Chapter 72 Hidden Figures

After busying around visiting relatives and friends during the few days of the New Year, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Su Yun packed her suitcase and prepared to go to Japan again.

"You have to remember, Susu usually likes to eat these, doesn't like to eat these, and there are some things she can't help but eat but can't stand these..." No one knows what the big and the small have been doing to each other during these few days of repulsion. Before leaving, Wang Jiaju talked to Zhuang Long like an old man about the various precautions in taking care of Su Yun.

The extremely detailed oral record left his younger brother Wang Jiaxiang stunned: Why is there such a huge gap in the treatment of people?

Wang Jiaju slapped him in anger and said, "You are an incinerator that can eat anything. Why do you need me to help you remember what to avoid eating?!"

That's true. All of their brothers and sisters are in good health, except Su Yun, who may be born with a congenital deficiency. She has been weak and has poor absorption since childhood, so the person who worries about her the most, besides her grandmother Su Apo, is Wang Jiaju, the eldest child among the three children who always can't help but pay more attention to her.

Su Yun has grown taller and fatter visibly only in the past two years as her family's environment has improved. Otherwise, how could she have looked so skinny before and become the confident and high-spirited "star" she is now?

"Okay, I've remembered it all. Thank you for your hard work." Zhuang Long replied with a smile.

"It doesn't matter. You will be busy next. Come on, she is not easy to take care of." Wang Jia said suddenly.

"Don't worry." Zhuang Long's smile deepened.

It was not until he saw the shadow of the taxi disappear around the corner that Wang Jiaju, who had always felt that something was wrong but could not figure out what it was, finally realized what the problem was.

He said that everyone was here to take care of Su Yun, so he, the latecomer, asked him, the pioneer, to reveal more experience... Wasn't he trying to trick him?!

Wang Jia suddenly remembered how Zhuang Long had fooled him around for a long time, and then he also agreed with the idea that data sharing would be the only way to take better care of Su Yun. He foolishly told Zhuang Long all his years of experience without reservation - he wanted to beat himself up for being so stupid at that time.

The minds of adults are so dark!

Grandma Su smiled and looked at Wang Jiaju, who was so angry that he jumped up and down. "Did you find out now?"

"Forget it, tell him these things, Su Su should have an easier time in Japan in the future, so it's not a loss." Wang Jia thought for a moment, and finally sighed: Although the two of them somehow became competitors who wanted to take care of Su Yun, the competition was also their competition. Let the opponent learn more, but the one who can benefit is always Su Yun.

Also thinking that the only one who would benefit from this fight would be her own granddaughter, Grandma Su looked at Wang Jiaju with satisfaction.

Compared to Wang Jiaju, who she had watched grow up, a little silly but wholeheartedly good to Su Yun, this young man Zhuang Long seemed to have a lot more on his mind.

Fortunately, their granddaughter is still a teenager, and the two of them don’t have any other thoughts at the moment. Otherwise, it would be difficult to escape from being entangled by such a shameless and scheming person of the opposite sex.

It's not that they dislike Zhuang Long, it's just that most elders in the world think that their younger generations are always children, and they are worried that she will be deceived and hurt.

After all, Su Yun has been developing overseas recently, so it is not like before in Hong Kong, where they can all help to monitor who Su Yun makes friends with outside.

Calculated in this way, Zhuang Long's little calculation to benefit himself might allow him to better help take care of Su Yun?

Thinking of this, Grandma Su looked up at the several bougainvillea plants in the garden that were blooming vigorously: when the flowers bloom early and beautifully, they will inevitably attract bees and butterflies.

I hope these are all good friends, not just flirtatious ones.

Not knowing the secret worries of Grandma Su and others about their absence, after Su Yun and Zhuang Long got off the plane, they were led by translator Yoshida and transferred to the Ginzan Onsen town in Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.

This place is located deep in the mountains, so the location is quite remote. After several hours of driving and walking for a while, the three of them finally arrived at the hotel.

However, because of the hot springs, the river water does not freeze even when the ground is covered with snow. Looking up, you can still see the gurgling water in the vast snow accompanied by the three- or four-story old wooden buildings, which is a unique artistic conception of harmony between movement and stillness.

