Chapter 443 Meeting (Two in One)
To be honest, most of the family members of similar social class in Hong Kong and Macau have heard a little about the origin of the Zhao family's way of thinking that they like meat to be rotten in the pot.
In the past, marrying off a celebrity to keep him/her was undoubtedly considered an act of "lowering one's own status" and "self-degradation" in the eyes of those wealthy and noble families.
However, with the development of the times, an era of contradiction has emerged in which the gap between the rich and the poor is widening and narrowing at the same time. In addition, since the political landscape is no longer entirely a game for the rich, those who are prepared and lucky seem to have the ability and opportunity to cross classes.
Similarly, those celebrities who were considered “low-class actors” in the old times can enter the circle and become the new “first generation” with some effort because of the bonus of being exposed in front of the screen.
For example, Sister Wang, who has always maintained a good image since her debut, has been moving towards politics in recent years in addition to singing. According to reliable sources, she has a good chance of being elected as a representative of the Hong Kong and Macau region in next year's National People's Congress.
Of course, perhaps such deeds may not be able to shake those old-fashioned traditional ideas, but for the Zhao family in Hong Kong, it is enough - Zhuang Long's status and box office appeal in the international film industry are obvious to all. After Su Yun, he is the second person with an oriental face and Chinese blood who can present a positive image in such a difficult as Hollywood. He can definitely be called a "pillar".
Perhaps before this, his lack of awards and his appeal at the box office would have led people to compare him with Zhang Querong, the first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. But now that he has joined the ambitious Oscar-winning film "The Last Emperor", as long as there are no major problems with the film, he has already reached a top position in terms of box office and awards, the two most important key evaluation points in an artist's career, which has never been achieved before and may not be surpassed for a long time.
In this way, even if he leaves Su Yun and Zhao Shi who have brought him to this height, there are still many bigwigs who want to pick him up and make him the pillar of their own company.
Therefore, at such times, the Zhao family's approach of "making the person their own first and then working hard to promote him" is a "good" way to minimize the possibility of the promoted pillar suddenly jumping ship.
In this world, no matter how precious and pure the feelings are, they will inevitably be eroded by time. Only the intense and fierce emotional entanglements that combine interests and entangle the soul and the flesh can make you choose the person you care about most at the first time when faced with a choice.
It can be said that because of those hidden emotional entanglements that were unknown to others, Su Yun was able to steadily "control" these already fully-fledged training targets, and was able to become their first choice without hesitation when faced with a choice.
Regarding this situation, He Pingsi couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Compared with the usual big guys who linger in the world of prostitutes after becoming successful, Su Yun really "loves work", and even her play is vaguely linked with interests. I don't know whether she is happier or more depressed in this.
However, looking at the way Su Yun and Zhuang Long get along with each other, perhaps this is not a very difficult thing in her mind.
At the very least, it is definitely better than those marriages among wealthy families that do not respect human relationships or legal principles and only care about interests, fame and fortune - at least the ambiguous objects in Su Yun's hands are all high-quality goods with good looks, talent and character. Except that their family backgrounds are not as good as those of the wealthy families with equal status, everything else is absolutely not bad, and it can even be said that they are far better than those young masters.
It is not known whether Su Yun did it on purpose or just went with the flow, but in any case, to outsiders who know a little bit about the inside story, Su Yun, who has always been obsessed with work and kept herself clean, has indeed suffered a lot of "losses" in the emotional field.
After all, she herself is a popular female star with both good looks and inner qualities. Even if she were to have a normal relationship, she would be more than suitable for any of these. Add to that her status as a member of a wealthy new generation...it would be "unfair" for her to date these stars who are unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people.
Based on this reason, even if Su Yun herself didn't feel anything about it, in He Pingsi's eyes, she was really "at a disadvantage"...
So, I couldn't help but want to help her.
Seeing the scrutiny and dissatisfaction in He Pingsi's eyes, Zhuang Long smiled helplessly. After answering her questions in a polite manner, he took the initiative to pull a chair over from the side and sat directly next to Su Yun.
It looked like a demonstration, but also like an oath.
Su Yun roughly guessed what He Pingsi was thinking at the moment, and put down the work at hand with a helpless look, and spoke a few words to mediate. Finally, he persuaded He Pingsi, who had been busy all day, to leave and let her go back to the east chamber to rest.
Looking at He Pingsi's back thoughtfully, and thinking back to what she had just done, Zhuang Long could only look at Su Yun even more helplessly: "Look at you, you've gotten yourself into another romantic debt!"
"This is not called 'romance', this is called 'gentleness'." Su Yun explained to him very seriously, "Pingsi is because you are worried that I won't be able to grasp it, so I will be an ugly person and make a fool of you." Give me a few more bucks."
