Chapter 38 Accident (Two-in-one plus more)
Summer in Hong Kong always seems to be extremely hot and unrestrained. After July, the rich green of evergreen trees and the scorching sunlight from top to bottom constitute the most common summer scenery in the southern coastal city.
Su Yun had moved to a new house in Kowloon Tong by then. There was a cool breeze under the shade of the trees in the small garden. It was a perfect time for her to take a break from her busy schedule and enjoy afternoon tea with Grandma Su.
Unlike her and Grandma Su, who were enjoying a leisurely time at the moment, the Wang family couple and their three older children were still working as supervisors in the factory. Since the summer vacation, the two brothers Jiaju began and Jiaxiang, apart from practicing guitar at a fixed time in the evening, would dive into the swimming pool during the day and could not get out. Only at night could they be seen - they were so tanned that they almost merged with the night, and it was difficult to see them clearly unless you looked carefully...
"Why did you suddenly sign a contract with Zhao?" Su Yun pushed the teacup in front of Zhao Yinyin.
"When I went to Jiahe for the audition, they said that my acting skills were rather wooden and not suitable for the requirements of the movie, so they planned to replace me with Miss Ding Beidi..." Zhao Yinyin lowered her head: "And something happened at home, and I'm in need of money recently. Zhao's promised to give me the role of the heroine, and the director is still the great director Li Xuexiang..."
Compared with an actress like Ding Beidi who had starred in several well-received and commercially successful movies when she was filming for Zhao's company; not only her acting skills were only mediocre, but she had also only played the third female role in one movie... It was really not good enough.
"Isn't Ding Beidi from Zhao Films?" Su Yun frowned.
"She has terminated her contract with Zhao and is preparing to sign with Jiahe." Zhao Yinyin replied, "Shaolong's new movie "Little Phoenix" tells the story of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Miss Ding's appearance and acting skills are suitable for playing a young lady studying abroad..."
"What new movie?!" Didn't you say you would stop working and rest after filming two movies? !
After Zhao Yinyin's answer, Su Yun was once again successfully provoked to start her rage mode: Good job, you agreed well before, but you turned around and continued to conceive a new movie. You really don't know how to be afraid of the dark until you see a ghost!
It's no wonder that she has been bringing people to visit him every day recently to give him medicine and supplements to help him build up his body. But this is just going in one ear and out the other?
Zhao Yinyin's original development path was to sign a contract with Zhao Films and film with the great director Li Xuexiang. Li Xuexiang, who always knew how to teach actors, taught her step by step, and only then did she transform herself and realize her acting skills... Although there have been some changes in the middle, in the end it seems that they have reached the same destination; is it the same with regrets, which cannot be changed no matter how hard they try?
Thinking of this, Su Yun, who was angry and anxious, suppressed her anger, said a few words to Grandma Su and Zhao Yinyin, and then hurried to the living room to make a phone call: "Hello, Lian Da, may I ask if Master is still home?"
She remembered that Lu Shaolong said today that he would discuss the film "Game of Death" with Zou Yunhua at home. Because "Dungeon Fighting" had already been filmed and handed over to post-production, the half-filmed "Game of Death" was put back on the schedule.
"Mary?" Although she didn't know why Su Yun suddenly called, Lian Da still answered her question, "No, Bruce and Mr. Zou said they had an appointment with an Australian movie star, so they left at around four o'clock."
"Then do you know where he went?" Su Yun asked hurriedly.
"I don't know, I didn't ask because they said they would be back after dinner..." Renda replied.
Oh no!
After Su Yun hung up the phone with Lian Da, she hurriedly called Jiahe several times, and finally got the information that Zou Yunhua had asked his secretary to book a table at a Japanese restaurant called "Jintian Chinese Restaurant" during the day.
When I took a taxi to Jintian Chinese Restaurant, I saw only Zou Yunhua.
"Where is my master?" Su Yun asked anxiously.
"Are you talking about Shaolong? He was discussing the filming details with me at Betty's house before, and then he said he had a headache, so I asked him to rest there for a while and come over for dinner later." Zou Yunhua looked at his watch.
