Chapter 242 Clues

Upon hearing the news, Su Yun realized that she had made a mistake: she had originally thought that choosing the address on the top of the mountain could prevent all kinds of uninvited guests or accidents, but she didn't expect that she was not the only one who had a house in the top area.

As fellow residents of Shanding District, it is normal for the Zhao family, who I had already met at noon, to come to Shanding to express their concerns after hearing the news.

I was also influenced by Zhao Rifu's habitual thinking that he had lived in Qingshui Bay for many years for the convenience of work, and forgot that they also had a house on the top of the mountain.

Thinking of this, Su Yun winked at Zhao Liying: Do you want to step away first?

Zhao Liying nodded, responded with a few words and then hurriedly followed Su Yun's instructions to go into the house: In addition to being homesick, his father, who was a mischievous person and stabbed his brothers in the back, was the fundamental reason why he left for Japan with guilt.

If it weren't for his biological father, Zhao Laoer, who sold all the industries in Hong Kong belonging to him and his son to Chia Ho, Chia Ho, which had the support of Taiwan at that time, would not have been able to take advantage of the situation and make a name for itself in the Hong Kong film industry. In the end, the Zhao family was forced to decline.

Therefore, even though Zhao Liying had finally resumed his old business in Japan with the help of Su Yun, he really couldn't meet the Zhao family in Hong Kong right away.

So they had to delay it for the time being - Su Yun watched Zhao Liying hurriedly hide in the house, and then turned to look at the four siblings of the Zhao family who were invited in by Uncle Sun.

The leader was naturally Zhao Liming, the oldest of the four siblings. Su Yun walked up to them, exchanged greetings, accepted the gifts they brought, and then invited them to sit in the garden.

At this moment, the completely different personalities of the new generation of the Zhao family could be seen: the two sisters Zhao Suwen and Zhao Suyun, who were artists, slowly followed Su Yun to the garden and sat down quietly. Zhao Liming, who had been working formally for a long time, also sat next to his sisters and took care of them. The only one was Zhao Lizhong, who had been quite naughty since he was a child. He didn't even sit with his family members, but happily ran to join Lu Shaolong and Xu Gujie.

Thanks to the recent cooperation between Zhao's and Jiahe, the relationship between the two companies has improved compared to the previous situation of mutual dislike. Otherwise, the discovery of such a "traitor" who is a fan of the rival star would probably make the old man angry.

Zhao Lizhong felt very aggrieved about this: How many young people of his generation disliked Lu Shaolong's kung fu movies and Xu Gujie's "Best Partner" series? But just because he is a member of the Zhao family, it is difficult for him to chase after a star.

To be honest, the movies produced by our own film company are not bad, but we have watched too many of them, and everyone is familiar with them. We can watch everything from the script to the film at any time, and we have to watch it multiple times to check if there are any problems... Naturally, no matter how delicious something is, if we eat it all the time, after watching it too many times, we won't feel it's that good anymore.

Su Yun was eating chicken wings that some "beloved" had presented to her while chatting with Zhao Liming: "By the way, how is the box office of "Blade Runner"?"

Zhao Qiming shook his head slightly: "The situation is not optimistic - since the film was released in mid-August, the box office has only reached nearly 30 million US dollars so far."

According to the current profit-sharing practices, the box office of a movie must reach 2.5-3 times the investment in order to be considered profitable.

The investment amount for the upcoming "Blade Runner" is as high as 28 million US dollars, and the manpower and effort consumed is a number that is difficult to calculate.

Moreover, Zhao Rifu is one of the main investors of this film. He went against all odds at the shareholders' meeting, tried his best to empty out most of the campaign funds and even put in some of his own money, placing extremely high hopes on this science fiction blockbuster.

"The most troublesome thing is that its box office failure is secondary." Zhao Liming was quite distressed. "In North America, most media outlets gave it a lot of bad reviews, as if devaluing it was the trend and the right thing to do..."

Hearing this news, Su Yun lowered her eyes: "So, do you blame me?"

