From Cannon Fodder to Star in 1980s Hong Kong

Upcoming works: Fragrant Harbor Queen (Hong Kong TV Universe); Becoming Princess Anle's Older Sister

Su Qing transmigrates to Hong Kong in the early 1980s and is shocked to discover that she has landed in a Hong Kong entertainment novel, as a cannon-fodder female character who dies early.

As if that weren't enough, the original heroine seems to have been reborn.

What should she do? Stay away from the heroine to stay safe, of course!

But would it be a waste to let her golden finger, the ability to imitate and recreate acting performances, go unused?

Oh, well. To make a living, she bravely ventures into the entertainment industry, fights her way through its glamorous crowd, and becomes a legendary Hong Kong film queen.

Years later, in an interview, she answers honestly: "Why did I become an actress? Of course it was to make money! I really do love acting, but back then, I just wanted to stay alive!"

When she first arrives in Hong Kong, she's a mainland girl from the north, looked down on and treated with contempt.

When she first enters the industry, she's "a fake goody-goody who puts on airs."

When she gets her first role, she's a scheming woman who "traded favors for opportunities."

When she starts dating, she's "a modern-day Daji who used black magic to seduce a heartthrob."

When she breaks up, she's "a vicious woman who used the heartthrob and then dumped him without mercy."

When she wins an award, she's "a vixen playing herself, unworthy of the award."

When she becomes famous and negotiates her salary, she still gets frozen out and exiled...

Her whole life, she is at the center of controversy.

She's suffered, been exhausted, cried, and laughed.

She's been famous, fallen from grace, and trapped in desperate situations.

She struggles her way out of adversity. She has no time to care about rumors.

Years later, when she holds another trophy, she finally laughs and says, "The award is in my hands. I don't care what anyone else says! If you have a problem, say it to my face, and I'll still give you some respect!"

Half entertainment-industry story set in Hong Kong! Lots of fictional details. Don't ask who the characters are based on; the answer is nobody.

The focus is on her career, and the heroine has several relationships. Please skip this if that's not for you.

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Fragrant Harbor Queen (Hong Kong TV Universe)

When she first arrives in Hong Kong in the 1950s,

Lin Yining is just a penniless girl from Haicheng, alone in the world.

She knows nothing about her parents or her own identity.

To survive, she polishes shoes, delivers newspapers, sells flowers, and picks up cigarette butts outside the Lichi Ballroom.

Little by little, she makes it to adulthood.

Someone tells her: "It's a pity you're not a man! If you were a man and wanted to make something of yourself, you could use your brains and become a compradore, or your fists and become a constable. Failing that, join a gang and you'd still have enough to eat and drink.

Still, it's lucky you're a woman. It doesn't matter if you're as thin as a washboard, as long as you've got a pretty face, you can sell it!

Thank me. If you can latch onto a big shot, you'll be set for life..."

"Clang!"

Lin Yining brings the cleaver in her hand down hard, burying its blade three inches into the chopping block.

"I've got more than fists. I've got a cleaver, too!"

This is a chaotic, lawless era.

This is a world where black and white are hard to distinguish.

This is a society that favors foreigners and looks down on Chinese people.

It's heaven for some, and hell for others.

And Lin Yining is fighting her way out of hell...

Hong Kong in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, with a crossover of film and television works and an alternate-history setting.

Becoming Princess Anle's Older Sister

She transmigrates to the prosperous Tang dynasty and becomes Yongtai, a princess and daughter of Emperor Zhongzong.

What's the use of a noble status? She's still a cannon-fodder character who dies young!

What's the use of being posthumously honored, with her tomb called a mausoleum and treatment fit for an emperor?

She's still dead!

Li Xianhui is furious! How did she end up with a whole family of people determined to get themselves killed?

Her father, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, is both foolish and reckless. He keeps deposing and reinstating people without learning his lesson. If he doesn't die, who will?

Her mother, Empress Wei, is both greedy and reckless. She lacks the ability, yet still wants to imitate her mother-in-law and seize the throne. If she doesn't die, who will?

Her eldest brother is foolish and reckless. Doesn't he know the walls have ears? Doesn't he know not to whisper where people can hear? If he doesn't die, who will?

Her twin younger sister, Anle, is vicious and reckless. Even Aunt Taiping hasn't gotten her hands on the title of Crown Princess. What makes Anle think she can? If she doesn't die, who will?

Poor little cannon-fodder Li Xianhui was born on the road to exile and grew up in confinement. Just when she finally makes it back to the capital, she's forced to become a pawn in a political marriage. Before she's even grown up, her husband dies, her child dies, and then she dies, too.

Who would want to live just to suffer and endure hardship?

She closes her eyes and opens them. She hasn't disappeared. She closes them again and opens them once more, only to find herself still a baby in Empress Wei's arms.

The miserable little girl closes her eyes and says nothing, becoming a withdrawn porcelain doll.

Three years pass in a flash. Her twin sister Anle is running wild everywhere, while she is still being carried around by a maid.

She's frail and withdrawn, and can't even speak. Why hasn't that foolish, reckless family given up on her?

Her father is foolish, but he loves his daughters!

Her mother is greedy, but she loves her daughters!

Her brother is dim-witted, but he loves his little sisters!

Her sister is vicious, but she loves her big sister!

They're all close family, and every one of them dotes on her. She'd cry if any of them died.

What should she do? Should she cling to her idol, Wu Zetian, and cry, "Dear Grandmother, please spare me!"

Theme: Struggle against adversity and fight for life when death is near. Even a cannon-fodder character can become a film queen!