Chapter 238 The Wind Continues to Blow

When Su Yun was about to finish the post-production of "The Rooftop Postman", Chen Boyang, who represented the young generation of Hong Kong musicians to go abroad for music exchange and further studies, finally flew back from Japan in the July summer breeze of Hong Kong.

"Did you miss me?" Chen Boyang was very happy to see Su Yun, Zhang Querong and Zhong Zhentu coming to the airport to pick him up.

Seeing his spoiled look, Su Yun smiled and shook her head: "No, I've been busy with the post-production of the movie recently. Leslie was hired by the TV station to film a drama and can't stop. Brother B's recent singing and acting contracts are also very full - so we are too busy to miss a loser who has so much free time to fly around the world..."

"I'm also here to exchange and learn music!" Chen Boyang got anxious when he heard this. "You guys, you don't even think about me. I even go out of my way to find suitable souvenirs for you guys wherever I go... Hey!"

Before Chen Boyang could finish his words, he was hugged by the three people surrounding him: "Ah! We really miss you so much, share the gifts!"

"It's not as good as you guys!" Chen Boyang finally broke free, pouted and opened the suitcase to take out the corresponding souvenirs for the three people: a classic hat for Zhong Zhentu, a diamond brooch for Zhang Querong, and a big bag of game cartridges for Su Yun...

Looking at Su Yun's gift with a unique style, the two young men holding normal gifts couldn't help but take a look at the cassettes: compared to the hat and brooch that can be used as a photogenic accessory, Su Yun's pack of game cassettes is simply "hardcore" - she is the artist who is least afraid of being labeled as a "plaything necrophiliac".

After all, she has cooperated with Nintendo in Japan, which has become one of the giants in the gaming industry, and the game consoles and games she developed have earned a number that has amazed many people in recent years.

It can be said that other people play games to lose their ambition; but for Su Yun, playing games is to increase her knowledge, broaden her horizons, and to find out the level of her peers. It is a manifestation of hard work.

Looking at the decorative accessories in their hands, Zhang Querong and Zhong Zhentu exchanged a glance, and suddenly saw the same helplessness of "feeling a bit gaudy" in each other's eyes...

However, it is hard for a guy like Danny to please others so much.

Perhaps this trip really made him more cheerful and courageous. Not only did he give Su Yun a gift that catered to her taste, he also began to tentatively say that he also liked playing games, and if he had time, he would like to try playing two-player games with Su Yun.

"Okay, there's a multi-functional study room on the third floor of my house in Kowloon Tong. It has a big TV installed that can be used as a game screen. When you're free, make an appointment with me and we can play together." Su Yun replied happily while checking the types of game cartridges.

"Okay!" Chen Boyang said excitedly.

"Oh, I really envy you for being semi-free. It's different for us. We don't have so much time..." Although he was happy that his adopted brother's pursuit seemed to have hope, he still felt jealous of Chen Boyang's attitude that work was like a cloud to me.

"That's right, work is like floating clouds to you, but floating clouds are like life to both of us...sigh." Compared to Zhong Zhentu, who was busy traveling between Hong Kong and Taiwan to record songs and film movies during this period, Zhang Querong, who signed a long-term contract with TBB, was even busier because of TBB's practice of squeezing out the potential of its employees.

Unlike Chen Baiyang, who was able to sign a more relaxed singer contract with TBB-affiliated Huasheng because of his huge popularity; when he switched to Taiwan, because he was a young actor at Tai Liying, both the artist contract with TBB and the singer contract with Huasheng were more stringent than normal contracts.

He is now a typical example of a famous actor who is not really that popular. Baoyu in "Dream of the Red Chamber", Langxing in "Song of Youth" and Cheng Feng in "Armored Policewoman" are all characters that were popular for a while.

Unfortunately, the character is popular, and after his image changed, it was Chen Baiyang, whose acting skills were not as good as his but whose character personality remained basically the same, who was more memorable.

"So this time I challenged myself to play a villain!" After watching the refined version of "The Rooftop Postman", Chen Baiyang was somewhat dissatisfied with his character "A Qiang", who was the white moonlight in the early stage and only turned evil in the words of others in the later stage: Although he was a villain, there was not much room for him to play.

At this point, Su Yun, who already had the power of a little tyrant on the set, simply ignored his opinion: Come if you want, or not, if you don’t come, your character will only live in other people’s lines…

Unless she suddenly has some new ideas, or wants to make some minor changes to highlight the guest appearance of a big name, Su Yun will not change the already decided plot for any big star, no matter how big the star is.

As his deputy, Du Lifeng admired Su Yun's determination not to make changes to the script: Hong Kong films have entered an era where capital has the final say, and sometimes for favors or resources and funds, many crews have to swallow their anger and accept changes to the script and the addition of roles.

There is no one like Su Yun, who arranged everything well, so much so that Chen Baiyang, the most "big name" among the young male roles, had to play the role of a seriously injured and dying person who was originally planned to take care of his son.

