"What are you worrying about? I like both boys and girls." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "And to be honest, I prefer it to be a girl.

A daughter is a little cotton-padded jacket for her parents, she knows how cold it is and how hot she is, so considerate. A son is just like a raincoat, only useful when it rains. And when he needs it, he may not be around yet."

"Comrade Liu, are you telling the truth?" Xiaoping said with some surprise when she heard what he said.

Since ancient times, it has been better to give birth to a boy than to give birth to a girl. A son can carry on the family line, while a daughter is the water that is thrown away, so many people want to have a boy. If the baby is a girl, they must keep having children until they give birth to a boy.

Therefore, she was worried that if she was born a girl and she couldn't have another baby, Xiang Nan would be angry with her and complain that she was not good enough.

"I'm telling the truth." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Well, if you don't believe it, you will know it when you are born."

Xiaoping nodded.

…

In April, the movie "Wrangler" was officially released.

Once this movie was released, it caused a sensation across the country.

The handsome Zhu Shimao and the innocent Cong Shan, this couple looks like a couple, became famous all over the country overnight.

The popularity of this movie has also driven the sales of the original novel "Soul and Flesh".

The People's Literature Publishing House specially signed a reprint contract with Xiang Nan, and another 800,000 copies were released, but the supply was still in short supply. As a result, Xiang Nan once again earned a commission of less than 200,000 yuan.

However, this amount of money, which may seem huge to outsiders, is no longer surprising to Xiang Nan himself. His current bank deposits amount to more than two million.

It's not that he is willing to save money, but now, there really aren't many places to spend money.

Generally speaking, the place where you spend a lot of money is either a business, a house, or a car.

But now, private business is still subject to many restrictions; houses are almost all divided into units, and the residents are actually tenants. Without a house ownership, they are not allowed to buy or sell, so even if they want to buy a house, they cannot.

If you really want to buy, there are also houses for export, which are houses specially sold to foreigners coming to Beijing and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, but the prices are not low at all.

It costs thousands of dollars per square meter, which is equivalent to about 10,000 yuan per square meter. This price is really expensive. Compared with 20 or 30 years later, it is not cheap. Xiang Nan naturally does not want to be taken advantage of.

As for cars, private ownership of cars was allowed in 1979. But buying a car is not easy, and getting a license plate is even more difficult. In 1986, Hujiang issued the first private license plate in the Mainland.

So Xiang Nan really doesn't have much to spend money on. He only collects antiques, which can make him earn some money.

…

Xiang Nan still collects antiques, and it is no exaggeration to say that he has accumulated nearly a warehouse.

However, with the accumulation of collection experience, Xiang Nan also discovered that there were more and more fakes on the market, and even Ma Weidu had a chance to spot them.

Moreover, the prices people ask for are getting more and more outrageous. In 1979, the official kilns of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were only two to three hundred yuan. Now, if you don't have seven or eight hundred, one or two thousand, you can't even think about it.

So Xiang Nan still accepts it now, but he has a lot of concerns. He will definitely not buy anything that is not a high-quality product, a treasure, or a genuine product.

Moreover, the mainstream of his current collection has shifted from collecting ancient cultural relics to collecting works by contemporary writers. For example, Huang Binhong, Li Keran, Huang Yongyu, Wu Guanzhong, Lin Fengmian, Li Kuchan, Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, etc.

First of all, most of these writers are still alive, and their disciples and descendants are also still active, so it is easier to buy genuine masterpieces when buying paintings from them.

Secondly, these calligraphy and paintings by everyone are not very valuable now, but in the future they will all be worth millions or tens of millions. For example, Wu Guanzhong's words are only two hundred yuan per square foot now. Thirty years later, they will be worth two million per square foot. It's all pretty cheap.

…

In the autumn of 1983, the mainland introduced the first Hong Kong TV series "The Great Hero Fearless", which started the history of Hong Kong dramas entering the mainland.

After "The Great Hero Fearless" was first broadcast on Guangdong TV Station, it was also broadcast on CCTV. It quickly became popular all over the country with its solid story, exciting fights, and vivid characters.

With its popularity, it has also set off an unstoppable martial arts craze. Martial arts-themed novels, comic books, film and television dramas, etc. have all been warmly welcomed by the public.

This also made Xiang Nan's "Detective Di Renjie" sell better and better. The exclusive serialization of "Story Club" sold tens of millions of copies in each issue, making paper expensive in Luoyang.

The single volume sales of "Detective Di Renjie" have also reached three to four million copies, making it the best-selling novel of the year.

Seeing this, major magazines and publishing houses have invited Xiang Nan to write articles.

Those who had previously asked for Xiang Nan to be banned were ignored no matter how loud they shouted.

…

By the end of 1983, Xiaoping gave birth safely and helped Xiang Nan give birth to an eldest son.

She was overjoyed when she found out he was her son, and finally did not let Xiang Nan die.

Xiang Nan and Shen Bowen were standing outside the delivery room and were very happy to learn that they had given birth to a son.

Xiang Nan immediately sent a telegram to Qilu's parents about the good news, and they were very happy to hear it.

Later, Xiang Nan and Shen Bowen looked through the dictionary and named the child.

After final discussion, it was unanimously agreed to name the child Liu Hao.

…

In 1984, the Spring Festival Gala program approached Xiang Nan again, hoping that he would come up with some more works.

Xiang Nan then played three more songs: "Good Days", "Party, Dear Mom", and "Tomorrow Will Be Better".

Not surprisingly, these three songs were successfully selected again.

On New Year's Eve, I met audiences across the country.

Xiang Nan's songs once again spread throughout the country.

But for him, although his songs are popular all over the world, they have not brought him any real benefits. Those singers have released records and tapes, and have gone around singing his songs, making a lot of money, but he has basically made a lot of money. You can't make a penny from the previous one.

Really depressing.

Fortunately, Xiang Nan has many ways to make money.

In November 1984, Changchun City designated Clivia as the city flower and called on the city's citizens to cultivate it. As a result, the price of Clivia skyrocketed, starting a crazy rising trend.

The price of ordinary Clivia has soared from a few yuan to hundreds of yuan, which is equivalent to a year's salary of ordinary people. The price of rare clivia has soared from tens or hundreds of yuan to two to three hundred thousand yuan. There are even cases of Hong Kong businessmen claiming that An example of a Crown car being exchanged for a rare Clivia, but was rejected by the owner.

It can be said that Clivia is really going crazy.

At this time, Xiang Nan cultivated hundreds of thousands of Clivia trees in the suburbs of Yanjing and transported them to Changchun City. This alone earned him more than 30 million yuan.
Chapter completed!