msmithbooks Chapter 1: Soul Travels to 1978, A New Chapter in Life
Chapter 1: Soul Travels to 1978, A New Chapter in Life
1978 October.
The temperature in Hong Kong in August is still hot.
On the bustling streets of Central, Hong Kong Island, you can see stylish and glamorous urban women everywhere.
As these beautiful and tempting sights passed by, the young and vigorous men, as well as those who had been single for many years, stared at them with eyes full of longing and possessiveness.
Their lecherous eyes darted up and down as the beautiful woman moved, her allure causing ripples in her movements.
Hong Kong at 78 has already achieved the prosperity of an international metropolis. The streets are bustling with traffic, and upon closer inspection, one can see many expensive cars among them. Skyscrapers stand tall on both sides, like a dream built in the clouds. Many well-dressed and suited elites hurry by on the streets.
All of this demonstrates Hong Kong's prosperity.
Villa No. 51, Repulse Bay.
Li House.
From the rooftop, Lijiagang quietly overlooks this place that everyone in the city wants to squeeze into and live here.
He himself didn't know what he was feeling at that moment; it was just a mess.
Just a week ago, he was a senior mechatronics engineer professor at a prestigious university in 2025, respected by students and recognized by people from all walks of life.
Who knew that after working overtime for two days and two nights straight to develop a new project, he woke up to find himself in 1978.
Having been in this era for a week, Li Jiagang was in a daze, completely unable to understand what was going on.
The word "time travel" was too far-fetched for him.
He even kept treating it as a dream.
"Young Master, it's time for us to leave."
An elderly man with white hair walked onto the rooftop and spoke to Li Jiagang with a weathered expression.
He transmigrated into the body of a young man also named Li Jiagang. He was 23 years old this year and his family was originally quite wealthy. His father ran several home appliance processing plants and had more than a dozen appliance sales stores in the city. He had always lived a carefree life.
Unfortunately, the original owner was a good-for-nothing playboy who spent his days either hanging out with this person or calling someone his brother, indulging in nightly revelry and never returning home.
"Uncle Fu, am I really still alive?"
Li Jiagang asks this question almost every day.
Butler Fu Bo assumed that Li Jiagang was unable to accept this reality and was too deeply affected, which was why he kept asking this question.
Uncle Fu always answered patiently.
"Young Master... please accept my condolences."
"Why!!!"
Uncle Fu sighed with regret.
Misfortune never comes singly.
It was bad enough that Li Jiagang had traveled to this era, but when he first arrived, his family was facing bankruptcy.
The reason was that the factory run by the original owner's parents received a huge order from overseas. They then mortgaged all the family assets and borrowed a huge amount of money from the bank to purchase various raw materials and parts to prepare for the production of the large order.
But fate is unpredictable, and whether it was someone deliberately sabotaging the Li family, the overseas order fell through. Naturally, the original owner's parents couldn't repay the huge loan from the bank, and now the bank has no choice but to liquidate the Li family's factories, stores, villas, and other assets to settle the debt.
As soon as the news spread, the cargo owners, partners, and workers came to demand payment.
Faced with the blow of being cheated and the demands for repayment from all sides, the original owner's parents were driven to the brink of despair. Unable to bear the pressure, they both suffered from heart failure and died soon after.
When Li Jiagang first transmigrated, it was right when the original owner's parents died. In fact, the original owner was scared to death at that time. It was just that his soul transmigrated and took over the original owner's body.
"Uncle Fu, I'm fine. I just can't believe what's going on."
"If we leave here, where are we going?"
"Is there anywhere else to stay?"
Li Jiagang asked in a deep voice.
That's still his biggest worry.
As a transmigrator, he had no feelings for the original owner's parents after their death, so he didn't feel much sadness.
Even the bankruptcy of the original owner's family did not have much impact on him.
He was depressed because of his time travel.
But after a week of confirmation, he has determined that this is not a dream, but a real time travel.
He didn't want to become homeless and a beggar on the streets as soon as he arrived.
Although he took over the original owner's body and inherited the original owner's memories, the original owner was an absolute playboy who knew nothing but eating, drinking, and having fun.
He had absolutely no idea how many factories, assets, or properties his family owned.
The worst of the worst.
That's why he asked that question now.
