Chapter 36 Daily Promotion

After performing heroic deeds in the dark alleys of Hong Kong like Batman at night, if Lu Shaolong finished filming smoothly and finished work early, he would take Su Yun to various martial arts gyms to challenge others.

Most of the martial arts schools and societies in recent years have connections, and some are even directly owned by the societies. When Lu Shaolong came back, he kicked out a few martial arts schools and earned a high position in the eyes of the society members. After that, he became a super male god for the younger generation after starring in a few kung fu movies.

He has both fame and power, and many gang leaders are his fans and respect him very much. Therefore, in this environment where gang members often go to various crews to cause trouble and collect protection fees, no one dares to offend Lu Shaolong's crew.

Previously, when Su Yun was filming "The Perfect Match", she did not encounter anyone collecting protection fees head-on. Now I think it was probably because Xu Guwen, who had filmed a movie at Zhao's before, asked Zou Yunhua to use his connections to contact the big society that collects protection fees and pay the money early on - some crews did not understand this "rule" and would be blocked by society members during filming.

When this happens, if it is a martial arts film or a kung fu film, and there are stuntmen or relevant action instructors in the crew, it is still easy to deal with. You just need to pay the protection fee according to the "rules" and you will be able to get through. If it is a palace film or other literary and artistic costume film, and there are no fighters in the crew, then the female characters and female staff in the play will inevitably be teased, and the male characters and male staff will also most likely get a "lesson".

Before the new governor MacLehose and ICAC founder To Ye-shei officially set up ICAC, the community and the police in Hong Kong were in cahoots. When they were bullied in such a situation, calling the police was useless and they felt helpless.

A tycoon like Lu Shaolong, who is not in the underworld but whose legend is everywhere in the underworld, takes Su Yun with him to challenge other gangs everywhere. The reason for this is not only to train her, but also to introduce Su Yun as his personal disciple to all the "underworld people" so that they can get to know her and prevent Su Yun from being bullied in the future.

With him as their master, no one would think of bullying Su Yun unless they have a hole in their brains or want to go against the whole martial arts world.

Perhaps it was because Su Yun was too young when she entered the sect, only a few months older than his eldest son, and influenced by the traditional concept that a teacher is a father for life, Lu Shaolong and his wife really treated her like their own child.

After training Su Yun so painstakingly, time slowly slipped through her fingers. Before she knew it, the breath of spring had gradually faded away, and the strong sunlight of early summer shone through the leaves, leaving a field of sunlight fragments as bright as gold flakes.

"The Perfect Match" has already begun airing in Taiwan. Because the heroine in the promotion is a Taiwanese actress, it has naturally won the favor of many Taiwanese people.

After using various media means to promote it, the degree of its broadcast was even more popular than when it was broadcast in Hong Kong - at that time, the main overseas sales destinations for Hong Kong films were Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. As long as Taiwan was popular, even if the following places did not make much money, Taiwan alone could make more money than the Hong Kong box office.

I had a high initial impression of the film, and then after watching it, I found out that the leading actress and the second female lead in the film were from Taiwan. The image of the elegant and proud beautiful lady and the little lady greatly satisfied the vanity of Taiwanese people, and they all praised the little girl actress who played Shuangshuang for her good performance.

Of course, most people love comedy, and Dui Dui's slightly exaggerated and funny interpretation style is more popular - however, tearful and love stories are popular in Taiwan now. Even if you like to watch the tomboy Dui Dui's plot, your favorite character will unanimously be the rich girl Shuang Shuang.

There's nothing you can do about it; people just say one thing and mean another.

Watching the characters getting foolish and funny plots is certainly hilarious, but it is only for fun; if you want to choose a role, you must choose one that looks classy.

When Su Yun went to Taiwan with Xu Gujie to promote the series, she often saw children discussing whether they liked the rich girl Shuangshuang or the tomboy Duidu more. Generally, they would end up liking Shuangshuang's character and the plot of Duidu.

"What are you arguing about? Isn't it good to like Mary? Shuangshuang and Duidui are both her!" Among the naughty kids, there are naturally some clever little ones who are logical geniuses. I found another way and came up with someone I like all of them.

This advanced "I want it all" thinking made Su Yun smile knowingly.

Deng Niyun only promoted the album with them a few times around where she lived in Taiwan before the company rushed her to Japan to record new songs. Therefore, for promotions in other places, Xu Gujie, the adopted father, and Su Yun, the adopted daughter, basically ran around Taiwan.

Most of the promotional activities involve performing in various theaters, cinemas, restaurants, etc., cutting ribbons, and speaking some witty promotional lines that have been pre-scripted. It's not that hard, but for the sake of looking good, there is basically not much to eat. After a busy night, you're starving.

Xu Gujie used to hang out with his elder brother Xu Guwen in his early years. He was also a singer and was used to running around to make money in the name of "touring". Therefore, he was very skilled in dealing with this kind of situation and could always squeeze out some spare time to eat, drink and take a nap.

However, Su Yun, who had just started to promote the company, did not understand this. So when Xu Gujie found out that she had been hungry several times because she did not know how to "catch fish in a hurry", Xu Gujie, who felt sorry for his adopted daughter, quickly bought a lot of food and hid it in the room. When everyone returned to the hotel at night, he would secretly go to the next door to call Su Yun over, and feed his adopted daughter while he was eating.

After often eating secretly without being discovered, the two people became more and more daring, and the pastries with light and subtle flavors could no longer satisfy them.

One day, after accidentally seeing a row of Uni-President brand instant noodles on the supermarket shelf, they recalled the time when they squatted on the ground and ate the instant noodles without any image. They hit it off immediately and took the opportunity to cover each other to smuggle two instant noodles back to the hotel room.

