Save the Bachelor of Heaven

As for Xiang Nan, Hujiang Publishing House settled with him the royalties for the half year of "Ghost Blowing Lamp: The Exquisite Ancient City".

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, with a total of 2.42 million yuan, and he became a millionaire in an instant.

"Yongqiang, I'm not dreaming, I've never seen so much money?" Seeing the series of numbers on the passbook, Xiao Meng couldn't help but excitedly said.

More than two million yuan, she never thought that she would have so much money in her life.

"Of course it's not a dream. We are really rich." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Finally, I'll buy you whatever you want."

"No, I don't need anything." Xiao Meng waved his hand.

Xiang Nan treated her very well, and bought her things from time to time, food, drink, and entertainment. He had never owed her anything, so she really didn't need anything.

"Xiao Meng, you are too easily satisfied, why can't you give me a chance to show off?" Xiang Nan laughed.

"It's better not to, it's not easy for you to make money, we should save money." Xiaomeng persuaded, "My father said, you can't eat poorly, you can't wear poorly, if you can't figure it out, you will suffer poorly."

"That's an old calendar. If you want to make money, you can't save money, you have to know how to invest." Xiang Nan laughed.

Bank interest rates have never been able to keep up with inflation.

In the early 1990s, ten thousand yuan households were still a rarity. Deposit money in the bank, even if the annual interest rate is 10%, if you deposit it for ten years, you will only earn tens of thousands of dollars.

Ten years ago, 10,000 yuan was more than enough to build a house in the countryside. Ten years later, 20,000 yuan is not enough for bricks, tiles and wood. So money can't be saved, let alone saved.

Only investment can achieve wealth appreciation, which exceeds the speed of inflation and currency depreciation.

"Then how do you plan to invest?" Xiaomeng asked curiously.

"Buy a house." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Our country is now moving towards urbanization. In the future, there will be more and more people in the city, and the housing price will also increase. Let's buy a house now and save it. When the time comes, we can sit and wait Appreciated."

Xiao Meng thought for a while and nodded.

Last year, in their village alone, she, Yongqiang, Wang Xiangxiu, and Xie Dajiao entered the city. Although Liu Yishui didn't go to the city, he also bought a house in the city. And Pi Changshan kept poking around, wanting to buy a house in the city and become a city dweller.

From this point of view, 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 went to Yanjing and bought five houses with full payment.

In 2006, Yanjing was only 5,000 or 6,000 yuan per level, which was like picking up for nothing. You know, in 2020, even in the counties in the south of Yanzhao, the houses will be four to five thousand and one square meter.

Xiang Nan reckoned that if he held the houses in his hands for ten years, the price would increase by seven or eight times, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

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Years later, Xiang Nan also took out the third part of the Ghost Blowing Lantern series "Yunnan Bug Valley" and handed it over to Hujiang Publishing House for distribution.

Now the "Ghost Blowing Lantern" series has become a hot topic in the book market. The first book "The Ancient City of Exquisiteness" sold more than one million copies. The second "Longling Miku" also sold more than one million copies.

Added together, there are more than two million copies. If Pirates were included, this number would have to be at least ten times higher.

It can be said that there are at least 20 to 30 million people in China who have read the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and know its name. It can be said that it is a very well-known IP.

Therefore, a large number of imitations soon appeared in the book market, such as "The Family of Tomb Raiders", "Biography of the Tufuzi", "Ghost Stories on the Yellow River", "The Robber at Xiling Mountain" and the like. But their popularity is still far behind that of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

However, the release of imitations has stimulated the market for tomb robbery novels, making this type of books more well-known, and further increasing the sales of the "Ghost Blowing Lantern" series.

As for the novel "Panlong", it has accumulated more than 2 million words, and its collection has exceeded 400,000. It is one of the most popular novels on the Qidian Chinese website.

The number of new subscriptions per day exceeds 150,000, and it has been at the top of the best-selling list for many consecutive months. Last month, the remuneration was as high as 200,000 yuan, which has become Xiang Nan's new profit point.