In the slang of the Guangfu area, the word "flesh tight" refers originally to the appearance of tense muscles. It is generally used to express concern, tension, and anxious mood. In the same way, there are also words such as "tight", which are used to describe It means to care, care, and be anxious.
The extension of "add a little more money and tightness" means "pay a little more attention", and is mostly used to persuade young lovers to care more about and cherish each other.
"Don't I care about you enough now?" Zhuang Long let out a long breath and motioned Su Yun to look at the slightly dark marks under his eyes. "In order to squeeze out more time with you, I come back here as soon as I have a break. Look at how hard I've worked..."
Su Yun threw up her hands in disapproval: "Come on, you are just rushing to act, just take a break and it will be fine - knows that you are naturally beautiful. When you were filming, the director questioned you about your heavy makeup, so you had to wipe your mouth hard to show everyone that you really were not wearing any makeup."
This was actually what Su Yun saw with her own eyes: One day, Zhuang Long was filming a basketball scene outdoors. The director saw his bright red lips, teeth, and white face as if he was covered in powder, so he immediately stopped the filming and walked over to tell him not to wear heavy makeup in this scene, otherwise it would be too much.
So, Zhuang Long, who had only applied a thin layer of powder to even out his complexion, could only raise his hands to vigorously wipe his face and mouth, indicating that he was now basically bare-faced...
No matter how hard the dark-colored ones try, they can never achieve the freshness, naturalness and pitifulness of the light-colored ones.
Unexpectedly, Su Yun would tease him about this again. Zhuang Long narrowed his eyes and glanced at her sideways, with a hint of anger in his expression.
Su Yun really likes to see his frowning and angry look. Compared with a young man in menopause, he has more charm of time, but more vigor and vitality than an old man who has truly experienced the vicissitudes of life. It is unique and touching.
"Okay, I won't argue with you anymore. If you continue to argue, you'll have to stay up late tonight." Zhuang Long looked at the pile of documents in front of Su Yun, sighed, and then said softly, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
"As long as it's made by you, I want to eat it and I like it." Su Yun's eyes were buried in the documents, but her seductive mouth still remembered to take a break from her busy schedule to respond with a very natural sweet remark.
"Then wait for me." Zhuang Long touched the top of her head with a look of both anger and amusement, then stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
The days in the capital seemed to pass by at a leisurely pace, until Zhao Liming finally had time to leave Shenzhen and rush to the capital to reunite with Su Yun and He Pingsi.
During this period, he had already discussed the new project application for Kowloon Walled City with Su Yun in a telephone call, but seeing is believing after all. After seeing Su Yun's plan and some design drawings with his own eyes, Zhao Liming was extremely excited and expressed his praise for Su Yun's behavior.
As the big brother, he has spent many years of energy and effort to find a way out for the lower-class people in the fierce competition among real estate developers. The result is that he can only avoid these capitalists who only care about profits and nothing else, and set his target starting point in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange close to Hong Kong.
However, Su Yun was crazier and more adventurous than him. She directly set her sights on the "battlefield" of the past, and then planned to unite many forces that could support her and were very likely to support her, and in turn force those capitalists to abdicate.
In the early stages of Su Yun's plan, most of the money was to be invested in charity, just like throwing money into the sea. At the same time, a part of the garden landscape area of the memorial park was retained for the original plan, and replaced by a more unique and more attractive "human landscape area". If any big shot wants to compete with Su Yun head-on, he must consider whether it is worthwhile and whether he can do so.
Those political forces with different motives would not allow anyone to take the Kowloon Walled City into their pockets and use it as a tool to make money. Otherwise, it would not have been called a "no man's land" for so many years.
Even if all parties are keeping a close eye on things behind the scenes and even sending undercover agents to monitor them, this will allow them to have more right to know and a say when it comes to decisions made in this area in the future.
But they will only say on the surface that it is the result of an investigation, and they will not really reveal where they got the information from.
Su Yun saw these key points clearly, and that's why she tried to grab this big piece of fat meat with an appearance that seemed like a fool with too much money to spend.
Undoubtedly, Su Yun, who proposed this new plan at the meeting, was met with surprised and amazed looks from all sides - among them, not only the capital tycoons from all sides, but even the staff of the relevant departments who supported her in finding a way to save the residents of the walled city were a little confused.
I can help you a little, but I definitely won't let you carry such a heavy burden in one go!
Even though the economy has grown rapidly after the reform and opening up for a while, there are still too many places to spend money in the entire Chinese mainland, which inevitably leads to a relatively slow and weak speed and strength in making money.
