1980 My literary era

In the 1980s, the term spy novel was not popular, and the public still classified it as a military-themed novel.

Since the 1950s, many outstanding military and espionage novels have emerged in China.

Due to political reasons in the past few years, the domestic literary world was in decline. It has only recovered in recent years. This cannot be achieved without the guidance of insightful people in the country and cultural circles.

The popularity of "Contemporary-Spy War Album" largely aroused domestic readers' enthusiasm for spy war-themed novels. A similar situation also occurred in this period in later generations.

In 1982, Mr. Li Yu completed the novel "Harbin at Night", which is 710,000 words long.

The novel was first serialized in Harbin Daily and published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in June of the same year. The first edition printed 117,000 copies, and was reprinted four times within two years, with sales exceeding 300,000 copies.

Later, "Harbin at Night" was adapted into audio and TV series and once became popular all over the country.

Spy-themed novels are easily accepted by domestic readers because of their strong suspense properties and special era background. However, any work of decent quality can achieve good results.

Lin Weimin's "Cliff" is the only full-length novel in the album. This is enough to show the quality of this novel.

The album's hot sales made the entire humanities club feel elated. At this time, Lin Weimin received a notice from editor-in-chief Qin Chaoyang that the agency hoped to release a single volume for "Cliff".

Lin Weimin looked at Qin Chaoyang in disbelief, "Editor-in-Chief, are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. Readers have highly recognized our album in this issue. Most of the letters mentioned your "Cliff" and hope it can be released separately, so our editorial department and the leaders of the agency considered it comprehensively. I decided to respect the readers’ thoughts.”

"That's great." Lin Weimin clapped his hands happily, "What's the standard for the royalties?"

Tan Chaoyang suddenly looked unhappy, "Vulgar!"

Lin Weimin was shocked, "Why, the club is still planning to use my novel for nothing?"

Tan Chaoyang laughed angrily at him, "Look at how enlightened you are! Don't worry, the manuscript fee is worth ten yuan per thousand words."

Ten yuan per thousand words is not a low standard. In an ordinary editorial department or publishing house, only a first-class and capable writer can get it.

The full text of "Cliff" is 200,000 words, so the income from publishing it alone is 2,000 yuan.

This does not include the royalties that "Contemporary" paid him for the manuscript at that time. The standard of the royalties paid to "Cliff" by the editorial department of "Contemporary" was eight yuan per thousand words. In this way, the book "Cliff" alone was paid to Lin Weimin. The income brought has exceeded 3,600 yuan.

This was 3,600 yuan in 1980!

Otherwise, there is still a future in writing books!

"Okay, then "Cliff" will be handed over to the publisher for publication."

Coming to ask Lin Weimin for his opinion was just a matter of situation. Even his people were from the Chinese Literature Society. Can the novel be transferred to other units?

Of course, Tan Chaoyang couldn't say this to his face.

Anyway, a lot of money is spent in the club, and Lin Weimin can't find fault with it.

The news that "Cliff" was about to be published spread quickly, and all colleagues in the editorial department came to congratulate Lin Weimin.

After thanking his colleagues for their blessings one by one, Lin Weimin made himself a pot of tea and sat comfortably at his desk enjoying the rare leisurely moment.

It is already early December. If we calculate it in Western dollars, we will enter 1981 in less than a month.

When he released "Death of Yura" and "Latent" before, the money in his hand had just exceeded 1,000.

During this period, I spent nearly 400 yuan on daily necessities, going back to my hometown in Northeast China to do errands, and supporting Shi Tiesheng's hospitalization, leaving about 600 yuan left.

The house in his hometown was sold for 800 yuan, and coupled with the income from "Cliff", his savings had reached an astonishing 5,000 yuan.

Lin Weimin looked at the sky outside the window and wondered, should he also buy a place to live?

From the 1960s to the present, domestic cities have implemented welfare housing allocation policies. This was a unique form of housing allocation in the planned economy era. It was not abolished until nearly two thousand years ago.

At this time, the main criteria for determining housing allocation are non-economic factors such as working age, factory age, and family structure. In a unit, it often happens that colleagues who have been working for decades will be allocated housing for the sake of welfare and earn a lot of money. Therefore, There have been many situations in which gifts are given based on relationships and favors.

Considering Lin Weimin's working experience at the Chinese Literature Society when he first came to the Chinese Literature Society, it would be at least ten years before he would be allocated a house. He couldn't afford to wait, and he happened to have money at the moment.

In later generations, housing prices in Yanjing were among the highest in the country, beyond the reach of ordinary people like Lin Weimin.

But things are different now. Houses in Yanjing are also more expensive than other cities in the country, but they are very expensive.

Pulling and pulling with all your heart, Siheyuan is not afraid of it.

Thinking that in later generations a courtyard house would cost hundreds of millions, but now it only costs eighteen thousand, Lin Weimin couldn't help but feel the urge to rush out and pick up the leaks.

But he calmed down and thought about it. It was better not to rush into buying a courtyard house. He asked someone to ask first. It would be best to meet a master whose family was in decline. The ancestors had a solid foundation. If the prodigal wanted to cash out quickly, then Much more convenient.

Buying a house at this time was not as convenient as in later generations. Because of the welfare housing allocation policy, ordinary people may not live well, but most urbanites do not lack housing.

One of the most common situations when people buy a house is when their children are getting married. Because they have a short service life, cannot get a house, and live in staff dormitories and feel that the conditions are too poor, people think of buying a house.

Moreover, everyone’s income level is similar these days. Those who earn more than 100 yuan a month must be senior cadres, intellectuals or technicians. A two-income family may not be able to save more than 200 yuan a year. If there are many children at home, , it is normal to make ends meet, and it is not easy to save enough money to buy a house.

Lin Weimin now has a little money, but if he wants to buy a courtyard house that suits his needs, this money is still not enough.

Most of the mansions of dignitaries in the previous dynasty have now become important offices of government departments, and some have even become cultural protection units. Let alone buying them, he can't afford them.

Once again, the first class belongs to the wealthy families in the past. This kind of courtyard house is usually small in scale and has a huge income. After liberation, many of them were distributed to employees of various agencies and factories. One courtyard often has more than a dozen households. There are dozens of households with unclear property rights, making it difficult to buy. If you just look at the price, Lin Weimin can still get it if he works hard.

The worst thing is the large courtyard before liberation. That place is basically invisible, and it is the most popular in Nancheng.

Thinking about it this way, the dream of living in a courtyard house is really a long way to go!