The popularity of "Coiling Dragon" also attracted the attention of publishing houses, and many publishing houses wanted to publish this work.

With Qidian's matchmaking, Xiang Nan formally signed a contract with Baihua Publishing Group in March to sell the publishing rights of the novel "Coiling Dragon".

And all the money he earned was invested in the real estate market.

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Time passed day by day.

In May, "Panlong" officially ended with 3.3 million words.

In those days, this number of words was considered a masterpiece.

In comparison, in 2020, a novel is not considered a novel unless it has five million words.

After it was over, Xiang Nan didn't open the book again.

First, he has completed the original accumulation of capital. Now he has earned nearly 10 million RMB by relying on "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Coiling Dragon".

In 2006, this was already a huge sum of money. Even if all deposits in the bank, do not engage in other investments. In this life, he and Xiao Meng don't have to worry about money.

Secondly, it is really troublesome to serialize long-form web articles. Insist on updating every day, and update 4D every day. Even if he already has a story in his head, the workload is huge.

Xiang Nan's coding speed is not fast, about 60 characters per minute, and only 2,000 words per hour. It takes five or six hours to write 10,000 words.

In addition, he still has to write "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", tutor Xiaomeng's homework, eat, rest and sleep. It can be said that the whole day is full of schedules, and he doesn't have much free time to manage his relationship.

Moreover, Xiang Nan also knows that most of the authors of web articles have chronic diseases, such as lumbar muscle strain, tenosynovitis, cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, vascular syndrome... They can fight hard when they are young, but they will suffer when they are old.

So he didn't plan to open another web article and exchange his life for money. He plans to use the rest of his time to write "Ghost Blowing the Lantern II" well, and to live a happy life with Xiao Meng.

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In July, Xiaomeng took the TVU exam.

Because of Xiang Nan's tutoring and her own hard work, her test scores were very good.

It also encouraged her.

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In Ivory Mountain, the first batch of seedlings cultivated by Yutian was officially launched in July.

Although he didn't go to college and didn't study cultivation techniques seriously, he probably has the talent in this area, and the flowers he grows are all beautiful. The seedlings that are planted are also very vigorous.

Therefore, after its launch, it was very popular and saw initial benefits.

This also encouraged Zhao's father and son to plan to expand the scale of cultivation and build another greenhouse.

After Liu Neng heard about it, he felt that there was something to be gained, so he proposed to invest. But Zhao Si was afraid that he would snatch the fruits of victory, so he didn't 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 shop and made some money.

After he took down 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 more than tripled.

In addition to selling tobacco, alcohol, non-staple food, and daily necessities, it has added clothes, footwear, vegetables and fruits, cold fresh cooked food, and so on.

Because it is the only one in Ivory Mountain Village, it monopolizes the huge market of thousands of villagers. In addition, he is the director of the village, and the reception in the village also buys in the supermarket, so the profit is quite considerable. In just half a year, he earned 20,000 yuan.

Although the cost is taken into account, it is still losing money, but the profit is in sight. This also made Liu Neng quite complacent, and the name of Little Zhuge in Ivory Mountain became even louder.

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Liu Yishui's farm continued to expand, and he was not satisfied with only raising rabbits, but began to consider dairy cows.

However, raising dairy cows requires a much larger investment than raising long-haired rabbits. With the money he has, it is still a bit difficult. So he is going to borrow money from the bank.

Xiaomei is worried that the farm will expand too fast and have too much debt, which will easily cause a break in the capital chain, so it is suggested that he slow down the pace of expansion.

Liu Yishui is a firm believer 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 participate in the cow project now, so he has to resist the pressure.

This also made Xiaomei very dissatisfied, so she quit her job as a technical consultant and ran back to the city.

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Wang Laoqi's tofu workshop is still open.

In fact, Xiang Nan has persuaded him many times to stop making tofu.

After all, in this line of work, getting up early and going to bed late is very hard work. Moreover, the profit of tofu is not high. In addition to the cost, almost no money is made, and it is easy to wear out the body.

So Xiang Nan didn't want him to work so hard again.

