Chapter 24 Film Preparation

"Watch the road!" With two simultaneous screams, the two speeding bicycles inevitably collided with each other at the corner of the street.

Su Yun, who was watching a few kids pretending to be heroes and fighting on the street with knives and sticks with great interest because he was waiting for someone, was also knocked to the ground by the car accident.

"Ah! Hanyou, your face!" The quarreling child screamed in fear when he saw his brother get a scratch on his face in the chaos.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's the matter? Who dares to bully our Su Su! Stand out and we will beat you up!" The brothers Jiaju and Jiaxiang, who were going to buy snacks at the convenience store across the street, heard the noise and immediately ignored the things in their hands and rushed over with great momentum.

"I'm fine, maybe I just sprained my foot... Let's go check over there first!" Su Yun moved her foot and after confirming that the pain was not severe, she quickly directed the two brothers Jiaju and Jiaxiang to pull out the two boys who were trapped under the overturned bicycle.

The boy with a cut on his face saw this and immediately waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, go save him!"

So the uninjured children hurriedly followed the brothers Jiaju and Jiaxiang, and scrambled to lift the overturned bicycle, and helped up the two boys who were badly injured underneath.

Seeing the two boys who fell down, completely ignoring the injuries on their hands and feet, and just looking at herself anxiously, occasionally glancing at the boy with the injured face who was covering his face, Su Yun took a quick look at their half-new clothes and instantly understood their thoughts.

The poor child got into trouble, and the fear of having to pay compensation completely overwhelmed the pain he felt.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the two boys who rode too fast were indeed to blame, but this corner is narrow and it is indeed a place where accidents are prone to happen.

The other kids who were fighting here also bear some responsibility.

As for her being simply lazy and having bad luck: she was going out today to watch the movie "Enter the Dragon" with the two brothers Jiaqiu and Jiaxiang. Because they thought the snacks in the cinema did not have a wide variety, were expensive and not tasty, the two brothers Jiaqiu and Jiaxiang suggested that they go to the convenience store at the street intersection to buy some and bring them over to eat.

And Su Yun is the "capitalist" who pays his friends to run errands and do hard labor.

Because she had seen Lu Shaolong's video at Zhao's house before and discovered that Lu Shaolong was actually a handsome man with a philosophical temperament, rather than the mushroom-headed guy in a yellow jumpsuit who roared and screamed weirdly in the movie, Su Yun was amazed by Lu Shaolong and wanted to quickly invite her friends to watch the movie before "Enter the Dragon" was released.

As soon as this proposal came out, Jiaju and Jiaxiang, the two fans of Lu Shaolong, naturally raised their hands and feet in approval.

This is why Su Yun was waiting for someone on the street at the beginning.

"Is there any clinic or bone-setting clinic nearby? Let me take you there first." Su Yun greeted.

"Two blocks away is Master Luo's bone-setting clinic. His skills have always been very good, but..." The quarrelsome children smiled with obvious signs of being short of money.

Su Yun sighed, and while calling Wang Jiaju to come over and carry her on his back, she said, "Go and see the doctor first. I'll pay for the consultation."

In the past, as a victim, she probably would not have been so generous, but now she is worth several million, so she can afford this little money for ordinary medical treatment.

We can't just stand by and watch a few injured children. If anything happens to them, it might be a lifelong regret.

Carrying Su Yun's big bags, a group of naughty kids marched through the streets and alleys and arrived at the door of Luo's Traumatology Clinic.

"Did you have a fight?" According to their injuries, the four wounded sat on the narrow bed, one at each end.

Su Yun shook her head and explained, "No, two cyclists collided at the corner of the street, and I and the guy next to me were implicated."

After confirming that it was just a traffic accident and not the result of these kids being too naughty, Master Luo and several apprentices breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to deal with it.

"Little sister, you have a minor sprain. Apply some medicated oil and rest for three or four days and you should be fine. The two people who fell over on the bed over there also only had superficial injuries from scrapes and falls. They are not serious. Just remember to apply medicine regularly." After Master Luo and his apprentices finished treating them, he took the information and explained to Su Yun, the sponsor, "The cut on the face of the one next to you is too deep. It's best to transfer to a hospital or a western medicine clinic to get a few stitches... It will cost a total of fifty-three yuan, including three prescriptions."

Su Yun nodded, and amid the worried, grateful, or envious eyes watching, she moved her small satchel closer, counted out five ten-dollar bills and three one-dollar bills, and handed them over, then took the folder from Master Luo and prepared to sign the bill.

