The strongest brain in entertainment

Chapter 296 The National Treasure Level Master Helps

On the campus of Peking University, the autumn wind is rustling and leaves are falling.

There are very few students from our school on campus, but tourists from outside almost overcrowd the Peking University campus.

When the car arrived at an office building, the two got out of the car and walked into the office building quickly.

Originally, the two of them planned to go to dinner, but Li Fan had just put on his seat belt when he received a call from Sister Jiang, saying that the copyright issue of the new book was basically settled and he was waiting for the final decision.

Li Fan followed Sister Jiang's suggestion and decided to cooperate with Giessen Publishing House. After all, Giessen 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 need to meet and discuss 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.

Who can I turn to?

Li Fan immediately thought of Mr. Xiao from Spring City. Mr. Xiao had just agreed, but 3 minutes after putting down the phone, the old man called again and he regretted it.

He said that he felt that he was not qualified to write a preface to Li Fan. He had been studying the new textual criticism, and his head was dizzy every day. Countless information was about to be shredded. His brain was often in a mess and he had no clue. There are not even a few academic results that I am satisfied with.In this field developed by Li Fan, he said that he was just a "follower". How could an "apprentice" write a preface to the "master"?

Li Fan grinded his mouth and didn't make the old man change his mind, so he had to call someone else.In the end, he found Bi Shengyuan, a well-known Chinese scholar in Huaguo.

This old man, Li Fan, did not dare to disturb him. This is a generation of masters from the end of the Republic of China to today. He is an internationally renowned university student and a master of national treasure level.

Originally, there was no connection between Li Fan and Mr. Bi. When he just called Dean Cui, Dean Cui said with a smile: "Mr. Bi said beside me, if you don't mind, he is willing to write a preface for you."

Li Fan shivered when he heard this. He asked uncertainly: "Which Bi Lao?"

"Bi Shengyuan, old Bi!"

Li Fan was ecstatic, what virtue and ability he had!
Mr. Bi has learned both Chinese and Western cultures. He has reached the pinnacle of Chinese studies and multidisciplinary research. He is a rare gifted scholar in the world. He has also translated his works into English, German, and Russian languages ​​by himself, regardless of personal talent or effort , are all the existences that make the academic world dumbfounded.

Li Fan never expected to have the opportunity to become friends with Mrs. Bi. He respected Mrs. Bi, and he was very happy along the way.

Li Fan and Gu Yating arrived outside the vice principal's office and waited quietly.He temporarily put away his excitement and suddenly asked doubtfully: "Hey, Mr. Gu, how can you, a profiteer, study consumer psychology so well? When I was in the office just now, I almost admired you!"

"I grew up next to my father's desk. I watched people coming and going in the supermarket every day, and all I could think about was how to empty their wallets. Over time, I became a 'profiteer'."

"Then I have to criticize you, classmate Gu Yating. Other girls only think about eating and eating and all kinds of prince charmings since they were young. How can you think about consumers' wallets? Aren't you breaking away from the female group and going to Is it tacky and vulgar? Can’t you be like other girls and think more about eating, drinking, having fun, handsome guys, and me every day?”

"Tut tsk tsk, get out! I'd better think about the God of Wealth, put on a few more sticks of incense, and the wealth will flow in. Thinking of you? When I think of you, my head is full of troubles. Lin Xiaofeng told me that you will participate During "The Most Powerful Brain", those little girls seemed to be crazy."

Li Fan rolled his eyelids and said, "You shouldn't be worshiping the God of Wealth, you're wrong!"

"Then who should I worship? Guan Gong?"

Li Fan shook his head.

"Lu Buwei?"

"No, no, the same period!"

"Who?"

Li Fan laughed and said, "Widow Widow Qing, the first female entrepreneur in the history of our country. You said that you are a girl who wants to go into business. It is unreasonable to worship other people instead of female entrepreneurs!"

"Go away, you want me to be a widow in the future? I have no objection."

"Get out, what are you talking about," Li Fan patted her forehead, and said, "But, I really should worship. Think about it, in the Qin Dynasty, a businesswoman was neither a relative of the emperor nor a relative of the state. Danxue', a wealthy party. It has thousands of servants, tens of thousands of workers and soldiers, and has its own private armed force. This is like a "god" in the era of Qin Dynasty burning books, burying Confucianism and destroying the world's weapons. Existence, awesome!

