Chapter 224 Magic Change

After deciding on the three actors for the role of the "dead ex-husband", Su Yun began to select the final "lucky guy" - or the "target of concentrated fire"...

The plot of "My Three Dead Ex-husbands" was derived from the 1982 comedy film "Young Man is Afraid" starring Patrick Tam. Patrick Tam is also a hot figure among the new generation of male singers in Hong Kong. Although Su Yun Butterfly missed out on the roles of three ex-husbands, Su Yun still planned to let this one who was lucky enough to miss the final male lead.

On the one hand, strictly speaking, Patrick Tam does not belong to any of the three major film companies, but is a singer who crossed over to make a movie. However, he has a good relationship with the partners of True Art Performance, so choosing him can get the support of True Art Performance; on the other hand, Patrick Tam and they are old friends. His acting skills are not outstanding but definitely not bad. He is the type who is not as good as the best but not as good as the worst. He can just be a buffer for the acting dividing line in the movie...

In addition, the original role of the heroine's best friend was played by Mei Yanshuang - then the three kings and one queen at the peak of Hong Kong in the 1980s were successfully gathered in this movie.

Mei Yanshuang is now signed to TBB. As long as Su Yun passes the message to Fang Mona, it will be no problem for her to come over to shoot movies through internal transfer. Therefore, there is absolutely no need to worry about Mei Yanshuang's schedule.

As for Tan Yunlun, Su Yun also asked Zhao Liming to contact him in the name of Zhao Films. The news that came back was that Tan Yunlun and his agent were very satisfied after reading the script and production plan. They immediately rearranged their schedule and said that he could come and participate at any time.

After confirming that the schedules of several leading actors were all OK, Su Yun began to arrange the roles and actors of the supporting roles: the film begins with a scene where the childhood heroine and her best friend are praying to the gods and making a wish, and they needed to find two child actors who looked like her and Mei Yanshuang.

Qiu Yuzhen, who played her childhood in "Falling in Love" is now nearly fourteen years old, and it seems unsuitable to play her childhood again. Therefore, Su Yun used her previous connections and the help of policewoman Chen Fengshi to find the orphanage where Cai Shaoxin and his sister were staying.

Yes, that's right, an orphanage - after their gambling mother was sent to Qingshan Mental Hospital for treatment, Cai's father, who lived with their two children in the Social Welfare Relief Association dormitory, also climbed over the wall and escaped late one night. As a result, the abandoned Cai Shaoxin and his sister were transferred from the relief dormitory to an orphanage by relevant business staff.

But it seems that the brother and sister in the orphanage are more comfortable than when they were living with their parents.

Seeing that Cai Shaoxin's originally skinny face had become a little rounder with baby fat, Su Yun, who came to visit with gifts, smiled and touched her little head.

The nine-year-old girl has matured a lot after experiencing a series of misfortunes. She recognized that Su Yun was the person who went to rescue them together with the policewoman. Cai Shaoxin looked up at Su Yun very obediently with a grateful look.

"Since you are so grateful to me, then come and help me." Su Yun smiled and told the two siblings about her idea of ​​finding Cai Shaoxin to film a movie.

When they heard Su Yun say that filming would not only provide food and lodging but also pay, Cai Shaoxin and his sister's eyes lit up, and then they both nodded very vigorously.

Taking advantage of the winter vacation, Su Yun seized the time to conduct a small "audition" and finally successfully found the young actress Chen Wei who could play the childhood image of Mei Yanshuang: In later generations, there were two female artists in the Hong Kong circle who were recognized as Mei Yanshuang. One was Jiang Yinyan, who was recognized by Mei Yanshuang herself as having a good appearance, and the other was Chen Wei selected by Su Yun.

Jiang Yinyan played a female character based on Mei Yanshuang in "The Music Transfer Student", which also mixed the stories of other female artists of the same period, and she also covered Mei Yanshuang's songs many times; and Chen Wei, because her appearance and temperament are quite similar to Mei Yanshuang, also played roles based on Mei Yanshuang in "Legend of Beauty 2: Star Wish" and "Mei Yan Fangfei".

