Chapter 240 Eighteen Years Old

“Can we really invite Lu Shaolong?!” As a die-hard star-chasing boy, Zhao Lizhong no longer cares that his brother is around. If he hadn’t learned to be more calm under the pressure of his parents and siblings over the years, he would probably jump up and down like he did back then.

"After the last cooperation, the relationship between Zhao and Jiahe has improved a lot. It shouldn't be a problem to invite him to attend the film-related awards ceremony." Su Yun looked at him with a smile, "It just so happens that you are free recently. Do you want to try to organize this?"

Although Zhao Lizhong certainly cannot take charge of the ceremony now, if he joins the ceremony planning team, the Zhao family, who are used to taking care of their own people, will definitely make things easier for their team...

Su Yun's mind was full of calculations. Only Zhao Qiming frowned slightly. "He's a newcomer, and he's organizing such an award ceremony?"

"Everyone is a newcomer, and the theme this time is the passing on of the torch, the handover between the old and the new. With newcomers who have learned new ideas and new knowledge in the creative team, maybe it will be more modern, fashionable and energetic." Su Yun smiled even more deeply: According to the tradition in my memory, each Academy Awards will have a core theme.

The organizers, the creative team, the emcees and the hosts will follow this core theme and create corresponding scripts and performance segments to convey the spirit of Hong Kong films.

For example, in line with the theme of the rise of women set up during the "International Women's Year", an all-female MC will be used; for the theme of "passing on the torch", both the host and the guests will be new generation artists; for another example, in order to recognize the behind-the-scenes staff who have silently dedicated themselves, the award-giving guests will be a combination of on-stage artists and behind-the-scenes staff for the first time, in order to express the deepest respect to them...

Seeing that Su Yun excited his brother, who had been following him all the way with a listless look, with just a few words, Zhao Qiming sighed deeply.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot. These are tickets for your two sisters to the French Art Exhibition. I asked someone to help and got two tickets for them." As if afraid that Zhao Qiming was not troubled enough, Su Yun, who had just seduced his brother, began to seduce his two sisters.

Zhao Liming took a look at the two art exhibition tickets, which were said to be hard to buy even if you had money and could only be obtained through connections, and sighed deeply again: his two sisters were both fascinated by art after graduating from college, one in jewelry design and the other in fashion design. Logically speaking, these are common hobbies for normal socialites.

Moreover, his two younger sisters also inherited their mother Huang Misheng's personalities, which are relatively gentle and traditional. If one of them had a stronger personality, she might have been asked by her family to follow her younger brother Zhao Qiming into the company to gain experience earlier than him.

This raises the question: Why can his two younger sisters, who are traditional daughters, have something to talk about with Su Yun, a new-fangled person with a unique mind?

"Sometimes, when people get along with each other, what matters is a rapport at first sight." For example, she and Zhao Rifu and Fang Mona are just superficial friends, but she can talk to the new generation of the Zhao family.

Especially the cousins ​​Zhao Liying and Zhao Liming, although one is in Japan and the other in Hong Kong, they still cooperate smoothly and happily.

After syncing with Su Yun's ideas, Zhao Liming immediately had a broken jar mentality: Well, he was the first Zhao family member in Hong Kong to be fooled by Su Yun's lies...

I don't know if my cousin was the same back then, and was tricked into winning by Su Yun's trick of saying one thing to one person and another to another.

After this little episode, Su Yun plunged headfirst into her daily behind-the-scenes work.

Post-production and award-winning planning for movies, overall planning and arrangement of TV series, preparation for award ceremonies... plus being invited to attend charity fundraising galas held by Po Leung Kuk and Tung Wah from time to time, Su Yun is so busy every day that she is exhausted.

Fortunately, her many years of experience as a programmer in her previous life gave her an unlimited acceptance of the small dark room. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to endure such a busy life where even mealtimes were a mess for long.

Grandma Su always felt sorry for the Mei sisters and asked them to bring her sweet soup when she was working overtime in the company, but Mei Yanshuang was now quite famous and had endless acting offers. Sometimes even if Mei Aishuang chose to retreat behind the scenes and become her assistant, she was still too busy to handle it. In the end, Grandma Su, who felt sorry for her own children being exploited by their boss, once again "went into battle" and went out with her maid Jennifer and driver Uncle Sun to deliver the sweet soup stew pots to both sides.

Or he just stood there and watched me finish all the food, then he slowly cleaned up, and before he left, he reminded me to take care of myself, rest more, and go home early...

This sweet worry from the elders, along with the cool breeze of early autumn, gradually dispels the stuffiness and sweat of the hot summer.

In the blink of an eye, it is almost the annual October 1st again.

Since it was National Day and Su Yun's eighteenth birthday, the Su family naturally planned to make it a big one.

Su Yun took some time to think about it, and then she decided to divide this coming-of-age birthday party into two. She invited her work friends and colleagues to the daytime party at the Fu Lin Hotel. The founder and head chef of the Fu Lin Hotel, Chef Yang, still regularly appears on the show "The Great Cook", and because of this show, his popularity has surpassed that of the time-honored brand "Fu Lin Men". For this, Chef Yang gratefully gave her a permanent 20% discount gold card.

It would be both polite and economical to hold the lunch banquet there.

As for the private gathering in the evening, it is naturally a self-service barbecue party for relatives and friends. It is lively and fun for everyone to have fun. There is no need to put on a commercial smile like at noon.

The most important thing is that Su Yun’s newly purchased mountaintop mansion has just been renovated and has a large garden with a swimming pool.

Considering that everyone said they were too busy to come, which resulted in a series of "surprises" of giving her three cakes, Su Yun, who is still frightened, chose the mansion on the top of the mountain as the venue for the evening party without hesitation - the security level increases gradually from mid-level to the top of the mountain. To go to the mansion on the top of the mountain, one must inform the owner in advance and make a record of registration and verification before being allowed to pass.

