Chapter 58 Concert

At the end of 1974, at the annual celebration of Zhao's film industry, at a glance, people were coming and going, and it seemed like a prosperous scene.

This is another resurgence of Zhao's films since Lu Shaolong's kung fu films became famous.

Even though "Tiger King: Reborn" was the first movie to gross over 10 million, and "Artificial Intelligence" was the first movie to gross over 100 million... at best, they were just co-productions that borrowed the advantages of foreign Western films and cannot be considered true Hong Kong films.

Therefore, the box office champion of this year in Hong Kong is still Zhao's "72 Tenants".

Fang Mona comforted herself like this, and continued to force a smile and cheer herself up, greeting people from all walks of life who came to the celebration with a smile: "Not only is it a celebration for the movie now, there will also be a celebration on the "Happy Tonight" program at the TBB studio tonight. At that time, our artists will perform wonderful programs that they have carefully rehearsed for a long time for everyone..."

This is the last bit of glory left for Lu Shaolong, a dragon that we don't know if he can stand up again. If that damn kid Su Yun hadn't gotten lucky and managed to make a huge box office with the help of a big Hollywood director and a popular actress, there would have been no mention of Jiahe in the Hong Kong film industry after the popularity of "Bullet Fighter".

Fortunately, Hong Kong and Hollywood are far apart, and Su Yun probably can't come back to Hong Kong for the time being, otherwise Zou Yunhua and his family would have held a grand celebration and reception to promote her!

Although it is now known to everyone, even the old lady picking up garbage on the street knows that there is a child named Su Yun who has made a lot of money from foreigners!

Fang Mona finally managed to suppress her anger.

In the front row of the audience, Fang Mona and her friends were greeting the guests and having a great time; however, in the middle and back rows, people were starting to leave as if there was an epidemic.

The first to be affected were the reporters who were holding cameras and filming the Zhao Film Annual Celebration Party. Suddenly, someone whispered a few words in their ear, and these people just ran away with their eating utensils in their hands, with a look of surprise on their faces.

The strange sight of reporters running away one after another greatly aroused the curiosity of those who were also sitting in the middle and back rows as spectators: Hong Kong reporters have always been eager to get up early without profit, and they will go wherever there is excitement, news and gossip - what could be more attractive to them than a celebration of Zhao's film?!

As the saying goes, Hong Kong society has always been a society of personal connections. After grabbing a familiar reporter, the audience immediately learned an almost explosive piece of news: the little girl who made over 100 million yuan at the box office in Hollywood has just returned to Hong Kong!

So, did these reporters who ran away get this big news, which is why they resolutely abandoned Zhao's annual film celebration and rushed to the airport to block people? !

So, for those who have finally won tickets to the event, do they want to...

This scene of people with changing thoughts and gradually decreasing figures undoubtedly fell into Fang Mona's eyes.

After asking her subordinates to investigate the reason, Fang Mona had to quietly come to Zhao Rifu, who was meeting guests with his eldest son Zhao Liming, and found an opportunity to tell him that Su Yun had unexpectedly returned to Hong Kong at the end of the year.

"A lot of reporters have left..." Fang Mona gestured for them to look at the seats in the middle and back rows.

"Find some 'temporary reporters', and then go to TBB to call other artists who have finished filming and have time to come over, and fill in this number." Zhao Rifu is a man who has experienced great things. After all, he only glanced at the middle and back rows of seats that were obviously much emptier than before, and calmly made the corresponding decision.

After receiving his father's signal, Zhao Qiming nodded and quickly took people to look for temporary actors and free artists.

After greeting the guests, Zhao Rifu returned to the first row and pulled Huang Misheng's hand: "After New Year's Day, do you want to go to the United States?"

"That's good. You've been busy for a year. It's time to go out and have some fun and relax." After many years of friendship, Huang Misheng obviously understood Zhao Rifu's thoughts.

Artificial Intelligence is a co-production directed by Warner Bros., so it has not been released in Hong Kong yet. People only know that Su Yun, a child born in Hong Kong, was lucky enough to get a big production and a leading role in a movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan to pay off the debts of her master Lu Shaolong... It is expected that Jiahe's boss Zou Yunhua should be thinking of making the most of the rare goods, and at least wait until the Lunar New Year to release this movie in Hong Kong theaters to reap the Hong Kong box office.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy means you can win every battle. If you want to know how "Artificial Intelligence" earned over 100 million yuan in the US box office, you must go to the US in person to see clearly why it won...

Yes, win.

Although Zhao Rifu, Fang Mona and many people from Hong Kong film companies refused to admit it, the North American box office record of 123 million is indeed an impressive achievement. When the news was first reported, it almost shocked the people of Hong Kong.

