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 began, the two brothers Jiaju 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.
“你看着我的動作，學一下，如果我堅持不住，就換你來，這可能是我們救他的唯一機會！”心肺複蘇需要的體力消耗不是一般的大，即使已經換了一副堅持鍛煉的練武身體，但年齡的限制估計還是會讓她堅持不到救護車的到來。
只能是在身邊能抓一個就抓一個。
“我現在開始按，你聽我指揮，我讓你給他做人工呼吸，你就馬上開始，我讓你停，也必須要馬上停！”不知是蘇韻的怒容和厲聲震住了丁貝蒂，還是她多少是聽到呂少龍有救後回複了一點神志，在蘇韻的吩咐下，她總算是乖乖聽話了起來。
大概過了十來分鐘，鄒運華先一步到來，随後就是蓮達。
“快，學她的做法，幫、幫忙！”看蘇韻全程堅持着按壓都沒喊過累，自己卻是隔段時間做一次人工呼吸都累得喘不過氣來，于是丁貝蒂急忙喊起了前來的人過來幫忙。
“你這是在做什麽啊？！這樣大力地按很容易按斷肋骨，到時傷到了肺怎麽辦？！”鄒運華一看之下大驚失色。
“死人要對好肺有用嗎？！”蘇韻頭也不擡地回了一句。
“我在美國學習過這個做法，是有用的！天啊，太感謝你了瑪麗！”68年獲得普利策獎的《生命之吻》是歷史經典之一，從那時開始美國就蔓延開了學習心肺複蘇術的熱潮，蓮達當初在照顧卧床的呂少龍時，自然也是跟醫院裏的醫務人員學習過。
有蓮達在旁接手，蘇韻總算是能緩了一下。
毫無形象地癱倒在地上歇息着等待恢複體力，累得頭昏眼花的蘇韻仍然是做好了等下重新接手的心理準備。
鄒運華學不太會，于是又成為繼丁貝蒂之後的又一個活體人工呼吸機，專門在蘇韻接手按壓時幫忙做人工呼吸——蘇韻力氣是夠了，但個子太矮，不方便單獨完成全套操作，只能讓人在旁輔助。
就在蘇韻和蓮達快要脫力的時候，救護車的嗚嗚聲，終于是從樓下傳了上來。
“還好你們反應和出手得及時，再晚一些，我們可能就只能說無能為力了……”等了一夜之後手術室的燈終于熄滅，面對圍上來的衆人，醫生也是如釋重負地松了一口氣。
“那醫生，我丈夫現在怎麽樣了？”蓮達急忙追問起來。
醫生搖搖頭：“他本來就已經是将近油盡燈枯，偏偏又不聽醫囑停工休養，還是一直做打功夫這樣消耗性極大的工作……現在他脊椎的舊傷重新複發，牽涉到大腦支配身體的部分神經，你們要做好心理準備。”
“想要再站起來，少則三五七年，多則十年八載，而且即使恢複到可以獨立行走，但打功夫這樣的激烈運動還是得再調養多幾年——我們建議最好是盡量轉換一下工作了……”醫生雖然戴着口罩，但那眼神之中亦是流露出了無比惋惜的痛心。
聽完醫生的話，從手術室回到病房的這一路，衆人均是無言。
直到回到病房裏，看着還在昏迷中的呂少龍時，丁貝蒂終于是忍不住第一個哭了出來：“為什麽會這樣的啊，不應該是這樣的啊……”
“現在哭又有什麽用？！想辦法應付媒體才是最關鍵的！”鄒運華沒好氣地喝了她一聲。
“不管怎樣，我都會一直陪着他的。”蓮達深情地看了一眼床上的呂少龍，“就像從前一樣。”
看蓮達握住呂少龍的手，只是無聲地看着他不再說話，眼裏還隐含淚意的樣子……
蘇韻三人對視一眼，也紛紛留下了去準備住院用物的話，就默默回避而去。
只是沒想到的是，才一打開病房的門，三人就險些被一陣噼裏啪啦的閃光燈亮瞎。
面對這群情洶湧的記者，鄒運華只能臨時想了個說法解釋道：“少龍最近工作太勞累了，所以身體一下子受不了，舊傷複發需要卧床休養……”
“不是喔，我聽說呂少龍是從丁貝蒂丁小姐家裏送出來的，而且有目擊者目睹鄒先生你7點幾就出現在金田中餐廳裏面了，而十字車收到電話時卻是9點幾……”一個頂着《新星日報》标牌的記者硬生生竄了上來，眉梢眼角都帶着促狹猥瑣的味道，“我可是聽說了，呂少龍是被十字車的醫生從丁貝蒂房間的閨床上搬出來的！”
