Chapter 467

After Su Yun finished recording "Rich Man's Battle" and went home for a while, she discovered that something seemed to have changed quietly without her knowing.

"You mean, mother-in-law took action to 'deal with' those three people?" After hearing the reason from Mei Aishuang, Su Yun immediately laughed out loud in a particularly conscienceless way.

It turned out that it was not that she and the program crew went to the slums to shoot and hide away, which led to the three men being unable to find anyone and having to return helplessly, but that when Granny Su was extremely annoyed, she used the pressure of an elder to deal with the lovers who were temporarily confused by the struggle.

After all, Su's mother was also a beauty in the estate, so Grandma Su must have had some experience dealing with these "flirts". In the past, if she didn't take action, Su Yun would have dealt with it first. Now Su Yun is busy with work and has no time, which makes Grandma Su change her previous amiable attitude and put on the posture of a "wicked mother-in-law"...

"But fortunately, grandma didn't do anything too often. They already understood the deeper meaning of it, and each of them still had their careers to work hard for, so they became obedient after coming a few times." Mei Aishuang said with great joy that Zhuang Long had been working as a temporary cook in the kitchen for a few days, while Zhang Querong and Chen Baiyang, the two young masters who relied on maids at home, also worked as cleaners and gardeners in their home.

After all, the "living charcoal coating" performance of these two young masters in "The Great Kitchen" was too fierce. Even though Grandma Su wanted to "set rules", she didn't dare to let them ruin her kitchen...

"You're overthinking this. They've both 'turned over a new leaf' and no longer mess up the kitchen. They can even cook rice..." Su Yun laughed. "Although Danny's cooking skills aren't very good yet, Lesley's cooking skills have improved a lot and he can cook a few specialties."

"The main reason is that their fighting is too annoying. Ah Mei has been busy filming recently and they are bothering her, so grandma has to step in to 'teach' them a lesson." Mei Aishuang explained, shaking her head.

"In this line of work, being busy is a good thing. I'll recover after a rest." Mei Yanshuang, who was drinking a traditional Chinese soup, interrupted hastily.

"Yes, it's a good thing to be busy in this industry, but you must pay attention to your health," Su Yun was also drinking the old-fashioned soup that Grandma Su cooked herself, praising it as she drank, "Well... the soup cooked by grandma is still the best for me!"

Knowing that Su Yun was used to speaking sweet words in front of her, Grandma Su teased Su Yun a few times, and then continued to ask her to drink more soup to replenish her body so as not to be exhausted by the heavy work.

"Don't worry, I know how to balance work and rest!" Su Yun hummed a few times in response, then pointed at Mei Yanshuang and said, "Amei, you'll be even busier later - Rouge is almost finished filming, right?"

"Well, we're just waiting to finish the final touches, and then we can premiere it in Taiwan." Mei Yanshuang nodded and replied.

Actually, because of her relationship with Su Yun, she has not been very welcome by the relevant departments in Taiwan over the years.

If she wasn't so popular with the audience and didn't have a record of direct and passionate attacks like Su Yun, coupled with the more or less empathy of the Taiwanese people, her treatment would not be "prejudice" but "dislike" as it is today.

However, with the development of the times, the passage of time, and the changes in the situation, the relevant departments in Taiwan have begun to relax to some extent. And with Zhao seizing the opportunity to maneuver, her upcoming film "Rouge" is likely to win a Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.

Of course, there is a price to pay: in order to increase the weight of "Rouge" in Taiwan, this art film co-produced with Jiahe needs to premiere in Taiwan.

In response, Su Yun nodded slightly, indicating that he understood: Taiwan is a place where there are usually many shallow-minded people, but they are always inexplicably arrogant. If they did not control a large part of the market now, many people would probably not bother to pay attention to them.

Su Yun is not surprised by the unspoken rule that one must "respect" their films in order to win awards - otherwise, there wouldn't be so many films that change their release dates again and again just to win a "premiere" at a certain film festival, and to get the possible "extra points" during the selection process.

For example, Su Yun's next film, Birds of Prey, was scheduled to premiere during the film festival cycle on the Venice Lido Island in accordance with this unspoken rule, which is a change from the previous practice.

This kind of operation is actually very much a "gamble" in nature: if the film can get good reviews or awards at the film festival, it will undoubtedly be a win-win for all parties, and the film will also be able to get as good box office numbers as possible; but if it gets bad feedback at the film festival, it will easily lose its reputation, not to mention the box office numbers.