After Lu Shaolong's record-breaking box office of tens of millions of dollars, people all thought that this was the first time that a Hong Konger would create a box office legend, and it might be the only time in the years to come. After all, this Oriental dragon that could break out of Asia and go to the world to earn money from foreigners had collapsed in a hospital bed due to an accident and has not been able to sit up yet...

But unexpectedly, the world is so wonderful. Lu Shaolong's young disciple Su Yun gave everyone a bigger surprise: at the young age of nine, she became the leading actress in a co-production film, which earned over 100 million yuan at the box office abroad.

Still US dollars!

In other words, just based on this co-production film, Su Yun's current net worth has already beaten all the female stars in Hong Kong... No, even the male stars whose usual starting point for film remuneration is higher than that of the female stars are not her rivals!

It's so scary that a child star has defeated all the adult stars in Hong Kong - and she's not even ten years old yet!

Apart from the Jiahe Film Company who were grinning from ear to ear, everyone else in the film companies was shocked and filled with envy and hatred.

But people who are not in related industries feel a sense of honor and pride in the name "Mary Sue".

In the early years, the films produced in Hong Kong were mainly Mandarin and Western films, and only recently have they gradually shifted to Cantonese films. Therefore, no matter how good a Cantonese or Mandarin film is, it can only make money in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, and has never opened up the European and American markets.

For this reason, the public gradually started to boycott Western films. Over the years, the box office of Western films imported from abroad gradually declined, and Hong Kong films with themes such as martial arts, palace romance, and romance became the first choice for Hong Kong people when watching movies. This was the only way to barely stop the "invasion" of Western films.

Today, not only has Su Yun's debut work in Hong Kong been a box office success and a critical success, she has also opened up the Hollywood market that Hong Kong people have never been able to truly crack - perhaps it was due to the success of her master and the momentum of co-productions, but seriously speaking, any film company that has such a cash cow would be extremely proud!

Unfortunately, they are busy with Zhao's annual review of his films and have no spare time. Otherwise, they would have flown to the United States to watch this weird "Artificial Intelligence"...

By then, she would like to see what tricks Su Yun used in this movie!

Having secretly made a note of this in her heart, Fang Mona smiled and agreed to fly to the United States for a "trip" with the Zhao family after New Year's Day.

Su Yun, who had no idea how much waves her return had caused in Hong Kong, was sitting in the small courtyard of her home drinking tea.

She had just returned to Hong Kong at dusk, and she noticed that there were indeed some cameras in the airport that didn't even have time to unwrap the banners for the Zhao's Film Festival. She immediately thought of a way to use her body size to her advantage, and then she shrunk into a large suitcase and was pushed by Lin Jingying to blend into the crowd...

It was not until he arrived at the location agreed upon on the phone and was picked up by the car sent by Zou Yunhua that he came out to get some fresh air.

Lin Jingying got off the car halfway on the pretext that they had arrived near her home, while Su Yun was taken all the way to the door of her house in Kowloon Tong.

After agreeing with the driver to visit Zou Yunhua when visiting Lu Shaolong in the hospital tomorrow morning, Su Yun was almost overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of her family members as soon as she opened the door.

"If you continue like this, I won't have any hands to deliver souvenirs to you!" Su Yun shouted with a smile.

"Who wants your souvenir? You've been gone for such a long time. We were so worried!" Wang Jiaju's loud voice was still there after not seeing him for several months. He yelled at her with full energy.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..." Grandma Su touched Su Yun's hair in her arms and sighed.

"Su Su is a famous star now!" the Wang sisters cheered.

"I've prepared dinner, come and eat. You've lost a lot of weight... I'm so worried about you." Auntie Wang said as she went to the kitchen to bring a large clay pot of soup, "There's definitely no soup to drink in foreign countries..."

After finishing dinner with lots of chatting and laughing, Su Yun opened her suitcase in the living room and prepared to take out the souvenir gifts she brought for everyone.

Health products for Grandma Su, fashion magazines for the Wangs, foreign fashions for the eldest brother and two sisters, and new guitars for the brothers Jiaju and Jiaxiang...

So these two naughty kids performed a new song that made no sense on the spot, howling so terribly as if they had imitated the essence of rock.

Su Yun waved her hands repeatedly: "Alright, alright, I know you have been bohemian and free-spirited all your lives. There will be noise restrictions at night. Stop it, two great masters!"

After a lot of laughter, Wang Jiaju asked, "Will you go out again when you go home this time?"

"Probably, but at least I will spend the New Year in Hong Kong," Su Yun replied.

"Then let's invite some people out to play tomorrow? They all miss you." Wang Jiaju said again.

"Tomorrow is not possible. I have to go visit my master tomorrow, and then I will be a guest performer at my foster father's concert tonight. We have an appointment. It's the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, right?"

"Okay, then I'll prepare it." Wang Jia nodded.

