1979 Golden Age

During the Republic of China, there was a Yunnan warlord leader named Tang Jiyao.

Tang Jiyao had a granddaughter named Tang Shuxuan.

She studied film in the United States, made several films in Hong Kong, and founded a magazine called "Close-Up." Later, the magazine closed down. Several editors started their own businesses, and started another magazine called "Film Fortnightly."

There are countless film and television newspapers in Hong Kong. Film Fortnight is a relatively professional one. It is highly theoretical, focuses on new wave directors, and its evaluation of left-wing films is fair.

They plan to hold an award this year, and the name is confirmed to be: Hong Kong Film Awards!

There are five main awards, including best film, director, screenwriter, male and female lead, as well as the top ten Chinese-language films and the top ten foreign-language films, a total of 25 awards. Of course, foreign-language films will not come to accept the awards, but Chinese-language films may still win.

At this moment, in the editorial department, a group of editors were writing invitations by hand.

"The first Hong Kong Film Awards will be held at the Shouson Theater of the Hong Kong Arts Center on March 9... "Tai Chi" won the top ten Chinese films... Welcome..."

After finishing writing one, deputy editor Chen Baisheng suddenly raised his head and said, "Can I send "Tai Chi" directly to the Great Wall?"

"Okay, that Mr. Chen has come to Hong Kong again, and he's at Great Wall Company."

"Do you think the leftists will come to participate?"

"You should ask, will anyone come to the awards ceremony?"

Editor-in-chief Shu Qi said: "We want money but not money, and influence but not influence. We send letters to everyone unilaterally. If they are willing to come, they will give you face. If they are unwilling to come, there is nothing we can do. I'm just afraid that the venue will be empty by then, which is too much. Embarrassing.”

"Don't worry, we have interviewed so many filmmakers, and some of them are very thin."

"At least the winner has to come, right?"

"It would be best if Xu Guanwen came!"

"Ha, with Xu Guanwen's temper, he doesn't like this kind of award!"

As he spoke, he continued to write. After writing for a while, Shu Qi also hesitated: "What if the leftists come and the rightists come and fight?"

"Communicate in advance and respect each other in public. Besides, our awards do not distinguish between left and right. Only by maintaining an attitude can the Academy Awards continue to grow in the long run."

"It's easy to say, but I'm afraid those stars and directors won't do it! For example, if a leftist movie is made under the pseudonym of the director of Jiahe, if the director wins an award, will he dare to go on stage to accept it? Of course he won't!

So what’s the point of this award? "

"..."

Everyone was silent. They only relied on their enthusiasm to win the Academy Awards. Only when they really did it did they realize that there were many difficulties.

"Forget it, let's do the things in front of us first. We have to rush the ducks to get on the shelves, so we have to do it anyway!"

…………

These invitations were sent to many companies and filmmakers.

"Film Fortnightly" has basically interviewed that the Hong Kong film industry is a gangster style, which requires respectability and loyalty - even if it is superficial, even if some people disapprove of it because of the sophistication of the world, most of them have to support it.

Except for Xu Guanwen.

Xu Guanwen received the letter and was not interested. He called his brother Xu Guanying directly and said: "I don't want to go, you can take it for me!"

"Wow! You don't even go for the Best Actor?"

Xu Guanying also looked at it and was extremely envious.

"You don't even know what you are doing. What am I going to do? You go!"

"I'll go, I'll go. If I have such an opportunity, I'll dress up and show up!"

Xu Guanying muttered and collected the letter.

The four brothers of the Xu family are outstanding in both civil and military affairs. Xu Guanwen is extremely talented, arrogant and arrogant, and is the first generation comedy king. Xu Guanjie was the first Cantonese singer and a big star in the film industry.

The second brother Xu Guanwu mainly works behind the scenes and does not get involved in these.

The third eldest son, Xu Guanying, has an average and unattractive appearance, but his achievements are actually quite good. However, his brother is too bright and has always been overshadowed.

…

Restaurant.

Hong Jinbao was eating and drinking with his brothers, and he also talked about this during the dinner. His "Ghost Fighting Ghost" was also selected as one of the top ten Chinese films.

"Brother Sanmao, are you going?"

