Giant of the times

"The Devotion of Suspect X" was unexpectedly popular in Taiwan, especially among students. Many students came to "Life" magazine after school every day to ask about the plot behind the novel. As a result, the sales of "Life" magazine have greatly increased. Of course, the more sold, the greater Li Zetian's income, because for every copy of "Life" magazine sold, he can get NT$2.

With the release of the second issue of the magazine, "The Devotion of Suspect X" has become even more popular.

For a time, "Life" magazine was crowded with people.

It can be said that in order to obtain the traditional Chinese publishing rights for the entire novel, major publishers in Taiwan almost broke through the door of "Life" magazine. Even film companies came to the door, wanting to get the rights to adapt the novel into movies. Li Chengzhi called his son to ask for his opinion. Li Zetian said that after waiting for a while, "The Devotion of Suspect X" will definitely become more and more popular, and by then, he will negotiate with publishers and film companies. I'm here to wait for the price, so don't be in a hurry!

At the same time, Li Zetian began to write his second novel "White Night Journey", which is also a classic by RB mystery novel master Higashino Keigo. After writing "The Devotion of Suspect X", Li Zetian has become very comfortable adapting novels. Not only did he want to write the essence of the original work, but he also wanted to be innovative and add his own ideas to make the story more exciting. Of course, Li Zetian admitted that it is indeed not easy to do this.

If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Li Zetian went to the store and spent $500 to buy a 1200 computer developed by Wang An Computer Company in 1971. Although it is called a computer, its essence is just an automatic typewriter with editing functions. However, it comes with a search function, which is much better and easier to use than IBM's $400 electric typewriter.

The United States was facing an economic transformation at this time. The proportion of the tertiary industry was rising, the number of office white-collar workers increased significantly, and the existing office equipment could no longer keep up. Wang An aimed at this opportunity and concentrated scientific research and funds to develop office systems. Previously, this was IBM's exclusive domain. In 1971, when Wang An Computer Company launched the 1200 computer, it was reported that IBM Chairman Thomas Watson Jr., who was hospitalized due to myocardial infarction, became furious after seeing the news in the newspaper and scolded his assistant for not notifying the relevant information in advance. After cursing, Watson fell into a coma!

At the end of November, "The Devotion of Suspect X" was serialized in "Life" magazine. The total sales volume was nearly 600,000 copies. Li Zetian earned NT$1.2 million, which was almost 30,000 US dollars when converted into US dollars according to the exchange rate at the time!

Now Li Zetian is considered to have a small amount of assets, and his entrepreneurial spirit is ready to start!

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Christmas is coming, and every college at Harvard University will hold a Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. This is a very grand and formal event, and most of the students in the college will attend the dinner.

Although Li Zetian is usually a homebody, he still attended such a grand Christmas dinner.

The Christmas dinner was very lively, with a lot of food and drinks. Li Zetian was not very good at socializing and he didn't make many friends in the music department. Therefore, he probably brought a mouth here specifically for eating...

Ba Cha Ba Cha, so delicious!

However, after a few minutes, when he looked up and looked forward, he suddenly saw Chen Ruoxi, the girl at the welcome party. At this moment, she was standing drinking beside a Christmas tree covered with colorful lights not far away, and beside her No one else!

Chance! ! !

Li Zetian's heart moved, and he became excited instantly. He picked up a glass of wine on the table and drank it in one gulp.

As the saying goes, "wine strengthens courage." After a glass of wine, Li Zetian took the risk and decided to go up and say hello to her.

He quickly walked up to her and said, "Hi, hello! Do you still know me?"

"็ Hello Who are you……?"

"You don't remember me?"

"I seem to have some impression, but I can't remember it."

"Didn't you fall down the stairs at the freshman orientation party? I caught you."

"Oh, it's you, I remembered."

"Hello, let me introduce myself formally. My name is Li Zetian, and my English name is Chronos Lee."

"Nice to meet you, my name is Chen Ruoxi!"

"Well, it's nice to meet you too..."