Okay, when you grow up, I will settle this account with you big guys!

The moment she saw the real names of these three guys, Su Yun was speechless: It turns out that the two who had the car accident were named Liang Shaowei and Zhou Xingyi; the one with a scratched face was called Zhang Hanyou!

Hong Kong is still too small, and I always run into "acquaintances" here.

Seeing Su Yun's expression suddenly change, Liang Shaowei and Stephen Chow looked at each other, and finally struggled with their hands tied up by the bandage clips, and with great difficulty they each took out a handful of small change from their trouser pockets, and once again said in unison, "This is the ticket money I planned to use to watch "Enter the Dragon"..."

Zhang Hanyou, who had his face covered with one hand, reluctantly took out two dimes from his pocket and said, "These are all I have. I was planning to buy four candies to share at home..."

Look at the notes and coins in the hands of these three people. They are so worn out and tattered, yet they reveal the hardships they have endured. It seems that just one glance at them could bring tears to one’s eyes…

Su Yun almost burst into tears: It is understandable that Zhang Hanyou didn't have much money on him because he was playing with his friends. However, Liang Shaowei and Stephen Chow, two big names in later generations, are so poor that they have to buy the cheapest front seats with the worst viewing experience when watching movies, and the regular price is 1.5 yuan but the special price today is 1.2 yuan!

She and the brothers Jiaju and Jiaxiang were planning to buy the best-quality seats at 3.5 yuan each.

I never thought that the money these three people had combined would not be as much as the money she spent on one ticket...

Don't use your mentality of only being able to afford a 1.2 yuan movie ticket and two candies for 10 cents to measure her, a "stock god" with a net worth of millions. Not only can she afford 53 yuan, she can more than afford it!

Perhaps because they have been together for a long time, they have a tacit understanding. Before Su Yun could say anything, Wang Jiaju and Wang Jiaxiang laughed out loud: "Don't worry, our Su Su is very rich and generous. He promised to pay the bill and he will not go back on his word. Put it away and go watch a movie!"

The two brothers have become accustomed to relying on the rich man Su Yun for free food and drink, and now that they have discovered that these people are all fans of Lu Shaolong, they decide that all fans are one family and don't bother about the past.

Grassroots, why bother the grassroots - although their parents are preparing to buy a factory and become bosses, Wang Jiaju and Wang Jiaxiang still feel that they are former housing estate kids and cannot be involved in the bad habits of becoming rich.

They think so, but others may not.

Being surrounded by a group of children with surprised looks like "the rich guy is right next to me", Su Yun coughed lightly and said, "This is just an accident. It can be regarded as 'no fight, no acquaintance'. After sending Zhang Hanyou to the hospital for stitches, I will treat everyone to a movie!"

As soon as he finished speaking, cheers arose.

By the evening, when the group of naughty kids came out of the cinema in groups, satisfied, well-fed and well-drinking, Su Yun, who was supported by the two brothers Jiaju and Jiaxiang, already had the aura of a leader.

Talent is much harder to obtain than money - Su Yun thought so with satisfaction as she watched them wave goodbye reluctantly.

An accident and a small amount of expense produced a new group of young stars, which brought her one step closer to the "big scene" she had imagined... So Su Yun, feeling very happy, did not plan to go out to promote the script with her injury during the few days of recuperation. She simply took advantage of this free time to polish the script in one hand and sit at the entrance of the stairs with a guitar in the other hand to teach her left and right bodyguards to play the guitar.

"Why did you take out this old guitar today?" Su Yun asked.

The songs played by beginners are already unpopular even for dogs. Now there are two beginners around her and one of them is playing an old guitar with poor pitch. Even if she spreads out the script, no one would be willing to come near her...

“As a person, you should never forget your roots. I’d better use it occasionally to prevent it from gathering dust. That would be unfair to it,” explained Wang Jiaju, who was holding the old guitar.

"Second brother, let me take it tomorrow. It taught me how to do this!" Wang Jiaxiang said hurriedly.

Wang Jia nodded immediately: "Okay."

"Then let's get started. You two should study hard!" Su Yun pretended to be stern and taught, "I finally took some time to teach you!"

The two brothers kept nodding, picked up their guitars, and started today's disturbing daily life with Su Yun again.

Perhaps it is true that in this world, no matter how hard you try, you will never find the right place...but when the darkness comes, there is always a new hope.

