Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 172 Moving to a New Home (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe and Vote)

This small courtyard house in Houhai is just a few steps away from Houhai Lake.

But it's not near the roadside, so it's especially quiet.

You can see Houhai Lake from the terrace of the side room.

Zhu Ling looked at everything in the room. Although it wasn't her first time here, she liked it more and more the more she looked at it.

The largest windows allow for good natural light in every room, making it bright even without the lights on.

With the lights on, the white walls made the whole room appear even brighter.

The crystal chandelier in the center of the house, and the wall lamps on the walls.

There's also a modernly renovated kitchen with an oven, microwave, large refrigerator, gas stove, and dishwasher.

The bathroom has a washing machine, a shower heater, and an aluminum ceiling.

The bathroom uses a blue color scheme, something like Mediterranean style.

Moreover, Houhai is much closer to where Zhu Ling goes to school than where she used to live.

"Sister Lin, how's driving practice going?"

"I only have time to study on Sundays, and I'm still studying the theory."

"Yes, yes, learn slowly and carefully!"

"Um!!"

Li Song also feels comfortable living in the newly renovated courtyard house.

The courtyard house in front felt a bit cramped. The rooms weren't well-lit, and being an old building, the light was too bright, making it unpleasant to look at.

There's air conditioning here, so it's much more convenient for two people to sleep together at night; at least we won't sweat as much.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder; during the day, one stays home writing while the other goes to school, and at night they spend their time together.

Li Song was having a very comfortable time, while the relevant departments were on high alert, making thorough preparations for receiving the cargo ship.

As for what plan the mainland side adopts and the cargo ships, Li Song doesn't concern himself with that.

In any case, it must be more than 300 kilometers away from the mainland border.

Because there's simply no one to deliver supplies within 300 kilometers of the border.

It's right in the middle between mainland China and South Korea.

Of course, it doesn't matter to the Koreans, as long as we don't cross their border.

On Saturday, August 2, 1980, Li Song left Kyoto again and flew to Guangzhou.

Then, accompanied by two bodyguards, he returned to Hong Kong Island.

As for the specific action plan from the mainland, it has not yet been released.

Anyway, Li Song is going back to the mainland next Monday, so we'll talk about it then.

"Third Uncle!!!" Although Li Song was wearing glasses and a hat, his height of over 1.8 meters made him easily recognizable. He was recognized by the taxi driver as soon as he got off the ship in Yau Ma Tei.

"Hello!" Li Song greeted the driver with a smile.

"Third Uncle, it really is Third Uncle!"

"Third Uncle, I really love your novels!"

"I want to watch TV dramas too!"

"I want to listen to the radio too!"

"But you're even more handsome in person than in photos!"

"Third Uncle, could you please sign this for me?" the driver said, holding up a newly published copy of Ghost Blows Out the Light magazine.

I buy every single issue of this magazine!

"Third Uncle, you'd better keep it up and write more!"

“Now I find other novels uninteresting, only your novels, Uncle San, are enjoyable.” The driver kept talking while driving, not giving Li Song a chance to reply.

Upon arrival, Li Song paid the fare, gave a tip, and said, "I wish you a smooth journey and great fortune, brother!"

"Thank you, Third Uncle!"

"Thank you so much, Uncle!" The driver was beaming from ear to ear. When Li Song got home, he found that Ah Lin was learning flower arranging.

"Brother Song, which of these servants do you think is the best to choose?"

"Just choose whichever you like!"

“Brother Song, you are the owner of this house, so you will be the one to sign the contract.”

"I think these are all good."

"Arlene, should we wait a little longer?"

"?" Arlene looked at Li Song with a puzzled expression.

“When you turn eighteen, I’ll give you this house, and then I’ll buy another house to live in,” Li Song said.

"On the one hand, I have other businesses, and I feel a bit unsafe to have another person."

“On the other hand, I’m a celebrity now, and with another person in the family, who knows what she might say outside the home? Sometimes, even if we’re in the right, we might become unreasonable,” Li Song said.

"Really? This house is for me?" Arlene jumped up immediately upon hearing this, asking incredulously.

"Well, if you don't like it, then..."

"I love it, I love it, I love it so much." Arlene actually had this thought in her heart, but she couldn't say it because she felt that saying it would make her seem too realistic.

"That's no problem."

"When the time comes, you can hire a maid for your own house." Li Song originally wanted to say that if she didn't like it, she could choose another one she liked. He didn't know if Arlene had misunderstood or if she just liked this house. Since Arlene liked it, that was fine.

"Brother Song, can you carry me into the room?" Arlene said sweetly.

"Of course, that would be great." Li Song chuckled.

"Oh, by the way, the agent of that Hollywood actress called to thank you and invite you to dinner."

"I'll eat you first!"

"Hehe, Brother Song, what's your relationship with that woman?"

“It’s nothing, she just wants to get into Lucas’s next movie because I’m friends with him.”

"Really nothing?"

"Nonsense, there are reporters everywhere. If I had anything going on with her, it would have been published in the newspapers long ago."

On Sunday, August 3, 1980, Li Song went to the magazine office in the morning to teach Amin how to write. Amin was writing the foreshadowing and main plot of the first chapter of Interstellar Mercenaries.

As for what Amin wanted to draw, Li Song didn't know and didn't ask.

The next day, Monday, Li Song took Tian Jiahui's car to Qingshui Bay to see the villa he had bought. The villa had already been renovated.

There are many villas here, but Li Song's villa has the best location. It faces south and is far from the road. It is located on the outermost edge of the villa complex, close to the sea, with a hillside behind it.

It has a garden and a swimming pool, and the decoration is simple European style. Li Song felt that too many things were actually troublesome.

It would be too quiet for one person to live here, and the house is too big, so it wouldn't feel comfortable for one person to live alone.

Actually, it's just the large apartment that Li Song lives in now; he feels a bit empty living there by himself.

If you're living alone, a two-bedroom apartment will suffice. Of course, you also need to consider the bodyguard issue. You could just buy the entire floor and have the bodyguard live next door.

Because there are many things that Li Song doesn't want outsiders to know.

When Li Song arrived at Baisheng Company, he signed some documents, including the final payment from Zhang Dehua, employee rotations in mainland China, and some motorcycles that Ma Zhiwei had contacted in Southeast Asia and Africa to be shipped for these people to try out. These motorcycles used cast iron engines and had modified motorcycle frames to adapt to the harsh environments of Southeast Asia and Africa.

After all, it's nonsense to just tell people how great your car is without any real knowledge.

If you give it directly to someone else, others around you will see how good it is and will naturally buy it.

There are many ways to cooperate. If you don't have foreign exchange, you can use goods or local currency to purchase various goods, minerals, rubber, etc.

"The King of Gamblers?" When Li Song got home that afternoon, he saw a newspaper article about Wang Jing signing a film investment agreement with Wonderful Magazine. Wonderful Magazine would invest HK$100 million for Wang Jing to make a movie called "The King of Gamblers," a film based on the gambling genre.

"As expected, this guy still prefers this kind of subject matter." Wang Jing's favorite subject matter is gambling.

When asked by a reporter if his uncle had read the script, the guy said directly that his uncle trusted him and gave him one million Hong Kong dollars after reading it.

Then a reporter asked Wang Jing, "What about Shaw Brothers?"
Wang Jing said that he filmed movies on Shaw Brothers' set, and that Wonderful Magazine was an investor in the project.

(End of this chapter)