Chapter 249 Everyone’s Thoughts

Su Yun could probably guess why Zhao Liying suddenly appeared here: this morning was the monthly meeting of Zhao's Film Company. Although she usually did not participate in the meeting when she was away due to work reasons, after returning to Hong Kong, unless there were special circumstances, she would basically give face and stay for a whole morning.

As for the Zhao father and son, they were used to holding this regular meeting at a fixed time and place, rain or shine - this was also the best opportunity to ambush them.

Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Yun asked Zhao Liying to dress up and sneak into the company pretending to be her temporary assistant, in order to fulfill his dream of "secretly visiting relatives and then returning to Japan to work."

When the meeting was in progress, Zhao Liying was waiting in a corner outside the door, so naturally he heard about 80% to 90% of the content of the meeting.

However, Su Yun did not expect that this regular meeting was actually a "Hongmen Banquet". Seeing that those so-called old officials pointed their spearheads at her shortly after the opening, it is not difficult to guess that they had anticipated that she would come to the regular meeting today, so they were waiting for her to come...

It’s a pity that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind.

These people with different thoughts not only waited for Su Yun, but also waited for Zhao Liying who was absolutely unexpected.

However, what is even more dramatic is that Zhao Liying was not the last oriole - Huang Misheng, who came after him, was the real "oriole behind".

With so many twists and turns, both Su Yun and the group of old shareholders felt at a loss.

Seeing Huang Misheng's serious expression, Zhao Rifu quickly asked his two daughters to help her sit on the sofa nearby, and asked with concern, "What happened?"

When Huang Misheng was young, he worked with Zhao to build the Zhao family's film industry in Southeast Asia. Later, when World War II broke out, he was arrested and imprisoned by Japanese military police on trumped-up political issues. It was Huang Misheng who persevered and supported the Zhao family business while trying to find ways to use his connections to rescue him.

Unfortunately, after the incident, Zhao's film industry in Southeast Asia also lost its glory due to war and unrest. His peers left the film industry one after another and devoted themselves to various more stable industries such as real estate, which were less likely to be involved in political issues.

That is to say, he still held on to the Eastern Hollywood dream, so he decided to start over again in Hong Kong.

Although Huang Misheng gradually retreated to the backline and focused on taking care of the family after the Hong Kong Zhao family got on track; but compared to Fang Mona, who helped manage most of the TBB TV station's business and was famous for her brutal means, Huang Misheng, who seemed gentle and virtuous and lived in a deep house, was the hidden BOSS of the Zhao family who could best determine the final outcome.

As an old minister who had fought with Zhao Rifu for the throne, he naturally thought of Huang Misheng, a man who usually remained silent but could definitely stir up great waves when he took a move. He immediately couldn't help feeling a little annoyed: It must be that woman Fang Mona who secretly asked Huang Misheng to come forward!

Fang Mona is the general manager of the TV station and the head of production for Zhao's Film Company. Although the work of film production has been rarely done due to the busy business of the TV station, if the top artists of the TV station want to make a name for themselves, they must sharpen their brains and squeeze into the film industry in order to increase their value by transferring from within the company and enter the film industry.

If the Zhao family changes hands, Fang Mona's film resources will naturally be greatly reduced.

This will be a huge blow to her desire to gain a foothold in the TV station where there are also many factions, and will greatly reduce her capital for fighting for power and profit.

With this in mind, the original plan to get rid of Su Yun first became even more urgent - who doesn't know that Su Yun was someone Fang Mona personally went to recruit?

Driving Su Yun away would undoubtedly also mean removing a capable assistant from Fang Mona.

In the entire conference room, everyone's thoughts raced for a moment, and Huang Misheng, who was in the spotlight of everyone, forced himself to suppress the complicated emotions in his heart, and announced in a steady voice: "In this conference room today, others can leave, but Su Yun... absolutely cannot leave."

"Or, I shouldn't call her 'Su Yun' anymore, but 'Zhao Su Yun' - she is the missing daughter of the Zhao family!"

It was like a sudden thunderclap, and for a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Huang Misheng.

After a while, Zhao Rifu was the first to react and asked hurriedly, "Are you sure?"

"It's true. After all these years, I finally found her..." Huang Misheng put one hand on the back of Zhao Rifu's hand, tears in his eyes.

