The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 592

After the seven-member group drafted the eight specifications, they then invited colleagues from the Hong Kong film industry to discuss the grand event together.Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Xu Brothers have always been at odds, but they are still optimistic about creating an award for Hong Kong filmmakers.

They also know that if Hong Kong films want to grow bigger and establish their own influence, then an awards ceremony is essential.For Hong Kong filmmakers, the award ceremony is not only an inspiration, but also an outline.

However, they also have their own opinions, and they don't want to hand over the award ceremony to "Oriental Phantom" magazine.After all, this magazine is owned by the Xu Group, no matter how fair it is, it will still make people feel awkward.

For the opinions of the two major film companies, Xu originally wanted to fight again.However, after Xu Guanwu listened to the report, he agreed with the opinions of the two film companies and decided not to hand it over to "Oriental Phantom" magazine.

In fact, Xu Guanwu's purpose is just to create an award for Hong Kong films, and it doesn't matter to him whether it is handed over to "Oriental Phantom" magazine.If it is handed over to "Oriental Phantom" magazine, sales will not increase much.If it is not handed over to the "Oriental Phantom" magazine, sales will not drop much.

Hong Kong has always been just a small city with a few million people, and the sales volume of movie magazines will not be so high. "Oriental Phantom" has been released for so many years, striving for excellence and quality, and the sales volume is only more than 8 copies.Although it is already the best-selling movie magazine in Hong Kong, its profitability is not outstanding, and it is only slightly profitable at present.

Even if it is handed over to "Oriental Phantom" to hold the award ceremony, it will increase the sales of one or two thousand copies, which is simply tasteless to Xu Guanwu.Since the two major companies don't want Xu to take advantage of it, they will take out the right to host and run it together. There is nothing to argue about.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu agreed with their opinions, the two major film companies couldn't help being a little surprised that they didn't compete at all.But now that the right to host has been handed over, everyone can continue the discussion.

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Haiweiju, a serious Shanghai restaurant, a restaurant frequented by Sir Shao, seems to be located in a remote and inconspicuous place, but in fact there is a different world inside, and it is one of the favorite restaurants of many old Shanghai people.

Decades ago, when there were frequent wars in the mainland, many Shanghi businessmen moved their business to Hong Kong and brought their favorite Shanghi dishes.Because at that time, Shanghi was a prosperous international metropolis, while Hong Kong was just a backward fishing village at that time, so Shanghi restaurant was once a high-end restaurant that only wealthy businessmen could go to.

It’s just that decades have passed, and now Hong Kong’s manufacturing industry has declined. The Shanghai merchants who started out with manufacturing have gradually declined, but the Chaoshan Gang, who started their business with real estate, has begun to rise, making the famous Haiweiju gradually forgotten.

But today, Haiweiju seems to be a bit more lively than usual. The hall is full of people. Although the table is filled with food and wine, the taste is excellent, and the chef of Haiweiju cooks it himself, but almost no one moves. Chopsticks, everyone seems to be waiting for something.

They are the bosses of over a hundred film and television companies in Hong Kong. Today they received a joint invitation from the three major film companies to come to Haiweiju to discuss holding an awards ceremony.

Although they heard some rumors before, they didn't know what the trick was, so they were a little confused. No matter how delicious the food was, no matter how mellow the wine, everyone would eat it without taste.

Just when everyone was getting impatient, a person shouted loudly, "Mr. Xu Guanwu from Xu Group, Mr. Zou Wenhuai from Golden Harvest Films, and Mr. Shao Yifu from Shaw Films are here!"

Everyone at the scene changed color together, and some even stood up in shock.As soon as the door opened, Xu Guanwu, Shao Yifu, and Zou Wenhuai walked in side by side.

All the people present were dumbfounded, let them think whatever they wanted, and never thought that these three people would walk together, it was like a fairy tale.

Needless to say, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, since the day Golden Harvest was founded, have been swaying. Although they intended to reconcile halfway, they still couldn't go any further.As for Xu's and Golden Harvest, they also retook the old path before Golden Harvest, but the latecomers are ahead, and now they are firmly above Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and their strength has become the number one Hong Kong film company.

These three companies can be said to be endless rivals. Unexpectedly, seeing these three people today, they seem to be close comrades-in-arms.What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, for a while, the film company owner Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.

The three came to the chairman's seat and gave way to each other. In the end, Sir Shao Yifu took the first seat, followed by Golden Harvest's Zou Wenhuai, and Xu Guanwu was the youngest and least experienced, and took the last seat.

Everyone present watched quietly, and no company dared to speak out for a while.

After sitting down, the three of them glanced at each other, and in the end Sir Shao, the oldest and most senior, spoke.

"My colleagues in the film industry, I have invited you here today mainly to discuss the organization of our Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony." Sir Shao stood up and said with a smile.

Everyone raised their heads and listened carefully, as if elementary school students were in class, and no one dared to be mischievous.In fact, apart from a few people from the leftist film companies here, if the films of other film companies want to be released, they must go through the theaters of these three film companies.That being the case, if the bosses of these three companies sit on the top and talk, who would dare to move around?I don't want a job anymore, right?

"After discussing with Mr. Wen Huai and Mr. Xu, I drew up a draft, and now I propose it for everyone to study. If you have any comments, you can also raise them." Sir Shao said with a smile.