But Wang Laoqi and his wife are people who can't be idle. They feel that they can still move now. If they don't do any work, they will rely on their son-in-law to support them, which is really shameful.

Therefore, 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 is also collecting and selling mountain products.

Although Xiang Nan didn't want to deal with him, he gave him 2,000 yuan every month. This money, in the countryside, is enough for his old couple to eat and drink.

But Xie Guangkun, like Wang Laoqi, is also a person who can't take 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 and sell expensive, shoddy. It can be said that the mentality of the chicken thief has been deeply ingrained, and it has penetrated into the bones.

In addition to being busy with his career, Xie Guangkun also called from time to time, urging Xiang Nan and Xiao Meng to have a baby quickly, and he was waiting to have a grandson.

Xiang Nan completely ignored this request.

If you press again, you will hang up the phone directly, making Xie Guangkun furious.

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Wang Dana's plan to invest in Ivory Mountain was officially accepted after half a year of investigation.

He plans to build a resort in the Ivory Mountain Village, taking advantage of the beautiful scenery around the Ivory Mountain to attract customers.

Now with the increase of people's income and the improvement of living standards, the demand for leisure and tourism has greatly increased.

During the holidays, the major tourist spots are full of people, crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder, and crowded. Therefore, the tourism industry has a bright future.

As for Wang Dana's decision, both the town and the village are in support.

On the one hand, after the completion of the resort, tourists who come to visit will bring rich income to the villagers; on the other hand, after the completion of the resort, employees will be recruited nearby, which can also solve the problem of idle labor in rural areas. Kill two birds with one stone.

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On Xiangxiu's side, after learning that the Ivory Mountain Resort has invested nearly 10 million yuan, they also urged 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 was also very interested in this proposal. After all, he doesn't want to always be wronged in the company and do things under the nose of his father every day. If you don't do well, you won't be praised, and if you don't do well, you will be criticized. How can you be alone in the outside world?

So he actively fought for the post of general manager of the villa from his father.

However, Wang Dana hesitated to make this request.

He knew that his son was eating a few taels of rice. With his two moves, he can't manage a villa at all, and it's easy to mess up the business.

But if he refuses, he is afraid that his son will be sad. After all, he is only such a son, if it is really about this matter, father and son will fight against each other, and it is not good to be divorced, so he is hesitating.

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In August, the last volume "Ghost Blowing Lantern: Kunlun Shrine" was officially published.

At this point, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern I" is officially over, and the adventure journey of Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Shirley Yang has also officially come to an end.

The hot sale of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series not only made Xiang Nan get a lot of wealth. Moreover, it also made him famous and became the darling of the media.

However, Xiang Nan doesn't like being interviewed by the media very much.

First of all, the wealth is not revealed, he doesn't really want people to know that he has made a fortune, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

In fact, the villagers in Ivory Mountain don't even know what book 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 an academician, his IQ belongs to a super genius, and he can sing, dance, and perform, which can be said to be versatile. Most of the Xiaomengdians have not graduated, and their IQs are only mediocre. Singing, dancing, and acting are all bad.

The two of them can live together, basically thanks to Xiang Nan's infinite tolerance. In the real world, even if they can be together, they will soon break up due to lack of in-depth communication.

Therefore, if Xiang Nan becomes a star writer who is famous all over China, and the gap with Xiao Meng is further widened, it will be even more unfavorable for their relationship.

Therefore, he declined all interviews. Even if the interview is done by phone, avoid being filmed or photographed.

And because of his behavior of hiding his head and showing his tail, it also caused some bad speculation from the outside world.

Some people think that "Ghost Blowing Lantern" is likely to be a collective creation, so no author can stand up; Like young writers do.

Some people took the opportunity to directly stand up and claim that "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is their own work. However, the manuscript was lost once, and a claim was filed against Xiang Nan for it.

In this regard, Xiang Nan was a little speechless.

However, he didn't care about these doubts from the outside world, and he didn't respond in the slightest. Instead, he hid in the small building and stayed at home with Xiaomeng every day.

Watching dramas, planting flowers, raising fish, and living a retirement life thirty years in advance.