"Mother-in-law?" Su Yun reacted next and also cast his gaze on Grandma Su next to Huang Misheng.

Grandma Su didn't say anything, but just looked at Su Yun with the same misty eyes, and then nodded slightly - it was not difficult to see her struggle and sadness in her eyes, but at this moment she finally chose to give the decision-making power to her child who had been her spiritual support for many years.

"This..." In such a situation, those shareholders with ulterior motives realized without eye contact that today's plan could not be completed as desired: no matter how hard they tried, they could not come up with anything in this situation.

They were all elderly people with rich experience, and they had heard a little about the fact that the Zhao family in Hong Kong once had a little daughter.

At that time, Fang Mona had not yet shown her face to the public to work, and she was just accompanying Zhao Rifu as a confidante, while Huang Misheng already had two sons and two daughters. Under such circumstances, no matter whether the child Fang Mona gave birth to was a boy or a girl, they would just be a share of the property for the second generation.

But there was no news about Fang Mona's child afterwards - but this did not cause much doubt: Fang Mona and Zhao Rifu were more than 20 years apart in age, and both of them were past their best childbearing age. It was said that she was not feeling well in the early stages of pregnancy and even needed the help of a family doctor and a nurse to take care of her to protect the fetus. It was only after she gradually recovered in the later stages that she came out to meet her acquaintances so that everyone would be mentally prepared and know that the Zhao family would welcome a child in old age.

The Zhao family announced to the public that Fang Mona's child had gone missing for some reason and could not be found anywhere, but many people secretly suspected that the child was simply too weak to survive, or that there was infighting within the wealthy family that led to the child not being born.

However, seeing that the Zhao family has not caused as much chaos as the Ho family in Macau in recent years, Hong Kong people, who are constantly bombarded by all kinds of gossip, have gradually put this matter behind them.

The old matter was brought up again after many years. Although no one knew what the inside story was, judging from the loving expression of Huang Misheng, the eldest mother, who was like a real mother, Su Yun would definitely not suffer much loss.

And if Su Yun is really a child of the Zhao family, then their original plan to attack Su Yun for having ulterior motives and thus messing up "Blade Runner" was directly declared a failure: as the saying goes, a family is a family behind closed doors, no matter how much Su Yun messes up the work or quietly starts a new one, he can never escape the identity of the Zhao family, and sooner or later the meat will be rotten in the pot, and whether it is a profit or a loss is an internal matter of the Zhao family.

Unless Zhao Rifu still has the courage and means he had back then, and directly seizes power and becomes the boss himself because his relatives are not doing their job well - since Zhao Laoer, whose power was taken away, was reluctant to see him until his death, he has become more and more nostalgic. Not only has he endured many things that he would never have tolerated in the past, he has also donated many buildings to charity in order to accumulate blessings for his relatives.

Moreover, in the world, there has always been fierce competition among peers, where it’s all about you and me, but the elders always have an unimaginable high tolerance for the mistakes of the younger generation.

Thinking of this, the shareholders who had joined together to attack exchanged glances, and then left the meeting room one after another, pretending to give face to Huang Misheng, their sister-in-law.

As for whether they will go to the media to expose the incident or look for the person hiding behind them after they get out, the people who are still in the conference room don't have time to think so far ahead.

Perhaps because the situation was too complicated and Grandma Su was present, Huang Misheng looked at Su Yun deeply for a while. He wanted to wave to her or go over and hug her, but he didn't know if it would make her feel uncomfortable. In the end, he felt helpless and at a loss.

Zhao Rifu looked at Huang Misheng with concern, and at the same time couldn't help but glance at Su Yun again, his expression was indescribably complicated.

The two elders did not move, and the four younger siblings of the Zhao family could only stare at each other across a conference table, not knowing what to do.

Finally, Zhao Liying, who couldn't stand the awkward situation any longer, spoke up and broke the silence: "Auntie, I'm back."

Hearing the voice in her memory again, Huang Misheng was shocked and looked at Zhao Liying who was looking at her from the side in shock.

It was not until she discovered that the child she had raised now had gray hair that Huang Misheng struggled to break free from the hands of the Zhao sisters, took two trembling steps forward, raised her hand and touched the face of Zhao Liying who was also running towards her.

"Well, I'm glad you're back..." The tears that had been held back for a long time finally fell at this moment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Yun walked quickly and quietly towards Grandma Su.

