Chapter 44 Casting

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Tom asked puzzled.

"I suddenly realized that you are very suitable for acting. Are you interested in making a movie?" Su Yun was not vague and went straight to the point.

"I really like acting, but making a movie... is it too far away?" After hearing Su Yun's words, Tom's expression perfectly interpreted the word "mist".

"Not far at all..." Before Su Yun could finish her sentence, the door was suddenly opened from the inside.

"Tom, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Tom being held by Su Yun, the blonde girl who looked somewhat like him was startled.

"I, I accidentally fell down..." Tom is the third child among the four children in the family and is the only man. Therefore, Tom is used to making himself look as reliable as possible. It is normal for him to report good news but not worries.

"Who is she then?" The blonde girl looked at Su Yun.

"She was passing by and saw me fall, so she was kind enough to help me back." Tom explained, "I didn't want to miss Cassie's birthday."

"Don't worry, it hasn't started yet. When daddy brings her back, we'll cut the cake together." The blonde girl came out to support Tom while calling Su Yun to get up. "Thank you, do you want to eat cake together? The cake my mom makes is the most delicious food in the world!"

"Thank you. I'll be polite then." Now Nen Tang has good looks and is of suitable age. Su Yun wants to get him to play the heroine's son in the movie, so he pretends to be very happy on the spot and follows the two into the house.

Looking up, the living room is very clean and tidy, and there are always some children's toys in the details to add a touch of warmth. It looks like a warm big family.

There was a blanket on the living room floor. A blonde woman was sitting on the blanket, following the aerobics moves on TV. On the other side of the sofa sat a little girl who looked about the same age as Su Yun, playing with a rag doll.

Through the introduction of the girl and Tom, Su Yun quickly learned that the woman doing aerobics on the ground was Tom's mother Mary, the girl was Tom's eldest sister Ann, the second sister was Cassie who had been away with her father Seth, and the little girl playing with the doll was the youngest sister Marian.

"My English name is also Mary." Su Yun said with a smile.

"I've never seen you before. Are you here for tourism, or have you just moved here?" An looked at Su Yun and confirmed with certainty that Su Yun was a new face she had never seen before.

In a small town like this with few people, if you live there for a long time, you can basically recognize everyone in the town.

What's more, Su Yun's face looked more oriental, but the different colors in her eyes were very beautiful, so An subconsciously thought that she might be a mixed-race.

This kind of uniqueness and beauty that is different from ordinary people is impossible to forget once you have seen it.

"I came here to find someone, and for some reasons, I will stay here for a while." Su Yun replied.

Hearing Su Yun's words, Tomton, who was sitting next to her, showed a look of relaxation.

I guess he felt that he had the "big boss" protecting him during this period, so he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

It can be seen that Tom will try his best to show his "manly" side in front of his family, but in front of Su Yun, who has witnessed his dark history of being bullied twice, his soft, cute and pitiful "true face" will be exposed.

Maybe he has a bit of a hen-and-white complex towards her: from the conversation, it is clear that Tom is not like his older sister Ann who was able to get along with everyone after moving here. Instead, Tom has not been able to truly integrate into the group, and as a result, he is bullied secretly.

An had no idea what was going on in the two's minds. When she saw her brother look relieved after Su Yun said she would stay here for a while, the girl's thoughts immediately wandered to the romantic Puppy Love.

"I'm so glad that Tom knows you. He always played with a group of boys before." In Western countries, the vague youthful affection between young boys and girls is not something that needs to be strictly guarded against, so An became more affectionate towards Su Yun.

She acted as if saying, "Since mom doesn't have time to deal with this matter, then I, as the eldest sister, have to step out and express my opinion."

"If Tom is free, you can come over to the cabin in the woods and play with me - I live there now." Although Su Yun didn't understand An's current little thoughts, the intimacy shown by An was exactly how she wanted to get closer, so Su Yun started chatting with her openly.

Seeing that Su Yun had abandoned him and started chatting with her sister, Tom looked left and right and finally realized that he really couldn't join in the conversation. He had no choice but to lower his head and asked his little sister Marian to help him get a small medicine box, and then he started to change the medicine for himself.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious and the bandage can be removed in two days.

Because he has loved sports since he was a child, he has suffered many injuries. He can completely handle this level of ordinary injuries by himself.

Especially since his biological father was a domestic violence-prone person. When his mother was still married, he used his small body to protect the women in the family, and being beaten and injured was commonplace. That was why he was able to endure the bullying at school until Su Yun, his savior, came out of nowhere.

After waiting for a long time, his mother finally left the man. Because he took all the children away, she had to work several jobs every day to make a living. So he, the only man in the family, stepped forward and helped to do some odd jobs within his ability to earn money to support the family...

Until the stepfather showed up.

Maybe many people think that a child with dyslexia, domestic violence from his biological father, divorced parents, and remarried mother would have a gloomy image, but Tom believes that his smile is still as bright as it was at the beginning - because he has a good mother and a good stepfather.

Compared to his biological father who was a domestic abuser, his stepfather Seth was more like the gentle, wise and strong father we imagined.

Therefore, no matter how troublesome those people in school were, he would not allow them to destroy this warm "home" that he had finally obtained.

Not to mention that he was only in trouble temporarily - as long as his leg injury healed, those who bully the weak and fear the strong would not dare to be too presumptuous. They would only do this now while he was injured.