Therefore, when the staff of the relevant departments contacted Su Yun at the beginning, they took the initiative to express the same meaning as when the reform and opening up began: We don’t have much money now, we can only try our best to adjust some policy support and a small amount of financial support for you, you just need to do your best to fight for it...
Based on Su Yun's previous practices, the staff of the relevant departments probably thought that Su Yun would choose to use publicity and fundraising to raise funds to help the residents of the walled city, and then build buildings around the original site for charitable relief purposes.
What no one expected was that Su Yun had never set his sights on the vicinity of the original site, but instead aimed directly at the original site, and was "ambitious" in wanting to achieve the best of both worlds.
Is Su Yun's plan too crazy?
Even though she has two powerful backers, the Zhao family of Hong Kong and the Zhao family of Nanyang, and even though the Zhao family is willing to donate to charity, they cannot waste it like this - after all, most people in the circle know where Su Yun spends most of the money she earns.
Huge sums of money have been allocated to the mainland every year for building roads, and now they want to protect the grassroots people in Hong Kong. They are not wealthy enough to rival other countries, so how much wealth can they afford to spend like this?
Even if she can still rely on the endless stream of investment profits every year to raise funds, and can also rely on her own popularity to launch charitable donations at home and abroad, but in the early stages she still needs to bear a lot of pressure alone. So, can the Zhao family, especially the notoriously poor Zhao Rifu, really allow her to do this?
But Su Yun's confident look really seemed to have won Zhao Rifu's approval...
Impossible, right? Although Zhao Rifu was generous in donating the teaching building, he also earned a lot of popularity and political recognition and support from mainland China, which will be a benefit for him to expand his film and television business in the future... But why did he spend so much money to rebuild the Kowloon Walled City?
It can't be that they are trying to grab this piece of land - everyone knows that this piece of land cannot be used for real estate. If a piece of land that cannot be traded is built into a memorial park and "low-rent buildings", what use will it be to these tycoons who have made it onto the rich list by relying on the real estate business?
Want to see it?!
Oh, no, it seems like it can really be used for viewing...
Some people with quick minds seemed to have really grasped the benefits that special "wealthy families" like Su Yun and the Zhao family could gain from the seemingly wasteful charity project of rebuilding Kowloon Walled City during the discussions, which could be understood through eye contact without words.
Isn't this just another small "New Zhao's Cinema"? !
Even though it is disguised as a memorial park, the most unreasonable thing about this "movie studio" is that it doesn't care what you call it in front of the crowd. Once it is captured by the camera, you can call it whatever you want in the video...
No wonder that old fox Zhao Rifu agreed to let his child come and apply. Not only can he win people's hearts and accumulate merits under the banner of charity, but he can also greatly expand the filming channels for his own film and television productions, and he can also forcefully occupy this piece of land in a busy city area... It would be strange if he was not tempted by such a plan that kills two birds with one stone.
Speaking of it, Zhao Rifu was quite lucky. Before he started building the cinema, he competed with them for land. When he couldn't win, he had to find a remote location to "occupy the mountain" and built the Zhao Cinema at that time. Later, after the regional economy developed, his hilltops became a large piece of beautiful land with a good location, which made them jealous of the intrigue and fighting for the good location and land.
The main reason why Jianing, who had become one of the top ten strange cases at that time, tried so hard to acquire Zhao's was not just for the large piece of land of Zhao's Cinema, right?
Do you really think that Mr. Chen from Jianing wants to take over from the Zhao family and become the leader of Hong Kong's film and television industry? Apart from Mr. Pan who really wants to enter the film and television industry, which boss would not have a "good impression" of the Zhao Cinema at that time just for the sake of that piece of land?
Thanks to Zhao Rifu's love for the film and television industry, he hesitated for a long time, and later Su Yun, the "wealthy woman", returned to protect him, so he was not deceived by Jia Ning and became the biggest and most tragic victim in the record of strange cases...
That’s right, the magical and pragmatic Hong Kong people, especially those in the upper class, are all interested in and even believe in the fortune-telling related to Feng Shui. Therefore, Su Yun’s name “wealth girl” is not only popular among Hong Kong citizens, but also quite popular in their circle…
But superstition is superstition. In front of the money-oriented capitalists, as long as there is enough profit motivation, even if you are the "god" in the photo placed on his altar, he will still strike hard and fight to the end.
Only politics, the invisible yet indestructible giant hand hanging over everyone's head, can use strong force to suppress the capitalists' restlessness.
The reason why Su Yun had the courage to propose this new reconstruction plan for Kowloon Walled City in front of everyone was nothing more than the support of this giant hand.
Faced with this situation where they could neither copy nor seize, coupled with the pressure of the giant hand hanging over their heads, in the following meetings, one after another, there were votes of abstention or support.
