Chapter 496: Love in the Years
After the first "Resident Evil 1: Parasite" made a fortune at the box office and gained word-of-mouth among horror films, niche films and gamers, Su Yun continued to shoot the "Resident Evil" series of films while also controlling affairs in Hong Kong through various remote communication methods.
It is worth mentioning that in this year, Xu Gujie, who brought Su Yun into the industry, held the "Glorious Retirement Concert" that he had prepared long ago, in front of many people's unbelievable eyes.
When they first heard the news, many people did not believe it - although Xu Gujie's adopted daughter Su Yun is already a big shot who can stand on her own, talented people in the circle always have a very long career, not to mention that the fourth child of the Xu family is only in his early forties.
His elder brother Xu Guwen was interviewed a few days ago and said that he could play a young actor in a movie!
However, Xu Guwen did not expect that his youngest brother would stab him in the back, so he used his dry sense of humor as the first generation comedy king to tease his younger brother at the star-studded concert.
In response to this, Xu Gujie smiled helplessly and explained that he had been in the entertainment industry for so many years and was indeed a bit tired, so he wanted to retire early, travel around the world and enjoy life - of course, this was also influenced by the fact that many people in the music industry announced their retirement or no longer accepted competitive awards in the past few years.
In this turbulent era, there are too many powerful people hidden in the dark. Even though they try their best to shine, they are always dimmed by the bright lights around them.
But the development of things depends on those bright lights knowing how to continue to develop and being willing to carry those new glimmers of light.
Only in this way can we continue to see the new light of life from generation to generation, shining as brightly as the morning sun in the days to come.
When Mandarin and English songs were popular in this Cantonese-speaking region, he and a group of people worked together to create a new world for Cantonese Hong Kong music. Now that Cantonese Hong Kong music has become a symbol of the times, it is time for him to step back and watch the rise of a new generation.
"Sam had originally intended to give me his concert's closing song, 'Retreat from the Rapids', but unfortunately I already had his song 'Silence is Golden' at that time, so Sam took the song back and sang it himself," Zhang Querong lamented.
"Because the biggest influence on him was your previous retirement announcement." Chen Baiyang, who had just sang "What Do I Want in Life" on the stage, laughed.
"It turns out that you have ruined my adopted master!" Su Yun glared at him immediately.
"Hey, hey, hey, every wrong has its perpetrator. The one who took the initiative to 'quit' in the beginning was Alan..." Zhang Querong nodded at the other table, and then patted Chen Boyang who was forced to "quit" next to him.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Ever since he learned Mandarin and started to develop his career in mainland China, Chen Boyan's inspirational songs and non-love songs were very much in line with the preferences of mainland China at that time. In addition, he was able to write and compose, so even if he failed to catch up with the northward shift of the focus of film and television production, he could still make a name for himself in mainland China with his songs.
With increasingly busy work and rising popularity, Chen Baiyang no longer has time to worry about anything. If this star-studded concert was not of great significance and he had tried his best to get it, he might not have been able to find time to return to Hong Kong to participate.
"It's the same for me. Ever since Farewell My Concubine was released, I've been in a mess. If I dare to go out, I have to be prepared to be chased by a bunch of people. And no matter how I disguise myself, they can always find me accurately..." Zhang Querong looked as if he couldn't bear to look back.
"Oh, I read the newspaper. You dared to go out in the street wearing a tank top and shorts, and squatted next to some uncles to watch others playing chess. In the end, you were recognized." Chen Boyang nodded, "If it weren't for the newspaper I dare not admit that the person with all the misplaced eyes, ears, mouth and nose is you..."
"Who wouldn't be like this when they're frightened?" Zhang Querong slapped him again in annoyance, "Hey, that person isn't here, and you're fighting with me again? Mary doesn't have time to pay attention to us now!"
Although Zhuang Long has released several albums, he does not have close relationships with people in Hong Kong. In addition, due to the huge popularity of "M. Butterfly" in Japan, he has been invited to star in several new dramas, so he simply cannot spare the time to come back.
This is a good opportunity for both of them to show off their talents in front of Su Yun!
"I'm just used to it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Chen Boyang apologized repeatedly.
Zhang Querong nodded in satisfaction. "That's more or less the case. But it's useless for us to fight until our heads are broken and bloodied. Mary's mind is not on us right now. Oh... Wow! What is this?!"
Before they could finish their sigh, they were shocked by the situation on the stage. Zhang Querong and Chen Baiyang carefully identified the picture on the fluorescent screen, and then they both laughed out loud: "It must be Mary's good thing!"
