Chapter 290 Thoughts

"Besides Tom the cat, it also has something to do with 'Tom'..." Su Yun explained, "Tom's 'Crazy Boy' is very popular among young people in the North American market. I plan to ask him to be the spokesperson for the summer and autumn clothing series that will be launched later with a more youthful style..."

In the movie looks that Zhuang Long revealed before, from the trench coat suit to the shirt and trousers, they are all mature and elegant. Although Keanu's looks are youthful and sporty, such as baseball uniforms and sportswear, they are more winter styles due to the shooting season. Naturally, he will not shoot new GG for the time being - when the first part of "Grave Robbers" is released, it will be a better promotion than any GG.

And the most important point is that Keanu, who is also young, is closer to the elegant and temperamental type, which is a bit of a specific type; while Tom is currently a typical male American sweetheart in terms of appearance and acting career. He is most popular and loved by the high school campus group who advocate freedom and unrestrainedness. In this way, it is very obvious which one is more suitable to be the clothing spokesperson for next season.

"So, among the younger generation in the North American market, who can be more flamboyant and cost-effective than Tom?" Su Yun spread her hands, "He is signed to CAA, and he has a good relationship with me. I can use him anytime I want, which is much more convenient and cost-effective than hiring someone else."

Zhuang Long raised an eyebrow slightly at this explanation: It is said to be convenient, affordable and cost-effective, which reflects the serious work style, but Su Yun's preference for Tom over the years has also been somewhat obvious.

However, he doesn't need to take action himself for the time being. In this situation, someone will naturally take his place and become the sharp knife of dissent.

As expected, before Zhuang Long could continue speaking, Zhao Lizhong interrupted him: "This is not good. You just had an affair with that Tom. If you choose a male name, you can't guarantee that people will think too much."

"Isn't this just right? We can save a lot of publicity money." Su Yun said as if she didn't care at all. "Relationships in the entertainment industry are real or fake, which is what attracts the most attention. As long as we don't admit it, the media and the public can't do anything to us. Instead, we will lead them."

Hearing Su Yun's answer, Zhao Lizhong's expression was very complicated: Was the "Stupid Emperor Training Plan" too successful? As a result, when facing the scandal, his little sister did not have the distress of ordinary female stars, but instead seemed to enjoy it...

Although their family is in the film and television industry and they don't care much about these groundless scandals, Su Yun is still an 18-year-old girl after all, and the four words "people's words are scary" are not something she can just brush off lightly.

Perhaps it was because he read too many foreign books and was influenced by foreigners' modern views on love and marriage - if Su Yun settled abroad, he probably wouldn't care much, but Su Yun settled in Hong Kong because she didn't want to leave her hometown, and also worked hard in the Hong Kong film and television industry...

In this case, the issue of personal image is something that needs special attention.

The Hong Kong media are very venomous, their pens are very scary, and they are particularly demanding of women... He doesn't want his family to be harmed by rumors.

Hearing Zhao Lizhong's concern for her, Su Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You think too much. I'm only 18 years old this year. It's not time to talk about marriage and love yet!"

"Many things are linked to one thing and affect the whole body. You didn't grow up in that kind of situation, so you may not understand these things..." Zhao Lizhong patiently explained to Su Yun the internal situation of the big family: unlike ordinary families where two young people can get married freely, in wealthy families, they start looking for people of the same class for "cooperation" in marriage from a very early stage.

Although the Zhao family in Hong Kong no longer has the old rule of requiring a "match of equal status", they should at least maintain a certain degree of reserve and prudence in their personal image. They should not be like those prodigal sons and second-generation rich kids who appear on the front pages of newspapers and magazines from time to time, and every time they appear, they are involved in relationship problems or scandals, making the people of Hong Kong follow them and watch them gossip.

"But I'm in the entertainment industry, and it's very common to have scandals." Su Yun frowned, "Especially when filming a movie. Unless I'm completely behind the scenes, if I'm the leading actress in front of the camera, it's impossible not to film the love scenes. The paparazzi love to write about someone falling in love with someone else on the set, or the fake scenes become real ones."

Seeing that Zhao Lizhong had suddenly turned into an old stubborn man and wanted to say something, Su Yun decisively took out her trump card: "Besides, fake things will naturally not become real, but if it is real - then I will be with that 'male protagonist'."

