Showbiz: I Ushered in Hong Kong's Era of Songwriting

Gu Zhan transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1990 and discovers that the city is desperately short of songwriters and composers!

So he ushers in a golden age of songwriting and composition in Hong Kong!

He writes “A Laugh from the Sea” for The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and “Love You Till the End of Time” for The Legend of the Condor Heroes, setting off a martial arts craze!

He writes “The Past” for A Better Tomorrow. When Li Guorong’s voice rings out, countless people are moved.

He writes “Below the Lion Rock” for the people of Hong Kong, and the Mandarin song “My Chinese Heart” for Chinese people around the world!

The glory lasts for ten years, until an accident leaves Gu Zhan in a coma...

Twenty years later!

The question “Who is Gu Zhan?” shoots to the top of the trending charts!

The whole nation is outraged, but plenty of young viewers still don’t know him, sparking a fierce debate!

Then China’s leading television station and Hong Kong’s TVB jointly launch a special program, Searching for Gu Zhan, revealing a ranking of his greatest works!

At number ten: “A Man Should Better Himself,” written for the Once Upon a Time in China series!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Do not imitate.