No. 372 Guizhou Street, Kowloon, Office of the Editor-in-Chief of Oriental Press.

This office is very large, more than 500 feet, not only has an office desk, but also has a coffee table lounge area divided into almost 200 feet, the air conditioner in the house, tea cabinets, bookcases and other objects are very complete, and there are all kinds of things.

A man in his thirties, lying on the sofa with a cigarette in his mouth and looking a little sloppy, said unhappily while eating a cigarette: "Big brother, what is there to do with the newspaper! It's not as fast as selling powder to make money, and even if it's to hide people's eyes, we might as well sell raw fruits (fruits) instead.

Sitting on the boss's chair, the man who was called the eldest brother glared at the other party fiercely, and said with a look of hatred: "You decrepit boy knows a fart!"

Leng Buding was scolded, the man who ate cigarettes looked unhappy, and said unhappily: "Big brother, if you have something to say, what are you scolding me for!"

Do you think that I run a newspaper just to hide people's eyes and ears? It is necessary for me to cover people's eyes and ears? Even if I take the powder to the door of the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion to sell it, I think the side is brave enough to arrest me!"

Ma Rulong's originally gentle face, at the moment is unusually hideous, that arrogant arrogance, even Ma Ruhu, who was eating a cigarette, was startled, the cigarette in his hand was not very tight, and the cigarette butt was slid down, looking at the cigarette butt glowing red on the ground, he quickly picked up the cigarette butt and put it into the ashtray on the coffee table to extinguish it.

Ma Ruhu doesn't look at the people who are not afraid of the sky and the earth on weekdays, but he is still more timid in front of the eldest brother Ma Rulong, and when he saw the eldest brother being mad, he also asked cautiously: "Then big brother, what do you mean by running a newspaper?"

Hearing this, Ma Rulong changed his previous arrogance, but his face gradually became solemn, and he said fearfully: "The side business is not as good as the right business, and something will happen sooner or later after a long time." Recently, I heard that Lei Luo is preparing to apply for resignation and retirement, I think this matter is a bit strange, it seems that the anti-corruption that has been mentioned in the newspaper has affected him, and our Ma family should also find a safe way back and make plans in advance. ”

"Lei Luo is retiring?!"

Ma Ruhu was stunned for a moment, and then said in shock: "Big brother, is it because of last year's incident that the British are going to engage in Lei Luo?

"What are you afraid of!" Ma Rulong glanced at his younger brother, who was still so unstable, and said angrily: "I mean, we have to leave a way back! Although I can't get any money to run a newspaper, I can control public opinion, and I will dare to insinuate in the newspaper in the future, and I also have a pen to speak for me!"

Ma Ruhu didn't grasp the point of the eldest brother's words at all, but yelled angrily: "I will lead someone to burn down his newspaper office, and I will look at the newspaper to talk about you!"

Looking at his younger brother's appearance on the street, Ma Rulong covered his forehead and didn't know how to talk for a while.

Ma Ruhu, who released his bold words, saw that his eldest brother was covering his forehead, and thought that he had a headache, and subconsciously said with concern: "Big brother, what's wrong with you?"

"If you have nothing to do, go home and accompany your mother, don't make trouble with me!"

"But ......" Before Ma Ruhu could speak, he heard someone knocking on the door outside, Ma Rulong glanced at him, and then Ma Ruhu reluctantly got up to open the door, and said unhappily while opening the door: "Side!"

The employee who called the door, seeing Ma Ruhu's fierce and vicious appearance, swallowed his saliva, cautiously looked at Ma Rulong who was sitting inside, and said, "Ma... Boss Ma, there is a person outside who said to contribute. ”

"Submission?" Ma Rulong was slightly stunned, and then remembered that when he recruited people to advertise in the newspaper, he seemed to have mentioned that he had invited literati writers to submit articles with a lot of money, but he didn't expect someone to submit so soon.

In Ma Ruhu's eyes that he wanted to eat people, the employee trembled: "Boss Ma, do you want to meet him?"

"Hmm...... Tell the contributors to come in. Although Ma Rulong ran a newspaper business for the sake of his family's retreat, since he ran it, he must do it well, otherwise he will lose his Ma Rulong's face. And if he has an influential newspaper, it is a very important thing for him.

At present, the newspaper industry lacks everything, and since someone sends it to the door to submit, as long as the manuscript is not too bad, it can be accepted in Ma Rulong's opinion.

"Yes. When the employee heard the reply, he quickly left.

"Big brother, do you really want to run a newspaper?" Ma Ruhu looked at his eldest brother with a serious face, and he was about to meet with the person who submitted the article, so he came over in a trance, and his eldest brother Ma Rulong really wanted to run a newspaper!

"I'm too lazy to tell you, get out!"

Ma Rulong laughed angrily, picked up a notepad on the table and threw it over.

smashed it and didn't hit Ma Ruhu, but it also made him understand that the eldest brother was upright, so he had to laugh and say, "Okay, big brother, I'll go home first." ”

Ma Ruhu turned around and opened the door, and as soon as he walked out, he saw a young man dressed as Si Swenwen, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and wearing a white shirt, and he knew at a glance that he was a scholar.

