Chapter 170: Wipe the car
The score line of the college entrance examination in Anwei Province is demarcated, 561 is the key undergraduate line, and 520 is the undergraduate line.
Zhang Tan saw that he scored 407 points in the test, and felt a little ashamed to see people. After the exam, he also bragged to the old man who guarded the door, saying that he could score about 430 points, and now he found that each subject was a few points less than he expected.
Either you have to be high and low, or you are careless.
But in any case, this score is a very good score for an art student.
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"Nortel is Nortel, Nortel is also a famous school, Yang Yang has to be a director, and he can only learn when he goes to Nortel." Tan Mingxia chewed on the title of "Peking University" for a moment and laughed.
Ordinary people are happy enough to be admitted to college, but she is worried about her son and what kind of college he will go to.
Peking University or Nortel, what is the difference?
Thinking like this, Tan Mingxia no longer worries about her son's studies.
"Yang Yang writes a book to work for others to earn money for a lifetime, although he spends a bit lavishly, but he is not the kind of loser, and he doesn't need me and his father to worry about him in this life."
Traditionally, before twelve o'clock at noon, after eating at home, she will go out to a chess and card room in the community to play mahjong.
"Sister Tan, go play mahjong?" Teacher Liu's family, who lives on the first floor, greeted him warmly.
Tan Mingxia stopped and stood at the exit of the stairway: "Yes, I'll go to the chess and card room to sit down, Xiaojuan, have you eaten?" ”
"I've just eaten it, and the bowl hasn't been washed yet, so come out and take out the garbage."
"Let Teacher Xiao Liu wash it."
Xiaojuan pretended to complain and said, "His man, his limbs are not diligent. If you can't make money, you don't want to go to camp, and you put up an uncle at home all day long. ”
Tan Mingxia smiled and said: "National teacher." It's a good career, what do you want to make so much money for? It's enough to live a good life. I don't know how many people envy you husband and wife, one is a teacher, the other is a kindergarten teacher, both are respected. ”
"How can anyone envy it, everyone envies you, Sister Tan, you have a big writer's son. Tan Zhang's novel is well written, made into a TV series, and now it is a hot one, with one or two hundred households inside and outside our community. Who doesn't know your son's name. ”
"Ouch, ouch." Tan Mingxia hurriedly said modestly, "He just took the right path, and he didn't want me to worry about his father." ”
"How can Tan Zhang want you to worry about it, Sister Tan, you and Boss Zhang will never enjoy endless blessings in your life."
"It's all hard work, I've worked in the countryside for half my life, and now I'm living in the city, and I'm uncomfortable. His father was a little better and helped his son Zhang Luo's company. I'm busy all day, I really have nothing to do, and if I don't play mahjong in the afternoon, I don't know what to do. ”
"That's a blessing."
"What a blessing...... Ouch can't say more. Xiaojuan, you are busy, I went to the chess and card room, and there will be no seats if I go late. ”
A few polite words to Xiaojuan. Tan Mingxia hurried towards the chess and card room.
She said that she was in charge of logistics in the Luzhou studio, but she had to hire a special cleaner for cleaning. The studio doesn't have to take care of the meal, and the salary includes meal compensation. And office procurement only needs her signature. So Tan Mingxia really doesn't have much to do in the studio, she goes to the studio in the morning and simply plays mahjong in the afternoon.
When playing mahjong in the countryside, it is a good job to kill time in the afternoon.
In the past, Tan Mingxia was afraid to play mahjong, liked to play, and was afraid of losing money. If you win, you will be happy for a while, but if you lose, you will sigh for a long time. Now it's okay, her son's studio makes a lot of money, and she goes to play mahjong with others, she is a lot more arrogant, and she is no longer afraid of losing.
It's strange to say, I used to be afraid of losing, but the more I was afraid, the more I lost. Now I'm not afraid of losing, but the more I don't care, the less I won't lose. I have been playing mahjong in the chess and card room for a long time, winning more and losing less, and winning more money, which is of course a good mood.
What's more, you can constantly hear other people's compliments.
When a card friend saw her winning, he said jealously: "Sister Tan is playing cards again?" Can't be so lucky, your son wrote a book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which is enough for us to eat for a lifetime, let's win a few too. ”
At this time, Tan Mingxia will be very confident and say: "As long as you have the ability, you can win whatever you want with the money on my table." ”
There are also older people who will pull the strings around: "Xiao Tan, can your son talk to someone?" Do you want to introduce one to your son, I know a little girl, her parents are in business, the scale is not small, the little girl is beautiful, and she is still well-read. ”
Tan Mingxia would smile and shake her head: "My Zhang Tan is still young, less than twenty, he is not in a hurry to fall in love now, he is about to go to college, who knows if he will talk about it in college." ”
Some people will then ask, "Which school does your Zhang Tan attend?" ”
Tan Mingxia pretended to be casual and said: "Peking University and Fudan have come to find them and let me go to their schools, but Zhang Tan is going to study at Beiqi Film Academy, and he was admitted to Nortel's directing department during this year's art exam." ”
"You want to be a director?"
"That's what he said, but it's not just what he thinks, he has his own opinions, we as parents, we just hope that everything goes well for him and support him in the back."
"Tut, Peking University, Fudan University, Film Academy...... Tan Mingxia, you are a blessed person. ”
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Zhang Tan drove the car and parked at the door of the department store, waiting for someone.
His sister Zhang Yan made an appointment with a classmate in Heqi, came to go shopping today, bought a bunch of things, and called Zhang Tan to come and pick them up if he had time.
