Rebirth of Hong Kong Island: I am a world tycoon

After two days of recuperation at Grandma's house, Chen Zhixue finally got on the bus to Hong Kong Island, and before leaving, the kind Grandma gave her son a few sets of clothes and fifty yuan that he used to wear.

In this era, the Hong Kong Island policy is still relatively relaxed, as long as you can find a way to get by, go to the city, you can get a Hong Kong Island ID card, and truly become a Hong Kong Islander.

When he first arrived in the city, Chen Zhixue went to the police station, but the staff inside did not embarrass Chen Zhixue, and successfully registered his identity information.

In the evening in the downtown of Mong Kok, the neon lights have been lit up, Chen Zhixue walked through the streets and alleys, and finally found a very cost-effective hotel in a small alley, 8 yuan a night, the disadvantage is that the room is dark and damp, and the facilities are extremely poor.

With only 50 yuan in hand, there must be no money to rent a house for the time being, so you can only find a place to live first and then make plans, and cheap hotels are the best choice.

After eating a bowl of noodles at a street shop, Chen Zhixue, who didn't know where to start making money for the time being, bought one copy of each of the more famous newspapers and magazines at a newsstand, and bought more than ten copies.

How to make his first money so that he can get on his feet first, he plans to find inspiration in newspapers and magazines.

"Ming Pao", "Express", "Sing Tao Evening News", "Literary Youth", "Ta Kung Pao", etc., even Chen Zhixue in his previous life also knows something, especially "Ming Pao", founded by the Jin family, is also a household name in the north in the future.

In the hotel room, under the dim light, Chen Zhixue read the newspapers one by one, although the traditional Chinese characters are not so fluent, but they can basically understand, after all, many words are the same.

finally had the opportunity to return to this era full of opportunities, Chen Zhixue has great ambitions, even if he can't be the richest man in the world, at least he has to be a world-renowned tycoon, and if he can't even do this, he will be blind to the knowledge in his mind that is decades ahead.

When I saw Reader's Digest, an advertisement for a literary essay contest attracted Chen Zhixue.

Title: "Looking for a new generation of novel writers!"

"This is an era of martial arts, but also an era of romance.

"In this era, we have given birth to martial arts masters such as Jin, Liang, and Gu, as well as famous romance artists such as Yi Xiaoshu and Zhang Xiaoling.

"At our high invitation, Mr. Gu Hui, Mr. Liang Xisheng, Miss Yi Xiaoshu and other well-known experts in the industry will be the judges of this competition, and the winners will not only have high-paying contracts, but also have the opportunity to receive guidance from the judges and publish a single book.

"In this competition, the selected novels will receive a manuscript fee of 20-100 yuan for 1,000 words, and we will publish them in the new issue of Reader's Digest weekly.

"1 first prize will be awarded 20,000 yuan, 2 second prizes will be awarded 10,000 yuan each, 3 third prizes will be awarded 5,000 yuan each, and 4 excellence awards will be awarded 2,000 yuan each. "

The number of the first draft is required to be more than 10,000 words, and the number of the finished book shall not be less than 100,000 words, otherwise you will be disqualified. Submission

address: 19th Floor, Sing Tao News Group Building, No. 3 Dongwang Road, Shau Kei Wan. Deadline

for submissions: June 15, 1974. Putting

down Reader's Digest magazine, Chen Zhixue knocked on the table in front of him rhythmically with the fingers of his right hand, knowing how to get out of his current situation of almost pennilessness.

"Today is Friday, June 7th, and the deadline is next Saturday, June 15th, that is to say, there is still a week to prepare for submission, food, housing, and travel all cost money, and I only have this money on my body, and I can only last for 4 days at most if I save 12 yuan a day, so I have to get the first draft in 3 or 4 days!".

In Chen Zhixue's mind, there are countless classic novels of later generations, and as a literary worker in his previous life, there are still more than 1,000 famous works he has read, but now, he only needs to turn over his memory in his mind to completely copy a famous book.

After consideration, Chen Zhixue aimed at Master Huang's "Jing Chu Fighting for Glory".

The reason why I plan to write this book is, first of all, the more famous male writers on Hong Kong Island are mostly writing martial arts novels, as a man, Chen Zhixue is a bit nondescript to write romance; secondly, Master Huang is still working in the art museum, and writing novels is still more than ten years later, and the time for the birth of "Jing Chu Zheng Xiong" is still far away; in addition to Master Jin Yong, Master Huang is Chen Zhixue's favorite author, I remember when I was reading, "Jing Chu Zheng Xiong" It is the first novel that Chen Zhixue reads, and the two novels "Xun Qin Ji" and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" have been read several times, and this novel is just about 120,000 words, which is very suitable for participating in this essay competition.