Noticing her little movement, Grandma Su quickly walked over, intending to protect Su Yun like an old hen protecting her cubs. However, Su Yun, who had discovered her thoughts in advance, got there first and stopped her.

Then, after pulling over a chair for Grandma Su to sit on, Su Yun stood steadily beside the chair with an expression that said, "I can already face the wind, frost, rain and snow on my own."

The Hong Kong River in October is still sunny and bright. The warmth of the hot summer seems to shine through the large French windows behind me and spread over my whole body, making me forget my fear of the unknown future and instead have the courage to fight against everything.

Su Yun has practiced martial arts since childhood and often travels around the world for work. Her physical condition has always been healthier than that of ordinary people. Even in early October when the temperature is starting to drop, she still wore a light shirt and dress to the regular meeting today, looking like a white-collar beauty.

But this seemingly simple appearance has a different meaning in the eyes of some people.

Fang Mona, who had hurried over after receiving a call from Zhao Suwen and temporarily dropped the contract negotiation work at hand, was standing in front of the blinds outside the conference room, secretly looking inside through the gap in the window.

The child was standing against the light, and the sunlight cast a hazy and dreamy outline on his body, just like some unwanted midnight dream, that surprising yet frightening dream.

In her early years, the world was in turmoil. She followed her mother, a dancer in a nightclub in old Shanghai, and wandered around the world, from the Oriental Magic City to the foreign country of Southeast Asia. After the situation and life gradually stabilized, she secretly made a wish in her heart, that is, not to let her children repeat her fate, to have a stable and beautiful childhood, and to avoid all the wandering, rain, snow, wind and frost in his or her life.

Due to external factors, although she didn't have much hope of having a child of her own, when this fragile surprise suddenly came, she gritted her teeth and persevered no matter how difficult it was.

In between taking injections and tonics to protect the little life in her belly, she would always use the excuse of exercising to clean up the child's room that she had asked her sister to help with. She would not leave until the nurse came and urged her to go back to bed and rest.

But no matter how deeply she loved him or how heartbroken she felt, at that critical moment, she also understood the overall situation: she could not endanger three adults who could escape danger in order to save a fragile little life.

Unfortunately, what I thought was a temporary separation turned out to be a nightmare that lasted for eighteen years.

She did not regret the choice she made that day, so she could not take that step today. She could only secretly capture the fragmentary illusions of this child in the gaps between light and shadow.

Suddenly, the pair of purple eyes that had amazed countless people seemed to pass through this gap filled with complex emotions, but it seemed as if they discovered nothing, just inadvertently sweeping away a piece of light smoke and light cloud that would never remain in the memory.

However, just this casual glance made her, who was hiding outside the gap, burst into tears silently. But when she covered her face subconsciously, she couldn't help but reveal a complex smile that was filled with relief, regret and helplessness.

People always have different approaches to dealing with defects caused by illness, such as heterochromia iridum, albinism, and folded ears.

If such a pair of pupils of different colors grow on an ordinary face, people will just think it is unusual and weird; but if it is born on a beautiful appearance, it will suddenly transform into a rare and unique commodity.

"Ms. Mary Sue, our company's partner and one of the inventors of cosmetic contact lenses, has beautiful eyes due to a fortunate yet unfortunate disease. This is usually caused by recessive genetic defects from parents or genetic problems from older parents... But she did not become depressed because of this. Instead, she worked hard to turn her natural misfortune into infinite splendor..."

"Don't worry, this kid is very smart. I don't think she will invest in just one company..."

"When those film companies reject her one after another, I will invite her to act in movies again, let her start from the bottom, and gradually move from supporting roles to leading roles -"

"As for now, I still need to temper my temper, otherwise I will make trouble sooner or later."

When she first saw this child, she thought that he was a rare commodity, and the video clips of Johnson & Johnson promoting the new product of cosmetic contact lenses; and when Su Yun mustered up the courage to seek opportunities, she had the idea of ​​polishing the precocious and proud Su Yun and the subsequent confrontations...

The child whom she had vowed to protect had suffered more than half of her suffering in this world at the hands of her self-righteous "protector"——

But she still grew into a new generation of legend amidst the wind and rain and hardships.

Hiding in the corner, covering her mouth, crying and laughing but not daring to go forward and disturb her at all, is the only thing this incompetent "mother" can do now.