Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 254 Word Puzzle
According to Xia Anyuan's memories, he clearly remembered that the anime "One Piece" dominated the top of the anime category charts for twenty consecutive years after its release.

It is the first Japanese animation in China to surpass 10 billion views, with a peak daily viewership of 27 million on a single platform.

Its popularity on iQiyi has remained consistently above 5000, far exceeding that of classic Japanese anime such as "Naruto" and "Detective Conan".

This popularity has even driven the transformation of online platforms from free to membership-based subscriptions, which is of unparalleled significance to Xia An's next two plans: refined platform operation and full IP industry chain development.

Last year, in 2006, an animation company in Hangzhou, in collaboration with an art publishing house, bought the publishing rights at an extremely high price and was already preparing to print and distribute a simplified Chinese version.

In Xia An's memory, it was more than three years before iQiyi and Tencent TV took over the animation broadcasting rights in batches. Sohu then bought the rights in 2013. Xia An had already gained an advantage, so he was determined to win.

He was unsure of the negotiation prices offered by the various online platforms in the original world, but he granted the team going to Japan considerable authority: cash plus a share of the profits.

Unfortunately, the scale of this "Supernova" talent show is bound to sweep up all the talented amateurs. If we want to hold a show with the same effect again, it will probably take another three or four years to mature and wait for the next batch of contestants to emerge.

Pilipala needs to strike while the iron is hot and have a project to take over the traffic six months after the talent show ends.

Japanese anime and American TV series are both on Xia An's agenda.

There were many things to do in the Olympic year, so I won't go into details.

He started working on variety shows in 09.

Various group variety shows, such as "Running Man" and "The Voice of China," are already on Xiaowan Entertainment's schedule.

First, set up the settings, then register the copyright.

After Pornhub's popularity stabilized, the smartphone era began in 2010, with the rise of live streaming, short videos, and paid knowledge content. By then, his planned big data center should have reached a certain scale.

As long as everything is done step by step, with the help of the charitable foundation, he believes that apart from training mercenaries abroad, he will not face much risk in whatever he does.

The goal of the first stage is to accumulate wealth.

After acquiring wealth, settling down peacefully becomes the ultimate goal.

Is so-and-so superman impressive? He's been impressive for so many years, but he used all his intelligence and wisdom on business. In the end, he's only known as a shrewd businessman. He's far from being a true entrepreneur, or a socially responsible one.

Today's financial section describes Xia An as a rising star, a future business leader, a billionaire youth, and a role model for ordinary people.

Xia An just wanted to say: This is bullshit! What's the point of making money? The real skill is spending it.

It's often said that wealthy Chinese people make movies when they have money, while people abroad are focused on changing the world.

Xia An doesn't want to change the world; he just wants to fulfill his dream and incidentally advance the course of history.

He probably won't have much to do next year with the Olympics, so he plans to go talk to Liu Cixin and bring the still niche science fiction genre to the forefront.

Science fiction is an imaginative leap beyond scientific understanding. The West began promoting science fiction literature and films in the last century. What was the situation in China at that time? People were even fighting over tree bark. What was there to compare?

Science fiction should start from childhood because adults don't have time to look up at the stars. Therefore, most mainstream science fiction works begin with children's literature, and Liu Cixin has written quite a few of them.

Lost in thought, the day passed by.

Xia An felt a little guilty since neither Su Yi nor Le Ning had contacted him.

After dark, Qi Buyang and Lu Fei returned, tanned dark. When asked, they said they had gone swimming in the sea.

The next day, May 7th, the last day of the holiday, was for returning home.

Lu Yao also returned, looking thinner with dark circles under his eyes. When asked, he said that his senior had barely let him sleep.

Lu Yao gave Xia An a thumbs up, saying that he had a hard time taking care of just one person, but Xia An managed to take care of a whole bunch of them.

After saying that, she asked Xia An for some goji berries to drink, but Xia An refused, saying that she didn't have enough herself.

At noon, Xia An dressed in a flashy outfit—a white shirt and jeans—intending to use her youthful hormones to win over Su Yi and Le Ning. However, the two sisters had already gone shopping early in the morning.

Xia An asked them where they were, saying she could go pay the bill herself.

Su Yi had already softened her heart, but Le Ning hadn't. She snatched Su Yi's phone and said into the microphone, "Unless you can show up in front of me in half an hour, I'm not talking to you anymore."

Xia An said, "Okay."

I hung up the phone and sat down in a chair to think.

Half an hour... It's a half-hour drive. If you draw a circle with this school as the radius, half of it is the sea and the other half is mountains. There are no shopping malls at all.

Le Ning and Su Yi must be in the city. Even if he floored the accelerator, he couldn't get to the city in half an hour.

Of course, he knew that saying "I'll ignore you again" was just him being affectionate, but he still wanted to show sincerity.

Grabbing her car keys, Xia An rushed out of the dormitory like the wind, got into her car, and drove off.

On the way, Su sent a message:
[Note: Double crescent moon, 72 hours, person in the mirror; time limit: one hour. Drive safely.]

After looking at them and thinking about it, Xia An Yi Le, the gentle Su Yi, and the playful Le Ning.

Exactly fifty-five minutes later, when he arrived at the entrance of Regent Department Store, he saw Xiao Le Ning looking sullen from afar, and Su Yi covering her mouth and secretly laughing.

Le Ning: "I knew this wouldn't be difficult for him at all. You're always giving him random ideas and favoring him."

Su Yi: "Me, biased towards him? Didn't you yourself mutter that he definitely wouldn't be able to find it in half an hour, and asked me to give you a hint?"

Le Ning: "But your hint is too simple. Even I could have guessed it."

Su Yi: "Oh? A pair of eyebrows connected like autumn waves, what's the Chinese character for that?"

Le Ning: "Um, I'm not playing anymore, it's boring."

Su Yi: "It's still Li, you clearly couldn't have guessed."

Xia An ran over and grinned foolishly at the two beautiful women, while Le Ning scoffed and turned to walk into the mall.

As he walked, he muttered to himself, "Did I bring enough money?"

Xia An: "Heh, let me put it this way, you can take over this shopping mall if you want today."

Le Ning quickened her pace.

Lagging behind, Xia An asked Su Yi, "What were you two talking about just now?"

Su Yi blinked and smiled, "Guess the riddle."

"Oh? Let me guess."

"Find someone to grow old with, someone who will become yourself."

"Me." Xia An answered almost without hesitation.

"Most of them accept it."

"Is this a riddle?"

"Ah."

Xia An thought for a moment and chuckled.

He whispered and chuckled in Su Yi's ear:

"I love you too."

Su Yi brushed her hair aside and blushed.

Regent Department Store is a long-established shopping mall in Binhai, which was transformed from a supply and marketing cooperative in the previous era.

There aren't any big brands inside, but there's a ton of women's clothing, because girls' clothes are generally stylish and inexpensive.

Le Ning was walking in front, followed by Xia An and Su Yi. If they weren't of similar age, they would look like a parent taking their daughter shopping.

Le Ning didn't even look at the price of the summer floral dress before confidently ordering it to be bought.

In a store, Le Ning picked out five pieces of clothing, but when Xia An paid the bill, it came to 220 yuan, and the domineering CEO's arrogance immediately dissipated by more than half.

He refused to comply and dragged the two girls to Times Square.

(End of this chapter)