Such a small ancient town is the filming location and source of inspiration for many movies and animations. As far as Su Yun knows, there are two works that have left a deep impression on the Chinese people, "Spirited Away" and "Oshin".

Because the script calls for winter scenes, and the snow in Yinshan will only last until the end of February, the entire crew seized this time and filmed the winter scenes in advance.

It was still daytime when they arrived, and with the help of Zhuang Long, Su Yun put her luggage in the room.

This time, because the crew directly booked a hotel, Su Yun was arranged to stay in the same room with Fumiaki Puchi.

"Finally, I waited for you to come back!" Among the adults in the crew, Su Yun was the only one who was about the same age as her, so Pu Chi Fuzi missed Su Yun very much when she went home for the New Year.

The two little girls played affectionately for a while, then packed their luggage and prepared to go out for dinner.

"Let me tell you, it's really beautiful here at night!" Pu Chi Fuzi said as he pulled Su Yun to the window.

Su Yun looked out and was immediately struck by the stunning night view.

At present, Yinshan Hot Spring has not been renovated and packaged as a popular online tourist attraction like in later generations, so during the day it still looks like an old and dilapidated small town. When Su Yun first arrived, he was actually a little disappointed: everything seemed a little shabby and backward, and it was inconvenient to do anything.

It's especially cold.

What I didn't expect was that after nightfall, the buildings along the river began to light up dim yellow and dark red lanterns one after another. The coldness that had traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers seemed to be softened by the warm night scene, and I suddenly felt like I had returned to the Taisho era.

And because of this age-related flavor, it adds a sense of natural simplicity; instead of being renovated later, no matter how hard one tries, there are still traces of carving.

With the photographic intuition that Su Yun learned from Kubrick and the photography knowledge acquired through long-term systematic training in the small dark room, she has now begun to imagine how Kurosawa Akira will capture this stunning night scene on the screen.

Beautiful scenery and beautiful women are hard to come by, but when you meet them together by chance, it is the most wonderful thing in the world.

When you are in a good mood, everything looks good to you. Seeing a figure appear in the window of the hotel room next door, Su Yun waved his hand as a greeting.

Because this place is too remote, people in the town only know the national treasure-level film actress Sayuri Yoshinaga at most. Therefore, apart from her, the entire crew can be said to be unknown and ignored here.

There are fewer disturbances and more freedom.

However, the thin man next door glanced over here blankly, then ignored them and simply closed the curtains.

He dodged so quickly that Su Yun only had time to see his gloomy and worried face.

"Don't worry about him, he just ignores people like that - I heard that he is from Hong Kong like you, but because his father and uncle had a quarrel, he couldn't continue working in his uncle's company, so he had to resign and come here to relax." Seeing Su Yun, who is a little younger than her, so busy but still full of energy at all times, and this man who looks like he is in his prime is so gloomy... Fumiko Kamachi, who has always been loved by her family, is speechless about this kind of family infighting that leads to the whole person's decadence.

“It’s hard to understand this dilemma if you haven’t experienced it.” Both sides are family members, and unless you are mentally very independent, you won’t be able to get over this hurdle.

This is how the world is: the strong and independent can carve out a niche for themselves wherever they go; while the weak only focus on the little piece of land in front of them, wishing they could live on the protection of their ancestral inheritance.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many dramas where, once the boss dies, his children and grandchildren start to fight over the family property.

Not to mention those far away, the inheritance disputes among the old wealthy families in Hong Kong in real life are even more tortuous, bizarre and exciting than the TBB family feud TV series such as Heart of Greed.

The days passed slowly in this real world. Su Yun was learning Japanese while filming some scenes of the protagonist's childhood with Fushigi Puchi. In the blink of an eye, the snow had melted and green leaves were sprouting.

After receiving the news from New York, Su Yun asked Kurosawa Akira for five days off and prepared to go to the United States.

Before the release of Artificial Intelligence, Kubrick had the foresight to bring in a doll manufacturer for the role of the teddy bear in the film, and signed a peripheral profit-sharing agreement with Su Yun to produce the artificial intelligence version of the teddy bear.

