Chapter Five Old Countrymen Meet

  After some thought, my head is still a bit sore. Money is really hard to earn. If I had brought my phone when I went out, it would have been great. There are dozens of movies and hundreds of songs in it. I could have made a fortune by selling them. Unfortunately, I threw the phone under the bed before going out and forgot to pick it up.

  A few songs, three albums, are already at the bottom of the box. At this time, the online network and VIP paid model are not yet mature, and paying users are still very few. If I upload these books now, I will definitely not make much money, wasting the limited resources.

  Moreover, currently the most urgent thing is that these still need to be typed out first, which requires a computer, and this is also something Liu Meng can't afford at present.

  Liu Meng's head was aching from thinking, and he finally roughly determined a direction.

  He has a PhD degree, and in terms of knowledge, he is very impressive. You don't have to worry about his studies, the only thing you need to worry about is English, which he has always been bad at. He had to take the CET-4 and CET-6 exams multiple times before passing, and in the first semester of his freshman year, he failed English miserably. This is definitely something to pay attention to, we'll have to figure out a way to deal with his English teacher later, English cannot be failed.

  As for the songs, they can only play a role of adding flowers to brocade. A grassroots artist, even if he publishes several good songs online, will not attract much attention and will be quickly plagiarized, wasting resources in vain.

  In terms of the web, for now we can only wait. We must wait until there are enough VIP users on the web and also wait until readers can accept that type of content. Just like "Swallowing Starry Skies", it's purely a danmei novel. Currently, readers may not necessarily be able to accept it, and if not handled properly, it might flop.

  The only thing that can be utilized is knowing the development trend of the next few years and understanding the future development pattern of Jianghai City and its neighboring Kun City.

  In '07, the stock market was so good that even an idiot could double his money, this opportunity must not be missed.

  Before the end of 2008, be sure to buy more real estate.

  After all, it's all about money, the accumulation of primitive capital. Liu Meng is from a poor family for three generations, and many relatives and friends are even poorer than his own family.

  For example, Liu Meng's uncle's family had four sons, and the last three took in daughters-in-law. The uncle was also one of those typical gluttons who were lazy and fond of causing trouble.

  Two aunts lived miserably, and their marriages were all unhappy.

  Only Dabo and San Shu are still doing well, but at that time Dabo's family had also declined, while San Shu's family was later able to recover, but is now very poor.

  The younger uncle's family had two daughters, and the younger aunt was always playing mahjong, so she didn't have time to take care of them. Later, when the older daughter was 15 years old, she eloped with a male classmate.

  And which relative would lend money to a little brat anyway?

  It's unrealistic to expect help from him now.

  The first step is to use one's own knowledge to make a circuit board, develop small appliances and earn some living expenses to solve the problem of survival and buy a computer. If you starve to death, everything is empty talk.

  The second step is to quietly wait for the development of online literature, using the three works that can be remembered to earn the first pot of gold, and prepare for the stock market and housing market in 2007.

  That's all I can think of, it's a relatively safe method.

  The specific implementation will have to wait and see.

  Creation is not going well, after experiencing several years of failure, Liu Meng has a very clear understanding of his writing level, letting him know that under the circumstances of outline and main line, his textual expression ability is super strong, but his innovation is too poor, unable to create an original story.

  In the future when I have more money, I can gather a group of people with strong creative abilities to create content and publish a magazine or something like that.

  The more I think about it, the more beautiful it becomes. I've become a powerful businessman and created an incredibly strong entertainment kingdom. All the Hong Kong, Thai, Taiwanese, Japanese, and Korean pop cultures have to step aside for me. All the pretty boy groups and girl groups have to look up to me, listen to my orders, and work for me.

  Rumbling... The green-skinned car finally arrived in Bingcheng, the northernmost city of Huaxia Country, after swaying for 26 hours from Xucheng.

  It won't be long before we arrive in Ice City, where I will spend the next 4 years and start a new chapter of my life. Liu Meng felt a mix of emotions, as it had been since his graduation in 2008 that he last set foot on this magical land.

  The ice city at the end of August is also very hot, especially at noon and no different from the south, only the temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large, especially at night it's still quite cool, even a bit cold.

  As soon as they left the station, Liu Meng's eyes fell on the low-rise buildings, and his gaze lingered on the sign at the station that displayed train information. His eyes were slightly moist, for it was here in 2006 that he and his first love, Jiang Xiaoyu, had stood together, gazing out at the trains heading to Kyoto, and had embarked on a spontaneous journey.

