Chapter 485 Everyone Has Their Own Desires
When Su Yun woke up, she subconsciously looked at her watch and saw that it was already past one in the afternoon.
Alas, it turns out that "taking a short nap" is the best way to trigger time travel. I squinted my eyes, and when I opened them again, it was already five hours later...
"Are you awake? Lunch is on the coffee table next to you. We've already eaten." Seeing that Su Yun had already sat up from the sofa, Zhuang Long pointed to a covered plate on the coffee table.
The three of them looked like those screenwriters who had a meeting together to brainstorm. While eating lunch, Su Yun kept checking their "chat log" which was as long as a piece of cloth. Yes, in order to avoid waking her up, the three of them asked the club staff for paper and pen, and they started a primitive "small discussion group" chat in the past few hours.
After quickly scrolling through this pile of chat records, Su Yun actually had a new understanding of their "boredom": this thing was basically all about their respective upcoming work plans and arrangements. It looked like they were informing each other of their schedules to see if there would be any overlap in the future, so that both parties could be mentally prepared...
But after a simple summary and a table, I found that, unless there are unexpected events, the schedules of the three of them for the next few days are completely inconsistent. If we have to count it, the only thing is that Zhuang Long has received a movie invitation in recent days which is somewhat similar to Zhang Querong's: both are biographies, both are Peking opera actors, and Zhuang Long's seemingly magical story of a man disguising himself as a woman to gain intelligence is adapted from a true story; while Zhang Querong's seemingly very real story of being so immersed in the role that he has to go crazy to survive is adapted from a novel.
Su Yun nodded: "Farewell My Concubine" and M. Butterfly, apart from the fact that a large part of the plots were shot in the capital, there is no other intersection between them.
"Are you planning to take this one?" Su Yun looked at Zhuang Long. "It seems like you really can't bear to give up this subject, so you think that even though you lost an orange, at least you got back one of similar quality?"
"Wait until you've resolved this matter." Zhuang Long smiled, and then added, "Actually, if possible, I would like to have them all."
"You are too greedy." Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong could tell that he was hinting at something with these words, so they gave him a look of contempt.
The old man is really scheming, otherwise he wouldn't have secretly stolen from everyone and gotten the upper hand!
Although it is agreed that both parties must maintain social etiquette in public, in contrast, in private, they can glare at their love rival as much as they want.
Otherwise, how could they offset their suppressed desire to attack? After all, none of them were saints. They maintained superficial harmony because they were all at a critical stage in their careers. If they didn't handle the situation well, it would affect both their own careers and Su Yun's career.
After all, they were all "capable generals" that Su Yun had spent a lot of time and effort to cultivate. If any bad news or rumors were to spread, it would cause trouble for many people.
Alas, life is like this, and being in a position where you are being watched by thousands of eyes, you can never decide what to do.
"You're dreaming. If the time difference is not too far, similar characters will cancel each other out a lot." Although Su Yun knew that Zhuang Long was half joking and half sincere, he certainly couldn't let one company dominate, so he warned him and then stretched out his voice. "As for the compensation..."
"It's up to you." Zhuang Long responded readily.
Anyway, his original intention of annoying the other two people had been achieved, so as for the compensation for those material possessions, it was of no significance to him.
Seeing Su Yun leaving with satisfaction, Zhang Querong helped Chen Boyang, who was still gloating over the misfortune, and said, "Zhuang Long is such a scheming guy!"
"Ah? Didn't Mary tell him that?" Chen Boyang was still immersed in the joy of Zhuang Long being taught a lesson by Su Yun, so he responded a little confusedly.
Zhang Querong was speechless after hearing this response: How naive!
But if Chen Boyang was not such a "naive and naive" person, he probably would not be thinking about their past relationship in such a complicated and tense relationship now: Chen Boyang, who clearly knew that the other party was a highly competitive rival, still followed his heart to remind others of the danger when he got the news, is the only one who is so stupid.
If it were someone who was a little selfish, they would probably be secretly clapping their hands, waiting for the accident that could kill both rivals to continue to spread, or simply add fuel to the fire.
"He originally didn't intend to ask for any compensation. After making such a gesture, Mary can openly pocket the proceeds from handling this incident. Then Mary must remember this 'favor' from now on." Zhang Querong analyzed the situation to Chen Boyang in a frustrated manner, and then nodded at the empty seat next to him, "Otherwise, why would Mary allow him to send her out?"
"Yes, under normal circumstances, in order to avoid any disputes, Mary would definitely go out alone..." After hearing this, Chen Boyang began to understand a little.
"That's right. It's because Mary always repays a favor, so she has to show her attitude. On the one hand, she is using this to show that she remembers this, and on the other hand, she is also hinting that we should learn to be as 'knowledgeable' as Zhuang Long." Zhang Querong sighed, "What a pity, the two of us are not as good at making money as Zhuang Long."
