Chapter 209 Gossip

Zhou Yuanfa and Zheng Yuting were notified of the new drama. Although they were a little surprised to hear that the producer of the new drama was Su Yun, they were not too shocked about being selected: one is a popular star who has been popular since the hit "Shanghai Beach", and the other is one of the few ratings guarantees in Taiwan because of her good dramas and good audience appeal. In addition, both of them are friends with Su Yun.

So, it is not surprising at all that after Su Yun got involved in the TV drama business, she chose these two "own people" as the male and female protagonists.

The only surprise is that Su Yun had just made a lot of money in the North American market with a co-production not long ago. She should be very popular now, so why did she suddenly come back to Hong Kong to film a TV series?

Television stations are the places where people talk the most. The news that Su Yun was coming back to film a TV series spread throughout the station in less than half a day.

Some people said that Su Yun had run out of ideas and couldn't stay out any longer to avoid the failure of the next one. Some people said that Su Yun had an agreement with the TV station to exchange resources so he had to come back to fulfill his promise. Some people also said that Su Yun wanted to try a new style but didn't dare to take the risk of filming directly so he wanted to try his hand with a TV series first...

There are also rumors that Su Yun came back this time because of the failure of Liying's "Thousand Sails" plan, which caused Liying to have a broken funding chain like Jiayi did back then. Not only was Liying's shares split and sold off by its parent company at the beginning of the year, but it also directly caused Liying's general manager Huang Xishao and chief producer McDonald, who were the main planners of this plan, to resign... At this critical moment when Liying, its arch-rival, was seriously injured and most of its employees from top to bottom were leaving, TBB planned to take advantage of its current weakness and kill it.

As for why they called back Su Yun, who was far away in New York and the only person under Zhao's company who could earn dollars, the reason was that most of the people at Zhao's film company were actors and staff who played the leading roles, while most of the TV series produced by TBB were targeted at the lower classes, especially the majority of housewives.

So even though Su Yun is now Zhao's most profitable box office guarantee, between the two options of taking the risk of distracting himself to make one or two more movies to make money in the United States and having the opportunity to eliminate his long-time rival, the latter is undoubtedly more profitable.

As long as they can focus their efforts on defeating their long-time rival, TBB, then from then on, TBB will basically be the only dominant TV station in Hong Kong.

Moreover, according to the speed of Hong Kong, if Su Yun comes back to work for the TV station for a while, she might be able to produce two or three TV series and movies. Compared with the United States, a normal movie that goes to theaters takes at least nearly a year to produce. After adding the two together, the money she makes might not be much less.

After hearing what the props maker said, everyone nodded in sudden enlightenment: It seems that this is indeed the most reasonable and well-founded truth.

"Besides, other than the time when we were forced to rush to shoot "Chu Liuxiang" to compete with "The Legend of the Silkworm" due to its popularity, the only time our TV station really lost to GTV was this time of all-out attack..." Although TBB is well-known for being picky and mean in the circle, because the staff of this era are particularly particular about human relationships, many employees in the station are still paid as extras but have the heart of spiritual shareholders.

"Do you still remember the 'Wheel and Wheel' that was cut short before?" The guy who made the props was gossiping with spit flying everywhere.

"Of course I remember." The people who heard the gossip kept nodding their heads: the long-running TV series that had high hopes was successfully sniped by Liying, so that it was cut short after 15 episodes and replaced by a new drama. This major event made everyone who worked overtime to catch up with the progress very busy.

"That Miss Fang is such a vengeful person. Under her management, our TV station has been competing with Liying for so many years and the record of real defeat has not been broken. How could she not be thinking about it and looking for an opportunity to turn the tables and avenge the past shame?" The brother who made the props clicked his tongue. "As for Marisue, she was the one who recruited her back. With Miss Fang's order, Marisue had to return to Hong Kong to help even if she didn't want to come back..."

"So that's how it is..." People kept saying: From the film company to the TV station, the Zhao family has always had the underlying rules of factional culture. Su Yun was recruited by Fang Mona, so naturally she belongs to Fang Mona's faction.

Fang Mona lost the battle of "Turning Rounds" at the beginning, but she was targeted by many old people in Taiwan who disliked her for a long time. Now that she has found an opportunity to fight back, isn't that doing her best?

The group of people gathered together, talking in low voices and laughing loudly, which made Zhang Querong, who had just finished filming and was sitting on the other side of the iron storage cabinet, frown.

If there weren't so many gossipers spreading gossip everywhere, those paparazzi who make up stories based on hearsay wouldn't be able to get so much information.

As one of the male protagonists invited to play in this new play with two male and two female actors, Zhang Querong, who is also a friend of Su Yun, must know more inside information than these gossipers: Su Yun came back this time because she really wanted to try a new style and had an appointment with someone earlier, so she planned this new play.

However, he was not sure whether Fang Mona wanted to use Su Yun to fight back against Li Ying and compete for power with other senior executives.

Never mind. He has plans to play football with his friends soon, so he can’t worry about it - and gossip like this that is irrelevant but plausible can really stir up hype and attention.

Zhang Querong, who had to struggle in the film and television circles because his singing career had not been very smooth, is now much more mature and calm than when he was just trying to flatter the famous and bully others and almost fell into a trap because of his momentary anger.

He now understands the two sides of gossip about people and things. As long as it is not gossip that has a negative impact, he doesn't need to take it too seriously. He probably thinks people like Su Yun, who have been accustomed to the ups and downs of life since childhood, share the same view as him on this point.

