Chapter 25 Little Star Winter Camp
Su Yun stood in front of the dressing mirror and stretched out her hand to measure her height.
"Have you grown a little taller?" Wang Jiaju passed by holding a guitar and saw that Su Yun was obviously taller than the line she had marked with crayon before, so she asked.
"Yes, I've been eating well recently, so I've grown fast." Su Yun nodded with satisfaction after confirming that with the help of the system, not only did her appearance remain the same, but her height had also begun to grow.
"That's right. I go to Central every day to eat roast goose, and the food is so delicious..." Wang Jiaju couldn't help but express his feelings when he thought of Su Yun taking more than half an hour on the bus every night to go to Yung Kee to buy roast goose, and she had to choose it herself instead of letting others do it for her.
"Central is great, there are lots of delicious food and nice people. I really like going to Central." Su Yun smiled as she recalled her first time going to Yung Kee.
Who would have thought that the tailor shop diagonally opposite Yung Kee was owned by the family of superstar Cheung Que-rong, who often went to Yung Kee to buy roasted goose.
That day, someone mistook Zhang Querong, whose English name was still "Poppy", for a cute little animal. He smiled happily and said he was not surprised: because his English name had been mistaken for a pet's name more than once...
"When I chose it, I said that this English name could easily be mistaken for some kind of small animal! So, I've been planning to change it to a sexier English name recently. From now on... just remember that my name is 'Lesley'!" At that time, Zhang Querong and she were both waiting for the roast goose to come out of the oven, so they sat together and chatted about all sorts of things.
He said that he had been studying abroad since he was 13 years old, and had been staying in the UK the whole time, and could only come back during holidays. The food in the UK was notoriously bad, so after returning to Hong Kong, he would come out to enjoy himself and eat whenever he had some spare money, so that he could gain some weight and then go back to school and rely on these stocks to get through the semester...
The 17-year-old boy was lively and outgoing. Not only was he very outgoing, he also talked a lot. There was no need for Su Yun to take the initiative to find topics, he could perform a stand-up comedy by himself.
After all, he was one of the superstars of the golden age, and his film and television works were always popular. Su Yun was more or less a fan of his, and had read a lot of his information. Because there were too many children in the family and he was the youngest, his parents were busy with work and social activities and had no time to care about him. Lacking parental love, Zhang Querong relied on his maid Liu Jie, who had been taking care of him since he was one month old, for support.
Probably because there are few people in foreign countries with whom he can truly talk freely, and there is only Sixth Sister, the servant who takes care of him at home - but at this age, there are still some things that a young man does not want to say to his elders, so he So it will be.
A precocious person like him would usually only show his laughter and joy in front of familiar people, while silently swallowing the hardships and pains he experienced in the journey of life.
Unless you meet a stranger with whom you can get along well, you will not be able to help but pour out all your grievances to him or her that will not affect the stranger.
Unfortunately, after Su Yun served as his emotional trash can, he came and went like the wind and nowhere to be found. Even though Su Yun went to Yung Kee for a few days at the same time, she was not able to "coincidentally" meet him again.
Forget it, as long as she stays in the entertainment industry, she won’t have trouble collecting this piece of stamp.
Mary philatelist Su, who originally wanted to build relationships with the not-yet-famous Zhang Querong and trick him into making a cameo appearance in her film debut, sighed with regret, then let go of the idea and devoted herself to another philatelic activity.
Xu Guwen, who is directing for the first time, is running around preparing for the early stages of filming. The sponsor Su Yun, who is also the casting director, and the male lead Xu Gujie are in the small interview room, waiting for the arrival of the children of the right age.
Of course, she has already chosen several main supporting roles, but this play requires a lot of child actors, and after putting up the sign gg, maybe she can produce a few more young stars of future generations.
Su Yunzhi held a stack of registration forms with a smug look on his face: It feels like playing the game of a tyrant and trying hard to become famous ministers and concubines!
Of course, how many people who play the emperor training game really want to train a good and diligent emperor? Isn't it just to be a hedonistic and incompetent monarch, brush up on the historical ministers of the previous dynasty and the historical concubines of the harem, and feel a sense of accomplishment when they see a full list of famous names - these are still players with more integrity. Some of me, integrity is like a cloud, and it is not uncommon to force famous ministers of the previous dynasty to be concubines in the harem...
After all, it is human nature to want it all.
Looking at the registration form, Su Yun picked up the bell on the table and rang it, signaling person number 1 to come in for the interview.
Sure enough, the group numbered 1 was the Mei sisters whom she had contacted before with the recruitment information.
"Aishhuang, Yanshuang, come in quickly!" The woman with a somewhat harsh face smiled and pushed the Mei sisters in one by one - Su Yun had seen her when she went to deliver the recruitment materials. This was the mother Mei who exploited her two daughters, who had just reached adulthood in a few years, to work and earn money to support the family.
It is said that on normal days, the Mei sisters would go to school during the day and perform on stage to earn money at night, working non-stop; and during the winter and summer vacations, they would have to run around the entire day performing on various stages, theaters, and nightclubs, without a single moment to rest and catch their breath.
In those days, the two sisters together could earn nearly a thousand a month, which was more than many working adults.
Unlike the later generations who mostly enter the entertainment industry for fame, many older generation artists in Hong Kong who are famous for their hard work mostly came from very poor families, so they had to enter the entertainment industry where the entry threshold is relatively low and they can make a lot of money just by working hard.
To put it bluntly, celebrities these days are just actors. It sounds good, but actually they don't have a good reputation in upper-class circles. Decent families with decent conditions rarely let their children enter this circle.