Even though these little things are targeted at children and adults with a childlike innocence and don’t seem to make money, in fact, it is these people who are the easiest to make money from.

After all, their backers are all parents, relatives or themselves who have absolute financial strength. Otherwise, how could there be the amazing legend of "a wall of a otaku and an apartment in the capital"?

Therefore, with the help of the movie, the profit share of the same teddy bear peripheral dolls in just one quarter was enough to make the audience stunned.

Considering that Su Yun had something important to do and that her Japanese language learning had improved rapidly recently, Kurosawa Akira, who was about to move the crew to another location, finished filming her scenes at this location ahead of time, and then generously let her go - because Su Yun said that after getting the money, she might want to make an additional investment in the film...

Although the current budget is sufficient, who would complain about having too much money?

Given Akira Kurosawa's meticulous approach to filming, if he occasionally comes up with new ideas, the money he spends to fill them can't keep up with the speed at which new holes are created.

So Su Yun carried her luggage and slowly let the translator Yoshida send her onto the plane.

This time when he flew to the United States, the people who came to pick him up at the airport were none other than Warner's staff: Warner also owned some of the copyrights. Although his family was too rich to care about the small profits, because Su Yun was currently a popular young actor, the treatment in Warner, which was based on people's willingness to sign films, was not bad.

Since I have the rare opportunity to come to the United States, I must go and improve Tom's favorability.

So Su Yun looked at her schedule and managed to squeeze out a weekend afternoon to visit Tom's family.

"You didn't expect that I would come back to visit you so soon!" Su Yun happily extended her hand to Tom.

Tom shrank back in silence, his voice as weak as a mosquito's hum: "I'm sorry! I've spent all the money."

"You actually used up all that stack of Hong Kong dollars?!" Su Yun was so shocked upon hearing this news that she almost fell to the ground.

"Where did you withdraw the money and what did you use it for?" Su Yun, who had finally caught her breath, hurriedly asked again, fearing that the naive Tang had been cheated.

"It was about halfway through January. I ran into an old man who had fainted on the ground on my way to school. There was no one around to help him, so I ran a long way to find a phone and called an ambulance for him..." Tom recalled and explained to Su Yun bit by bit, "It happened that there was a Chinese nurse in the ambulance, so I used the money to exchange with her for the ambulance fee and medical expenses."

"So, what happened to the uncle who fainted?" Su Yun asked.

Although I didn't expect Tom to use his racial talent of "Chinese are everywhere" to exchange the stack of Hong Kong dollars in this small place and spend it, but since he has already spent it, there is nothing to say.

At least a life was saved.

"I was in a hurry to go back to school, so I asked the nurse to take care of him. When I went there again at night, he had woken up but looked listless." Tom sighed, with a helpless look on his face. "The doctors and nurses said that the uncle seemed to have some kind of heart disease, and he lost his job at the age of over 50 and had no medical insurance. Even if he was saved this time, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long without a lot of money to stay in the hospital for treatment..."

"No matter what, at least we were rescued this time - as long as people are alive, there is hope," Su Yun comforted.

"Yes, that's what the uncle told me before he left. He said that after this accident, he probably started to have the courage to fight." Tom said as he took out a silver bat pendant. "He said he didn't have anything valuable to thank me with, so he left this to me."

"But I told him that you were the one who saved him because you paid for the ambulance and hospital stay." Tom said as he stuffed the bat pendant into Su Yun's hand. "The uncle said that if he can successfully get back what belongs to him, you can take the bat and ask him for a reward."

"But you said so much, but you didn't tell me the uncle's name? How can I find him?" The bat pendant looked exactly like the Batman logo in "Batman", so Su Yun, who liked the black Batman very much, took the bat pendant, which was suspected to be a peripheral accessory, without hesitation.

In response to Su Yun's question, Tom slapped his head and said, "I really forgot to ask at that time - but I seem to have heard the nurse call him 'Bill'."

"Oh." This age is definitely not the legendary Bill Gates, so Su Yun put away the bat pendant and regarded it as a small ornament given as a gift after spending money on charity.