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Li Hualong of later generations liked to read martial arts novels since he was a child, and when he was in middle school, he read all of Jin Yong's martial arts novels, as well as several classic martial arts novels by Gu Long and Liang Yusheng, no less than five times.

Li Hualong "plagiarized" "Book of Swords and Enmity" with the mentality of trying it out, he knew very well that the "Book of Swords and Enmity" he wrote was definitely not as good as what Jin Yong wrote, but he could write the story told in this novel in general.

It took a few days and nearly 40 hours for Li Hualong to write more than 70,000 words, and he showed the manuscript to Li Yisong.

"Abba, this is what I wrote, you can take a look."

"What?" Li Yisong asked lightly.

"Fiction."

"You really write novels, huh?" Li Yisong said curiously.

"When I was studying, I wanted to write novels."

Li Yisong took a stack of manuscripts, looked down and looked at it, at first he was a little careless, but after reading a few pages, he suddenly became interested, and the speed of flipping through became more and more open.

"That's it?"

After reading it, Li Yisong had a feeling that he was still unfinished.

"I've written a lot, seventy or eighty thousand words." Li Hualong smiled, "Dad, the writing is not bad, right?" ”

"It's very interesting, if there is a level in the back, this novel will be printed in a book, and the sales will definitely not be bad."

"I'm going to start a newspaper and serialize this novel."

"Create a newspaper?" Li Yisong frowned, "How can the newspaper make real estate money, you should put your mind on Longhua Real Estate Company." ”

"Abba, people can't always think about making money in the world, I'm quite interested in running a newspaper. If the newspaper I created succeeds and becomes an influential newspaper, then our social status will be improved, which will be good for the development of other businesses in our family. ”

Li Yisong thought about it for a while, felt that what Li Hualong said made some sense, and nodded slightly: "If you want to create a newspaper, then do it...... I can't be so idle, you assign me a position in your company, and I will also help you keep an eye on the company. ”

"Great! There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure! Li Hualong said with a smile, "If my father is willing to go to Hualong to buy real estate, then the business of this company will definitely get bigger and bigger!" ”

"Do you think I'm old?" Li Yi joked.

"Nope!" Li Hualong smiled, "Abba, then tomorrow, let's go to Hualong Real Estate Company together tomorrow." However, let's make it clear, you go out to work, but you can't be too tired, I hope you can live a long life, I can respect more filial piety! ”

"If I live past the age of seventy, I will be content!"

In this era, creating a newspaper in Hong Kong is easy to say and difficult to say.

In less than half a month, Li Hualong got the government's approval and registered a newspaper company.

Li Hualong thought that the first issue would be published on 1 October, so that when future generations mentioned this newspaper, they would say that the newspaper was the same age as the republic, but this thought did not stay in his mind for long.

Li Hualong felt that he was a patriot and was ready to be a patriot, and he thought about waiting until next year, before the outbreak of the Korean War, to secretly send some war supplies to the mainland, but for a long time to come, he did not want to make this matter public.

Li Hualong clearly remembered that during the Korean War, Fok Ying-tung transported a large amount of war materials to the mainland, making money and helping the Chinese Communist Party, but later, the British government in Hong Kong was dissatisfied with Fok Ying-tung's pro-China, so they isolated him in politics and suppressed him in various ways.

Li Hualong did not want the British government in Hong Kong and the people of the United States to know that he was pro-China, and he even thought that after he founded his own newspaper, he would learn from Jin Yong's "Ming Pao" and speak independently, so that the outside world would know that he was dissatisfied with many of the policies of the Chinese Communist Party.

Li Hualong thought about it, and in the future, he would write in his newspapers and periodicals such remarks as "black cats, white cats, and those who can catch mice are good cats," "no matter what regime is in power, we must strive for the people to live a prosperous life, this is the primary requirement," and "practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and even God will make mistakes."

Since he planned to "plagiarize" Jin Yong's novel, in order to pay tribute to Jin Yong, Li Hualong did not bother to name the newspaper he created, and directly named it "Ming Pao".

Li Yisong had not read for a few years, but he could write well, and Li Hualong invited his father to write the name of the newspaper for his newspaper.

Li Yisong felt that he had no knowledge, and writing the name of the newspaper would make people laugh, but Li Hualong insisted on letting his father inscribe it.

In the end, Li Yisong compromised and wrote down the two big words "Ming Pao".

On September 30, the day before the founding of New China, Ming Pao was first published, with only two inaugural issues and a total of eight pages, one of which published "The Book of Swords and Enmity".

In the early days of Ming Pao's establishment, including Li Hualong, the boss, there were only 13 people in the entire newspaper office, but Li Hualong had great ambitions, and at his request, the wall of the newspaper's office was plastered with such a slogan -- "Determined to make Ming Pao the best Chinese newspaper in the world."

Li Hualong attaches great importance to the development of "Ming Pao"; except for his boss, who is a layman, the 12 employees of the newspaper are all elite soldiers, and he spends a high salary to recruit talents from several newspapers such as "Cheng Pao."

