My Military Career in a Parallel World

Chapter 254 Provincial Capital!

One month is neither long nor short.

For other people, a month may not be enough to accomplish much, but for Jiang Chen, who has a dream space, a month is enough for him to do many things.

The first is the basic general courses in university. Although it is very difficult to study by oneself, it is still more or less useful.

There was also training in physical fitness and military skills, which Jiang Chen also did not neglect.

How does one say this...

If you don’t practice for one day, you will know it; if you don’t practice for two days, your colleagues will know it.

If it were other people, they might not be able to practice even if they wanted to due to various factors such as the venue. It is already very good to ensure that their military quality does not decline.

Jiang Chen did not have this problem. He even took advantage of the plenty of rest time during this month to further improve his military skills.

The performance of each individual project may not be much better than before leaving the army a month ago, but when taken together it is very impressive.

Jiang Chen is now getting closer and closer to his ideal hexagonal warrior.

In addition to the above, Jiang Chen’s biggest gain this month was that he had determined and preliminarily written the first book in his money-making plan.

When he was in the teaching team, Jiang Chen was quite confused about what to copy for his first book.

After all, there seems to be something wrong with this world. It would be troublesome if he copied directly from a real person.

Moreover, even if Jiang Chen wanted to copy a book, he couldn't do it for no reason.

After all, if you are a soldier who stays in the barracks for 360 days out of 365 days a year and has no contact with the outside world, and you suddenly write a fantasy or fairy tale novel, it would seem a little strange no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, various factors such as the historical background must also be taken into consideration.

Therefore, even if Jiang Chen wanted to copy, the range of choices he could actually make would not be too large.

Jiang Chen thought about it for a long time, and finally decided that history and military novels were the most suitable for his current situation.

There is no need to talk about military matters. Jiang Chen himself is a soldier. As long as it does not expose or involve state secrets, anything can be written.

But the key is military literature, Jiang Chen didn’t like reading it very much in his previous life!

To be precise, it was the military works he liked to read, which he couldn't copy in this world.

When it comes to military works, 90% of people's minds would probably think of "Soldier Assault" and "I Am a Special Forces Soldier".

Jiang Chen is no exception.

and so……

It is impossible to write about modern military affairs, so I can only copy from distant past.

Jiang Chen tried hard to search his memory, and he actually thought of a few novels that were suitable for copying.

However, before he could take any action, the old man's words almost made him break out in a cold sweat.

As one of the most classic anti-Japanese war TV series in the previous life, Bright Sword is naturally within his target range.

If the old man hadn't confessed this time, Jiang Chen might have really brought up the "Drawing Sword".

Then, he can just wait patiently for someone from above to investigate him.

However, that was before. Now with the great old man supporting him, Jiang Chen will have no problem writing anymore.

If someone asked, Jiang Chen would just say: "My grandfather was a soldier who followed Lao Li to Ping'an County...", which would guarantee that the other party would be speechless instantly.

However, what can I say about "Bright Sword"? Compared with online novels that often have hundreds of millions of words, it is still a bit too short.

Moreover, even if I want to write about Jiang Chen, I will write it according to the plot of the TV series.

On the one hand, the second half of the Sword of Light is not suitable for writing, and on the other hand, the original novel of the Sword of Light is a bit...

Let me put it this way, if it weren't for the god-level performance of the screenwriter and actors, if the film was really based on the original novel, it would never have been so successful.

The TV series "Bright Sword" is a classic among classics, and it can even be said to be the pinnacle of anti-Japanese war film and television works.

The original novel...

After watching "Bright Sword" in his previous life, Jiang Chen went to buy the original novel. He almost vomited blood when he read it. What kind of crap was it?

Jiang Chen is not exaggerating, the original work is a typical scar literature, full of fabricated stories, and is at best third-rate.

Taking advantage of the fact that the holiday was not over yet and the old man, the person concerned, was right beside him, Jiang Chen decisively seized the time and wrote the first draft of "Drawing Sword" based on the plot of the TV series and some of the old man's narration, using the time ratio of the dream space.

Moreover, he received personal praise from the old man, who even ordered Jiang Chen to rewrite a copy himself, which was originally intended to be left to him.

It’s still the same problem as before: “Drawing Sword” is a bit too short.

Therefore, instead of making money from it, Jiang Chen would rather use it as a stepping stone to accumulate popularity.

