Chapter 107: Gathering of Stars (Part 1)

"How is it?" As soon as Chen Boyang came out, Tan Yunlun and Zhong Zhentu surrounded him and asked with concern.

"There are many very talented contestants this time. I can only say that I have tried my best." Chen Baiyang breathed a sigh of relief: Especially the boy No. 12, he looks very energetic and cheerful, and his acting is natural and relaxed, which is much better than his own stiff acting skills.

Coincidentally, when Zhang Querong returned and faced his sixth sister's concerned questions, he gave similar answers.

Influenced by the Japanese music scene these days, Hong Kong's pop songs tend to feature brighter male voices, but his own voice is deeper, more suitable for mid- and low-pitched notes. He is not very good at singing high notes without training.

Unfortunately, there is a peer among the contestants who dresses like a rich young man. You can tell from his appearance that he was spoiled at home. Not only is he talented, but he has also studied music professionally. As soon as he opens his mouth, his clear and bright voice is extremely eye-catching.

While these two young people, both under the age of 20, were immersed in their own worries, Su Yun, who was still in the interview, glanced at the registration form in her hand and looked up at the little girl in front of her.

The round, chubby face has a short, pointed chin, and does not have the standard proportions of three parts and five eyes, but it cleverly creates a sweet, cute and lively look.

"Qiu Yuzhen from Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, her nickname is Doudou, right?" Su Yun looked at the little girl's face that had not yet fully grown. In her heart, she couldn't help but associate the little girl in front of her with the goddess-like figure in her memory who perfectly combined cuteness and sexiness.

"It's not two 'dou', the word behind it is 'dou'." Qiu Yuzhen corrected Su Yun's slip of the tongue seriously, looking very cute, "There are too many girls named 'doudou', I have to be a little special."

"OK, Doudou, please read the lines in your hand in English." Su Yun waved her hands and began to test her spoken English.

Qiu Yuzhen nodded, took a deep breath, then looked at the small piece of paper in his hand. After confirming that the words on it were relatively simple, he read them out fluently.

"Very good, you go out first, we will inform you when there is a result." Su Yun said.

Qiu Yuzhen nodded again, stood up and walked out: Looking at Su Yun, she should, probably, probably be very satisfied, right? In the past, people said that she looked like Sayuri Yoshinaga and Yumi Takigawa from Japan, but now that Su Yun is in Hong Kong, everyone has changed their tune and said that she is somewhat similar to Su Yun... In addition, her own Zhide Public School pays great attention to English teaching, and she has also been a representative for English recitation, so her image and oral English should be acceptable, right?

Unlike Qiu Yuzhen, who was feeling uneasy, after watching her leave, Xu Gujie looked at Su Yun with satisfaction: "What do you think?"

"Very good, she is the one I am most satisfied with among this batch of interviewees." Su Yun replied with a smile, "And her spoken English is basically passable, and she is quite good at expressing herself, which fits the feeling of the young 'Julie' in the movie very well."

After choosing her own childhood image, Su Yun began to look for the childhood images of Chen Boyang and Zhang Querong with reference to their images.

The young actors who played the childhood images of the two pairs of twin brothers only needed to serve as background panels when the young female lead was climbing a tree, so they didn't even need to know English. The most important thing was that they had to look similar to the two actors who played the teenage images.

It was easy to find the actor who played the role of Chen Baiyang. It was none other than Liang Shaowei, the actor who later became a movie emperor, whom she had known before. The two of them had a similar natural melancholy aura and even looked like good boys. At first glance, they looked like brothers.

However, it is difficult to find a child actor who can play the role of Zhang Querong. Su Yun, who has an extraordinary memory of later generations, actually knows that a member of the Taiwanese Little Tigers team known as "Little Handsome Tiger" is recognized to look like him, but that Little Handsome Tiger was born in 1971 and is only 5 years old now. He is younger than Qiu Yuzhen, who was born in 1968, and he certainly cannot play the image of the young brother of the heroine who will appear at the same time as the young heroine.

So after many twists and turns, Su Yun finally got an interview in the Causeway Bay area, where she met a more suitable candidate: Kwok Chun Hong, who would go on to win the Best Actor award several times for his role as A Wang in "The Foolish Husband" and in TV series such as "The Conspirator".

It was also after meeting him that Su Yun remembered that the person who looked most like Zhang Querong was actually Guo Junkang, who was from the same place as the original. Unlike the domestic entertainment industry which is used to calling newcomers "Little So-and-so", Hong Kong prefers to use titles such as "copy of So-and-so" to introduce newcomers who look like superstars, so Guo Junkang has really been called "copy of Zhang Querong", "Zhang Querong's cousin" and "Zhang Querong's successor", and there were even acquaintances at the time who mistook them for each other, which shows that they really look alike and have spirits alike.

Moreover, compared to Liang Shaowei who was born in 1962, Guo Junkang who was born in 1964 is only a few centimeters shorter than him - this height difference can be completely covered up by some shooting techniques. The main reason why Su Yun chose him, in addition to the fact that he does look like Zhang Querong now, is that his future acting skills and status will also qualify him to stand next to Liang Shaowei.

