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Chapter 7 Gifts

Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars was a considerable amount of money in 1973.

In the early 1970s, Shaw Brothers Film Company was only willing to pay $5,000 to ask Bruce Lee to film. Bruce Lee was unwilling to do so, so he signed a contract with Jiahe Film Group and took on two movies, with a reward of $25,000. According to the exchange rate at that time, it was less than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The monthly salary of people at the bottom of Hong Kong society is only a few hundred, and a little better than a thousand.

In fact, Li Zhetian's parents earn more money than many people in the poor area. Li Chengzhi is an editor and Xiao Zhixuan is a junior high school music teacher. Both of them have a salary of more than HK$1,500. But you should know that they can train Li Zhetian to be a student in the music department of Harvard University, which is also very expensive. As we all know, Zhou is very expensive to learn music, and he knows all kinds of musical instruments. Even if he can't afford it, he has to rent it. It is true that Li Zhetian's mother is a music teacher, but it will be criticized for using public instruments for private purposes, let alone Xiao Zhixuan is still a mainlander!

After Li Zhetian left Polykin Records, he went to a restaurant for a good meal. After that, he went to the mall for a walk, bought a Parker pen for his father Li Chengzhi and a pair of high heels for his mother Xiao Zhixuan, which cost him 3,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In a blink of an eye, 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, and 3 of them were ten, but Li Zhetian didn't feel sorry for him at all. If he had money, he would be willing to buy more expensive ones! It's only August 3rd, and Li Zhetian is very confident that he can earn enough tuition and miscellaneous fees before Harvard University starts!

In the evening, the sun sets, and the golden afterglow shines on Li Zhetian's body, as if she is covered with a piece of gold gauze.

Mother Xiao Zhixuan came back one step earlier than Li Zhetian and was preparing dinner in the kitchen.

As soon as Li Zhetian entered the door, Xiao Zhixuan noticed that he was carrying a bag in his hand.

"Have you bought something?"

"Yes, Mom. I bought you a pair of shoes!"

Li Zhetian said, took out the box of shoes and placed it on the table.

Xiao Zhixuan was shocked when she saw the English on the packaging box!

"Salvatore-Ferragamo, Ferragamo! Why do you buy such expensive shoes!!!"

Ferragamo is known as the Kingdom of Women's Shoes in Italy. It has luxurious and elegant style, and is both practical and style-worthy. It is famous all over the world with traditional handmade design and novel styles. Every woman yearns for a pair of beautiful high heels. Although Xiao Zhixuan has never bought such shoes, she obviously has some understanding of the Ferragamo brand!

Li Zhetian handed her the contract in his hand and said, "This is the contract I signed with Polykin Records. I wrote a song and sold it to them, earning 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, and also having lyrics and music royalties. In the past, you bought things for me, but now I make money, of course I have to buy you gifts! Your gift is these Ferragamo high heels, and my father's gift is a Pike pen."

"But, there is no need to buy such expensive ones!" Xiao Zhixuan shook her head, feeling a little sorry for the money.

"You have worked hard to raise me. What is this money?!!! 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 Zhetian had the memory of the original owner of his body in his mind. When the memory merged with him, the two of them were not distinguished at all. Xiao Zhixuan and Li Chengzhi were his biological parents. Li Zhetian's true feelings were revealed without any falsehood.

When Xiao Zhixuan heard this, her eyes were slightly red and moist, and she was very moved.

She carefully put the shoes into the cabinet and kept them well. This is her son's gift and must be worn when it is important.

"Son, you rest, I'll go cook."

"I'll help you wash vegetables!"

...

Li Chengzhi worked overtime tonight and came back at 9 pm.

"Have you had dinner?" Xiao Zhixuan asked while helping her husband take off his suit.

"I ate at the company." Li Chengzhi replied, changing into a pair of slippers.

"What's wrong with you? The work is not going well?" Xiao Zhixuan asked.