"It turns out that the old guitar I left behind when I moved was picked up by you kids." A young man suddenly walked up from the bottom of the stairs.

"Sam?" An adult with a fixed appearance is much easier to identify than a child who has not yet grown up and can only be recognized by name. Besides, the Xu brothers are also very good at comedy, so Su Yun recognized the identity of the visitor on the spot.

"Do you know me? I don't think I've seen you here before..." Xu Gujie was a little confused.

"Of course I know you. We watched the show 'Double Stars' hosted by you and your elder brother every night!" The two brothers Jia Ju and Jia Xiang shouted immediately, "The song 'Just Like This' is especially nice!"

"Really? Thank you for your support." Xu Gujie smiled, "But now it's renamed. When it's released, it will be called "Iron Tower and Clouds" - I came here this time to reminisce about my past life and shoot some music video material for this song."

As he was talking, Xu Gujie's eyes fell on the script that Su Yun had casually spread out on the side: "Is this a movie script?"

His eldest brother Xu Guwen wanted to write a script recently, and then asked Zhao to be the director to make a movie. He probably saw the nature of this.

"Yes." Su Yun answered casually.

"Can I take a look at it?" The page happened to have the music score and lyrics of a song, and Xu Gujie was a little excited.

The temptation of good songs forced him to forget the rules of the industry for a moment.

Su Yun rolled her eyes and generously handed the script over: "Okay."

The advantage of having the memory of later generations is that in this chaotic world, one can distinguish between humans and ghosts to the greatest extent possible.

The probability of Xu Gujie, who is known as the "first generation singing god" and one of the representatives of the Hong Kong spirit, stealing her story is almost negligible.

Besides, the main plot of her script is the twins exchanging identities. Without this core plot, it would just be an ordinary love story about reunion.

In this era, she is the only one who can perfectly perform the interpretation and post-production of twins, with her own system cheats.

Without her as the lead, the director still wants to squeeze out the core plot of the twin swap? Either a huge amount of money is spent on post-production, which will not be worth it in the end; or the twins will not appear at the same time throughout the whole process and use doubles to replace them - then the story will lose half of its charm.

That's why she had the guts to send the script, which was almost a complete story, to the bigwigs for them to read.

After Lu Shaolong, the Xu brothers were also the trump cards and box office guarantee of Jiahe, until they separated and went solo and were overtaken by Zhen Yicheng. The boss of Jiahe, Zou Yunhua, was also an employee of Zhao's company, and he should have had some friendship with the Xu brothers, who were also employees of Zhao's company.

So Su Yun thought about it and told Xu Gujie about how she had applied to Zhao's company to film a movie but was ignored by Zhao.

Seeing Xu Gujie's thoughtful look, Su Yun immediately put on an angry and arrogant expression: "At worst, I can just shoot it myself. My mother-in-law made a lot of money from stock trading a few days ago. My mother-in-law loves me so much, let her give me hundreds of thousands to shoot the movie!"

Xu Gujie laughed dumbly when he heard this: "Sister, you shouldn't brag like that at such a young age."

"It's true. My grandma has been interviewed by reporters. They all call her 'Grandma Stock God'!" Su Yun snorted.

Xu Gujie was startled and quickly took a step back, looking at Su Yun carefully.

Last year, when he and his older brother were still doing a show at Zhao's, they did hear the story of an overly smart little girl and her strong-willed garbage-collecting grandmother. Later, they heard gossip from colleagues that the garbage-collecting grandmother not only had a good granddaughter, but also survived a disaster and had good fortune in the future, winning millions by speculating in the stock market.

Although Su Yun looks like one of those nouveau riche kids who got rich overnight, the world is so realistic. Once the facial features are too good, they will always affect people's worldview...

Even though she spoke so arrogantly, she still looked like a cute and adorable girl who was mad at her, making it hard for people to feel angry.

"Are you planning to ask your mother-in-law to invest in your movie?" Xu Gujie asked.

"Of course." Su Yun nodded: It seems like the fish is about to be hooked...

"Filming requires a lot of help from many people and a lot of things..." In the speechless eyes of the Jiaju and Jiaxiang brothers, Xu Gujie squeezed past them and sat over, "Do you understand all this?"

"When the time comes, just find someone who understands. If you have money, you can get anything." Su Yun said without hesitation.

Seeing that Xu Gujie finally revealed that "the local tycoon is right next to me" look, Su Yun continued to put on a naive and smug smile, waiting for Xu Gujie's next move.

