Without any suspense, 9 skill points and 3 attribute points were received, and Cinnabar was right behind, one point short of a perfect score, second in the class and second in grade, which surprised everyone.
Ma Xiaolong took a look at her test paper. He filled in the blanks on the math questions wrongly, but he didn't know how to do it. It was just carelessness.
"Don't you know how to check it again?" Ma Xiaolong felt that this point should not be lost.
"I checked, but the check was a bit careless." Zhusha said with a smile: "It's fine this time. I lost more points before."
"..."
Forget it, as long as they make progress in their studies, the teacher will not interfere with the two of them' "making love" business. If making love can make two people improve their studies, the teacher would like all students to have sex.
After receiving the summer vacation homework, the two-month summer vacation also followed.
Originally, Ma Xiaolong thought that he and Zhu Sha would finish their summer homework in two days, but Zhu Sha said that during the summer vacation, he and his grandfather would visit martial arts masters in the Lion City to communicate and learn martial arts. He would not be free until the last week of the summer vacation.
"You finish writing first, and I will copy it when I come back."
"..." We were separated for a long time during the winter vacation, and even longer during the summer vacation, but that's okay. He has things to be busy with during the summer vacation anyway, so it's okay to be apart for a while.
"See you at the end of August." Cinnabar waved goodbye at the school gate.
Ma Xiaolong waved his hand: "Don't get hurt."
Zhusha narrowed her eyes and smiled, turned around, and left with her ponytail swaying.
Still so chic.
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After returning home, Ma Xiaolong locked himself in the study room and couldn't wait to add three attribute points to his physical strength.
After a burst of warmth, Ma Xiaolong's whole body was filled with strength.
"Is Jie Su's eight-year-old body comparable to that of an adult? I love it."
Ma Xiaolong was just happy when he suddenly felt something was wrong. He unzipped his trousers and looked down.
Grow up.
"..." This wave, this wave is called giftedness!?
It's so awesome, it's my money.
Let’s look at the skill points again. Previously, 6 points were spent on comics, leaving 18 points. This time, 9 points were added back, and the remaining skill points reached 27.
Take a look at the other first-level skills.
After thinking about it, in addition to self-discipline, I spent 12 skill points to upgrade reading, mental arithmetic, meteorological observation, dance, vocal music, and planting to level 2.
Level 2 is equivalent to proficiency and belongs to the first echelon of talents in any industry. The suffix descriptions of the six skills have also changed.
Reading (lv2): Through reading, you can discover the key points in the content extremely accurately and summarize them.
Mental arithmetic (lv2): You can instantly calculate the results of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of tens of thousands of digits.
Weather Observation (lv2): You can more accurately observe the weather changes in the coming day.
Dance (lv2): You are the Asian Dance King.
Vocal (lv2): You are just a little bit away from the national team.
Planting (lv2): The crops you plant can increase the yield by 50%.
Gee, am I already so powerful!
Ma Xiaolong was very satisfied, but that was it for the time being and he would upgrade it if necessary in the future.
After finishing the extra points, Ma Xiaolong went downstairs to finish lunch, take a nap, and then went into the study full of energy and started drawing comics.
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Time flies to mid-July. At the beginning of the month, Ma Qiangsheng went to Beijing with his household registration book and 150,000 yuan. With the help of his uncle, he spent 100,000 yuan to buy a shabby apartment on Gui Street east of the Drum Tower.
The courtyard house is really dilapidated and is not far from being scrapped.
Originally, my uncle did not recommend buying it. After Ma Qiangsheng saw the house, he also felt that the landlord was trying to trick him, a foreigner, but after calling Ma Xiaolong to talk about it, Ma Xiaolong casually asked: "How big is the area?"
"About 400 square meters!" Ma Qiangsheng said: "The yard is 200 square meters, the house is 200 square meters, it is a single-family house. There is a well in the yard, but now everyone uses tap water, and the well has long been abandoned."
"Buy!" Ma Xiaolong became anxious upon hearing this: "I have to buy it! Even if I spend 150,000 yuan, I still have to buy it! If I don't buy it, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"
"..."
A few days later, the ownership of the courtyard was transferred to Ma Xiaolong's name. I heard that the original owner was not happy anymore, and everyone behind his back said that Ma Qiangsheng, a foreigner, was a fool. I wonder if he would regret it and jump off the building thirty years later?
I still had 50,000 yuan left, so I happened to buy a 40-square-meter third-floor apartment in my aunt's community. The buildings in my aunt's community were all four-story buildings, and the third floor was relatively cheap. I could just buy it for 50,000 yuan.
This building was still registered in Ma Xiaolong's name. As a result, at the age of eight, he accumulated wealth that ordinary people could not accumulate in ten lifetimes, and became rich overnight.
