This simply brings the lofty financial and political news down to the mundane world of the city, breaking down the barriers to reading in a way that is almost "popular science."
“So… you can write like this?!”
An old editor muttered to himself, put down the newspaper, and looked out the window at the busy traffic. His eyes were complicated, mixed with dissatisfaction and a hint of indescribable admiration.
This writing style turns news into a guide to people's livelihood, while also revealing the sharp edge of business insight, silently cutting into the most practical part of the public's mind.
Newspaper colleagues privately passed the "Asia Daily" around, expressing shock, admiration, and a hint of helplessness that "it turns out it can be done this way."
These are not all. The third trick of Asia Daily is followed. In fact, Master Jin Yong has used this trick before, and he used it to perfection. That is to use serial novels to defeat other newspapers!
Although the first two moves were shocking enough, when readers opened the supplement of the Asia Daily and saw the opening of the novel signed by "Huang Yi" that took up almost two entire pages, the entire Hong Kong Island seemed to be paused in an instant, and then broke out into an even more violent clamor!
"A Step into the Past"!
This name exudes an ancient mystery.
The first paragraph draws the reader into an incredible situation:
Xiang Shaolong, an elite soldier of the 21st century National Special Forces, was accidentally sent back in time during a cutting-edge space-time experiment...
Over 2,000 years ago, the Warring States Period in China was filled with smoke and drums?!
The cold light of the bronze sword illuminates the nine provinces. The ferocious Qin State wants to swallow up the world, but the protagonist carries the memory, knowledge and thinking of modern people!
This setting is like thunder, exploding in the minds of Hong Kong readers!
The following content will subvert everyone's cognition: How did modern special forces survive in ancient times?
Using modern fighting techniques against warriors wielding bronze swords?
Using the knowledge of later generations, even if it is only half-baked knowledge, to fool or assist those kings, princes and generals who are famous in history?
How should he deal with the cold names in the history books - King Zheng of Qin, Concubine Zhao, Lü Buwei, Lord Xinling, Lord Longyang...?
Can he change the wheel of history?
The author's writing is powerful and the visuals are very vivid.
Xiang Shaolong's adventures, confusions, struggles, and adaptations throw a 21st-century soul into the melting pot of the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago. Every collision splashes sparks and burns the readers' nerves.
The "Kim Kee Tea Restaurant" in Yau Ma Tei had just opened and the waiter Ah Qiang was wiping the tables and chairs when he was knocked off balance by a few students who rushed in.
"Poor boy! Are you in a hurry to reincarnate?"
Aqiang cursed.
The leading boy, Xiaojie, was completely oblivious. He spread a newly bought, ink-damp copy of the Asia Daily on the greasy table, his finger nearly piercing through the paper. "Uncle Qiang! Look! It's amazing! This guy... this guy fell from the sky, right onto Qin Shi Huang's mother..."
Before he finished speaking, several students' heads had already huddled together, their eyes glued to the supplement's copy of "A Step into the Past" which took up two entire pages.
Xiang Shaolong fought against the evil young man holding a bronze sword with his bare hands, which was awkward but effective; he tried to explain his identity as a "alchemist" in stiff ancient language, which caused a burst of laughter.
He caught a glimpse of the huge word "Qin" on the flag in the distance, and the almost silent word "Fuck..." in surprise made these teenagers so happy that they slammed the table.
“Puff!”
A Qiang leaned over and was also amused by the swear word, but was immediately attracted by the ingenious setting. "What's wrong with this author's brain?
Asking a modern soldier to help Qin Shi Huang's father snatch his wife? Ridiculous! But... but it's so exciting! "
He even forgot to put down the rag and sat down. He was pulled into that distant time and space by a description of the chaotic, dirty but wild and vital city of Handan in Zhao State.
The students' chattering disappeared, and the only sounds in the entire tea restaurant were the turning of pages and the occasional sip of morning tea.
In the Kwun Tong Industrial Area, at a small newsstand outside the workers' dormitory, Old Chen was smoking a cigarette and watching the crowd with boredom.
A young man in a factory uniform hurriedly dropped a coin and picked up a copy of Asia Daily. He glanced at the illustration in the supplement titled "A Journey to the West: Chapter One: Time and Space Disorder" - an image of a warrior in a mix of ancient and modern costumes and the phrase "A journey across time and space into the Warring States Period", then he stopped and exclaimed "Huh".
He simply leaned against the wall and started reading, forgetting to flick the ash until the cigarette burned his fingers, then he jumped up with a "hiss". However, he was reluctant to put the newspaper down, and was amazed at the description of Xiang Shaolong using modern grappling techniques to deal with the Zhao warriors.
"Damn! If you knew these things when fighting gangsters, you wouldn't have been hacked to pieces three times on Portland Street!"
At the entrance of Sogo in Causeway Bay, several fashionably dressed office-ladies (female white-collar workers) were waiting for the bus in high heels.
One of them had just come out of a convenience store, carrying milk and a freshly baked Asia Daily.
As usual, she bought a newspaper and was about to read the financial section in the car, but her eyes were attracted by the grand opening of the supplement.
"...Xiang Shaolong, a 21st-century Chinese special forces soldier, experienced a failed time-space experiment and was airborne to Handan, Zhao State, in 251 BC..."
She muttered to herself, and her best friend immediately came over.
"What is it? A fantasy novel?"
"No! It seems... it's a modern person who went back to ancient times!"
The female office worker pointed at the text excitedly, "Look! He helped that widow out!
Wow, Qin Wangzheng's mother, Zhao Ji, appears. So charming! That description... the author is very knowledgeable! So erotic... is it really that large-scale?
My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!
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