On October 1st, Su Yun, who had just finished a lunch social event, was walking and writing down a thin list.

Because many of the people on the list are foreign visitors, there are not many people here at this point. Apart from Grandma Su and the Filipino maid Jennifer who are preparing food, and the Wang family who are helping with the stove, there are Chen and Zhang who are taking the initiative to light a small stove and are grilling.

The Mei sisters have a night show and won't be back for a while. The Wang brothers and Lin Jiashu who came back from Japan probably haven't got off the plane yet, and those who flew in from other countries will definitely be back even later.

"Help me grill some chicken wings." Su Yun folded the list and put it in the secret pocket of her skirt. She walked over to Chen and Zhang and said: These two, one who is pushing off work and the other who has no work, actually came early.

"Okay, it's ready so quickly. You're the birthday boy today, so you should be the first to eat it." Zhang Querong turned the chicken wing in his hand and evenly spread a layer of honey on it.

The three of them chatted idly, and finally Chen Baiyang couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Mary, I heard that there will be a red carpet walk at the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony - do you have a male partner?"

"I already have a male partner." Su Yun replied as if it was a matter of course.

"Who?!" Acted faster than him?!

Given Su Yun's age and status, unless he is looking for a senior who has been famous for a long time, he should be the first priority among the younger generation in terms of both emotion and age.

"My master, this is the first time he has appeared in front of everyone in such a long time, and it is not convenient for his wife to come, so I will go with him." Although Lu Shaolong really wanted his wife to attend with him, his wife Lian Da has rarely appeared in public in recent years to avoid the entertainment industry. She was afraid that she might not be able to adapt to such an occasion, so she tactfully asked Su Yun to walk the red carpet with him.

"Oh, it's him..." Upon hearing that Su Yun was going to walk the red carpet with the Kung Fu King who had recovered well, Chen Boyang finally felt relieved: Lu Shaolong is Su Yun's master, and as the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. In a sense, he is not a relative to Su Yun, but is better than a relative.

On the bright side, this is like walking down the aisle with the person you like, and your "father-in-law", without a rival coming up to snatch the show away...

So, Chen Boyang, feeling relieved, glanced at Zhang Querong who was roasting chicken wings next to him and said, "Then I will go with you then?"

Zhang Querong looked at him for no reason, as if to say, "What's wrong with you?" Chen Boyang felt a little aggrieved: "What's wrong? Just like when we were filming a movie before, you wore a black dress and I wore a white dress. Isn't this a good match?"

"I'll then find a pretty girl to help hold a sign in front of you two, and you can directly pretend to be the Black and White Impermanence." Su Yun couldn't stop laughing.

Chen Boyang imagined it and couldn't help laughing: "But you know, it's not easy for me to just find a female companion to go with me."

Most young artists, regardless of gender, find it inconvenient to get close to artists of the opposite sex of the same age - unless they are willing, or the opposite sex is so powerful that fans have nothing to say.

Chen Baiyang had been cheated by Weng Jingjing once before, and in recent years, some star-chasing female students committed suicide due to conflicts with their families. In addition to mentioning his parents, the "suicide note" also mentioned him as a student idol, so he is always written about by the nosy media.

And he doesn't have the bad boy and handsome style like Zhang Querong who is more popular with male fans, but the good student prince style that female fans and parents prefer. So if he is not really upright and there is no handle to be found, it is estimated that these will gradually become his black material.

Thinking of this, Su Yun also understood the difficulty of following this obedient path that could lead to his downfall if he wasn't careful, so after thinking for a while, he said, "How about this - the theme of this session is passing on the torch, I'll try to help you contact Sister Bao Lin to go with you..."

"Really? Can I really go with Sister Pauline?!" Chen Baiyang was immediately excited: he has been a loyal fan of Sister Pauline since he was a child. When he was nine years old, he ran to the fan meeting and squeezed through a group of adult fans with the cute posture of a human cub to take a photo with Chen Baolin...

Unfortunately, after filming her final film "Gecko" in 1973, Pauline Chan officially retired from the screen. The last time she appeared in front of the public was at the June 18th Natural Disaster Charity Fundraising Gala in mid-1973.

"You're biased!" Zhang Querong laughed and shouted, half-seriously, "Obviously I was the first to know you, and we've spent a lot of time together filming together, but as soon as he starts to flirt with you, you ask Sister Baolin to be his female companion! What about me? I have nothing, and I still have to grill chicken wings for you here!"

"I'm not being coquettish!" Although he is used to being coquettish with acquaintances, Chen Baiyang, a well-known protected animal in the circle, still thinks he is a very tough man...

"Hey, hey, is it my birthday today or yours? Each of you didn't give much in the way of gifts, but you feel quite embarrassed to ask for it..." Su Yun muttered to herself.

However, considering that she was too busy in September, she only gave these two old friends, whose birthdays were only two days apart, a brand-name watch as a birthday present. So Su Yun thought about it, waved her hand and started to take the gifts: "Okay, don't say I'm partial. I'll treat Pauline for Danny, and I'll treat Fenfen for you, Leslie!"

Pauline Chan and Fen Fen Siu were two giants among Cantonese film actresses in the past, and they were also their respective idol goddesses. Su Yun felt that it was very fair not to be biased towards either side.

Her face was filled with the expression "I am fair and just, and I treat everyone equally." She looked just like the ancient emperors coaxing their concubines. When Chen and Zhang were about to say something, the maid Jennifer ran over and said, "Miss, there's a new guest!"

Interrupted by Jennifer's shouting, Chen and Zhang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Alas, there is something wrong when foreigners speak the native language. Look at what they say - it's as if there's a new person ready to enter the palace to be favored!