Chapter 46 Definition

"It's a good thing you chose this time to come, otherwise you might not have met me..." Su Yun said as she pulled Tom inside.

"Are you going out today?" Tom changed his previous tortoise speed and quickly caught up with Su Yun.

His leg injury was not serious originally. He had difficulty walking because he broke his knee in a fall earlier. Later, he was bullied and beaten, which caused him too much psychological pressure and slow recovery. He was in a good mood after meeting Su Yun these few days. Today, he even took off his bandages.

If there weren't a few bruises on his legs, it would be hard to tell from his swift movements that this was a child with an injured leg.

Su Yun, who was pulling people inside, was naturally paying attention to Tom's condition: perhaps it was because children's recovery speed has always been relatively fast, and he was in good health to begin with.

That's great, filming a movie requires such a strong physique - Su Yun, a former programmer and current actor who is used to working overtime, thought so.

"Everyone, I brought a young actor who plays the role of 'Martin' here for an audition!" Su Yun shouted as she walked into the living room, immediately attracting several glances.

"Aren't you going out?" Lin Jingying had been accompanying Su Yun as her temporary guardian. She had packed her things and was about to follow her out, but before she could leave, she saw Su Yun coming back with a little blond boy.

"Tom happened to come early. I originally thought he would come in the afternoon." Su Yun waved her hand, "Anyway, the agreed time has not arrived yet, so it's the same to see Tom first."

Hearing this, Tom's face turned slightly red: he had originally planned to come to see Su Yun in the afternoon, but his family urged him to come early in the morning and eagerly stuffed a lunch basket for him... Now it seems that he felt a little rude for taking advantage of others' unpreparedness and causing trouble for them.

"It's okay, don't worry, we are all easy-going." Su Yun saw what he was thinking and quickly comforted him.

"Thank you, but...what do you want me to do?" Tom looked at Su Yun.

"Didn't you say it's an audition? Oh, I forgot you were too young, you might not understand - we just want to find you to be an actor in a movie, and let you try out the interpretation of a role..." Facing Tom, who is two years older than her, Su Yun acted like a little adult.

"Make a movie? Be an actor?" Tom became more and more confused as he listened: he originally thought that Su Yun was going to do some small stage play, so she wanted to ask him to help play a role to make up the number of people. Little did he know that the reality and his expectations seemed to be a little bit... No, a little bit different?

"Mary, let me give you Martin's plot." Vivian came over.

Su Yun looked at the small note Vivian handed over, and slapped her head as if she remembered something: "Oh, I almost forgot, Tom has dyslexia, so he can't use this for the time being. I'll explain it to him directly."

"Dyslexia?" Zhuang Long was a little confused.

"It's just that he has difficulty reading and recognizing words, and needs to spend more time than the average person to learn. It's a disease caused by the inability of the brain to coordinate when processing information." Su Yun thought about it and found an explanation, "It's similar to allergies. Some people are born with this problem. It doesn't affect their lives too much, but you still have to pay attention to it when necessary."

After hearing this explanation, Zhuang Long nodded in understanding: During his years in the United States, he had also witnessed all kinds of strange diseases among foreigners.

Compared to Tom's dyslexia, which only affects himself and not others, food allergies and external allergies are much more serious and strange, and people need to be more careful and vigilant. After all, if they are not handled properly, they may result in a fatal attack.

"Martin's scenes are mostly with Mary, and I'm acting opposite Tom. Please help me pay attention and observe." After Su Yun explained to Tom, she said to the people in front of her.

Zhuang Long and Lin Jingying nodded: one of them was a professional actor, and the other had some experience in filming movies. Before, they were sitting next to Su Yun and helping her.

"Don't worry, Mary, I used to skip classes to watch my dad make movies!" Vivian, who was auditioning for the first time, was very excited: during the casting yesterday, she was taken by the nanny to see the old doctor for a follow-up consultation and missed it. Today, it was a rare opportunity for a handsome young man to audition, and her heart immediately itched.

Among Kubrick's three daughters, the eldest daughter, Catherine, likes to study art; the second daughter, Anya, likes piano and music. Only Vivian is interested in photography, so Kubrick prefers her - because he himself often skipped classes and took a camera to take pictures everywhere...

Kubrick was very pleased with the inherited habit of skipping classes and the shared love for photography, and he was quite willing to let his little daughter inherit his legacy.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you from now on." Su Yun smiled at her and then prepared to get into action.

Seeing the change in Su Yun's expression, although Tom, who loves performing, still hastened to get into the state, and began to act with Su Yun according to the plot and lines Su Yun told him.

"I guess you are the new super toy now. So, what interesting things can you do?" After a little excitement, he began to imitate those who bullied him and acted aggressively. "Can you do super things? Like walking in the air or on walls? Defying gravity, floating, or flying?"

"Can you?" Su Yun looked at him blankly.

"No, because I am 'real'." He raised the corners of his mouth, with an innocent yet cruel smile on his childish face.

"It's OK, quite natural, but the positioning still needs to be adjusted..." Zhuang Long and Lin Jingying discussed: It can be seen that Tom has a talent for acting, but it is still simple and unrefined. It is probably just the experience accumulated from acting in stage plays in school.

"If he wasn't taught properly, he would be completely suppressed by Mary." Vivian, who had learned a lot of photography knowledge from Kubrick, shook her head in disgust.

Although Martin is only a supporting role in the movie, in this plot, Martin relies on the fact that he is a real "person" and a real "child" at home to bully the robot Mary in an innocent but extremely cruel way.

It's like suddenly discovering there's a new child in the family who's competing with you for resources. Although you have no intention of harming anyone, you subconsciously use all your efforts to exclude this rival, just like the natural exclusivity and evil in humans.

