Actor: My Entertainment Era

The Academy Awards are indeed getting less and less attention.

First, the mainland market is getting bigger, and mainland audiences, which account for the vast majority of moviegoers, are not that interested in Hong Kong films.

The second is the problem of Hong Kong films themselves: Hong Kong films are not enterprising and have made no progress in decades.It’s the new century, but the boss is still sitting in the fly house while talking about business?Nowadays, we rely on police and gangster films to hold on to our last breath, while attempts at other types of films have failed.When making science fiction films, they will only produce plagiarized films such as "Robot" and "City Alert". When making comedies, can they rely on Huang Baiming to produce "The Greatest Happiness" every year?

The decline after the transition from extravagance to frugality makes the Academy Awards want to protect the local market. This is not wrong.

The Cannes Film Festival also favors European and even French films, but the Academy Awards forgot a very important premise - Hong Kong films are no longer an independent genre.

After the rise of the mainland market, there is no longer the concept of Hong Kong Island movies, there are only Chinese movies.

Using the Hong Kong Film Awards to protect the local market of Hong Kong Island cannot be done.

Keeping it until later will only reduce the Academy Awards from the highest award for Chinese-language films to a municipal-level literary and artistic commendation conference.

Don’t Hong Kong filmmakers understand these principles?

They understand, otherwise they wouldn’t go north.

But knowing the truth doesn’t necessarily mean you can change it.

Chen Jiashan, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, has always emphasized that "The Hong Kong Film Awards is committed to local films and has its own positioning and uniqueness."

Whether or not the Academy Awards will die has nothing to do with Zhang Yuanjun.

Anyway, he doesn't care at all about a movie market with a total population of 700 million and a box office of 6000 million to win the championship. When Thailand provides more preferential filming policies, he may just pat his butt and go to Thailand to film.

On the 17th, at 2 pm, Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei arrived on Hong Kong Island.

The rest of the main creators of "The Lonely Agent" have arrived in advance, but Jiang Yi, a little girl who was forced by her mother to attend cram school, couldn't come even if she wanted to.

At 3:40, the group entered the official hotel of the film festival and the two of them started putting on makeup.

Zhang Yuanjun is in the living room and Liu Yifei is in the bedroom.

While putting on makeup, Zhang Yuanjun watched the process and guests of tonight's ceremony, complaining: "The shortlisted movies are either Hong Kong films or co-productions, so that's fine. Even the performing guests are all from Hong Kong."

Xiao Zhao echoed from the side: "Performing guests are nothing. Even the awarding guests are only a few mainlanders. One, two, three, just three, Zhou Xun, Li Yuchun and Zhao Yanzi. Hey, I liked watching Hong Kong movies when I was a child, why? It’s like this now.”

Zhang Yuanjun’s make-up artist and the staff in the room were all brought over from the capital by him. They are all acquaintances and are not afraid of leaks. Zhang Yuanjun said: “There will be ups and downs, there will be booms and declines. How can a film market not be prosperous forever? The reason for the decline. In the past, Hong Kong films dominated the mainland audience, but now that the mainland market has developed, it is normal to win back the audience."

While chatting in the room, suddenly there was the sound of rain hitting the glass outside the window.

"It's raining!"

"Can I still walk on the red carpet?"

Xiao Zhao stood up and opened the curtains and took a look outside: "It rained heavily, and it was hard to see clearly outside."

"The heavy rain will stop soon." Zhang Yuanjun said.

Not long after, Zhang Yuanjun's makeup was put on. He got up and went to the bedroom to see Liu Yifei. He knocked on the door first and then entered.

There were two makeup artists, one painting her face and the other curling her hair.

"Are you ready?" Liu Yifei glanced at Zhang Yuanjun, "Why are you so dark after changing into a dress?"

"I sunbaked it on the beach." Anyone who spends two weeks in Athens will get a black eye.

"I'm not a pretty boy this time." Liu Yifei smiled.

"Do you want something to eat to fill your stomach?" Zhang Yuanjun asked, even though he knew Liu Yifei wouldn't eat, he still asked every time.

"I won't be able to wear the dress anymore." Liu Yifei laughed.

"You melt slowly, I'll go out to eat something." Zhang Yuanjun went out.

Zhang Yuanjun ate two pieces of chocolate biscuits and put them down. Xiao Zhao came back to report the situation on the front line: "The rain has stopped, and the staff are absorbing water on the red carpet. It shouldn't delay the time, but the red carpet started earlier than 5:[-]. We have to leave early then.”

"Will it rain again later?"

“I’m not sure, but it’s expected to rain again. The scene is very chaotic and the organizers are setting up a temporary canopy.

"After Yifei puts on her makeup, we will go meet the crew."

"it is good."