"Young master, please rest assured. Before his death, the master and your uncle had a joint venture electrical appliance company. This company was not under the master's name, so it was not seized or liquidated by the bank and still has some assets."
In addition, when the old master was still alive, your father, eldest uncle, and youngest aunt each built a three-story tenement building on the ancestral land in Sham Shui Po.
Although the tenement building is under your uncle's name, given our current situation, young master, you could discuss with your uncle and aunt about moving there temporarily.
Hearing Uncle Fu's words, Li Jiagang finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least he had a roof over his head.
As for the eldest uncle and youngest aunt mentioned by Uncle Fu, Li Jiagang also remembered these two people from the original owner's memories.
but…….
Because the original owner was too useless, his uncle, aunt, cousins and siblings all felt disappointed in him.
The relationship is very distant.
In my memory.
He hasn't seen these relatives for a year or two since his grandfather passed away.
He didn't even attend the Spring Festival family gatherings, so his feelings for these relatives were very weak.
His uncle, Li Yongsen.
It is now a well-known overseas electrical appliance distributor in Hong Kong, and also owns its own electrical appliance manufacturing company, electrical appliance and electronics contract manufacturers, assembly plants, etc.
It is also the only luxury car dealer in Hong Kong.
He holds shares in all the sales outlets of luxury cars such as Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW in Hong Kong.
His uncle was a prominent figure in Hong Kong.
Even in 2025, people in Lijiagang had heard of Li Yongsen.
He is destined to become Hong Kong's future electronics tycoon, hotel tycoon, and Hong Kong's only sports car dealer.
As for his aunt...
It is even weaker in the original owner's memories.
All I know is that the relationship was extremely bad; in fact, it could be said that they had almost no contact with the original owner's family. Moreover, his aunt was the kind of person who was petty and liked to take advantage of others.
Because of a business dispute many years ago, his family and his aunt's family had almost no contact. After his grandfather died, they lost all contact and only met once a year for a Spring Festival gathering.
If it weren't for my uncle Li Yongsen, we probably wouldn't have this relationship anymore, and we would never have met.
"Uncle Fu, let's go."
"Okay, young master, take it easy."
As Li Jiagang walked downstairs, he saw that all the valuables in the villa were being cleared out and sealed by court personnel.
There were no major fluctuations in Lijiagang.
In his subconscious, he didn't feel any heartache because these assets were not his.
I got into the car.
The sense of despondency in Lijiagang gradually dissipated.
My mind started wandering as I contemplated my future.
It seems that she has already accepted this new identity.
What can you do if you don't accept it?
No matter how much he tried and struggled throughout the week, he still couldn't leave this place.
Since the matter was already settled, he had no choice but to compromise.
He's not the type to dwell on things; once he accepts the facts, he moves on.
About half an hour later.
The car was parked in front of a commercial building that was about ten stories high on Nathan Road in Kowloon.
The driver was Uncle Fu's eldest son.
Uncle Fu has two sons, both of whom are skilled in martial arts. They both work for the Li family, as does Uncle Fu's wife, who is responsible for cooking and handling daily household affairs.
Uncle Fu had followed his father for a long time. It is said that his father found him on the verge of death when he was out and saved him. From then on, he stayed at his family's house to work.
She then got married and had children.
He's lucky the car he's in is registered in his own name, otherwise he wouldn't even have a car anymore.
After getting off the bus, Li Jiagang looked up at the commercial building, where a large "Hutchison Whampoa Limited" sign hung on the top. Although the building was not very grand, the entire building belonged to his uncle, Li Yongsen, and served as the office space for his various companies.
This "Hutchison Limited" is not "Hutchison International", one of the four major British trading companies.
The two are not on the same level.
Although his uncle was a prominent figure in Hong Kong, his business was far inferior to that of the British-owned Hutchison Whampoa; they were not even on the same level.
"Young Master, let's go."
"Um."
Li Jiagang followed Uncle Fu inside.
This place, let alone the current Lijiagang, was never even once in the life of the original owner.
In Li Jiagang's eyes, the original owner of this body was a good-for-nothing who insisted on courting death. He didn't want to be a proper young master and instead ruined a good hand.
Otherwise, even if his family really went bankrupt, he believed that with his uncle Li Yongsen's personality, he wouldn't let him fall to this point. At the very least, he would support him or take care of his livelihood.