Hong Kong Variety Show: Me, the Traffic Enforcement and Control Team?

immediately!

Lin Zhengyi then left.

Chapter 10 Money Making Plan

back home.

As Lin Zhengyi was taking things out of his pocket to prepare for a shower and rest, a piece of paper that came out with it caught his attention.

This is an invoice.

It was given to me by the cashier after I finished eating and paying the bill at the Fuding Seafood Restaurant.

Three thousand in total!

Although the average price per person at Fuding Seafood Restaurant is 1,000 yuan, the average price per person does not represent the actual consumption. This time, Lin Zhengyi ate more, and he also packed a few large dishes to go before leaving, so the price naturally went up.

This was roughly half a month's salary for him—the average person's salary was only three or four thousand, but as a trainee inspector, he naturally couldn't earn the same as the average person, with a salary of eight thousand.

"Speaking of which, it's time to make some money!" Lin Zhengyi murmured to himself as he looked at the invoice.

His experiences in two lifetimes have taught him a profound truth: money isn't everything, but you can't do without it!

Therefore, after arriving in this world, although Lin Zhengyi embarked on the path of a policeman, he also thought of using his vision beyond the times to find some projects that he knew could definitely make money and achieve financial freedom.

Even if he's on duty, he wants to be a rich cop!

However, due to various reasons such as being young, having a busy academic schedule, and being busy with work, this idea was repeatedly postponed.

However, now that my job has gradually stabilized and I no longer have to worry about my studies or age, it's time to start making money.

just

"What kind of projects should I do to make money?" Lin Zhengyi murmured, pondering.

Although the world we are in now is the world of Hong Kong variety shows, and many things are different from the real world, the overall historical context is similar. The current world is roughly in the mid-to-late 1980s, almost into the 1990s.

In this era, Lin Zhengyi could think of many profitable businesses.

However, he is a police officer, and his identity imposes certain limitations on him.

He is basically unable to do those kinds of businesses that require management.

This is prohibited by the internal regulations of the police force; any violation will result in dismissal!

In addition, doing business requires capital, and what he lacks most right now is capital.

With Cao Dahua's support over the years, he has no worries about living expenses. In addition, as a top student, his tuition is waived, he receives subsidies for living expenses, and he also receives bonuses. Therefore, Lin Zhengyi has a lot of money on hand, about 500,000 Hong Kong dollars. This is mainly because he received the money at Cambridge University. The subsidies and bonuses are in Sakura pounds, which naturally seem like a lot when converted to Hong Kong dollars.

This amount of money was considered a large sum for an ordinary family in Hong Kong at that time!

But if we're talking about doing business, we're still a few hundred million short.

Unless Lin Zhengyi wants to start a small business, like selling street food or opening a small restaurant, then that would be more likely.

Don't say that the internal regulations of the police force do not allow these things. Even if they did, with his vision beyond the times, what's the difference between him doing small business and using a dragon-slaying sword to cut vegetables?

and also!

Running a business takes time.

But as a police officer, especially one in the Major Crimes Unit, he's usually very busy. Where would he find the time to run a business?

"So, right now, if I want to make money, I need to find something that doesn't require too much time or energy, has low capital requirements, or none at all, and most importantly, it can't violate the internal regulations of the police!"

Lin Zhengyi murmured, "As for running a business, it's not feasible right now. Perhaps in the future, I can find a suitable agent to help me, so I can grasp the general outline myself. That way, I won't violate any regulations and I won't need to put in too much effort."

"But right now I don't have anyone I can trust or who is suitable, so it's definitely not an option."

He murmured to himself, lost in thought once more.

Finding a suitable project that doesn't violate regulations, doesn't require much time or energy, and has low or even no cost is quite difficult, given all these conditions.

However, having a vision that is ahead of its time is no joke.

After thinking it over carefully, Lin Zhengyi quickly came up with a solution.

Write fairy tales!

Given the constraints of not violating police regulations, the need for excessive time and effort, and the low cost, the things he can do are limited. He can only do what the protagonists in the many novels he read before his transmigration did: become a plagiarist or speculate in stocks.

These do not violate regulations and require little or no capital.

For something like stock trading, 500,000 yuan is enough as starting capital.

Lin Zhengyi had never been involved in stock trading in his previous life, nor did he have any memory of it. He was also unfamiliar with the stock market situation in this era, only remembering a few major events. Even if he were asked to trade stocks, he wouldn't know how.

If this is a real scam, I estimate that 500,000 yuan won't last more than two days before it's all gone.

and so!

