Chapter 351 Chapter 352 [Collection of antiques in the prosperous times]
??The major media have reprinted it one after another, which proves the attitude above and saves Xiang Nan from an unnecessary disaster.
It is precisely because of the reprinting by major media that the popularity of "Garland Under the Mountain" has greatly increased, and it has become one of the most popular novels in 1979.
Because it was so popular, the People''s Publishing House sent people to Tianfu to ask Xiang Nan for permission to publish the novel. Even People''s Broadcasting Station sent a letter to Xiang Nan, hoping to be allowed to change it into a radio drama.
With the popularity of this novel, Xiang Nan''s fame has reached a whole new level. It can be said that it is a household name, known to all women and children.
??And what Xiang Nan gained was not just an increase in fame.
In terms of royalties, dozens of media reprints brought Xiang Nan thousands of royalties.
At that time, according to national regulations, the remuneration for newspapers and magazines was three to ten yuan per thousand words.
The higher the quality of the manuscript and the greater the author''s reputation, the higher the remuneration will be.
"Wreaths Under the Mountain" is an epoch-making and excellent work, and Xiang Nan''s name is well-known throughout the country. Therefore, magazines and newspapers offer very high remuneration, basically seven or eight yuan per thousand words. .
This is already a very high price for a young author. Ye Wenyu has been the editor of "Yanjing Pictorial" for so long that he can usually write novels and essays, but he can only get four yuan for a thousand words.
The full text of "Wreaths Under the High Mountains" has 95,000 words. Calculated at 7 yuan per thousand words, the total text is 665 yuan. Coupled with serialization in dozens of newspapers, Xiang Nan earned 12,000 yuan in royalties from this article alone.
?Twelve thousand yuan in 1979 was definitely a huge sum of money. You know, the wages of workers at that time were only forty or fifty yuan per month. Xiang Nan''s twelve thousand yuan is something that ordinary people would never be able to achieve in their lifetime.
??Moreover, this is only the royalties paid for serialization in newspapers and magazines, and does not include the royalties for publishing by the People''s Publishing House and the royalties for adaptations by the People''s Broadcasting Station.
Finally, according to statistics, Xiang Nan earned more than 53,000 yuan from this book alone.
In the early 1980s, with so much money, one could be considered extremely wealthy.
?In addition to money and fame, Xiang Nan also successfully joined the Writers Association with this novel and became an honorable member.
As a member of the Writers Association, you can communicate and discuss with your colleagues; you can participate in various activities organized by the Writers Association; you can be recommended by the Writers Association to participate in literary awards; you can even take a temporary job in the Writers Association to experience life in a local area... In short, there are many benefits. .
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After making money, Xiang Nan has to invest.
He knows that money is becoming less and less valuable.
In 1979, ten thousand yuan was still a huge amount of money, enough for ordinary people to earn for a lifetime. Forty years later, a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan will be nothing more than a social animal. So it’s best to spend the money, otherwise the more you save, the more it will depreciate.
Since the real estate market has not been liberalized, real estate does not belong to private individuals, and private buying and selling is not yet allowed, so Xiang Nan focuses his investment on antique calligraphy and paintings.
Hide gold in troubled times and buy antiques in prosperous times. Xiang Nan knows that the economy will get better and better in the future, and antiques will become more and more valuable.
Its value-added rate is even higher than that of real estate.
So he visited the cultural relics store in Tianfu and bought more than ten antique treasures one after another.
At that time, most people did not have enough to eat, so they naturally had no time to collect antiques, so the prices of antiques were very low. The official kiln porcelain from the Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong dynasties only cost a few hundred yuan.
From Xiang Nan''s point of view, it was like buying cabbage, so he sold more than a dozen items at a time, just like robbing. According to his estimation, the antiques he bought would cost at least two to three hundred million if they were to be sold at an auction house in the future.
And while Xiang Nan is busy creating and visiting art shops in his spare time, time is also passing by day by day.
In the second half of 1979, Xiang Nan wrote two more works: "Triumph at Midnight" and "Spirit and Flesh", which were published in the magazines "People''s Liberation Army Literature and Art" and "Harvest" respectively. After it was published, it once again aroused strong responses.
In the second half of the year, because there was no longer the threat of war, the atmosphere of the art troupe deteriorated again.
??There are more and more people in the military camp who wear bell-bottom pants, listen to Hong Kong and Taiwan tapes, gather in groups to play poker, circulate novels and magazines, and secretly pick up people.
Xiang Nan knew that the art troupe would be disbanded in half a year at most, so he was unwilling to be a bad person at this time, so he simply let them go. As long as it''s not too much.
As for the political commissar, he is busy transferring posts. He has had enough time in the art troupe. He has been a political commissar since eight years ago and has been serving until now. With his merits and qualifications, he should have been promoted long ago.
Previously, it was because Xiang Nan was in college, so he had to stay and look after the family. Although Xiang Nan came back later, the war also started, and his transfer was stopped again.
?Now that the war is over and Xiang Nan has returned to the art troupe, it is time for him to move up. Therefore, his management of the military camp was also somewhat lax.
The two top leaders didn''t care much, which made the team members even more reckless. Just like the chirping cicadas in midsummer, they chirp so unscrupulously and have no idea that cold autumn is coming.
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At the end of 1979, the military region gave rewards based on merit.
Xiang Nan won the first-class personal merit award from the military region and the title of combat hero for his outstanding performance.
?However, he has just been promoted to full leader, and it has only been a year. Therefore, he was not promoted or promoted, and he continued to serve as the leader of the cultural troupe.
Xiang Nan accepted this calmly.
He knew in his heart that the higher he went, the harder it would be to climb. For most people, if they work hard all their lives, it would be great if they could become the group leader.
At the end of the year, Xiaoping came all the way from Yanjing to see him.
The two of them had a good time, which made many people see it and feel sad in their hearts.
?Xiaoping is in the art troupe and spends the Spring Festival with Xiang Nan.
"Xiao Ping, you are really different from before. It seems that going to college really cultivates people." Xiao Suizi looked at Xiao Ping and said with envy.
I think back when Xiaoping first came to the art troupe, she had low self-esteem and was timid, so she had to rely on her to protect her from being bullied.
?Now she is confident and generous, and her clothes and conversation are of a high standard. At first glance, she is someone from the capital, not someone who can be compared with Tianfu.
“Suizi, actually your background is better than mine. I think you should also go to college.” Xiao Ping smiled calmly, “After all, you can’t stay in the art troupe forever.”
She is now not only a proud college student, but also a nationally renowned songwriter. This year, she also wrote many novels such as "Female Soldiers Chasing the Troops" and "Floating Flower Headband", which also aroused great response after being published.
Success in career and nourishment in love allowed Xiaoping to naturally get rid of her inferiority and timidity and grow into a confident, optimistic, generous and positive person.
?Now, even if Xiao Baetai, Wu Baozhu, Sun Yanyan and others bully her again, she will not take a step back.
Xiao Suizi nodded after hearing what she said.
(End of this chapter)