The Hong Kong government also issued a brief Illustrator Artwork statement expressing regret over Ni death, describing his novels as popular among Hong Kong readers, and despite his death, "people who liked his works will still miss him." Hong Kong media quoted Pan , editor-in-chief of Ming Pao Monthly, who often visited Ni in his later years, as saying that Ni works had far-reaching influence, describing him as "there is no one in Hong Kong before, and there is no successor".

Another Hong Kong writer, Tao, described him as a "very rare genius", praising him for his transparent and accurate observation of the world, and "the most sober person in the Chinese world in the world". In 1983, when China and Britain were negotiating on the future of Hong Kong, Ni began to publish a serialized novel "Chasing the Dragon" in the newspapers. Photo Credit: Reuters/BBC NEWS In 1983, when China and Britain were negotiating on the future of Hong Kong, Ni began to publish a serialized novel "Chasing the Dragon" in the newspapers. Ni "Utopian Ideal" Ni was born into an intellectual family in Shanghai.

At the age of 16, he enrolled in the East China People's Revolutionary University in pursuit of his "Utopian ideal" and was trained as a police officer. At the age of 20, he was transferred to Inner Mongolia to manage prisoners on a labor camp. During this period, he had grievances with other soldiers because of his behaviors such as raising wolf dogs and laughing at criticism meetings. Later, due to the shortage of coal supply for the army, he dismantled the wood on a bridge to make a fire by himself, and was convicted of "disrupting traffic". He was even accused of being a "counter-revolutionary". investigation. While waiting for the trial, a friend tipped him off that he might be sentenced to a long prison term and advised him