Chapter 460 You Come and I Go
Unlike Zha Lan, who has already achieved success, fame, money and leisure, Zhuang Long and others began to leave one after another after they told Su Yun that they had no intention of giving up yet, but would try their best to strive for further progress in their careers.
The first ones to leave are definitely Zhuang Long and Chen Baiyang, who are traveling around the world with the crew's promotional mission.
"Take care of yourself." Su Yun said softly as he looked at the two people who were ready to go.
It is said that with today's technological development, mountains and rivers are no longer obstacles and we can see what we want... But the fact is that humans are still too small compared to this planet.
Especially for people like them whose working hours and locations are completely variable, once they say goodbye after meeting each other, it is difficult to guarantee when and where they will meet again.
It was also for this reason that Su Yun, who was originally quite troubled by this unexpected encounter, inevitably felt a little sad when the separation came.
"Don't worry, I'll come to visit you whenever I have time in the future." Chen Baiyang responded first.
Hearing this, Zhuang Long, who was standing on the other side, immediately looked at him with a half-smile: Sure enough... you are still too young.
That's right, compared to the experience he and Su Yun had shared from the beginning to the end, the young man Chen Boyang regarded Su Yun more as the ideal lover of his stunning youth, so it is inevitable that he has an overly tolerant and beautifying filter towards her as a young lover.
As an "old friend" who has known Su Yun for a longer time and has witnessed all of her tricks, he could undoubtedly tell from Su Yun's stiff movements at that moment that Su Yun's silent response to this sentence: saying goodbye is sad, but if it comes to the future, she is definitely not willing to accept this "surprise".
Su Yun looked at Zhuang Long's half-smile, and immediately understood what he was thinking at the moment. He raised his eyebrows at him silently, and in his warning there was a hint of pampered coquettishness.
After receiving Su Yun's "warning", Zhuang Long immediately smiled at her gracefully, "I will take good care of myself. You too, don't be too obsessed with work. You must know that your health is the most important thing."
"Alright, alright, I get it. You guys go over quickly. It will be bad if you waste time." Su Yun waved and hurried them away.
After seeing off Zhuang Long and Chen Boyang, Tom wanted to stay a little longer, but was stopped by Su Yun with the excuse that work was more important...
Finally, the only one left was Zhang Querong, who looked fine but actually had a lot on his mind.
Counting the days, it seems that it is time for him to do this...
His achievements in the film industry over the past two years are undoubtedly much better than his achievements in the music industry, and the "dual king competition" situation that was intentionally or unintentionally created by various people has already put him and his former friends in an awkward position.
As the situation became increasingly heated, Patrick Tam announced at the awards ceremony that he would no longer accept competitive awards, causing an uproar.
He just endured for two more years, and finally began to feel the importance of keeping silent in a circle where he felt increasingly lonely.
"Do you want to temporarily quit the music industry, take a break, and then focus on the film and television industry?" Hearing his inner thoughts, Su Yun felt that it was unexpected, but also reasonable.
After all, compared to his original trajectory of directly announcing his permanent retirement from the music industry, then looking for opportunities to make a comeback because he couldn't forget his love for singing and regretted it, which eventually led to a lot of criticism, this kind of "temporary" life is much better.
"I was wondering why you, a busy workaholic, suddenly have time to come visit me. Turns out you're just being nice for no reason!" Su Yun glared at him in pretended anger, which made Zhang Querong, who saw through her thoughts, laugh out loud.
"If I don't come here to 'beg' you for help, you will have no choice but to announce your permanent withdrawal." Zhang Querong smiled and shook his head.
How could a company that has reaped countless benefits from these artists let its cash cow escape so easily?
If he fails to seize the opportunity of Danny finishing his studies and returning to the music industry, which would help him continue to retain this group of fans, if he wants to "rest" again, he will really have to resort to such a tough and decisive move as quitting permanently.
Su Yun obviously thought about it and understood the real reason why he announced his temporary withdrawal and rest at this time. She glared at him again in annoyance: "You two are both causing trouble for me!"
