Chapter 340 Prelude to Test Flight

When Su Yun found Liang Jiawei, he was setting up a stall at the night market in Causeway Bay with a few friends.

The night market in Causeway Bay is extremely prosperous at this time of year, with foreign tourists often wandering around. Apparently Liang Jiawei and his friends have spotted this point. Most of the items on display in the stalls are handmade accessories and some interesting-looking gadgets, which often attract foreign tourists with backpacks to stop and pick and choose in front of the stalls.

In this age when one can become a white-collar worker after graduating from Form 5, people like Liang Jiawei who have completed education at a polytechnic university are rare and of high standard. Su Yun clearly saw that while other stall owners were relying on hand gestures and the repeated "Five" and "Ten" to conduct difficult transactions with foreign tourists, only their stall could quickly close deals with fluent spoken English.

Of course, Liang Jiawei is not the kind of person who only eats for himself. After he has taken care of his own business, he will also help out several stall owners around him - it can be considered as mutual benefit. After all, he is a "newcomer" who has just arrived at the fiercely competitive Causeway Bay Night Market. Without a few experienced stall owners to help take care of things, he will definitely not be able to get the good spot for his stall.

Just when Su Yun was about to step forward, suddenly, a young girl with short hair and wearing a professional suit walked over first.

Su Yun had met this young girl a few times before: Jiang Jialian, one of the producers of Hong Kong Radio and also a well-known DJ, is a girl with great temperament and personality.

In Su Yun's eyes, this girl with a strong personality quickly passed her who was observing the situation, walked towards Liang Jiawei and stretched out her hand: "Hello, I'm Jiang Jialin who called you during the day. I just got off work, so I want to talk to you about the recording of the radio drama."

Hearing this, Liang Jiawei, who had previously remained calm no matter how many customers there were, finally showed a slightly flustered look: "I thought... you were just joking."

"I never joke." Jiang Jialian smiled and shook her head. After she felt that the person in front of her was more relaxed because of her smile, she continued, "I've seen your videos and heard about your experiences. I think you are a rare and powerful actor and you shouldn't be treated like this."

"But you know what? Now no one in Hong Kong dares to hire me or offer me a job." Liang Jiawei sighed.

"That's why I need to give you work so that you won't be overwhelmed by setbacks." Jiang Jialian is worthy of being a radio station worker. She has first-class eloquence. After she said a few words, Liang Jiawei's attitude had changed.

Only after he was sure that he could really get a job as a clerk at a radio station did Liang Jiawei sigh and say, "As of now, you are the only person in Hong Kong who dares to give me a job."

"Actually, there are more than one." Seeing that the opportunity was good, Su Yun flashed out from the corner.

Jiang Jialian was a little surprised to see Su Yun suddenly appear, but Liang Jiawei had already prepared for this: even if Su Yun didn't have time to come to him, he planned to take the time to make an appointment to visit Su Yun.

In the past, when he didn't like filming very much, he was unwilling to sign a contract no matter how Su Yun and Zhao Liming invited him, for fear of being bound by rules and regulations. Now that he has experienced the wonderful feeling of filming, he has encountered the most terrible blow and oppression in the career of a Hong Kong artist.

Regardless of whether Jiang Jialian came to his rescue or not, Liang Jiawei was planning to consult his "senior" Su Yun.

What he didn't expect was that Su Yun actually took the initiative to inquire about his situation and even came to him. Not only did she encourage him with earnest words, she also expressed her desire to sign him.

Of course, given the current situation, he cannot appear in public for the time being.

However, if he avoids it for two or three years and then negotiates through the Zhao family, he can basically make a comeback just like Su Yun was unsealed back then.

"During this period before the contract is officially announced, I will not interfere with anything you do as long as it is not illegal." Su Yun pointed at the terms and conditions on the contract. "And on the first day of every month, I will ask the accountant to regularly give you a basic salary amount that can guarantee your daily expenses."

"You can work part-time, or you can study and improve your experience. When I find a role that suits you, I will ask someone to notify you to audition as soon as possible. You cannot refuse the audition and the role arranged."

Liang Jiawei carefully read the contract twice before slowly raising his head: "Why do you think so highly of me and trust me so much?"

"Because I am very satisfied with your performance this time." Su Yun did not hide her fondness for Liang Jiawei's performance this time, "You are not only talented, but also loyal and proud - this is very rare in an artist."

In order not to distort the facts and to protect director Li Xuexiang, his former father-in-law and current mentor, Liang Jiawei would rather accept the ban and end up in disgrace than write a letter of repentance... Based on these deeds, Su Yun felt that he was responsible and thoughtful.

Moreover, in Su Yun's later memory, Liang Jiawei was not only loyal in love but also very loyal, so there was no need to worry about him suddenly doing something bad or backstabbing her.

