Chapter 370 Midnight Show

"Hmm?" Hearing Su Yun's words, he responded softly but did not speak, as if waiting for the next words.

Su Yun took a pen and made a few dashes: "This movie was adapted from Pu Yi's autobiographical novel "The First Half of My Life" by a director from Italy named Bernardo Bertolucci, because he With the emergence of ", Li Xuexiang couldn't even grab the copyright for the adaptation, so he originally planned to settle for a TV series adaptation..."

"So you got lucky because of him?" Zhuang Long smiled softly.

"I guess so, but director Bertolucci has probably really staked everything on this movie." Su Yun waved her idle left hand, "I heard that producer Jeremy Thomas single-handedly borrowed more than 25 million US dollars from five European banks for this movie, and the production team's temporary list of photographers, costume designers, stylists, etc., all of whom have won various Oscars, Emmys, and other awards..."

"Besides, because it was a joint production by three film companies from China, Britain and Italy, we opened the Forbidden City to cooperate fully. This kind of special treatment was only given to them in 1973 when NBC filmed the documentary "The Forbidden City."

"The most important thing is that this time not only is the Forbidden City fully open to the public, but there are also no restrictions on the content."

"There are no restrictions on the content?" Zhuang Long was really surprised.

It should be noted that when filming such modern historical themes, the content restrictions caused by various factors will always make a wonderful and moving story become unrecognizable.

Although he is not afraid of political targeting and bans, if a story deviates from its original meaning due to external forces, then this harmonized story is not worth the risk at all.

"Yes, isn't it exciting?" Su Yun patted his face. "If this movie is successful, it will reach an unprecedented and incredible height - after all, Hollywood can no longer make such a movie now."

Looking further back in the history of movies, there are movies that created a sensation afterwards, such as "Titanic" and the "Lord of the Rings" series... They all surpassed the level of the times in terms of film production technology, and more or less benefited from the dividends of technological development to achieve the ending of sweeping the world.

Unlike "The Last Emperor", it relies on its special sense of history and the complexity of reality, as well as its truly fascinating story, to have a certain impact worldwide.

"Are you so confident in me?" Zhuang Long smiled and tightened his grip.

"It's not that I have confidence in you, but because you are the only choice." Su Yun pushed him, but instead of pushing him, he hugged her tighter. She had no choice but to give up the struggle and concentrate on explaining to him, "With such a production team, Bertolucci must pay the most attention to the selection of the male lead actor, and there is no one more suitable than you at home and abroad."

"Age, acting skills, popularity, spoken English..." Su Yun listed the requirements for playing the leading male role one by one, and mentioned a few names of audition candidates that she had heard about. "Originally, Liang Jiawei could have been a competitor with you, but unfortunately, firstly, he is a man of integrity, and he would never shoot a film unless Li Xuexiang was the director. Secondly, his spoken English and acting skills are not good enough yet..."

It's fine for routine exchanges and small- to medium-budget art films, but when it comes to large-scale productions with historical themes that have particularly high requirements, unless the producer and director are really crazy and only care about art and not the box office, they will ignore the two factors of popularity and status.

Besides, Liang Jiawei is now so old that no matter how talented he is, he still lacks professional training and qualifications. He is still far behind Zhuang Long, who has similar innate talent and has many years of experience in opera troupes as well as stage plays and dramas.

When talents and conditions are at the same level, external image and daily efforts become the dividing lines.

"Just wait. With your qualifications, the audition invitation should be sent to you soon." Su Yun said finally.

"Do you really want me to participate?" Zhuang Long asked.

"Of course, this level of production is something I can hardly achieve now or in the future. It's a rare opportunity like this, and of course I want you to seize it." Su Yun sighed.

It's not that Zhao couldn't put together a similar level of production funding, but the people in the production team couldn't be hired with money - talents in the American and European film industry, especially the European film industry, not only recognize money but also recognize people. Only someone like Bertolucci, who was born there, could be invited.

"Since you said so, I will definitely try my best." He patted Su Yun's back as if coaxing a child.

"Stop pretending. You're obviously interested in this kind of subject matter... Hey, hey! Where are your hands?" Having known each other for so many years, how could Su Yun not know his likes and dislikes in certain topics?

The only thing I didn't know was that a man who looked so gentle, elegant and upright could do such a thing as sneaking into the study room in the middle of the night, using jealousy as an excuse to seduce someone in a way that was both reluctant and welcoming...

Su Yun pushed away the hands that were messing around her waist, turned sideways and turned her face back to the desk, saying while waving her hand to push him away: "Don't bother me, I'm still very busy recently, and... this is at home."

It would have been fine if you hadn't said the last sentence, but once you said it, he became even more annoyed.

His long arms went around my back and grabbed my shoulders. The next moment, I felt the skin on the back of my neck being bitten. His tone was filled with a hint of annoyance: "You are so irresponsible!"

