Chapter 170: The Kitchen

Once a movie becomes popular, the reviews that follow will always be polarized.

Su Yun sat on the sofa, looking at the recent feedback with interest: there were film critics who very rationally praised the novel subject matter and interesting story, and there were also fanboys who praised the movie in various ways, saying that the movie was super good, which made Su Yun feel proud.

Of course, the most indispensable ones are those nitpickers who came out of nowhere, smearing the image of our mainland compatriots, praising the mainland too much and belittling Hong Kong, and saying that Mary Sue was too fanciful and made up stories... Anyway, they are all masters of finding faults, and there is nothing they can't find fault with.

Sometimes, those carefully thought-out and lengthy criticisms actually make Su Yun more interested in reading. After all, verbal battles are always more interesting than flattery…

However, Su Yun looked at it and did not intend to "patiently learn and humbly correct" : This is how the world is. As long as you make something, even if it is almost flawless, there will still be people who will argue with you because of "dislike", "dislike", "different tastes" and other reasons.

Instead of spending time caring about these orphans, it is better to continue to jump in front of them with an attitude of "I know you are unhappy with me but I am doing everything the same and still making a lot of money". This is the real winner's approach.

Besides, 20 years later, if the ending of this "Song of Youth" is really as good as the one in 1999 when the Shenchuan was launched into space, the motherland will help her give these nitpickers a slap in the face.

It is a good idea to think this way. With the knowledge and experience of later generations, she can completely launch a realistic science fiction prediction of the future with extremely reasonable and logically self-consistent settings based on current technology, and become the second Jules Verne-style prophet.

Making science fiction films is really expensive, so you have to do a lot of preparation in the early stages of the project.

Moreover, not to mention other industries, in the film and television industry, she still has to work hard on the two giants, the various sequels of "Star Wars" and "Blade Runner". The time she can squeeze out now is probably to shoot some small and medium-cost movies with short shooting processes, as well as various guest appearances, variety shows and behind-the-scenes work.

When Su Yun was thinking about future plans, Fang Mona pushed the door and walked in with Zhao Qiming.

"Have you finished reading it? How do you feel about it?" Fang Mona asked softly when she saw Su Yun sitting on the sofa and reading the document she gave her.

"What they wrote is quite interesting." Su Yun put down the document and greeted the two people.

Seeing how calm Su Yun was in the face of polarized comments, Fang Mona smiled and sat down at her desk: "If you think so, then I feel relieved."

He is indeed the man she had fallen in love with since she was a child. Even after going through so many things and returning to Hong Kong, he still has a calmness that is not in line with his age.

"Many of those newspapers and magazines are paid to write nonsense. Many people like your movies, and the box office has been soaring." Zhao Liming, who is in charge of the film business, handed another document to Su Yun, "If nothing unexpected happens, it will be in the top three of the annual box office or even the annual champion of a single film. This kind of subject matter can get such a good reputation and box office, which is enough to prove that you are still sharp."

"Don't say that. Although I have a lot of experience, I debuted early - according to Hong Kong regulations, I'm not even an adult yet!" Shocked by Zhao Qiming's words that he is still as skilled as ever, Su Yun quickly waved her hand.

"Sorry, I was so happy that I blurted out..." Zhao Qiming quickly apologized and then explained, "Since I took over Zhao's Film Company, this is the first time that a single movie has achieved such good results!"

Speaking of this, not only Fang Mona, but even Su Yun couldn't help but look at him speechlessly.

Brother, aren't you implicitly mocking the fact that the films produced by Zhao in previous years have always been suppressed by other film companies?

Fortunately, he is the crown prince, otherwise, based on this statement, he would at least receive the rumored "Warning Letter".

"Okay, Liming, you should assign more people to work on the affairs of "Song of Youth", including increasing publicity efforts and controlling movie reviews. Also, ask the theaters to increase the number of screenings and schedules, etc. You go first, Mary and I have something to discuss." Fang Mona knew that although this child's personality was not as smooth as a businessman, his business ability was still good, so she quickly spoke up to send Zhao Liming away.

"Okay, no problem. I promise that by tomorrow night at the latest, all the popular places like Yau Tsim Mong will be covered with promotional posters of our company's movie!" Zhao Liming responded and left in a hurry.

Seeing Su Yun looking at Zhao Qiming's back in deep thought, Fang Mona smiled and said, "He originally had no ambition to do this, but the family business must be managed by someone of his own."

"I understand." Su Yun nodded: she still vividly remembered the time when she sent the kidnapped younger brother of the Zhao family back to the Zhao family and took the reward for stealing the house and was about to leave, and she encountered the four children of the Zhao family.

When she mentioned that she wanted to buy a house, Zhao Liming's eyes lit up, and he even gave her many suggestions. Unfortunately, fate played a trick on him.

"Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. Let's talk about your next plans." Fang Mona handed over a form on the table. "You can go on Happy Tonight if you have time. You must go on the first episode of Cooking Husband. As for the others... This year's Miss Hong Kong competition is almost over. Are you interested in being a judge?"

"I'll be a judge? Are you sure?" Sixteen-year-old judges and Miss Hong Kong contestants over seventeen and under twenty-five... it's really quite interesting when you think about it.

