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Chapter 627 You can get shot while lying down
It is said that Chen Xiaotang made such an appearance to perform, but turned the cart before the horse, which made countless contestants who hoped to go to the stage to receive the award soon very depressed.

But fortunately, under the maintenance of the host, the Academy Awards ceremony started smoothly.

The best newcomer was awarded first, and Lin Wei was also nominated for the Newcomer Award for his role in "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers".However, this year's Newcomer Award was awarded to Gu Meihua, and Chen Xiaotang was not impressed by her performance of "Time Flows".
The next best film song was unexpectedly taken by Brother Cheng Long's "Dragon's Heart", "Evening Wind" sung by singer Ye Qianwen, and "The Root of Love" by Tan Yonglin, both of which lost out.

However, the theme songs of the movies "Jing Wu Heroes" and "Uncle" starring Chen Xiaotang were unexpectedly not selected, so Huang Zhan, who wrote the lyrics and composed the music, was very depressed and felt that he was quite old.

Fortunately, Chen Xiaotang comforted him in time, saying that this was a chance for the newcomers, so Lao Huang "broke through his tears" and said, "Yeah, if I really have to work hard, who of them can bear it?!"

On the awards stage, Brother Cheng Long was very proud, because "The Heart of the Dragon" was his literary play after all. In this play, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao played a pair of hard-working brothers who depended on each other. Cheng Long was a policeman. Hong Jinbao is mentally handicapped.The two have a lot of bitter scenes and rivalry scenes, which is a big challenge for Cheng Long, who has always been used to "playing the sky".Fortunately, he successfully completed this role, without the usual gags and desperate moves in the movies, and some are just pathos.

Being able to take the top spot for the best music made Cheng Long so happy that he stood up and performed his signature move, making a "V" gesture with his hands and saluting the audience.

Golden Harvest is proud. As one of the top film companies in Hong Kong, it has already developed a great immunity to winning awards. It will not be too excited or happy, but this time is different, because the opponent is too strong. To be able to stand out from such a strong opponent, Golden Harvest People's mood is extraordinarily happy.

With the progress of the awards ceremony, it was finally time for the head-to-head competition between "Jing Wu Hero" of Moying Entertainment and Golden Harvest's "Heart of the Dragon".

As we all know, Brother Cheng Long's family class has always been a frequent visitor of the best action guide, and often this award is won by them or by Hong Jinbao's Hong family class.

But this time, a dark horse came out halfway, and that was "Jing Wu Heroes" starring Chen Xiaotang.

No matter in terms of the film quality of this drama, or in terms of the wonderful action of this drama, it has received unanimous praise.Even the famous director Chang Cheh said in public: ""Jing Wu Heroes" has created a miracle in the field of action movies. From the bruises on the actors' bodies, we can see what dedication is. From the smooth action of this movie In terms of beauty and aesthetics, we see what is hope!"

The great director Zhang Che is a master of action movies, it is not so good for him to say such a thing.

From this we can see how good this movie from Moying Entertainment is.

The Hong Kong Film Awards are the most important festival for Hong Kong filmmakers. Although this award for the best action director is not as valuable as the best actor and actress, best director, and best film, it is also an award for filmmakers. This is a lot of encouragement and rewards. Therefore, at this moment, whether it is Cheng Long's "Dragon Heart" team or Chen Xiaotang's "Jing Wu Hero" team, they are all looking forward to the stage.

The person in charge of organizing this award is Liu Jiahui, a veteran film artist in Hong Kong.This gentleman has starred in the over-selling Kung Fu film "Shaolin 36 Room" and other films, and has a high reputation in the field of Kung Fu films in the 70s.

However, Chen Xiaotang's acquaintance with him came from a series of TV series he filmed on TVB in his later years.In addition, it is director Xu Ke's remake of the martial arts movie "Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate" at the beginning of the old eunuch who can't be beaten to death.

It is a pity that in real life, Liu Jiahui was extremely miserable in his later years. His Thai wife divorced him, his son did not support him, his ex-wife fought for the family property, and his agent took his commission privately, so that this former martial arts superstar, I have to stay in a nursing home, I can't even pay my pension, and I have to use the government's disability pension... It can be said that my life in my later years is a miserable mess.

Compared with Chen Xiaotang's memory of the emaciated old man lying on the hospital bed not far from death, Liu Jiahui at this moment is in his prime and full of vigor, but he is seen walking on the stage in a suit and leather shoes.

A beam of light hit him.

"Thank you to the organizing committee for letting me carry this award, thank you!" Liu Jiahui stood in the center of the stage, under the gaze of everyone, calmly took the envelope of the best action guide from the host, and then opened it to look at it , and then said: "This is the best action design award, and the shortlisted are..." As soon as he spoke, a shortlist in both Chinese and English appeared on the movie screen hanging in the center of the hall, with "Dragon Dragon" on it. heart of".

