Hong Kong Crossover: I'm a Double Red Flower Stick, Borrowing Against the Laws of Causality!

In 1983, Chen Huiwan, a 14K red pole, has just earned a Hong Kong Film Award nomination for Best Actor when his archenemy, Lei Jie, ambushes him in a back alley and leaves him on the verge of death. As he lies dying, the soul of Li Cheng, the paparazzi king of the 21st century, arrives through the "Karmic Debt System." From then on, the underworld's sharpest blade is wielded by the mind that knows public opinion best.

The System specializes in "karmic transactions." Borrow three minutes of grandmaster-level killing skills, and the price is that your enemies remember all your fighting habits. Borrow two million in start-up funds, and the interest is that you must help the boss take down the hard nut of Temple Street. On the surface, he remains the red pole who cuts people down without blinking. Behind the scenes, he plots like the paparazzi king: he studies Stephen Chow's menu to understand the man beneath the surface, then brings the future King of Comedy under his wing with a stack of scripts. He uses "God of Gamblers" to pry open Hong Kong's entertainment industry, turning underworld vendettas into headline material. Lei Jie's blade, Davis's gun, and the ICAC investigation are all turned into scripts and brought to the silver screen.

While his enemies are still risking their lives to seize territory, Chen Huiwan has already used cameras and traffic to reshape the rules. Karmic Debt: what he borrows is influence, what he repays is lives, and the interest he owes is the entire era of Hong Kong entertainment.

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