"You are fully qualified to be a judge with your qualifications. How can age be a problem?" Fang Mona raised her eyebrows. "You are the only female artist in Hong Kong who can win an Oscar or a Palme d'Or. If not you, who else can?"

"In the new 1980s, we also need something new and exciting that is international in scope. The Miss Hong Kong finals is the most popular summer program in Taiwan. It is very helpful for you to gain popularity and make this event more exciting."

"Besides, all the judges of the Miss Hong Kong pageant are well-known and wealthy people in the society. If you get to know more people like them, it will be much easier for you to do anything in the future."

"Okay, since you said so, I have no problem." Confirming that Fang Mona really wanted to help her, Su Yun thought about it and agreed.

"Are you sure you can arrange it? If you are too busy, you can actually transfer some of your capable people back to Hong Kong to help you." Fang Mona asked tentatively.

"For now, it's okay." The only person she has who is more related to the entertainment industry is Zhao Liying, who is still helping her manage business in Japan. However, this talent is in charge of Japan's cooperation channels and part of the business of Matsuda Seiko, Nakamori Akina, Hayashi Yoshiki and others. He is also in charge of many things at Nintendo. If Zhao Liying is transferred back from Japan, not to mention that there may be some trouble in negotiations with Zhao's side, most of the business in Japan will have problems first.

Therefore, Su Yun, who thought it was not yet appropriate for Zhao Liying to return to Hong Kong to work, rejected Fang Mona's proposal very neatly.

Fang Mona didn't think that the Zhao family's goal would be achieved all at once, so she just nodded calmly, and then handed the planning and arrangement of the first episode of "The Great Kitchen Man" to Su Yun, and asked her to check whether the set-up studio was satisfactory.

After walking out of Fang Mona's office with the plan, Su Yun took a detour and then came to the studio where the "Cooking Husband" program was about to be filmed.

She looked up and saw - my goodness, it has been so many years since she first came to Broadway TV City, and the studio still has no roof!

Oh, forget it. Even the stage of TBB's own anniversary show is basically open-air and without a roof, so we can't ask for too much: anyway, when filming, we rarely shoot at a height higher than the top of the head.

A three or four meter long board wall can basically meet the needs of shooting programs.

"Tomato group, pineapple group, banana group..." Su Yun checked the stoves in each open kitchen one by one, and then checked the board walls and simple floor tiles. After checking everything, she ticked each box on the plan form.

Everything was ready, and soon, the first episode of "How to Cook" was officially aired on July 28th. Most Hong Kong people are quite superstitious, so this day was chosen for its auspicious meaning of "prosperity".

Damei and Xiaomei had no shows scheduled today, so they stayed at Su's house to watch the show with Grandma Su.

"It's started!" Mei Yanshuang shouted.

At the beginning, the two veteran hosts Shen Dingxia, nicknamed Fat Sister, and Zheng Yuting, nicknamed DoDo, came on stage with the new host Zhong Bu Luo. After a few witty opening remarks, the two sisters began to "tease" Zhong Bu Luo, the newcomer.

"Paul, I heard that three groups of people will come up to cook for us tonight, and they are all well-known handsome guys. As the saying goes, 'A gentleman stays away from the kitchen.' What do you think?"

"In my opinion, men nowadays need to be able to not only be good at cooking but also good at cooking."

"Wow, you are such a young boy and you have such unique insights?"

"Of course, nowadays more and more girls are working women, so they have fewer and fewer opportunities to enter the kitchen. If we boys can't cook, how can we go out to eat every day? Where can we get so much money?"

"Okay, okay, you are so far-sighted..."

"Without further delay, let me first introduce our two guests and master tonight - the recently popular lead singer of the Wynners: Alan Tam, Tan Yunlun!"

"And another actress who left us for a while but has returned in force - Mary Sue!"

"There is also our abalone boss, Chef Yeung Kwun-teh, who is famous in Hong Kong for his 'Ah Tak Abalone'!"

"Wait! Movie queen-level team - does this mean that the food we are going to eat later will require acting skills to be able to eat it?" Tan Yunlun is used to being able to connect with the gags, and he made many audience members laugh as soon as he came on stage.

"No, you see, Master Yang is here, so there must be fresh seafood tonight." Su Yun, who had tricked him here, responded without blinking an eye.

After taking a look at Chef Yang, who was famous for cooking abalone, Tan Yunlun stroked his chin and thought for a while, then nodded and gave up the intention to run away.

"Okay, now that the guests and masters are here, let's welcome our three groups of contestants tonight—"

"Banana Team - There are our favorite heroes, 'Chu Liuxiang' Zheng Zhaoqiu and 'Lu Xiaofeng' Liu Chongyin!"

"Pineapple Team - Our two most popular Shanghai Beach tycoons this year, Zhou Yuanfa and Lu Qiangwei!"

"Tomato Group - Hey, you and my old friend remembered, let us welcome two young handsome guys Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong!"

Tan Yunlun, who thinks he has a high tolerance for food but also knows the cooking skills of his two friends very well, said: Now that I know who the last two are, is it too late to run now?

But before he could make another move, Su Yun had already displayed the attitude of a boss who dominated the entire school and stopped him: No, you don't want to.