"nothing……"

Li Chengzhi shook his head, walked into the hall, and sat on the sofa.

"It's nothing. Look at you, you're all unhappy. Tell me, what's wrong?" Xiao Zhixuan frowned slightly and asked.

Li Chengzhi sighed slightly and said, "You know, we are from mainland China and have only been in Hong Kong for more than a year. It is normal for people to be excluded. Our newspaper intends to open a column for detective novels to attract more people to buy newspapers. I was responsible for this matter at the beginning. For this reason, I spent a lot of time carefully studying the information of Hong Kong's better detective novel writers in order to convince these detective novel writers to sign a contract with our newspaper! But unexpectedly, this afternoon, the leader suddenly said that he would change people and another person in the company would be responsible for this matter!"

"Why did someone suddenly change?"

"Because this person is familiar with several very outstanding detective novel writers..."

"Then have all the efforts you made before been in vain?" Xiao Zhixuan frowned.

Li Chengzhi nodded helplessly.

In the room, Li Zhetian heard their conversation clearly and felt unfair for his father.

When a father is humiliated, the son also empathizes with him.

"What should I do for my father? Write a detective novel?"

Li Zhetian couldn't help but think about it. He didn't read many novels because he liked mathematics with strong logic and outstanding talent, so he happened to love reading detective novels very much. Needless to say, "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as "No one survived" and "The Murder of the Orient Express", Keigo Higashino's "The Dedication of Suspect X", "White Night Walk", Ellery Quinn's "The Tragedy of X", etc.

Li Zhetian felt that if he wanted to copy the original novel word-of-throw, he would definitely not be able to remember it. But if he imitated it, he could probably write a good detective novel. Perhaps he could also make certain innovations in the original work, making the work more ups and downs and exciting!

The Li family is a scholarly family, grandfather is a patriotic literati, and father Li Chengzhi is an editor. He was engaged in literary works in his early years. Under the influence of his eyes, Li Zhetian's writing level in this life was not much worse. In addition, the integration of memories in his past and present lives, his writing ability has naturally been greatly improved.

"Write it, everything is difficult to start! Maybe, I can also write a very outstanding work! If I write it well, it will not only help my father gain a foothold in the newspaper, but also make money, killing two birds with one stone!" Li Zhetian's eyes were sure and made up his mind. As for what work he chose, he also thought about it. Keigo Higashino's "The Dedication of Suspect X", which tells the story of a mathematical genius fighting with the police in order to help a mother and daughter hide the crime of killing his ex-husband, and create a whole scam. Li Zhetian 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 written by our son are sold!"

When Li Chengzhi heard this, the discomfort on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by excitement, curiosity and happiness. As long as his son is promising, it is more important than anything else!!!

"What is the name of the song? Which record company did you sign with?" Li Chengzhi asked hurriedly.

"The song is called "Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing", and I signed a contract with Polykin Records!" Xiao Zhixuan said.

When Li Chengzhi heard the title of the song, he was stunned for a moment, "The title song of Xu Guanjie's new album seems to be called "Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing"?"

"Yes, the song our son wrote is this song "Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing"!!!"

"I remember it seemed like a song written by someone named Wu?"

"Hmph, he is a shameless thief who plagiarizes our son's songs! You don't know that this morning, my son went to Polykin Records alone to ask for an explanation. Not only did he successfully expose Wu Feitian's plagiarism, but he also received compensation!"

Li Chengzhi looked excited. He didn't expect that his son was so capable, much better than his father!

Xiao Zhixuan continued: "In the end, my son earned 10,000 Hong Kong dollars and received the lyrics and music royalty of the song "Men Should Be Self-reliant". I'm going to buy you a gift, a Parker pen!" After saying that, Xiao Zhixuan gave him the Parker pen.

Li Chengzhi took the pen and was so moved that he couldn't speak for a long time!
Chapter completed!
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