[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-entertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig":3,"chapter-entertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig-entertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig-chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Entertainment: Starting by Quitting the Industry to Go Home and Raise Pigs!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2125042,3473,"Chapter 85: Ye Xuan","entertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>Watching Director Chen Kaige leave in low spirits, Ye Xuan only felt that Director Chen was filled with the desolation of autumn leaves being swept away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The whole person seemed to carry a capital \"L\" for \"Loser\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shaking the strange thoughts out of his head, Ye Xuan replied on his phone to Xu Ke, who was still frantically outputting messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A few minutes later, he and Director Xu Ke finalized the copyright for *Return of the Condor Heroes*.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not until his phone stopped flashing with new messages did Ye Xuan put it aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Reflecting slightly, Ye Xuan calculated his earnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The copyright fees for *One Hundred Years of Solitude* and *The Old Man and the Sea* were still settled quarterly and continued to be deposited into his card.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The first quarter’s copyright fee was 20 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The copyright fees for the following three quarters declined slightly, but each quarter’s fee remained around 15 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In other words, just from the copyright fees of the first two books, Ye Xuan earned 67 million throughout the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides that, the two film adaptation fees for *Legend of the Condor Heroes* and *Return of the Condor Heroes* added up to a full 30 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Plus the income from several transactions at the pig farm, it totaled three or four million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Adding it all up, Ye Xuan was quite stunned himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He didn't know until he calculated; he was shocked once he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He never expected that in just one short year, he had already become a multi-millionaire?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thinking that his assets had exceeded 100 million, Ye Xuan couldn't hide his excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the next second, the sleepiness from not getting enough sleep this morning hit him, and Ye Xuan couldn't help but yawn lazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since he was woken up too early by his mother this morning, he might as well go take a nap.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On the other side, a few new faces had arrived at the entrance of Qiong Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Family, welcome to the *Visiting the Countryside* livestream room. Today we have arrived at Qiong Village in Qianzhou City, Xijiang Province…”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On camera, reporter Yan Ni, wearing a lotus-purple dress, was gently greeting the netizens who had just entered the livestream.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>*Visiting the Countryside* was considered an old-school program, always focusing on the slogan \"Discovering Beautiful Villages\" and dedicated to helping impoverished mountain villages achieve agricultural revitalization.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Reporter Yan Ni had also noticed the recent popularity of Qiong Village, which was why she had chosen Qiong Village as the location for this interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, the tone of the program was related to the countryside, so its popularity and traffic were far inferior to entertainment programs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this time, the number of people in the livestream was only around 20,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Dear Yan Ni, I’m here, I’m here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Qiong Village?! Why does this name sound a bit familiar?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Isn’t this the small mountain village from *Let’s Farm*?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Ah, yes, yes, yes! It’s the hometown of that dog author Ye Xuan?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“I sat up from my bed with a thud; I have to watch this carefully…”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Many netizens gradually reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This small mountain village that sounded so familiar, wasn't it Ye Xuan’s hometown?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thinking that this was the hometown of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Ye Xuan, many netizens immediately shared the livestream.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soon, a steady stream of netizens poured in.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Is this the place where Ye Xuan grew up from childhood to adulthood?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Squatting here! Squatting here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Whistling!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While walking and introducing, reporter Yan Ni had already walked to the village committee and found the village chief, and was now asking the village chief to give a simple self-introduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just as Yan Ni subconsciously glanced at the number of online viewers in her livestream, her pupils shrank slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Didn't there only use to be 10,000 or 20,000 just now?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>How did it suddenly increase to 50,000?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just as Yan Ni was stunned, the village chief’s self-introduction with a heavy local accent had already sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Hello everyone, I am Niu Dali, the village chief of Qiong Village. I am very happy to participate in the program’s interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Our Qiong Village is definitely a new generation of internet-famous villages, with a large number of cultural landscapes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, this village chief, who was dressed simply and clearly looked like someone who faced the yellow earth and turned his back to the sky, busy for his few acres of land, didn't seem to match the word \"internet-famous\" at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the village chief’s voice fell, the curiosity of many netizens in the livestream was hooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“This is the most simple rural person! The way the village chief speaks in non-standard Mandarin is really cute!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Heh! Village chief, you have successfully attracted my attention!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“The village chief just said Qiong Village is an internet-famous village, what does this mean?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Isn’t this village just a mountain ditch? Where are the internet-famous features?…”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this time, not only were the netizens in the livestream confused, but even reporter Yan Ni asked out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Village chief, what cultural landscapes are there in the village?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as the words fell, the village chief didn't answer immediately, but instead sold a suspense.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Everyone follow me, I will take you there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ever since the village chief learned that a program was going to specifically interview Qiong Village, he had already made preparations, and now he was leading the way in high spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>0 ······\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Reporter Yan Ni and the cameraman behind him, although puzzled, followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soon, everyone followed the village chief to a primary school.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The school sign with black characters on a white background looked yellowed, and even the handwriting was a bit blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Yuehe Primary School?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at the handwriting on the sign, which seemed a bit crooked, reporter Yan Ni read it out with a puzzled look.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as the voice came out, the village chief hurriedly shook his head and said with a serious tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Victory Primary School!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When this was said, reporter Yan Ni was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Good guy!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yuehe?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Victory?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It turned out that both characters were missing their respective halves!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For a moment, Yan Ni really didn't see that this school was originally called \"Victory Primary School\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, what puzzled Yan Ni was that it was just a primary school, and a dilapidated one at that; what was there to be proud of?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Noticing Yan Ni’s gaze, the village chief looked up at the school gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeming to have discovered something wrong, the village chief didn't bother to speak, but instead picked up a bamboo pole from the ground and flipped the banner above the school gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Reporter Yan Ni and the netizens in the livestream all looked over following the village chief’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It turned out that the banner had been flipped over by the wind just now, causing everyone not to see the Chinese characters on the banner clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When the village chief straightened the banner again, he saw four big characters written on the banner.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ye Xuan’s Alma Mater!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was concise, simple, and crude!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this time, coupled with the village chief’s extremely proud expression, it was as if he was vividly saying that this was one of the cultural attractions they were proud of in Qiong Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A cool breeze blew past the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A thought flashed through Yan Ni’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fortunately, she wasn't wearing high heels, otherwise, the heels would have been broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the audience in the livestream was already laughing their heads off.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“66666”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“The so-called cultural attraction is just Ye Xuan’s alma mater?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Looking at the village chief’s proud look, I don’t know why I want to laugh so much!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Weakly ask, does Ye Xuan know that his reputation has been taken out and used by the village chief?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“I have a bold guess, I think Ye Xuan probably doesn’t know [Dog head]!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Looking at the comments above, even if I don’t make a sound, I can laugh myself to death, hahahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>.........................\u003C\u002Fp>",1337,"2026-06-16T11:16:15.501Z","2026-06-17T08:53:48.592Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","3b8d6f0db50532aec7375f9696222a8a809a7ac70cb99394fd6c9fc31bb5b285","entertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig-chapter-86","entertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig-chapter-84",391,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fentertainment-quitting-the-industry-to-raise-pig-cover.jpg"]