Zhang Tan had a very leisurely life this summer, and the waves set off by "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were incomparable, pushing him to the cusp. I don't know how many companies are looking for him to buy the rights of film and television adaptations of novels, as well as to talk about new book cooperation, and there are also waves of reporters who want to interview him.
However, Zhang Tan's Luzhou studio is not a casual fool, and when it comes to cooperation, it can only be carried out through the Luzhou studio, and Zhang Tan himself is not easy to end. And the reporter's interview was also handed over to Li Yan and Ma Weiwei and others to block, and only the more well-known media could interview him.
So even though the waves were rough outside, it didn't affect him much.
Eat, sleep, and work out every day. He went out in style when he should have done so, and of course he tried to make sure that he wrote novels for three or four hours a day.
At his rate of three thousand words an hour. Even if you are not in a hurry to rush the manuscript, you can still write six or seven thousand words a day.
"The Four Famous Catchers Against the Cold" is on sale. The first volume has already sold more than 800,000 copies, and it is still being printed overtime. As Zhang Tan's fame grows, the sales of the novel are not worried at all. He is the most appealing writer in the mainland in the past two years, although the martial arts atmosphere in the mainland is much worse than that of Hong Kong and Taiwan back then.
Like Zhang Tan, who writes traditional martial arts novels, a set of books can be bought for at least more than 100 yuan, and many readers who like martial arts. are all shy. If it weren't for the fact that the set of books was too expensive, the sales figure would definitely have a huge increase, you must know that last year's "Illusion" published by Guo Han sold a full 2 million copies, and Han Jingming also had several novels that sold more than 2 million copies.
The sales figures of a single book, Zhang Tan is not as good as these two post-80s authors who write youth literature.
If piracy is included, it's different.
Many pirated editions are a collection of books in one tome, and the price is not much different from that of a genuine book, if it is a pirated edition of a separate volume. You can buy a copy for a few bucks. Therefore, Zhang Tan's novels are the most pirated in the most serious situation, and every time the publishing house publishes them, they are printed in advance. Print enough quantities before putting them on the shelves.
But there will also be ghosts in the printing house, and when "The Condor Heroes" was published, there was a book that was not yet on the shelves. Piracy has already begun to be distributed.
Although angry, there is nothing to be done.
However, the reality can still make Zhang Tan exert the spirit of Ah Q. Because Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities are even worse, their novels are basically published in the mainland. They are all pirated books, and few publishers will give them manuscript fees. After all, Hong Kong and Taiwan and the mainland are politically different, and Hong Kong and Taiwan writers have no way to fight piracy.
Zhang Tan's Luzhou studio is now going around fighting lawsuits all day long, which can more or less restrain the piracy of some large publishing houses. As long as large publishing houses do not pirate, small booksellers will be considered pirated, after all, the channels are not wide, and they can still leave some profit margins for genuine books.
In short, piracy in China is very serious, but the market is gradually growing, and Zhang Tan wrote books, which is enough for him to make a fortune.
Recently, Li Yan mentioned to Zhang Tan that Anwei Literature and Art Publishing has decided to reprint "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and publish it again. Take advantage of the fire momentum of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to win the national ratings, and sell another wave.
Once you reprint it, you have to pay the royalties again, it's all money.
Major film and television companies grab copyrights, and it's money.
"I'm making money, I'm making money, I don't even know how to spend it."
"I buy a Nokia with my left hand and a Motorola with my right hand!"
Humming an unknown song, the car door was opened, and the sunlight came in, hot, and the old sister and her classmates didn't know what they were grinding, and they hadn't appeared yet.
Zhang Tan took out a pair of sunglasses from the car and stuck them on the bridge of his nose to shade the sun.
I took a picture in the rearview mirror and found that it was very handsome, so I got out of the car.
Open the trunk, take out a wool brush from the trunk, and carefully brush the Audi A6 with dust. Although Zhang Tan often drives this car, it is nominally his father Zhang Quanshun's, Zhang Quanshun doesn't know how much he cherishes, every time he sees Zhang Tan driving the car to ashes, he has to carefully take a brush or towel and wipe it clean.
Zhang Tan occasionally helps to wipe it.
It's not that he cherishes it much, but every time he sees Zhang Quanshun's eyes in distress for the car, as a son, he can't bear it. Wipe it clean, Zhang Quanshun can also feel less distressed.
Zhang Tan has decided to go to Beijia to study directing after the summer vacation, and by the way, he will buy an Audi A8-2004 model in Beiya, and he is ready to buy a 4.2L top configuration, the price is about 1.3 million.
In terms of material enjoyment, Zhang Tan never couldn't bear to wronged himself, and if he wanted to buy a car, he would buy a good car.
The sports car is too public, Zhang Tan is not a drag racing party, and he does not pursue much speed, so he is not sensitive to Porsche and the like; BMW belongs to the rich second generation, and Zhang Tan is directly excluded; Mercedes is very good, luxurious and atmospheric, but a little old-fashioned, and it is not the best choice.
In fact, Zhang Tan prefers Cadillac, but Cadillac's old models are not liked, and the new models have not yet entered China. So Zhang Tan retreated and chose the Audi brand. The best thing about Audi is the A8, which is very low-key in appearance and can't be distinguished from the A6 if you don't look closely.
"It's called luxury and restraint, which is more in line with my personality." While wiping the car, Zhang Tan was looking forward to his own car. (To be continued.) )
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