On the campus of Beijing University, the autumn breeze is whirling and the leaves are falling.

There are few students on campus, but foreign tourists almost crowd the campus of Beijing University.

When the car drove to an office building, the two people got out of the car and walked into the office building quickly.

Originally, the two of them were going to have dinner, but as soon as Li Fan fastened his seat belt, he received a call from Sister Jiang, saying that the copyright issue of the new book was basically settled, and he was waiting for him to make a final decision.

Li Fan followed Sister Jiang's suggestion and decided to cooperate with Jisen Publishing House, after all, Jisen Publishing House is the most authoritative publishing house in the three northeastern provinces, and has certain advantages in all aspects such as book proofreading, printing, distribution, and channels.

As for the specific details, we will need to meet and discuss them in detail later, but the publisher hopes that Li Fan will find a scholar to help him write the preface, after all, this is a traditional practice.

But who can you turn to?

Li Fan immediately thought of Xiao Lao in Chuncheng, Xiao Lao had just agreed to it, but 3 minutes after the phone was put down, the old man called again, and he regretted it.

He said that he felt that he was a little unqualified to preface Li Fan, he himself had been studying the new examination evidence, and every day his head was dizzy, countless materials were about to be shattered, his brain was often in a mess, he had no clue, and there were few academic results that he was satisfied with. In this field opened up by Li Fan, he said that he was just a "conformist", how could there be a reason for an "apprentice" to preface the "door master"?

Li Fan didn't let the old man change his mind, so he had to call others. In the end, he found a very famous master of Chinese culture in China, Bi Shengyuan.

This old man Li Fan didn't dare to disturb, this generation of people who had been in glory all the way from the last years of the Republic of China to today, was an internationally renowned university scholar and a national treasure-level master.

Originally, there was no contact between Li Fan and Bi Lao, and when he just called Dean Cui, Dean Cui smiled and said: "Bi Lao said by my side, if you don't dislike it, he is willing to give you a preface." ”

Li Fan trembled when he heard this, and he asked uncertainly, "Which Bi Lao?"

"Bi Shengyuan, Bi Lao!"

Li Fan was overjoyed, how could he be so virtuous!

Bi Lao is a rare genius scholar in the world, and he has personally translated his works into English, German and Russian Chinese, whether it is personal talent or effort, it is a jaw-dropping existence in the academic community.

Li Fan never expected to have the opportunity to get in touch with Bi Lao, he respected Bi Lao too much, and he was very happy along the way.

Li Fan and Gu Yating came to the vice principal's office and waited quietly. He temporarily put away his excitement, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "Eh, Mr. Gu, how can you, a profiteer, study the consumer mentality so well? When I was in the office just now, I admired you a little!"

"I grew up at my dad's desk, and I watched people come and go in the supermarket every day, thinking about how to empty their wallets and become a 'profiteer' over time. ”

"Then I have to criticize you, Gu Yating, what other girls have been thinking about since childhood is eating and eating, thinking about all kinds of Prince Charming, how can you think about consumers' wallets? Aren't you out of the female group and going to cheesy and low-level fun? Can't you be like other girls, think more about eating, drinking and having fun in your head every day, think more about handsome guys, and think more about me?"

"Tut-tut, get out! I still think more about the God of Wealth, a few more sticks of incense, and the wealth will roll in. Thinking of you? When I think of you, my head is full of trouble. Lin Xiaofeng told me that when you participated in "The Strongest Brain", those groups of little girls seemed to be crazy. ”

Li Fan rolled his eyelids and said, "You shouldn't worship the God of Wealth, it's wrong!"

"Who is it to worship? Guan Gong?"

Li Fan shook his head.

"Lü Buwei?"

"No, no, no, the same period!"

"Who?"

Li Fan said with a smile: "Ba widow Qingma, the first female entrepreneur in the history of my country. You said that you want to be a girl in business, and you don't worship female entrepreneurs but worship other people, which is unreasonable!"

", do you want me to be a widow in the future? ”

"Get out, what are you talking about," Li Fan scratched his head, "However, you should really bow down." Do you think, during the Qin Dynasty, a businesswoman was neither an imperial prince nor a national relative, and she relied on mining the 'Dan Cave' to become rich. With thousands of servants, tens of thousands of workers and soldiers, and its own private armed forces, this is in the era of the Qin Dynasty's book-burning pit Confucianism and destruction of the world's weapons, the cattle exploded!