Yesterday, Ma Qiangsheng came back from the capital with two copies of his real estate loan. Ma Xiaolong personally rubbed his father's shoulders and patted his back: "Thank you for your hard work, Dad."
"..." Ma Qiangsheng shook his head: "Will courtyards really be more expensive than buildings in the future?"
"It's not just expensive, it's a symbol of status. Even if you have money, you can't buy it." Ma Xiaolong said: "Dad, with this courtyard house, you can enjoy happiness in the future!"
Ma Qiangsheng finally smiled: "I hope so!"
Although he bought the house, he can only keep it in the capital for the time being because it has not been renovated. Ma Qiangsheng entrusted his aunt to rent out the building nearby. Based on the current rental price of houses in Haidian District, he can collect about 200 yuan in rent per month.
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What's interesting is that the average salary of ordinary workers in the capital is now just over 200. With this salary, it's no wonder that many people give up their iron jobs and go into business overseas.
In the early 1990s, Beijing was really no better than ordinary urban residents. But Beijing would usher in explosive growth in the future, with wages rising at a higher level every year, but they would never be able to catch up with the soaring housing prices.
Such a comparison shows that the salaries of Ma Qiangsheng and Liu Ying are actually pretty good.
But again, with this little money, it is better to earn more by doing some small business, especially Ma Qiangsheng. The efficiency of the match factory is getting worse year by year. In a few years, there will be large-scale layoffs. In two years,
In ten years, this once largest match factory in Asia will be completely bankrupt and become history.
There is nothing we can do about it. Since the advent of lighters, wood-consuming matches are bound to decline. The match factory could persist until the second decade of the new century before going bankrupt. It is already very tenacious.
Ma Qiangsheng thought he could go back to work when he came back, but that didn't work. Suddenly, he took Ma Xiaolong straight to Tianjin Wei and walked into the door of the Fine Arts Publishing House.
Ma Xiaolong was carrying a schoolbag, which contained a document bag. In the document bag were fifty comic manuscripts, which were drawn from "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".
Because the paintings were so exquisite, Ma Xiaolong only painted fifty of them in half a month. The progress of the story was just after arriving at Fairy Island, and it stopped at: "Why are there girls' clothes here?"
It is true that the essence of the chapter is captured.
Why did Ma Xiaolong draw the Legend of Sword and Fairy? It is true that he is a fan of Sword and Fairy, but he was really disgusted several times in his previous life, especially Sword and Fairy IV. Due to lack of funds, this game that could have been more classic has cut off many branches and even the main plot.
The plot, and even the creation team was disbanded directly, and then the ancient sword team was established. It was really a waste of resources.
Now that he has the opportunity in this life, Ma Xiaolong decided to keep the IP of Fairy Sword firmly in his own hands. The first thing to do is to create comics. If he acquires writing, programming and other skills in the future, he will create novels and games, and wait until the film and television
Adapted, you can also get to know Brother Hu and Tianxian!
Ma Xiaolong is quite confident in his painting skills and believes that he will amaze the editor of the publishing house.
Sure enough, after reading the original painting of the fairy sword, the editor of the publishing house was so excited that he slapped his thigh: "Okay! The painting is great!" But he was also quite crazy: "Where is the one below? Why is it gone? Why did it break here!? You
Is this intentional? Are you bullying an honest person?"
"..."
The editor's madness alarmed the chief editor. After learning the whole story, he became curious and took a look at it himself.
"Where's down there? Why is there no more down there!? I want it down there!!!"
Another crazy one.
Things went smoothly after that. At the expense of not paying for the drawings, Ma Xiaolong negotiated with the publisher for an 8% share of the comic publishing copyright, and only signed a 5-year copyright.
People with strength will always get better treatment, and everyone at the publishing house has full confidence in Ma Xiaolong's comic and is willing to make concessions to him as a newcomer, so everyone is happy.
Fifty pages of comics are definitely not enough to publish a single volume, but Ma Xiaolong is confident that he will draw another hundred pages before the end of this month, which will be enough to publish a comic.
The publishing house has also guaranteed that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be available for sale in major bookstores across the country. There is no doubt about this, because the full name of the publishing house is "People's" Fine Arts Publishing House.
This is also an important reason why Ma Xiaolong chose to cooperate with them after careful selection.
After signing the contract that day, I took the train home that same day.
When he got home in the evening, Ma Xiaolong dove into his study. For the next half month, he almost didn't go out except for eating, drinking and having a bowel movement.
Finally, on the morning of July 31, 100 new drawings were completed. Ma Xiaolong put the drawings into a document bag and handed them to Ma Qiangsheng, asking him to take a train to send the drawings to the publishing house. Then he returned to the bedroom and slept in darkness.
On August 18th, a very auspicious day, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was put on sale in major bookstores across the country.