After much thought, I realized that plagiarism is the only way to succeed.

The cost of copying is extremely low, so low that a pen and a notebook are all that's needed.

Moreover, his IQ of 9 in his attribute list is no joke.

Thanks to his intelligence, he has an excellent memory. He can recall most of the classic literary works, music, and movie scripts he read in his previous life, and can basically reproduce them.

of course!

Copying is allowed, but it can't be done arbitrarily!

Because plagiarism also has categories.

Copying literary works, music, movie scripts, etc., can all be considered plagiarism.

However, different categories present different challenges for Lin Zhengyi in replicating them.

In this era, not every category can make money.

Take music, for example.

He doesn't know how to read sheet music. Even if he remembers the lyrics and the rhythm of the music, he can copy it, but it's relatively difficult!

Moreover, even if it were copied, making money from music in this day and age is, in a word, difficult!

In this era without the internet, music cannot be disseminated through online channels. If he wants to make money through music, he can only join a music company and have them help him release and promote records.

Only when the records are sold can you make money!

but!

As a newcomer, even if your record makes money, most of the revenue still goes to the company.

what?

You won't give it to me?

Why would the company promote you and your album?

If he gives it to the company, the company takes most of it, and what's left might make him richer than the average person, but only just richer.

If he had two or three years to do something else, with his vision ahead of his time, he would have made a fortune long ago. Why would he need to bleed the company dry?

Not to mention his police officer status, which would prevent him from joining any music company!

As for singing for others and just selling the songs, let's not even talk about whether an unknown person's song will be noticed. Even if it is, because you don't have a reputation at the beginning, people don't know how your song will be received in the market, so the price they can offer is just average.

At that time, my income will probably only be slightly better than the average person!

Even if one perseveres to the end and becomes a top composer thanks to the quality of their music, from the perspective of the world before they transmigrated, they would at most be a little richer than the average person, and not a tycoon.

Needless to say, movie scripts and the like are also a given.

Filming yourself requires costs, and releasing it online requires revenue sharing with theaters. Even then, theaters might not be willing to release it. And even if they do, they might delay your revenue sharing for a year or two. This is standard practice for theaters these days.

If you sue them, then you can forget about ever having your movies released again!

As for directing for others, these days screenwriters in Hong Kong earn less than composers!

After much thought, he realized that if he really wanted to be a plagiarist, the only way was to work in the literary field.

However, most of the literary works Lin Zhengyi remembers are novels that are often several million words long, and it would be too time-consuming to copy them.

As a police officer, even if he is only in the Traffic Enforcement and Control Unit, he is very busy every day.

A small number of classic literary works already existed in this era, so he had no way to copy them.

finally!

After much deliberation, eliminating time-consuming literary works that were copied, then removing classic literary works already existing in this era, and finally selecting the most profitable remaining literary works, Lin Zhengyi finally locked onto a target—Harry Potter!

If this children's story were to sell over 500 million copies and become a huge hit in film, it would be incredibly profitable to write it down!

Moreover, although the total word count is two to three million, there are seven books, which averages out to only a few hundred thousand words.

Lin Zhengyi doesn't have time for millions of words, but he still has hundreds of thousands.

"Aunt Rowling, I'm so sorry!"

After muttering a sentence to himself, Lin Zhengyi suddenly remembered that this was a Hong Kong variety show world, and there might not be any Law Lin.

Suddenly, he felt no guilt.

immediately!

"But then again, as a Western fairy tale, Harry Potter probably wouldn't be a hit if it were published in Hong Kong!" Lin Zhengyi murmured, analyzing.

Before his transmigration, Lin Zhengyi had read the English version of Harry Potter many times. He knew that as a Western literary work, Harry Potter's vocabulary and linguistic habits were quite different from those in the East.

If Harry Potter were published in Hong Kong, it would need to be translated into Chinese, and translating Harry Potter into Chinese would be like watching a dubbed foreign film with a poor dubbing style.

No matter how wonderful the content is, once it's translated, it becomes dull and uninteresting.

of course!

Alternatively, one could deviate from the original translation and instead make appropriate modifications to adapt the wording and linguistic habits to better suit an Eastern context.

But even so, the situation won't improve much.

After all, the entire book is set in Sakura Country, and its various settings are based on the local customs, myths and legends of Sakura Country itself. No matter how it is changed, it will not be very familiar to people from the East.

At that point, it might not even be able to be published, let alone become a hit.

and so!