Although the people below still had an expression of listening carefully, in fact they had already been slandering in their hearts, "The three of you have discussed it, how dare we object? It's just for fun!"

"It's like this. Our three film companies plan to take the lead in forming a Hong Kong Film Club, and the awards ceremony will be held by the Hong Kong Film Club. As for the Hong Kong Film Club, any company that is registered in Hong Kong and has made a movie can do so." To apply for membership, the membership fee is 1 Hong Kong dollars. In addition to being responsible for the film award ceremony, Hongkong Film Club is more important to help film companies solve problems, such as funding problems, theater problems, employee problems, etc. "Sir Shao said with a smile .

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. The membership fee of 1 yuan was nothing to them, but is there really such a good benefit? Even financial problems, theater problems, and employee problems can be solved?This is not a dream, is it? !
"I can tell you very sincerely that this is not a dream. We really want to promote the development of Hong Kong films, so we established the Hong Kong Film Club." Shao Yifu said with a smile, "For the sake of fairness, people from our three companies are not He will serve as the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Club, and the chairman will be elected by everyone anonymously. In addition, our three film companies will each contribute 330 million Hong Kong dollars, making up a total of 99 million Hong Kong dollars, which will be used as a fund to support small companies. Members of the film club can apply for financial support from the club by virtue of the project, which is interest-free."

After hearing what Sir Shao said, all the people present looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to believe their ears.It's fine if no one from the three major film companies is the chairman, the key is that the support fund is really great.One of the problems that plagues film companies is theaters, one is actors, and the other is funding.

Now the investment in Hong Kong movies is getting higher and higher. Before, the investment of 100 million was considered a high-cost investment, but now it is only a medium-cost investment.Many film companies want to develop, but have no financial support, especially those young talents who are new to the industry, have ideals, and aspirations. They all face the problem of lack of funds.If the support fund can really help them solve part of their financial problems, it will really help them a lot.

"The Xiangjiang Film Festival has many benefits. We will introduce it in detail at a meeting later." Sir Shao smiled and did not talk about the Xiangjiang Film Festival in detail. "Now we will mainly talk about the awards ceremony. The awards ceremony is divided into Fifteen awards, Best Film, Best Actor and Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Newcomer, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Action Design, Best Costume Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Editing, The best song, the best sound... Each award is voted by professionals. For this reason, Xiangjiang Film Club will set up a director department, actor department, martial artist department, screenwriter department, musician department, behind-the-scenes department, etc. If you join the Hong Kong Film Club, the employees of the company will automatically obtain membership. Every year, the award judges are first voted by the members of each department, and then the judges vote for each award."

The major film companies are more interested in the Hong Kong Film Festival than in the awards ceremony.Because now good directors, actors, screenwriters, photography, etc. are all in the hands of the three major film companies, and it is difficult for other companies to compete with them.The annual award ceremony is only where the three major film companies compete for awards, and it is difficult for other film companies to get in.It's as if the Oscars seem fair, but in fact most of the time, it's just the eight major film companies sharing the pork, and the small film companies wanting to win awards can be compared to the sky.

So Sir Shao talked there for a long time, and everyone listened quietly for a long time, and the atmosphere became very awkward for a while.

Sir Shao talked for a long time, but seeing that everyone was not very interested, he had no choice but to stop, "Okay, about the award ceremony, if you don't understand, let's talk about it in detail later. Now invite the youngest and most promising Mr. Xu , Tell us a few words.”

Wow!There was thunderous applause!Sir Shao couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.

Xu Guanwu stood up, "Our Hong Kong is now called Oriental Hollywood. The total size of the film market last year was 25 billion Hong Kong dollars, far exceeding Taiwan's 30 billion NT dollars. But Taiwanese filmmakers have the Golden Horse Award, what do we Hong Kong filmmakers have?" What? No, we have nothing. We Hong Kong filmmakers have to beg for an award from the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards pitifully every year. It’s shameful! As a Hong Kong filmmaker, I feel ashamed. The money we make is from those people in Taiwan So many Taiwanese artists want to come to Hong Kong to develop, so why can't we set up our own film awards?"

Xu Guanwu's words immediately made all the bosses in the room tremble, and all of them looked at him with vigor.

"Everyone, don't worry that the award ceremony will become a game for our three major film companies. I have reached an agreement with Sir Shao and Boss Zou. Every year, the total number of awards won by our three companies shall not exceed two-thirds," Xu Guanwu smiled. He smiled and said, "In the voting for awards such as Best Picture and Best Actor and Actress, we will also give appropriate preference to small companies, so the chances of winning are very high."

Hearing what Xu Guanwu said, the complexions of everyone present improved a lot. At least they knew that they had a part to win the award, and they didn't just run with them all the way.

"The first awards ceremony is scheduled to be held in March next year, and the specific time will be discussed again. All films released by the member companies of the Hong Kong Film Club this year can participate in the award competition." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "The first awards ceremony The ceremony will be rebroadcasted by TVB, and the rebroadcast fee will be used for the first Hong Kong Film Festival, and the shortfall or surplus will be paid from the membership fee of the Hong Kong Film Festival.”

"Mr. Xu, after talking for so long, what should we name this awards ceremony?" Someone suddenly asked loudly.

"Well, that's a good question, I suggest calling it the Golden Statue Award." Xu Guanwu said.

(End of this chapter)