The reason for choosing Chen Wei is, of course, that Jiang Yinyan was born in 1967, and she and Qiu Yuzhen, who was born in 1968, are now girls of about 14 or 15 years old, which does not meet the requirements of the opening plot of the movie; and Chen Wei, like Cai Shaoxin, was born in 1973, so she is just the right person to play her and Mei Yanshuang's childhood.

As for the actor of the supporting role of the fortune teller, Su Yun gave this character more scenes, and then invited Lin Jingying, who is currently more popular under Jiahe, to play the role, considering that Chen and Zhang are on Zhao's side, Tan Yunlun is barely on Zhen Yicheng's side, and Zhuang Long, the foreign aid, does not belong to either side. - Jiahe is now mainly based on modern kung fu films starring Chen Xuanlong and Hong Ganbao. Lin Jingying, who has made a name for herself with the zombie series, is considered a top second-tier star but has not reached the first-tier ranks that Jiahe is promoting. In addition, they have a previous friendship and the zombie series was originally promoted by Su Yun. Lin Jingying, who values ​​friendship and loyalty, will definitely agree to come for a cameo.

After such a series of changes, apart from the main framework of "three ex-husbands secretly teaming up to find a satisfying cuckold", the side plots and the ending have been changed beyond recognition by Su Yun.

Looking at the latest version of the script, Su Yun flicked it with satisfaction. While listening to the crisp sound of the paper bouncing, she simply picked up the plan and started to look up the guest appearance list: As for the big scene at the end... take advantage of the fact that many big names can be invited now and many future big names have not yet become famous, and reap the benefits!

It is precisely because Su Yun particularly loves to make money in this way that when people in later generations complete Su Yun's films, they always can't help but sigh at the long list of actors at the end.

Especially the movie "My Three Dead Ex-husbands" which seems to reflect Su Yun's work and life experiences. In addition to the fact that the actors of the three dead ex-husbands have all had scandals with Su Yun, so that the CP party of these three always overly favors this movie, the "big scene" at the end that almost brought together all the famous male artists in Hong Kong at that time also made many people talk about it with relish and watch it repeatedly without getting tired of it...

Even if we don't marvel at the fact that Marie Sue, a "popular actress", can invite so many people to make guest appearances or play minor roles, just counting the stars on the screen is dazzling.

However, Su Yun Mary Sue still does not know that her love of stamp collecting will make her movie become a memory of many future superstars.

At this moment, she was coming to the airport to pick someone up, dressed up very carefully.

After quietly picking up Zhuang Long, who had come by plane, and putting him in her car, Su Yun signaled the driver to drive, and then took out a thick, latest version of the script from her bag and showed it to Zhuang Long.

"You are quite hardworking, huh?" Zhuang Long quickly flipped through the script and was immediately shocked by the grand scenes designed in it.

"It's not easy to make a big show for a plot like this, but we have three investors now, and they almost cover all the film investment in Hong Kong. It's a waste to use it. Maybe it will be rare to encounter such a cooperation opportunity among three companies in the future..." Su Yun spread her hands calmly, "So I decided to go big."

"But in terms of time...will we be able to make it in time?" Zhuang Long asked hesitantly.

"You are underestimating the terrifying extent of 'Hong Kong Speed'." Su Yun patted his shoulder, "Believe me, if we start work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, we can't say that we can deliver the goods on time, but we should use more than enough..."

Although it seemed very busy and stressful, Su Yun still spent a happy New Year at the Su family.

However, due to various reasons, the number of people spending the New Year at the Su family's home this year was obviously not as large as last year: Bourne was recently negotiating a big-budget fantasy movie, the Wong brothers did not have the Japan holiday this year and were too busy with the band and studies to return to Hong Kong, the Mei sisters and Chen and Zhang were both called away to record TBB's New Year program... Even the Wang family next door, who are not in the entertainment industry, opened up mainland China's trade business through Su Yun's relationship and through Zhao Liming's move to the Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets last year.

As the mainland is currently in a state of disrepair, the garment factory jointly owned by the Wang family and Su Yun is so busy that it can’t even take care of the Chinese New Year this year, and it may not even be able to take care of the Lantern Festival this year...

