Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

Li Huai-ren took the fax and glanced at it. He saw that as of last Monday, Warner Music had sold a total of 1023 million copies of Teresa Teng's all-English albums.

At $2 per ticket, 1023 million tickets would amount to a total of $2046 million.

Li Huai-ren nodded in satisfaction, glanced at Huang Laoxie who was excitedly rubbing his hands together, thought for a moment, and said:

"Didn't Li Jun sell more than a million records in Asia?"

What I mean is to settle all the record royalties that should have gone to Lijun with her.

The remaining revenue from the records in Asia was not divided and kept by the company for working capital; the distribution fees Warner settled with us, after deducting the share given to Li-Jun, were distributed entirely.

He paused, glanced at Gu Jiahui and Huang Laoxie, and offered some guidance:

"Brother Hui, Old Master Huang, now that you've received such a large share of the profits, you should quickly move into a bigger house and buy a few more shops. I guarantee you'll be set for life."

Upon hearing this, their eyes immediately lit up.

They all knew about the relationship between Li Zhaoji and Li Huairen, and assumed that Li Zhaoji had given Li Huairen some tips on investing in real estate, and that Li Huairen had leaked some information to them because of their relationship.

Seeing their expressions, Li Huai-ren realized they had taken his words to heart, so he didn't say anything more.

After thinking for a moment, he immediately instructed Huang Laoxie to be careful to keep all of Phoenix Records' business data confidential and not to show it off outside, lest it attract envy and provoke bad people like 14K and Wo Shing Wo.

Teresa Teng's record profit split with Phoenix Records was 2:8, with her taking 2% ​​and the company taking 8%. This was the highest profit split for a singer in Asia at the time, as decided by Li Huai-ren.

Warner's $2046 million record distribution fee is essentially the record company's pre-tax net profit.

Teresa Teng received 20%, leaving her with $1636.8 million. Li Huai-ren, holding 70% of the shares, received over $11 million in pre-tax profits.

As for the division of profits between songwriters and composers, that's not a thing in Hong Kong these days. When record companies buy songs, they just give a little money for each song and that's it.

Li Huai-ren didn't care about the small amount of money; he only needed to ensure that the copyright of the songs remained in his possession.

The three then chatted about producing records for Roman Tam and Teresa Teng. Seeing that it was getting late and he was afraid that if he didn't show his face soon, he would probably get another "two-finger slap" from Brigitte Lin, Li Huai-ren left Phoenix Records on the third floor and took the elevator to Phoenix TV on the sixth floor.

When Li Huai-ren entered the small conference room on the sixth floor, the main creators of "Dream of the Red Chamber," including Li Han-hsiang, Brigitte Lin, Zhao Ya-chi, and Liza Wang, were already there.

Without a second thought, Li Huai-ren sat down in the empty seat next to Brigitte Lin.

Of course, he didn't dare sit anywhere else, as other places would be next to Liza Wang or other female artists like Angie Chiu.

Don't forget, this TV series is called "Dream of the Red Chamber," and it's full of beautiful young ladies.

He would never forget the power of Brigitte Lin's "two-finger technique," and his desire to escape and save his life remained strong.

As expected, when she saw him sit down beside her without hesitation and decisiveness, Lin Qingxia's beautiful eyes immediately narrowed into crescent shapes, and she couldn't hide the smile in them.

Li Huai-ren was secretly congratulating himself on sitting in the right seat when Liza Wang, sitting opposite him, glanced at him and said:

"Boss, it's only 6:30 now, and no one has eaten yet. The TV premiere is at 8:00, and there are two episodes airing back-to-back today. By the time we finish watching TV, it will be almost 10:00."

"We're worried about not having enough time to eat out. How about we order takeout now, eat, and then catch the premiere of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'? What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Li Huai-ren immediately agreed:

"No problem, we'll do it your way."

Oh, by the way, it's my treat today, so everyone can order whatever they want.

After saying that, he took out his wallet, pulled out a few hundred-dollar bills, and handed them to Liza Wang.

Liza Wang took the money and had an actress sitting next to her write down everyone's orders. Then she called Zhao Yazhi and several other actors to go buy takeout together.

Half an hour later, Liza Wang and the others returned carrying large and small bags.

Zhao Yazhi glanced furtively at Li Huai-ren, who was having a lively conversation with Li Han-xiang. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she immediately grabbed a takeout order with Li Huai-ren's name on it and left the meeting room.

After a while, she came in from outside and, taking advantage of Li Huai Ren's inattention, placed the takeout on the table in front of him.

Li Huai-ren is discussing the construction of the filming location for the next TV series, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," with Li Han-hsiang.