At this time, Tan Yunlun, who was standing on the stage singing, also knew about his dark history of dressing as a woman to chase stars, which was exposed by Su Yun who secretly contacted the host.
Seeing his photo of himself in women's clothing displayed in front of the audience, although he was socially embarrassed, Tan Yunlun, who was strong enough inside, laughed out loud. Then he simply took out his treasured concert ticket from his pocket and walked up to Xu Gujie and shouted: "This is the ticket I bought to watch this concert that year. You see, I still kept it well... Sam, you will always be my idol!"
Xu Gujie accepted the enthusiasm of this crazy fan with a smile and looked at Su Yun: "How come you have so many weird things?"
"If you have the will, you will have it. Besides, Master Qi, you know that I have been a genius since I was a child and I know how to build a camera. Many of these things were taken by me before." Su Yun smiled mysteriously, "I have more than one on hand..."
With a system of golden fingers that transcends the times to help record videos, she really has the "old history" and "dark history" of many people.
When I have some free time in the future, it would be fun to make a true documentary...
Chen Boyang and Zhang Querong froze when they heard Su Yun's words: Yes, Su Yun used to take strange machines to shoot here and there, and they knew each other for a long time. If nothing unexpected happened, Su Yun must have countless black histories on his hands...
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a heartless person." Su Yun said with a smile after noticing the strangeness of the two people.
But when you act "unscrupulously", you are simply not a human being - they scream in their hearts, but on the surface, Chen Boyang and Zhang Querong can only support each other and continue to smile dryly.
However, after the concert, the two enemies couldn't help but ask Su Yun about her schedule at the same time: "When will you come back next time?"
"I just discussed the urban construction plan in mainland China with my eldest brother not long ago, but I'm also very busy filming here, so I might as well try to coordinate and arrange it." Su Yun thought for a moment and replied.
Seeing the two of them looking thoughtful, Su Yun added, "Why, are you worried about me?"
"Just remember to come back." Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong were silent for a while, then spoke in unison again.
“Don’t worry, we will still watch the fireworks over Victoria Harbour together at 97 o’clock!” Su Yun said with a smile.
The Hong Kong area will set off fireworks on festivals or nights when major events occur. Fireworks are the most beautiful colors of that special day, so for nearly a hundred years, everyone has been looking forward to the arrival of that grand fireworks display.
And she also wanted to see the miraculous colorful lights and shadows with her own eyes with some people she cared about.
"It's a pity that there are so few people you want to make a fireworks appointment with?" He said this with a smile when Su Yun came to Japan according to the schedule and visited Zhuang Long.
"Yes, I want to invite everyone I can. It would be so nice if everyone can have a lively time!" Su Yun responded without blinking.
"You..." Knowing that Su Yun was pretending to be ignorant, Zhuang Long couldn't help laughing.
After a while, he finally surrendered to Su Yun's double attack of inviting eyes and holding hands: "No matter how busy you are at work, you must take care of yourself."
"Don't worry. Recently, my aunt and sister have taken my mother-in-law on vacation again. If I am free while filming there, I can drive to the vacation villa to drink Ai Xin Lao Huo Tang..." After Su Yun responded obediently, she said goodbye to Zhuang Long who was also busy with work and flew to Hollywood to continue filming the movie.
The first live-action movie of "Resident Evil" has swept the world with its unique horror science fiction style, and Monica has become the new battle goddess after Su Yun. While the iron is hot, Su Yun and Romero quickly launched "Resident Evil 2: Nightmare City".
In this film, Claire, a female college student who is always considered to be troublesome, confirms in Raccoon City, where monsters are rampant, that her brother Chris has gone to Africa for vacation before the biochemical crisis. So she and the new police officer Leon split up to search for a way to escape from the nightmare city of Raccoon City.
In the story of Claire, after successfully saving a little girl named Shirley, she successfully assumed the responsibility of a protector and gained physical and mental growth.