However, because Su Yun's live-action comic adaptation this time is more commercial and literary, she needs some audiences with a certain level of appreciation to help her film score - let some well-known film critics and newspapers and magazines publish "reviews" on various channels that seem to be very meaningful and profound, thereby arousing people's interest in the film and temporarily "improving" their appreciation ability. This is also an enduring public relations method.

What's more, in addition to making some genuine and positive comments to promote people to follow the crowd, Su Yun also asked Ovitz to do a lot of small things in private, using various methods to encircle a group of "fair" people who can be swayed to this side with benefits.

Although there is a saying that good writing can be broken, and it is possible that a good work can overcome all obstacles based on its own quality, under the influence of various factors in reality, it has often fallen into the era of "even good wine needs no bush".

Su Yun herself started out by using various public relations methods, so she certainly wouldn't be so arrogant as to imagine that she could win by quality alone. So when the film was in the preparation stage, she had already started discussing public relations and promotion issues with her partners.

After nearly a year of preparation, Birds of Prey has already become popular in North America before it was aired. Even at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, there were many people who started COSing after seeing the stills - there is no other way, the comic book style is classic, but if it appears in the three-dimensional world, firstly, it really requires shame, and secondly, the requirements for appearance and body shape are a bit too restrictive...

Although we shouldn't judge COSERs who do COS with passion and heart by their appearance, it is precisely because of their love for the characters they want to COS that so many people work hard to lose weight and get in shape before the comic convention in order to perform better.

Now there are styles that are more suitable for the three-dimensional world, and the restrictions on body shape are lower than those of classic comic styles. Naturally, people will feel like they have found a shortcut. Moreover, taking photos with other people COSing classic comic styles and showing different styles and different sides of your favorite characters is also a unique experience.

While thinking about her own affairs, Su Yun looked at Mei Yanshuang who was still tired even after resting. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Compared with the men who always need her to worry about them, the sisters know how to be "self-reliant" and not cause trouble to her.

Take Mei Yanshuang for example. Although I have given her relatively fewer resources at present, she has also occupied a place in both the music and film circles through her own continuous efforts. She is about to start her road to becoming a film queen with the art-house film "Rouge"...

I have provided her with resources and guaranteed her historical commercial box office performance.

Thinking about it this way, Su Yun felt a little guilty about "favoring boys over girls" - helplessly, she could feel this feeling herself, because in the current entertainment industry, female artists are far behind male artists of the same level in terms of status and pay.

Don’t be fooled by her resume, which makes it seem like it’s easier for her to win awards than male artists… But it’s precisely because it’s “easy” that anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see the gap.

The reason why she had tried so hard to win the Cannes Best Actor and the Golden Globe Best Actor awards was not only to let them serve as a "beginning" for future generations like herself, but also because of the unspoken rules that treated male and female artists differently, so she tried her best to break this gap and let that ray of light representing vitality fall into a place that seems brilliant but is actually full of undercurrents.

Furthermore, with her overly lucky exception and precedent in mind, those female artists who followed her and charged into the battle line would be fine if they succeeded, but if they failed, some malicious media in Hong Kong would make a big fuss about it, making up all sorts of speculations, from "each generation is worse than the previous one" to "conflict of interests" to "not being in harmony with each other in appearance". In short, there is nothing that the audience cannot think of, only they cannot write about it.

By this calculation, if others knew that Su Yun still thinks she is "favoring sons over daughters", they would probably spit blood: she is reluctant to let the female artists suffer the same hardships she has suffered, but is willing to use the male artists as a whetstone!

Even though they did work together and produced two international film emperors, Mei Yanshuang stayed relatively comfortably in Hong Kong and started to strive for the two major awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards!

When the situation gets better, if you say Su Yun won't find some award-winning movies suitable for Mei Yanshuang to star in, and then send Mei Yanshuang, who has already won enough Asian awards, to climb to another international film queen throne - no one would believe that she wouldn't!

Faced with such doubts, Su Yun undoubtedly smiled meaningfully: Of course.

"Do you really have another movie for me to shoot?" Mei Yanshuang was a little surprised, but then she was relieved. "If it's you, you can notify me anytime, but it's better to notify me in advance so that I can postpone other people and make time for you."

Not to mention loyalty and friendship, just based on Su Yun's particularly precise positioning and subsequent targeted attacks, as well as her high success rate both in business and in awards, which artist in the circle doesn't want to work with Su Yun?

She can always take advantage of Su Yun's relationship, which is taking advantage of their relationship!

"Don't be so nervous. After I come back from Lido, I'll accompany you to Taiwan to see what's going on." Su Yun patted the back of Mei Yanshuang's hand with satisfaction, and then looked at her more meaningfully, "However, who do you plan to find as your companion on your future trip to Taiwan?"