Now that he has received more than ten million US dollars in record sales, his funds have become plentiful again, so he plans to complete the entire set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in one go.

He and Li Hanxiang were having a pleasant conversation when a delicate fragrance suddenly wafted over. Li Huai-ren didn't need to turn around to know that the owner of the fragrance was Zhao Ya-zhi, because he had already smelled it that morning.

This fragrance wasn't perfume; it was a blend of Zhao Yazhi's unique body odor and the scent of soap on her clothes. It was extremely pleasant, and Li Huai-ren liked it very much. Once he smelled it, he naturally couldn't forget it.

He glanced at the takeout food on the table in front of him and was taken aback:

"What's wrong with this Lady White Snake? Wasn't she always giving me the cold shoulder? Why is she being so kind, personally bringing me takeout?"

No, she must be plotting something!

"Ah Ren, dinner's ready. What are you spacing out for?" Just then, Lin Qingxia poked his arm with her finger and leaned closer to him as she spoke.

Li Huai-ren said "Oh," glanced at Zhao Ya-zhi sitting across the conference table, hesitated for a moment, and then opened the boxed lunch in front of him.

The boxed meal was indeed the roast goose and char siu combo I ordered; the color, aroma, and taste were all normal, and there were no signs of it being tampered with.

However, there were two extra pieces of seaweed rice rolls in the lunchbox that he hadn't ordered. Seeing how loose the seaweed looked, Li Huai-ren immediately understood:

"Holy crap, it turns out you were playing the 'Who eats the spicy sushi' game from the variety show hosted by the short guy in my past life—Super Trio Master!"

Pshaw, isn't it just adding more wasabi to seaweed rice balls?

I'm from Shunde, and for me, eating raw fish and shrimp requires squeezing out a stick of wasabi and mixing it in to truly enjoy it. This little bit of wasabi is nothing. It's just a trivial skill, lacking any technical sophistication or meaning.

Also, I ordered the roast goose and char siu combo, and you added two seaweed rice balls to the lunchbox? What kind of weird move is that? Do you think I'm as stupid as you? Thumbs down!

He saw through Zhao Yazhi's scheme to make him eat a lot of wasabi so that he would embarrass himself in front of everyone with tears streaming down his face, but he didn't say anything. He calmly ate the roast goose, char siu, and rice first, but didn't touch the two pieces of seaweed rice balls for the time being.

Li Huai-ren also kept glancing at Zhao Ya-zhi out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that she was paying attention to him, he immediately felt a surge of joy.

"Hehe, Lady White Snake, don't rush, don't rush. After I finish the roast goose and char siu combo, I'll immediately eat the 'spicy sushi' as you plan. How about I cooperate with you?"

After finishing the two seaweed sushi boxes, Li Huai-ren looked up at Zhao Ya-zhi sitting directly opposite him. Under her expectant gaze, he grabbed a seaweed rice ball, stuffed it into his mouth, then took it out and waved it at her, indicating that he already knew about her scheme.

Zhao Yazhi immediately understood what he meant, and she was greatly surprised!

She started planning this as soon as she learned that Li Huai-ren would be watching the premiere of "Dream of the Red Chamber" with the main cast and crew that night. No one else knew how Li Huai-ren found out.

She looked at Li Huai-ren in surprise.

Just then, Li Huai-ren suddenly grabbed a seaweed rice ball in each hand and gestured triumphantly at Zhao Ya-zhi, indicating that he wasn't afraid at all that she had added wasabi to the seaweed rice balls.

Then, he proudly stuffed two seaweed rice balls into his mouth at the same time and took a big bite!

The next moment, Li Huai-ren didn't taste the wasabi he was expecting at all. Instead, he clearly felt that he had bitten into something with a strong seafood flavor that had been added to the rice ball.

Then, two black lines suddenly splattered out of the rice ball.

Zhao Yazhi thought that she had no chance and could no longer trick Li Huai Ren after seeing that he had seen through her little tricks.

To her surprise, Li Huai-ren was surprisingly smug. Knowing that she had tampered with the seaweed rice balls, he still foolishly stuffed two of them into his mouth.

She immediately covered her mouth and laughed triumphantly.

But she was happy too soon. Perhaps she was inexperienced and didn't do a good job with the rice ball; or perhaps it was just a coincidence.

Li Huai-ren took a bite of the two pieces of seaweed sushi. Suddenly, two black lines shot out from outside his mouth and landed precisely on Zhao Ya-zhi's chest, who was covering her mouth and laughing. Her snow-white shirt was immediately stained as if ink had been splashed on it.

Zhao Yazhi's laughter stopped abruptly.

Almost everyone present witnessed it and was completely dumbfounded.