And even Qin Shi Huang gave her the 'Huaiqing Terrace', isn't it very decent? Do you know what the 'Danxue' produces?"

"Dansha, which contains mercury, and a large amount of mercury from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is undoubtedly provided by her. ”

Li Fan added: "Not only that, but she also funded the construction of the Great Wall by Qin Shi Huang. Meng Jiangnu cried about the Great Wall, and the widow repaired the Great Wall. Everyone only knows Meng Jiangnu, but they don't know the widow.

If Widow Qing is made into a TV series, it will be more legendary, a hundred times more legendary than Meng Jiangnu.

'Profiteer,' if you want to worship, you have to worship 'Widow Qing.'" ”

"You're a profiteer, shut up!"

Li Fan shook his head and said, "No treacherous business, no business, no treacherous!" ”

"In the old days, when buying rice to use the bucket as a measuring device, the seller would use a mahogany ruler to flatten the rice raised in the bucket to ensure that the amount was accurate. After the transaction of the silver goods, the merchant will add some rice to the rice bucket in the rice basket, so that the smoothed rice surface will bulge into a pinch of 'pointed heads', so as to make as much profit as possible.

Wu Jian Wu Shang was originally a positive term, but later in the process of development, it became 'Wu Jian Wu Shang' and became a derogatory term. ”

While the two were chatting, an elderly man with white hair came from the staircase, the elder in his early 80s, walking with a lively pace and in good spirits.

Li Fan and Gu Yating hurriedly greeted him.

"Bi Lao is good!"

"Bi Lao, slow down. ”

Bi Lao looked at the junior kindly and said with a smile: "It's okay, let's go into the house." ”

Walking into the office, Li Fan and Gu Yating were a little at a loss and nervous, the elders in front of them are cultural treasures, and for their juniors, it is a great fortune in life to be fated to be strong.

Bi Lao hung up his glasses, looked at the two young people in front of him for a moment, and then chatted with them, as if chatting at home, the atmosphere was harmonious and warm.

The reason why Bi Lao wanted to write a preface to Li Fan, first of all, Li Fan's "new examination of evidence" is indeed a new direction in the academic world, and Li Fan's academic level is extremely high.

Since 2000, there has not been any real master of Chinese studies, and the masters who have been sealed by themselves or promoted by others do not count, this kind of real deep cultivation in Chinese studies and authoritative academic research in the body, so far, there is no young scholar under the age of 45.

In this new era of informatization, a Li Fan suddenly popped up, and countless elders in the literary world couldn't wait to look up to the sky and sigh, why didn't there pop up a few?

Love talents, the more scarce talents are, the more they love talents, and in today's society, Li Fan, an extinct young scholar, is even more cherished by many people in the industry.

Bi Lao wrote a preface to Li Fan, he asked Li Fan to wait for a while, then took out a pen and found the manuscript paper, but he heard the rustling on the paper, and within a moment, the "Preface" was completed.

"Li Fan, take a look, is it still possible?"

Li Fan took a look at it when he received it, and the admiration in his heart instantly exploded.

The font is elegant and smart, and there are several miscellaneous families, which are self-contained, Li Fan said in his heart: I can't compare!

Look at the content again, the insights are unique, the recommendations are sincere, and every point of view in each article involved in it is like a few treasures, and there is no mistake in every word!

When Li Fan closed the manuscript paper, he was completely convinced, there are people outside the world, there are people outside the world.

After saying goodbye to Bi Lao, Li Fan sighed not far from the office: "My rural grandmother is the same age as Bi Lao, but she can't get off the kang anymore, she is confused, but Bi Lao, this body is as tough as if she is 70 years old, and her thinking agility beats that of Beijing University students." This old man was so awesome when he was young!"

Gu Yating shook her head slightly, "I'm completely convinced!"

Li Fan lowered his head, "Me too!" For this day that is very meaningful to me, I decide!"

Seeing Li Fan stunned, Gu Yating asked, "What do you decide?"

"I'm definitely not going to brag in the future!"

……

After returning to the dormitory and sleeping, Li Fan flew to Nanjing City the next morning.

After leaving the airport, Li Fan did not rush to the accommodation arranged by "The Strongest Brain", but walked directly to a nearby hotel.

As soon as he got out of the car, the vice president and editor-in-chief of the Giessen publishing house had been waiting for a long time, and everyone welcomed him into the conference hall and sat down one after another to study the specific details of the book.