Anyway, with piracy rampant nowadays, it would be better to just offer it for free to gain some popularity first, and then make a profit by selling various copyrights in the future.

The current online literature market has not yet developed, and even the identity of online literature writers is still at a level where they are collectively despised by everyone.

Many well-known online writers could not bear the pressure and either gave up online writing and switched to physical writing, or simply gave up their identity as authors.

This situation was only alleviated after the emergence of Qidian Chinese website.

It will probably take at least one or two years for online novels to truly explode.

At the very least, online literature can be said to have truly entered the fast lane when Nokia, in order to seize the market, launched a large number of smartphones that can access the Internet, and the public only needs a mobile phone to access the Internet and read novels anytime and anywhere.

It just so happens that if nothing unexpected happens, Jiang Chen should spend the next few years in the military academy.

Although military academies are also part of the military and their management is equally strict, there are undoubtedly more opportunities and time for schools to contact the outside world than at the grassroots level.

Not to mention, there are winter and summer vacations every year.

With the help of the dream space, Jiang Chen could write, let alone millions of words, even tens of millions of words if he tried hard in two years.

Before that, he needed a laptop.

Although Jiang Chen was skeptical about his typing speed, it was definitely faster than handwriting.

After all, as an old Zuan, I may not be good at playing games, but I must keep up with the typing speed...

"I still have to develop in the direction of historical literature, there are too few military novels to copy.

After thinking about it, I think only Xun Qingteng's "Spy War" is more reliable. I dare not touch the others. If I really run into a trap, I will die without knowing how I died..."

In other words, he has not read the famous book "Things about the Ming Dynasty", otherwise, there would be no need to go through so much trouble.

Dangnian Mingyue earned tens of millions just from this book and achieved financial freedom in one fell swoop.

I heard that he even became a deputy department-level cadre later on...

Many people may not be clear about what the deputy department level means.

To make a rough comparison with the military ranks of officers, generally a colonel-level cadre at the regimental level transfers to the local level, which is the level of director or deputy director.

If you want to transfer to civilian work, you have to be at the deputy department level. At the very least, you have to be a colonel at the division level to be given the treatment of a deputy department level right after transfer.

To put it more bluntly, a deputy department level official is qualified to be a deputy mayor in an ordinary prefecture-level city.

In "In the Name of People", Director Qi Tongwei is only at the department level.

Of course, the power held by Dangnian Mingyue, a deputy director-general, is far from comparable to that of our Director Qi.

Director Qi is the provincial public security director who holds great power, while he is only a deputy director of a research office at the deputy director level.

This is still thanks to the reputation of Shanghai. If he were in an ordinary prefecture-level city or some remote provincial capitals, he would be at most a director or deputy director.

Let’s get back to the topic.

The enrollment date written on the Luzhi notification letter is September 1st, but Jiang Chen is not stupid enough to go on the last day.

Besides, before that, Jiang Chen also wanted to go to Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Although, as a college student, Jiang Chen had never read a single day of school, he still wanted to go, just to fulfill his dream of not having gone to college in his previous life.

That’s Northwestern Polytechnical University.

A 985 prestigious university, one of the seven national defense schools, and the alma mater of the future J-20 chief engineer...

As a native of Qin Province, how could Jiang Chen not want to go and take a look?

August 27th.

Jiang Chen set out five days in advance, taking into account the time needed for the journey and the necessary formalities to go through when arriving at school. This time was just right.

With his mother and sister reluctant to let him go and his grandfather looking pleased and expectant, Jiang Chen set out on the journey to the Army Command College.

A little more troublesome than coming back.

There were no taxis, so Jiang Chen could only walk four or five miles with his backpack to the only crossroads in the town to take a black van.

This point was exactly the time when the first bus of the morning departed. After circling the intersection, Jiang Chen found a van with few people in it and an empty passenger seat and got in.

The drivers of this kind of country black bread don’t care whether it is overloaded or not. As long as there are people and there is still room in the car, they will cram as much as they can into it.

Therefore, instead of getting into those cars that are already full of people and ready to depart, Jiang Chen would rather find a car with an empty front passenger seat so that he doesn't have to be squeezed like a meat bun.

No matter how urgent it is, there is no need to rush.

After waiting for more than half an hour, most people were on board. The driver slowly started the car and prepared to go around the villages along the way.

We drove to four or five villages in a row until the car could no longer hold any more space.

……

It took more than an hour from the time Jiang Chen got on the bus to the county town.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen got up early and was able to catch the second train to the provincial capital at ten o'clock.