After introducing himself, Li Zetian, who was in love for the first time, suddenly didn't know what to say. He had never learned how to flirt with girls, and he had no talent in this area. On the contrary, the more nervous I became, the more speechless I became.

Quiet.

Awkward.

Chen Ruoxi obviously knew Li Zetian's intention of coming to greet her. Pretty girls are often chased by boys! If it's a boy she likes, she will take the initiative to talk to him, but if it's not a boy she likes, she won't bother to speak. Otherwise, just deal with it simply. Li Zetian is thin and not tall. He is not the sunny and handsome boy she likes.

After holding it in for a long time, Li Zetian finally spoke again.

However, they all said some useless words, such as "Tonight's party is really lively!" "Are you a sophomore music student?" "Are you an American immigrant?" "What do your parents do?" etc. , Li Zetian didn’t know why he said these words. People who didn’t know thought he was investigating the household registration.

Chen Ruoxi responded to Li Zetian's words in various ways. From the other party's conversation, Chen Ruoxi thought that Li Zetian was a boring person, but she didn't know that Li Zetian was like this because of nervousness. He usually talked with Bill Gates and Steve · Ballmer, DEC executives and others talk about computers and the economy with great eloquence and admiration!

For Li Zetian, perhaps it would be better for him to give a business speech in front of the entire school's teachers and students than to speak in front of a girl he likes.

At this moment, Li Zetian felt so embarrassed.

The falling flowers are intentional and the flowing water is ruthless, but the flowing water has no intention of falling in love with the falling flowers.

He is not stupid. From the other party's attitude, he can clearly feel that Chen Ruoxi is not interested in him.

"Who didn't have a few secret crushes when they were young? Maybe, the other half that truly belongs to them is still waiting for them in the future!" Li Zetian comforted himself in his heart.

Li Zetian said goodbye to Chen Ruoxi immediately.

Just after Li Zetian left, Wang An's son Wang Lie came to Chen Ruoxi. He couldn't help but frown and asked: "Ruoxi, who is that man?"

"Just a friend."

"Friend? I don't think so. I think that boy clearly wants to pursue you!"

"So what? I want you to mind your own business!"

"Ruoxi, stop making trouble, you are my girlfriend, how can I ignore you?"

"I've already told you to break up!"

"Ruoxi, I know you are speaking out of anger! Didn't I promise you that I won't make another mistake? What else do you want from me?!"

Chen Ruoxi didn't say anything, turned around and left.

Wang Lie had a gloomy face and said to the companions behind him: "Hurry and investigate that man, and teach him a lesson so that he will not appear in front of Ruoxi in the future!"

"Haha, don't worry, he will never dare to appear in front of Miss Ruoxi next time!" A tall man said with a grin.

"Um!"

Chen Ruoxi returned to her sister group, talking and laughing, as if what happened just now didn't happen at all.

"Ruoxi is different, there are people chasing her wherever she goes! Who is that man?" Everyone joked,

Chen Ruoxi smiled and replied: "My name is Li Zetian. He is from China. He should be a freshman in the music department. I don't know much about him."

"I don't understand it now, but I can understand it gradually in the future! What's up, Ruoxi, have you fallen in love with him?"

"If you want to give it to you, I won't like it anyway!"

"Of course you don't like it. The heir to Wang An Computer Company is much better than a poor boy! By the way, why haven't you forgiven Wang Lie? Aren't you worried that others will take him away?"

"See how he behaves on my birthday next week. If he behaves well, I will forgive him!"

"Alas, poor Li Zetian is destined not to be able to hold this beauty back home, haha..." Everyone laughed.

"I think that Li Zetian is actually quite good!" One of Chen Ruoxi's sisters suddenly said.

Hearing this, everyone cast their eyes in surprise.

"Yu Jingqiu, you can't be mistaken...do you think he is better than Wang Lie?"

"Wang Lie's family background is indeed very strong. If their family background is excluded, I don't think Wang Lie can be compared with Li Zetian at all!" At this time, a girl stood up from the table and chair, and then said lightly, and her Her appearance is not any weaker than Chen Ruoxi's, with fair skin, beautiful appearance, slender figure, and a temperament full of knowledge and wisdom!

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