In order to let the employees work with peace of mind, Li Hualong not only gave them a salary increase, but also paid three months' salary in advance after signing the agreement, and worked for a few days in September, which was counted as a month, and stated early that three months after the newspaper opened, one month's salary would be paid in advance, and the bonus would be paid at the beginning of the second month.

The inaugural issue of "Ming Pao" has a circulation of 6,000 copies, and even if the newspaper sells less than 6,000 copies in the future, Li Hualong is ready to print 6,000 copies.

Li Hualong wrote "The Book of Swords and Enmity" with his real name, and did not deliberately use a pen name, in addition, he wrote some essays under the pen name "Lu Xi", mainly to write anecdotes about some historical celebrities in the West.

Before the launch of Ming Pao, Li Hualong clearly explained to the staff of the newspaper that it is not possible to blindly cater to Hong Kong residents, and that the goal of this newspaper is to help these readers integrate into Hong Kong society, and that newspapers and periodicals should publish more content that is closely related to Hong Kong society, such as teaching readers how to recognize the way, understand Hong Kong's laws, understand the meaning of Hong Kong's Cantonese dialect, and so on.

In terms of the choice of words, Ming Pao is written in Cantonese.

The first issue of Ming Pao sent out more than 5,000 copies on the first day, and these newspapers were all given to dealers on credit, and if they were sold, they could get money, and if they were not sold, the dealers would return the newspapers back to the company.

Li Hualong is not in a hurry to let the newspaper make money for himself, he is ready to continue to lose money, if he does not take the manuscript fee, the newspaper loses 200,000 yuan a year, he can still accept it, but he hopes that after the newspaper is established for a year, it will be able to break even, and it would be better if it made a little profit.

Regardless of whether the newspaper will make money in the future, within 10 years, Li Hualong will not consider taking money from the newspaper.

On the day of the founding of Ming Pao, Li Hualong stayed at the newspaper office all day long, and after work, the bodyguards drove him home.

The two Li Hualong of different eras are not hot-blooded young people, they are very life-saving, they have never thought of throwing their heads on the battlefield for the motherland, he doesn't want to die young, especially after their memories are fused, he thinks that he can live a long life, enjoy life, and he can serve the country in other ways.

Li Hualong knows very well that Hong Kong in this era is very chaotic, and it is not a legal society at all, and if he is not careful, a rich person like him is easy to be targeted by kidnappers.

Since Li Yisong came to Hong Kong, Li Hualong has taken two bodyguards with him every time he goes out, and at the same time, he tries to avoid appearing in public.

When Li Hualong came home from work, he saw his parents and sister-in-law sitting in the living room, his father frowned, and his mother and sister-in-law had red eyes, looking like they had just cried.

Li Hualong knew why his mother and sister-in-law were crying, the KMT had lost most of its territory, and Yangcheng was in danger.

"Hualong, you're back." Li Yisong said.

"Well, I'm back." Li Hualong came to his mother and sat down, took her hand, and comforted, "Grandma, sister-in-law, don't worry, Big Brother Ji has his own natural appearance, he will be safe." ”

"I hope he can be safe!" Li Song said with tears in his eyes.

"Becoming a soldier is the path that the Chinese themselves have chosen, and it is useless to talk about it now."

Li Yisong felt that his eldest son was more than lucky, sighed, changed the topic and said: "Hualong, I have read the inaugural issue of "Ming Pao", which is very good. What about sales? ”

"More than 5,000 copies were sent."

"Given away for nothing?" Li Hualong's sister-in-law Zhou Liyun asked curiously.

"It's not for nothing." Li Hualong explained, "Give the newspaper to the dealer first, sell it, and then check out, if it is not sold, you can return it." ”

"Is this the rule, or did you come up with it?" Li Yisong asked.

"Newly created newspapers issue inaugural issues generally sell newspapers in this way."

On the afternoon of 1 October, the leader of M solemnly announced from the tower of Tiananmen Square that New China had been established.

On this day, Li Hualong still went to work at the newspaper.

As soon as he arrived at the newspaper office, Li Hualong heard the good news: Yesterday the inaugural issue of "Ming Pao" was sold out at many newsstands, and the second issue of the newspaper printed today was sold out except for the 100 copies of the newspaper kept by the newspaper office, and even yesterday's old newspaper was taken away by the dealer with 300 copies.

"Ming Pao" was a blockbuster, and compared with well-known newspapers such as "Ta Kung Pao" and "Cheng Pao", its sales were still very low, and it could only be regarded as a tabloid.

Since the third day, the sales of "Ming Pao" have remained above 7,000 copies, and they have been steadily rising.

With the continuous accumulation of popularity of "Book of Swords and Enmity", after more than half a month, the sales of "Ming Pao" exceeded 10,000 copies. (My novel "Rise of Hong Kong 1949" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "dd" and follow, hurry up! )