Chapter 1390 1392【Recovery of remuneration】

   This move is a scripture that Xiang Nan took from "Water Margin" Wang Po.

  Wang Po helped Ximen Qing make ten plans to beat the light, hooked up with Pan Jinlian, and tricked her into the trap step by step.

  The cleverness of this strategy is that it puts her and Ximen Qing in an invincible position. Even if Pan Jinlian repented at the last moment and wanted to accuse Wang Po and Ximen Qing of conspiracy, it was absolutely impossible.

  It’s like Xiang Nan’s contact with Lu Ge, whether it’s communication, dancing, eating, inviting her home as a guest, or drawing an oil painting for her...all of them can be regarded as normal social interactions.

  Even if she refused, she couldn't say Xiang Nan in the end. And even if she refuses, Xiang Nan can change to someone else.

   It can be seen from this that Wang Po is indeed a master of pimping.

  …

  In the summer of 1978, Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu took the college entrance examination again.

  Yang Huajian was admitted to Yenching School of Political Science and Law, which later became China University of Political Science and Law.

  Mao Tutu failed again. Because of this, he accepted his fate and did not continue the exam.

  …

  In the autumn of 1978, Xiang Nan released two new works, "Passenger in Handcuffs" and "Yellow Earth", which continued to make a sensation in the literary world.

   At the same time, Beiying was also preparing to adapt his novel "Our Fields" into a movie, and is currently adapting the script, selecting actors and shooting locations.

  In the winter of 1978, Xiang Nan released his new work "Latent", which immediately attracted readers' attention with vivid characters, wonderful wits, tortuous stories, and strong suspense.

   Moreover, "Latent" is a novel with nearly 500,000 words, which also makes readers hooked.

   Entering 1979, on January 31, the first industrial zone open to the outside world——Shekou Industrial Zone was formally established.

  The establishment of this industrial zone has a symbolic significance.

  Xiang Nan knew that China's economy was about to start a transformation.

  In February, the self-defense counterattack started.

  Xiang Nan kept up with the hot topics of current affairs, and produced his latest work "Triumph in Midnight", which once again aroused heated discussions across the country.

  In March, Xiang Nan bought a washing machine, a refrigerator, and a color TV for his family at the Friendship Store with the exchanged foreign exchange certificates.

  Before this, there was nowhere to buy goods like these, even if you had money.

   Three big items were added to the family at once, which also made the Cheng family the most beautiful family in the yard, and even in the entire Yangjiao Hutong.

  Feng Aihong bought her a washing machine because she saw someone praising her son for her filial piety. Since then, her hands don't have to be cold.

  The color TV sets are even more enviable to everyone.

  At that time, only senior cadre families had this thing, which can be said to be extremely rare. Ordinary people don't buy it, they rarely see it.

   Because of this, after Xiang Nan bought a color TV, people from the whole alley came to see him, making Cheng Baoguo both proud and upset.

  Because he was not a generous person. So many people run home to watch TV. Electricity fees are all you need, not to mention serving them to smoke and drink water for the sake of face, which is quite expensive.

  So within a few days, Cheng Baoguo said that the TV was broken, locked it up, and only moved it out to watch it secretly at night.

  Xiang Nan looked down on this kind of chicken thief's approach.

  …

  In the first half of 1979, Xiang Nan wrote the novel "Blue Shield Safe", which caused a sensation again.

  In the second half of the year, Hujiang Film Studio plans to adapt the novel "The Wrangler" into a movie.

  However, Xiang Nan knows that the film studios in the mainland are now state-owned, and because they don't have to worry about income, their work efficiency is very slow.

  Like last year, Beijing Film Group also said that they wanted to make "Our Fields". It has been a year since then, and the script has not yet been written. It is not yet known when filming will start or when it will be released.

  Therefore, Xiang Nan did not express any hope for this "Horseman". If it can be filmed within three years, he would like to call it Amitabha.

  In the second half of the year, Xiang Nan did not publish any new novels, but released a new drama "Wotou Guild Hall", which tells the story of a courtyard in old Yanjing called Wotou Guild Hall.

   It was first rehearsed and performed by Peking University Drama Club, and after it was released, it caused a sensation again.

   Even well-known playwrights such as Cao Yu, Xia Yan, and Li Jianwu praised this work for its high degree of completion, novel story, vivid characters, refined lines, and sophisticated Beijing taste, which can almost rival Lao She's works.

   With everyone's unanimous praise, Xiang Nan's reputation is even higher. He is called a famous rookie in the art world, and his reputation is catching up with the older generation of writers.

  …

   Entering the 1980s, Xiang Nan's good days really came.

  The National Publishing Bureau has launched the "Interim Regulations on Book Contributor Remuneration", raising the price to three to ten yuan per thousand words for manuscripts, and two to seven yuan per thousand words for translations.

  In addition, remuneration for the number of copies has been resumed, and it is stipulated that reprints must also be paid.

   In this way, the day when Xiang Nan will make a fortune by writing books will come.

Previously, his "Educated Youth Trilogy", "Wrangler", "Blue Gold Safe", "Latent" and so on were all printed and distributed by publishing houses in large quantities, and each edition was printed in hundreds of millions of copies, but Xiang Nan But you can't get a penny of royalties.

  It’s all right now, and the remuneration for the print run will be resumed. If they want to reprint it later, they will have to pay. Although at present, the remuneration for the number of copies is not high, but it is still a large amount of money.

   Therefore, after the regulations were released, Xiang Nan immediately produced his masterpiece "The Garland Under the Mountain".

   Once this work was launched, it quickly caused a sensation across the country.

  Last year's self-defense counterattack inspired a wave of military-themed novels.

  For a while, many novels reflecting military life, such as "Soldiers in the Deep of Tianshan Mountains", "Ah, Gunshots in the Sauron Valley", "Acacia Tree on the Minefield", "Shooting Sirius" and so on, aroused strong repercussions.

   But these novels are not as powerful as Xiang Nan's novel. The military novels they wrote often ignore the inextricable connection between military life and the whole society, and their field of vision is narrow, almost becoming a kind of isolated military camp literature.

  However, "Wreath under the Mountain" concentrates people with various social factors on the battlefield, and extensively connects the military camp with society, the army with the people, and reality with history. It can be said to be a decisive breakthrough in military novels.

   After it was launched, it aroused strong repercussions across the country. After the "Fiction Monthly" was published, it was reprinted by more than 70 media.

   For the manuscript fee alone, Xiang Nan received soft hands. Calculated on the basis of eight yuan per thousand characters, Xiang Nanguang's manuscript fee was only 20,000 yuan. Coupled with the subsequent publishing income, Xiang Nan earned almost 100,000 yuan.

  The 100,000 yuan in 1980 is much stronger than the 100 million yuan in later generations, and the purchasing power is much stronger.

  Xiang Nan used the money to make purchases in trust stores and cultural relic stores. People at that time generally had no money, so the price of cultural relics was seriously underestimated. Kang Yong's official kilns cost only one or two hundred yuan, so Xiang Nan can make a fortune this time.

  The cultural relics are transported by truckloads, making Han Chunming's mouth water with envy.

  Unfortunately, he doesn't have many ways to make money, so he can only hope for plums to quench his thirst.

  (end of this chapter)