Fortunately, Su Yun acted weak enough and secretly adjusted her position, so that Tom's performance would not be worse.

The reason for this leniency is probably that it is difficult to find suitable young actors. The quality of this one is already pretty good.

In the end, the heroine they planned to find was Jane Fonda, who was once famous for her beauty. If the image was too different, he would not look like Jane Fonda's son.

After confirming that Tom had basically passed the test, Su Yun left him in the living room and asked Zhuang Long and Vivian to explain everything to him in detail. She, along with Lin Jingying, took a taxi and started heading to Jane Fonda's current residence.

It is hard to believe that this shabby little house, as shabby as the tin shacks in Hong Kong's early shantytowns, is the home of a female star who once won an Oscar for Best Actress, shot many popular films, and whose fitness books and videos are now best-sellers.

No, not yet a home.

There were only a few old chairs, a few bookshelves, and the only "bed" was an inflatable mattress covered with half-new bedding...

Just like those Bohemian wanderers who wander around everywhere, they are not even as good at tidying up as those wanderers who are used to wandering.

"Please give me a little more time! Troy fell ill a few days ago, and all my money was used to pay for medical bills and rent...I will give it to you as soon as I get the royalties from the magazine!" Through the open door, one can directly see the poor mother inside who is begging the landlord to give him a little more time.

Su Yun sighed, stepped forward to negotiate, and after paying the landlord fifty dollars, she managed to get the man away.

"Thank you, you are..." Jane Fonda held the baby whose cry was quite weak and looked at Su Yun in confusion.

"I've been in touch with you before. Mr. Kubrick wants to cast you in a movie as the heroine." Su Yun did not beat around the bush as usual. After confirming her identity to the other party, she simply explained her purpose.

After confirming that Su Yun was not trying to play a trick on her, Jane Fonda still shook her head helplessly: "You know my situation - since what happened last year, many people can't stand me..."

She was too tired from the promotional activities and was photographed sitting on an anti-aircraft gun. After the photo was sent back to Taiwan, she was criticized by many people who supported the war. As a result, the Best Actress award she just won could not help her career. In the end, she could only secretly sell books and videos on fitness to make money to support her life...

"But there are also many people who support you," Su Yun said. "They all think you are a female warrior."

Jane Fonda and others are not the only ones who insist on opposing the war. As early as 1967, the wave of anti-war movement had already swept across the United States. At the beginning of this year, after signing the Paris Peace Accord, the US troops officially withdrew all troops, and the war has come to an end.

Due to media hype and strategic and tactical failures, the entire US is now leaning more and more towards the anti-war camp where Jane Fonda is. The public's voices in support of the anti-war movement have long since overshadowed those fanatics who were clamoring for war.

A few years later, Jane Fonda would win another Oscar for the anti-Vietnam War film Coming Home.

The constraints imposed on her had actually been secretly released long ago, but she dared not step out for the sake of her home and family, so those businessmen who would do anything for the sake of profit were powerless to do anything about it.

"I'm not a warrior, I'm just a woman who is not smart enough and a little superficial." Jane Fonda shook her head and said while comforting her child.

"Who said that..." Before Su Yun could finish her sentence, a tall and thin man suddenly walked in from outside.

"Jane, who are they?" the man asked puzzledly.

"They are from a film company and they want me to make a movie..." Jane Fonda hurriedly explained to her husband Hayden.

"Correction, it's an audition, and the person in charge is Mr. Kubrick. We are just here to inform you." Su Yun quickly interrupted and raised the banner of Kubrick.

"Jane, didn't I tell you that I'm not used to my wife being an actress, and I'm not used to my life being shown..." Hayden hung up his coat with a troubled look on his face, and then sat down next to the bookshelf again. "Recently, our family has not been monitored or boycotted, so we can reorganize summer camps and speaking activities..."

"But the funds...Troy was sick recently and all the money was spent in the hospital. There is no money left for rent..." Unlike her low but rational demeanor when facing Su Yun, Jane Fonda acted like an ignorant woman living in the shadow of a giant when facing her politician husband.

"Don't you have the money from selling those aerobics?" Hayden asked matter-of-factly.

"The latest few issues of the pay haven't been sent yet..." As she spoke, the child started crying again. Jane Fonda hurriedly comforted her son while answering her husband.

"Well, I said these things are unreliable, so I said you are not smart enough..." Hayden shook his head and sighed.

"The only person who can define a person is himself, not others." Su Yun interrupted again.

Jane Fonda glanced at Su Yun and seemed to want to say something, but her thoughts were distracted by the child who was crying even louder, so she had to get up silently and prepare the bottle.

Hayden was still sitting there reading a book, motionless like a grandfather; while Jane Fonda was holding her troubled child in one hand and doing housework with the other hand...

Not only Su Yun, but even Lin Jingying, who was quite patriarchal due to the times and society, could no longer bear it.

After leaving a phone number, the two hurriedly left the small, shabby house to avoid getting sick from anger.

"I've never met such a freeloader like this!" With Su Yun translating for him in a low voice, Lin Jingying basically understood the conversation between the couple, so he was now full of anger.

"That's right. On the one hand, he relies on his wife's money to support the family and organize activities, and on the other hand, he still complains about abandoning his wife's job. Tsk." Su Yun clicked his tongue: Isn't this a typical case of early PUA? On the one hand, he brainwashes his partner for mental control, and on the other hand, he shamelessly enjoys the benefits of his partner.

After complaining with Lin Jingying by the lake, Su Yun couldn't help but take a look at the small, dilapidated house that couldn't bear the weight.

I hope that the people inside will be strong as mothers and can step out of the shadows and live out their own lives.

Otherwise, it's not worth the risk to use her.