"Please tell me the address, I have something urgent to discuss with him!" Su Yun could not care about anything else at this moment. After getting the address from Zou Yunhua, he quickly ran out and hailed a taxi to Bijiashan Road.
After ringing the doorbell, Ding Betty, who had met her once before, quickly came over and opened the door.
"Are you watching TV?" Seeing that the TV in the living room was playing a program, Su Yun touched it and thought: judging from the temperature, it must have been on for quite a while.
"Yes, what's the matter?" Knowing that Su Yun was Lu Shaolong's junior disciple, she spoke in a very friendly manner.
"Where is my master?" Su Yun asked again.
"He's resting in my room..." Before Ding Beidi could finish her words, she was immediately interrupted by Su Yun's sharp voice, "If he's not feeling well, why aren't you watching him in the room, but watching TV outside?!"
"He's been overworked lately and rarely gets to sleep. I wanted him to have a good rest, so I didn't disturb him..." Ding Betty was a little confused as to why Su Yun suddenly seemed a little mad.
I am really pissed off by these people who have no medical knowledge!
There was no time to explain, Su Yun hurriedly pushed open the door of the room, and what came into view was Lu Shaolong who seemed to be still sleeping soundly on the big bed in the room.
"Look, he's still sleeping. Let him have a good rest and don't disturb him..." Ding Betty bent down and whispered, trying to coax Su Yun out like a child, so that she wouldn't disturb Lu Shaolong's rest.
She just couldn't help but stop talking when she saw the solemn expression on Su Yun's face.
A strange atmosphere of silence spread from the room, and in this small world, it seemed that only the breathing of two people could be heard -
Two people?
Yes, only two people.
Su Yun suppressed the trembling in her hands and went to check Lu Shaolong's breath: it was so weak that she could hardly sense it...
Ding Betty covered her mouth as she wanted to scream, rolled her eyes a few times, and then rushed to the bedside table to search.
"What medicine are you going to give him?!" Looking up, Su Yun saw Ding Betty frantically taking out a pill from the drawer of the cabinet and about to feed it to the painful Lu Shaolong, and she suddenly shouted.
"This, this is a strong painkiller prescribed for me by my personal doctor. I occasionally have headaches..." Ding Beidi was startled by Su Yun's sharp voice and explained in a low voice.
"Don't you know that you can't take random medicines?!" There are many speculations about the cause of Lu Shaolong's accident in later generations, but the more credible ones are sudden death from overwork, recurrence of old illness and drug allergy. Therefore, Su Yun hurriedly took action to rule out one of the possibilities.
At this critical moment, she didn't even dare to feed Lu Shaolong the medicine he usually took, let alone Ding Betty's medicine?
"Don't think too much, call a doctor immediately! If that doesn't work, call a crosscar!" Su Yun almost started to scold.
"But Shaolong said not necessary, he just needs to lie down for a while. After all, we have an appointment with Mr. George..." She had finally been looking forward to the opportunity to work with Lu Shaolong on a movie. If Lu Shaolong suddenly had an accident, then this rare opportunity might be lost.
"Who is more important, my master or this movie?!" Su Yun almost laughed out of anger. She rushed to the phone, picked it up and called, "Please help me connect to the hospital. Someone here has a headache and is unconscious..."
"Address, what is the detailed address here?!" Su Yun turned around and glared at Ding Beidi, who was running around like a headless fly but doing nothing.
"No. 67 Bijiashan Road, Bihuayuan, A3, 2nd Floor... Yes, thank you, please hurry! The situation is very dangerous!" While getting the detailed address of this place from Ding Betty, Su Yun's brows became deeper and deeper as he observed Lu Shaolong's situation.
After sending Ding Betty to call Zou Yunhua to come back, Su Yun quickly checked Lu Shaolong's condition again. Her heart suddenly turned cold: although his body temperature was still there, he had already fallen into an unconscious state.
And the pulse and breathing are getting weaker and weaker...
At that time, it was not as common for young people to die suddenly from overwork as it was later. Faced with such a situation, it was difficult for ordinary people to react in time and take corresponding rescue measures.
Fortunately, this time, she is here.
