Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 177

Unfortunately, Xiao Qin’s TV station had limited funds and currently only had enough money to prepare for filming one TV series. Whether it was in terms of popularity or their personal preference, they chose Catcher in the Song Dynasty. She had no interest in other works at all, but she still said, “Okay, okay, you can send the books to our station later. If we find something suitable for cooperation, we will contact you.”

It would be best to have more projects. Without deeper cooperation, it would just be a matter of sending a few books.

After hanging up the phone with Xiao Qin, the publisher suddenly thought that it was just before winter vacation for Ning Meng. It was probably the final exam period at Ning Meng’s school and students were very nervous about studying. They tried to contact Jiang Ning and wanted her to sign some autographs but couldn’t get in touch with her. They thought she was on holiday there, so they found the signature page and sent it to Jiang Ning and asked her to sign it before sending it over.

The release of the second volume was due to the last few days from it being sterilized and Jiang Ning’s final exam, so they didn’t have time to prepare a signed book. However, when it was printed, 5,000 copies were left unprinted, so they just had to wait. After Jiang Ning signed 5,000 signature pages, she inserted the signature pages into the title page and customized some exquisite bookmarks to create a collector’s edition of the book published by Catcher in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Yong didn’t expect that a TV station would come to buy the film and television rights. He was so happy that he almost jumped up. Before he could contact Jiang Ning, he told Li Ang the good news.

Li Ang was far away in Tianjin City, and was to open up the northern market. When he heard the good news, even though he had been weathered for a long time, he couldn’t help but feel his heart beat hard at that good news. He took a deep breath and calmed down, “Although the film and television rights of Catcher in the Song Dynasty are only in the hands of Ning Meng, this matter is also a great benefit to our magazine. It is best to let Ning Meng write more and not rush to finish it.”

That was a win-win situation for Ning Meng and their magazine.

The release of the books caused their magazine’s magazine sales to decline, but it was still within control. The most important thing at the moment was to find a successor to who could replace it and regain stability after it had already serialized nearly 400,000 words, a phenomenon-level work that dominated Wuxia sales.

One of the most phenomenal works

It was called so because it was rare. Every time a new part appeared, it could directly drive the sales of magazines. It could even bring phenomenal popularity in various aspects such as publishing, film, and television.

But to have such a phenomenal work, or even a phenomenal author like Jin Yong or Mr. Gu Long, was hard but elusive.

If Catcher in the Song Dynasty could be made into a TV series and released, with the current readership, the ratings of the TV series of it would not be too bad. The ratings of the TV series would also drive the sales of published books and magazines.

That was really true. There was no way out of the mountains and rivers, but there was another village with bright flowers.

Li Ang was more active than Jiang Ning in promoting the matter.

After Wang Yong received the instructions from Li Ang, he immediately contacted Jiang Ning.

His contact with Jiang Ning was mainly through email. Jiang Ning basically used email to submit the manuscript to him every week. Another contact method was Teacher Wang’s office number.

After learning about the strict management of the relationship between men and women in No. 1 High School, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Wang Yong would not make the call unless there was something necessary. Usually, if anything was needed, he would directly send an email to Jiang Ning. Unless she takes no day off for half a month like she did last time for the joint examination, she would always read the emails on weekends and reply to him on time.

But when Jiang Ning didn’t reply to his email, he got anxious and called Teacher Wang’s office directly.

Teacher Wang no longer needed to work in the office every day as it was pre-winter vacation time, but there was still a senior teacher from the English group in the office who answered the phone. The person was looking for Jiang Ning.

The senior high school English teacher in the office knew about Jiang Ning. Teacher Wang had been showing off in a roundabout way all day long. It was hard for them to seem like he didn’t know her.

As soon as he heard the voice of a young man across from him, the English teacher of the third year of high school immediately became alert and asked him, “Who are you?”

Wang Yong knew that Jiang Ning didn’t want too many people to know that she made money by writing novels. From a selfish point of view, he didn’t want people to know Jiang Ning’s true identity in reality. Her class teacher, Teacher Wang, knew that Jiang Ning was making money by submitting manuscripts, he said, “I am Jiang Ning’s cousin.”

The phone call was made directly to the teacher’s office. If he dared to call a student through the class teacher, there was a low probability that it would be a complicated relationship. He just asked doubtfully, “Don’t you know she’s on winter vacation?”

“I know, but I only have the phone number of Teacher Wang’s office to contact her. She has opened a clothing store in front of the school. Can you call Jiang Ning for me?”

The guy knew Jiang Ning so well, so the teacher also dispelled his suspicion and said, “It’s not convenient to go out now. When I see Teacher Wang later, I will tell him.”

Wang Yong waited around in the office for a reply and couldn’t help but feel anxious.

He had stayed in Wucheng for several months and had some understanding of Jiang Ning’s movements. He knew that she had gone to Shanghai to buy a house. The person in charge of the magazine in Shanghai even called specifically to ask about her true identity. Jiang Ning issued an income certificate, but she was not in school. He called the Shanghai Wuxia Magazine branch, found Editor Qian, and asked Editor Qian if Jiang Ning was in Shanghai.

Editor Qian called Manager Qian, and then he found out that Ning Meng actually came to Shanghai to buy a house again. After buying two houses in half a year, she bought a villa.

He knew that Jiang Ning’s two books were selling very well. During that period, relying on her novel, the publishing house and their Wuxia Magazine were making a lot of money. In a short period of time, as long as they made no mistakes, he didn’t have to worry about not being able to get a salary or the magazine being canceled. As the author of Catcher in the Song Dynasty, Ning Meng’s two-volume manuscript fee was also very high, but he didn’t expect it to be so high, so the girl went straight to Shanghai to buy a villa.

That made Editor Qian deeply silent.

He was not bitter either. It was a blessing for their magazine to be able to produce such phenomenal work, because of which he also avoided the risk of being laid off.