The morning mist on Hong Kong Island in 1977 always brought with it the salty and humid air of Victoria Harbour. When it spread over the newsstands in Central, it had already imbued all kinds of headlines with a sense of everyday life.
However, today's newsstands are a little different - the headlines of the tabloids are like thick ink splashed across the surface.
Words like "the northern girl's stunning appearance" and "the wealthy family's plot" are eye-catching.
However, in a corner of the front page of Ming Pao, there was a blank piece of rice paper, with only a line of thin words printed on it: "There is a Beautiful Woman in the North", with the three words "Cha Liangyong" under the title.
Wow!
Mr. Cha's martial arts novels are well-known and loved by everyone in Hong Kong.
Mr. Cha's reports and editorials are also sharp and pointed, and make people feel very satisfied after reading them.
so……
People who buy newspapers usually tend to glance at the front page of Ming Pao every time to see if there is any article by Mr. Cha.
Whenever Mr. Cha's articles are published in Ming Pao, they are always on the front page.
As long as Ming Pao publishes Mr. Cha's article, its sales will increase by at least 50,000.
However, the front page of Ming Pao today surprised all the Hong Kong citizens who passed by the newsstand to buy newspapers.
Mr. Cha hasn't published an article for a long time, but today he actually published a long article of nearly a thousand words specifically for a woman.
Wow!
This is incredible!
There are so many female celebrities and children of wealthy families in Hong Kong, but who has the honor to have Mr. Cha write an article for them personally?
All of a sudden, the Ming Pao copies in front of the newsstand were snapped up by people, and everyone was scrambling to read "There is a Beauty in the North", an article written by Mr. Cha specifically for Liu Rumeng.
The content is as follows:
Ming Pao·Cha Liangyong Column
There is a Beauty in the North
The Eve of the Summer Solstice in the Dingsi Year
In May in Hong Kong, the Victoria Harbour is shrouded in fog, and suddenly one can hear the stars in the north shining on the South Sea.
There was a girl named Liu Rumeng, who came from the snowy land of Yan and Zhao. Now she came south on the waves, striving to be the most beautiful woman in Hong Kong with her own strength and alone.
When the incident was first heard, the people in the market were in an uproar. Some ridiculed her as a "northern girl trying to gain fame" while others slandered her as an "abandoned daughter of a noble family." Rumors spread like locusts devouring the moon.
However, when I looked at her beautiful photo, I suddenly saw the reflection of snow in the cold pond and the reflection of plum blossoms shining through the paper - only then did I realize that her beauty was not false, and that history was about to record her again.
Some people said that his candidacy was a result of "internal strife within the Guo family" and that he was "fighting for fame with a sick body". However, when he raised his head to register:
The old alleys of Causeway Bay are narrow, and the bluestone slabs are soaked with morning dew.
She climbed the stairs, her plain silk cheongsam brushing past the wild chrysanthemums in front of the steps, and the "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual" in her arms still smelled of ink.
The spotlights of dozens of tabloid reporters exploded like thunder, but his spine was as straight as a bamboo. The moment he signed his petition, the pen on his wrist actually left a shallow mark on the solid wood table - what a strong spirit of "I do not wish for magnificent buildings, only for the misty rain in the rivers and lakes to test my thin clothes"!
The editor-in-chief of a certain tabloid applauded upon seeing her and said: "This woman has frosty eyebrows and eyes, she looks like Feng Si Niang in Gu Long's novels."
The author sneered and refuted: "Feng Siniang threw wine and gambled her life, how can she be compared to her nobleness? She is clearly the glacier goddess described by Liang Yusheng, hanging alone on the snowy peak, untainted by dust."
At that time, gossip was surging in Hong Kong tabloids.
The editor-in-chief of "Happy Forest" took the article out of context and made up nonsense. The front page published a scathing headline: "Northern girl runs for election to gain popularity! Guo's daughter-in-law makes money in the entertainment industry." The dirty words clung to her like poisonous vines.
Upon hearing this, the author stood up and took a goat's hair brush and dipped it in pine soot:
"In the past, Li Qingzhao was displaced and fled to the south. She was sick and weak but still sang 'I should live to be a hero'; now Liu Rumeng is coming to the south in the snow. How is she different from Yi An reborn? You are using the pages as a weapon, and how is it different from Qin Hui's framing Yue Fei as 'unfounded'!"
The pen suddenly turns to a long poem: "Let him be strong, the breeze blows over the hills - these sixteen words are the true meaning, and I should give them to the plum blossom standing in the snow!"
It can be said that:
The snow and wind came from the south, plum blossoms were sticky to the bones.
The turbid waves are surging and the jade beams are like jade.
Who says Hong Kong has no iron backbone?
Look at the red cotton trees burning the sea!
Louis Cha puts down his pen by the window of Ming Pao Newspaper
Victoria Harbour lights up like a sea of stars, the fifth day of the fifth month of the Dingsi year
As soon as the article "There is a Beauty in the North" was published, it spread throughout the tiny island of Hong Kong.
Especially these four words "Cold plum blossoms standing in the snow" by Mr. Jin Yong, anyone with a little knowledge and culture knows that it will inevitably become a new allusion in Hong Kong.
Echoing Mr. Jin Yong's article "There Is a Beauty in the North" is a black-and-white photo of Liu Rumeng's profile published in Ming Pao.
This photo was carefully selected by Mr. Jin Yong from among the dozen photos taken by newspaper reporters.
In the photo, Liu Rumeng is facing the reporters sideways, with her head slightly raised, standing proudly like snow, with a heart as sweet as plum. The tight cheongsam shows off her beautiful figure to the fullest, giving people an incomparable sense of "independence from the world".
"Beautiful! She is so beautiful. This Liu Rumeng is really more beautiful and more elegant than all the female stars from Hong Kong I have ever seen."
"Yes, yes, yes! I feel the same way. It's not that her looks are necessarily better than those female stars.
The first time I saw her, my whole body trembled, and I had the illusion that a fairy had descended to earth."
"Don't compare those female stars with Miss Liu, okay? When I take a look at those female stars, I can smell chicken in my nose.
Miss Liu really gives me the feeling of Little Dragon Girl in The Return of the Condor Heroes created by Mr. Jin Yong. When I read The Return of the Condor Heroes before, I thought that Mr. Jin Yong was too imaginative and it was impossible for such a woman to exist in reality.
I never thought that I would be able to see such a woman in person in my lifetime. I am very satisfied. "
"Damn it! Mr. Jin Yong's articles are still the best. Look at these tabloids, what kind of crap are they writing!
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