Programmers who work overtime every day are a high-risk group for this type of sudden illness. In addition, they often see news about young people collapsing at work and unable to get up. So Su Yun and her colleagues taught themselves some simple first aid measures - for themselves and others. Learning more will always give them more time and opportunities.
After finishing the call, Ding Beidi turned around and saw Lu Shaolong's pale face. She was stunned for a moment and fell to the ground: "No, it won't be like this..."
"Do you understand? I love Shaolong very much!" Like a drowning person trying to grab the only life-saving straw around him, Ding Beidi grabbed Su Yun's hand regardless: "Everyone understands this! In this world, no one would want to kill the person they love the most!"
"I know you don't want to hurt him, but if you don't let go, you will accidentally kill him!" Su Yun scolded the bewildered Ding Betty again. After finally making her let go of his hand, Su Yun quickly looked for the compression positions for CPR according to what she had learned before.
"Watch my movements and learn from them. If I can't hold on, it'll be your turn. This might be our only chance to save him!" Cardiopulmonary resuscitation requires a lot of energy. Even though she has a body that she trained for martial arts, her age means she won't be able to hold on until the ambulance arrives.
You can only catch one if you can.
"I'm going to start pressing now, and you listen to my instructions. If I tell you to give him artificial respiration, you start right away. If I tell you to stop, you must stop right away!" It was not known whether Ding Beidi was shocked by Su Yun's angry expression and sharp voice, or whether she regained some consciousness after hearing that Lu Shaolong could be saved. Under Su Yun's instructions, she finally obeyed obediently.
About ten minutes later, Zou Yunhua arrived first, followed by Lian Da.
"Hurry, learn from her, help, help!" Seeing that Su Yun persisted in pressing the buttons throughout the whole process without complaining of being tired, while she herself was so tired that she could not breathe after doing artificial respiration every once in a while, Ding Betty hurriedly called for the people who came over to help.
"What are you doing?! Pressing so hard can easily break the ribs. What if the lungs are injured?!" Zou Yunhua was shocked when he saw it.
"Will a dead person be of any use to healthy lungs?!" Su Yun replied without even raising her head.
"I learned this method in the United States, and it works! Oh my God, thank you so much, Mary!" "The Kiss of Life", which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968, is one of the historical classics. Since then, there has been a craze for learning CPR in the United States. When Renda was taking care of bedridden Lu Shaolong, she naturally learned from the medical staff in the hospital.
With Lian Da taking over, Su Yun was finally able to slow down a bit.
Su Yun collapsed on the ground in an ungraceful manner, resting and waiting to recover his strength. Although he was exhausted and dizzy, he was still mentally prepared to take over again later.
Zou Yunhua was not very good at learning, so he became another living ventilator after Ding Betty, specializing in helping to perform artificial respiration when Su Yun took over the compressions. Su Yun was strong enough, but he was too short to complete the whole set of operations alone, so he had to ask others to assist him.
Just when Su Yun and Lian Da were about to lose their strength, the sound of an ambulance finally came from downstairs.
"Fortunately, you reacted and took action in time. If it was any later, we might have been powerless to do anything..." After waiting for a whole night, the lights in the operating room finally went out. Facing the people who gathered around, the doctor breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then doctor, how is my husband now?" Lian Da asked hurriedly.
The doctor shook his head and said, "He was already on his last legs, but he refused to listen to the doctor's advice to stop working and rest, and continued to do such exhausting work as martial arts... Now his old spinal injury has relapsed, involving some of the nerves that control the body. You should be mentally prepared."
“It will take at least three to five to seven years, and at most ten to eight years, for you to be able to stand up again. Even if you recover to the point where you can walk independently, you’ll still need a few more years of recuperation from intense sports like kung fu. We suggest that you try to change jobs…” Although the doctor was wearing a mask, his eyes revealed deep regret and pain.
After hearing what the doctor said, everyone was speechless all the way back to the ward from the operating room.
It was not until she returned to the ward and saw Lu Shaolong still in a coma that Ding Beidi finally couldn't help but burst into tears first: "Why did it happen like this? It shouldn't be like this..."