Taking into account that the noise might wake up the people downstairs, Su Yun first tilted her head slightly and let him mess around, and then she had to calm her mind and focus on the documents on the table. Not long after, she couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "I want to make you the 'emperor', but you insist on using yourself as a 'witch concubine'!"

Hearing this, he also laughed, his voice was very low, as if it could only be heard by his ears: "It's a pity that my skill as a 'seductive concubine' is still not enough to seduce the king and make him not attend the court early..."

Seeing Su Yun about to put down her pen, he took advantage of the distance and bit her earlobe, which was as soft and tender as jade under the light, and said in a whisper that only the two of them could hear: "Okay, don't be angry. Let me take a break and I won't bother you anymore."

I don't know if it's because of the pronunciation or something else, but these words sound very hoarse and alluring.

Su Yun turned her head helplessly, intending to redeem her ear with a kiss on the cheek, but the other party was very dissatisfied with such a "ransom". She was very greedy and pressed the back of her head, and her five fingers dug into her smooth long hair. After forcing her to face him, he took the initiative to ask for a deep kiss with lingering breath and lip-to-lip entanglement.

"You've changed. You never forced me before..." After finally getting free, Su Yun immediately looked at him with a wronged and pitiful expression as if to say "love will disappear as expected".

Although considering their relationship now, this cannot be called "forced" but should be called "interest".

But Su Yun has always been unforgiving, no matter whether it is reasonable or not. When he can find an excuse, he will naturally take advantage of it to climb up.

Zhuang Long was both angry and amused. He took his hand from the back of her hair and touched the top of her head to comfort her.

"You treat me like this, do you still want me to treat you well like before? Huh?" Obviously, the parents have seen a lot of them, but in the end, they still have an affair without a name or status. Even the intimacy that they can't help but feel has to be sneaked from the second-floor guest room to the third-floor study in the middle of the night. It is almost half coaxing and half deceiving. All kinds of tricks have been used to taste the sweetness...

It's all thanks to her. If it were someone else, he wouldn't abandon his principles and himself like this.

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Su Yun, who had been glaring, suddenly smiled awkwardly, and then tried to turn aside and continue working, as if he was trying to get away with it.

Zhuang Long watched her leisurely as she finished processing the documents, and then, as Su Yun slowly turned her gaze towards him, he took out two midnight movie tickets.

Su Yun took the movie ticket, held it up and glanced at the stage light, and the expression on her face became a little strange.

"What's wrong? Don't you like it?" Seeing her expression, Zhuang Long asked softly.

"Of course I like it, but it was a little unexpected... that it would be this movie." At this time of midnight, the movie I watched was not some restricted romance movie but an action movie, which made it hard not to be surprised.

Holding the two "Game of Death" movie tickets in her hand, Su Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I originally thought it would be a different type of movie..."

"There are other types of movies, but when it comes to Lu Shaolong's film exhibition week, most people won't take the chance to bump into his schedule. After all, it's a losing game." Zhuang Long counted the time on the movie tickets and named a few movies that sounded very unserious in a very serious tone. "Or, do you want to watch one of these...?"

"Of course I support my master!" Su Yun quickly stated, "Besides, I am also acting in it, and it is a continuation of the show after more than ten years. It sounds very topical!"

Unfortunately, what Su Yun didn't know was that they were not the only two people who liked to watch movies during the midnight show.

Compared to Chen Boyan who took a vacation for some reason, Zhang Querong was extremely busy during this period: his good brother took a temporary vacation, and he, who had a similar positioning to him, took on a lot of work and opportunities. In addition, Su Yun was about to start shooting a new movie, so he was very busy.

However, when a kung fu idol like Lui Shao Lung, who was popular among his generation, makes a comeback to do a film exhibition week, we have to support him no matter what!

He had wanted to support Lu Shaolong's movies every day, but he didn't have time in the past few days. In the end, he could only spare this one night to watch the new movie "Game of Death" which has never been released. As for other old movies that have already been released... he could probably just buy the new DVD sets to show his support.

After Zhang Querong found the seat corresponding to his movie ticket and sat down, he drank his drink while looking aimlessly ahead, waiting for the movie to begin.

As a result, to his surprise, while sweeping aimlessly, he saw a familiar figure in the corner, who was dressed up but still easily recognizable.

There weren't many people at the show tonight, no wonder she came over quietly.

I smiled in my heart and couldn't help but curl up the corners of my mouth.

Just when he was about to raise his hand to say hello to Su Yun, Zhang Querong suddenly saw another person wearing the same sunglasses walking out from the other entrance.

Seeing Su Yun happily taking the snacks and drinks from the man's hand, and then affectionately holding the man's arm again, the smile on Zhang Querong's face suddenly faded slowly.