Entering 1986, Xiang Nan released the last part of the Emperor Trilogy, "Emperor Qianlong", in the first half of the year.
After the release of this book, it once again caused a sensation in the literary world and was hailed as an outstanding work in modern historical biographies. The Imperial Trilogy has also been permanently collected by the National Library.
This can be said to be a great honor for Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan was also promoted to a third-level professor because of his outstanding contributions in the field of literature.
Professors are divided into four levels: one, two, three and four. Among them, first-level professors are equivalent to academician status. They are the Taishan Beidou in the subject field and are quite rare. Being elected as a second- or third-level professor is already a great achievement.
Generally speaking, for ordinary people to stay in school and teach, it would take them twenty years to go from teaching assistant to third-level professor, and they would not be able to do it even under the age of forty or fifty.
Xiang Nan is only thirty-one years old and has already been promoted to a third-level professor, which is really amazing.
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In the second half of the year, Xiang Nan released the fairy tale book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
After this book was released, it caused a lot of heated discussions.
On the one hand, the story is novel and the imagination is magnificent, which is different from previous books; on the other hand, it is written about foreign affairs, which many readers are not used to.
But even so, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" still achieved very good sales, especially among young readers.
They are too young to understand "Educated Youth Trilogy" and "Emperor Trilogy". At this stage, there are not many children's books in China.
Therefore, although the name of this book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is very weird, it is still very popular with them because the story is novel, interesting and easy to understand.
At last count, it still sold more than three million copies. As for piracy, there are even more piracy, which makes Xiang Nan make another fortune.
Most importantly, this book also adds many young readers to him. When these people grow up, they may also become fans of his books. For him, it is undoubtedly excellent.
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In addition to writing books in the second half of the year, Xiang Nan also has a part-time job, which is to write scripts for the Yanjing Television Art Center.
The Television Art Center was founded in 1983. Since its establishment, it has been dedicated to the filming of TV series. The hit "Four Generations Under One Roof" in 1985 was produced and filmed by it.
In the 1980s, domestic TV dramas were just getting started. No matter in terms of investment scale, production experience, costumes and props, etc., they are far behind foreign countries and very backward.
For example, when "Journey to the West" was shot, there was only one camera; "A Dream of Red Mansions" almost stopped due to lack of funds, and important chapters such as Taixu Fantasy were not filmed due to cost-saving considerations.
However, the fighting spirit of domestic TV drama makers is still very high. Despite the limited conditions, they still work very hard to produce TV dramas, and as a result, a large number of classics have been born.
For example, "Four Generations Under One Roof", "Wasted Years", "The Last Emperor", "Fortress Besieged", "Liao Zhai", "Ji Gong", etc. can all be regarded as classics.
It was also in view of this that Xiang Nan cooperated with them to produce TV series. Otherwise, he wouldn't be interested in earning a lot of money from writing scripts.
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Xiang Nan wrote the first script for Yanjing Television Art Center, which was adapted from his "Triumph at Midnight". Tell the story of self-defense and counterattack.
After the script was completed, the Television Arts Center unanimously approved it and filming began immediately.
When filming in the capital, Xiang Nan even went to visit Ban.
This TV series is directed by director You Xiaogang. He is a very talented director. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy Directing Department and won the Ministry of Culture Performance Award and Creation Award in 1979. Later, he became famous in drama history with the series "Secret History of the Emperor".
As for the starring roles, they are Zhu Lin and Shi Zhaoqi. Zhu Lin plays the role of the King of the Daughter Kingdom in "Journey to the West", and Shi Zhaoqi's most classic work is "Conquest" starring Sun Honglei.
"Professor Cheng, welcome~" Director You greeted him personally.
"Hello, Director You, I'm sorry for taking the liberty of visiting you," Xiang Nan said with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare. If you come, it's not too late for us to welcome you." You Xiaogang said with a smile.
Although he is a director, Xiang Nan is just a screenwriter, which seems to be a bit different. But in fact, the status of a good screenwriter in the industry is no worse than that of a director. For example, Gao Mantang, Zou Jingzhi, Liang Zuo, Wang Shuo, Yan Geling, He Jiping, etc.
Especially people like Xiang Nan, who are rare in the literary world, are even more superior. Even if the art center wants to cooperate with others, it has to visit the thatched cottage three times, visit them at home, and say nice things to them.
So You Xiaogang was naturally only respectful in front of Xiang Nan.
"Professor Cheng, let me introduce to you. This is Shi Zhaoqi, who plays the male protagonist Tong Chuan." You Xiaogang then introduced.
"What a tough guy~" Xiang Nan smiled and praised, "Exactly what I imagined Tong Chuan should be like."
Shi Zhaoqi's external image is relatively tough, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows, sharp eyes, a strong body, and a very masculine air.
In the 1980s, due to the release of the Japanese movie "Pursuit", a trend of masculine men emerged in the mainland, so rough-looking actors like Shi Zhaoqi were more popular.
"Thank you Professor Cheng for the compliment. I will continue to work hard and strive to play this role well." Shi Zhaoqi said loudly.
He was three years younger than Cheng Jianjun. He had been in the navy and the police before, but later his job was transferred and he became a stage manager. This time he filmed "Triumph at Midnight", which was his first film.
"Okay, come on." Xiang Nan encouraged with a smile.
"This is our heroine Zhu Lin." You Xiaogang introduced again, "Zhu Lin, this is Professor Cheng Jianjun."
"Hello, Professor Cheng~" Zhu Lin extended his hand generously and said, "I like your work very much. Thank you for your visit and guidance."
"Hello, Miss Zhu, I also like your works very much." Xiang Nan smiled and held her hand and said, "My daughter likes to read "Journey to the West" The King of the Daughter Kingdom very much."
"Thank you." Zhu Lin smiled and nodded.
Xiang Nan then retracted his hand in despair.
Since the broadcast of "Journey to the West", Zhu Lin has become popular all over the country for her role as the king of the daughter country, and has become the queen in the hearts of countless people.
Xiang Nan liked this character very much when he was a child. Now that he sees her in real life, although she looks a little inferior to her on TV, she is still a gentle, quiet, elegant and dignified beauty, which makes him move his fingers.
"Director You, let's all take a photo together~" Xiang Nan then smiled.
You Xiaogang nodded, and then called someone to help take pictures.
As soon as he shouted, a young man with big yellow teeth, a sharp mouth, and monkey cheeks appeared from the crowd, "Director, I'll do it, I'll do it!"
When Xiang Nan saw it, he was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Isn't this Feng's pants? Why are you being treated like a fool?
