Thanks to the blessing of water flowers, Tuo Xiangnan, the land in Jintan Village was tidied up in one day.

Every household was busy planting beans, vegetables, and millet, hoping to harvest a crop while the temperature was still high.

Gexia has a temperate continental semi-arid climate, which can be summed up as follows: drought with little rain, strong winds and sand, abundant sunshine, strong evaporation, long cold winters, quick warm-ups in spring, short hot summers, and early cool autumns.

Therefore, one crop a year is more than enough, and two crops a year are not enough. If we don’t plant the land in July, then in another month, in September, the highest temperature will be only 25 degrees, and the lowest will even be 10 degrees, and everything will grow. No more.

…

After Xiang Nan and Shui Hua returned to Yinchuan, Shui Hua continued to run her own clothing store, while Xiang Nan was writing articles and thinking about making more money.

In the 1990s, writing books was actually not very profitable anymore.

First, the standard of royalties is low. In the 1980s, the standard of royalties was three yuan to ten yuan per thousand words; in the 1990s, the standard of royalties was ten yuan to forty yuan per thousand words.

It seems to have increased. But don’t forget, in the 1980s, the monthly salary of ordinary workers was only 30 yuan; in the 1990s, the monthly salary of ordinary workers had reached 200 yuan.

Workers' wages have increased sixfold, while writers' remuneration has only increased threefold. It is obvious that the standards are low.

Secondly, social prices have skyrocketed. In the 1980s, pork cost less than one yuan per pound, rice only cost two cents, and daily necessities such as toothpaste and toothbrushes only cost a few cents.

In the 1990s, the cost of pork had risen to two to three yuan, rice had risen to fifty cents, and toothpaste and toothbrushes had risen to one yuan. And with the opening up, a group of people had become rich first in society.

The intrusion of Hong Kong, Taiwan, European and American culture has also made people's desire for comparison stronger and stronger. People are no longer satisfied with food, drink and food, but generally pursue higher enjoyment.

Furniture, home appliances, motorcycles, cars... are gradually entering thousands of households, and these are not just 80 cents. A Nissan TV costs 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, and a Chunlan air conditioner costs 50 cents. It costs more than 1,000 yuan, and a motorcycle costs more than 10,000 yuan...

Xiang Nan’s two articles sold for 10,000 yuan, which seems like a lot, but it is still far from living a good life, let alone helping the villagers of Jintan Village to get rich together.

So he must make more money.

Writing books and opening stores obviously could not satisfy his need to get rich quickly, so he set his sights on the stock market where he could make quick money.

In the 1990s, China's stock market had just opened for trading.

The Hunzhen Stock Exchange opened on a trial basis on December 1, 1990; the Hujiang Stock Exchange officially opened on December 19, 1990.

Xiang Nan checked the information when he arrived and knew that from June 1991 to May 1992, it was the first wave of bull market in the mainland stock market. The index rushed from 115 points to 1,400 points in one year. At twenty-nine o'clock, it increased twelvefold. This was the earliest madness in the mainland stock market.

At that time, Yinchuan was still relatively backward and did not even have a stock trading hall. If Xiang Nan wanted to buy stocks, he had to take a bus to Chang'an, but he went anyway.

…

He told Shui Hua about buying stocks and was not going to hide it from her.

After Shui Hua came to Yinchuan, she read the newspaper every day. She knew that the stock market was very popular now, and she also knew that the stock market had risks.

But she still chose to believe Xiang Nan.

"Yong Fu'er, you earn all the money in the family. You are the man of the master's family. You can do whatever you want with it." Shui Hua said, "Besides, I believe you."

Hearing what she said, Xiang Nan was very moved.

Then he took a train to Chang'an and bought stocks. In 1991, there were not many stocks on the stock market, and they were all going up in a one-sided manner, so there was no need to choose. They were all monster stocks.

Xiang Nan invested a total of 20,000 yuan, which he earned from writing books.

Although Shui Hua'er expressed her support for him and believed in him, since Xiang Nan bought the stock, she began to read the financial section of the newspaper every day.

Xiang Nan knew that she was actually worried about losing her investment.

However, seeing the stock price rising day by day, Shuihua's worry turned into joy.

"Yongfu'er, our stocks have gone up again. You are so good, twenty thousand has turned into thirty thousand~" she said happily.

Xiang Nan is really amazing. In just a few days, 20,000 yuan has become 30,000 yuan. Think about their family, they have worked hard all their lives and cannot even save a thousand yuan.

"Where can I go? I have to make 10 million to be enough." Xiang Nan calculated.

They want to buy a house and a car in Yinchuan, and everything is based on the highest standards, which costs almost one million. It is impossible to invest in and build a factory in Jintan Village and make the villagers rich without seven or eight million.

"Ten million?!" Shui Hua was shocked. She never dared to think that there would be so much money.

Xiang Nan smiled, he was sure he had earned it.

…

From July to January, Xiang Nan basically wrote at home.

"Wuthering Mountains", "The Woman Crossing the Man's River", "On the Field of Hope", "Helan Blood", "Wolfbane Flower"...a full-length novel was born from his hands, with an average of one novel per month. Each part is about 250,000 words.

I wrote 1.75 million words in seven months. In the field of online literature, this speed is nothing, and it can even be considered slow. But in the field of pure literature, this speed is simply terrifying.

Xiang Nan also won the title of "Desperate Saburo" because he was so prolific.

These novels were not only published in magazines, but also successively released by publishing houses, and Xiang Nan received another royalties.

In 1990, the country adjusted the standard for manuscript fees, raising the 5% commission for every 10,000 copies to 8%. The more copies were printed, the more Xiang Nan would take.

Moreover, the novels written by Xiang Nan are basically popular literature, with strong storytelling and more suitable for reading, so their sales are pretty good.

Therefore, by the end of the year, Xiang Nan had earned nearly 200,000 yuan from writing articles alone. All of this money was invested in the stock market one after another.

As the stock market soared, Xiang Nan's net worth had risen to 400,000 by early 1992.

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In early 1992, Xiang Nan wanted to take Shuihua to Hujiang.

"Why are you going to Hujiang for no reason?" Shui Hua asked in surprise.

"Hujiang is going to promote stock subscription certificates. I think it's an opportunity to make a fortune." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Let's go and have a look. By the way, you can also open your eyes and see what people in real metropolitans are like. Those who dress well also know what will be popular in Yinchuan in the future."

In 1992, Hujiang launched a subscription certificate system in order to issue new shares. Each subscription certificate costs 30 yuan, is issued in unlimited quantities, is valid throughout the year, and is drawn in multiple lottery draws. You can subscribe to stocks with the winning number. One subscription certificate can win the lottery repeatedly. .

However, at the beginning of the issuance, the sales volume of subscription certificates was not high.

Firstly, a book cost 30 yuan, which is equivalent to one-sixth of the monthly salary of ordinary people. Not many people dared to spend this money; secondly, at that time, you could only subscribe for stocks if you won the lottery, and the probability of winning the lottery was 1 in 10. People were worried that they would win if they bought too little. If not, the money will be wasted, so I don’t dare to buy it.

But Xiang Nan knew that because no one dared to buy, only more than two million of the ten million subscription certificates originally planned to be issued were sold. This suddenly increased the probability of winning the lottery five times.

As a result, the value of the subscription certificate increases sharply.

In addition, in the first half of 1992, the stock market surged. It is extremely common for an original stock with an issue price of one yuan to rise to 20 or 30 yuan.
Chapter completed!