A series of forest shootouts and fighting scenes were filmed heartily by the married class. Although this drama is literary and artistic, the action is not sloppy at all, and it still captures the intensity and passion of the married class.

Then the camera turned, and it was the clips of the films selected by the other two film companies. The action scenes were also very exciting and were favored by others.

Finally, the fourth shortlisted work appeared on the big screen, and it was the Kung Fu film "Jing Wu Heroes" by Magic Shadow Entertainment.

The clips edited in this movie are mainly the last part of the decisive battle between Chen Zhen and Fujita Takeshi, which is the most difficult fight scene between Chen Xiaotang and Zhou Billy.This scene can be said to be full of punches, without the slightest fakery. Anyone who has made kung fu movies or learned kung fu can see the "actual combat" in it.

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After the clips of the four films were screened one by one, Liu Jiahui looked up at everyone, then gave everyone a mysterious smile, and said in Cantonese confidently: "Now I announce that I have won the Best Action at the [-]th Hong Kong Film Awards." The directing movie is—”

There was a slight pause, which whetted everyone's appetites, and then Liu Jiahui said: "It's Moying Entertainment - "Jing Wu Heroes"!"

"Yeah, we won!" Everyone in the "Jing Wu Heroes" team jumped up.

In contrast, the members of the "Dragon's Heart" crew of the married class were all downcast and sighing.

Xu Xiaoming, the action director and director who designed this set of actions, was even more delighted.

Xu Xiaoming himself was born in martial arts, and has always designed martial arts moves on the small screen. Although everyone knows that his moves are very exciting, they have never been recognized by the audience on the big screen. The drama "Hero" won the award, and the excitement in my heart can be imagined.

So much so that when he got on stage, holding the statuette, he broke down in tears, "I'm so happy!" he said. "I never thought that I would win the award. To be honest, the action design of this drama should be thanked to one person. It is he who constantly gives me advice and ideas, so that I can present such wonderful actions to everyone. Yes Said, without him, there would be no such wonderful martial arts design, and without him, there would be no drama!"

Everyone was confused by Xu Xiaoming's words, and said to themselves, who is it, even Director Xu is very grateful for such a great skill.

Xu Xiaoming paused for a moment, suppressed his excitement and said, "He is the leading actor of "Jing Wu Heroes", Mr. Chen Xiaotang!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly realized.

No wonder, Tang Zai is a well-known kung fu school, whether it is acting or actual combat, I heard that he is one of the best. He can help director Xu Xiaoming shoot such a good show, that is absolutely certain!
Chen Xiaotang didn't expect Xu Xiaoming to thank him so much. In fact, the reason why he put so much effort into the action design of this movie is just to make it well...

In full view, Chen Xiaotang had no choice but to stand up, walk to the awards platform, and hug Xu Xiaoming affectionately.

The audience gave the two men the warmest applause, congratulating them on their friendship and successful cooperation.

"The award-winning filmmakers are very excited, I understand this, but..." Zeng Zhiwei's unique funny voice sounded, "But, I feel very worried!"

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that you won't get the award?" Wang Mingquan touched Zeng Zhiwei's head, as if comforting a child.

"Of course not. I'm very sure of my acting skills. Even if I can't be the Best Actor this year, I will be able to get one. What I'm worried about is... look at the way Brother Ming and Lafite are hugging each other. People are jealous, especially Lafite's fans, I'm afraid Brother Ming will be smashed with eggs when he goes out!"

"Wow, no way, Brother Ming is a man!"

"Just because he is a man, everyone will be more jealous. You know, Lafite has a great reputation. It is said that many men secretly like him!"

Wang Mingquan covered his mouth, "No way?"

Zeng Zhiwei said mysteriously: "Why not, it's strange if you don't, let me tell you a secret——" He leaned into Wang Mingquan's ear.

"I like Lafite too!"

The voice was transmitted through the microphone, which immediately caused the audience to burst into laughter.

Chen Xiaotang was even more embarrassed by Zeng Zhiwei's ridicule, and said: "Okay, Brother Wei, don't tease me anymore, I'm not that attractive!"

Zeng Zhiwei: "Why not? Come on, don't suffer, let's hug one too!"

As he spoke, he hugged the bear.

Chen Xiaotang couldn't laugh or cry.

People laugh again.

Here Wang Mingquan really "can't stand it anymore", while winking at Chen Xiaotang, telling him to "run away" quickly, he said to Zeng Zhiwei: "You are the host, pay attention to your demeanor!"

Zeng Zhiwei grinned: "The host is also human, why are you jealous of me? Well, I won't suffer, I will let you hug first!"

After all, Zeng Zhiwei leaned into Wang Mingquan's arms like a child, and said clearly: "How about it, is it interesting?!"

"Ha ha……"

Everyone was amused by the double reeds of the two, especially Zeng Zhiwei's height and ugly crew cut, making him stand with Wang Mingquan in high heels, like a beautiful woman and a short winter melon, very comical.When everyone had had enough laughs, Wang Mingquan pushed away Zeng Zhiwei who was "eating tofu", and said with a serious face: "OK, let's not bother with this idiot anymore, let's continue with the awards. Please welcome the Hong Kong famous director Mr. Hu Jinquan to present us with the best applause." Best Cinematography."

