Chapter 278 Buy One Get Two Free

Among the various stages of the Miss Hong Kong pageant every year, the swimsuit quiz segment generally has the highest instantaneous ratings - just the sight of the young and beautiful candidates walking in their swimsuits is enough to make the audience in front of the TV linger.

The design of this link not only shows the appearance and figure of the candidates, but also helps to test their intelligence and conversation: it is said that in psychology, the less clothes a person wears, the more they will naturally feel that they have less "cover", making it easier to expose their true thoughts.

In addition, there is a time limit for answering random questions on the spot, so in this round, there are often many candidates whose looks cannot keep up with their brains and they lose points.

The Miss Hong Kong pageant aims to "emphasize both beauty and wisdom", and this is not just a slogan - the top three beauties will represent Hong Kong in international beauty pageants after the competition, and the champion will have a one-year responsibility to promote Hong Kong until the new champion is born next year, at which time she can officially step down.

A vase that is only beautiful but without brains cannot fulfill the subsequent obligations that go along with rights.

In this swimsuit question-answering session, the contestants are usually divided into groups of four. However, No. 29 Zhang Wanyu, whom Su Yun favored, was placed in the second to last position in the last group, which was quite like being the "bottom line".

In the stands, Zhang Wanyu took an envelope with questions from Zhong Jingwei, the master of ceremonies, and Su Yun listened attentively to the questions.

“Okay, this is the question - if God gives you a special talent, but you can only choose one from singing, dancing, and acting, then which one would you choose?” Zhong Jingwei read out the question slowly.

Zhang Wanyu nodded and answered firmly: "Uh... I think I will choose singing."

"Why?" Zhong Jingwei asked back.

"Because a person's voice is innate. If your voice is not nice, then no matter how you sing, it will not be good." Zhang Wanyu answered very seriously, "But for dancing, acting and the like, you can absorb experience and learn and practice..."

It was not known whether her singing soul was immortal or she was trying to please Zhong Jingwei, who was the acting teacher of many artists in the circle. Zhong Jingwei was amused and laughed and talked to her for a few more words. Finally, he happily invited her to leave, and then continued to invite the next candidate to come on stage.

"She has some self-awareness." Er Dongxing, who was standing next to her, looked at the stage and whispered, "She is definitely not suitable for acting at this level."

Su Yun, who was sitting on his right, couldn't help but glance at the handsome guy when he heard this: I heard that Er Dongxing and his second brother Jiang Dawei were both male artists who became directors after being good at acting during the Zhao martial arts film era, and both brothers have made many good films. How could he be so wrong today?

"Don't worry about him, he is just like that." Jiang Dawei, who was sitting to Su Yun's right, said, "He heard about her withdrawal before the 29th, so he felt that she had a weak mental endurance and was not suitable to continue the election."

His younger brother has had his own opinions since he was young, so he has never liked those who give up halfway and have no confidence in themselves.

It was a coincidence that Fang Mona originally thought that Su Yun might not be able to return, so she initially arranged only five politicians as judges. Later, Su Yun returned to Hong Kong as scheduled, so the original plan of ten judges was put back on the agenda, with Su Yun as the first and four new generation representatives arranged: three new generation directors Jiang Dawei, Derek Yee and Anxia Xu, plus two "world-class" actors Su Yun and Zhuang Long.

However, because people in the entertainment industry cannot be "compared" with politicians, their scores were only counted as 30% this time, and they were all placed in the second row of the judges' seats - which was just convenient for them to gossip behind their backs...

"Oh, what's the story behind this?" Su Yun suddenly became interested.

"Actually there's not much to say, but I really don't know how to start... Let me put it this way, Wang Zheng, you should know, right?" The brothers Jiang Dawei and Er Dongxing had previously guest-starred as the "applicants" for grooms in "My Three Dead Ex-Husbands", and Su Yun is the daughter of a royal princess, so Jiang Dawei, as an artist and director under Zhao Film, had a very good attitude towards her.

Although he was originally a very kind person, it was gossip about his own brother after all. If he hadn't encountered Su Yun, who was a huge rock that could crush a crab to death, he probably wouldn't have told it all.

"I know. The Thousand Kings series he wrote is really good. He is also the famous 'Bridge King' in Happy Tonight. Of course I know that." The word "bridge" in common parlance means "bridge section, idea". Wang Zheng, who is still quite thin now, got a job at TBB through his father's relationship in order to support his family. It is well known that he was studying while writing for Happy Tonight, which has a huge demand for programs.

In this era, many people are like this, including her adopted grandfather Xu Gujie and her good friend Chen Boyang, who are all busy people who study and run their careers at the same time, and they are always busy on both ends.

However, Wang Zheng's title of "Bridge King" is actually a bit exaggerated: relying on the information gap between most ordinary people and high-level intellectuals today, he has many bridges and ideas that are "transformed" by extracting the essence of foreign literary works and film and television works.

Not only him, but even many popular old Hong Kong films also have such traces of borrowing, retaining the main trunk and localizing the details, and after changing the skin, it becomes a new story.

If this approach is done well, it is borrowing and paying tribute, but if it is done poorly, it is blatant plagiarism.

Su Yun herself is also a plagiarist, so she can only turn a blind eye to this common situation in the early stages of development - she has been busy with Zhao's business in the past few years because she took over, and has no time to deal with this. However, Jiahe and Zhen Yicheng are often involved in this, but because they are different companies, she cannot do anything about it. In the end, she can only take care of her own side first and then slowly deal with the others.