"Mary is not the kind of person who talks about money but not her heart." Chen Baiyang hurriedly "corrected" her.
"Of course I know that Mary talks about heart rather than money, but we know it's useless. When the media compares the results, it will be obvious that you are far ahead of me - even if others don't say it, what do you think in your heart?" Zhang Querong said earnestly.
"But we definitely can't compare with Hollywood's performance, even if we add our performance in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea." Chen Boyang was talking, and suddenly received a hint from Zhang Querong's eyes, "You mean..."
"That's right. Judging from the development in recent years...there is a lot of potential in China." Zhang Querong lowered his voice a little. "Mary has always wanted to support the Asian entertainment market to compete with the outside world. I plan to take advantage of the opportunity of my next trip to the capital for training and study to investigate the development of entertainment in mainland China."
He knows that he cannot create much of a stir by working alone, so a singer-songwriter like Chen Baiyang, who can write and sing, has a good relationship with him and shares the same values, is undoubtedly the first person he needs to bring along.
"I understand what you mean." Chen Po-yang always says at every concert that he is a genuine Taishan native. When he heard about this plan, he immediately nodded and said, "I will try my best to find time to learn Mandarin well."
In addition to adapting to local customs, language is the first bridge of communication.
If you want to develop in mainland China, you must know the national language - what's more, as a Chinese, you should be able to speak the common language of your motherland.
"Then we have a deal." Zhang Querong shook hands with him, and after discussing some details, they went their separate ways.
On the other hand, although it is not known whether Chen Boyang and Zhang Querong have started to look north to China to work hard because of this incident, Su Yun has already begun to arrange for artists from her faction to practice Mandarin.
The reason is quite simple: although Su Yun herself has conflicts with Taiwan, there are not so many restrictions on the artists under her. With Taiwan's spending power still decent, it is a good excuse to let artists like Mei Yanshuang practice Mandarin to "maintain" the Taiwan market.
When Taiwan's consumption capacity is overtaken by China's in the future, it will probably be time for them to vigorously develop their local entertainment industry and suppress Hong Kong's film, television and music exports. By then, they can simply transfer these artists who have mastered Mandarin to co-production. This will not only be mutually beneficial, but will also continue to breathe new life into Hong Kong's increasingly restricted entertainment industry.
If we want to develop a cultural tourism city in the future, we must do so during the rapid development period of the cultural and entertainment industry in mainland China, and build on the good foundation of being introduced and broadcast in the past to leave an indelible and beautiful mark in the memory of the generations before and after.
Only in this way can we create an Eastern Hollywood-style "cultural and entertainment pilgrimage site".
While Su Yun was arranging the next plan, she also asked He Pingsi to contact Xu Dong as soon as possible for an interview.
Xu Dong responded to the interview invitation very quickly, and he was very tactful and apologized in a humble manner as soon as he came in. He said frankly that he had created this incident just to stir up hype, so after receiving Su Yun's invitation, he came as quickly as possible to apologize.
Perhaps she learned through some channels that Su Yun and He Pingsi were going to challenge her.
Knowing that she was no match for Su Yun, who had accumulated many years of experience, Xu Dong readily gave up a large part of her interests to express her apology, and then invited Su Yun to be the "production consultant" of her production team...
Giving up small gains for greater gains and being able to bend and stretch are the fundamental reasons why Xu Dong was able to move from in front of the scenes to behind the scenes.
Su Yun and He Pingsi were both very satisfied with Xu Dong's attitude and approach, so after the interview, they were both happy, and when they left, they shook hands cordially and expressed their pleasure in cooperating.
"But after this incident, her popularity in the circle will be bad in the future." After sending Xu Dong away, He Pingsi shook his head and sighed, "It can be said that she has brought this upon herself."
"That's why she took the initiative to talk to us about cooperation." Although Su Yun didn't like Xu Dong's extreme approach, she did admire her vision, so she agreed to cooperate after making a lot of sacrifices.
After resolving Xu Dong's issue, Su Yun arranged his affairs in Hong Kong and flew to Los Angeles again as agreed.
Not only does she have to work on "Waterworld" and formulate the technology company's new year development plan, but she also has to wait for Zha Lan to bring Monica over to sign the contract, so Su Yun will have to stay here for quite a while.
Once someone like her who is "a little famous" has a fixed route, she will always run into those scammers.
"Sorry! I didn't see you...Ah? Mary?!" Su Yun, who had just experienced the open and secret struggles among high-ranking concubines in Hong Kong, was bumped into by a blond boy at the corner of the corridor. She looked at the future Oscar's resentful husband with an expression like an ancient emperor watching a show where poor little people in the cold palace were trying to win his favor.