  It's more accurate to say that the two people are close friends rather than lovers, they have many common small hobbies, although they call each other boyfriend and girlfriend in public, but they rarely have any intimate contact.

  At that time, youth was carefree and uninhibited. However, since graduating in 2008, they went their separate ways and never saw each other again. As for breaking up, those words were never spoken, and the two had a tacit understanding of not contacting each other anymore.

  According to time, Jiang Xiao should also arrive in Ice City today. The two were originally from the same batch, but different colleges. Although they knew each other was somewhere in a corner, they couldn't meet.

  At this time, schools will organize senior students to welcome new university students. Liu Meng easily found the car that welcomed new students. Bingcheng Industrial University is a school that has never had senior sisters come to welcome new students.

  The Ice City Industrial University was originally known for having few female students, let alone beautiful ones, so the senior students were eager to lock in these scarce resources by welcoming new students.

  Sitting in the car, Liu Meng stared blankly outside as the vehicle slowly started moving. It would soon arrive at the new district of Bing Cheng Industrial University, which was specially prepared for freshmen.

  At that moment when I was gazing listlessly, I suddenly caught sight of a man with a slightly lame leg walking by, accompanied by two women, one around fifty years old and the other a young girl, whose ponytail swayed as she pointed at something in the distance and spoke.

  The little girl with pigtails had her back to Liu Meng, but why did this figure seem so familiar?

  This figure is so familiar, but this little girl is facing Liu Meng, can't see the appearance. The heart almost jumped out of the throat, Liu Meng later chatted with Jiang Xiaoyu about entering school, he was very clear, it was his uncle and mother who sent Jiang Xiaoyu to this school.

  And her uncle had suffered from polio since childhood and walked with a limp.

  When the car turned a corner, he suddenly saw the front of the little girl with pigtails, this face, Liu Meng was too familiar, it was Jiang Xiaoyu, originally two people had passed by on the first day they arrived in Ice City, and it wasn't until more than a year later that they coincidentally established contact.

  "Stop the car, stop the car!" Liu Meng exclaimed excitedly as he stood up from his seat.

  The driver didn't care about him either, what a joke, this is no place to park.

  Met a senior who looked listless, not a single girl on the bus, I really feel unlucky, it's already the third year of school, originally thought that this batch of freshmen would successfully strip off their uniforms, looks like there's no chance again.

  "Hey, classmate, did you drop something?" The anxious senior asked hastily.

  At this moment, Liu Meng also calmed down. The car had already gone far away. He sat down and said apologetically: "Nothing was lost, sorry about that. I thought I saw a familiar face, but it was a mistake."

  Since it will soon be on a campus, there is always a way to get to know each other. At this moment, even if you get off the bus, you may still be regarded as a madman by Jiang Xiaoyu, and it is very likely that you will be beaten by Jiang Xiaoyu's uncle and mother. After understanding this layer, Liu Meng quickly calmed down.

  Arriving at the new campus, Liu Meng first made a phone call to an upperclassman from his neighboring village who was studying at Ice City Industrial University. The two roughly confirmed a time and place to gather.

  This was the era without mobile phones, and they had to make sure of the way to meet up. There was no other choice. The senior from the neighboring village, Meng Haohao, came from a family that was even poorer than Liu Mang's, and he was also in his second year of high school, naturally without a mobile phone.

  Then he made a phone call home, and his father answered. On the other end of the line, you could hear that his father let out a deep sigh, relieved that his son had finally arrived safely at school, and his worried heart was finally at ease. Since his son left, he hadn't been able to eat or sleep.

  Originally wanted to send his son to school, but his son insisted on going by himself, so he had no choice.

  Reminded Liu Meng to contact the senior from the neighboring village, then study hard in school and strive for good grades. Also, try to apply for a student loan, if it's not feasible, the family will think of ways to send some living expenses over.

  He spoke very quickly, conveying everything he could think of, just like reading out a well-prepared draft. After finishing, he hung up the phone swiftly. That's how thrifty he was; phone bills aren't cheap, after all.

  Hanging up the phone, Liu Meng dragged two large suitcases to the agreed meeting point and started waiting, also taking a look around to see if there were any beautiful women.

  Most of them are young boys and girls traveling with their parents, of course, the girls are fewer, less than 20%, and the quality is just average, very occasionally a beautiful girl in a light-colored dress and fair skin would walk by.

  Liu Meng, standing under the tree shade, was still wearing his high school uniform, with a short stature and a somewhat pale complexion, looking very rustic.