The Boss of Hong Kong Island

After reading ten chapters, this book is destined to flop! Here's why. I have absolutely no idea what the protagonist is doing; it's all convoluted and roundabout, trying to narrate a single event with too many interludes. When you write the main plot, you include all the intricate details and side stories, making it verbose and lacking in conciseness. Neither Chinese nor Cantonese, it's tiring to watch.

I've read countless novels about reincarnation in the West, and nobody writes them in English, right? Why does this one switch to nonsensical Cantonese after just a few paragraphs? If this is a Cantonese-specific version, please at least indicate that! 😓😓😓😓

Should I take in this foreign girl...?

Qingxia, in her twenties

What I dislike most about this novel is that the female lead, played by Brigitte Lin, has a double chin and is two-timing. She can't even handle being a mistress properly, and in the end, she still ends up finding an honest man to take her place.

Does Li Wanhua have one?

I've only read a few chapters, so here are my brief comments. With the same word count, some books have too much setup in the beginning, while others have too little. This book is the latter. A few sentences establish the background, then it says it needs to earn money for food, sees a newspaper on the table, thinks it's a good idea, and immediately goes out.

I've read 60 chapters. I don't know how it goes later, but at least the beginning was good. The methods and dialogue are quite good, there are no bad points, and it's not awkward. The driving skills are good, but they're not shown much. Whether Brigitte Lin is the real female lead is still unknown, but I hope it's just talk. Brigitte Lin is probably quite famous by now, right?

The beginning was alright; it was one thing if your first pot of gold was a bit shady. But the rest of the story is just about using financial tricks to swindle money, which is boring. Using unorthodox methods as conventional ones is pointless, and having a clear answer makes it even worse.

He even took on Brigitte Lin in 1976, after she'd already been with three different men. What a lecherous genius!