"Don't be silly. Investment is not always a win-win situation. Which famous European and American directors have ever made a box office poison? They all had at least two or three chances to try again. You just fell behind once in assisting from the sidelines. The main problem is not even with you." Zhao Qiming looked at Su Yun's expression and quickly and reluctantly cheered up to comfort her, "You have done a great job. From the story content to the post-editing to the special effects technology, my father and I are very satisfied."

"Unfortunately, people today probably still don't understand what it really wants to express."

"In fact, I felt early on that it was more like an art film disguised as a sci-fi blockbuster - if that's the case, the box office failure is completely understandable."

"I also noticed it at the time, but no matter how I discussed it with the director and screenwriter, we all felt that the current situation was the best presentation effect that all of us could achieve at the moment. If we changed it further, it would only be worse." Su Yun looked up at the sky and sighed softly.

"So I said, hard work and timing don't necessarily go hand in hand." Zhao Liming picked up the half-burnt fish balls in his hand and admired them, then handed them over with a somewhat satisfied look on his face, "Tonight is your birthday, don't think about these things, just enjoy tonight!"

Seeing him immersed in what he thought was a pretty good grilling skill, Su Yun couldn't help but take another look through his hand at the dark fish ball skewer that was crispy on the outside but not yet cooked on the inside.

Thank you for your help, okay? !

So Su Yun said a few perfunctory words to him, then turned around and ran away under the pretext of welcoming new guests.

The people who came this time were Ovitz, Zhuang Long, Tom and Meg, who all came from the United States at the same time. Including them, the invited guests are basically all here.

"Puggie's school can't take leave, and her mother is very strict with her. As for Jackson, he wanted to come, but unfortunately he couldn't leave because he was too busy with work..." Meg and Su Yun hugged each other, and while explaining, she took out two more gifts, "But they all asked me to help bring you birthday presents."

Seeing that Meg brought three gifts, Ovitz, Zhuang Long and Tomton also looked unwilling to be left behind and took out gifts to give to Su Yun.

"Thank you, I will say thank you directly to them when I have the chance to go there." Su Yun hurriedly accepted the various gifts from the group of people, then turned around and put them on the large table she had prepared - the various gift boxes on the table had almost piled up into a small mountain...

In order to avoid any jealousy tonight, Su Yun used the excuse of "I'll take it back to my room and unwrap it slowly after the party" to try her best to prevent a gift-giving competition from happening: her friends were of different wealth statuses and the gap was quite large, and they were able to take the time to fly to Hong Kong to attend the party, and even brought birthday gifts prepared for her, which was very thoughtful of them.

But we must not create any unnecessary fuss just because of the value of the gift.

In the eyes of Su Yun, a super glutton who accepts everything, whether it is a super brand or a handmade gift, it is the gift giver's thoughtfulness.

Their value is also the same, and there is no need to use the conventional evaluation standards of the world to judge its so-called "value".

And something like thought is absolutely priceless.

Most of them are adults who have been in society or have seen the ways of the world. It is not difficult to guess the intention of Su Yun's behavior. Therefore, most people on the scene are also planning to give Su Yun, the old man, some face in their hearts, and try their best to maintain the distant and polite surface peace in the adult world, keep just the right real distance and psychological distance, and don't do anything weird.

So at first glance, tonight is really a happy and harmonious evening.

In order to maintain their demeanor and manners in front of the philandering emperor, the concubines in the ancient harem suppressed their true thoughts and finally did their best to create this superficial, peaceful and beautiful vision...

As for Su Yun, who was regarded by everyone as the protagonist and the core of the party tonight, she once again waved her hands and politely declined various offers that were offered to her.

After all, among this group of people, only Zha Lan, Grandma Su, Jennifer and Auntie Wang’s barbecue were truly relatively delicious, as for the rest… the four words “hard to describe” were not enough to describe Su Yun’s inner devastation.

If she had known that these people couldn't even grill properly, she would have hired someone to be in charge of grilling - of course, the current situation was okay, as a group of reserve disciples of the Dark Cuisine Sect were eager to avenge their previous shame, and they didn't care much about coming over to block her.

Actually, it’s not that bad, but after having eaten good food, their problems such as poor control of heat, uneven application of seasoning, poor knife skills, etc., become more obvious in comparison.

