Chapter 367 368 [Having money but no place to spend it]

   "What are you worrying about, I like both boys and girls." Xiang Nan laughed, "And to be honest, I prefer a girl.

  My daughter is the little padded jacket of my parents. She knows the cold and the heat, so caring. My son is also a raincoat, which is only useful when it rains. And when it is needed, it may not be in front of you. "

   "Comrade Liu, are you telling the truth?" Xiaoping asked in surprise when she heard what he said.

  Since ancient times, it has been better to have a boy than a girl. Sons can carry on the family line, and daughters are the water that is thrown out, so many people want to have boys. If you give birth to a girl, you have to keep giving birth until you give birth to a son.

   Therefore, she was worried that if she gave birth to a girl and she couldn't have another child, Xiang Nan would be angry with her and complain that she was not up to date.

   "I'm telling the truth." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Okay, if you don't believe me, you'll know when you're born."

  Xiaoping nodded.

  …

  In April, the movie "Wrangler" was officially released.

   Once the movie was released, it caused a sensation all over the country.

  The handsome Zhu Shimao paired with the innocent Cong Shan, this pair of CPs who look like a husband and wife became popular all over the country overnight.

  The popularity of this movie has also driven the sales of the original novel "Soul and Flesh".

  People's Literature Publishing House specially signed a reprint contract with Xiang Nan, and released another 800,000 copies, but the supply is still in short supply. As a result, Xiang Nan received another 200,000 yuan in manuscript fees.

  However, in the eyes of outsiders, this sum of money is extremely large, but in the eyes of Xiang Nan himself, it is not surprising. His current bank deposits are as high as more than two million.

   It's not that he is willing to save money, but that there are really not many places to spend money now.

  Generally speaking, the place to spend a lot of money is either a business, a house, or a car.

   But now, private business is still subject to many restrictions; houses are almost all divided into units, and residents are actually tenants.

  If you really want to buy, there are also houses for export, which are houses specially sold to foreigners who come to Beijing and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, but the prices are not low at all.

  It costs thousands of dollars per square meter, which is about 10,000 yuan per square meter. This price is really expensive, compared to twenty or thirty years later, it is not cheap. Xiang Nan naturally didn't want to be taken advantage of.

  As for cars, private ownership of cars was allowed in 1979. But it is not easy to buy a car, and it is even more difficult to get a license plate. In 1986, Hujiang issued the first private license plate in the mainland.

  So there are not many places where Xiang Nan spends money, only antique collection, which can make him bleed a little bit.

  …

  Antique collection, Xiang Nan is still playing now, and it is no exaggeration to say that the collection is almost a warehouse.

  But with the enrichment of collection experience, Xiang Nan also found that there are more and more fakes on the market, even Ma Weidu sometimes punches holes.

   Moreover, people are asking more and more outrageous prices. In 1979, Kang Yonggan's official kilns cost only two to three hundred yuan. Now, there are no seven or eight hundred, one or two thousand, don't even think about it.

  So Xiang Nan still accepts it now, but he has a lot of concerns, and he absolutely does not want non-quality goods, treasures, or genuine products.

   Moreover, the mainstream of his current collection has also changed from collecting ancient cultural relics to collecting works of contemporary writers. Such as Huang Binhong, Li Keran, Huang Yongyu, Wu Guanzhong, Lin Fengmian, Li Kuchan, Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi and so on.

  For one thing, most of these writers are still alive, and their disciples and descendants are still active, so buying paintings from them makes it easier to buy authentic masterpieces.

  Secondly, these calligraphy and paintings of everyone are not very valuable now, but they will all be worth millions or tens of millions in the future. For example, in the case of Wu Guanzhong, it is only 200 yuan per square foot now. Thirty years later, two million per square foot is considered cheap.

  …

  In the autumn of 1983, the mainland introduced the first Xiangjiang TV series "Heroes Huo Yuanjia", which opened the history of Hong Kong dramas entering the mainland.

  "Heroes Huo Yuanjia" was broadcast on CCTV after it was first broadcast on Guangdong East TV Station, and quickly became popular all over the country with its solid story, wonderful fights, and vivid character creation, causing it to become popular.

   And with its popularity, it also set off an unstoppable martial arts craze. Novels, comic strips, film and television dramas with the theme of martial arts have all been warmly welcomed by the people.

   This also made Xiang Nan's "Detective Di Renjie" sell better and better. The exclusive serialization of "Story Club", the sales volume of each issue has risen to tens of millions of copies, and Luoyang paper was expensive at that time.

   And "Detective Di Renjie" has sold three to four million copies, making it the best-selling novel of the year.

  Seeing this, major magazines and publishing houses have invited Xiang Nan to write.

   Those who asked to ban Xiang Nan before, no matter how they shouted at this moment, no one responded.

  …

   At the end of 1983, Xiaoping gave birth safely and helped Xiang Nan give birth to an eldest son.

   When she found out that it was her son, she was overjoyed, and at last Xiang Nan was not left behind.

  Xiang Nan and Shen Bowen stood outside the delivery room, and they were very happy when they learned that they had given birth to a son.

  Xiang Nan also telegraphed the good news to Qi Lu's parents as soon as possible, and they were very happy to hear it.

   Afterwards, Xiang Nan and Shen Bowen looked through the dictionary to name the child.

  Finally, after deliberation, it was unanimously agreed to name the child Liu Hao.

  …

  In 1984, the Spring Festival Gala found Xiang Nan again, hoping that he would come up with some more works.

  Xiang Nan then took out three songs: "Good Day", "Dear Party, Dear Mom", and "Tomorrow will be better".

  No surprise, these three songs were successfully selected again.

   On New Year's Eve, I met with audiences across the country.

  Xiang Nan's songs spread across the country again.

  But for him, although his songs are popular all over the world, they haven't brought him substantial benefits. Those singers released records and tapes, sang his songs around, and made a lot of money, but he basically didn't make any money.

   Really depressed.

   Fortunately, there are many ways for Xiang Nan to make money.

  In November 1984, Changchun City designated Clivia as the city flower, and called on the citizens of the city to cultivate it. As a result, the price of Clivia skyrocketed, starting a crazy upward trend.

  The cost of ordinary Clivia has soared from a few yuan per tree to hundreds of yuan, which is equivalent to the annual salary of ordinary people. And the price of the precious Clivia has soared from tens or hundreds of yuan to two to three hundred thousand yuan. There was even a case where a Hong Kong businessman exchanged a Crown car for a rare Clivia tree, but was rejected by the owner.

   It can be said that Clivia is really crazy.

   At this time, Xiang Nan transported the hundreds of thousands of clivia he planted in the suburbs of Yanjing to Changchun City. This alone made him earn more than 30 million RMB.

  And his total investment before and after was only 300,000 RMB. Three years later, he has made a hundred times the profit, which can be said to be a double profit.

  (end of this chapter)