Bringing his favorite works to this world in advance, Chen Zhixue believes that in more than ten years, Master Huang will have works of the same quality to replace "Jing Chu Zhengxiong".

"Jing Chu Zhengxiong" is said to be Master Huang's first martial arts novel, the story is not very long, only a short 120,000 words, written in the Warring States Period, if you have read this novel Huang Yi fans can basically see the prototype of many novels behind Huang Yi.

Of course, being a copyist is not Chen Zhixue's goal, this is only temporary, after all, writers are too slow to make money, even if it is Jin Yong.

Wouldn't it be a shame to be the absolute protagonist with a golden finger and not be the richest man in the world?

Ni Caizi, a famous science fiction writer and a good friend of Jin Yong, once said that Jin Yong was the richest literati in China for 5,000 years, and in addition to his talent, he also had a keen talent for making money. Jin Yong is a benchmark figure for Chinese literati, and in 1992, Jin Yong ranked 64th on the Hong Kong Island Rich List with a fortune of 1.2 billion. Jin Yong is the first billionaire of Chinese literati in history, and he has created a miracle in the history of wealth through his writing alone.

Look, on the tiny island of Hong Kong, the first billionaire Chinese literati in history are only at the bottom of the wealth list, and it is impossible to become a world-class tycoon by relying on the copyist, at most he will become an ordinary rich man.

But this does not prevent Chen Zhixue from using these masterpieces from his previous life to earn his own foothold on Hong Kong Island, and when he has the first pot of gold, relying on the knowledge of 50 years ahead, Chen Zhixue has a way to make money.

Early the next morning, Chen Zhixue got up early and went out to buy paper and pens, and by the way, he also bought a dictionary of simplified and traditional Chinese characters.

There are a total of 23 chapters in the book, and Chen Zhixue's goal is to write half of the book within three days, and the task of nearly 60,000 words is still a bit difficult.

At the beginning, the writing progress was very slow, although it could be written out like copying a book, but after all, it needed to be translated into traditional Chinese characters, which led to a painful copy in the early stage, but when the number exceeded 10,000 words, Chen Zhixue's writing speed became faster and faster, after all, many words were written in front of the back and remembered.

At noon on the third day, before checking out, Chen Zhixue finally wrote out nearly 60,000 words, more than 1,000 words on the front and back of an A4 paper, and more than 40 sheets of paper, a full stack.

Regarding the pen name, Chen Zhixue decided to take Huang Xiaoyi as the name, which can be regarded as a tribute to the original author of the other world, Master Huang.

At this time, Chen Zhixue only had a few yuan left in his pocket, after all, he also had to eat, and if he didn't get the manuscript fee today, he would really have to sleep on the street.

According to the content of the essay announcement, the selected works can get a minimum of 20 yuan for 1,000 words, Chen Zhixue does not believe that "Jing Chu Zhengxiong" is only worth this price, this kind of excellent work, more than 1000 yuan is not too much.

But after all, it has not been tested by the market, and it is almost impossible to think that people will give you 1000 yuan for 1,000 words, of course, Chen Zhixue's goal is to get as much as possible, after all, it is difficult for a penny to defeat a hero now, if "Reader's Digest" really only gives the standard of 20 yuan for 1,000 words, Chen Zhixue considers switching to other literary newspapers and magazines, and someone can always see how attractive this novel is to readers.

Reader's Digest is headquartered in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island, far from Mong Kok, so Chan hopped on a bus from Hong Kong Island.

On the 19th floor of the Sin Chew News Group Building, Dongwang Road, Shau Kei Wan, Chen Zhixue walked into the headquarters of "Reader's Digest" with the manuscript paper.

At this time, the editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest in Greater China was Ms. Lim, the daughter of the literary master Mr. Lin Yutang, and her business scope included Hong Kong Island, Treasure Island, Singapore and Malaysia.

Of course, Chen Zhixue, who came to submit for the first time, was not qualified to meet Lin Girl directly, and it was an ordinary editor who received Chen Zhixue, and after hearing the intention, he took the manuscript paper of "Jing Chu Zhengxiong" and read it, while Chen Zhixue sat on the sofa and waited while drinking tea.

During this time, the editors of "Reader's Digest" were busy due to the influence of essay advertisements, but the editors who could work at the headquarters were still of a good level, and soon the ordinary editor discovered the uniqueness of this novel, and the more he read it, the more fascinated he became.

After a long time, the editor stood up and said to Chen Zhixue: "Mr. Chen, the quality of your novel is very high, I personally feel that it has the strength to win awards, and there is no doubt that it will definitely be selected for our next issue of the weekly.