"There's no other way. I've given you everything. You have to take responsibility, right?" Zhang Querong replied with a smile.
"I knew it - you are the worst one among these people!" Su Yun snorted.
After all, he had been through a lot at the bottom after his debut was not smooth, and he had seen all kinds of rules and unspoken rules. No wonder he has such a sophisticated yet unsophisticated face, and can also seize fleeting opportunities...
After a moment of silence, Su Yun sighed and said, "Be prepared. I will notify Xiangjiang and try to prepare for you in advance so that you don't feel as...sudden as I did today."
"It's not sudden. I'm more than two years behind Allen." Zhang Querong shook his head, then held Su Yun's hand again and kissed the back of her hand gently, "Thank you very much, responsible and beautiful lady."
"You have a really sweet tongue." Su Yun looked at him speechlessly.
"Huh? Haven't you tasted it yourself? Didn't you really feel it that night?" After all, they were "good friends" with whom he had a close relationship. There was something even more weird in Zhang Querong's flirtatious personality.
In colloquialisms, "sweet talk" usually refers to "sweet words", but whether he was really teasing or pretending to be ignorant is impossible to verify.
However... considering his past as a playboy and Huang Ge's nature as a little prince, Su Yun felt that it would be better not to investigate the truth...
After finally dealing with another troublesome man, Su Yun now turned her attention to the last super troublesome old man.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zha Lan asked curiously.
"If you and Romy work together again, people won't say anything, right?" Su Yun asked worriedly.
When Zha Lan heard this, she immediately laughed: "Oh? I thought you were someone who would do anything to make more money from the movie."
Su Yun was so angry that she raised her hand and hit him: "I'm serious - after all, you and Luo Mi are my friends."
"Then I am really flattered." Zha Lan replied in an exaggerated manner, and then continued in Su Yun's death gaze and raised fist, "Don't worry about anything. Not only will others not say anything, but they will also only look forward to it."
"Although the past events are a long time ago for both of us, as long as there is publicity and money to be made, naturally there will be people who will dig up these old stories again. You might as well worry about how to deal with enthusiastic gossipers when the time comes..."
"And speaking of which, someone invited me to work with Romy again before, but Romy wasn't very interested in that script, and then she received your invitation, so she temporarily turned it down... This time I came here, in fact, I also wanted to talk to her about this script."
After hearing what he said, Su Yun immediately understood the hidden meaning: No wonder he was willing to admit defeat so easily, it turned out that there was such a relationship!
If he agreed to make a "friendly cameo" in his movie, then wouldn't it be reasonable for her to reciprocate and help this scheming old man persuade Romy to accept the movie script?
After Su Yun secretly cursed Zha Lan for being a fox in his heart, he sent the person away with a business-like smile that made him frown deeply.
After using all possible means to persuade and get rid of these irrelevant people, Su Yun finally had time to continue filming "Birds of Prey".
Strictly speaking, the movie "Birds of Prey" can actually be regarded as a narrative that is divided into segments and perspectives.
The main plot of the movie is undoubtedly the mutual redemption of the second-generation Batgirl Barbara Gordon and the third-generation Batgirl Cassandra Cain; the personal stories of Ms. Black Hawk Natalie Reed, the second-generation Black Canary and the huntsman Helena Bertinelli are intertwined, and finally connected into a story line of the rise of female superheroes, deriving the "Birds of Prey", a female-dominated superhero team.
There is no doubt that Su Yun and Brooke both continued their previous role assignments, playing Cassandra and Barbara respectively.
Regarding this point, most fans who like these two characters and actors are cheering and rejoicing - after all, the live-action comic adaptation of "Batman" has already proved that these two castings are perfect enough. Unfortunately, "Batman" is mainly about Batman's story, and these two rare characters with top-notch appearance and acting skills do not have many roles in "Batman", which is a pity.
Even Warner Bros. was excited about the surging popularity of "Cassandra", a girl with no kung fu skills, and was planning to ask DC Comics to publish a comic story with "Batgirl" as the protagonist... So, when the news that Su Yun was planning to shoot "Birds of Prey" came out, those who loved to chase hot topics the most immediately began a new round of wait-and-see attitude, both openly and covertly.
