They actually announced this a couple of weeks ago: the Chinese 作家富豪榜, the writers who earned the most from their books in 2014; see also Mei Jia's China Daily report, List of richest Chinese writers revealed.
Mo Yan only came in 13th, Yu Hua 33rd, and Jia Pingwa a lowly 47th (with 1.5 million yuan).
The top three were:
Mo Yan only came in 13th, Yu Hua 33rd, and Jia Pingwa a lowly 47th (with 1.5 million yuan).
The top three were:
- Chinese:
- Zhang Jiajia
- Zheng Yuanjie
- Yang Hongying
- Foreign:
- Khaled Hosseini
- Higashino Keigo
- Joanna Cole