Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 29 The Editor-in-Chief Visits (Second update, please collect, recommend, and vote)
Li Song nodded: "Go ahead and curse me, it's just like a scholar looking down on each other."

"Then I'll leave." Tian Jiahui was afraid that something might happen to Li Song and delay today's Christmas holiday, so he spoke.

"Thank you." Li Song said.

After Tian Jiahui left, Li Song picked up the newspaper and started reading. A famous science fiction writer was furious and publicly scolded Galaxy Ghost in the newspaper: Galaxy Ghost is like a cockroach hiding in the dark, not daring to come out and face the light, which is very disgusting!
He didn't even dare to name the person he was scolding, could it be a woman?
Xinghe Ghost, as a junior, is this how you target a senior?

No matter how well you write or how many people read it, from this point of view, there is something wrong with your character.

Anyway, a famous science fiction writer has already begun to slander Li Song's character.

Although this science fiction writer is a great writer, he is honest and even praises some books that are anti-mainland.

Li Song knew all about the dark history of these people.

However, Li Song was very happy. If it weren't for this great science fiction writer, the sales of the New Evening News would probably not be so good. The sales of newspapers determine the sales of future books and the prices of film and TV drama copyrights.

"Hehe, I finally have some connections in Hong Kong Island." Li Song smiled in his heart.

There are two benefits to writing novels. One is making money. Anyway, the patent has not been applied for yet. After the patent application, it must be taken to the mainland to be evaluated by the Science and Technology Commission before we can talk about investing in building a factory.

The second is fame. Li Song had only seen Hong Kong Island during this period in movies and history, but after living here for a while, he found that if you don’t have some background, don’t even think about doing anything.

You just set up a street stall. As soon as you set up your stall in front, people who collect money come from the back, both black and white.

If those shop owners don't give it to you, a dozen young people will occupy one table each, leaving you with no business. If you dare to resist, your shop will catch fire at night.

To open a company or a factory, you need land and people, but you don’t have any foundation at all. You may just open the business this morning, and then send a basket of flowers in the afternoon and pay the money.

But it’s different if you’re famous. No matter how powerful these social people in Hong Kong are, they dare not take action against those celebrities and wealthy people.

So Li Song has been working frantically on the manuscript these days. The company has already been registered, and it will probably take a week.

I don’t know how long it will take to register a patent. After all, patent registration at this time is not as convenient as it is later.

It seems that it is now divided into registration in Aramco and Europe, and how much US dollars needs to be paid at one time, and it also involves patent searches, etc.

Of course, as long as you start registering patents, you can first bring some things to the mainland, such as gasoline antifreeze. You can give the technology to the mainland for free, as well as some wear-resistant rubber and so on.

After reading it, Li Song received a call from Liu Jiale, probably about Editor-in-Chief Luo.

So Li Song went downstairs to make a phone call, and it turned out to be about this matter. Editor-in-Chief Luo was going to visit in person.

Of course Li Song agreed. The editor-in-chief has been in Hong Kong Island for decades and has a wide network of contacts.

Li Song returned home and waited. About an hour later, the doorbell rang.

"Mr. Liu! This must be Editor-in-Chief Luo. Sorry for the inconvenience." Li Song opened the door and saw two people wearing windbreakers and sunglasses. Liu Jiale took off his glasses, and then Li Song spoke, while bowing and clasping his hands.

"Mr. Li is a very promising young man." When Chief Editor Luo saw Li Songxing bowing, he thought of the past when people used to bow when they met.

The reason why Li Song behaved like this was partly due to his personality, and partly because he studied martial arts and was used to bowing.

"Editor Luo, thank you for your compliment. My writing is still relatively poor, but I just have a lot of ideas in my head," Li Song said. "Mr. Li, if you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Luo." Editor Luo walked into the house, chatting and looking at the furnishings inside.

The room is not big, but there are many books and newspapers. The books seem to be read quite frequently, and they are mainly science fiction magazines and books.

"Uncle Luo, please have some tea." Li Song busied himself pouring the prepared tea.

"It seems that Mr. Li also likes to drink tea. It looks like the tea stains on the teacup have been there for more than a day or two." Editor-in-Chief Luo said.

"It's just drinking like a cow, mainly to refresh yourself. It's hard to describe how it tastes!" Li Song said with a laugh.

"Mr. Li seems to have a mainland accent?" Editor-in-Chief Luo took a sip of tea and said this as he put down the teacup.

"To be honest with Uncle Luo, I am from Chang'an in the mainland. I studied martial arts and was tricked out by a senior brother... Well, it's better not to talk about the past." Li Song said.

"No wonder Li Xiaoyou can write a novel like Ghost Blows Out the Light. Chang'an is the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, with outstanding people and beautiful scenery." Chief Editor Luo suddenly understood that the things in Li Song's Ghost Blows Out the Light might be family heirlooms. After all, if you dig around in Chang'an, you will find several layers of old predecessors. Add in those who learned martial arts, and there is no doubt about it.

"Yes." Li Song neither denied nor confirmed.

Editor-in-Chief Luo was tactful enough not to mention it. After all, he came here from the mainland and then got a Hong Kong ID card, so he definitely didn't want to mention it.

"The first reason we came this time was to see what difficulties Li Xiaoyou had. I still have some face in Hong Kong Island, so as long as it can be solved, I will do my best."

"Secondly, I'd like to inform you that two TV stations are interested in the film and television rights to Ghost Blows Out the Light, two comic companies are interested in the comic adaptation rights to Star Mercenary, and a radio station is interested in the radio rights."

"But my suggestion is to wait a little longer. The sales of the New Evening News are growing very fast. Newspaper sales are closely related to copyright prices, and the same is true for book publishing." Editor-in-Chief Luo said.

Li Song decided to let the newspaper represent him in negotiating the film and television copyrights, because the people in the newspaper had a clearer understanding of the value of copyrights.

Li Song himself knew nothing and was in a passive position because he couldn't clearly articulate the details when negotiating the price.

Of course, newspapers are willing to do so, because movies and TV series can boost newspaper sales. The audience of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is too wide, including Taiwan, Southeast Asia, etc., and of course, let's not talk about the mainland. The book might also sell well.

"This is the data from our newspaper. In addition, there are a lot of questions raised by some readers. Mr. Li, please see if you have time to answer them in the newspaper." Liu Jiale quickly took out a document and handed it to Li Song.

"Okay." Li Song opened the newspaper sales data, which was very good. It was already the second best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong, and it was estimated that it would reach the first place this week.

As for the questions raised later, Li Song continued to look carefully.

Editor-in-Chief Luo picked up a science fiction magazine and flipped through it, and he knew it was a magazine he read frequently.

"These questions are not easy to answer, because different traditions have different answers. Feng Shui is something that each family has its own method." Li Song saw that most of the questions were about Feng Shui. He thought about it while reading, and soon figured out how to answer.
"And this isn't set in stone. Furthermore, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed."

"Those who truly understand this business won't be too accurate. Everything in the world has cause and effect. If someone else is responsible for something, but someone else solves it, then who will be held responsible?"

"Besides, things can change over time, and no one knows if what we see now will still be there in the future, so it's difficult to answer these questions."

"Besides, novels are novels. If I answer in the newspaper, it would be bad if people misunderstood me. Anyway, everything in Ghost Blows Out the Light is a novel and can't be taken seriously. I'd like to trouble Uncle Luo to write in every issue of the newspaper that any similarity to the novel's plot is purely coincidental," Li Song said, shaking his head.

(End of this chapter)