Su Yun, who was used to finding opportunities to be lazy, looked at the groups of people busy around the stoves everywhere, lowered her head and carefully selected some relatively not-so-bad barbecued food from the cooked food plate, then quietly ran into the house.

"Eat quickly, they are not paying attention to this place now." Su Yun called out in a low voice: The current transportation is not very convenient. It took Zhao Liying at least four or five hours to get here from Japan, not to mention the time spent waiting for the flight. He must be very hungry.

Sure enough, as soon as Su Yun said this, Zhao Liying quickly reached out to take the food from Su Yun's hand and almost wolfed it down.

Poor Zhao Liying, the mature and steady vice president of the Japan branch of Future Dream Studio, was curled up in a corner eating like a bullied wife. Su Yun couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Even if you can hide for a while, you can't hide forever." Su Yun couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "It was fine before when there was an ocean between us, but now that you've returned to Hong Kong, are you really not going to go see them?"

"My father and I treated Uncle Sixth unfairly back then. I am already very satisfied knowing that they don't blame me. How could I dare to hope to go back to the way it was before?" Zhao Liying shook his head.

It's helpless. This person is obviously very capable at work, but psychologically, he is too traditional and closed.

Especially with his hometown-shy look, she didn't know what to say: she had originally thought of transferring him back after the business in Japan was almost settled and Akina Nakamori could stand on her own, and then deal with Mr. Zhao and let him help out by her side.

In this way, firstly, Su Yun herself can be much more relaxed; secondly, Zhao Liming can have more time to boldly go to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to make things happen, without having to wait a few more years to train Zhao Lizhong - with Zhao Lizhong's lively and outgoing personality and his love for being a fan of rival stars, it is not an easy task to train him to take over.

Therefore, Zhao Rifu's attitude is very clear: he would rather force his eldest son Zhao Liming, who has no intention of pursuing this career, to take over, rather than put his youngest son Zhao Lizhong, who is quite interested in the entertainment industry, in a good position in the company.

Zhao Lizhong is a naughty kid who has not yet settled down. Unless he really makes up his mind to work hard, he will just muddle through and be casual about it. Not to mention that the Zhao family is worried that he will cause trouble and therefore does not entrust him with important tasks, even Su Yun, who is not a member of the Zhao family, feels that he is not reliable enough to take a core position.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been coaxed into participating in a new award ceremony.

Just when I was about to talk to Zhao Liying about the current generation of the Zhao family in Hong Kong, a female voice suddenly came from outside: "Mary, you have been resting in the room for a while. How do you feel?"

Recognizing the voice of Zhao Suwen, the eldest sister of the Zhao family, Su Yunchong winked at Zhao Liying and asked him to hide behind the sofa. Then he picked up a photo album on the coffee table and said with a smile, "I was eating while looking at the list of items moved from my home in Kowloon."

"You really know how to enjoy yourself." Zhao Suwen couldn't help laughing. "No wonder people outside say that you won't leave until you finish the food you brought in - but they also said that today is your birthday and you are the biggest, so they won't let you do anything. They'll bake some more and have someone bring it in for you later..."

As she spoke, she leaned over to Su Yun's ear and said, "It's too smoky outside, and a few people thought about making the fire bigger so it would burn faster...but they didn't know that it would also burn faster."

Su Yun also laughed when she heard this and put the photo album down casually: "Oh, so you are here to seek refuge as well. Well, I will be merciful and let you stay with me in here for a while."

"Okay, I'll help you check these lists too. My eyes are very sharp." Zhao Suwen is passionate about jewelry design and naturally has an extraordinary sensitivity to tiny things.

Her eyes subconsciously fell on the page that Su Yun placed on the coffee table. After a quick glance, her gaze was firmly locked on one of the dark green plush windbreakers.

"This windbreaker..." From the color to the style, and even the initials "W" made of tiny rhinestones on the chest, it all resembles the first piece of clothing that she and her sister made for their mother Huang Misheng when they were young.

"Are you talking about this windbreaker?" Su Yun took a look and replied, "My mother-in-law told me that this is my mother's clothing. She used to keep it in a box under the bed and not let anyone touch it. It was only when she was moving things here that she took it out and took a photo for reference..."