Li Fan didn't expect Jisen Publishing House to be in such a hurry, and he just made an appointment to talk in detail about another day yesterday, but it turned out to be talked about today, and it is not in this province.

For Giessen Press, Li Fan's is extremely important. In this era, physical publishing has already fallen into a quagmire, and within ten years, everyone's reading habits have undergone earth-shaking changes, and they have already shifted from paper books to online clients, and many publishing houses have been difficult to maintain.

For example, the transformation of Beijing's "Poetry Magazine" into the "Chinese Studies Era" APP is also a way to survive when forced into a desperate situation.

Nowadays, there are only a few writers who can sell physical books, and the authors are all young people.

Jisen Publishing House's expectation for Li Fan's new book is to sell millions of dollars, and 1.5 million is the ideal valuation. Because of Li Fan's topicality and fan popularity, let alone beating those top best-selling authors, even if it is now in the Chinese entertainment industry, who can compete with Shuai Li for popularity?

With this huge popularity as a guarantee, are you afraid that the new book will not sell?

Li Fan was very worried in his heart, after all, this kind of purely academic work, can readers understand it, will they buy it?

The vice president laughed, "Just because this book is purely academic, we have lowered our target expectations significantly. ”

The editor-in-chief added: "If this is an essay or something like that, we expect to sell at least 2 million copies, and our target expectation is at least 3 million copies. ”

Li Fan has no confidence, well, wait for the market to prove, who will buy it? obscure, who is stupid?

Li Fan can't figure it out, can't understand it, and many people are also very skeptical, so he has to look at the market feedback when the new book is on the shelves.

As for the pricing, the result after discussion is 49 yuan, which is very high compared to popular works, and famous works are often only about 30 yuan, but this book is very reasonable in professional books.

After the basic details were finalized, the vice president asked, "Which scholar did you ask to write your preface?"

"Bi Shengyuan, Bi Lao!"

Everyone in the room was shocked and said in unison: "Who?"

"Bi Shengyuan!"

The crowd shouted:

"Wow, you're going to invite him?"

"Our last master of Chinese culture in China!"

"If there is a preface by Bi Lao in your book, let's promote it in one sentence: Bi Shengyuan recommends it!"

"Just these three words Bi Shengyuan, the style of our book has doubled!"

……

The vice president asked, "When will we write it?" and our book will be on the shelves at the end of the year. ”

Li Fan carefully took out the manuscript paper from his bag, and then showed it to everyone, and everyone was not calm in an instant.

Everyone doesn't understand, where did Li Fan's interpersonal relationship come from, even Bi Shengyuan can be invited? The news media has already dug Li Fan's family upside down, and it is determined that Li Fan was just born in a very ordinary family!

In fact, this is a simple truth, when you have unattainable strength in a certain field, many people will naturally take the initiative to make friends with you, perhaps because of appreciation, like, or other ......

After signing the copyright contract, Li Fan and the vice president shook hands warmly, the camera clicked, and the photo froze.

In this way, the first book in Li Fan's life was finalized.

After sending off the group of Jisen Publishing House, Li Fan looked at Sister Jiang beside him and asked, "How is my sister Shishi doing?"

"It's okay, reading, reading newspapers, drinking tea, and living like an old man. ”

"Didn't you film?"

"I haven't taken on a play recently, and I don't have a good book. Don't you also write scripts, when will your sister Shishi be able to film your play?"

Li Fan shook his head: "I'm just fooling around, but if I plan to record opera culture in the future, it's a good idea to let Sister Shishi make a cameo." ”

"Opera?"

"Hmm!"

Sister Jiang was shocked for a moment, thinking that you have expanded your territory too far, right? She asked, "When?"

"Hell knows, you've got your current schedule back in 2020, right?"

Sister Jiang sneered: "I have to exploit you more, rely on you to eat." ”

Sister Jiang also flew away quickly, there were other artists to bring, Li Fan returned to the hotel to rest for a while, and then came to the Radio and Television Center, ready to record tonight's show.

When he first arrived in the lounge, the room was empty, and the other players did not arrive.

It wasn't until 20 minutes later, with a creak, that the door opened.

Lin Xiaofeng walked into the room with her mobile phone, she frowned and said, "Listen to Xiaoting, you are actually going to send a book?"

"What do you mean? Are you questioning me? With my academic level, it's worth making a fuss about just publishing this book?"

"Huh?" Lin Xiaofeng picked up his phone and asked, "Xiaoting, didn't you say that he swore not to brag again in the future?"