China strongly supports Su Yun's new reconstruction plan. As for the attitude of the British side... it is quite ambiguous.
In theory, there is not much difference between the new reconstruction plan and the original plan for them. The only problem is that if they agree to it, they will indirectly give up part of the management rights of the land, which is not officially recognized, making the "no man's land" a thing of the past.
But if you disagree - first of all, China is now rising rapidly and it is not something they can handle now.
Secondly, they were unable to manage it in the past and were too lazy to do so. If they tried to take charge by force, they would definitely have to pay a heavy price.
The third point is that according to the new plan, this piece of land has not become a military or economic stronghold, but a simple memorial park and low-rent housing area. At best, it can be used as a location for film and television companies to choose from...
Ever since the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" existed in name only, this country seems to have been moving further and further down the path of being a small country, and no longer has the courage to fight to the end against truly large countries with vast territories and large populations.
Even Hong Kong, the "Pearl of the Orient" that took a lot of effort and time to cultivate, signed the return agreement document honestly at the meeting. Could it be that it is still missing a tiny piece of land, Kowloon Walled City, which is not even as big as a French fry in comparison?
As soon as I thought of this, all the previous entanglements were immediately solved.
Perhaps it was really difficult to stand up again once you lie down. After struggling with themselves and resolving the issue, the British side nodded in agreement to the new reconstruction plan for Kowloon Walled City submitted by Su Yun.
Two invisible hands grabbed their fate by the throat, and the Qing Dynasty, the "third authority" that had long been dealt with by China, no longer existed. Therefore, those capitalists who were still hesitating, watching, and trying to find ways to resist, also knelt down one after another...
Upon hearing the news that the new reconstruction plan for Kowloon Walled City was passed unanimously, Su Yun couldn't help but smile widely from the bottom of her heart. If this paper document hadn't looked so fragile, she would have wanted to hug it in her arms and kiss it hard to express her excitement at the moment.
"It's okay, you can kiss me." He Pingsi, who was sitting next to her, saw what she was thinking and immediately smiled and joked.
So Su Yun really gave her a loud kiss on the cheek, which made Zhao Liming, who was sitting on the other side, feel like he didn’t know whether to frown or not…
"It's just a very normal and deep friendship, nothing else." Su Yun saw Zhao Liming's bitter face, which was even more troubled than the previous British personnel, and immediately explained sternly.
"That's good..." Zhao Liming forced himself to regain his normal expression and nodded slightly.
In the past, he was busy with work and didn't pay much attention to this. But once he had some free time, Zhao Qiming, the eldest brother who was always worried about his younger siblings' emotional problems, suddenly started to pay attention to trivial matters.
The long-term British leasehold and the continuous flow of overseas study and immigration have inevitably instilled foreign "free and open" sentiments in the new generation of Hong Kong people. Among so many foreign countries, the British are particularly famous as a gathering place for gays and lesbians...
Even in their own movies and TV series, they dare to describe these strange emotions openly. It seems that it is not a rare thing to see a few couples who break through the limitations of the world around you...
And Su Yun is the one who can't resist temptation the most. Men come one after another, and suddenly adding one or two women doesn't seem to be wrong...
No, no, no! This is even scarier than Su Yun bringing back the "cut rat" and announcing that she wants to marry him!
Thinking of this, Zhao Qiming shook his head hastily, at least to get rid of those terrible fantasies that came up in his mind.
Su Yun was unaware of Zhao Qiming's complicated feelings at the moment. After hugging He Pingsi again for successfully achieving their goal through cooperation, she worked with the staff of the relevant departments to handle some of the subsequent work.
However, one has to work hard to achieve his goals. Even if such a big plan passes the review, there is still a lot of related work to be done. They were busy until the sun set and darkness rose. Then Su Yun and others said goodbye to the staff of the relevant departments and went out to take a car back to the small courtyard.
Looking at the exhausted Su Yun and He Pingsi dozing off with their heads leaning against each other in the back seat, Zhao Qiming, who was sitting in the passenger seat, really turned his head at least three times a minute, making the driver think that he was working too hard and had a muscle spasm or something like that...
After returning home, Zhao Qiming saw Zhuang Long, who had gone back to the kitchen early to cook dinner because the filming was not busy today. Zhao Qiming, who had always been annoyed by Zhuang Long's self-defense, looked at him busy in the kitchen and suddenly felt like crying with relief.
After a long time, Zhuang Long received Zhao Qiming's good face again. He was flattered and surprised. He secretly pulled the corner of Su Yun's clothes and asked cautiously: "Did your elder brother... suffer any stimulation at the meeting?"
"Maybe he's just hungry." Su Yun glanced at the plate of delicious braised pork in his hand and answered while swallowing his saliva.
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