And even Qin Shihuang built the "Huaiqing Terrace" for her, isn't it very decent?

Of course, as for having a huge private armed force, it is speculated by some scholars, which I think is not very reliable.

Do you know what 'Danxue' produces? "

"Cinnabar contains mercury. It is said that she provided a large amount of mercury in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum. It is related to elixirs, antiseptics, etc."

Li Fan added: "Not only that, she also funded Qin Shihuang to build the Great Wall with a huge sum of money. Meng Jiangnv cried for the Great Wall, and the widow repaired the Great Wall. Everyone only knows about Meng Jiangnv, but not the widow.

If Widow Qing was made into a TV series, how legendary would it be?How brilliant is that life?One hundred times more legendary than Meng Jiangnv, Meng Jiangnv's story is too monotonous.

'Profit merchant', if you want to worship, you have to worship 'Widow Qing'. "

"To shut up!"

Li Fan shook his head and said: "There is no business without treachery, and there is no treachery without business! Hey, but this word didn't mean this before."

"No point is not a business. In the old days, when buying rice, a liter bucket was used as a measuring device. When measuring rice, the seller would use a mahogany ruler or the like to level the raised rice in the liter bucket to ensure that the weight is accurate. After the silver and goods are settled In addition, the merchant will add some rice in the rice basket to the rice bucket, so that the surface of the rice that has been smoothed will bulge into a pinch of 'points' to make as much profit as possible.

"No sharpness, no business" was originally a commendatory term or a neutral term, but later in the development process, it became "No evil, no business", and became a derogatory term. "

While the two were chatting, an elderly man with white beard and hair came from the stairs. The elderly man was in his early 80s, his steps were brisk, and he was very energetic.

Li Fan and Gu Yating rushed over quickly.

"Hello Bi!"

"Old Bi, please slow down."

Elder Bi looked at the younger generation kindly, and said with a smile, "No problem, 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 her were cultural treasures. For the younger generation, it was a great fortune to meet each other.

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

The reason why Mr. Bi wanted to write a preface to Li Fan is that first of all, the "new textual research" proposed by Li Fan is indeed a new direction in the academic world, and Li Fan's academic level is extremely high. Mr. Bi has read Li Fan's articles Afterwards, it was also full of praise. Everyone said that the younger generation finally had a benchmarking genius of Chinese studies, and an oasis finally appeared in the dry desert.

Scholars emerge in large numbers in troubled times, while talents wither in prosperous times. Since 2000, there has not been any real master of Chinese studies in Huaguo. There are no authoritative academic research in the field, so far, young scholars under the age of 45 are basically not found.

Talents are withered, and Chinese culture is hard to bear. In this new era of information explosion, Li Fan suddenly pops up from the cracks in the rocks. Countless elders in the literary world can't wait to look up to the sky and sigh. Why don't more pop up?

Love talents, the more scarce talents are, the more you love talents. In today's society, young scholars like Li Fan who are extinct are even more cherished by many people in the industry.

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

"Li Fan, take a look, is it okay?"

Li Fan took a look at the hand, and the admiration in his heart burst instantly.

The font is elegant and smart, with miscellaneous numbers among them, forming a style of its own, Li Fan thought in his heart: I can't compare to it!
Looking at the content again, I have unique insights and sincere recommendations, and every point of view of every 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. It's really beyond human beings!
After bidding farewell to Bi Lao, Li Fan let out a long sigh not far from the office: "My rural grandmother is about the same age as Bi Lao, but she can no longer get off the kang. She is too confused, but Bi Lao's body is so strong that it seems At 70 years old, his quick thinking surpasses that of Beijing university students. How awesome was this old man when he was young?"

Gu Yating shook her head, "I am completely convinced!"

Li Fan lowered his head, "Me too! For this very meaningful day for me, I decided!"

Seeing Li Fan pause, Gu Yating asked, "What did you decide?"

"I will never brag in the future!"

……

After returning to the dormitory and taking a nap, Li Fan flew to Nanjing the next morning.

After leaving the airport, Li Fan did not rush to the residence arranged by "The Most Powerful Brain", but went directly to a nearby hotel.