與此同時，在這個噩夢之城裏，新人警員裏昂在這一場絕無僅有的入職儀式之中，見識到了人心的好壞和現實的無奈——看着歡迎橫幅下的喪屍同事，看着在危機出現後免費散發店內商品的槍店老板最終将自己與被感染的女兒鎖在房間裏，看着那些在被咬之後仍然盡最後一分氣力幫助幸存者的人……
“我成為警察，就是為了幫助他們這樣的人！”面對前來調查的神秘特工艾達，他恨恨地吶喊出聲，“我已經等不及看到保護傘公司被繩之以法了。”
在幾人合力對抗研制出病毒的威廉博士，并且接受了雪莉母親亞妮博士的托孤之後，滿懷着打擊犯罪心思的裏昂和克萊爾無論如何都想象不到，自稱是前來調查情況然後搜集資料揭發保護傘公司罪行的艾達，居然是威斯克請來的雇傭兵，為的就是将病毒資料轉售出去賺錢。
此時，實驗室即将崩塌，而艾達與掩護克萊爾、雪莉二人先行逃離的裏昂在一處橋梁通道對峙。
亞妮博士拖着最後一口氣，趁機偷襲艾達将她擊倒，而裏昂也是在這一刻，發現了艾達的槍裏面根本就沒有子彈。
直到在崩塌之前追上離開實驗室的火車，裏昂這才是想起了那個明明做了許多壞事也騙了他們，但卻又在最後危急關頭，丢給他們一支可以對付Boss暴君的火箭筒又悄然離去的人。
那個亦正亦邪的身影，從此就成為了他腦海裏永遠揮之不去的迷夢。
毫無疑問，這一部電影又是在票房大爆的同時，再次捧起了兩個新人演員——對此，迷信蘇韻“炒股真相”的股票佬們更是歡欣鼓舞，直言說瑪麗蘇最近有空捧那麽多新人，他們也得趕緊跟着大肆買入才行……
萊昂靠着這一部《生化危機2》的新人警員裏昂，也是再次重臨人氣巅峰，連帶着參與了《城寨五虎》的好友托比一起，成為了媒體人口中“最有前途的未來之星”。
大概系列電影這類東西都是最愛趁熱不過，在接下來的幾年之中，蘇韻和羅梅羅繼續再接再厲，一部乘勝追擊的《生化危機3：代號維羅妮卡》，氣勢洶洶地帶起了主演瑞凡和薇姿二人的人氣和商業價值。
緊随而後，又是一部《生化危機4：再會》，鞏固已經成為成熟政府特工裏昂和神秘東方美人艾達的CP，帶起游戲界和恐怖電影界的共同狂歡，同時也引出雖然保護傘公司已經被制裁，但生化病毒和後續“改良”病毒卻依然流傳在世界各地的整體世界觀……
不少影評人在這一部之後，都是改變了從前那對于《生化危機》系列其實就是商業爆米花電影的評價，轉而是認為它是用一種另類的視角，去展現了人性的原罪——正是因為這個原因，生化病毒雖然沒能真正對抗越來越強大的熱能武器，但卻也是蔓延至世界各地，在人們始料未及的時候爆發出一場又一場新的生化危機。
接着，第五部 再次由初代主角克裏斯、吉爾擔正的《生化危機5：陽光下的恐懼》問世，将散落在各處打擊生化危機的主角們，陸續推向了集合之路。
到最後，集合了所有系列主角的《生化危機6：終章》，便終于要在三條劇情線的交彙之下，面臨起一個長篇故事的結局，以及帶着希望的新開始。
因為第六部 裏蘇韻扮演的“艾達”大部分戲份是駕駛直升機的高空作戰，所以她這就把已經考取了直升機駕駛證的湯姆給拉了過來——當初拍第二部時湯姆就來過多次探班，最後就總算成功地從蘇韻那裏獲得了彩蛋“第四幸存者”的演繹機會，飾演被保護傘公司派遣來對付威廉博士的隊伍一員，代號為“幽靈”。
因為威廉博士和好友威斯克早有帶着病毒跑路賣錢的預謀，所以發現了情況的保護傘公司，這就是兩邊都派了人準備下手。
結果這個看似穩操勝券的隊伍，被不甘心被捕所以主動注入病毒變成怪物的威廉博士幾近團滅。
幽靈小兵在帶着病毒逃跑的路上被假死墜橋的艾達抓住，後來就是脫離了保護傘，成為了艾達的合作夥伴；并且還在第四部 電影的結尾劇情裏，以一分鐘都不到的戲份，成功截和望着艾達意欲行動的特工裏昂。
當時的觀衆多是因“裏昂今天又沒有追到老婆”而哈哈大笑，但再過些許年之後，不少沙雕網友就是開始玩起了演員梗，直言“艾達”肯定是選擇搭乘壯志淩雲飛行員靓湯的直升機跑路，而毅然放開能把泰坦尼克號都搭沉船的載具殺手“萊昂”……
話說回來，正在練習駕駛直升機的蘇韻，看着路線圖就是有些奇怪地問：“你要帶我去哪裏？”
“去到你就知道了。”湯姆轉過頭來，璨然一笑。
心知這個笑得像薩摩耶的家夥不會坑她，蘇韻這就是跟着路線計劃，和湯姆一起将直升機停在了一處原野之上。
“這是……”順着湯姆的指引望向前方，饒是見慣了大風大浪的蘇韻，也是下意識地感到一瞬的震驚。
他在兩人初次相識的地方搭建起了一棟小屋，看得出完全是仿照着《怦然心動》電影裏女主角的家而搭建，并且院子裏還種了一棵高大的梧桐樹，看模樣還絕對是精心準備了好幾年，才能是長成這個枝繁葉茂的模樣！
最“可怕”的是，這一棟小屋和周邊的一大片土地，其産權證明上面的名字都是她！
即使這樣偏僻的小鎮地價不算很貴，但這樣的良苦心思、這樣的大手筆……又實在是過分觸動人心。
“你到底準備了多久？”蘇韻捂住嘴，但又忍不住輕聲問道。
