Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

When Li Huai-ren and Brigitte Lin entered the Taiping Theater, directors and stars such as Chang Cheh, Ti Lung, Patrick Tse, Fung Bo-bo, and Nancy Sit took the initiative to greet them. The two exchanged a few pleasantries with each of them before sitting down in the middle of the first row.

After a while, Zou Laolai and He Guanchang arrived uninvited. Since they were guests, Xu Guanwen had no choice but to arrange for the two to sit to the left of Li Huai Ren.

Just as the premiere was about to begin at 8:30, Mr. Shaw and his concubine, Miss Fang, arrived uninvited at the entrance of the Tai Ping Theatre at 8:29. Michael Hui had a string of curses in his mind, wanting to throw them directly at their faces.

But as the saying goes, guests are guests, and regardless of whether they are friendly or unfriendly, etiquette cannot be criticized. So, I had no choice but to lead the way and arrange for the extremely stingy couple to sit down next to Brigitte Lin.

Lin Qingxia looked around and figured out what was going on. Seeing that Shao Laokou was still standing and refused to sit down, she immediately stood up and said:

"Mr. Shao, let's switch seats. You sit here, and I'll sit to Mrs. Shao's right. I have some things to ask her, and it will be more convenient for me to sit with her."

Old Shao chuckled. As soon as Lin Qingxia got up from her seat, he unceremoniously plopped down and sat to Li Huai Ren's right.

When Miss Fang heard Lin Qingxia call her Mrs. Shao, her face immediately lit up with a smile, and she happily pulled Lin Qingxia to sit down.

At 8:30, the premiere of the movie "The House of 72 Tenants" started on time. Michael Hui, who had worked as a host at TVB, decided to co-host the premiere with the movie's female lead, Lydia Shum.

The premiere was nothing more than the film's main creative team going on stage to talk about interesting things that happened during the filming, and then Sam Hui singing a few songs.

On stage, Michael Hui and others' humor drew laughter from the audience, but offstage, Mr. Shao and Mr. Zou were at odds.

However, their disagreement wasn't the kind where they yelled at each other, "Come on, come on, hit me!"

The two men cursed each other across Li Huai Ren without using any vulgar language. One would expose the other's weaknesses, and the other would expose his wounds in return. They fought back and forth like little kids still wearing open-crotch pants, having a great time.

Li Huai-ren found it hilarious and several times wanted to use the excuse of needing to pee to get up and go to the theater's restroom, giving them space to see if the two would fight.

Fortunately, half an hour passed quickly, and at exactly nine o'clock, the movie officially started.

After the movie was released, Shao Lao Kou and Zou Lao Lai, who had just been bickering back and forth, immediately shut up and focused on watching the movie.

Li Huai-ren was taken aback, then smiled, feeling a sense of admiration for the two men.

"Putting aside their personalities and other factors, they are two of the purest filmmakers in Hong Kong."

It's a pity that in their previous lives, the last of the two sold their film careers and switched to television; the other witnessed the decline of Hong Kong cinema.

With my addition to this life, and with the vast amount of film and television copyrights I've accumulated, if we also bring in a large number of film and television talents from the mainland, I wonder if Hong Kong cinema could go even further?

Whether a movie is good or not, whether it's a good movie or not, Shao Laokou and Zou Laolai, who have been dealing with movies all their lives, can tell at a glance. The more they looked, the uglier their expressions became.

There's no other reason than that Michael Hui left Shaw Brothers Studio and then joined Phoenix Film Company after falling out with Golden Harvest.

The former henchmen produced a movie that was clearly a blockbuster, and you can imagine how unhappy Shao Lao Kou and Zou Lao Lai were.

After the movie ended, the two left in a hurry without waiting for Li Huai-ren, Hui Koon-man, and others to get up and see them off.

Li Huai-ren shook his head, smiled, congratulated Michael Hui and the other film creators for a few words, and then left with Brigitte Lin.

A Mercedes-Benz was parked under a large tree between Li Huai-ren's villa on Bijia Mountain and Brigitte Lin's villa.

Inside the Mercedes, a handsome man and a beautiful woman were passionately kissing. After a long while, they finally separated. The woman, panting heavily, scolded him playfully:

"Li, Li is a bad person. I, I'm not refusing to let you kiss me. Why are you kissing me so hard?"

"And another thing, you're going to kiss me, but where are your hands going? Humph, if you keep doing that, I won't let you kiss me anymore."

She had barely finished speaking when the "bad guy" she was talking about reached out to put his arm around her neck and brought his mouth close to hers.

But she pushed him away.

"Dad, it's my dad! Quick, drive fast, my dad's out!"

Li Huai Ren was startled and turned around. Who else could it be but Lin's father, standing at the gate of the Lin family and staring at them?

"Oh dear, Qingxia, didn't you promise your family you'd be home by midnight? It's not even 11:30 yet, why is your dad out here?"

Lin Qingxia looked up at her father standing at the gate to greet her, her heart warmed, and she smiled gently.

"Hehe, I forgot to tell you, whenever I come home at night, my dad waits for me at the door an hour early."

Li Huai-ren shook his head helplessly, glanced back at Lin Qingxia, and said dejectedly:

"Qingxia, let's come back half an hour earlier next time. I don't believe your father would wait for you at the gate an hour and a half early."

Lin Qingxia quickly buttoned her bra back up, glared at him, and scolded him while fixing her clothes and hair:

"Hurry up and drive! Don't be so ungrateful. We agreed to kiss, why are you touching me now? You're so naughty!"

Li Huai-ren chuckled:

"Hehe, I couldn't help myself, I couldn't help myself, it's understandable, hehehe."

The following day, the comedy film "The House of 72 Tenants" received rave reviews, with film critic Luo Ka even writing in his review published in the Phoenix Daily:

The ending, where the tenants join forces to fight the bully, can be interpreted as a "grassroots anti-colonial allegory."

Michael Hui's film is not a comedy; it's the bitter smile of millions of citizens in their coffin rooms. If this film does well at the box office, it's not because the audience loves to watch a spectacle. I say it's because they finally see their own faces!

On that day, all 31 cinemas and theaters of Phoenix Cinemas in Hong Kong were sold out, and the film, adapted by Li Huai-ren from a 1963 stage play, was a huge hit!

At 5:30 pm, at the Lin Family Clinic on Kowloon Street, Lin's mother was cleaning on the first floor when she said to her husband:

"How many times have I told you to stop staring at Qingxia and Aren? Why don't you listen?"

Next week, Hong Kong will implement monogamy. If you keep eyeing Qingxia like this, and Ah-zhi or Li-jun beats Ah-ren to it, you'll see what I do to you, hmph!

Lin's father pursed his lips and said resentfully:

"Qingxia is still young, she'll only be eighteen in a few months, what's the rush?"

Upon hearing this, Lin's mother turned around and glared at him fiercely:

"Qingxia is seventeen and still young? What about when I was only sixteen and you were already so eager to... you know... me? Humph!"

Lin's father chuckled, turned his head to the other side, and didn't dare to say another word.