Fortunately, Danny was locked up in a small dark room by his agent recently, otherwise if he had heard it, he would definitely be in trouble: unlike myself who has been polished, this guy can produce and sell his own products so he has been quite smooth sailing all the way, and he still retains the sharpness he had when he first entered the circle, he speaks his mind and says whatever he thinks.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen him for a while. I heard that he is preparing for his solo concert and new album at the end of the year. Not only does his agent lock him up in a small dark room, he himself also often locks himself in a small dark room to pursue inspiration and compose music. This time, a group of old friends sent him invitations, and he finally decided to show up.

Of course, Su Yun returned to Hong Kong a few days ago, which might be one of the reasons - this bastard has always valued women over friends!

On the big court, facing Zhang Querong's "accusations", Chen Boyang felt very aggrieved: "I've been really busy composing and practicing songs recently. It's not that I don't want to come out - once I come out, I can't calm down."

There are not many people in Hong Kong who can compose good music now. The seemingly "promising" music is hidden in his own hands and he is reluctant to take it out. He is a perfectionist by nature, so it is common for him to revise a piece of music thousands of times.

The reason why his agent and company allowed him to procrastinate was that he could always produce songs that would become hits as soon as they sounded - this kind of perfectionist character was not uncommon among creators at that time. Except for Zheng Guoguang, who always guaranteed quality and quantity and submitted his works on time, the others were more lazy than the others.

For example, Huang Zhan, a man of great vulgarity, elegance, sentimentality and temperament, had been urged by Zhang Querong to write the lyrics at a party before Su Yun went to New York to film Brewster's Billions. However, after Su Yun finished filming and returned to Hong Kong, he still hadn't produced the lyrics he had promised Zhang Querong...

Zhang Querong was forced to look for opportunities to show up and increase his popularity during this period, just to gain the benefits of the transnational resource sharing policy: most of the recent hit songs in Japan will be brought back by companies that own the copyrights of the songs and distributed according to their status. The more popular the song is, the higher the position in the selection of songs will be.

If the popularity is low, then you can only choose what others have left.

Although it is not as good as a tailor-made work, it is a song that was once popular in Japan. After it was re-arranged and someone was asked to write Chinese lyrics, it has a unique flavor.

I heard that the company recently got some of Yamaguchi Momoe's songs...

While Zhang Querong was thinking about something, a football came flying at him with a whistling sound. He jumped up in surprise and dodged it before shouting in shock: "Whose footwork is so bad?!"

"It's not us!" Tan Yunlun stepped on the football they were fighting for, "I told you to go off the field a long time ago, what are you waiting for?"

"I just had a glass of iced drink. Sit down for a few minutes to relax." After Zhang Querong finished explaining, he waved his hand at him with understanding: Allen's biological father is a former member of the national team. He is very good at heading and is known as the "Bronze Head". Tan Yunlun has been played by his biological father since he was a child, and his skills have been developed since he was a child.

Most of his teammates and old friends from Wynners often played football together. Logically, their footwork was not bad, so they wouldn't have kicked the ball out of bounds so often...

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Brother, I kicked you accidentally!" A little boy who looked about ten years old ran over hurriedly and apologized repeatedly.

"It's you!" After seeing the little boy's appearance clearly, Zhang Querong immediately reached out and pinched the boy's cheeks: this child is a student of Huaren Primary School, and he especially likes to play football. After meeting and getting to know them one time, he would bring a group of friends who like to play ball to play from time to time, and then wait for them to leave the field and take the opportunity to use the field for a while.

There is no other way. Hong Kong has a large population and a small land area. There are many people playing football but few stadiums. If you want to play football, you have to spend a lot of time and effort to reserve a stadium.

In particular, the sports fields in housing estates can be said to be battlegrounds.

"I'm sorry..." The little boy's face was distorted by the pinching, but his eyes were still fixed on the football at Zhang Querong's feet. "Brother, give the ball back to me. If I can't get the ball, my friends will laugh at me and I will lose all my face."

"I almost lost face because of your goal, you poor bastard!" Zhang Querong scolded him with a smile and casually let go of his hand. "Here, hold it steady. Practice your skills better and kick harder next time!"

The little boy took the football and smiled so hard that two deep dimples appeared on his face: "Got it! Thank you, brother!"

Watching him skipping back to the corner, Zhang Querong suddenly thought of Su Yun looking for a little boy actor.

In this new drama called "Armored Policewoman", the divorced housewife played by Cheng Yuting has a child of this age, and this child appears as a very powerful supporting role in the plot of the two protagonists starring Cheng Yuting.

It's not easy to find a little boy who has a good image, a lively personality, and most importantly, one who can't be stage-frightened in front of the camera...

After telling his thoughts to Chen Boyang who was sitting next to him and resting, he didn't care about the football game he had to play soon. He walked over and told his brother Zhong Zhentu about it, then went to find the little boy with Zhang Querong.

"Take me to audition for a TV series?" The little boy opened his round eyes wide, and then nodded heavily in the envious eyes of his friends, "Okay!"

"What's your name?" Chen Boyang asked with a smile.

"My name is Zhang Zhilin, and my English name is Julian..." the little boy replied.

"Let's go directly to Mary's house to find her. She should have gone home to drink soup by now..." Zhang Querong looked at the time and greeted her.

Watching the two big and small figures walking away hand in hand in amazement, Tan Yunlun walked away to drink some water to replenish his energy before the game officially started, only to turn around and find that his team did not have enough players. He threw the towel and said: How can this be, these two bastards who value women over friendship!