Of course, there are young people who are devoted to the entertainment industry, but if they choose this path, they will definitely have to fight with their families.
While thinking this, the Mei sisters also came into Su Yun's sight.
"Did you cut your hair?" Seeing that Mei Yanshuang's long black hair, which was originally waist-length, had been cut short to shoulder-length hair similar to Su Yun's, Su Yun lowered her eyes slightly, "Are you willing to do that?"
"I'm used to it. Sometimes when a performance requires it, my sister and I will cut our hair short. Besides, we had money this time. As soon as you left, my mom took out the scissors and cut it for me." Mei Yanshuang spoke in a habit-like tone, and as she spoke, she took out a bunch of long hair tied with a rope from a plastic bag she was carrying.
Normally, a haircut would only cost a few yuan to sell, but when Su Yun came to her house, she asked for 20 yuan. Her mother would probably be happy if she could have her hair cut into a boy's style, let alone a shoulder-length style.
Besides, Su Yun was planning to find someone with a similar body shape to herself to be her stand-in, and as Su Yun's stand-in earned 80 yuan a day, which was more than the 30-50 yuan that other supporting roles earned, Mui's mother would definitely try her best to get it.
"Although she is a little over a year older than you, you are about the same height and have a similar hairstyle. From the back, she does look a lot like you." Xu Gujie took a closer look and was very satisfied. "And she has a lot of stage experience. It's rare that you can find her yourself. Otherwise, it would be hard for us to find her."
"I also met these sisters when I went to Liyuan before," Su Yun explained.
"Okay then. Your younger sister Mei Yanshuang will be your stand-in and campmate, and your older sister will be your campmate in the winter camp. You can just call them Da Mei and Xiao Mei." After discussing with Su Yun, Xu Gujie, as an adult, made the decision.
After seeing off the Mei sisters who were overjoyed at getting the roles, the next person to come in was an acquaintance.
"Hey, it's you?" Su Yun was a little surprised to see that the person who came was Luo Jiayang, who had gossiped with her during the preliminary round.
Since he was an "acquaintance" in both lives and was the future TV King, Su Yun signed him without hesitation.
Afterwards, Liang Shaowei and Stephen Chow, who came to the audition together, and Zhang Hanyou and his cousin, who came with two brothers, were signed by Su Yun as supporting actor campers and extras campers respectively.
After being busy and talking all morning, Su Yun took the rare break and quickly picked up the kettle to drink.
"Slow down, don't bite me." Xu Gujie looked at Su Yun with both anger and amusement, thought for a moment, took out an orange from the bag beside him, peeled it carefully, and handed the flesh to Su Yun.
"You are really becoming more and more like a father, Sam." Su Yun took the orange and couldn't help but sigh: this man's singing voice is simple and gentle with an indescribable charm, it turns out that it is mainly due to his personality.
"Because I play your dad in this play, dear girl!" Xu Gujie said with a smile.
After chatting and making up for the others, and then signing up a dozen children who seemed to be performing well and decently as extras, Su Yun began to pack up and go home.
"Uncle Wu? Is there something wrong?" Xu Gujie, who was also cleaning up, suddenly called out.
Although Xu Gujie once worked for TBB, they are not high-ranking executives who have any grudges against the other side. Therefore, as lower-middle-class brothers, they are more or less familiar with the lower-level employees of ATV.
Especially Uncle Wu who often hosts the live broadcast of Mark Six lottery programs - who in Hong Kong wouldn't occasionally buy a few tickets on a whim to make a fortune?
"Oh, it's you, Ajie." The middle-aged man whom Xu Gujie called Uncle Wu greeted Xu Gujie, and then brought the little girl with boyish short hair next to him. , "This is my daughter Yunyi. She has been on vacation recently and has been going out every day to flirt with each other. She is even more disgusting than the boys... I will simply take her out and let her learn what it means to be 'difficult to find food'."
"Brother, sister! Choose me. My dad said that if I don't get elected, I will only get half of my New Year's gift money this year!" Wu Yunyi was not shy and took the initiative to shout to Su Yun and Xu Gujie.
"This..." Logically speaking, he was someone he knew, so asking for a favor and playing a minor role would not be a big deal under normal circumstances. However, Su Yun, the financial sponsor, was right next to him... Xu Gujie had to look at Su Yun with some embarrassment.
Su Yun is a child with many ideas, and it all depends on her opinion.
"Since you happen to be the last one... that's fine, perform according to what's written on this paper. If you perform well, I'll add you in." Su Yun carefully examined Wu Yunyi, then smiled and handed the note in her hand over.
Undoubtedly, with a father who originally worked in the entertainment industry, Wu Yunyi's performance was much better than those of the previous ones. Because she was able to let go of her expressions and was playful enough, her level of comedy could even rival that of the Mei sisters who had rich stage experience.
As expected of the future Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards winner, she is able to co-star with Stephen Chow, and can also seriously play the roles of The Thirteenth Sister of Hongxing and Mrs. Luo in The Thieves. She is extremely versatile.
Finally, after signing Wu Yunyi as a supporting camper, this "Little Star Winter Camp" recruitment, which Su Yun thought was quite fruitful, finally came to an end.
"By the way, how's the contact with the heroine going?" Su Yun asked.
"Your script describes the heroine as Taiwanese who can sing, and the production budget is sufficient, so my eldest brother plans to contact female artists from Taiwan - so I recommended to him a Taiwanese female singer whom I met when I performed in Kuala Lumpur before. She also wants to enter the film industry recently." Xu Gujie replied.
"Oh, what's your name?" Su Yun nodded and asked again.
"Her name is Deng Niyun. She was the first person I heard singing a Mandarin song." Xu Gujie said.