Watching Su Yun's back as she went upstairs, he pursed his lips but still said nothing: After all, many people have said that they miss her, so he should be one of them...

In the blink of an eye, it was another morning. After Su Yun packed up, she hurried to the hospital to visit Lu Shaolong.

Master's wife Lian Da was feeding him porridge at this time. After Su Yun briefly explained the situation to Lu Shaolong, he received a look of approval from Lu Shaolong.

Although it was inconvenient for him to speak now, he still tried his best to express his meaning to Su Yun with his eyes: he was very lucky to have a good disciple like her who made him proud.

However, in addition to the pride, there is also some worry about Su Yun's fame at such a young age.

"Don't worry about me, Master. I'm very strong!" Su Yun smiled and shook his hand. "Master, you should keep working hard and try to be able to sit in one year, stand in three years, run and jump in five or six years! Then teach me kung fu again!"

It is said to take eight or ten years, but in fact, eight years to recover to a normal person and ten years to return to the previous level are already considered rapid progress.

Fortunately, Lu Shaolong has a good physical foundation. If it were someone else, he would probably have ended up lying in bed for the rest of his life.

Finally, he reported some film situations to Zou Yunhua, and Su Yun made another appointment with him to go to Jiahe after New Year's Day to make a detailed report.

"Okay, time is running out, I'll go first." They all knew that she would be a guest performer at her adoptive master Xu Gujie's last concert tonight, so Su Yun said hello and hurriedly drove to the Hong Kong Hall in Edinburgh Square in Central.

Looking at the beautifully decorated concert hall, Su Yun felt proud: This is her first solo concert in Hong Kong!

Her adoptive father, Xu Gujie, was also the first Hong Kong singer to hold a solo concert.

Xu Gujie smiled and pinched Su Yun's nose: "Don't flatter me, you are the most famous one now!"

It was just as Xu Gujie said. After Xu Gujie announced that the guest performer who would sing with him tonight was Su Yun, the atmosphere in the venue reached an unprecedented climax!

After singing the Cantonese song "Pear Swirl's Smile" with Xu Gujie amid cheers and singing a Mandarin song "Sweet Honey" solo, Xu Gujie began to prepare for another round of singing and dancing to continue the enthusiasm.

In addition, during this lively singing and dancing, there was a small Easter egg during the interlude that allowed the audience to go on stage and present flowers.

However, the audience who can go on stage is limited to women.

People in the entertainment industry have some knowledge of the craziness of fans, so Xu Gujie had no choice but to implement this rule of "discriminating against male fans."

After taking a look at Xu Gujie who was running and singing hard on the stage, Su Yun, who had nothing to do, stood at the small staircase to help check the fans who were on stage.

This is the last show of her first round of concerts, so it can’t end badly!

"Isn't that lady wearing a headscarf a bit tall?" Su Yun thought it was strange, but the two staff members checked her and found nothing wrong, so Su Yun was very confused, "And are her teeth a bit buck?"

"What does a little girl know? Pretty girls usually have three-quarters bucktoothed lips. This lip shape looks the fullest and most beautiful!" The two staff members laughed as they didn't expect Su Yun to be so suspicious at such a young age.

Su Yun pursed her lips, and driven by her worry, she took another look at the name registered by the lady in the headscarf - Tan Linlin.

No impression.

But Su Yun was really worried, so she watched the lady in the headscarf present flowers the whole time.

Seeing her kissing Xu Gujie on the cheek and giving him a bouquet of flowers in a very polite manner, and then walking to the small staircase in a very polite manner to wait to get off the stage, Su Yun slapped her head: Is she really that suspicious?

Maybe this lady with a headscarf will be a female star in the future, but she is not famous yet and has not changed her name, so she can't recognize her and instead finds her a bit weird?

While thinking this, Su Yun saw the lady in the headscarf who was walking too fast dropped something on the ground.

"Sister, you lost your ID card--" Su Yun chased after her and picked up the ID card, but when she took a look at it, she was speechless.

In the audience, Zhong Zhentu glanced at the empty seat next to him and couldn't help asking his friend next to him: "Where is Allen?"

"Who knows, maybe he went on stage to present flowers and kisses. Doesn't he love Sam the most?" someone next to him said casually.

"He goes on stage to present flowers and kisses? Unless he has two extra pieces of flesh on his chest - Hey, miss, this seat is taken!" Zhong Zhentu clicked his tongue, turned around and saw a lady in a headscarf sitting in his old friend's seat, and hurriedly reminded her.

"What sister? It's me!" Tan Yunlun pulled off his headscarf.

Following behind him, Su Yun saw that after he took off his headscarf, he indeed had the same appearance and charm that she had seen before. Holding the ID card in her hand, Su Yun had already begun to think of a title for this gossip:

Shocking! Before becoming famous, the legendary superstar dressed as a woman to chase his idol!