But after Su Yun appeared, his history of silently enduring bullying due to injuries became a thing of the past.

Thinking of this, Tom looked around his dream home again, his eyes revealing a gentleness and charm that was beyond his age.

Here, Su Yun has already talked to An about aerobics on TV.

"Actually, we bought them secretly. Ever since the photos of her in Hanoi were sent back last year, many people disliked her and called her a traitor." Seeing that Su Yun was interested, An told her in detail all the gossip he knew: the short-haired girl who performed aerobics on TV was named Jane Fonda, a very legendary woman.

Her father is the famous Hollywood actor Henry Fonda, but her birth as a second-generation star not only did not bring her much glory and convenience, but instead became a source of pain for her.

Her father was a playboy who was fond of cheating on her husband, and her mother was addicted to plastic surgery and eventually committed suicide due to a mental breakdown. These childhood shadows from her original family not only made her develop a people-pleasing personality, but also her first husband, director Vadim, was a philanderer who was no less than her biological father Henry...

She was so brainwashed that she had to help her husband find women while also working hard to make bad movies to help him pay off his debts.

She finally woke up from her distorted life, got divorced, and dyed her blonde hair back to its original dark brown to please her ex-husband. It seemed that her career and love came at the same time because of her awakening. Not only did she win the first Oscar for Best Actress in her acting career, she also met Hayden, a political activist who advocated simplicity and was completely different from her ex-husband who loved extravagance.

So, this woman who had finally climbed out of the quagmire once again walked into the grave of marriage.

In order to support her husband Hayden's career, she also became an anti-war star. When the Vietnam War was in full swing, she went to Hanoi to comfort North Vietnamese children and criticized the atrocities of the US invasion.

So much so that when the photos of her activities in Hanoi were sent back to the country, she was insulted by veterans as a "traitor, a freak, and the most shameless woman in history," and was admired by young people who supported the anti-war movement. The controversy was so great that she could no longer pursue a career in acting.

No one wants her to make a movie, so where does the money come from to support the activities?

It is obviously not possible to rely on her husband Hayden who is only good at speaking, so she still has to earn money to support the family herself.

That's why Jane Fonda published a book and made a video to teach people how to lose weight through aerobics.

"In fact, not only in our school, many people support her. No one wants to continue fighting..." An lowered his eyes.

"Who would like war?" Su Yun also sighed like a little adult: the Wang family's foreign trade clothing factory used to have a hard time doing business due to the intensification of the Vietnam War and the rising anti-war sentiment in the United States. If it weren't for her manipulation that allowed them to sell the same inventory as the movie after taking over the factory and recover some funds, they might have had to invest a lot of money in it to support the business during that period of bad business.

While chatting here, the two people who had gone out from Tom's family came back.

Borrowing Tom's phone, Su Yun called Lin Jingying and Zhuang Long to tell them that she would be back later, and then she shamelessly sneaked into Tom's birthday celebration.

The people in Tom's family were quite friendly to Su Yun. The only strange thing was that after An and his mother Mary had a few whispers after she finished doing aerobics, the two of them kept looking at her with a strange aunt smile all night.

"If you are free tomorrow, come and play with me at the wooden house!" Before leaving, Su Yun did not forget to remind him, thinking that they should hurry up to cut leeks and recruit cheap child laborers while the tender soup is still cost-effective.

Her demeanor and behavior were exactly like that of a black-hearted capitalist, but because her appearance was so deceptive, no one discovered her true intentions.

Tom naturally agreed to the invitation from Su Yun, his "lifesaver": tomorrow is the weekend anyway, and he doesn't have to go to school.

When I turned around, I was met with strange looks from the whole family.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Tom asked puzzled.

"Nothing, nothing..." The family members who were watching the excitement immediately dispersed, and the women who were older than him began to discuss what to bring back for Tom tomorrow when he went out...

"Marian, tell me, what happened?" Tom managed to grab the short and short-legged little sister.

Marian thought for a moment, then thrust the doll in her hand over to him: "Here, this is all I have. I'll give it to you."

My brother is so stupid. He is two years older than me but he doesn’t know how to please girls at all!

A smart person like her would already give the cookies made by her mom to her classmates to share three years ago!

Not knowing what hilarious farce happened in the Tom family after she left, Su Yun called Kubrick, who was still in New York, after returning to the hotel, and told him that she had some thoughts about the "legendary" actress Jane Fonda.

"Why do you think that?" Kubrick asked.

"Because she is topical enough, and her current price should be very good." Su Yun answered truthfully.

In fact, there is another point. After hearing Jane Fonda's story, I couldn't bear to see this person who was trying her best to live fall into endless darkness, so I tried my best to help her.

"It's a risky idea, but if it succeeds, the rewards will be much greater than other options." After Kubrick finished his comments, he continued, "I'll talk about it when I get back."

"Thank you, I thought you wouldn't consider it..." Su Yun said emotionally.

"No thanks. My idea is much more risky than yours." Kubrick laughed. "You are just betting on whether a controversial 'traitor' can return to his original position, but I am betting on an unprecedented crazy idea..."

"What?"

"The racial boundary is an insurmountable chasm. Perhaps only God's favored children have the wings to fly across it." Kubrick slowed down his voice, "I have made so many types of movies, but I have never tried to... cross the racial boundary."

“But because you are here, I dare to take this gamble—the tolerance of art.”