“從在紅眼航班向你表明心意那時開始吧，不過因為時間和資金上的限制，我是直到今日，才趕上把它們送給你的機會……”湯姆絮絮叨叨地和蘇韻解說着他一有時間就回來動手幹活的事，“大部分是我一點點地學着親手做的，只有小屋的主體框架我實在是沒時間學會，所以是請了人搭建……”
蘇韻神情複雜地看了一眼手上那個醜戒指，然後再看看眼前這棟精致用心的小屋——這第一個作品和目前最新作品的差距，真真是教人能感受到他的用心。
“你這是什麽意思？”不過，在看到門口那個似曾相識的小木牌，蘇韻頓時又将這感動的目光，轉化成無盡的意味深長。
大概是這些年在好萊塢這個名利場裏面打滾得多了，湯姆倒也是能在蘇韻的目光下穩住了狀态：“我們最開始認識的時候，你不是在我家門口的草坪上見過了嗎？”
“所以我就是按着我家的配置，給這個我親手看着搭建起來的小屋……一點屬于我的獨特記號。”他說這句話時，那叫一個臉不紅氣不喘。
畢竟他都是已經明示暗示過多次的，奈何蘇韻仍然未能收下心來。
但至少……有着這麽一份“禮物”在這裏的話，她終歸就是會記得那些曾經發生在這個小鎮的人和事，以及那些歷久彌新的美好記憶。
那是讓他在人生最迷茫的時候，一道撥雲見月的光，一聲明朗通透的呼喚。
于是就在兩人相識的那一瞬間，仿如這個錯綜複雜的世界終于對他敞開了一直緊閉的胸懷，讓他借着這一道光，看到了無限可能的未來。
“我只是在想，如果你在這裏有一份挺有價值的資産的話，你多少是會記得在偶爾有空的時候，回來這裏看一看。”湯姆用一種異常認真而又深切動人的目光看過來。
聽到他這個解釋，蘇韻先是垂了垂眸，随後便又是主動迎着他的目光笑了開來：“如果有機會的話……我更想和那個更有‘價值’的人，偶爾抽時間回來這裏看一看。”
“一定會有機會的。”湯姆笑了笑。
盡管還是沒能得到确切的答複，但他亦是能從蘇韻的态度上明白到，無論未來的走向将會如何，他們的感情始終不變。
在這樣生理和心理都趨向于成熟的時期，很難有什麽過分燃燒的情感愛意，能抵擋得住發展事業的強大誘惑。
他和那些人都還沒有輸，也都還未能決出真正的勝負——因為那個作為他們共同追求的目标，在當前依然無心風月。
“我不會放棄的。”即使知道其他人大有可能也這麽說過，不過湯姆還是在此時此刻，還是再次在蘇韻面前強調了一遍自己的決心，“等維港煙花盛放的那日，我會過去現場，聽你跟我細說那個歷經百年的古老故事。”
“我很期待。”蘇韻含笑捊了一下鬓邊被吹散的長發，随後又是側過頭看向湯姆這邊，“時間差不多了，我們回去吧。”
The two men walked towards the helicopter parked in the field. In a trance, Tom vaguely remembered a scene from the movie "Edge of Tomorrow".
In that movie, the hero tried countless times to save the heroine and create a perfect ending.
As for my real self, I will definitely not give up easily. Instead, I will work harder to fight for the possible future of my dream.
What's more, he is much luckier in real life than the hero in the movie - looking sideways at Su Yun who is sitting with him in the driver's seat, Tom suddenly reveals an extremely happy smile.
Sometimes, you don’t need any words to sense what the other person is thinking at the moment.
Just like his hearty laugh, and just like her smile of feeling.
The wind in the wilderness brings the breath from afar, sweeping in with the boundless vitality of the vast world and all things, as if allowing people to ride on the wind, fly across the sky and the ocean, and see the human world, life and death day and night.