Chapter 13901392【Resumption of royalties】


    ?This move was taken from Wang Po in "Water Margin" by Xiang Nan.


    ?Wang Po helped Ximen Qing make ten plans to expose her, hooked up with Pan Jinlian, and tricked her step by step.


    The brilliance of this strategy is that it puts her and Ximen Qingxian in an invincible position. Even if Pan Jinlian repented at the last moment and wanted to accuse Wang Po and Ximen Qing of evil intentions, it would be absolutely impossible.


    ?Just like when Xiang Nan came into contact with Lu Ge, whether it was correspondence, dancing, eating, inviting her to her house as a guest, or painting her an oil painting... they could all be considered normal social interactions.


    ?Even if she doesn''t obey, she can''t say anything to Xiang Nan in the end. And even if she refuses, Xiang Nan can still choose someone else.


    It can be seen 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 eventually admitted to Yanjing University of Political Science and Law, which later became China University of Political Science and Law.


    Mao Map failed to make the list again. He therefore resigned himself to his fate and did not continue taking the exam.


    …


    In the autumn of 1978, Xiang Nan released two new works, "Passengers in Handcuffs" and "Yellow Earth", which continued to stir up the literary world.


    At the same time, Beijing Film Academy is also preparing to adapt his novel "Our Field" into a movie. It is currently adapting the script, selecting actors and shooting locations.


    In the winter of 1978, Xiang Nan released his new work "Latent", which quickly attracted readers'' attention with its vivid characters, exciting battles of wits, twists and turns of the story, and strong suspense.


    Furthermore, "Latent" is a full-length novel with nearly half a million words, which also makes readers hooked.


    In 1979, on January 31st, the first industrial zone opened to the outside world—Shekou Industrial Zone was officially established.


    The establishment of this industrial zone has iconic significance.


    Xiang Nan knows that China’s economy is about to begin to transform.


    In February, the self-defense counterattack began.


    ? Xiang Nan closely followed the hot topics of current affairs and produced his latest work "Triumph at Midnight", which once again aroused heated discussion across the country.


    In March, Xiang Nan used the exchange coupons he exchanged to buy a washing machine, a refrigerator, and a color TV for his family at the Friendship Store.


    Before this, there was no place to buy goods like these even if you had money.


    ?Three big things were added to the family at once, making the Cheng family the most prestigious family in the courtyard and even in the entire Yangjiao Hutong.


    Feng Aihong bought her a washing machine because she was worried that her hands would freeze from washing clothes in winter when she saw her son praising her filial piety to others. From now on, her hands no longer need to be cold.


    Color TV sets are even more enviable to everyone.


    At that time, only high-ranking cadre families had this thing, which can be said to be extremely rare. Ordinary people have rarely seen it, let alone buying it.


    Therefore, after Xiang Nan bought a color TV, people from the whole alley came to see it, which made Cheng Baoguo both proud and upset.


    Because he is not a generous person to begin with. So many people came to their homes to watch TV. The cost of electricity is so high, not to mention having to wait for them to smoke and drink for the sake of face, which is even more expensive.


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


    Xiang Nan looked down upon the behavior of this kind of chicken thief.


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


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


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


    ?For example, last year Beijing Film Academy also said that it wanted to make "Our Field", but it has been a year and the script has not yet been written. We still don’t know when filming will start or when it will be released.


    ?Hence, Xiang Nan doesn’t have any high hopes for "The Herdsman". If it can be filmed within three years, he wants to call him Amitabha.


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


    It was first rehearsed and performed by the Peking University Drama Club. 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 level of completion, novel story, vivid characters, refined lines, and sophisticated Beijing flavor, which is almost comparable to Lao She''s works.


    With these unanimous praises from everyone, Xiang Nan''s reputation has become even higher. He is known as a well-known rising star in the art world, and his reputation is catching up with the writers of the older generation.


    …


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


    The National Publishing Administration has launched the "Interim Provisions on Book Remuneration", which raises the remuneration to 3 to 10 yuan per 1,000 words for book manuscripts and 2 to 7 yuan per 1,000 words for translation manuscripts.


    In addition, royalties for print runs have been restored and stipulated that royalties must also be paid for reprinting.


    As a result, Xiang Nan''s time to make a fortune by writing books has come.


    His previous "Educated Youth Trilogy", "The Wrangler", "Blue Gold Safe", "Latent", etc. were all published in large quantities by publishing houses, with each edition printing hundreds of millions of copies, but Xiang Nan But I can''t get a penny of royalties.


    ?Now it’s okay, the royalties for the number of print runs have been restored. If they want to reprint in the future, they will have to pay. Although the remuneration for printing is not high now, it is still a large expense if you add up a small amount.


    Therefore, after the regulations were introduced, Xiang Nan immediately produced his masterpiece "Wreaths Under the Mountains".


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


    Last year’s self-defense counterattack inspired a boom in military-themed novels.


    For a time, many novels reflecting military life were published, such as "The Soldiers Deep in the Tianshan Mountains", "Ah, the Gunshots in the Solon Valley", "Acacia Trees in the Minefield", "Shooting the Sirius", etc., which aroused strong responses.


    But these novels are not as powerful as Xiang Nan''s novel. The military novels they wrote often ignored the inextricable connection between military life and the entire society, and their vision was narrow, almost becoming an isolated military camp literature.


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


    Since its launch, it has aroused strong response across the country. After it was published in "Novel Monthly", it was reprinted by more than 70 media.


    Hang Nan received a lot of money from the royalties alone. Calculated at eight yuan per thousand words, Xiang Nanguang’s manuscript fee was only twenty thousand yuan. Including subsequent publishing income, Xiang Nan earned almost 100,000 yuan.


    One hundred thousand yuan in 1980 had much greater purchasing power than 100 million yuan in later generations.


    Xiang Nan used the money to make large purchases in trust stores and cultural relics stores. People at that time generally had no money, so the price of cultural relics was seriously underestimated. The official kiln in Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong only cost one or two hundred yuan, so Xiang Nan could make a fortune this time.


    Cultural relics are transported by carts, which makes Han Chunming drool with envy.


    Unfortunately, he doesn’t have many ways to make money, so he can only look at the plum blossoms to quench his thirst.


    (End of this chapter)