After discussing work, Su Yun patted Liang Jiawei on the shoulder as a friend of old. He said, "Just do whatever you want to do. If you think too much, you will miss opportunities."

"Didn't Jiang Jialian invite you to the radio station to record a radio drama? You can take this opportunity to get the upper hand." Su Yun was really speechless: Just looking at the look on Liang Jiawei's face when he said that he didn't fall in love at first sight, no one would believe it.

"As time goes by, the 'short-term worker' turns into a 'long-term worker'." Liang Jiawei and his wife Jiang Jialian are a famous couple in the Hong Kong circle. Su Yun's words are meaningful and profound.

"No, this job doesn't make as much as I would if I were setting up a stall." Liang Jiawei shook his head. "It's fine to do it part-time occasionally, but if I do it for a long time, I might just take someone else's job - I can't do that."

Liang Jiawei knew that Su Yun was giving him a "reminder", but since she had hinted at the fact that Jiang Jialian already had a boyfriend during their previous conversation, he had to give up his momentary heart-beating memory.

"Or maybe, no matter what, it's just that sentence - things will work out when the time comes!" Knowing that Jiang Jialian would soon break up with her boyfriend due to personality incompatibility, Su Yun gave Liang Jiawei another tip at the end, "When the time comes, you have to seize the opportunity."

"I understand. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared." Thinking that Su Yun was warning him not to forget his acting training during this period, Liang Jiawei nodded seriously.

After resolving Liang Jiawei's issue, Su Yun followed the itinerary and flew with Zhao Liying to Warner's headquarters in New York.

But even with Bill Finger's support, the first round of interviews was not smooth. Not only did Warner executives not want to give Zhao the rights to shoot Batman, they also favored several other competing teams whose conditions were not as good as Zhao's offer but were all white.

After the first round of negotiations, Su Yun was so angry that she went into the small dark room at eight times the speed and beat the sandbag for a whole hour. She also stretched out her arms on the sofa in the hotel suite for ten minutes. Only then did she suppress her anger and open the door to the people outside.

Zhao Liying was making a long-distance call in his room at this time, contacting Hong Kong to report the entire content of the first round of interviews; so the person who came must be Ovitz, who flew over from Los Angeles and participated in the first round of interviews with Su Yun... Wait, Tom is not filming, why is he here? !

"There was a big-budget script that wanted to invite him, but he never dared to take the challenge and refused several times," Ovitz explained. "This time, the crew of Dark Lord had a few days off, and the crew was very sincere and invited him to come for a test flight to experience it, so I brought him along as well."

As for why he brought it to Su Yun, it was because Su Yun's words were definitely more effective than his. Ovitz was overwhelmed with joy when he thought about how he got the script, and then he was overwhelmed by Tom's hesitation. If he hadn't had a good psychological endurance, he would have been so angry that he almost died.

While inviting Tom in, Ovitz briefly explained why the crew was so sincere: at the beginning of this year, Tom had been nominated for the Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for "Crazy", so many people in the circle were optimistic about the future development of this young man.

Moreover, the screenwriter of that inspirational film said that when he was writing the script, he had always thought of Stef, played by Tom in "Step Up", as the image of the male protagonist. So when the screenwriter, director and producer all had high hopes for him, even though he turned down the role several times and said he didn't want to take it, they still persevered and took it again and again.

So, in order to let him experience the "fun" of being a pilot, they even got permission to take him on an airplane ride, and even prepared a show where he would do stunt flying - it was like they were just holding up a sign to let him know that they wanted to seduce him with the ultimate romance of chasing the wind on an airplane...

"I don't really want to go. The script isn't very good, it's very ideological..." Tom has semi-long hair because he has to play the classical role of "Dark Lord". When he lowers his head slightly, his hair covers most of his face, making him look like a melancholy young artist.

Su Yun took the script from Ovitz without knowing why and roughly flipped through it. At first glance, she was shocked for two seconds by the title "Zhuang Zhi Ling Yun".

However, when she read it again later, Su Yun discovered that the plot of this script was not quite consistent with the finished product in her memory.

This is normal: generally speaking, the birth of a movie, from the script to the final editing, can change everything from the name to the content.

"This is a big production with a cost of 15 million US dollars. Are you sure you don't want it?" Su Yun closed the script and looked at him. "Opportunities like this are not easy to come by."

"I know." This was the first time he had the opportunity to direct such a big production. If he didn't seize it, he might never have such an opportunity again.

However, it was precisely because of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that he felt a lot of pressure.

"Are you stressed out? Then you need to vent." Su Yun stood up, eager to try. "When is the flight experience? I've been stressed out lately, too. I'll go with you!"