Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1055 Tsui Hark's Dawn

"I didn't expect the Academy Awards to be so exciting tonight. It's a pity that we didn't even have a chance to be nominated."

In a corner of the banquet hall, three men were sitting and chatting together.

They also participated in the Academy Awards tonight, but not as finalists.

""Legend of Sword and Fairy" won six awards, this is a joke."

For "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which won six awards, Yu Yunkang seemed to scoff.

Last year's Academy Awards were pretty normal anyway, knowing that the awards should be awarded to those truly outstanding movies.

However, this year there was a 360-degree turn, and it was directly approaching commercial films, which made Yu Yunkang very disappointed. He even felt that the Academy Awards would lose their fairness from now on.

"Actually, I think the film "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is really well done. It would be better to award "Best Film" to "New Shushan Swordsman"."

Liu Zhenwei likes "Legend of Sword and Fairy" very much. Compared with "New Shushan Swordsman", he thinks "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is more suitable to win the award of "Best Movie".

"It is estimated that Mr. Lin felt that it would be too embarrassing to do so, so he awarded "Best Movie" to "New Shushan Swordsman", but it is a pity that doing so can only be said to be not worthy of the name."

Wong Kar-Wai used to work in New Art City. He was a screenwriter at first, but he often didn't go to work.

Later, after someone showed Huang Baiming the script he wrote, Wang Jiawei was directly expelled from New Art City.

Huang Baiming couldn't understand the movies he wrote, or the other party felt that the movies written by Wong Kar-wai would not make money.

If this is the case, it is better to drive him away, so as not to waste money to support these idlers.

Whether Huang Baiming's approach is a good thing for New Art City is probably a matter of opinion.

If New Arts City wants to win more awards, then Wong Kar Wai is definitely the best choice, but his filming time is a bit long, especially in the later stages.

If Wong Kar Wai can accept the shortcomings of procrastination, not being punctual, overspending, and not being able to make money, then he can be regarded as a very good director.

But in this world, apart from Lin Daoqiu, there is probably no one who can accept Wang Jiawei knowing these conditions.

"Last year a literary film was a big win, and this year it has become a commercial film that won a big win. I don't even know what the positioning of the Academy Awards is."

For Lin Daoqiu's mess, not only Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei, but also other filmmakers are at a loss.

"Mr. Lin, thank you for presenting this award to me."

At this time, sitting opposite Lin Daoqiu was Tsui Hark.

I'm afraid no one would have imagined that when Tsui Hark saw Lin Daoqiu and Lin Qingxia walking in in the banquet hall, he immediately brought Shi Nansheng to look for them.

Originally thought that meeting the other party would be humiliated or even ignored, but unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu kindly invited him to sit on the opposite seat.

"Director Xu was joking. "New Shushan Swordsman" can win the "Best Film" award. The judges chose you, not me."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head and firmly denied Tsui Hark's statement.

If he admits that he manipulated the Golden Statue Award and awarded the award to "New Shushan Swordsman", what will he become, so Lin Daoqiu will never admit this in front of other people.

Tsui Hark also knew that Lin Daoqiu would definitely not admit it, but he said this just to express his gratitude to Lin Daoqiu.

Although he is in Baocheng Cinemas, based on Tsui Hark's prediction of the future film market, there is also the power shown by Magic Studio.

Even if Lin Daoqiu can't defeat Baocheng Cinemas within two years, whether Baocheng Cinemas can survive three to five years later is a big question mark.

"Mr. Lin, in fact, Lao Xu also knew that he made a mistake back then, but he was obsessed with ghosts at the time, and he wanted to make "New Shushan Swordsman", so he chose to leave Xinyi City."

Shi Nansheng and Tsui Hark have been together for so long, of course she knows what Tsui Hark is thinking. If possible, he certainly hopes to return to New Art City.

"In fact, Director Xu has always been a director I admire very much, but it's a pity that our cooperation time was too short."

Lin Daoqiu's words sounded like he was praising Tsui Hark, which made both Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng feel that this matter seemed to have dawned.

In fact, Tsui Hark is a director that Lin Daoqiu has always admired. Even if he betrayed Bao Shaogang and turned against him, Lin Daoqiu never thought of killing Tsui Hark.

The Xiangjiang film circle is actually not big, and there are only a few excellent directors. If one of them is banned, it will be a pity for Xiangjiang Films.

Unless it is the kind of guy who is really half-hearted, Lin Daoqiu is still very willing to give them a chance to reform.

"If... if there is an opportunity in the future, I certainly hope to cooperate with Mr. Lin."

Tsui Hark's words were not loud, but the meaning he wanted to express was actually very clear.

Now it’s not impossible to leave Baocheng Cinemas and return to Xiangjiang Cinemas, but Lin Daoqiu doesn’t speak up, and Tsui Hark can’t take the initiative to say it. After all, it would be too cheap to do so.

Although he is ready to return to Xiangjiang Cinemas, if possible, Tsui Hark still hopes that he can get attention when he goes back, rather than going back to be a cold bench.

"Xiangjiang Films has developed very well in the past few years, and the box office has been rising steadily, and it will be even more so in the future. I think such an opportunity should not come too late."

Lin Daoqiu's answer sounds to make Tsui Hark very happy, at least he has heard that Lin Daoqiu has no objection to returning to New Oriental.

At least he won't be banned after Lin Daoqiu kills Baocheng Cinemas. This is definitely a happier thing for Tsui Hark than winning "Best Movie".

After seeing off Tsui Hark and his wife, Brigitte Lin turned her head to look at Lin Daoqiu, with another half-smile expression on her face.

"Why are you looking at me like this again? Did you see something strange again?"

Lin Daoqiu asked with a smile.

"I now understand why "New Shushan Swordsman" won the "Best Movie" award, that's why."

After listening to what Lin Daoqiu and Tsui Hark just talked about, Brigitte Lin realized that Lin Daoqiu's purpose in doing this was to ask for directions, and also to show his appreciation for Tsui Hark.

Although I have never worked with Tsui Hark, in Lin Qingxia's opinion, Tsui Hark is indeed a very good director.

It would be a pity if Baocheng Cinemas was defeated by Xiangjiang Cinemas and an excellent director like Tsui Hark was banned.

(End of this chapter)