Reborn as a Young Reporter for a Hong Kong Tycoon in the 1990s

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Blurb:

In the 1990s, competition among Hong Kong newspapers was fierce. The Ye family's Times was on the verge of bankruptcy, and it desperately needed a big scoop to boost sales and keep from closing down.

Ye Zhenzhen is bound to the News Truth System and is reborn at the most critical moment. She gets back on her feet and takes charge of the newspaper.

On the first day, the Times runs this headline on its front page: “Shocking! Miss Zhen marries her younger sister's fiancé for love. Is this wealthy-family drama a case of moral collapse, or is there more to it?”

Times sales soar, and the paper sells out across Hong Kong.

The next day, another explosive front-page headline: “Breaking! Rising police star who cracked a string of baffling cases falls into a coma. Who is the mastermind behind it all? The truth is about to come out!”

A real-estate tycoon swears he'll buy the Times. But after the senior lawyer sent to negotiate meets Ye Zhenzhen, he changes his mind and speaks up for her instead.

The Times turns its losses into profits, and its advertising slots sell like hotcakes.

People wait to see when Ye Zhenzhen will go bankrupt and fall on hard times for reporting too many truths and offending too many powerful interests.

They wait and wait. Ye Zhenzhen keeps exposing the truth, the Times becomes Hong Kong's bestselling newspaper, and she rises to stardom in the news business.

But the lawyers, detectives, and other high-flyers she's worked with are starting to look at her differently. Their relationships have long since moved beyond pure professional partnership.

Thankfully, Zhou Jingnian is the most normal of them all. Ye Zhenzhen enjoys working with him the most, so she asks, “Officer Zhou, is our relationship really nothing more than a purely professional one?”

Zhou Jingnian: “You want a scoop, I want to solve cases. It couldn't be more professional.”

Later, Ye Zhenzhen kicks him out of bed. “Zhou Jingnian, what happened to keeping things professional?”

Zhou Jingnian pulls her down with him and answers through his actions.

Zhou Jingnian joins the police to avenge his adoptive parents. After an accident, he discovers that Ye Zhenzhen sneaked into his hospital room to pose as his bride, hoping the wedding would help her solve a case.

He quietly protects her secret, waiting for her to make a name for herself and fulfill her dreams. But as time passes, more and more rivals appear, and the wait makes him anxious.

Later, at the wedding of the rising star of the news world and the rising star of the police force, a reporter asks Zhou Jingnian how he beat all the competition. He smiles faintly. “The last one standing wins.”

Blurb for "Raising Kids by Agreement in a Reconstituted Family in the 1960s":

In 1967, Jiang Yin is widowed just after turning nineteen. With two children in tow, she passes Zhou Chengfeng without a word. That same day, Zhou Chengfeng has just divorced. Injured in the line of duty and left with a bad leg, he has no idea how he'll manage with his two children.

Jiang Yin uses her medical skills to raise her two children. After being framed and imprisoned for several months, she comes out to find one child dead from illness, and she herself is worn down by sickness. Later, she returns to the city to work as a doctor. Through an introduction, she remarries Zhou Chengfeng, who has two children of his own.

They've both been through plenty of hardship, so they understand each other and make a life together. Zhou Chengfeng gives her several good years with all the strength he has.

All three children are talented, yet fate insists on putting them through trials. The eldest is clever and studious, and gets into Qing University, only for someone to change his application. While repeating his final year, he is stabbed and seriously injured.

The third and fourth children are bright and quick-witted. Just as the Reform and Opening Up begins, they make a lot of money, but are singled out as examples and imprisoned for several years.

By the time they're released, the restrictions have been lifted and doing business is allowed. But the third and fourth children have lost their drive. The second child is an even greater sorrow for Jiang Yin: during the months she was imprisoned, he died of illness and hunger.

A few years later, as Jiang Yin lies dying, she sighs to Zhou Chengfeng, “If only I'd known that the college entrance exams would be reinstated in 1977 and doing business would be allowed in 1979. We should have eaten and drunk well for those ten years and raised the children properly.”

When Jiang Yin opens her eyes, she's back in 1967. Her body is healthy, and Zhou Chengfeng has just gotten divorced and hasn't injured his leg yet. Jiang Yin won't wait this time. She won't waste ten years missing him after all those twists and turns. She'll marry Zhou Chengfeng now and raise all four children well.

Theme: Be self-reliant and independent, respect and care for one another, and build a future together.