The room that was once full of people and lively was now left with only three people sitting at the dining table staring at each other. Not only was Grandma Su, who always loved the liveliness, not used to it, Su Yun and Zhuang Long also felt a rare sense of loneliness.

"So you're still planning to buy a house in Mid-Levels?" Zhuang Long laughed softly.

"There's no way. At my level, whether I live there or not, I have to have one or two houses in the Mid-Levels." Su Yun rubbed his forehead in worry: Hong Kong's Mid-Levels is where the rich and powerful gather, with luxury houses everywhere. Even if most people don't live there, they must have a house in the Mid-Levels - after all, it is a symbol of the "identity" of this class.

"But the environment halfway up the mountain is good, with plenty of trees providing fresh air. It might be nice to stay there with grandma occasionally for a while for recuperation." Su Yun thought about it, then turned around and asked for Grandma Su's opinion.

"Then let's go together when you have free time at home. Da-mei, Xi-mei and the others still prefer this place because it's more popular." Compared to the luxury homes in Mid-Levels that Hong Kong people dream of, Granny Su obviously prefers Kowloon Tong, where the atmosphere is more lively. Not only are the neighbors there easier to get along with than in Mid-Levels, but it's also very convenient to go back to So Uk Estate to visit old neighbors.

"Okay, I'll try to spend more time with you in the future." Su Yun said with a smile.

"You always know how to coax me like this..." Grandma Su muttered a few words, and then pressed Su Yun to drink the stewed soup, "Grandma knows that you work hard, and it's good that you have this kind of heart. I have the Wang family and Damei and Ximei to take care of me here. You don't have to worry. Take good care of yourself, and Grandma will be happy."

"Yes, Madam!" Su Yun put down the spoon, sat on the chair and saluted in a strange manner, which made Grandma Su, who was recently watching "Armored Sisters", laugh out loud, and even Zhuang Long was amused and showed his signature Totoro smile again.

Unfortunately, after the third day of the Chinese New Year, this leisure time was replaced by busy work.

"Wow, you choose so carefully, if you don't know, you would think you are getting married!" Looking at Chen Baiyang who was picking next to the clothes rack, Tan Yunlun immediately made a joke.

After filming the few childhood scenes of the heroine and her best friend, the next thing to film was the weddings of the three dead ex-husbands - for this, Su Yun specially picked a wedding dress sponsor with good designs, and then brought four male protagonists to choose their dresses at once.

"If you laugh again, I'll ask my adopted brother to punish you!" Chen Boyang is used to being treated as a little brother in their small circle. Although Tan Yunlun also loves this little brother very much, he can easily tease him.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you anymore, groom brother!" Tan Yunlun smiled and staggered to the other side, "Well, this one looks really good... Oh, hello, Mr. Zhuang Long, I like your movies very much..."

"Lesley, can you help me decide which of these two is better?" After finally getting rid of Tan Yunlun who always made fun of him, Chen Boyang quickly called his good brother to help him with the review.

"Let me see...the one on the left seems to suit you better." Zhang Querong compared them and said.

"Then I'll go in and try them on. Please put this one away for me. I'll come out and help you choose later." Chen Boyang quickly took off the dress on the left.

"It's okay, take your time and I don't need to rush." ​​Zhang Querong smiled gently.

Seeing Zhuang Long looking in the direction of Chen and Zhang, Su Yun said, "Alan, I have just introduced them. Those two are the other two male leads. They are a pair of good brothers. They were the ones who played mahjong with you last year..."

"The one who went in to try on clothes was Danny, who played the first celebrity ex-husband Zhou Jiahe. His acting skills were not so good, but he had a great talent for composing and singing. The one hanging clothes next to him was Lesley, who played the third priest ex-husband Shen Yicheng. His acting skills were very good..."

"Well, looking at it this way, his acting skills are indeed very good." Zhuang Long raised his eyebrows slightly.

Perhaps this is what it means when those in power are confused, while bystanders can see clearly?

Why can everyone see Chen Po-yang's obsession, but fail to see Zhang Que-rong's hidden feelings?

The so-called good brothers are really “good” brothers—even the people they like are the same…