad.
So he stayed at Peking University and continued his research work.
Because of his outstanding performance, the school allowed him to directly study for a Ph.D.
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In 2009, another thing happened, that is, Huayi Pictures, Enlight Media, Bona Pictures, and Wandou Pictures purchased "Di Renjie of the Tang Dynasty", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and "Tomb Robbers Notes" from Xiang Nan " and many other film and television adaptation rights, and the bids are not illegal.
First, the popularity of movies based on popular IPs such as the "Harry Potter" series, "Transformers" series, "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" has made mainland film and television companies begin to pay attention to the value of IP.
Secondly, the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, "Tomb Robbers Notes" series, "Di Renjie of the Tang Dynasty" series, etc., are among the most popular in recent years.
The total sales of the eight "Ghost Blowing Lantern" and ten "Tomb Raiders" volumes exceeded 40 million copies, not to mention the sales of "Tomb Raiders" and the number of clicks on "Tomb Raiders" online. On average, one in every twenty people has read these books, which is still a very high proportion.
This naturally aroused the pursuit of major film and television companies, and they all offered high prices to acquire it.
However, the prices at that time were actually not high. The "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series cost one million copies, and the "Tomb Raiders Notes" series cost 800,000 copies.
Xiang Nan was not satisfied with the price.
Those traffic stars earn millions a day. He is so popular that the film company completely wants to make money from the fame of this IP, but they are only willing to give him one million.
Really stingy.
Therefore, Xiang Nan proposed that he would either not pay a penny for the copyright, or allow him to use the film and television adaptation rights to become a shareholder. He gets 2% of the box office from each movie. Or, the film and television adaptation fee is five million for each film, no discount.
This price really scares away many film companies.
But after all, there is still enough money.
Xu Ke, known as Mr. Xu, sent someone to discuss with Xiang Nan, hoping to get the film and television adaptation rights of "Di Renjie of the Tang Dynasty".
But he didn't want any of the ones that had been published. After all, the "Di Renjie" series is a suspenseful detective story. Those that have been published have already been spoiled, so they are not very attractive to the audience.
Therefore, he wanted Xiang Nan to write a special one for him, and the price was five million.
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The price of five million to buy a current book is actually a bit uneconomical for Xiang Nan. After all, I have to spend all my energy writing again, which is really tiring.
Moreover, this kind of proposition composition is also the most tiring. If it is not written well, it may be returned. For him, it's a bit of a loss.
However, after Xiang Nan thought about it, he decided to cooperate with Xu Ke.
First of all, his works have not been adapted into film and television dramas, and the major film and television companies are not sure that they will make money if they adapt his works. That's why they seemed hesitant and hesitant when they negotiated the price.
It would be much easier if we could set an example for them and let them know that their own works can really make money after being adapted into movies and TV series.
Secondly, he still admired Xu Ke's ability. "The Swordsman", "New Dragon Inn", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Once Upon a Time", etc., are all well-received and box office hits.
In Xiang Nan's view, his control over special effects blockbusters is the best in the Chinese film industry, even slightly inferior to Wong Jing and Zhang Yimou. Therefore, if we leave this "Di Renjie of the Tang Dynasty" to him, there is a high probability that it will be successful.
When the time comes, once you have made this good start, the rest will be easy to sell.
So Xiang Nan agreed and wrote "Di Renjie: The Psychic Palace" for him, telling the story of Di Renjie deciphering the mysterious organization's conspiracy to subvert the Tang Dynasty.
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