As everyone knows, it is difficult to say whether instant noodles are delicious or not, and the taste evaluation may vary from person to person, but the aroma is very overbearing - if they had not been so impressed by the overbearing aroma, the two people who were stupid for three days would not have been deceived and secretly did this.

Now it's great. Once it's brewed, the fragrance spreads all over the place, shocking the whole floor.

After being earnestly admonished by the temporary agent and several assistants sent by Jiahe, the two admitted their mistakes in a very good attitude and said that they would definitely change - but that was strange.

The two were both smart people. Knowing that they would be easily caught eating in a restaurant, they simply made a new plan: most restaurants are not very tall nowadays, and although the building styles in Taiwan are different from those in Hong Kong, the differences in the distance between floors, water pipes outside the wall, and outdoor units of air conditioners are not that big...

One of them was a disciple trained by Lu Shaolong personally along with a group of masters, and the other was a neighbor with whom Lu Shaolong often studied and exchanged ideas, so naturally their skills were not much different.

Go back to your room, lock the door, and go out through the window to eat. Not only do you not have to think about how to destroy the food remains, but you can also eat a variety of foods as much as you want without leaving any traces!

After a whole round of promotion, Xu Gujie and Su Yun actually ate all the special foods in Taiwan together. If they hadn't known themselves a little, this midnight snack of milk tea in one hand and barbecue in the other would have given birth to two happy fat guys sooner or later...

Even Su Yun, who has a physique that is not easy to gain weight due to the unique system, looks a little rounder, not to mention Xu Gujie, who slacked off in exercise and was led astray by Su Yun's gluttonous appetite.

Su Yun was born with a small body, so it's okay that she looks rounder after eating this round; but Xu Gujie, who used to have a well-proportioned body, became like this... Touching his increasingly sparse abdominal muscles, Xu Gujie started his training career again with tears in his eyes.

"Run, Master Qi, otherwise you won't be able to run at the concert at the end of the year!" Su Yun encouraged.

"Huh... Got it. You keep playing, I, I'm listening!" While Xu Gujie was exercising in the room, Su Yun was holding her guitar and listening to his instructions.

Generally, I play the guitar for an hour, and then practice kung fu for an hour alone or with Xu Gujie, combining literature and art with sports.

During this period, good news came one after another: "The Perfect Match" was nominated for the 11th Golden Horse Awards in the categories of Best Feature Film, Best Music, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Child Star.

The Golden Horse Awards during this period had not yet announced the shortlist, but instead announced the winners directly at the awards ceremony - but there were many twists and turns behind the scenes, and the approximate names of the shortlisted candidates could be known by anyone with connections.

Among the nominated awards, the "Best Child Actor" award has the highest chance of winning - the film was so good that even though we knew that the twins in the movie were played by the same person, Su Yun's "Shuangshuang" and "Duidui" were both shortlisted, which gave her one more chance than others.

After a brief celebration of the good news, everyone got back to work.

By the beginning of June, when he was preparing to return to Hong Kong, Xu Gujie, who had been in good health to begin with, had lost the weight caused by overeating and regained his former handsomeness.

However, the changes in adults are not as great as those in children. When Su Yun went back this time, everyone praised her for being taller, whiter, fatter, and more beautiful. All kinds of flattery came to her, which made Su Yun feel a little dizzy: it was worth it that she was doing promotions and exercising at the same time, and also learning from Xu Gujie, the first generation singing god, and staying in the system's small dark room.

Su Yun was thinking this way, but when she saw Lu Shaolong, she was surprised to retract her idea that adults cannot change as much as children.

He lost a lot of weight, and when people lose too much weight, they lose their energy and spirit.

The current Lu Shaolong looks very different from the high-spirited movie image he had during his heyday a few years ago. Not only does his eyes look tired, but his complexion also doesn't look very good.

When Su Yun came to visit the set, they were filming a wrestling scene. Her opponent was the agile fat man Hong Ganbao. When the two stood close to each other, the contrast between the pork belly and the lean ribs was even more striking.

When watching Lu Shaolong fighting, you can see the muscles on his deltoid muscles, which shows how low his body fat is now.

If you keep your body fat at this low level all the time, you will definitely not be able to sustain it.

When Su Yun was invited to have dinner at Lu Shaolong's house in the evening, she was worried that Lu Shaolong might have problems sooner or later and couldn't help but mention it to Master's wife Lian Da.

Lian Da was also very distressed when he heard this: "I have advised him. In early May, he fainted on the set and was sent to the hospital for a week. After his high fever and low blood pressure were treated, he was eager to be discharged. The doctor suggested that he stay a few more days to take an X-ray of his brain, but he refused..."

Recalling the way Hong Kong filmmakers often start shooting at night or even in the middle of the night to save money, and shoot all night and even work during the day, Su Yun was terrified: Symptoms have already appeared to warn people, but they still don’t stop working for treatment. What if something really happens...

"The doctor said that my other test results are all normal, I'm just a little thin and have poor nutrition. I'll just eat more." Lu Shaolong looked unconcerned. "Warner Bros. will deliver the goods by the end of the year. Now the filming of "Tiger Fighting: Reborn" is coming to an end, and "Game of Death" will also resume soon. After finishing the filming of these two agreed movies, I will have a good rest and go to the hospital to take care of my body..."

The look on her face, as if she was still very healthy, almost made Su Yun's blood pressure soar: She is still a baby, why should she start to experience this kind of calamity that the elders in the family have been trying to persuade her to see a doctor but she is not listening?

When I thought about this, I couldn't help but get angry!