之前蘇韻拍的《蝙蝠俠與超人》，雖然在劇情上是一改單個角色系列電影的畫風，但是主基調為喜劇的這個類型電影，是真的全面通殺男女老少一家大小，票房日複一日的水漲船高不說，就連各類影碟的銷量也是在銷量榜上一騎絕塵，完全要比之前那個偏文藝風、但商業票房也頗高的《蝙蝠俠：黑暗騎士》來得更為喜人。
如無意外，今年的票房前十，他們就能以這兩部不被看好的真人漫改電影，占據上兩個位置，驚爆一衆之前不看好他們的人的眼球……
想想都覺得開心。
只是意想不到的是，蘇韻這個很會撈粉絲錢的小家夥，在被《蝙蝠俠與超人》插隊了拍攝計劃之後，居然也是沒有趁機要求休息，而是急趕慢趕地又開啓了新劇組，拍她那個早早就從他們這裏取得拍攝權、但又因為各種因素暫時未能開工的女性超級英雄電影。
不過，要是《猛禽小隊》賣得好的話，那就證明這個題材也是有市場的，說不定往這個方向努力一把，就能開拓出一個全新的市場，收割一波以前未能有機會收割的韭菜……
對于華納那邊的态度，蘇韻自然是見怪不怪至極：反正他們這些人的行為是在幫忙促成《猛禽小隊》的拍攝，并沒有在做豬隊友拖後腿，那麽她當然也是不介意這些人拿她和她的電影來當探路石了。
在這種前面的真人漫改電影熱度未過、觀衆們的熱情也還沒有完全消退之時，就最是容易從觀衆和粉絲的口袋裏掏錢的時候。
只要蘇韻自己穩得住，踩穩之前已經打好的基礎，那可就能保證這一次最低是基本不會賠本了。
每個新領域的探路，可不就都是為了賺大錢做大佬？
更何況，粉絲和影迷們都是很支持蘇韻的角色造型設計的：最近這些年來，有關于不同性別的争取權益鬥争越來越激烈，叫聲也是一日比一日大、一日比一日高，就連影視界都開始受到了一些波及，被那些鬥争的浪潮而影響到，開始嫌棄起女性獨有的美麗姿态。
不同性別的争取權益鬥争，在最開始的時候，看起來也不是沒有為女性争取呼籲到了一些應有的“優待”，可以說在某種程度上，他們确實也是暫時提高了女性和女性藝人的地位。
但問題是，權力的誕生總也是會伴随着負面的東西，從為女性發聲呼籲到一部分人開始矯枉過正，不過也就是短短數年時間。
這樣的聲潮壓過了平常人的聲音後，便會導致不少人在寫角色時提心吊膽，生怕哪裏不慎就觸怒了這些人，繼而引發起一輪又一輪的抵制熱潮，到最後直接毀掉自己精心炮制的角色和作品。
前些年以女性主角為主的那些電影，如《異形》系列等等，為何其中大部分角色造型都是帶點中性的英姿飒爽氣質，可不就是或多或少地受到了這樣戰後經濟騰飛、人心變革解放的影響？
不管怎麽說，錢永遠都是人的膽氣。
但這種情況，從另一個方面來說，卻也是一件好事：那些從前沒有興趣或者金錢的部分群體，開始擁有了可以随意支配的金錢，以及想買就買的自由。
從前通過各種渠道那麽努力地賣漫畫，也是只有男孩們會買漫畫來看，女孩們則是送給她們都沒什麽興趣去看。
但現在不同了——地位逐年提升的女性群體，也逐漸有開始喜歡漫畫的傾向，并且也是成為了購買力量之一。
尤其是在漫改電影上：容易入門、場面宏大、故事簡單明了、感情真摯曲折等等一系列特點，更是讓她們成為了消費主力。
說起來，華納雖然槽點多多，但有一點蘇韻倒是相當認同——那就是“賺錢嘛，不寒碜”……
他們可不會管外面的聲浪有多大，他們認為能賺錢的想法和做法，只要定下來就是基本不會改變的——因為這個特性，在面對所謂的某某正确層面上，就是頭鐵得不得了。
反倒是便宜了蘇韻，可以安心地挑選适合的演員，不需要再花一份心思和精力去和那各種各樣的正确而激情對幹……
不過目前的問題是，在面對美貌這種稀缺資源的情況下，有人選擇去保護和擁戴，也有人去選擇唾棄與嫉妒。
明豔美麗的款素來就最是容易受到各種羞辱攻擊，而除非是特型演員，否則能拍戲的肯定就都是模樣或者身材過得去的演員，套點英姿飒爽的緊身衣風格，立刻就會有矯枉過正的人挑出來指責這樣是“過分暴露”、“利用天賦身體條件取得不正當利益”等等的責備。