"Go ahead, they gave me an award, why don't I go? Besides, people who have interviewed me can't take away their feelings."

"Then take us there, okay?"

"A wild prize, what are you doing?"

"The wild prize is also a prize. It's time to see the world!"

"Okay, okay, brothers, let's go together!"

…

In the office, Chen Qi held an invitation letter and looked at it repeatedly.

The red letter, handwritten, basically said that "Tai Chi" won the top ten Chinese films, and invited him to attend the award ceremony...

"You just told me that I won the award, and there was no suspense at all?" He was very surprised.

"The same goes for us. Phoenix Film Company's "Father and Son" won the Best Director and Best Picture, and they told us directly and invited us to attend," said Fu Qi.

"It's such a grass-roots team. It would be great to have a nomination session. There are five candidates, and the winners are announced on the spot. It's full of tension and competition, and there are many gimmicks."

"How can the awards be so perfect when they are new? They definitely don't have enough funds, and the theater is very small. However, I read every issue of "Film Fortnightly" and I am very fond of new wave directors and have a good evaluation of our leftist works. For justice.

We have decided to attend, will you go? "

Fu Qi asked.

"If you go, I'll go too. Hey, let's bring Andy Lau, Liu Xuehua, and A-Zhen with us to build up the momentum."

"sure!"

Fu Qi didn't take it seriously and said it was over.

Chen Qi had some ideas. Everyone knew about the Hong Kong Film Awards. This year was the first one. In the early days, there was no money and no influence, so no one paid much attention to it.

But it is the only award in Hong Kong after all. With more awards, people in the industry gradually recognized it.

When it was organized by "Film Biweekly" in the early days, it still had some stance and often awarded awards to the leftists because the leftists made good art films.

In the early 1990s, "Film Biweekly" withdrew and established the Academy Awards Association to be responsible for this matter. With more sponsorship and greater influence, it became one of the highest honors for Chinese-language films.

But at the same time, the so-called "localization" became more and more serious and extremely xenophobic, especially after the decline of Hong Kong films and the rise of the mainland market, it was even more closed-door.

The three Chinese-language film awards are more and more flops than the others!

"I want to get involved!"

Chen Qi made a decision quickly. The awards in the mainland are as difficult to deal with as the film environment in the mainland. He is now taking a roundabout way to save the country. To make trouble in Hong Kong, he needs to master such an award.

As for obstacles?

"I'll turn all the filmmakers in Hong Kong into leftists, and that'll be OK!"

…………

Tsui Hark also received an invitation, and his "The Ghost Story" was rated as one of the top ten Chinese films.

"I never thought that someone in Hong Kong would be brave enough to hold an awards ceremony. If they succeed, they will be heroes, and if they fail, they will be cowards."

"What heroes or cowards? Someone has to take the first step. We have decided to participate. Are you going?" Chen Qi asked.

"They are giving me the award, so of course I will go to show my support!"

"That's great, let's go together!"

"I have my own crew, why should I go with you?"

Tsui Hark was too lazy to pay attention to him. In an award ceremony, who attends with whom and who is close to whom is equivalent to making their position clear. He is still a director of Cinema City, so of course he can't mix with the leftists.

Chen Qi ignored him and went to find Liu Dehua and Liang Jiahui to tell them about this matter: "You all have to dress up formally when the time comes. Just wear this suit. Be energetic."

"I haven't heard of this award. Isn't it a bit exaggerated to dress up formally?"

"It's because others may not dress up formally that we have to dress up formally to show our quality."

"Oh, courtesy is what we should do."

Liang Jiahui nodded. Unlike Tsui Hark, he did not refuse Chen Qi's forced invitation to join him. He agreed to attend together.

As a result, Zhong Chuhong also ran over, a little nervous, and asked for advice: "Mr. Chen, "The Story of Woo Viet" has also been invited. The film company asked me and Fa Zai to go together."

"Sure, you are originally in their crew."

"Oh, that's good."

Zhong Chuhong breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. She thought the other party wanted to invite her to join.

But then she thought, if he didn't invite her to join, why did he ask her to film? He was still plotting something bad. And he kept holding a notebook and staring at her writing all day long. I don't know what he was doing.

(No more today, four chapters will be added tomorrow...)