I Had Just Smuggled Myself into Hong Kong When the 19-Year-Old Red Auntie Took Me In

In 1979, Lu Yuan arrives in Xiangjiang. From the start, he sneaks across the border and nearly drowns, penniless. At the brink of disaster, he's rescued by Hong Gu, a pure-hearted bit-part actress of just nineteen.

No System? No connections? Facing the golden age of Hong Kong entertainment, dominated by industry giants, Lu Yuan just smiles.

Armed with the forward-thinking mindset of twenty-first-century internet capital, he launches a series of devastatingly effective moves!

You toil away at traditional wuxia films, hoping to scrape together box office revenue? I'll use leftover materials to make "The Crooked-Mouth God of War," ushering in the era of vertical short dramas and raking in tens of millions a day across Xiangjiang!

You work tirelessly to hone your acting skills, hoping for a big break? I'll create "Xiangjiang Produce 101," kick off fan-club voting and squeeze every penny from the fans, sending the entire city into a spending frenzy!

You're still running with gangs and collecting protection money? I've already built a superhero universe and set up a security conglomerate, using culture and capital to take over the world in turn!

Lei Juekun exclaims, "Where did this guy even come from? He's played Ding Sheng Pictures into bankruptcy!"

Li, the richest man, sighs, "Compared to Lu Yuan, I don't even know what monopoly means!"

From a penniless illegal immigrant at the very bottom to an Eastern entertainment tycoon ruling the world,

Lu Yuan puts an arm around Hong Gu and smiles at the nightscape of Xiangjiang. "I didn't cheat. I'm just half a century ahead of you."