In June, Fang Hui successfully gave birth to a baby girl.

  Xiang Nan named him Chen Fangyuan.

  At the end of July, Lin Jiamo returned to the capital from Hujiang.

   Moreover, she came back from another job this time.

  When she was in Hujiang, she was already a middle-level manager in a company. This job-hopping has taken me to a higher level, and I have already jumped to middle and high-level management.

   It is estimated that in two years, she will be promoted to the general manager level. Xiang Nan is very optimistic about her ability.

   August 8th, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

  Xiang Nan, Zhao Ye, Qiao Ran, Fang Hui, and Lin Jiamo went to the scene together and watched the opening ceremony.

  The grand scene, gorgeous performance, and boiling enthusiasm made them all very excited.

   "It's really fun~" Zhao Ye shouted excitedly.

   "Yes." Xiang Nan nodded, "It's a once-in-a-century event."

   "It's really a blessing to be able to watch it with you." Qiao Ran said with emotion.

  Lin Jiamo and Fang Hui nodded. From 1999 to 2008, nearly ten years, it is really rare for these friends to get together.

  …

   In the next two years, Qiao Ran and Lin Jiamo each found their significant other, got married and had children.

  Although everyone has their own family and is busy with their own careers, this friendship is still not forgotten.

   We meet several times a year, and even make appointments to travel together.

  In 2010, Sun Tao and Tang Haibing returned from working hard in the south.

  They have done a lot of things in the south. They entered factories together, and later they set up stalls, opened stores, and started companies together.

  Because there were many opportunities in the south at that time, and the support for the private economy was relatively strong, they just caught up with a wave of dividends and got rich by luck.

  After returning to the capital, he continued to start a company, and the business was doing well.

   It's just that they have been gone for several years. After returning, things have changed.

  Yang Qing is already married and has children, and her relationship with Sun Tao is completely dead.

  Of course, after so many years, Sun Tao is no longer alone.

  He came back from the south, also for the sake of business, not to marry her.

   "When I first went to the south, I really wanted to make a lot of money so that I could marry her back home." Sun Tao explained to Xiang Nan, "However, we are really suffering in the south.

  I stayed in the factory for two years, and I was as tired as my third grandson every day. To be honest, I lost all energy. Every day is work, eating, and sleeping. What kind of woman, I don't think about it at all, and I don't have the energy to think about it.

  If it wasn’t for the sudden closure of the factory, Haibing and I were forced to be laid off. Neither of us thought about setting up a stall to start a business, but only wanted to work like this for the rest of our lives.

   Later, after setting up a stall, there were a lot of things to do. I am busy buying and selling goods every day, and I don't care about other things at all. Because at that time, we both put all our money on the goods, and if we couldn’t sell them for a day, we both had to go hungry.

  So although I made money later, I realized that I had forgotten about Yang Qing. "

  Xiang Nan nodded.

  The poorer the person, the lower the desire.

  Hungry people only want to fill their stomachs as much as possible. Only those who are full of food and drink can have leisure time to think about marriage and love.

  So it is not surprising that Sun Tao forgot Yang Qing, on the contrary it is reasonable.

  If it were him, if he had to worry about three meals a day every day, he wouldn't even think about getting married and having children.

  …

   One or five years later, the film and television adaptation rights of Xiang Nan's novels were targeted by those film and television companies.

  Although he hasn't written novels for seven or eight years, the new generation of young people have even forgotten him.

  But with the arrival of the first year of IP, the value of those old IPs has attracted the attention of capital again.

  Xiang Nan's "The Incident of the Young Cha Biliang", "The Grass-like Love", "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams", "The Best of Us", etc., all sold millions of copies that year.

  The students who read these books back then are now gradually entering the society, which is the time when they are rich in spending power.

  Thus, those film and television companies wanted to obtain the film and television adaptation rights of Xiang Nan's novels.

   For this, Xiang Nan is naturally willing.

   After all, this is a good thing to gain both fame and fortune.

  However, with his current net worth, he doesn't care about that little money at all. Therefore, he especially chooses film and television companies, and he must have enough sincerity.

   It doesn’t matter if it’s money or not, the key is to have a good production attitude, at least to adapt it with heart, not to make a pile of **** just to make quick money.

   At that time, not only will the series be unpopular, but the reputation of his works will also be affected.

  …

  Under all kinds of nitpicking, he finally selected a film and television company, and the first adapted work is - "The Best of Us".

  After the show was launched, the ratings and word-of-mouth were very good, it can be said to be a big hit. The male and female protagonists in the play, and even some supporting roles, are very distinctive and have won the recognition of book fans and drama fans, which is a good start.

  With this successful precedent, the other IPs in Xiang Nan's hands, as well as the IP in Fang Hui's hands, were favored by capital, and they were all sold at a good price in the end.

  The adapted works, to be honest, have good and bad. But on the whole, they were all above the passing line, so Xiang Nan had nothing to complain about.

   After all, his original works are also mixed.

  After these novels were successfully adapted into film and television, Xiang Nan's popularity continued for another wave, making him a highly anticipated celebrity again.

   This feeling of being admired is still very good.

   But the era of physical books is over after all. These physical book writers have lost the foundation of growth, and even if they regain their popularity for a while, they will soon pass away again.

  Like Baby Anne, "July and Ansheng" shined at the Golden Horse Awards. Many of her novels have been adapted into film and television dramas, but they still can't stop her from going downhill.

  Xiang Nan has already seen this very clearly.

   For this reason, he even rejected the invitation of the publishing house. After all, the so-called cutting-edge writers of his generation have long been eliminated by history.

  People who have already stepped into the coffin with half a foot, why jump out to scare people.

  …

  In the next few years, Xiang Nan's main energy was to raise his daughter with Fang Hui.

  In 2021, Xu Yanxin passed away due to illness.

  Fang Hui was very sad, crying to death. Thanks to Xiang Nan being by her side, otherwise she really couldn't hold on.

  In 2032, Xu Hui passed away. In 2035, Chen Jianjun passed away. Two years later, Zhang Xiaohua died.

  With the passing away of the older generation, Xiang Nan and others are also getting old.

   "I really didn't expect that there would be a day when we were too old to play the ball." Zhao Ye smiled wryly while holding the basketball.

  Back then he could still play slam dunks, let alone slam dunks now, he had to squint his eyes before shooting to find the basket.

  He is nearly sixty years old, his legs and feet are not flexible, and his eyes have also deteriorated. He is really old.

   "No way, time is like a knife, no one can hide it." Xiang Nan laughed, "Fortunately, everyone is still here, you are old and I am old, then it will be fine."

   "That's right, we grow old together, don't leave anyone behind." Qiao Ran also laughed.