Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

For three consecutive days, newspapers were distributed for free, with the number of newspapers distributed increasing each day: 140,000 on the first day, 170,000 on the second day, and more than 200,000 on the third day.

But how many of these people were simply taking the newspapers to sell as scrap? And how many of them would still be willing to pay six cents to buy a Phoenix Daily after it officially went on sale? Neither Liu Yizhuang nor Li Huai-ren had a clear answer.

On January 22, Li Huai-ren arrived at the Phoenix Daily office early in the morning and waited in his office with Liu Yi-zhuang, the newspaper's vice president and editor-in-chief, for the Phoenix Daily's sales data.

Liu Yizhuang was extremely nervous, pacing back and forth in Li Huai-ren's office.

At 7:50, Dong Zhihui, the distribution department manager, stormed into Li Huai-ren's office, shouting shrilly:

"Newsstands in Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui... all of them are calling to order more newspapers!"

"Boss, Editor-in-Chief Liu, all 50,000 copies of the newspaper we printed have sold out! Hahahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yizhuang slipped and nearly fell. After regaining his balance, he immediately called out to Dong Zhihui:

"Damn you, what are you still doing standing here?"

Why aren't you sending someone to the printing plant to deliver the 10,000 pre-printed copies of the newspapers to those newspaper vendors?

Dong Zhihui said "Oh" and immediately ran out.

After Dong Zhihui left, Liu Yizhuang immediately slumped onto the sofa, her eyes welling up with tears, muttering to herself:

"We did it! We did it! A circulation of 50,000 copies? Haha, our Phoenix Daily is now a major newspaper in Hong Kong! From today onwards, Hong Kong has another major newspaper..."

"Fifty thousand copies?" Before he could finish speaking, Jin Yong, who had been coming to Phoenix Daily every day for the past few days ostensibly to chat with Li Huai-ren but actually to spy on military affairs, happened to overhear what he said outside the door and was greatly shocked!

Upon seeing that it was Jin Yong, Liu Yizhuang immediately shut up, then winked at Li Huai Ren and secretly gestured for himself to leave.

Li Huai-ren immediately understood his meaning. This was to keep Jin Yong occupied by chatting idly with him so that he could go out and do his work and adjust the number of newspaper prints according to the actual situation. He immediately nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Oh my, Mr. Cha is here? Please have a seat. I just happened to get half a jin of West Lake Longjing tea."

Come, come, let's taste it together! Sharing is worse than enjoying it alone.

Good things should be shared with the right people. Mr. Cha is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so this West Lake Longjing tea will definitely suit your taste…”

Li Huai-ren warmly invited Jin Yong to have tea together. After Liu Yizhuang greeted Jin Yong, he immediately took the opportunity to slip away.

Li Huai-ren handed the brewed Kung Fu tea to Jin Yong, glanced at Jin Yong across the tea table, and said:

"please!"

Jin Yong took the teacup, took a sip of tea, put the cup down, and said with a smile:

"Yesterday I asked someone to deliver the Phoenix Daily of the 19th and 20th to Gu Long in Taiwan."

Gu Long called me last night and said that your novels, "The Sentimental Swordsman and the Ruthless Sword" and "The Moonlit Blade," are very similar to two novels he is still conceiving.

He considers you a kindred spirit, someone he's never met, and asked me to tell you that he'd like to invite you to Taiwan for a meal and drinks.

Upon hearing this, Li Huai-ren was startled. He then realized that he had no experience as a plagiarist and had actually copied a novel that Gu Long was already conceiving!

He immediately realized that the authors of those famous works probably started conceiving them one or two years before they even began writing. He should be more careful in this regard in the future and try to publish them three to five years earlier than the original work.

Before Li Huai-ren could speak, Jin Yong continued:

"It just so happens that Ms. Chen Zhe from Taiwan, oh, that's Qiong Yao, organized a 'Spring Outing to Kenting' event in her own name, inviting well-known writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan to participate."

Ni Kuang and I have received invitations to travel to Taiwan on March 17th for a two-day trip to Kenting. We will then return to Taipei on March 19th to have a meal with Gu Long before heading back to Hong Kong.

