The major media outlets have reproduced it one after another, which proves the attitude above and saves Xiang Nan from an unnecessary disaster.

It is precisely because of the reprinting by major media that the popularity of "Garland Under the Mountain" has greatly increased, and it has become one of the most popular novels in 1979.

Because it was so popular, the People's Publishing House sent people to Tianfu to ask Xiang Nan for permission to publish the novel. Even the People's Broadcasting Station sent a letter to Xiang Nan, hoping to be allowed to change it into a radio drama.

And Xiang Nan's fame has reached a new level with the popularity of this novel. It can be said that he is a household name, known to all women and children.

And what Xiang Nan gained was not just an increase in fame.

In terms of royalties, dozens of media reprints brought Xiang Nan thousands of royalties.

At that time, according to national regulations, the remuneration for newspapers and magazines was three to ten yuan per thousand words.

The higher the quality of the manuscript and the greater the author's reputation, the higher the remuneration will be.

"Garland Under the Mountain" is an epoch-making excellent work, and Xiang Nan's name is well-known throughout the country. Therefore, magazines and newspapers offer very high remuneration, basically seven or eight yuan per thousand words. .

This is already a very high price for a young author. Ye Wenyu has been the editor of "Yanjing Pictorial" for so long, and he can usually write novels and essays, but he can only pay four yuan for a thousand words.

The full text of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" has 95,000 words. Calculated at 7 yuan for 1,000 words, the total is 665 yuan. Coupled with the serialization in dozens of newspapers, Xiang Nan has made a lot of money just from this article. The manuscript fee is 12,000 yuan.

Twelve thousand yuan in 1979 was definitely a huge sum of money. You must know that the wages of workers at that time were only forty or fifty yuan per month. Xiang Nan's twelve thousand yuan was enough for ordinary people to work for a lifetime. Can't do it.

Moreover, this is only the royalties paid for serialization in newspapers and magazines, and does not include the royalties for publishing by People's Publishing House and the royalties for adaptations by People's Broadcasting Station.

According to final statistics, Xiang Nan earned more than 53,000 yuan from this book alone.

In the early 1980s, with so much money, one could be considered extremely wealthy.

In addition to money and fame, Xiang Nan also successfully joined the Writers Association with this novel and became an honorable member.

As a member of the Writers Association, you can communicate and discuss with your colleagues; you can participate in various activities organized by the Writers Association; you can be recommended by the Writers Association to participate in literary awards; you can even take a temporary job in the Writers Association to experience life... In short, there are benefits A lot.

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After making money, Xiang Nan has to invest.

He knows that money is becoming less and less valuable.

In 1979, ten thousand yuan was still a huge sum of money, enough for ordinary people to earn for a lifetime. Forty years later, a monthly salary of ten thousand yuan would be nothing more than a social animal. So it is best to spend the money, otherwise the more you save, the more it will depreciate. The more.

Since the real estate market has not been liberalized, real estate does not belong to private individuals, and private sales are not yet allowed, so Xiang Nan focuses his investment on antique calligraphy and paintings.

Hide gold in troubled times, and buy antiques in prosperous times. Xiang Nan knows that the economy will get better and better in the future, and antiques will become more and more valuable.

Its value-added rate is even higher than that of real estate.

So he visited the cultural relics store in Tianfu and bought more than ten antique treasures one after another.

At that time, most people did not have enough to eat, so they naturally had no time to collect antiques, so the price of antiques was very low. The official kiln porcelain from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties only cost a few hundred yuan.

In Xiang Nan's opinion, it is like buying cabbage, so he sells more than a dozen pieces at a time, just like robbing. According to his estimation, these antiques he bought will be put on the auction house in the future, at least they will be sold.

Two or three hundred million.

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And while Xiang Nan was busy creating and visiting art stores in his spare time, time was also passing by day by day.

In the second half of 1979, Xiang Nan wrote two more works: "Triumph at Midnight" and "Spirit and Flesh", which were published in the magazines "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art" and "Harvest" respectively. After their publication, they once again aroused strong repercussions.

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In the second half of the year, because there was no longer the threat of war, the atmosphere of the art troupe deteriorated again.

There are more and more people in the military camp who wear bell-bottom pants, listen to Hong Kong and Taiwan tapes, gather in groups to play poker, circulate novels and magazines, and secretly pick up people.

Xiang Nan knew that the art troupe would be disbanded in half a year at most, so he didn't want to be a bad person at this time, so he simply let them go. As long as it didn't go too far.

As for the political commissar, he is busy being transferred. He has had enough time in the art troupe. He has been a political commissar eight years ago and has been there until now. With his merits and qualifications, he should have been promoted long ago.

Previously, it was because Xiang Nan was in college, so he had to stay and look after his family. Although Xiang Nan came back later, the war also started, and his transfer was stopped again.

Now that the war is over and Xiang Nan has returned to the art troupe, it is time for him to move up. Therefore, his management of the military camp has become somewhat lax.

The two top leaders didn't care much, which made the team members more and more unruly. Just like the cicadas in midsummer, they chirped so unscrupulously and had no idea that the cold autumn was coming.

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At the end of 1979, the military region gave rewards based on merit.

For his outstanding performance, Xiang Nan won the first-class personal merit award from the military region and the title of combat hero.

However, he had just been promoted to full leader, and it had only been a year. So he was not promoted or promoted, and he continued to be the leader of the cultural troupe.

Xiang Nan accepted this calmly.

He knew in his heart that the higher he went, the harder it would be to climb. Most people, after working hard all their lives, would be pretty good if they could become the group leader.

At the end of the year, Xiaoping came all the way from Yanjing to see him.

The two had a good time making love, which made many people see it and feel sad in their hearts.

Xiaoping was in the art troupe and spent the Spring Festival with Xiang Nan.

"Xiao Ping, you are really different from before. It seems that going to college really cultivates people." Xiao Suizi looked at Xiao Ping and said with envy.

I remember when Xiaoping first came to the art troupe, she had low self-esteem and was timid, so she had to rely on her to protect her from being bullied.

Now she is confident and generous, and her clothes and conversation are of a high standard. At first glance, she is someone from the capital, not Tianfu.

"Suizi, actually your background is better than mine. I think you should also go to college." Xiaoping said with a calm smile, "After all, you can't stay in the art troupe forever."

She is now not only a proud college student, but also a well-known songwriter in the country. This year, she also wrote many novels such as "Female Soldiers Chasing the Troops" and "Floating Flower Headband", which also attracted attention after being published.

Great response.

Success in career and nourishment in love allowed Xiaoping to naturally get rid of her inferiority complex and timidity, and grow into a confident, optimistic, generous and positive person.

Now, even if Little Ballet, Wu Baozhu, Sun Yanyan and others bully her again, she will not take a step back.
Chapter completed!