Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 59: Departure to Guangzhou (Second update, please collect, read, and vote.)
Then Li Song drove the car around, slowly at first, but gradually he became proficient. Li Song found that there seemed to be no such car on the road, and muttered to himself: I guess there are not many such cars.

Li Song didn't dare to go to a place too far in the countryside, so he drove along the coastal road.

New Year's Eve soon arrived, and Li Song sat in front of the TV. Wireless started broadcasting their tomb-raiding TV series at 7:30.

The name is "The Tomb Raiders of the Three Kingdoms", which means Cao Cao sent people to rob tombs. It is said that nine out of ten Han tombs are empty because of this reason.

In the early days, various reviews in newspapers praised the TV series, saying that it had a good subject matter and that it contained many famous people from the Three Kingdoms period.

Li Song saw the simple sets in the TV series, as well as the costumes and props that had been used in countless TV series.

Everyone knows that the boss of TVB is stingy.

The protagonists are also two men and one woman. The male protagonist is Shao Qiu, and the other male protagonist is Huang Rihua. Li Song remembers that this male protagonist joined TVB later in history. The female protagonist is Wang Mingquan.

Shao Qiu became famous in the 79 TV series Chor Liu-heung.

The TV series begins with three people standing in front of a cliff. The voice-over introduces the identities of the three people. Shaoqiu is a captain under Cao Cao, the heroine is the hero's junior sister, and the other one is the hero's good brother. The three were ordered to find a tomb, but they fell under a cliff.

Then the male protagonist muttered to himself while holding the compass, and then took out the dowsing rod...

Li Song always felt something was wrong, because Shaoqiu looked handsome in Chu Liuxiang, but here he was like a chatterbox...

The men are handsome, the women are pretty, and Wang Mingquan looks very handsome in ancient costume, but the plot is...

It lacks the atmosphere of tomb raiding, and feels like an adventure.

TVB broadcast the TV series in advance, which made the people at ATV curse loudly, but there was nothing they could do.

It was finally eight o'clock, and the Rediffusion TV station began to broadcast. It started with a woman looking in the mirror. The dim oil lamp was reflected on the bronze mirror. There was a beautiful woman in front of the mirror, but on the mirror was a white paper man...

A weird atmosphere suddenly emerged.

Li Song also watched with great interest. After the first part, the rest of the film followed the plot. The character of the fat man played by Fatty Hong was just right. Michelle Yim was also very beautiful, wearing a Western dress from the Republic of China period. The protagonist Lin Guoxiong (previously written as Yin Zhiqiang, but it was changed after checking and found to be inappropriate) was still handsome, wearing a Zhongshan suit, while the fat man wore a blue cloth shirt that was common in the Republic of China.

Li Song watched the show with great interest and finished two episodes quickly.

The phone of Rediffusion Television was bombarded with calls. Those with better tempers requested to air one more episode tomorrow, while those with worse tempers cursed loudly, saying that only two episodes were aired during the New Year. They should just read the New Evening News, which had 10,000 words a day.

After an hour and a half of broadcasting, the owner of Rediffusion Television looked at the ratings and said, "Raise your salaries! Raise your salaries! Call the advertisers and give them more money!"

During this period, Hong Kong Island's ratings were based on sample surveys. Ratings = number of people watching a program / total number of viewers x 100%.
The average audience rating for ATV's Ghost Blows Out the Light reached 78%, with a peak of 85%.
It set a viewership record.

Li Song only found out about it the next morning when he read the newspaper, and there was a replay of last night's broadcast in the morning.

As for the TVB prime time data, it was terrible. Although it was advanced, it failed to attract the audience.

Everywhere I go, people are talking about things related to the TV series Ghost Blows Out the Light.

"Michelle is so beautiful. She looks like a completely different person in this dress!"

"That's right, that's right. I thought ancient costumes were very beautiful, but I didn't expect Western clothes to be the same."

"Yeah yeah!"

"Shao Qiu from TVB looks weird."

"Alas, Shaoqiu is suitable for that kind of handsome role. The role of Hu Sijiu is not suitable."

"Yes, my wife likes Shaoqiu the most, but she couldn't stand it after watching it for a while last night..." These were the discussions that Li Song heard.

The people who used to praise TVB in the newspapers have lost their enthusiasm, and a new group of people have come to praise Rediffusion Television, saying that 30,000 yuan per episode is not expensive, that the character selection is good, and that the plot is good.

Li Song remembers that The Unforgiven was the ratings champion in Hong Kong Island, and the 83 version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes was third.

Then Li Song's daily routine became regular. He would write articles every day, then drive out for a walk and watch TV series in the evening.

Li Song spent his days like this until the third day of the Lunar New Year. On the afternoon of the third day, Li Song called Tian Jiahui and asked him to drive the car to the company, because Li Song had to return to the mainland the next day and go out to sea on the fifth day.

Tian Jiahui was very proud of himself, thinking how smart he was. Otherwise, he might have been asked by his boss to drive during the New Year.

Tian Jiahui discovered a large toolbox at the back of the car. Looking at the two large locks on the toolbox, he felt inexplicably uneasy, but there were keys hanging on the two large locks.

Tian Jiahui carefully opened it and took a look, then heaved a sigh of relief. There were tools such as a jack, a large wrench, etc.

After Li Song gave the car keys to Tian Jiahui, he began to pack his things. He took the seafood gift box given by the New Evening News back with him and asked someone to take it back to his parents in his hometown. Then he didn't know what to buy.

I decided to wait until I returned to the mainland to get some money and have someone take it back.

In addition, Li Song also purchased some weapons, including automatic rifles, RPGs, and even an M2 heavy machine gun, equipped with ammunition boxes, bullets, and tripods.

After buying it, Li Song put it up for sale again, the price is negotiable.

"It's a pity that javelins and the like were not available until the late 80s."

"As for laser weapons, forget it. I can't use them anyway if I buy them." Li Song also collected some mines.

(The second-hand platform does not charge commission for buying and selling transactions, but only for withdrawals. I guess some people didn’t read the previous supplementary settings. Second-hand banknotes and the like can only be considered second-hand items on the platform and cannot be topped up.)
If I encounter someone chasing me at sea, I will just throw mines at them...

Because other torpedoes require launch tubes and other operating steps, but as long as the mines are thrown into the water, the mechanical device will open automatically.

These mines were not bought, they were just collected and purchased directly when needed.

February 19, 1980, the fourth day of the first lunar month, rain!

Li Song took the prepared gifts and some clothes and went downstairs to prepare to return to the mainland.

"Brother Song, what are you doing?" Li Song just went downstairs and saw Alin carrying some fruits. He asked in surprise.

"I'm going back to the mainland. Alin, do you have something to say?" Li Song asked with some confusion in his heart.

"I originally wanted to chat with Brother Song..." Arlene's mental state was obviously not good.

"How about you stay at my house first. There are some food in the refrigerator. You can use this money to buy food for yourself." Li Song knew that something might have happened at Alin's home again.

"That's not a good idea..." Arlene's refusal was not so straightforward.

"You take it first, I'm in a hurry." Li Song handed the key and some Hong Kong dollars to Alin.

"I have money..." Arlene felt a little embarrassed when she saw Li Song giving her money.

"Even if it's an advance payment for tutoring, I'm leaving first." Li Song didn't have time to chat with Alin.

"By the way, there are clean sheets in the cabinet..." Li Song said as he took a taxi.

There is another chapter at 8 o'clock in the morning

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