為了抵抗這一類型的責備，最近這些年開始，有點戲份的女角色就都想走大女主路線，然後暫時抛棄自己天生的好容貌和好身段，甩掉“花瓶”這個名號，跻身進入演技界。
甚至乎，演藝界都是有着那麽一點大家都心知肚明的拼命人，不分男女老幼，只求降低顏值，好讓人看出他們的演技。
尤其是文藝界不管明面上還是暗地裏都“針對”帥哥美女，這麽一來，但凡是有點心思想沖擊獎項改換人設标簽的，可不就是咬着牙從“傻、醜、殘”等扮醜選擇裏挑一個甚至多個，然後用一張張面目全非到千奇百怪的臉，去在世人或笑或驚的眼光裏，攀爬那一座遙遠的獎項山峰。
而這個情況，在後世就有某個為了一座奧斯卡幾近瘋狂的肥瘦自如水槍帥哥，憑着面目全非的荒野獵人造型，終于成功上岸圓夢……
因此蘇韻這次的電影籌備，無疑又再次經過了一輪新造型設計時，從各種方面而來的磨砺。
好在她選的演員人選都是披麻袋都好看的大美人，哪怕是直接套用漫畫裏面的女英雄造型，也都是別有一番風味的美麗……但最好還是，再結合現實情況，重新設計一個和漫畫款式神似卻又更适合三次元的新款造型吧。
就像之前蝙蝠俠和超人的新造型那樣，雖然會有死忠粉覺得為了視覺效果而不夠尊重漫畫造型，但大多數人都接受良好，并且還能趁機出兩個版本的人偶模型等周邊，磨刀霍霍往韭菜們頭上收割……
就連正版cos服裝也能同時賣兩份是不是——這可不是一個小數字！
有鑒于兩個版本的周邊售賣情況确實是要多撈了不少錢，所以這次聽聞蘇韻想要設計角色新造型的申請，華納那邊就很是大方地表示：讓她放開心态随便搞，到時賺錢大家一起分就是了……
等以後，各種漫畫角色以及真人角色，都給配置上這個官方正版的多版本夢幻組合套裝……那可就真的是豬籠入水大賺特賺了。
這次的申請居然能這麽容易又順利地下來，蘇韻自然也是無比欣喜。
以她這種在某些時候完全不在乎他人眼光、只取悅內心審美的人，是絕對不會被那些抵制的聲浪所影響，做出把好好的美人化妝成醜東西的逆向優化操作。
哪怕是現在，那些美人扮醜的例子，也還是因為對“美貌”的抵制，而層出不窮——簡單點來說，就是為了不物化女性，從而選擇醜化女性。
她可是還要賣同款服裝周邊的，那麽到底是美女角色穿着漂亮衣服的展示效果更好，還是醜角色穿着漂亮衣服的展示效果更好？
用腳趾頭想都能知道！
她才不會為了那些什麽的政治正确或者是抵制浪潮，昧着良心地指鹿為馬、對醜誇美！
她選擇的女性超級英雄演員，就可都是正常審美觀下的大美人：號稱是“世界第八大奇跡”的波姬自然不用多說，不怕自賣自誇一句，作為另一主角的她自己，也是被亂七八糟地稱呼了好多次諸如“最美東方女性面孔”、“華夏第一美人”等等恥度破表的稱號……
而另外三個戲份頗多的女配角色，也都是從各個渠道撬來的大美人——飾演黑鷹女士的，是被雜志評為20世紀百名性感女星第五名、世界上第二大美女的辛迪·克勞馥；飾演二代黑金絲雀的，乃是被譽為歐洲影壇第一美女的娜塔莎·金斯基；至于飾演女獵手一角的，則是出道後就被認為擁有老派好萊塢時代美麗容貌、後又被評委“世界十大最美麗的女人”的雪琳·芬。
當然，以上三位大美人，除卻在1980年就已經主演了電影《苔絲》、早早驚豔影壇獲得巨大成功娜塔莎·金斯基之外，另外兩位就都還是最近才開始進入這個圈子的萌新。
所以真相就是……這三個人的片酬加起來，都是可以稱得上是一句物美價廉。
Su Yun was able to boldly go for the new look design, not only because she had the support of her own foundation, but also because the cost of her film remuneration had been reduced by a considerable amount through various means, so she had more funds to invest in this part of the production.