After the rain stopped for a while, it started raining again, but much softer.But this is a hardship for the artist who was the first to appear on the red carpet.

It seems that all good things come to an end, and the rain stopped at 6 o'clock.

The "Lonely Agent" crew then took a car from the hotel to the theater.

"I watched the graphic live broadcast online, and Nicholas Tse's voice was louder than yours." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"I will definitely not be able to compete with him in terms of popularity in Hong Kong." Zhang Yuanjun can no longer be described as "leading his generation" in terms of awards. By default, he is classified as "he is still young now, but he will become a performing artist in the future." The audience and fans kicked him out of the ranks of actors born in the 80s by default.

In Hong Kong Island, among the generation of young actors, Nicholas Tse's popularity is leading by a cliff, and Zhang Yuanjun is not even able to do it.

But if you move to the mainland, it's hard to say.

At this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, many people are optimistic that Nicholas Tse will be crowned the emperor and become the first actor born in the 80s in Hong Kong.

Nicholas Tse himself is very eager for this award, but he is very dissatisfied with the reputation gained through media marketing.

Why does the first actor born in the 80s have the word "Hong Kong Island" in front of him?

He was unhappy with this title!

With the addition of the word "Hong Kong Island", his reputation as an actor has dropped too much.

But he also felt powerless. What would happen if he didn't add the word "Hong Kong Island"? His opponent Zhang Yuanjun is 5 years younger than him, but he won the Cannes Best Actor and the Mainland Golden Rooster Best Actor at the age of 24.He is the first actor born in the 80s.

Nicholas Tse has watched "Transcendence" no less than 10 times in the past two years, and he is thinking about Zhang Yuanjun's performance.

He began to feel that Zhang Yuanjun's performance in "Transcendence" was nothing special and that he was also a facial paralysis.

But in the past two years, the more he thought about "Transcendence", the more he had to admit that his opponent, who was 5 years younger than him, acted well. The character did not have many expressions and few explosive scenes, but Zhang Yuanjun's control of facial muscles was very good. The micro-expressions are layered and emotional, and with such a good script and such a good director, it’s no surprise that this drama won an award.

Nicholas Tse often asks himself, if the script of "Transcendence" is given to him, can he act like Zhang Yuanjun?
Nicholas Tse's arrogance told him that he could act better than Zhang Yuanjun!

But at the same time, there was a voice in his heart saying that such literary and artistic themes would not be handed to him.

There are fewer and fewer art film directors in Hong Kong, and these directors don’t know how to use themselves.

It is even less likely that the Mainland art film industry will use him.

Even if a film is submitted, his team will not accept it because Huo Wenxi does not position him as an "artistic person".

Putting aside these external factors, Nicholas Tse asked himself, does he really want to act in an art film?

He grew up in an extremely commercial environment and has not received systematic and professional film academic training. He may not even understand basic film and drama history, and it is difficult for him to develop the so-called artistic film complex.

Returning to the film "The Lonely Agent" that competes with him tonight, he went to see the film when it was released on Hong Kong Island. It is also the kind of acting method that seems to be facially paralyzed but still runs deep, conveying emotions through the control of eyes and facial muscles.

Why was Zhang Yuanjun able to be crowned emperor even with facial paralysis, but he was scolded by the audience for his "convulsive acting"?
The rest of the "Lonely Agent" crew, led by director Lin Lingdong, finished the red carpet ahead of schedule, leaving leading actor Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei to appear after their brother and sister-in-law.

Although they knew that both Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei could speak Cantonese, the two red carpet emcees switched to the Mandarin channel out of respect.

Both of them speak Mandarin very well.

"Is this Zhang Yuanjun's first time coming to the Academy Awards?" male host Lin Xiaofeng asked.

"Yes, it's my first time to be nominated, and it's also my first time to be here." Zhang Yuanjun replied.

""Alone" was nominated for 6 awards today, and you were also nominated for Best Actor. Are you confident in the Best Actor?"

"The actors who were nominated together are all excellent. I am very happy to be nominated."

Female host Jiang Yi asked Liu Yifei: "Is this Yifei's first time at the Academy Awards?"

"Yes, I mainly came with him. He said he would be very nervous if I didn't come." The two of them did not forget to show their affection at this time.

"Oh, it's so sweet, you two." Jiang Yi said.

"Yifei looks so beautiful today. Are you confident that she will be the best dressed on the red carpet tonight?"

"I didn't even know there was such an award." Liu Yifei covered her face with a haha.

"Okay, thank you both for accepting our interview. I hope "Lonely Agent" will gain something tonight, thank you."

The two filmed for reporters' cameras outside the interview booth for a while, then said goodbye to the red carpet and entered the theater to prepare for tonight's awards ceremony. (End of chapter)