"After all, we were neighbors before, and neighbors are closer than outsiders..." Xu Gujie thought about it and decided to help his eldest brother. "My eldest brother has filmed a movie with Zhao's director Li Xuexiang before, and he has a lot of experience in filming. Now he wants to be a director, but Zhao doesn't agree..."

God of Songs, you copied my tricks and used them to trick me in the blink of an eye. Is this really okay?

Maybe her age is really too confusing - but nesting dolls are still prohibited!

However, as the saying goes, like brother, like brother. When Xu Guwen and Xu Gujie brought him to Jiahe's boss Zou Yunhua the next day, Xu Guwen successfully established a connection with Zou Yunhua by saying, "The Zhao family also looked down on me and said I had no future, so I decided to strike out on my own."

Zou Yunhua fell into deep thought: Because of Jiahe’s profit-sharing system, Lu Shaolong founded a studio called Xiehe…

Although Xiehe is still cooperating with Jiahe, brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Now that Lu Shaolong's family is the only one in power, it seems to be a prosperous time, but if something unexpected happens... it will be very troublesome.

It is indeed time to start training new people.

What's more, a large part of the Zhao family's dominance lies in the annual total box office. Even if a single movie of Jiahe can win at the box office for a while, in the long run, looking at the annual total, the Zhao family, which can produce multiple movies in a year, still occupies the dominant position.

If a company wants to move forward, it must pay attention not only to quality but also to quantity.

It was obvious that Zou Yunhua was already tempted. In order to increase the stakes, Xu Guwen specifically mentioned Su Yun's investment amount: "Su Yun's grandmother plans to invest one million in this play first..."

My goodness, the rich man is right next to me!

Although Zou Yunhua's net worth is definitely more than a few million, the total cost of a small movie these days is only about 500,000 at most. For such a rich man to dare to invest a million for the first time, he must be a fool with a lot of money.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Zou Yunhua then extended his hand in a friendly manner.

Since there is basically no cost to your company, you only need to provide some connections and help with scheduling the films in the later stages, and you can get a share of the box office revenue. This is basically a sure-win business and you can definitely bet on it!

After leaving Jiahe, Xu Guwen hurriedly called a taxi to go home to study the script. The remaining two looked at each other for a while, and finally Xu Gujie broke the silence by speaking: "What are you thinking about?"

"It's a rare opportunity to close a deal. I want to cut some ingredients and bring them home to add to the dishes tonight, so that my mother-in-law and others can be happy!" Su Yun thought for a moment and asked back, "But I have been eating street food since I was a child. Sam, you are very knowledgeable. Do you have any good recommendations?"

"Let me think..." Xu Gujie pondered for a moment and clapped his hands, "I got it - Yung Kee's roasted goose is absolutely amazing. I also need to go to the tailor shop in Central to pick up a suit. I'll take you there!"

The two took a taxi all the way to Yung Kee. Xu Gujie said a few words to the boss at the door, asked him to help take care of Su Yun who still had some inconvenience in her legs, and then quickly left.

The kind-looking boss responded with a smile, then asked Su Yun to sit near the door.

There weren't many customers at this time. The boss looked around and couldn't help muttering, "Why hasn't Bobby, the dog, come today? He usually comes on time, waiting for the roast goose to come out of the oven..."

He complains to people every day about the poor food during his studies in the UK, and that he would definitely come here to "make up for it" as soon as he came back from vacation. Why hasn't he come yet so late today?

As he thought about it, he looked down and saw Su Yun waiting with her head tilted up eagerly. The boss took another small plate of meat and handed it to her: "Little sister, it should be out of the oven soon. Uncle will go in and help you check if the roast goose is ready. This is for you."

"Thank you, uncle!" Su Yun happily took the small plate filled with meat slices.

Seeing the boss walk into the kitchen, Su Yun looked around boredly.

"Eyes rolling around" is usually used to describe someone or something with eyes that are lively and cute. In addition, the pet dogs in this place during this period were either named Bobby or Dolly. Recalling that the boss said Bobby was a "dog for food", Su Yun undoubtedly imagined a greedy dog ​​with eyes rolling around who came to the roast goose shop every day to wait for meat bones.

"Bobby? Bobby?" Hearing some movement outside the door, Su Yun took a small piece of roast goose meat and called out to the other side of the door.

"Who called me?" To Su Yun's surprise, the person who came in after hearing the voice was a handsome guy with bright eyes.