Tao Liangchen
Chapter 793 X-Men
When Su Yehao arrived at the office, Nangong Tian was fast asleep on her desk, drooling onto her arm, while Jiang Yu was racking her brains over a jigsaw puzzle with over five thousand pieces, enough to keep her occupied for quite a while.
He glanced at his watch, it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning.
Su Yehao reached out and tapped Jiang Yu's forehead, saying, "I thought you were always working hard. One of you is sleeping, and the other is playing with a puzzle. I've caught you slacking off, haven't I?"
Jiang Yu, who was having a headache, conveniently tossed the puzzle she was holding onto the table, wiped her hands, and replied, "We finished our work a long time ago, okay? Nangong is waiting for you to have lunch. A new Thai restaurant has opened near Lan Kwai Fong. I heard their grilled prawns are especially delicious, and they also have mantis shrimp longer than my arm."
The name mantis shrimp was a bit unrefined, but they were actually just 皮皮虾 (pipi xia) from the mainland. The super-sized ones could grow to forty or fifty centimeters, and they had tasted them when they went to Thailand.
As Jiang Yu spoke, Su Yehao had already walked to the desk next to her and pinched Nangong Tian's nose.
After waking up, this girl was still in a daze. After a while, she realized that she had drool on her mouth, and while wiping it clean with a tissue, she said, "Are you done? What time is it?"
"Get up and tidy yourself up. We're going to try some Thai food. I told you not to stay up late watching dramas last night, I knew you'd be listless."
After Su Yehao lectured the little girl, he picked up the documents on the desk and looked at them.
Inside were the production plans for *Operation Proposal* and *Signal*, which were being filmed in Hong Kong, saving a lot of trouble.
There was also the film outline for *How Long Will I Love You*. In order to cater to the tastes of the younger generation of viewers, the film and television projects that Sweet Fish Entertainment had already initiated were mainly unconventional time-travel dramas and youth romance films.
In addition to that.
There were also the recent arrangements for the 女帝 (Nüdi) girl group, who would be holding a tour concert in more than thirty cities in mainland China and surrounding Asian countries.
The *Boys Over Flowers* movie, created by the original team, had also begun searching for people to write the script. The content mainly revolved around a group of people traveling to Japan, accidentally getting involved in a dispute, and joining forces to rescue the heroine, with a hint of detective work.
Sure enough, this was the kind of project that Hong Kong screenwriters were best at.
Although Su Yehao found it a bit strange, he couldn't think of a better way, so he simply let them do whatever they wanted. It was just a one-off deal anyway, and he didn't plan to make a sequel, as long as it didn't lose money.
Arriving at the parking lot.
As soon as she got into the car, the little girl seemed to have just woken up and suddenly thought of something, saying to Su Yehao, "Oh right, Brother Hao, I received a document from your assistant's office this morning. Some of the copyrights you planned to buy while you and Jiang Yu were in Los Angeles have been investigated and found."
Su Yehao looked at her and asked, "Keep talking, what are the approximate prices?"
"...I didn't look closely, they were all strange names, like Iron Man, Captain America? Captain America?"
"..."
Speechless, Su Yehao said to her, "Don't translate randomly if you don't know how. You could turn a five hundred million dollar box office into five hundred million Hong Kong dollars. You can translate them as 钢铁侠 (Gangtie Xia), 美国队长 (Meiguo Duichang). That sounds more high-end."
Translating English into Chinese does require some skill. The same goes for names. For example, Dick can actually mean "little dick."
For a movie, how it's translated is even more important. Many Hollywood movies have Chinese titles that have nothing to do with their English names. Take *Léon: The Professional*, for example. The film itself is only called "Léon."
The little girl hadn't understood it thoroughly and translated entirely based on the literal English meaning. It was normal to make jokes like Iron Man and Captain America.
"钢铁侠 (Gangtie Xia)... Your translation does sound better. But where did the 'captain' in 美国队长 (Meiguo Duichang) come from? Shouldn't it be translated as colonel or captain?"
The one who asked was Jiang Yu.
The Eastern Phoenix Rose School had adopted bilingual teaching since they were very young, and they also had to choose a language to minor in.
Su Yehao might be better than them at solving problems, but his English speaking skills had always been his weakness.
Even after three or four years of practice, he often still had to have Linda Yun act as his translator when he went out to discuss business. This was one of the reasons why he didn't like interacting with foreigners too much. He chose to work from home using email, so at least he could use translation software.
After hearing Jiang Yu's question, Su Yehao only replied, "The technology isn't mature enough yet. I plan to invest in a few years, when the mainland market should have been cultivated. Naming it needs to avoid the many restrictions in the north, so I think it's better to call that comic book character 'Captain'."
The little girl sitting on the left immediately grabbed his arm and flattered him, "As expected of Brother Hao, we only think of things one floor high, but you can think of seven or eight floors. You've even considered things so far ahead."
Su Yehao twitched his lips and continued to talk about serious matters, "Don't interrupt. Why didn't you say anything in the office earlier? Didn't you remember anything after reading the email? You should have an impression of the approximate amount, right? This is crucial to the development of Sweet Fish Entertainment, and can put you on a fast track to development."
After thinking seriously for a moment, the little girl replied, "It doesn't seem to have the price, but the email mentioned that 21st Century Fox is preparing to shoot a movie called *X-Men*, which is a superhero type."
"...That's also one of Marvel's important copyrights. Hasn't it started filming yet? Just started the project?"
Su Yehao certainly knew that this referred to *X-Men*. He remembered that it was filmed very early on, but he didn't know the exact year. He only remembered that Wolverine was too old to film, and used a farewell battle to declare the end of the series.
Jiang Yu interjected, "We can find out by asking someone to investigate. Let's talk about it when we get back to the company in the afternoon. How would we know about these things? Only boys like these strange movies."
...
The Thai restaurant wasn't far from Lan Kwai Fong.
After arriving at the destination, they found that there were quite a few customers eating lunch, and there were no private rooms.
His relationship with Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu had long been made public. Su Yehao rarely paid attention to the gossip from the outside world. He still found a table to sit down at, and the bodyguards were responsible for preventing strangers from approaching.
A middle-aged man in his forties wearing a floral shirt joked from a distance, "I didn't expect the dignified Young Master Hao to eat in this kind of restaurant. With two great beauties protecting him on both sides, it's truly enviable!"
As soon as these words came out, it caused a burst of laughter.
Su Yehao calmly replied, "They are obviously fairies, but you say they are protectors. No wonder women don't like you, old man."
The other party was just joking, and continued, "If I were as handsome, funny, and rich as you, I could too. I have no hope in this life, I'll try to be born into a good family in the next life..."
Hong Kong is relatively small, and celebrities and stars often run into each other.
The locals are used to it and don't care.
As long as you work near Central, you often have the opportunity to see Su Yehao's motorcade, the distance isn't that far.
Therefore, after chatting briefly for a few words, everyone continued to eat their own food, at most glancing over here a few times, nothing more.
Satay chicken, grilled shrimp, tom yum soup, curry fish cakes... The three of them ate five dishes and a soup, and the taste was indeed very good...