Very good, their teenage images are two superstars of the 80s, and their childhood images are one a movie king and the other a TV king. These twin brothers are both heavyweight actors.

Of course, the parents' generation should not be underestimated: not to mention the first-generation singing god Xu Gujie who played the father, the actress who played the mother was Xiao Fenfen, who was invited by Su Yun through Zou Yunhua's connections.

Speaking of which, like Su Yun, Xiao Fenfen started out as a child star and then successfully transformed into an actress with outstanding acting skills. In the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1960s, she was a top actress of the Cantonese film era, on par with Chan Pao-Sze. It was not until the early 1970s that she retired from the screen and went to study in the United States.

After returning to Hong Kong after obtaining a bachelor's degree in mass communications in the United States, Xiao Fenfen not only made a series of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, but also founded a B&B Film Company. Her first film was the film "Jumping Ashes", which she wrote, directed and starred in. The box office of nearly 4 million was considered the dark horse of the year in Hong Kong, and the film is also recognized by the industry as the originator and pioneer of Hong Kong's new wave of films.

If it weren't for the miracle of Marilyn Sue who broke records and became famous in the international market and became a unique Chinese female star, Xiao Fenfen's performance would definitely be that of a runner-up with a chance of winning the championship.

After finishing the casting issues for “her own people”, Su Yun flew to the United States without stopping shortly after the Chinese New Year to start preparations for the casting on the other side.

This new drama focuses on the story of two young boys and girls and their families, the times and schools they live in. Therefore, in addition to the family of the heroine prepared by Su Yun, the casting of the hero's family and school is also very important.

"Me?! The leading actor?!" Tom almost fell to the ground in shock when he heard the news brought by Su Yun.

Of course, not only him, but also Tom's whole family were stunned by Su Yun's high-ranking invitation.

"Isn't Tom a little young now..." Tom's parents hesitated.

"Not young anymore, just the right age, middle school students, this is a story about puppy love between a boy and a girl." Su Yun turned to look at Tom, "You look like this, do you not have the confidence to play the leading role, or... you don't like me?"

"Of course I like you! But not in the sense of 'like' in the sense of 'love'!" Tom was almost incoherent, his face bright red, "It's just... it was too sudden."

"This is indeed a bit sudden, but I remember I once said that I would give you the role of the male lead so that you can prepare well, right?" Su Yun leaned over.

Thinking back to the night when he thought Su Yun might never come back after returning to Hong Kong, and then he stole her wallet and made a ridiculous appointment, Tom's face turned even redder: "But, the people you approached me for before were always some passing supporting roles..."

"Those were just invitations for you to make cameo appearances. We were all young back then, so of course we could only find minor roles. But that's not the case now—" Su Yun looked at him with satisfaction as he began to look a bit like the handsome boy that everyone would adore, and began to back off and advance, "Of course, if you really don't want to take part, I can also choose another male lead who is of the right age and appearance..."

"Can you give us some time to think about it?" Tom's stepfather Seth is the person who supports his acting career the most. He knows that the opportunity brought by Su Yun is hard-won, so he immediately interrupted.

"Of course you can. I will hold an audition in New York soon and choose young actors of about this age..." Su Yun glanced at Tom who was still hesitating, "If Tom can participate, I will give him priority. But if he doesn't plan to participate, then the lucky guy who can play the leading role will be born among those boys who participated."

"Because playing the leading male role means I can't join the crew in the summer vacation like other minor roles. Instead, I have to take a long vacation or apply for leave of absence from school to join the crew in March. This is indeed a difficult decision. I understand that you need time to consider this." Su Yun added.

After giving Tom's family such a rare opportunity and a difficult decision, Su Yun hurried back to the hotel in New York, and with the help of Ovitz and his partners, she came to the office where the application letter was placed.

Young actors have always been hard to find, so in addition to asking the Actors Guild to send a group of candidates, Su Yun plans to follow the same approach as the Little Star Summer Camp auditions back then, selecting a group of young stars who are still very cheap now... or perhaps even cheaper than the price of weeds.

All you need to do is send a brief self-introduction and a headshot and a full-body photo to the CAA office, which currently has a rather shabby image. Then you will have the opportunity to enter the "Star of Tomorrow" summer camp organized by Su Yun and participate in a movie production this summer. The round-trip travel expenses and two weeks of living expenses will be covered by the crew. Once such tempting conditions were announced, many people who met the age requirements or families with children who met the age requirements were attracted by it.

Although Su Yun’s last movie could be considered a loss, her new film, whose plot is still unknown, is filled with a bunch of dazzling stars: from classic myths such as Gregory Peck and Elizabeth Taylor, who have already established their deity status, to popular pillars such as Alain Delon and Robert De Niro, to future newcomers such as Bern Anderson and Isabelle Adjani…

Such a big investment is used to create an unparalleled star-studded event, so CAA has now received a mountain of application letters, which are taller than Su Yun's current size...

However, the most urgent thing for Su Yun now is not to find future stars from the pile of application letters, but to prepare with Ovitz for an interview with a famous teenage model and a second-generation star: one of them is called Brooke Shields and the other is called Robert Downey Jr.