Hong Kong Showbiz: I Hired You as a Lawyer, So Why Are You Making Movies?

Name: Hong Kong Showbiz: I Hired You as a Lawyer, So Why Are You Making Movies?
Author: Longbow Drinking the Moon

港娱：让你当律师，你去拍电影？

by Longbow Drinking the Moon (长弓饮月)

Status: Completed
Length: 472k Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban High-Concept
Updated: 7mo ago
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Xiao Ran is reborn in Xiangjiang in 1981 as the third young master of a top legal dynasty, a clueless layman when it comes to the law. From the start, he’s headed to Shaw Brothers to play an extra! He may not understand the law, but he knows all about “family connections” and “short-drama pacing”! Who says you need a System to get ahead? He puts on a lawyer’s robe and becomes a director, wielding the law book against hooligans. Before long, he’s turned the entire Xiangjiang entertainment industry upside down! When a bully harasses him on set, he produces his top-lawyer father’s business card. Not only does it scare the big shot into submission, it also lets him recruit the entire stunt crew! When a film script gets too complicated, he borrows the “short-drama pacing” of a later era and radically reworks the movie, packing in a climax every three minutes and setting off a box-office frenzy across Hong Kong Island! Faced with a legal dispute, he may not know all the statutes by heart, but he uses his family’s money to overwhelm the plaintiff, and comes to understand the truth: “Money is the law!” To sign a goddess, he personally drafts a domineering-looking “indenture” riddled with loopholes, thanks to his ignorance of the law. Yet actresses across Hong Kong clamor to sign it! Hong Gu: “Director Xiao, that contract... I want to sign it for life!” Li Zhen: “Brother Xiao, can you teach me that ‘family rule’ tonight?” Qingxia: “If Xiao Ran will rewrite the script for me, I won’t take a single cent in pay!” At the far end of Victoria Harbour, Xiao Ran holds a director’s megaphone in his left hand and the law in his right. He is a global box-office sensation, the uncrowned king of Xiangjiang’s underworld, and the dream lover of countless award-winning actresses! Reporter: “Mr. Xiao, what’s the secret to your success?” Xiao Ran grins arrogantly. “In this business, you need to make movies that are fun to watch, and you need to know the ‘law’! And one more thing: whoever dares touch my leading lady can expect a court summons!”

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