這麽一聲喊出，一衆記者頓時就瘋了一般将話筒堵到丁貝蒂跟前。
面對衆多不堪入耳的詢問，丁貝蒂仿佛感覺腦袋都要炸開了：“不是的！我沒有！我沒有害少龍哥，是他覺得頭痛，我讓他躺上面休息一下再去餐廳的！”
看丁貝蒂急得眼淚直流卻就是擋不住記者追問，蘇韻暗暗一咬牙，作出一副小孩子氣急敗壞的模樣沖了過來：“我師父都出事了，你們還在這裏吵他！”
“凡是工作太累不就是會像突發心髒病一樣倒下起不來的嘛，連我這個細路女都識得，你們還要亂說什麽吃藥吃倒他的！”
紛亂嘈雜的環境之中，那幾個“突發心髒病”的字符瞬間就被善于捕捉信息的記者們聽在耳朵裏，于是那些話筒又是飛速轉了一個方向：“再說清楚些？呂少龍是因為突發心髒病才入院的嗎？！”
鄒運華神色一凜，立刻開始揮手趕人：“無可奉告，請大家出去，不要阻住病人休息了……”
這般的小孩子脫口而出以及成年人的欲蓋彌彰，便更是讓圍在這裏的一衆記者相信了蘇韻一時“失口”說出來的，正是呂少龍入院的真正原因。
舊傷複發所以癱瘓在床、突發心髒病險些猝死，以後即使恢複也很大概率不能再從事打功夫這種激烈運動……
多麽好的題材，功夫之王再也不能打功夫！
一定要比其他家搶先爆出這個猛料！
翌日，呂少龍工作過分勞累突發心髒病險些猝死的消息，就通過各大媒體傳遍了整個香江，而且還在不斷地往其它地區輻射傳播。
伊麗莎白醫院裏，看蓮達一小勺一小勺地給蘇醒過來的呂少龍喂湯，鄒運華也是長舒一口氣：“還好瑪麗機智，用突發心髒病這個話題轉移了記者的注意力，否則他們繼續胡編下去，你和貝蒂都會很麻煩。”
鄒運華在心裏也是惱極了丁貝蒂這個成事不足敗事有餘的：為了她家在臺島的背後關系，想着把她簽過來和呂少龍合作一部電影，用以交換臺島的社團資源關照，方便以後佳和的電影在臺島播映……想不到的是，這麽一點小心思，卻差點搭上了自家唯一的臺柱加搖錢樹。
要不是蘇韻急智用突發心髒病這個理由唬了過去，不管是說呂少龍腦子出問題，還是呂少龍是被丁貝蒂喂了虎狼藥才倒下的，都是水洗都不清的混局了。
這年頭腦子出問題的話，人們就只能聯想到老年人最常見的中風，從醫學上來說就是“腦卒中”現象。
這種情況年輕人過度勞累也會出現，但對醫學知識沒多少了解的人，一說到年輕人腦子出問題了就會下意識認為是精神病，那麽到時綠水精神病醫院的人要是聞訊過來一趟，呂少龍有精神病的傳聞就絕對甩不脫了……
相比之下，突發心髒病這個說法，已經是最容易讓人接受的了。到時恢複好了，重新再打功夫也不是不可以，只是建議不要太操勞……
那些報紙雜志這麽寫，還不是為了弄點噱頭博人眼球，提高銷量。
但盡管目前已經算是暫時解決了媒體的問題，另一個同樣十分重要的問題，卻是更加迫在眉睫。
蓮達外出洗滌碗筷去了，鄒運華湊近呂少龍，便準備告知他另一個壞消息。
蘇韻很有眼色地拿起了水壺：“我去拿點熱水回來。”
提着水壺出門時正好碰上了回來的蓮達，蘇韻對她點了一下頭，随後就擦身而過背對而行。
忽然聽到了一聲皮質物品掉落地上的輕響。
蘇韻回過頭，撿起蓮達的錢包快走幾步來到病房門外，本想要推開門把錢包還給蓮達時，冷不丁的就聽到了一向語氣溫和的蓮達難得的一句夾着怒氣的話——
“我絕對不同意，這是布魯斯的心血！”
“華納那邊也沒說要糟蹋那一半已經拍完了的戲，只是因為檔期原因，提議修改劇情，找替身和剪輯一些廢棄片段拼成一部電影！”鄒運華的聲音也是急切得幾近暴躁，“當初我們簽訂的是對賭性質的協議，如果不能如約交貨，就要賠雙倍于投資的違約金！”
“人家明天下午就坐飛機過來談了，要賠的話起碼兩百萬美金以上的賠款！湊不是湊不起來，但這錢一付出去，你和孩子們以後怎麽辦，還有少龍以後的醫藥費怎麽辦？！”
病房裏頓時陷入了沉默。
許久，呂少龍用他那嘶啞的嗓子發出了一個極其艱難的氣音：“可……”
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."