Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 116 The Interview (Third update, please subscribe and vote)
Then Li Song started writing at home, and RTV and Xinwanbao successively reported on the explosive sales of Ghost Blows Out the Light magazine.

Of course, TVB will not report it!

Because both the New Evening Post and RTV (Rediffusion Television) have interests involved.

The New Evening Post was still serializing Ghost Blows Out the Light, while RTV was still filming a Ghost Blows Out the Light TV series.

Anyway, everyone's just trying to ride on each other's popularity.

Only Shaw Brothers felt rather frustrated, so its television stations stopped broadcasting news about the magazine, let alone stories about Ghost Blows Out the Light.

On Saturday afternoon, Li Song came to Alin again. Alin had now made up her mind to follow Li Song wholeheartedly for the time being.

Arlene didn't go shopping. After returning home, she put on her most beautiful clothes and took out her diamond ring.

The dazzling light of the diamond ring captivated Arlene's eyes; it was a diamond worth at least a million Hong Kong dollars.

There was even a moment when Arlene wanted to marry Li Song.

However, considering that Li Song might be in trouble, Arlene gave up the idea.

A short absence makes the heart grow fonder!
Moreover, Arlene wore various clothes that Li Song had bought, such as flight attendant uniforms, and then went braless.

Arlene is now completely obedient to Li Song in this regard.

Moreover, Arlene felt that Li Song must have other women outside, otherwise he wouldn't be so promiscuous.

Knowing so many strange actions and buying strange clothes like nurses, female office workers, and flight attendants—if there weren't other women around, they definitely wouldn't know these things.

But it doesn't matter anyway, since I've already gained so many benefits.

Moreover, having only herself as the mistress of the house is enough for this family.

On Sunday morning, Li Song let go of Alin who was hugging him, got up, washed up, and then put on a regular business suit.

I went out to the magazine office and had breakfast on the way.

When Li Song arrived at the magazine office, Liu Jiale was already there.

Today, the two of them will interview sixteen people: six selected by Li Song and ten selected by Liu Jiale's team.

"Hello!" It wasn't even nine o'clock yet. Li Song was sitting at a workstation when a fat man wearing glasses pushed open the door.

Li Song recognized the fat man immediately. Wasn't this director Wong Jing? Wong Jing was arguably one of the best directors in Hong Kong films of the 1940s, 80s, and 90s, especially in commercial films.

Li Song knew that this guy wouldn't start directing until next year; for now, he was still a screenwriter.

"Hello, are you here for an interview?" Li Song asked as he approached.

"Yes, that's me." Fatty Wang nodded quickly.

“My surname is Li. I’ll take you to see the editor-in-chief,” Li Song said.

“My surname is Wang!” Fatty Wang nodded.

Liu Jiale had already heard the sound and came out of the office.

Then the three of them sat in a corner of the office area, which was a place for everyone to rest, with tea, coffee, and other drinks.

"Wow, are all these free?!" Fatty Wang exclaimed, noticing the chocolates and snacks tucked away in the corner.

"It's free, you can eat here for free, but you can't take it away!" Li Song nodded.

"Wow!!" Fatty Wang nodded.

Just then, someone called out from the doorway, "Is anyone home?"

The man who came in this time was a man in his twenties who also wore glasses. His surname was Zhang.

Li Song recognized him too; this was Zhang Jianting, the future director, who also seemed to have just become a screenwriter this year.

However, it seems that Fatty Wang and this Zhang Jianting don't know each other.

Perhaps Zhang Jianting is a newcomer to the industry.

Liu Jiale told Zhang Jianting to wait there, and then he and Li Song led Fatty Wang to the small conference room.

Fatty Wang was one of the people Liu Jiale had chosen.

What Fatty Wang wrote was a scene from a novel set in a restaurant.

Fatty Wang, as expected of a screenwriter, launched into a long and eloquent speech.

Li Song thought they could recruit Fatty Wang to be a director. Liu Jiale then told Fatty Wang to go back and read The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and gave him a short section of the main plot from the end of the Chronicles, asking him to continue writing it.

Then mail it to the magazine office, or you can deliver it in person.

Then Fatty Wang left.

Zhang Jianting followed suit.

Several other screenwriters emerged who were active in the 1980s and 90s, including the screenwriter of A Better Tomorrow.

Of the six people Li Song interviewed, only two showed up. One was a teacher in his thirties who believed that even immortals were divided into factions.

However, after talking to him carefully, Li Song realized that the other person was not suitable.

Because the other party said that wanting to write a novel was just a sentimental thing.

What Li Song fears most is this, because once the passion fades, the sentiment is gone.

Moreover, if an author has passion, he will often write what he believes is right, rather than changing his mind based on the market.

What I fear most is that the ghostwriter has their own ideas and doesn't write according to your outline.

The second was an editor from another newspaper. Liu Jiale privately said that this editor's stance was problematic.

Because everyone uses pseudonyms when submitting their work.

Therefore, the newspaper did not know who the other party was.

Actually, Li Song knew the newspaper's name as soon as the other party mentioned it, because the newspaper had ceased operations after 1997.

The other party's idea was acceptable, but Li Song dared not use this kind of person.

The third person was a devout Buddhist and a Taoist named Xiao Heizi.

Li Song was also passed over directly.

It's not that people with faith are bad, but there are good and bad gods.

Liu Jiale has interviewed eight out of ten people. Some of them were asked to go back and continue writing a small part of the plot of the Tomb Raider Chronicles, while the others were rejected outright.

The last two people on Liu Jiale's side have completed their interviews.

Li Song's group has six people, but one person is still missing.

"They probably won't come!" Li Song glanced at the time; it was almost 10:30.

"Then let's go!" Li Song nodded.

The two had just packed their things, locked the door, and were waiting for the elevator.

"Excuse me." As soon as the elevator doors opened, a girl rushed out, apologizing as she did so.

Li Song was about to enter the elevator, but after seeing the girl running towards the magazine office with her head down, he directly asked, "Are you here for an interview at the magazine?"

"Yes, may I ask who you are?" The girl was in a hurry to run to the side, but upon hearing this, she quickly turned around and asked.

When Liu Jiale saw Li Song speak, he glanced at the girl who had turned around to speak. She was a girl with long, flowing hair and looked to be a middle school student.

“We thought you weren’t coming!” Li Song said.

"This is Liu Jiale, the editor-in-chief and manager of our magazine!" Li Song then introduced.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late!" the girl apologized quickly, her voice trembling with tears.

"It's alright, let's go back and talk!" Liu Jiale said.

Then the two opened the door again. The girl was dressed quite plainly and had long, flowing hair.

This girl is the one who wrote that the gods are fake and why her wishes didn't come true.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Li, I'm so sorry, I missed the bus and made you late," the girl apologized repeatedly.

"It's alright, the gods you wrote about are fake, they don't grant mortals' wishes?"

"But have you ever thought about this? First of all, you only offered a few sticks of incense, but you demanded a thousand times or ten thousand times the return. In the eyes of the gods, wouldn't you be a greedy person?"

"Besides, there are so many people in the world, it's impossible for a god to fulfill everyone's wishes; otherwise, the god would be too busy." Li Song placed a cup of coffee down in front of the other person and said.
"Uh!" The girl was somewhat surprised by Li Song's words.

"But aren't they gods?" The girl still seemed a little confused.
(End of this chapter)