While learning to drive, Xiang Nan also renovated his first house in Jiangnan, preparing to be his and Deshan's first love nest in the future.
However, in the early 1990s, South Korean society was relatively conservative.
Although he and Deshan are already in love and have been approved by their parents, it is not advisable to live together hastily.
But having said that, I am still a college student after all, so I still have more freedom than a high school student.
At least, not going home at night is no longer a big problem.
Xiang Nan plans to stay with Deshan in the hut for a few days and then go home for a few more days. After graduation, I will get married immediately. Xiang Nan doesn't want to be like the trash guy in "Reply 1994", procrastinating and almost losing his wife.
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On March 5, 1990, the friends celebrated Xiang Nan's 20th birthday.
That night, Xiang Nan drove Deshan to their cabin.
"Does this apartment belong to you?" Deshan asked in surprise as he looked at the spacious, bright, gorgeous and warm house.
This was the first time she had entered such a beautiful apartment, and it felt so beautiful. The semi-underground area of their home is like a doghouse compared to this place.
"It's not mine, it's ours." Xiang Nan corrected, "Look, this room is yours, this room is mine~"
"I also have a room?" Deshan opened the door in surprise and saw that the wallpaper in the room was all pink and filled with cute dolls and decorations.
On the huge dressing table, there is a dazzling array of cosmetics, including lipstick, foundation, eye shadow, blush, concealer, toner, isolation cream, makeup primer...
Opening the gorgeous European palace-style wardrobe, you can see that it is full of beautiful clothes, as many as thirty or forty pieces. From tops to pants, from hats to shoes, from bags to jewelry, we have them all, and they are all from big brands.
"Wow~" Deshan's eyes widened and he looked around in surprise, feeling as if he was in a dreamland. She liked this house so much, it was almost tailor-made for her.
"Wow, there's a bed~" She jumped up and threw herself on the bed and said, "Wow, it's so soft and comfortable~"
"Deshan, do you like it?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.
"I like it, of course I like it~" Deshan shouted happily.
She never dreamed that one day she would live in such a nice house.
"Then you move in with me, okay?" Xiang Nan walked up, lay beside her ear, and whispered.
Deshan was stunned for a moment, then blushed, smiled and nodded.
Xiang Nan immediately turned his head and kissed her.
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In mid-March, the university starts.
Xiang Nan, Deshan, Shanyu and others went to their own schools respectively.
The courses at South Korean University are relatively free. All courses are chosen by students themselves, so there is no concept of classes. The courses are divided into professional required courses, professional elective courses, public required courses, public elective courses, etc. As long as you take the required credits within the specified time, you can graduate successfully.
So Xiang Nan has a lot of time to devote to creation and investment.
At the end of March, South Korea's MBC TV station, whose full name is South Korea Cultural Broadcasting Corporation, bought the film and television adaptation rights of his "Blue Life and Death" for a total price of 50 million won, which is a pretty good price.
This TV series starred Lee Mi-yeon, Kim Jong-won, Lee Jae-hoon and others who were popular at the time. When the project was launched, it already attracted much attention.
As the original author, Xiang Nan also met with the director, screenwriter, and directors after the project was approved, and told them his creative ideas so that they could better understand the characters.
These people couldn't help but marvel when they saw that Xiang Nan was so young and a freshman.
The TV series officially started filming in May and began broadcasting in mid-May.
South Korean TV dramas are basically shot and broadcast simultaneously.
In this way, the audience's feedback can be listened to at any time, so that corresponding adjustments can be made to the plot to make the series more satisfying to the audience's taste.
Of course, if the ratings are too poor, they can be cut off directly to avoid affecting the TV station’s income. It's a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
This production method of filming and broadcasting is commonly found in Europe, America, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and other places. As for why the mainland does not do this, it is mainly because of the different review mechanisms.
After the TV series version of "Blue Life and Death" was released, it quickly became well-received. The first episode received a ratings of 37%, which is quite gratifying.
As the plot unfolded, the ratings skyrocketed and remained above 50%. Even in the finale, the ratings reached 60%, making it the most popular TV show in the 1990s.
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Because of the popularity of "Blue Life and Death", the original work written by Xiang Nan has gained more fans' attention. Originally, this book sold just over 500,000 copies within a year of its release.
After the TV series was aired, sales quickly exceeded one million copies. Considering that South Korea has a population of less than 30 million, this sales volume is obviously amazing.
Also because of the success of this TV series, Xiang Nan's other works, such as "Winter Sonata", "Dae Jang Geum", "Full House", "Boys Over Flowers", "Mischief Kiss", "Heroic Chunxiang", etc., also The copyrights have been bought one after another.
This also caused Xiang Nan's net worth to expand rapidly, and his popularity to soar rapidly. He was hailed as a "ghost-like genius" by the South Korean entertainment industry. On the one hand, it is because his writings are very beautiful and the sales are very good; on the other hand, because he is still so young and a college student, and has already achieved such high achievements; on the other hand, because his creation speed is so amazing.
Generally speaking, a writer is considered highly productive if he can produce one book within a year. Many writers only write a few works throughout their lives.
However, Xiang Nan was able to produce a novel within one or two months. His writing speed and his agility in writing were jaw-dropping.
Also because of his fast writing speed, he can write 10,000 to 20,000 words in a day. And his current net worth has reached 300,000 yuan per thousand words, so his income is faster than printing money, and he can earn as much as 30 to 40 million won in a month.
This kind of income shocked everyone.
Xiang Nan spent all his money to buy a house in Jiangnan.
Because he knows that South Korea’s housing prices have always been controlled by capital and are getting higher year by year. Even during the COVID-19 period, when South Korea's economy was in recession, housing prices still rose by 20%, and it was the highest increase in fourteen years.
The price of Yinma Apartment in Gangnam District was 230,000 won per square meter in 1980. By 2020, it had risen to 20 million won per square meter, an increase of nearly a hundred times.
In comparison, the price of pork belly has only increased nine times, the price of cigarettes has increased fourteen times, and the price of soju has only increased four times. It can be seen how fierce the rise in house prices is.
Therefore, buying a house is definitely a good deal.
