[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rising-in-1979":3,"chapter-rising-in-1979-rising-in-1979-chapter-505":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rising in 1979",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2261213,4412,"Chapter 505: Zhou Hui","rising-in-1979-chapter-505",505,"\u003Cp>After the interview ended, Wei Ming asked Liang Jiahui about the initial print run of the first issue of “Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told Wei Ming: “The debut issue was 60,000 copies total! We printed 30,000 for the launch, quickly added 20,000 more, still wasn’t enough, so we did one final print of 10,000.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a new magazine, this was an excellent result, but the first issue had heavy promotion and drew massive traffic from Amin and the Youth Stars; maintaining 50,000 copies for the next issue would count as success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main entertainment topic in the second issue was Zhou Hui’s debut Mandarin album “Mo Mo Mo”; half of the interview content Liang Jiahui had done with her earlier was reserved for this issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I expect you to hit 100,000 copies,” Wei Ming told the “Yes!” staff, “and lead the youth trend.” This was the height “Yes!” had once reached in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then went to Long’s office; Long had just finished reading the script for “Bikku the Demon King” and was deeply moved—the plot grew increasingly passionate, each climax higher than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only known the general plot before, but now Wei Ming had written out nearly everything, including the storyline for the upcoming “Super Saiyan” arc, giving Long a heads-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long had figured it out: “This manga will take at least two or three more years to finish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Ming thought: Long, you’re too naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he couldn’t stretch a manga like Japanese editors did—binding Akira Toriyama for ten years—he knew five or six years was the bare minimum; for a long-form work, the longer it ran, the more it fermented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Ming noticed several copies of “China & Foreign Film & Television” on Long’s desk and asked: “Why suddenly interested in film? Looking for inspiration?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long shook his head: “The film and TV industry is booming right now; the company wanted to launch a professional entertainment magazine, but after thinking it over, we lack the talent—better to buy one outright, since our cash reserves are very strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hong Kong dollar’s depreciation meant Minglong could profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” had an entertainment section too, but it wasn’t specialized—its positioning was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Long had set his sights on “China & Foreign Film & Television,” which later became the first Hong Kong film and TV magazine to enter the mainland market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard this magazine was started by a few young entrepreneurs—would they sell it?” Wei Ming asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long said: “If the price is right, I believe even Huang Yulang would sell his soul to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Ming laughed: “Then go negotiate—I’m sure you’ll become Hong Kong’s media tycoon sooner or later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not my ambition,” Long stood up excitedly. “Come, let me show you how our animation is coming along.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “History Miao” TV animation had already started production; Long was making it to meet mainland standards, hoping to recoup some costs, but the main target was ATV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since TVB had its own animation department, ATV found it hard to catch up from scratch—luckily, Liu Rulong came knocking, and the two sides hit it off immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the animation department, Wei Ming first saw a small, busy man who looked familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people here were from Shanghai Animation Studio, but this guy was new; Long introduced him: “This is intern Xu Chengyi, a current student in graphic design at Hong Kong Polytechnic. He’s passionate about animation and previously submitted work to ‘Maniac’—he’s got real talent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Ming nodded: Xu Chengyi—later known mainly for the controversial “Monster Hunt,” but actually he’d been working for DreamWorks Animation since the late 80s, contributing to the “Shrek” series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected Long to move so fast—the first episode, “Creation of Heaven and Earth,” was already done; its protagonist, Nüwa Miao, was one of the hardest to collect in the blind box series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reduce the difficulty of collecting History Miao dolls, Longning divided them into different series—Ancient Era, Pre-Qin Era, etc.