This trick 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 Qing in an invincible position. Even if Pan Jinlian regrets at the last moment and wants to accuse Wang Po and Ximen Qing of evil intentions, it is absolutely impossible.

Just like when Xiang Nan came into contact with Lu Ge, whether it was correspondence, dancing, eating, inviting her to her home, painting her an oil painting... it could all be considered a normal social interaction.

Even if she refuses, there is nothing she can say to Xiang Nan in the end. And even if she refuses, Xiang Nan can still change to 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 Tu failed again. He accepted 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 was also preparing to adapt his novel "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 full-length novel with nearly 500,000 words, which also makes readers hooked.

Entering the year 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 current hot topics 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 prosperous family in the courtyard and even in the entire Yangjiao Hutong.

When Feng Aihong saw someone praising her son for his filial piety, he was afraid that her hands would freeze from washing clothes in winter, so she bought her a washing machine. From then on, her hands no longer had to freeze.

And color TV sets are even more enviable to everyone.

At that time, only the families of high-ranking cadres had this stuff, so it was extremely rare. Ordinary people had rarely seen it, let alone bought 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. There are so many people coming home to watch TV. The cost of electricity is so much, not to mention having to wait for them to smoke and drink water 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 this kind of 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 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 it wanted to make "Our Fields", but it's been a year now 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 publish any new novels, but 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 once again caused a sensation.

Even well-known playwrights such as Cao Yu, Xia Yan, and Li Jianwu praised this work for its high degree of completion, novel story, vivid characters, concise 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 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 for every 1,000 words for translation manuscripts.

In addition, royalties for print runs have been restored, and royalties have been stipulated for reprinting.

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

His previous "Educated Youth Trilogy", "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.

It's okay now, and the royalties for print runs have been restored. If they want to reprint in the future, they will have to pay. Although the royalties for print runs are not high now, it will add up to a large expense.

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 triggered a craze in military-themed novels.

For a time, many novels reflecting military life were published, such as "The Soldier Deep in the Tianshan Mountains", "Ah, the Gunfire 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 ignore the inextricable connection between military life and the entire society, and their vision is narrow, almost becoming an isolated military camp literature.

However, "Garland 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.

Therefore, after it was launched, it aroused strong responses across the country. After it was published in "Novel Monthly", it was reprinted by more than 70 media.

In terms of manuscript fee alone, Xiang Nan received a lot of money. Calculated at eight yuan per thousand words, Xiang Nanguang's manuscript fee was less than 20,000 yuan. Adding in the 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 kilns of Kang, Yong, and Qian dynasties only cost one or two hundred yuan, so Xiang Nan could Sent.

The cultural relics were transported by truck, which made Han Chunming drool with envy.
Chapter completed!