Chapter 7 Gift
Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars was a lot of money in 1973.
In the early 1970s, Shaw Brothers Film Company was only willing to pay Bruce Lee $5,000 to film. Bruce Lee was unwilling, so he signed a contract with Golden Harvest Film Group and took on two films. The remuneration was US$25,000, which was less than HK$200,000 based on the exchange rate at the time.
The monthly salary of people at the bottom of Hong Kong society is only a few hundred, or even a few thousand.
In fact, Li Zetian's parents earn more money than many people in poor areas. Li Chengzhi is an editor and Xiao Zhixuan is a junior high school music teacher. Both of them earn more than 1,500 Hong Kong dollars. But you must know that they were able to train Li Zetian into a music student at Harvard University, and the cost was huge. As we all know, learning music is very expensive. If you know how to play various instruments, you have to rent them even if you can't afford them. It is true that Li Zetian's mother is a music teacher, but using public instruments for private purposes will be criticized by others, not to mention that Xiao Zhixuan is still a mainlander!
After Li Zetian left PolyGram Records, he went to a restaurant and had a delicious meal. After that, he went to the mall again and bought a Parker pen for his father Li Chengzhi and a pair of high heels for his mother Xiao Zhixuan, which cost about 3,000 Hong Kong dollars.
In the blink of an eye, 10,000 Hong Kong dollars were worth three out of ten, but Li Zetian didn't feel bad at all. If he had money, he would buy something more expensive! It's only August 3rd, and Li Zetian is very confident that he can earn enough to pay for his tuition and fees before Harvard University starts!
In the evening, the sun sets in the west, and the golden afterglow shines on Li Zetian's body, as if covered with a golden gauze.
Mother Xiao Zhixuan came back one step earlier than Li Zetian and was preparing dinner in the kitchen.
As soon as Li Zetian entered, Xiao Zhixuan noticed that he was carrying a bag in his hand.
"Did you buy something?"
"Yes, Mom. Bought you a pair of shoes!"
Li Zetian said, taking out the box containing the shoes and placing it on the table.
Xiao Zhixuan was shocked when she saw the English on the packaging box!
"Salvatore-Ferragamo, Ferragamo! Why did you buy such expensive shoes!!!"
Ferragamo is known as the kingdom of women's shoes in Italy. Its style is luxurious and elegant, and it pays equal attention to practicality and style. It is famous all over the world for its traditional handmade design and novel style. Every woman longs for a pair of beautiful high heels. Although Xiao Zhixuan has never bought such shoes, she obviously knows something about the Ferragamo brand!
Li Zetian handed her the contract in his hand and said: "This is the contract I signed with PolyGram Records. I wrote a song and sold it to them, earning 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, as well as lyrics and song royalties. In the past, It’s all you who buy things for me. Now that I’ve made money, of course I have to buy you gifts! Your gift is this pair of Ferragamo high heels, and dad’s gift is a Parker pen.”
"But there's no need to buy something so expensive!" Xiao Zhixuan shook her head, feeling a little worried about money.
"You have worked so hard to raise me, what does this little money mean! I will buy you better things in the future, let you live in a big house, drive a good car, and have servants to serve you!" Li Zetian's mind With the memory of the original body owner, when the memory merged with him, the two of them were indistinguishable from each other. Xiao Zhixuan and Li Chengzhi were his biological parents. Li Zetian's words revealed his true feelings and were not false in the slightest.
When Xiao Zhixuan heard this, her eyes were slightly red and moist, and she was deeply moved.
She carefully put the shoes into the cabinet and treasured them. This was a gift from her son and must be worn only on important occasions.
"Son, you rest and I'll cook."
"Let me help you wash the dishes!"
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Li Chengzhi worked overtime tonight and didn't come back until 9 o'clock in the evening.
"Have you had dinner?" Xiao Zhixuan asked while helping her husband take off his suit.
"Eat at the company." Li Chengzhi replied and put on a pair of slippers.
"What's wrong with you? Not going well at work?" Xiao Zhixuan asked.