"What's the point of crying now?! The most important thing is to find a way to deal with the media!" Zou Yunhua yelled at her unhappily.
"No matter what, I will always be with him." Lian Da looked at Lu Shaolong on the bed affectionately, "Just like before."
Seeing Lian Da holding Lu Shaolong's hand, he just looked at him silently without saying anything, with tears in his eyes...
Su Yun and the other two looked at each other, and one after another left to prepare their hospital supplies, and then quietly left.
What they didn't expect was that as soon as they opened the door of the ward, the three of them were almost blinded by a burst of crackling flash lights.
Facing this group of emotional reporters, Zou Yunhua could only come up with an explanation on the spot: "Shaolong has been working too hard recently, so his body can't take it all of a sudden. His old injury recurred and he needs to stay in bed to recuperate..."
"No, I heard that Lu Shaolong was sent out from Miss Ding Betty's house, and there were eyewitnesses who saw you, Mr. Zou, appearing in the Jintian Chinese Restaurant at around 7 o'clock, but when the Crosscar received the call, it was around 9 o'clock..." A reporter with a "New Star Daily" sign came up abruptly, with a sly look in his eyes and eyebrows, "I heard that Lu Shaolong was carried out from the bunk bed in Ding Betty's room by the doctor of the Crosscar!"
After hearing this, all the reporters went crazy and blocked Ding Bedi's microphone.
Faced with so many unbearable inquiries, Ding Beidi felt as if her head was going to explode: "No! I didn't! I didn't hurt Shaolong. He had a headache, so I let him lie down and rest before going to the restaurant!"
Seeing Ding Beidi crying anxiously but unable to stop the reporter's questioning, Su Yun gritted her teeth and rushed over with a childish look: "My master is in trouble, and you are still here quarreling with him!"
"When you work too hard, you will collapse like you have a heart attack and can't get up. Even a little girl like me knows this, and you still make nonsense of him saying he collapsed because of the medicine he took!"
In the chaotic and noisy environment, the words "sudden heart attack" were instantly heard by reporters who were good at capturing information, so the microphones quickly turned in another direction: "Explain it more clearly? Was Lu Shaolong admitted to the hospital because of a sudden heart attack?!"
Zou Yunhua's expression turned gloomy, and he immediately began to wave his hand to drive people away: "Nothing to tell you, everyone please go out and don't stop the patient from resting..."
The fact that a child blurted out the truth and an adult tried to cover it up made the reporters around here believe that what Su Yun blurted out was the real reason why Lu Shaolong was admitted to the hospital.
My old injury recurred, so I was paralyzed in bed. I had a sudden heart attack and almost died suddenly. Even if I recovered, I would most likely not be able to do such an intense sport as kung fu again...
What a great subject, the King of Kung Fu can no longer practice Kung Fu!
We must break this explosive news before anyone else!
The next day, news that Lui Shao-lung had nearly died of a heart attack due to overwork spread throughout Hong Kong through all major media outlets, and was still spreading to other areas.
In the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, seeing Lian Da feeding soup to the awakened Lu Shaolong one spoonful at a time, Zou Yunhua also breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Mary was smart and used the topic of sudden heart attack to divert the attention of reporters. Otherwise, if they continued to make up stories, you and Betty would be in trouble."
In his heart, Zou Yunhua was also annoyed with Ding Beidi, who was more likely to cause trouble than to get anything done: for the sake of her family's connections in Taiwan, he wanted to sign her to work with Lu Shaolong on a movie in exchange for Taiwan's community resources and to facilitate the screening of Jiahe's movies in Taiwan in the future... Unexpectedly, such a little thought almost cost him his only pillar and cash cow.
If Su Yun hadn't been quick-witted and used the excuse of a sudden heart attack to deceive the whole thing, whether it was said that Lu Shaolong had a problem with his brain or that he fell down after being fed a poison by Ding Beiti, the situation would have been a complete mess.
When people have problems with their brains these days, they think of the most common type of illness, stroke, which is medically known as cerebral infarction.
