Hearing what Xiang Nan said, many people nodded.
They originally wanted to stay in the capital, but they were a little afraid of the wolf in front and the tiger in the back.
I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go back. What I owe is a push.
Xiang Nan's words just gave them confidence and made them determined to stay in the capital.
"If you don't have a place to live temporarily, I have two vacant yards. You can stay there first." Xiang Nan added, "Get used to the environment of the capital. If it suits you, stay. If not, go back."
In 1982, the state promoted housing reform and changed the allocation system to a subsidized sales system. Later, it also provided for the paid transfer of state land to promote market-oriented reforms.
As a result, house sales and leasing have been gradually liberalized from the previous strict prohibition. Xiang Nan was worried that the funds in his hands were idle, so after the real estate policy was liberalized, he purchased several courtyard houses outside the Second Ring Road.
It was very cheap when he bought it. A large courtyard house of 500 square meters, located in the Second Ring Road, was sold for only 100,000 yuan. It was so cheap that it was like getting it for free. If this is not demolished, even 100 million will not be available in 30 years.
Hearing what he said, everyone was naturally happy.
To be honest, one of their concerns in staying in Beijing is that they have nowhere to stay. Staying in a hotel all the time is not an option, but if you want to rent a house, you have no means, and you don’t know the depth.
Now that Xiang Nan can help them find a place to live, it's really great.
"Professor Cheng, thank you very much~", "Teacher Cheng, what can we say, thank you very much~" Everyone said very gratefully.
"You're welcome." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile.
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Later, with the help of Xiang Nan, many people in the "Dream of Red Mansions" crew stayed.
Among the Twelve Golden Hairpins are Chen Naixu, Deng Jie, Guo Xiaozhen (Shi Xiangyun), Hu Zehong (Xichun), Zheng Zheng (Yuanyang), Shen Lin (Ping'er), Yuan Mei (Xi Ren) and so on.
Among the male actors, Ouyang Fenqiang, Wu Xiaodong (Jia Yun), Hou Changrong (Liu Xianglian) and so on.
Xiang Nan arranged for them to live in two courtyards, and used his connections to help them get a few performances.
In the 1980s, with the reform and opening up, the economy was invigorated and the performance market was particularly active. There are countless performances, big and small.
Many singers and celebrities came out to make a career at that time. For example, Na Ying, Zhang Mi, Mao Amin, Cheng Fangyuan, Hang Tianqi, etc.
After a few performances, they earned a few thousand yuan, which was enough to cover their living expenses for a year.
"Teacher Cheng, thank you so much~" Everyone said very gratefully.
With a place to stay and living expenses, they feel secure.
"You're welcome, I can't help you much, I can only help you find a way." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "You have to go on your own in the future, so think carefully about where you want to go.
You are all still young. You can consider taking exams, pursuing a career in art, or starting a business. A few young people can make a fortune selling large bowls of tea, so what's wrong with you, right?
Give yourself some confidence. As long as you are willing to work hard, nothing is impossible in this society. "
In 1979, several young people who could not find jobs after returning to Beijing took the initiative to discover business opportunities and started selling large bowls of tea in Qianmen Dashilar. A bowl cost two cents and sold for more than sixty yuan on the first day.
Now those young people have established a trading company and are big bosses. This is also the most vivid example of reform and opening up. As long as you are willing to use your brain and work hard, you will definitely make money.
After being encouraged by Xiang Nan, these young people felt like they had been given a shot of blood. They all cheered up and were motivated to make a career in the capital.
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Entering September, seeing the sales of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" becoming more and more popular, Xiang Nan also promptly released the second part of the series "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", and the English version was handed over to Random House The Chinese version will be distributed by the People's Publishing House.
The launch of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" has added fuel to the Harry Potter craze.
After its launch in the United States, sales exceeded one million copies in the first week; it also achieved very good sales in English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
The Chinese version also has sales of millions in the mainland, but now that piracy has emerged in the mainland, the sales of physical books are increasingly affected.
Previously, it was normal for Xiang Nan's sales to exceed one million. The most popular ones, like "The Educated Youth Trilogy", have sales in the tens of millions. But now, the number of best-sellers is only one million, which is far behind what it was before.
Moreover, Xiang Nan knows that the sales of physical books will become worse and worse in the future, and even if they can eventually sell hundreds of thousands of copies, they will be considered best-sellers.
But no matter what, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" still earned Xiang Nan tens of millions in royalties. And he also left this manuscript tax abroad for financial investment and did not remit it.
Due to mainland foreign exchange controls, once his money comes in, it can't get out. But in the 1980s, there were many good investment opportunities abroad, and he didn't want to miss them.
Therefore, Xiang Nan used all his royalties to sell shares of Microsoft, ADOBE and Oracle, which surprised many people.
Because at that time, the value of software had not attracted enough attention. In people's eyes, computer software is just a giveaway of hardware.
Just like a mobile phone, the operating system comes with the mobile phone and is free. Compared with software systems, mobile phone hardware is obviously more valuable.
So even though Microsoft, Adobe, and Oracle are already the world's top software companies, their market values are still seriously underestimated.
It was not until the 1990s, when Microsoft's Windows operating system dominated the world that even the blue giant IBM could no longer contain it, that people began to realize the true value of software.
Not only is it not a gift of hardware, but it is the soul and master of hardware. As a result, the value of software companies has soared, even surpassing those of hardware production companies.
Therefore, Xiang Nan knew that it was a good opportunity for him to invest now.
But others don't see it that way. I think it is completely lunatic for him to invest so much money in a software company.
"This young man is still too blind~"
"Weakness is not an obstacle to survival, ignorance and arrogance are."
"What's the difference between him doing this and throwing money into the water?"
Many people said so.
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Entering November, the filming of "Longing" is coming to an end and is about to be completed.
This is both a good thing and a bad thing for Xiang Nan.
Because after the filming of the TV series is completed, he and Zhu Lin will have more free time. But Zhu Lin's employer is Emei Film Studio, and her filming in Yanjing is a work secondment.
Once the filming is finished and the task is completed, he has to return to Emei, which is naturally very bad for Xiang Nan.
Because he discussed with Zhu Lin and wanted to transfer her unit to the capital.
"What do you think?" he asked with a smile.
"So what if I can stay?" Zhu Lin glanced at Xiang Nan resentfully and said.
He is a married man and cannot marry her. She didn't want to be sneaky and shady, so it was doomed to be fruitless.
"If you stay, there will be hope." Seeing her say this, Xiang Nan excitedly held her hand.
Zhu Lin twitched but didn't move, so he had to let him go.
