Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

After much deliberation, Li Huai-ren finally decided to pursue both projects: a blatant copy of "Harry Potter" and an original Eastern fantasy novel, "Immortal Academy."

Harry Potter is used to make money off Westerners, while The Immortal Academy is used to boost its reputation as the originator of fantasy novels and to make a little money; they don't conflict at all.

On September 20th, Phoenix Daily, which had previously separated from its comic book serialization, began serializing two novels, "Harry Potter" and "Immortal Academy," marking yet another instance of the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty running two books simultaneously.

"Immortal Academy" tells the story of Li Xiaofan, an ordinary boy from the Nine Provinces Continent, who by chance enters the Immortal Academy and embarks on the path of cultivation.

The book introduces a complete cultivation system, including Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcending.

In his previous life, Li Huai-ren was an editor at an online literature website. He knew exactly how to write fantasy novels, how to structure them, when to foreshadow, when to create hooks, and when to bring about a small climax.

In addition, the novel "Immortal Academy" was a novel subject that immediately appealed to Hong Kong novel fans, causing Phoenix Daily's sales to skyrocket and making it hard to find a copy. It was reprinted every day.

A week later, Phoenix Daily's sales finally broke through the 200,000 mark, reaching 201,000 copies.

Subsequently, during the serialization of "Immortal Academy", Phoenix Daily's sales remained stable at over 18 copies per day.

After reading the investigative report by Phoenix Daily, Li Huai-ren saw that his original novel, "Immortal Academy," was extremely popular. After some thought, he decided to simply cancel the serialization of "Harry Potter" and instead publish it directly in Chinese and English print.

Then, he made some appropriate modifications to "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," and while keeping the story outline unchanged, he wrote a semi-original version and serialized it in Phoenix Daily.

Two fantasy novels suddenly appeared, and their wonderful storylines and imaginations far beyond their time directly made Li Huai-ren a legendary figure.

He was praised in various ways by Hong Kong media, and Huang Laoxie even published an article in Phoenix Daily entitled "There is no talented man above the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty", in which he praised Li Huai Ren highly and admired him to the point of prostration.

While Hong Kong media outlets were showering Li Huai-ren with praise, his original copy of the first Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," became a hit in the UK, with the first edition of 100,000 copies selling out immediately!

Like Jurassic Park, Harry Potter is a classic example of something that blooms inside the wall but is more popular outside. When the news reached Hong Kong, it further confirmed Huang Yaoshi's saying that "there are no talented scholars above the rank of Marquis in the Ming Dynasty".

Regardless of how much praise he receives from the outside world, Li Huai-ren knows his own limitations. He is not arrogant and is well aware that he is just a translator of novels, while also doing his old job as an editor, correcting words and phrases in novels that do not conform to the times.

At the end of September, the film "The Big Boss," which Li Huai-ren demanded be shot to perfection, finally wrapped up filming and began post-production.

Prior to this, "The House of 72 Tenants," which was filmed at the same time, had already finished filming and completed post-production.

On the evening of September 30, unlike previous films, "The House of 9 Tenants" did not have a midnight screening. Phoenix Film Company, following Li Huai-ren's instructions, arranged a grand premiere at Taiping Theater.

At 8:00 AM sharp, half an hour before the premiere was to begin, Li Huai-ren's car appeared at the entrance of Taiping Theater. Hui Koon-man and his brothers rushed to greet them and helped Li Huai-ren and Brigitte Lin open the car door.

Hui Koon-man's already small eyes narrowed into slits, his face beaming with smiles as he cheerfully called out to Li Huai-ren, who was getting out of the car:

"Hello boss, thank you for coming to support us."

Li Huai-ren smiled:

"I got a sneak peek yesterday at the company's screening room."

Yes, the movie is very well made, and I think it has the potential to break Hong Kong box office records.

Don't worry, I've already spoken with Ding Wen, the general manager of Phoenix Cinemas. All 31 Phoenix Cinemas in Hong Kong will pull all other movies to make way for "The House of 72 Tenants," which will be shown across all theaters!

Your movie is also being shown in all of my 98 Phoenix Plaza cinemas and 109 theaters that are already open in Southeast Asian countries, Japan, and South Korea.

In Taiwan, Phoenix Film Company's distribution department has already reached an agreement with the Taiwanese film distributor, selling the film outright for one million Hong Kong dollars. This money will be transferred to the Hui Brothers Film Company's account tomorrow.

The movie hasn't even been released yet, but the money from the sale to the Taiwanese distributor has already been received. Phoenix Film Company will transfer the money to Satellite Company's account tomorrow.

The satellite company is owned by the brothers, who together hold 49% of the shares. This means that the brothers will receive HK$49 tomorrow.

The speed at which money is distributed is incredibly satisfying, isn't it?

Michael Hui was overjoyed; his eyes, already narrowed to slits, narrowed even further.

"Thank you so much, boss! Thank you so much, boss!"

Li Huai-ren smiled and patted his shoulder:

"I heard from Uncle Tianlin yesterday that you didn't record the English, German, French, or other language dubbing for 'The 72 Tenants'?"

Michael Hui smiled and said:

"Boss, this movie is a typical Hong Kong film. Even if it has dubbing in various languages, foreigners still won't understand it, so I didn't waste my time doing dubbing in various languages."

Li Huai-ren raised his right index finger and shook it:

No, my thoughts are exactly the opposite of yours.

To date, I have opened 88 shopping malls similar to Phoenix Plaza in Europe and America, and each of them, like Phoenix Plaza, also has a cinema.

It's precisely because Westerners don't quite understand your movies that we need to make them watch them more often.

Once they've seen enough of it and gotten used to it, they'll understand it and start to enjoy watching your movies, right?

If foreigners don't like or understand the type of films you make, and you do nothing, then they'll never understand or like watching your films, understand?

Michael Hui was taken aback for a moment, then realized that Li Huai-ren was using his cinemas in Europe and America to cultivate an audience for Hong Kong films.

The boss knew that showing Hong Kong films would result in losses, but he still paved the way for Hong Kong films in Europe and America and cultivated fans of Hong Kong films.

I'm just putting in a little effort and spending a small amount of money to do the English, German, French, and Spanish dubbing. What's the big deal? I have to do what the boss says!

He nodded immediately and agreed.

Seeing that he had listened to what he had said, Li Huai-ren smiled, reached out and took Lin Qingxia's hand, who was wearing a white dress and had just gotten out of the car, and walked into the theater.

Lin Qingxia quickened her pace by half a step, and after walking alongside Li Huai-ren, she let go of his hand and tried to take his right arm.

Perhaps because it was her first time attending such a grand movie premiere, she was a little nervous, and her movements were so exaggerated that she ended up hugging someone instead of holding their arm.

Li Huai-ren immediately froze. Lin Qingxia had her arm around his, and he immediately felt a soft warmth from her firm area, which felt extremely comfortable. Then, his whole body was filled with heat, and waves of heat surged to a certain place.

Fortunately, after taking 108 Rejuvenation Pills in mid-June, he practiced diligently for another three months and finally mastered the Rejuvenation Technique a few days ago, reaching the level of Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang (which can be large or small, long or short).

Li Huai-ren immediately activated his Yang-restoring technique to stabilize himself and avoid embarrassing himself in public.

He glanced at Lin Qingxia's prominent breasts out of the corner of his eye, feeling a ticklish sensation in his heart, and thought to himself:

"It's time; pluck the flower while it blooms, lest you break a bare branch!"