Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 22: Fuck Him (First update, please read, collect, and vote)

In the afternoon, Li Song sent Alin downstairs, and then came back to write the interstellar mercenary novel.

During the day, when Li Song was studying English, he was thinking about the story in his mind.

The Ghost Blows Out the Light published in the New Evening News reached 4,000 words, occupying half of the page.

Newspaper novel serials usually have only a thousand words or so. Of course, those are more concise, while Li Song's novels are not so concise.

But the readers were so engrossed in it that the New Evening News received many calls asking if the book would still be 4,000 words the next day. Some even asked who the author was and whether he could read feng shui.
In the third week of 1979, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, the New Evening News published a 4,000-word Ghost Blows Out the Light novel every day, and its popularity was growing.

Many people are wondering who the author is?
However, Li Song signed a confidentiality agreement and no one else is allowed to reveal his true identity.

Thursday of the third week of 1979, December 20, the second day of the winter month.

The New Evening News serialized another novel, and one page of the newspaper was divided into "Ghost Blows Out the Light" on one side and "Star Mercenary" on the other. The editor-in-chief of this novel made a special comment: This is a new genre of science fiction novel, and one of the best science fiction novels I have ever read.

The editor-in-chief of the New Evening News is a famous figure, so when seeing such comments, many people rushed to take a look first.

First, there is a series of conversations.

"Hello, this is a KLZ3M model humanoid mobile armor, equipped with a brand new third-generation thermal energy battery. The theoretical service life of a single charge is 30 years."

"The mobile armor is 8.5 meters tall and weighs 118 tons. It comes standard with a high-energy laser gun and a fifth-generation mobile armor plasma cutter produced by Vermiculite Technology."

"It's equipped with an energy rocket backpack and an optional micro-missile launch module that can fire electromagnetic interference missiles..."

The first few hundred words of dialogue left many people confused.

Then continue reading, and you will know that the protagonist is a student majoring in mecha at a school in a certain interstellar country. During the graduation assessment, he did not meet the standard for serving in the interstellar fleet, so he came to buy a second-hand mecha. The latest mecha is the seventeenth generation, but the protagonist still chose the third generation.

When the protagonist was paying with his smart watch, he saw a name laser engraved on it and was plunged into memories. It turned out that his childhood sweetheart had gone to serve in the Starfleet and they had also separated.

Then the plot of the novel took a turn, and it turned to a high-rise building far away from the protagonist, where someone was watching the protagonist with a device, and also instructed that the protagonist must die while doing the mission.

Then the readers learned that because the protagonist’s girlfriend had a recessive gene, there was a high chance that the next generation would become a super-class gene warrior, so the protagonist’s failure in the exam was also due to someone playing tricks behind the scenes.

After reading it, readers will worry about the outcome of the protagonist's first mission, because the mercenary group that the protagonist is going to join is also arranged by the person behind the scenes.

And what will happen to the protagonist's girlfriend?

Some people in Hong Kong expressed dissatisfaction with the comments made by the editor-in-chief of the New Evening News, who is a famous science fiction writer.

After reading Interstellar Mercenary, this great writer wrote an article overnight: the beginning was piled up with some incomprehensible letters and some incomprehensible science fiction names, but what did we see in the end? Bloody emotions. I think this should be a romance novel, not a science fiction novel. Please don't insult science fiction.

So the next day a newspaper published the great writer's words.

The New Evening News continued to publish the two novels, but readers in Hong Kong Island were very excited.

A great writer has personally stepped in, so how should the New Evening News respond?

Liu Jiale saw what the famous writer had published in the newspaper and curled his lips. "Sure enough, it popped up. Some people can't continue investigating the case, so they use aliens to fool the readers."

"Haha, ask Mr. Li and see how he wants to respond." The editor-in-chief laughed. Some great writers are actually dissatisfied with their own evaluation.

Liu Jiale nodded and went out to make a phone call. Li Song had just bought the phone a few days ago.

Half an hour later, Liu Jiale returned with a smile, "Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Li said to publish this sentence at the end of tomorrow's novel."

The editor-in-chief asked curiously, "What?"

"Just say that some people eat more fish, they are quite picky!"

"Pfft!" The editor-in-chief also burst out laughing. "Then let Mr. Li hold the fort for a while. Once the newspaper sales pick up in a few days, we'll exit." The editor-in-chief knew he shouldn't exit too soon, and the newspaper had to rely on data.

On Saturday, December 22, many readers received their newspapers and looked carefully for them, but many of them couldn't find them the first time.

But soon someone discovered that there was a dividing line at the end of the Star Hunter novel, and then in bold font, the author's words: Some people should eat more fish, they are quite picky.

After reading the author's words, a famous Hong Kong science fiction writer was so angry that he cursed: "You bastard, what a piece of shit!"

Although no names were mentioned, everyone knew who was being talked about.

Then a famous writer felt very frustrated and read the novel "Interstellar Mercenary" published in the New Evening News in recent days, and began to find fault with it.

Then he wrote an article: It's true, all kinds of people come to write articles, look at what they write. In this novel, I can't see a single beautiful sentence, just simple declarative sentences. How can such people write novels?

Then the great writer listed some sentences and added some words to beautify them.

Finally, the great writer concluded: This romance novel disguised as science fiction is shit, and the people who write this kind of novel are also shit.

On December 23, after reading the great writer's comments, many readers did not agree with them.

"I think it's great, just understand it."

"That's right. After all, there are so many words. If I were to write a thousand or so, I'd definitely have to write well."

"That's right, I can't even meet the word count for a 300-word essay."

On December 24, many readers rushed to read the words of the author of the novel Star Mercenary after receiving the New Evening News.

Today the author’s words are: What brand of plastic bags do some people use to hold so much!

"Ha ha!"

"I actually think this Galaxy Ghost is quite cultured, unlike some great writers who come out with all that bullshit."

"Yes, yes, don't we know the background of this great writer? He came here because he got into trouble. He is not a good person."

"Yes, if this great writer is capable, he can also write a science fiction novel, half a page a day, and I will accept it."

"Come on, I know the endings of everything he wrote. They're all aliens anyway."

"Haha! Yeah, you know the ending after reading the beginning."

A famous writer was the first to see the words in the newspaper. He gritted his teeth in anger and started writing: "Galaxy Ghost, people like you write a few words and think it's a novel? Look at what you wrote, it's shit. Your words are simply a disaster for others who read them."

Do the sentences in your novel have artistic conception?

What can your novel bring to readers?
Bringing a bunch of trash?

I suggest you stop writing as soon as possible to avoid making a fool of yourself.

The great writer was really furious this time, because when he went out yesterday, someone said to him, "You can eat fish better than someone else," and this someone was his own name.

It means that you are more picky than someone else!
What is this? This is a naked insult, an insult!
The great writer could have imagined that people would say this in the streets and alleys in the future, and today he added another sentence.

In the future, someone will definitely say: You can hold more than a certain brand of plastic bag, and that "certain" must also be your own name.

My uncle can tolerate this, but my aunt can’t, and I can’t tolerate it either. I must get rid of him!

(End of this chapter)