"In the past, the grandfathers and grandpas would just marry the popular women in the company to keep them!"

"According to this tradition, what if I make a sacrifice?"

Hearing Su Yun's brazen and almost shameless remarks, Zhao Lizhong was filled with anger: "The current Zhao family doesn't need you to... 'sacrifice' them like this."

"It can't be considered a sacrifice. To be honest, if I really like someone, I will definitely announce it to everyone. I don't want to be sneaky." Su Yun touched his chin. "However, for now, I haven't found the person who can make me feel like I'm being hit by someone, so you don't have to worry too much about it, second brother."

"Really?" Zhao Lizhong stared at Su Yun for a while, thought about it and seemed to remember something, and secretly glanced at Zhuang Long who had been watching the show calmly beside him.

"Really not!" Su Yun responded righteously.

Seeing Su Yun's confident look, Zhuang Long, who was watching the show quietly beside him, lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes as deep as ink.

"Okay, okay, don't talk so much while eating. The fish soup tonight is so delicious. Susu, you should drink more. It's definitely not as good as the delicious soup cooked at home when you drink it outside..." Grandma Su, who was sitting in the main seat, greeted everyone.

"Yeah, I've been missing my grandma's delicious soup." Seeing Grandma Su helping him out, Su Yun quickly climbed up the pole and obediently scooped a large bowl of soup to drink.

By the end of the welcoming dinner, except for Keanu, who was completely out of the conversation and didn't understand much of what they were talking about, everyone else at the table had something sad in their hearts.

After finishing dinner, Su Yun walked upstairs while thinking secretly in her heart: Indeed, although Zhao Lizhong is usually not in tune with her, what he said tonight, no matter the starting point or anything else, was for her good.

As a widower for two lifetimes, I really don't have much experience in love. Now that I'm officially married and can develop a relationship without worrying about age, I'm starting to have some lazy and cheating ideas...

She really couldn't tell whether those friends who she had known for many years showed her ambiguous feelings and seemed to have a vague affection for her, or whether they were just a love that had grown over time but was not a true love relationship between a man and a woman.

Therefore, even if she felt a little bit of interest from those friends, she didn't dare to take the initiative to try - except for the accident with Zhuang Long, when she was a little bolder because of the alcohol and sex...

It is said that once a man and a woman cross the emotional line, they will either get married and stay together for a lifetime, or separate and never see each other again until they die.

She values ​​everyone very much, so she is unwilling and does not want to see loss and separation...

Wait, isn’t this mentality a bit wrong?

Su Yun realized the problem and thought about it carefully. She soon came up with a series of rubbish that were quite similar to her current mental state.

I'm not fickle, my heart is just broken into many pieces, and each piece falls in love with a different person.

I just care about the world and want to bring happiness to every boy.

They are all so nice, how can I bear to let them be sad and cry because of me?

As Su Yun leaned against the railing of the stairs, covering her face with her hands and daydreaming, Zhuang Long came up from behind and looked at her in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Su Yun was suddenly pulled back to her thoughts by Zhuang Long's question. She was stunned for a moment and answered hesitantly, "I'm thinking about something..."

"Or, like my second brother said, I was really too impatient before." Su Yun said meaningfully, "Maybe I should learn more before really trying to invest in a relationship, instead of being like those second-generation rich prodigals who like this and that and play around with life without caring about the eyes of the secular world."

Inexplicably, he felt a sharp blow to his heart. Zhuang Long suppressed the discomfort that was quietly growing in his heart and forced a smile, saying, "Yes, although a true relationship is very rare, if there are various obstacles, you really need to consider whether it is worth your efforts and struggles for it..."

"You think so too? Then I feel relieved." Su Yun nodded, "Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't have challenged a high difficulty level at the beginning, but instead found some options that everyone can more easily accept..."

So what? Do you now think that what you expressed on that winter night was just the recklessness of youth and ignorance, just the confusion caused by the alcohol and sex, and not the real... feeling attracted to me?

It was obviously you who first destroyed everything that was once so beautiful and harmonious!

On what basis could you just get away from it so easily, leaving me here wandering and pondering over and over again, trapped by thousands of emotions and still unable to get out of it?