But the effect is indeed good: Chen Baiyang's flashback scenes, played by himself, did not drag the show down, and the posters were able to attract many young people who like him; and Zhang Querong, Liang Jiawei and Liang Shaowei, the three actors who are not popular enough but are quite talented in acting, gave their best when acting.

It has to be said that only the younger generation like Su Yun, who has a solid foundation and a high enough status in the circle, can make the movie "The Rooftop Postman" a perfect success.

"But then again, this time when I went to Japan, in addition to learning a lot, I also took a fancy to a song and thought it would be very suitable for you to sing." Chen Boyang said, turning his head and looking at Zhang Querong again.

"Oh? What is it?" Zhang Querong asked with interest: his good brother can compose music by himself, but the current production volume is only enough and most suitable for his own use; therefore, he is relegated to the second or third tier in Huasheng, and he is embarrassed to ask his good brother to write a new song tailor-made for him.

As a subsidiary of TBB, Huasheng Records has the best resources in terms of male singers, and naturally the first-line young and middle-aged actors in TBB who can sing a few lines come first.

Moreover, no matter male or female singers, the albums, mini-discs, and singles they release are mainly songs related to movies and TV series; the number of original songs and covers obtained through copyright sharing is relatively small.

For someone like him who is neither famous nor famous and cannot make it to the top of either side, he can only take what others have left.

Fortunately, recently, Ms. Chen Yuxin from the record department admired him very much and wanted to tailor an album for him, so she fought for a lot of resources for him, especially the song by Yamaguchi Momoe, which even he himself was very satisfied with...

"The song I found in Japan was the theme song of one of my idols, Yamaguchi Momoe's farewell concert at Budokan." Chen Boyang didn't notice Zhang Querong's expression after hearing this, and continued to speak to himself, "I think it should be very suitable for your voice..."

"Yeah, I think it's very suitable." Zhang Querong nodded seriously, then took out a folded piece of paper from his trouser pocket, unfolded it and passed it to him, "I also plan to use it as the title song of my new album."

"What is this...'The Wind Continues to Blow'?" Chen Boyang took it without understanding it. He only glanced at the music score and lyrics on it for a few seconds, and his eyes widened immediately, "You already got it?!"

"Yes, I have the help of a noble person in the record department." Zhang Querong put his hand on his shoulder, "By the way, I also asked Zheng Sir to help me write the lyrics..."

"That's great - how are you going to sing it?" When it comes to singing, Chen Boyang instantly forgets everything else and starts discussing with Zhang Querong, "This is a song about the love between a young boy and a girl. Although it has a different meaning from the original song, after this reinterpretation, it should be more suitable for the market in Hong Kong..."

"Yes, for this type of song, I plan to refer to Luo Ji's singing style..." Zhang Querong thought for a moment and replied.

In today's Hong Kong music scene, love songs have defeated non-love songs and occupy most of the music scene.

Among these male singers with a certain fame and status, Xu Gujie's style is retro, fresh and philosophical. After the band disbanded and he went solo, Tan Yunlun's style is varied. Chen Baiyang's singing voice and style are too unique to be copied. If we exclude those who are obviously not for him to refer to...then, in the end, the only one left is "Luo Ji" Luo Yun, who is willing to teach and has made some achievements in love songs.

"Indeed, the lyrics are somewhat similar to the style of his songs." Chen Boyang nodded, "And Luo Ji also worked in the Japanese music scene for a period of time in the early years, I think he would resonate with this song."

In this side room, Su Yun, who had just finished checking the game cartridges, looked up and saw the two men sitting together, talking in low voices and laughing loudly, and couldn't help but shook his head in amusement.

As expected of good brothers, Chen Baiyang might not even care that much about his own songs: as soon as "Take Care Tonight", an interlude in "My Three Dead Ex-husbands", was released, its retro yet fashionable style made it instantly popular in the city.

In the past, when people said goodbye, they would say "Take care tonight" instead of "bye"...

While the relevant staff were preparing to release more albums and lining up to invite Chen Boyang to various programs - he, on the other hand, was not satisfied with accepting the task of music exchange and also signed up for further studies. After coming back for a while to deal with some backlog of work, he will probably have to fly to New York again.

After getting off the car and waving goodbye to the three young men who were eager to do something big, Su Yun walked into the small garden of her home, and another taxi stopped outside the door.

After confirming that it was not the paparazzi following them, Su Yun held the iron gate with one hand and looked up at the well-mannered middle-aged man who got off the car.

Earlier in "Brucet's Billions", Su Yun had invited him to play the role of the male protagonist's uncle, and Zhong Jingwei himself is also one of the few veteran actors in the Hong Kong entertainment industry of this era who has a professional background and is highly educated.

"Long time no see, Mary." Zhong Jingwei greeted Su Yun. "I came to disturb you this time because someone asked me to do so. I wonder if you have heard about the '1st Hong Kong Film Awards' ceremony held at the Shouson Theater in the Arts Center in March this year?"