"nothing……"
Li Chengzhi shook his head, walked into the hall, and sat down on the sofa.
"It's nothing. Look at you, your unhappiness is all written on your face. Tell me, what's going on?" Xiao Zhixuan asked with a slight frown.
Li Chengzhi sighed slightly and said: "You know, we are mainlanders and have only been in Hong Kong for more than a year. It is normal to be ostracized. Our newspaper plans to open a detective novel column to attract more people to buy the newspaper. This matter I was in charge at the beginning. For this reason, I spent a lot of time carefully studying the information of Hong Kong's outstanding detective novel writers in order to persuade these detective novel writers to sign contracts with our newspaper! But unexpectedly, this afternoon, the leader suddenly said that he wanted to Replace someone and let another person in the company take charge of this matter!"
"Why is there a sudden change of people?"
"Because this person is familiar with several very good detective story writers..."
"Then weren't all your previous efforts in vain?!" Xiao Zhixuan frowned.
Li Chengzhi nodded helplessly.
In the room, Li Zetian heard their conversation clearly and felt sorry for his father.
When a father is humiliated, a son feels the same way.
"What should I do for my father? Write a detective novel?"
Li Zetian couldn't help but think deeply. He didn't read many novels. Because he liked mathematics with strong logic and had outstanding talent, he happened to like reading detective novels very much. Not to mention "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle, but also "No Survival" and "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie, "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "White Night" by Keigo Higashino ", Ellery Queen's "The Tragedy of X" and so on.
Li Zetian felt that if he had to copy the original novel verbatim, he would definitely not be able to remember it. But if you imitate it, you can probably write a good detective novel. Perhaps some innovations can be made on the original work to make the work more ups and downs and exciting!
The Li family comes from a scholarly family. His grandfather is a patriotic literati, and his father Li Chengzhi is an editor. He was engaged in translating literary works in his early years. Under the influence, Li Zetian's writing level in this life is not much different. Coupled with the fusion of past and present memories, his writing ability has naturally been greatly improved.
"Write, everything is difficult at the beginning! Maybe, I can write a very good work! Once written, it will not only help my father gain a foothold in the newspaper, but also make money, killing two birds with one stone!" Li Zetian's eyes were fixed and he made up his mind. determination. As for what work to choose, he has already thought about it. "The Devotion of Suspect X" by Keigo Higashino. The book tells the story of a mathematical genius who helps a mother and daughter hide the crime of killing their ex-husband, and starts a series of battles of wits with the police, creating a whole... scam. Li Zetian himself is also a mathematical genius, so he was very impressed by this work!
in the hall.
Xiao Zhixuan comforted: "Don't think so much! I have a good thing to tell you!"
"What a good thing!"
"The songs our son wrote sold out!"
As soon as Li Chengzhi heard this, the unhappiness on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by excitement, curiosity and happiness. As long as the son makes a good progress, that is more important than anything else! ! !
"What's the name of the song? Which record company is it signed with?" Li Chengzhi asked quickly.
"The song is called "Men Should Be Strong", and it was signed with PolyGram Records!" Xiao Zhixuan said.
When Li Chengzhi heard the title of the song, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "The title song of Xu Guanjie's new album seems to be called "Men Should Be Strong"?"
"Yes, the song our son wrote is this song "Men Should Be Strong"!!!"
"I remember it was a song written by someone named Wu?"
"Humph, he is a shameless thief who plagiarized our son's songs! Don't you know? This morning, my son went to PolyGram Records alone to ask for an explanation. Not only did he successfully expose Wu Feitian's plagiarism, but he also got Get compensation!"
Li Chengzhi looked excited. He didn't expect that his son was so capable, much better than himself as a father!
Xiao Zhixuan continued: "In the end, my son earned 10,000 Hong Kong dollars and received royalties from the lyrics and music of the song "Men Should Be Strong". No, I also bought you a gift, a Parker pen!" After that, Xiao Zhixuan will Give him the Parker pen.
Li Chengzhi took the pen and was so moved that he could not speak for a long time!
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