Ma Ruhu looked at the person who came, thinking that this should be the person who came to contribute, and he didn't look at the other party directly, and passed by him directly.

However, after seeing Ma Ruhu, the young man subconsciously raised his glasses, did not stop, and walked directly behind the employee towards the office.

In a moment, there was a knock on the wooden door of the office, and there was a "knock" sound.

Ma Rulong in the house said, "Come in." ”

The young man who knocked on the door outside the house carried an old briefcase, smiled at the staff who led him over, and then opened the door and walked in.

People often say that the first acquaintance with people is very important, no, Ma Rulong saw the unique literati temperament of the young man in front of him, as well as his very handsome appearance, he also subconsciously had a good impression, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said: "Hello, I am the editor-in-chief of Oriental Newspaper, Ma Rulong." ”

"Hello Editor-in-Chief Ma, my name is Huo Yaowen, I read the recruitment content of your newspaper in the "Hong Kong Commercial Daily" in the morning, and it was mentioned that writers were invited to contribute, so I didn't have a choice, so I came to submit in person with a manuscript. Huo Yaowen maintained his usual smile, stepped forward and shook hands with Ma Rulong without being humble or arrogant and smiled.

Ma Rulong grinned, "Haha, Huo Sheng is really fast-talking, I like a confident young man like you very much, don't mention whether our newspaper publishes your manuscript or not, just with your courage and decisiveness, I will definitely accept it!"

Until now, the newspaper has not even finalized the most important editor-in-chief, the ghost knows when it will be officially launched, he Ma Rulong is just a temporary substitute, looking at the manuscript, where does he understand, but at the moment, only Huo Yaowen came to contribute, and the first person should pay a little attention to it.

In addition, Huo Yaowen's face is very good, and the overall feeling is that kind of gentle and elegant, and at a glance, he knows that he is a person with ink in his stomach, so Ma Rulong is willing to sell it well.

If this person's article is written well, it means that he is wise and knowledgeable, and if the article is written in general, it also means that he is eager to seek talent, and no matter what, he will make a steady profit and not lose money.

Editor-in-chief Ma laughed. ”

Huo Yaowen can't read minds, so he doesn't know what Ma Rulong thinks in his heart, but what the other party said makes people happy. I thought to myself, no wonder this Ma Rulong was able to change from a "white powder horse" who was not treated well in the gray business to a newspaper media tycoon who has been "the No. 1 seller in Hong Kong" for 29 consecutive years.

Huo Yaowen didn't say much, opened the briefcase directly, and handed the tens of thousands of words of novel manuscript written earlier to Ma Rulong with both hands.

Ma Rulong subconsciously took the manuscript, thinking that he would ask the other party to leave a phone number first, and when he recruited the editor-in-chief, let the new editor-in-chief see how the article was, and then make a decision, but he noticed this somewhat strange title, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern - Notes on Tomb Robbery".

Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern - Tomb Robbery Notes?

When Ma Rulong saw the ghost blowing the lamp, he thought it was a horror ghost novel, this kind of theme is still relatively popular in Hong Kong, but there are few horror stories about ghosts in newspapers, most of them are only available in literary weeklies, or some tabloid weekly, after all, this kind of ghost stories are very short and not suitable for serialization in newspapers.

If it was just the three words of the ghost blowing the lamp, it would not make Ma Rulong stunned, but the subtitle "Tomb Robbery Notes" at the back attracted his attention, and he glanced at the dense words on the paper, and at first glance, he felt that the pen was written well, but he didn't have the time to read so many words, so he asked directly: "What does the tomb robbery notes mean?"

"It's about a family of tomb robbers who were lost in the old era. ”

"There is still a family in tomb robbery?" Ma Rulong frowned. The word tomb robbery, he can understand, the ugly point is to dig up people's ancestral graves, which is undoubtedly taboo in Hong Kong's more trustworthy feng shui places.

But it's nothing, the most important thing is that Ma Rulong has never heard of tomb robbing and a family, is it true that there are family members who have been digging people's ancestral graves for generations?

Huo Yaowen looked interested in Ma Rulong, so he decided to talk to the other party.

The tens of thousands of words of manuscript that Huo Yaowen handed over just now are not very attractive to read because they are foreshadowed by the previous article, and it would be too embarrassing for the other party to refuse to return the manuscript because of the lack of knowledge at that time.

Huo Yaowen moistened his throat, opened his mouth and slowly summarized the theme of tomb robbery, which emerged in later generations: "The tomb robbery I wrote about is not the kind of tomb robber that everyone thinks in a narrow sense. It is a kind of low-class livelihood occupation that has been handed down since ancient times, such as pinching clay figures, singing operas, playing monkeys, pedicures, and shaving heads. The special profession of tomb robbing can be divided into four major schools, namely touching gold, unloading mountains, hair mounds, and moving mountains......"

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