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 Xiang Nan's contact with Lu Ge, whether it's correspondence, dancing, eating, inviting her to her home, painting her an oil painting... they can 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 from this that Wang Po is indeed a master of pimping.
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In the summer of 1978, Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu took the college entrance examination again.
Yang Huajian was eventually admitted to Yenching University of Political Science and Law, which later became China University of Political Science and Law.
Mao Map failed again. He therefore resigned himself to his fate and did not continue taking the exam.
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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 "Our Field" into a movie, and is currently adapting the script, selecting actors and filming 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.
Moreover, "Latent" is a long novel with nearly half a million words, which also makes readers hooked.
Entering 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 discussions across the country.
In March, Xiang Nan used the exchange coupons 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 products 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 saw her son praising her filial piety to others, and was afraid that her hands would freeze from washing clothes in winter, so she bought her a washing machine. From now on, her hands no longer need to be cold.
And color TV sets make everyone even more envious.
At that time, only the families of senior cadres 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 was not a generous person to begin with. So many people came to their homes to watch TV. The cost of electricity is very high, not to mention having to wait for them to smoke and drink for the sake of face, which is even more expensive.
Therefore, 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 thieves' behavior.
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In the first half of 1979, Xiang Nan wrote another novel "Blue Shield Safe", which once again became a sensation.
In the second half of the year, Hujiang Film Studio is preparing to adapt "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 it wanted to make "Our Field", but it's been a year and the script hasn't been written yet. We still don’t know when filming will start or when it will be released.
Therefore, Xiang Nan doesn't have much hope for this "Wrangler". 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 launch any new ones, but launched a new drama "Wotou Guild Hall", telling 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 once again caused a sensation.
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 Beijing-style sophistication, 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 newcomer in the art world, and his reputation is catching up with the writers of the older generation.
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Entering the 1980s, Xiang Nan's good days really came.
The National Publishing Administration has introduced the "Interim Regulations on Book Remuneration", which will increase 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 were restored, and royalties were also required for reprinting.
As a result, Xiang Nan's days of making a fortune by writing books have come.
His previous "Educated Youth Trilogy", "Wrangler", "Blue and 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.
It's okay now. The royalties for printing 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 "Garland Under the Mountain".
Once this work was released, it quickly caused a sensation across the country.
Last year's self-defense counterattack sparked a craze for military themes.
For a time, many films reflecting military life were released, such as "The Soldiers Deep in the Tianshan Mountains", "Ah, the Gunshots in the Sauron Valley", "Acacia Trees in the Minefield", "Shooting the Sirius", etc., which aroused strong responses.
But these are not as powerful as Xiang Nan's article. What they write about the military often ignores the inextricable connection between military life and the entire society, and their vision is narrow, almost becoming an isolated military camp literature.
However, "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 the military.
Therefore, after its launch, it caused a strong response across the country. After it was published in "Monthly", it was reprinted by more than 70 media outlets.
Xiang 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 the 1980s had much greater purchasing power than one hundred 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 were transported by truckload, which made 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.
