Hong Kong Island: I Make Movies Without Paying Protection Money

Xu Bai transmigrates back to Hong Kong in the late 1970s and becomes an erotic film director.

To quickly build up his initial capital, Xu Bai starts shooting seven films at once in a single month.

He becomes Hong Kong's most successful commercial film director.

The entertainment industry is deeply influenced by the triads.

A certain superstar: “I once had a gun pointed at my head while I was filming. Then I called Mr. Xu, and everything was fine. I'll be grateful to him for the rest of my life.”

A certain diva: “If Mr. Xu hadn't stepped in to protect me that day, I can't imagine what would have happened next.”

He starts a film company, acquires movie theaters, goes into real estate, does charity work, and invests in industry...

He battles foreign financial behemoths.

Many years later,

a famous European author writes in a history of Hong Kong's first hundred years: “The Xu family can be seen behind many of Hong Kong's major turning points.”

This novel and its characters are purely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.