This kind of situation can also happen when young people are overworked, but people who don't know much about medical knowledge will subconsciously think that young people have mental problems. If people from the Green Water Psychiatric Hospital hear the news and come over, the rumor that Lu Shaolong is mentally ill will definitely not be shaken off...
In comparison, the theory of a sudden heart attack is the easiest to accept. When you have recovered, it is not impossible to practice martial arts again, but it is recommended not to overwork yourself...
Those newspapers and magazines write like this just to create some gimmicks to attract attention and increase sales.
But although the media problem has been temporarily solved, another equally important problem is more urgent.
Lian Da went out to wash the dishes, and Zou Yunhua approached Lu Shaolong, ready to tell him another bad news.
Su Yun picked up the kettle with a tactful look: "I'll go get some hot water."
When she was carrying the water bottle out the door, she happened to meet Lian Da who was coming back. Su Yun nodded to her, then passed by her with her back to her.
Suddenly, there was a slight sound of something leather falling to the ground.
Su Yun turned around, picked up Lian Da's wallet and walked quickly to the door of the ward. When she wanted to push the door open and return the wallet to Lian Da, she suddenly heard Lian Da, who usually spoke in a gentle tone, say something with a rare hint of anger -
"I absolutely disagree. This is Bruce's hard work!"
"Warner didn't say they wanted to ruin the half-finished film. They just proposed to modify the plot, find a stand-in, and edit some discarded footage to make a movie due to schedule reasons!" Zou Yunhua's voice was also anxious and almost angry. "At the beginning, we signed an agreement of a gambling nature. If we can't deliver the goods as promised, we will have to pay a penalty of double the investment!"
"They will fly over tomorrow afternoon to negotiate. If they want compensation, it will be at least two million US dollars! It's not that we can't come up with the money, but once we pay it, what will happen to you and the children in the future? And what about Shaolong's future medical expenses?!"
The ward suddenly fell into silence.
After a long while, Lu Shaolong uttered an extremely difficult sound with his hoarse voice: "But..."
Su Yun, who was outside, hurriedly opened the door and interrupted Lu Shaolong amidst several surprised looks: "You can hand in another movie, right? As long as the quality and box office can meet the requirements of the contract?"
"Apart from your master, who else can make a movie that can be shown in Hollywood and still be popular?" Zou Yunhua sneered, "Mary, you are too young - a girl like you, even if you learn kung fu, how can you replace the master who is a kung fu superstar?"
Even if she was seven or eight years older, Zou Yunhua would probably dare to give it a try.
"How do you know it won't work if you don't try?!" Su Yun stepped forward, "Give me one night!"
Lian Da looked at Su Yun who stepped forward with a complicated look. He said nothing but gently touched Su Yun's head. Then he decided to follow Lu Shaolong's words: "Mr. Zou, please come with me to my house. I will go back to make preparations."
Zou Yunhua nodded, told the nurses to take good care of Lu Shaolong, and then walked out of the ward with Lian Da.
No wonder, before seeing her story with their own eyes, who would dare to believe and hand over a million-dollar contract to a nine-year-old girl?
"Master, do you believe me?" Su Yun looked at Lu Shaolong on the bed.
Lu Shaolong closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, his eyes revealed encouragement and hope.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he doesn't want his hard work to be wasted.
But Su Yun was too young, a little girl less than ten years old. Even though she had made some money by filming a speculative twin movie in Hong Kong, what could she produce in the fiercely competitive Hollywood?
"How can you know it won't work if you haven't tried it? Master, trust me." Su Yun said in a deep voice, "Although my skills are not good enough, I have a 'brain'."
After receiving Lu Shaolong's silent consent, Su Yun walked out of the ward with heavy steps.
"Hello? Godmother? I remember you studied broadcasting before, right? Oh, good, I have a news report about a flood that I need you to read in English... Yes, it's the material needed for a short film..."
"Okay, I'll bring the manuscript over when I go to dinner tonight. Thank you very much..."
Also after confirming that her adopted mother Linbao could help, Su Yun faced the empty corridor and spoke secretly to her loyal partner, Xianhui, the first wife, the super artificial intelligence system.
"I'll leave the rest up to you..."
"AI."
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