"So, Xiaobao doesn't like Wang Zheng's money-minded approach..." Jiang Dawei sighed, "The two of them grew up in the dormitory area of ​​the film set. You can say they have known each other since childhood, but unfortunately Xiaobao pays too much attention to literature and art, while Wang Zheng is more inclined to commercialization in order to support his family - so, the two of them have been fighting since childhood."

"Oh... no wonder, no wonder." One thinks that the other party has the ability but is only thinking about making money every day, while the other thinks that the other party always loses money when making films not for profit. This is bound to lead to a quarrel.

Most people in the old Hong Kong circle like to support the good brothers Ti Lung and Jiang Dawei. Er Dongxing can only be the younger brother overshadowed by the halo of the two loving older brothers, and he will be mentioned occasionally.

Little did people know that Er Dongxing and Wang Zheng, who are not childhood friends, actually had a wonderful "old relationship" of loving and hating each other for many years.

Su Yun probably knew that the two were at odds with each other, but this was the first time she had heard the details and reasons behind the disagreement.

The funniest thing is that, besides appreciating each other's talents, they often mock each other's behavior in the movies they make, especially in the Best Loser series directed by Wang Zheng, where the Xianshi Chao played by Ah Le burns photos of his ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding, and each name is a mockery of the popular actresses at the time.

From Chu Hong, Qingxia to Carina Lau, Mei Fung, it was Mo Lian (a veteran supporting actress who often plays the role of a garbage woman in TBB TV series) who was really used for pranks later on, who was reluctant to burn them, so she burned Maggie Cheung's photo first, because she was together with Xiao Bao - the "Maggie Cheung" here refers to Zhang Wanyu, and the "Xiao Bao" naturally refers to Er Dongxing, whose nickname is Xiao Bao. They were considered a very talented and beautiful couple in those days, and it was hard to let go of them.

It is because of this that Su Yun chose Er Dongxing and Zhang Wanyu as the final couple in "Sister Exorcist".

However, then again, when Er Dongxing, this naive and handsome guy, starts dating Zhang Wanyu in the future, isn't he afraid that his derogatory remarks at this time will be dug up and his girlfriend will settle accounts with him?

Thinking of this, Su Yun started talking to him: "No, I think she is still okay. I think she should have some achievements in acting."

"No way, her?" Er Dongxing was now showing the common problem of literary youths, "I think it would be better for her to try singing. With her mental endurance and appearance, she can never be the heroine of a movie..."

Su Yun couldn't help but look at him again when she said this: apart from Mei Yanshuang and Ye Shanyun who originally debuted as singers or positioned themselves as both singers and actresses, the rest of the beauties who left their mark in the golden age were all soul singers who were better than the other...

Seeing that Su Yun actually gave Zhang Wanyu a high score, Er Dongxing wanted to say something, but then he noticed that she also gave high scores to several other students, so he quickly felt relieved - it turned out that Su Yun was just talking, and the scores she gave were not biased.

Yes, the reason why he was so eager to express his dissatisfaction was because he was afraid that Su Yun would give the girl to a favorite because of his inexplicable affection for her.

This kind of "conspiracy" can cause a very stubborn and rebellious young man to become ill.

Seeing that he seemed to be relieved, Su Yun laughed secretly in his heart.

After all, she is still young and really doesn't understand the unspoken rules of the circle: Generally speaking, the one who is most valued by the people behind the scenes in the Miss Hong Kong competition will basically not win the championship.

Although the top three Miss Hong Kong contestants must sign a contract with TBB as a rule, the champion's publicity responsibilities that year greatly hinder her subsequent work arrangements, so the first runner-up and the third runner-up are the best choices for both parties. After the subsequent beauty pageants are over, the first runner-up and the third runner-up can directly take on acting jobs, which is a more advantageous choice for both of them and the TV station.

As Su Yun thought about it, she glanced at the score sheet on Er Dongxing's desk and saw that he had honestly given a score that was basically normal. Only then did she feel at ease to talk to Er Dongxing about the movie invitation: "Are you interested in starring in my new movie?"

"I've been very busy lately..." Due to their family background, the three brothers of Er Dongxing's family are not only handsome but also good at acting, directing and writing. In the past two years, the Zhao family has not produced martial arts films, so Er Dongxing and Jiang Dawei, who have connections, are preparing to make movies.

Hearing the hesitation in his tone, Su Yun turned around and started chatting with his brother Jiang Dawei: "Can you help?"

"He's in great need of investment recently..." Jiang Dawei answered slowly.

Su Yun immediately took a step back: he was indeed a brother; on the surface he seemed to be helping her solve the problem, but in fact he was helping his brother who lacked funds for filming.

Everyone in the industry knows that Su Yun’s treatment by the crew is above average!

Because of the overseas market, Su Yun has high requirements for the artists in the crew, and her remuneration is also a mid-point between the Hollywood average and the Hong Kong average.

When most people heard her invitation, they thought it was a great opportunity that would bring both fame and benefits, so they accepted it without much consideration - even a well-known female artist in Taiwan like Lin Qingxia nodded after a little consideration.

Only these two brothers are particularly "arrogant".

Of course, they are both good-looking actors in the Hong Kong entertainment industry who can fight and act, so it is not too difficult to sell them at a high price.

While Su Yun was thinking, Jiang Dawei, who had heard about Su Yun's preference for high cost-effectiveness and star-studdedness, whispered, "How about this, if you choose Xiaobao, I'll help you make an appointment with Dillon, and he and I will go to your new play to make a cameo appearance, for free!"

Although Su Yun, as one of the decision-makers, can directly force his employees to film, but the effect of voluntary free work is definitely much better than forcing people to do it... Thinking of this, Su Yun quickly replied with a good word.