As soon as he got out of the car, the vice president and editor-in-chief of Giesen Publishing House had already been waiting for a long time. Everyone welcomed him into the conference hall and sat down one after another to study the details of the book together.

Li Fan didn't expect Jisen Publishing House to be in such a hurry. Yesterday, they said that they would talk about it another day, but it turned out that they would talk about it today, and it was not in the province.

For Giesen Publishing House, Li Fan is extremely important.In this era, physical publishing has already fallen into a quagmire. In ten years, people's reading habits have undergone earth-shaking changes. The "reading base" has already been transferred from paper books to online clients, and the publishing industry has long since lost its glory.

For example, the "Poetry Magazine" in Beijing transformed into the "Chinese Studies Times" APP, which was also a way of survival when forced into a desperate situation.

Nowadays, there are only a few authors who can sell physical books, and the authors are all romantic figures of the younger generation, and they mainly focus on romance novels or light novels.

Giesen Publishing House's expectation for Li Fan's new book is a minimum of one million sales, and 150 million is the ideal valuation.Because of Li Fan's topicality and fan popularity, let alone those top best-selling authors, even in the Huaguo entertainment circle, who can compete with Shuai Li for popularity?
With such a huge popularity as a guarantee, are you afraid that the new book will not worry about selling?

Li Fan was very worried. After all, could readers understand such a purely academic work?Will you buy it?
The vice president laughed and said, "Because this book is purely academic, we have greatly lowered our target expectations."

The editor-in-chief added: "If this is an essay or novel you wrote, our guaranteed sales estimate is at least 200 million copies, and the target expectation is at least 300 million copies."

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

Li Fan couldn't figure it out or understand it, and many people were also very skeptical. So he had to look at the market feedback when the new book was put on the shelves.

As for the price, after discussion, everyone decided it was 49 yuan. This price is very high compared to popular works. After all, masterpieces and novels 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: "Then which scholar will you invite to write the preface?"

"Bi Shengyuan, old Bi!"

Everyone in the room was shocked and asked in unison, "Who?"

"Bi Shengyuan!"

The crowd shouted:

"Wow, are you going to invite him?"

"We are the last master of Chinese studies in China!"

"If there is a preface by Bi Lao in your book, our promotion will be in one sentence: Bi Shengyuan wholeheartedly recommends it!"

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

……

The vice president asked: "When will you write it for us? Our book will be on the shelves by the end of the year."

Li Fan carefully took out the manuscript paper from his bag and showed it to everyone. Everyone immediately became uneasy again.

Everyone doesn't understand, where did Li Fan's interpersonal relationship come from? Even Bi Shengyuan can invite him?The news media has dug Li Fan's family upside down, and confirmed that Li Fan was born in a very ordinary family!
In fact, this is a simple truth. When you have unmatched strength in a certain field, many people will naturally take the initiative to make friends with you. The reason may be that they like you, or other...

After signing the copyright contract, Li Fan and the vice president shook hands enthusiastically, the camera clicked, and the photo was frozen.

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

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

"It's okay. Reading, reading newspapers, and drinking tea. Those who feel sad about spring and autumn will live like an old person."

"Are you not filming?"

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

Li Fan shook his head: "I'm just fooling around, but if I plan to record opera culture in the future, it would be a good idea for Sister Shishi to make a guest appearance."

"drama?"

"Ok!"

Sister Jiang was taken aback, thinking that you have expanded too far, right?"When?" she asked.

"Ghost knows? My current schedule is already scheduled by you after 2020, right?"

Sister Jiang chuckled: "I'll exploit you a little more, relying on you for food."

Sister Jiang also flew away quickly, she has other artists to bring.Li Fan went back to the hotel to rest for a while, and then came to the radio and television center, ready to record tonight's program.

When he first came to the lounge, it was empty and no other players came.

After 20 minutes, the door creaked open.

Lin Xiaofeng walked into the room with her mobile phone in hand. She frowned and said, "I heard from Xiaoting that you are going to publish a book?"

"What is it? Are you questioning me? With my academic level, it's just publishing a book. Is it worth making a fuss?"

"Huh?" Lin Xiaofeng picked up the phone and asked, "Xiaoting, didn't you say that he swore he would never brag again?"

(End of this chapter)