Xiang Nan successfully won the attention of the mainland film industry with his stunning performance in "Garland Under the Mountain".
Beijing Film Studio and Bayi Film Studio even wanted to second him to become a professional actor and screenwriter, but the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe refused to let him go.
Because Xiang Nan is not only an excellent actor, but also an outstanding singer and songwriter, a rare talent. If the General Secretary wants to let him go, it would be a big mistake, so he is determined not to let him go.
Despite this, Xiang Nan still attracted the attention of many film studios with his superb acting skills and high popularity.
In the following period, he successively received invitations from Beijing Film, Bayi Film, Shanghai Film, etc., and took over the filming of "Midnight", "The Outpost in the Birch Forest", "Under the Bridge", "Solon Valley" "The Gunsmoke", "Operation Lightning", "Gobi Revenge", etc., basically maintaining the pace of one film a year.
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Back in 1982, Xiang Nan had already earned nearly 2.6 million yuan with the "Detective Di Renjie" series. In addition to the cost of buying antiques, he still has 1.5 million yuan left.
Xiang Nan took out 300,000 yuan, built a flower shed in Miyun, and planted large areas of Clivia.
He knew that in 1984, Changchun City would designate Clivia as the city flower and call on the people of the city to cultivate it. With this order, the price of Clivia immediately skyrocketed.
At its most expensive, the price of a rare Clivia was even as high as 200,000 yuan. Two hundred thousand yuan in 1984 is roughly equivalent to 20 million yuan today, which shows that the price is outrageous.
Xiang Nan wants to ride on this craze now. He planted Clivia extensively and then sold them all to Changchun. Even if a pot of flowers only sells for two or three hundred. One hundred thousand potted flowers can be sold for twenty or thirty million. This is a good deal with huge profits.
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And in 1982, Xiaoping officially graduated after four years of college.
After graduation, she returned to the General Administration and continued to work as a creator. However, from the previous platoon-level creator, he jumped to the company-level creator.
First of all, her diploma is from a college student and she is a high-level talent. When she returned to the army, she deserved a promotion; secondly, during the four years she had been studying there, she had produced many works, and her accumulated achievements were enough for her promotion.
Therefore, he was successfully promoted from a platoon-level creator to a company-level creator. Not only is the salary higher, but you can also enjoy more benefits.
After Xiaoping graduated, Xiang Nan was the happiest person. He could finally see Xiaoping every day instead of once a week.
Moreover, after Xiaoping graduates, many things can be put on the agenda. For example, giving birth to a child.
They have been married for three years now. Due to their studies, they have not had children. So it made the family back home anxious, and even Xiaoping's father, Shen Bowen, was anxious. Therefore, giving birth to a child must be put on the agenda.
Xiaoping actually wanted to have a baby, and the two of them reached a consensus and started actively preparing for pregnancy.
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And in 1982, two things happened.
First, after being blocked for two years, the film "Wrangler" was finally released and allowed to be filmed.
However, Xiang Nan failed to compete with Zhu Shimao this time and missed the opportunity to play the leading role. The reason was very hurtful. Xie Jin said that he was too ordinary-looking and not as beautiful as Zhu Shimao, who looked more like a protagonist.
Xiang Nan was almost depressed for a moment when he heard his harmless but extremely insulting words.
However, he also admitted that Zhu Shimao is really handsome, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose, and a tall figure. At first glance, he looks like an authentic Qilu man, comparable to Japan's Ken Takakura and France's Alain Delon.
It's not unfair to lose to him. It's a pity that I couldn't listen to Guo Zhenzi's words, "Old Xu, if you want your wife or not, as long as you ask for it, I will give it to you~" It was a great pity that I missed the opportunity to cooperate with the great beauty Cong Shan.
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Second, after the death of the famous mainland writer Mao Dun, he donated his 250,000 yuan royalties to establish the Mao Dun Literary Award. Mr. Ba Jin serves as the chairman of the jury, and influential writers, theorists, critics and organizers in the literary world are invited to serve as judges.
The Mao Dun Literary Award stipulates that every three years, novels from the Mainland will be selected. The number of winning titles is set at three to five, and the winners can receive medals, bonuses and certificates.
Because Mr. Mao Dun has a very high status in the mainland literary world, and Mr. Ba Jin is also a giant in the mainland literary world, the Mao Dun Literary Award has attracted the attention of the literary world since its establishment, and everyone is eager to receive the award.
Amid much anticipation, the results of the first Mao Dun Literature Award were officially announced in December.
The novel "The Passionate Years" written by Xiang Nan won the recognition of the first Mao Dun Literature Award because of its excellent characterization, vivid storyline, and description of historical changes.
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The announcement of this result made Xiang Nan famous again.
Because he is the only one born in the 1950s among all the winners. In comparison, other authors, most of whom were born in the 1930s or 20s, are twenty or thirty years older than Xiang Nan.
It's really amazing that Xiang Nan can win this award in his early thirties.
In addition, he is already well-known, and now that he has received this award, it is even more powerful, attracting more admirers to him.
Of course, not everyone is happy for him.
Some people are very dissatisfied with Xiang Nan winning this award.
One of Xiang Nan's current writings is popular literature. "Detective Di Renjie" is purely fictitious, made up and has no artistic quality at all. It is vulgar, vulgar and kitsch. A scholar like him, who has fallen for money, is naturally not qualified to win the Mao Dun Literary Award, an important award in the literary world.
Secondly, Xiang Nan's qualifications are too shallow. It's only been seven years since he started writing songs. If we count from the time he wrote it, it is not even four years ago.
In comparison, in the mainland literary world, there are many seniors who have been engaged in literary creation for forty or fifty years. Compared with them, Xiang Nan is just a newbie.
Why haven't these seniors won the award yet? They all felt very dissatisfied that Xiang Nan, the junior, had won the award. Therefore, many people rose up to protest, questioning this result as it was a bit hasty.
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But in the end, Mr. Ba Jin opened the door for Xiang Nan.
"The Mao Dun Literary Award is based on the quality of the work, not on seniority, nor on dividing the pork. The only way to win the award is to rely on the work. The winning works of the first Mao Dun Literary Award were collectively selected by hundreds of judges.
The selection process is fair and impartial and represents the collective opinions. I very much agree with this result.
As for some malicious speculations from the outside world, I don’t think they represent the mainstream opinions of the literary world. I also advise those people to be open-minded. The size of a person's heart is the size of his works. "
After Ba Jin's words were published, those clamoring to overturn the award results were all silent for a moment.