"Mr. Li, Gu Long asked me to invite you to come with us to Taiwan on March 17th. He wants to have a good chat with you about his experiences writing martial arts novels..."

When Li Huai-ren heard him mention Qiong Yao, he was taken aback and immediately thought of Lin Qingxia, who had acted in Qiong Yao's first film, "Outside the Window".

It was through this film that Brigitte Lin met Qin Han, the son of General Sun Yuanliang who had fled more than 30 years ago. This marked the beginning of her entanglement and love-hate relationship with the two notorious Qins, which lasted for more than 20 years.

Finally, after growing from a young girl into a middle-aged woman, this Dongfang Bubai girl hurriedly found a man and married herself off.

It is said that many things after marriage were complicated and difficult to explain. Only she herself knows best whether she married well or not.

Anyway, there are many versions of the story circulating in Hong Kong, and only she herself knows whether she is happy or not.

In his past life, not only did Li Huai-ren like Brigitte Lin, but his father, Li Zhao-yang, who grew up watching her movies, was also extremely infatuated with her.

Li Zhaoyang enlarged, printed, and laminated stills of Brigitte Lin as Dongfang Bubai and Mo Yan as Xinlongmen Inn, and hung them on the living room wall on the second floor of his house.

This really proves the saying that every generation has its own goddess.

Before going to university in his previous life, Li Huai-ren spent his days and nights looking at the portrait of Brigitte Lin on the wall of the second-floor living room. After more than ten years, he developed some feelings for her, even though he had no feelings for her before.

Even her mother, who initially disliked Brigitte Lin, eventually came to like her.

According to her own words spoken privately to Li Huai-ren:

"Lin Qingxia is so beautiful. Since your father can't have her anyway, what's wrong with him being obsessed with her?"

This is a good thing, much better than your father being obsessed with those vixens who sell "luminous pearls," which not only wastes money but also damages his kidneys, hehe!

After regaining his senses, Li Huai-ren had an idea. Since he couldn't intercept Qiong Yao's books published before this year, he would just buy the film and television adaptation rights to her published novels. He would then resolutely prevent Qin Qingxia and Qin Liang from making movies together in the future. Hehehehe!

He thought about it again and felt that this was not enough. Lin Qingxia had been entangled with the two Qins for more than 20 years, and it must have been because of their on-screen romance!

Thinking about this immediately gave him a headache:

"Oh dear, Dongfang Bubai is really giving me a headache. Does this mean that in the future, when she makes a movie, I'll be the only one who can play the male lead?"

He immediately started daydreaming in his mind:

"If I keep making movies with Brigitte Lin, will she only have eyes for me and insist on marrying me no matter what?"

Oh dear, what about my Red Bean Sister and Piggy Min? And what about Jiaxin and Jiahui?

Given Brigitte Lin's personality, she probably wouldn't let them in, right?

Is this a case of sacrificing a whole forest for one tree? Ugh, my head hurts!

After Jin Yong noticed that Li Huai-ren had remained silent and his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty since he had invited Gu Long to join him in Taiwan, he assumed that Li was displeased with his unauthorized sending of two copies of the Phoenix Daily to Gu Long. Just as Jin Yong was about to apologize, he heard Li Huai-ren say:

"Mr. Cha, I agree. I will go to Taiwan with you on March 17th."

"Could you please do me a favor and introduce me to Ms. Qiong Yao? I have something to discuss with her."

Upon hearing this, Jin Yong immediately said alertly:

"Hey, Mr. Li, I can introduce you to them, no problem, but let's make things clear first. Your Phoenix Daily can't poach our Ming Pao's talent by inviting Qiong Yao and the others to write columns in your newspaper..."

Asking Taiwanese people to open a column in Phoenix Daily and publish political commentary? What a joke! Li Huai-ren is trying to avoid this, how could he possibly get himself into trouble?

He immediately smiled, waved his hand, and said:

"Mr. Cha, rest assured, how could we possibly do something like poaching Ming Pao's employees?"

I've said it before: Phoenix Daily is neither left nor right; it's a neutral newspaper. Any well-known figures who lean left or right are not people Phoenix Daily wants to recruit...