—and also developed cheaper cards, letting Hong Kong youth experience the joy of “Water Margin” cards ahead of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The animation quality of this episode, frankly, couldn’t compare to “Transformers,” nor even to “Black Cat Detective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter—“Transformers” had huge budgets, millions of Hong Kong dollars poured in, achieving international standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though “History Miao” had Longning’s investment, it targeted the local market; no need for excessive polish—just entertaining and watchable while teaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, it was quite fun; Wei Ming felt if the IP was properly built, an animated feature film like “Old Master Q” might one day be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though none of the “Old Master Q” animated films were massive hits, each earned several million Hong Kong dollars, and there was also some market in Taiwan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After touring Minglong Media, Wei Ming continued writing novels, accompanying Amin, and visiting film sets—all three fronts moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of these, accompanying Amin yielded the first achievement: Wei Ming’s acting debut was coming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening, Wei Hong and Amin were both at Wei Ming’s home; the three waited together for TVB’s “Jing Ge Jin Qu” program.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this episode, Amin performed, singing the album’s lead single “Zhi He Zhi He” with Zhang Guorong—visually stunning and melodious, instantly stirring excitement among Hong Kong’s teenage boys and girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amin also announced on the show: “Tomorrow at 8 a.m., all major music stores and stalls across Hong Kong will release my debut Mandarin album ‘Mo Mo Mo’—you’ll hear ‘Zhi He Zhi He’ and many other excellent Chinese-style songs, all written and composed by me and Wei Ming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this album onward, Zhou Hui aimed to transform into a singer-songwriter; though her own composition skills paled next to Wei Ming’s, she hoped each album would include at least one decent song she wrote herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the show, a surprise bonus was released: the narrative music video for “Yue Man Xi Lou.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amin nudged Xiao Hong urgently: “Look! Your brother’s on TV!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Ming had appeared on TV many times, but this was his first time as an actor—he felt slightly embarrassed; Amin, blissfully nestled against him, seemed to be declaring ownership over Wei Ming through this MV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many viewers at home might not have caught the implication, but the fusion of song and narrative short film felt fresh to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yue Man Xi Lou” had been released two months prior and was already the most popular Mandarin song of the period; now with the MV, audiences felt the quality had risen another level—their imagination of the song had become concrete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first reaction of PolyGram’s CEO, Cheng Tung-han, was: Shoot! Immediately make a narrative MV for Tan Yonglin too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Capital Records, due to its ties with TVB, was already in planning stages; Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui would also shoot MVs, but they didn’t plan to make them as elaborate as “Yue Man Xi Lou”—big directors and film production were too expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this wasn’t a revenue product; it could only serve as promotion, so costs had to be kept low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Liu Rulong’s home, Gong Ying and her mother were also watching TVB, seeing Zhou Hui and Zhang Guorong duet; Gong Ying’s mother even praised the song as beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the “Yue Man Xi Lou” MV aired—showing Wei Ming and Zhou Hui entering the bridal chamber, then their tender married life—did Gong Ying’s mother feel slightly stunned: Xiao Wei doesn’t seem like he’s acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Wei Ming and Gong Ying’s romantic relationship hadn’t been fully revealed to her mother, but Gong Ying knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she’d long suspected this “sister-in-law” had an unusual connection with Zhou Hui; Hong Kong had so many singers, yet others struggled to get Wei Ming to write one song—Zhou Hui kept getting album after album written for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in front of her mother, she held her tongue; just then, Liu Rulong returned, and she dragged Long into the bedroom for interrogation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me—what’s the real relationship between your buddy and Zhou Hui?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which buddy? Xu Jinjiang or Liang Jiahui?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t play dumb.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pen pals—that’s something you already know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anything else? Tell the truth!” Gong Ying’s eyes widened, her expression stern, one hand gently resting on her belly—as if holding the crown prince hostage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long was scared, but Wei Ming was his brother, so he said: “Why don’t you ask him yourself? I don’t hang out with him every day.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1394,"2026-06-19T16:30:59.356Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6a5a830f224a0b924595fff544add7188e7d5bbb85dba09ca8c2d4d7d183d92e","rising-in-1979-chapter-506","rising-in-1979-chapter-504",509,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frising-in-1979-cover.jpg"]