With Su Yun's high standards of "striving for perfection", even Romy, who played a guest role with fewer lines and was known as "the most beautiful woman in post-war Europe", really surpassed Zha Lan in popularity.
Originally, there was a movie script that was negotiating to invite Zha Lan and Romy to work together again, but after Su Yun intervened, Romy tactfully turned down the script and came over specifically to help Su Yun make a cameo appearance in this film, putting together the "beautiful" cast she had always dreamed of.
However, in response to Su Yun's thanks, Romy responded as a matter of course: "Based on our friendship, I will definitely choose you first - and your script is more attractive to me, and the working hours are not long, so after the filming is completed, I can return to my family as quickly as possible."
"Ah, then I am actually a little jealous of David for having a good mother like you who values family." Su Yun continued.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you for saving David." Romy smiled and shook his head, sighing, "If David hadn't been with me, you wouldn't be where I am today."
My heart is so calm and gentle, with a passion for everything in the world, I insist on spending every day in this cold yet warm world...
"I am very honored." No matter how hard she tried when she was a child, she could not save the ill-fated Princess Sissi. Now she has the opportunity to save Romy, who also has an ill-fated life, and indirectly fulfill her childhood dream.
The two chatted and laughed for a while. In the end, Su Yun of course did not forget to "reciprocate" to Zha Lan, so she gave a few more words of advice. After all, she persuaded Romy and got her response that "after I finish filming this movie, I will seriously consider whether to accept that script."
After receiving this response, Su Yun, sitting at her desk at the end of the workday, immediately wrote down the records of the recent period in her small notebook.
I have to say, watching a movie is very enjoyable, but filming a movie is boring and busy most of the time.
Especially for someone like her who is at the top of the food chain of the entire crew, she has to pay attention to matters big and small. Even with an assistant, it can only reduce some of the complicated work that does not require much brainpower.
And many times and many things still need to be checked and handled by yourself one by one.
When she woke up in the middle of the night, she found that the light was still on in Su Yun's room. She rubbed her eyes and pushed the door open quietly. When she saw the figure working at the desk, she couldn't help but shook her head helplessly.
Feeling a cup of fragrant hot coffee placed next to him, Su Yun looked up at the person who came and immediately smiled: "I will be able to deal with these soon, and I will go to rest in a while."
Bo Ji smiled, and after sitting down to "monitor" under the pretext of "waiting", Su Yun picked up her coffee and drank it angrily: "It still takes some time..."
"Plans can't keep up with the changes, so I can only work overtime to get everything done in advance, and then I can catch up with the progress..." Su Yun explained while working, "After finishing this one, I can go back to Hong Kong to shoot another movie I've wanted to shoot for a long time."
"Is it the movie 'A Story of Kyushu' that you have been talking about for a long time?" Brooke asked with interest.
"Yes, soon, it's time——"