I took my soldier ID and walked through the military channel to quickly buy the ticket. Then, there was another long wait. At 10:25, the train slowly started.

After more than two hours, we arrived at the provincial capital Chang'an.

The train station in Chang'an was right under the city wall. At that time, those who knew about the train station knew that petty thieves and all kinds of idle people gathered there. There were people driving illegal taxis to solicit passengers, people running hotels to attract people, and people asking if you wanted special services...

In short, there are all kinds of people.

The area around the train station was crowded with people coming into the city to work or preparing to go to other places. Those who were more particular knew to sleep on the floor, while those who were not so particular simply put the snakeskin bag containing the luggage behind their heads and slept in front of the train station gate.

Anyway, it's summer now, and it's cooler to sleep directly on the floor.

Looking at this scene, Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

When he first came to the provincial capital, he didn't seem to be much better than these people.

Jiang Chen squeezed out of the crowd, ignored the hawkers along the way, and walked directly into the city wall.

When Jiang Chen first came to the provincial capital in his previous life, he suffered a lot from these people.

The train station is a damn place. Don't believe anything anyone says or anything.

Not to mention cigarettes, which are 99.99% fake, even the damn mineral water is fake.

Just go to a recycling station and buy some mineral water bottles, turn on the tap and fill them up, then seal them and put on a label that is almost indistinguishable from the real thing, and a bottle of mineral water is ready.

Not to mention the drinks and food they sell, they are all counterfeit and shoddy products.

It's not the kind of high-end imitation product that "Lei Bi" can identify if you have a little bit of moral integrity, but a fake product with exactly the same packaging from the inside to the outside.

Defying!

Walking out of the station and passing through the gatehouse under the city wall, various small restaurants and fly-in restaurants began to appear on both sides of the road.

There are not just one or two shops, but whole rows of shops, and every time you pass a shop, there will be someone inviting you in.

Even though Jiang Chen was a little hungry at this moment, he had no intention of stopping. He put on a look of keeping strangers away and ignored all the hawking and soliciting sounds around him.

Although the country has now implemented regulations on clearly marked prices, the saying still applies: there are countermeasures for every policy, and they have plenty of ways to rip you off.

These restaurants along the roadside of the train station, not to mention the food is not good, but the portions are very small, and it is almost impossible to eat your fill.

They will also dig some small traps for you.

For example, when you are eating, someone suddenly comes over and asks if you want soup or more noodles or vegetables.

If you hesitate for a moment, the food will be served immediately...

Also, don't assume that these things are free.

Adding a portion of noodles, a dish, or a bowl of soup that looks almost the same as plain water with a few vegetable leaves and shredded eggs floating on it, each item costs money.

Besides, it’s not much cheaper than ordering a new meal.

That's their little trick.

You ask for too much. What if you don’t have the money to give?

The price is just right, neither too much nor too little. Most of the people who come here to eat are migrant workers from other places or farmers who come to the provincial capital from the countryside.

Generally speaking, when faced with something that is clearly intended to rip you off, you don't dare to make too much of a fuss.

After all, they don't have much money, just a few dozen dollars at most, and most people would choose to grit their teeth and pay the bill, just as a lesson for themselves.

And with the train station at their back, these shops are not afraid of not having people to rip off. After they rip off one batch, there will be another batch...

After walking for about two kilometers, Jiang Chen stopped and hailed a taxi on the side of the road.

The reason why I didn't take a taxi at the train station just now is very simple. The taxis around the train station also rip off customers.

That's why he had to walk so far and wait until he was out of the train station before taking a taxi.

Having lived in the provincial capital for many years in his previous life, Jiang Chen also learned to speak authentic Guanzhong dialect.

Except for some individual places, there are no communication barriers in most dialects of Qin Province, but there are still some differences in the tone of speech.

These taxi drivers who often hang out near the train station also look at the person they are dealing with based on his or her accent. If they hear that your accent isn't right, it's normal for them to take you for a few more laps and charge you more.

The beatings he received in his previous life were not in vain; he had already figured out these tricks very well.

Qin Province is relatively good, at least it's just a small scam. Big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are really scams that kill people without compensation...

"Master, go to Northwestern Polytechnical University."

After telling the destination, Jiang Chen had no desire to chat with the taxi driver. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. No matter how the taxi driver talked, he just ignored him. After saying a few words and getting no response, the driver shut up.

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