He looked at Su Yun with complicated eyes, but couldn't utter a word.

After a while, he finally asked again with difficulty: "So...what are you going to do next?"

Go find some young people who are your age and come from a good family, and abandon him, a lonely guy who has no known parents and has been wandering around alone since childhood?

It would have been fine if he hadn't thought about it. But when he thought about it, Zhuang Long suddenly realized: If it weren't for the accident that winter night, he and she were really people from two completely different worlds. From age to family background to personality, there was an inequality that could not be forced...

"Let it be. How can you think so far ahead?" Su Yun let go of the railing. "By the way, I've been planning the recording of the Los Angeles Olympic theme song these days. It may be a few days before I can work with you on the movie promotion again."

"This isn't the first time this has happened. I know what to do." After saying this, Zhuang Long felt how stiff his tone was.

"I'm not trying to be lazy, I just have a sudden mission that needs to be completed in a hurry--" Su Yun immediately misunderstood and immediately raised her hands to beg, with a cute look, "I promise that after finishing the recording, I will immediately start promoting the movie. Please wait for a few more days..."

Obviously, he was acting in the same spoiled manner as when they were together, but just because of the changes in her appearance and figure and his mood, it seemed that their intimacy went beyond normal feelings.

Zhuang Long dodged subconsciously for some reason and replied in a low voice, "Okay."

Seeing him subconsciously evading her, Su Yun felt a little uncomfortable, as if she was being rejected. In the end, she could only say stiffly, "Then I'll go upstairs to my room to rest."

Quietly watching Su Yun's back disappear at the corner of the stairs above, Zhuang Long stood there in silence for a long time. Finally, he sighed softly and walked towards the guest room.

On the other hand, Zhao Lizhong drove back to the main residence of the Zhao family and happened to encounter the dessert time after the Zhao family’s usual dinner.

Drinking the sweet ginkgo syrup, Zhao Lizhong thought again and again, and finally couldn't help but tell him about tonight's dinner.

Huang Misheng waved his hands nonchalantly: "She's a young girl, and she works in the entertainment industry, so there will definitely be a lot of temptations. You brothers and sisters, just help take care of her. Our family is not the kind of family that demands old-fashioned things. If it's normal socializing, you don't need to worry too much."

"That's right. If those newspapers and magazines write nonsense, you brothers can just help suppress it." The two Zhao sisters nodded repeatedly. "Mary is so beautiful, she must have a lot of admirers, and this is where you brothers are useful."

Compared to the others, Zhao Rifu seemed a little concerned: "Does Mary really think so?"

"Sixth Uncle, do you think there is any problem?" Zhao Liying put down the bowl in his hand.

"There are problems, but they are not big problems. Or if she thinks so, it will be better for her." The film and television industry fears emotionality the most. Although the Zhao family has always been nepotistic, at least they can distinguish between work and personal relationships. People who really can't get things done will not be entrusted with important tasks.

For example, Fang Mona, if she didn't have the real qualifications and determination to be a manager, let alone enter the company and gradually gain the right to speak... she would not be allowed in at all.

Therefore, he was very impressed by the fact that Su Yun, who was only in her teens, had realized that love and work should be separated as much as possible.

However, compared to Zhao Rifu's appreciation, Fang Mona quietly pulled Zhao Lizhong to a corner and asked about Zhuang Long.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. For someone like Fang Mona, who is extremely picky about details and has a very clear distinction between love and hate, Zhao Lizhong's casual words, "Zhuang Long and Su Yun seemed to be a little intimate and even sat on the same sofa," were deeply engraved in her heart.

So Zhao Lizhong honestly recalled the contact between Zhuang Long and Su Yun tonight, telling him everything he knew, even counting how many times they looked at each other...

After talking for the whole time, Zhao Lizhong, who was dry-mouthed, originally wanted to ask Fang Mona what she was going to do, but when he looked up and saw Fang Mona's face that looked like a storm was about to come, he immediately shut his mouth wisely.

Is it his illusion?

Why does Fang Mona look so much like the wicked mother-in-law in Cantonese comedy movies who finds her child being befriended by a poor and scheming man and plans to secretly beat the child up?