Speaking of Hu Jinquan, this person is one of the three giants of Hong Kong martial arts movies, and he is as famous as Zhang Cheh and Li Hanxiang.Hu Jinquan has been a diligent reader throughout his life and loves to delve into "History of the Ming Dynasty", so most of his films are set in the Ming Dynasty; his main works "The Drunk Man", "Dragon Inn", "Xia Nu" and so on, created the pattern of Hong Kong's new style of martial arts films .

When directing martial arts films, Hu Jinquan boldly integrated concepts such as aesthetics into the film, and made bold attempts in photography.For example, the martial arts film "Xia Nv" directed and shot by him, this film adds spy-style unannounced visits to the plot and legend to increase suspense; The Chinese "Zen Tao" is mixed with "Sword Tao" to express the "Zen" thought developed by myself.Therefore, it is called the intoxicating oriental mystery by foreign film critics. It is a film that combines action, suspense and literary temperament.

It is precisely because Hu Jinquan has made such outstanding contributions in photography, so this year's best photography award is presented by him, which is absolutely well-deserved.

"There are quite a lot of people today! It hasn't been so lively for a long time." As a generation of martial arts master Hu Jinquan smiled and said: "I feel very happy tonight, but at the same time very sad. The size and influence of the award has finally expanded, which is a good thing! But what I am sad about is that I did not catch up with the time. Yes, I am 55 years old this year, and I am long past the age of making movies. A trophy I can't even get it!"

His words made everyone laugh in good faith, and as he opened the envelope, the four shortlisted films appeared again on the movie screen:

Lai Cui Ming "Waiting for Dawn";
Pan Hengsheng "The Years Like Water";
Gu Guohua "Provincial and Hong Kong Banner Soldiers";
Tony Ho's "Love in a Fallen City".

"The finalists are all excellent works, but unfortunately, there can only be one best." Hu Jinquan shrugged regretfully, watched everyone laughing, and then said seriously: "The best photography award is Li Cui Ming "Waiting for Dawn"!"

The winner stood up happily, his expression excited.And Hu Jinquan continued: "His reason for the award is: he is good at hand-held photography, shaking lens, unique angle, both a sense of the scene and a unique sense of beauty, he deserves the name of a master!"

"Thank you, thank you everyone." The award-winning Li Cuiming cleared his throat, then touched the trophy and said: "First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Xiang Huasheng, the producer of this drama. Good opportunity to play; secondly, I would like to thank all my friends in the crew for their cooperation, and I will work harder in the future, thank you, thank you all!"

As the big bosses of Yongsheng Entertainment, the brothers Xiang Huasheng and Xiang Huaqiang suddenly felt exasperated.

Originally, the purpose of filming "Waiting for Dawn" was to win awards, so Xiang Huasheng sacrificed a lot of opportunities to make money from filming. In his opinion, being able to beat Chen Xiaotang in movies is more important than anything else. .

Previously, Chen Xiaotang's Moying Entertainment won the best action award for "Jing Wu Heroes". It is hard to predict who will be the big winner of the Academy Awards.

As Yongsheng Entertainment won a statuette with "Waiting for Dawn", the atmosphere of the entire awards ceremony was completely ignited. In front of Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers, Moying, and Yongsheng all had gains. You can say that it was a tie for the time being. Just look at the following Who will win the award.

At this moment, Shen Dianxia and Wang Mingquan, the "Fat Sisters" who are the hosts on the stage, are making jokes and doing funny performances.

"I'm going to make a movie!" Shen Dianxia shook her fat and said solemnly.

"You make a movie?" Wang Mingquan looked quite surprised, and asked with an exaggerated mouth: "It seems that the box office of the movies you shot before were not so good. Which director is so bold and dares to use you?!"
Shen Dianxia glanced at her, and said angrily: "What do you mean the box office is not good? My movies are over-sold, such as "72 Tenants", "The Chinchilla Show Royal Cat", and "Laughing Tai Chi" released last year. "...The sum of all my box office is almost hundreds of millions, so that someone gave me a nickname called 'Shen Yiyi'!"

Wang Mingquan surrendered: "Okay, okay, you are amazing, so tell me, what kind of movie are you going to shoot?"

Shen Dianxia twisted her waist: "With a pretty face like mine, and a super plump figure, of course I want to shoot a movie that suits me best, for example ---" Concubine Yang"!"

Wang Mingquan: "...?!"

"Are you going to...reverse Gao Lishi?!"

"I hate it!" Shen Dianxia gave Wang Mingquan a white look, "Does a high-quality material like me need to take the reverse route? At first glance, I am playing the heroine——Yang Yuhuan!" Making an orchid finger, she looked back with a smile and was full of charm.

Everyone in the audience almost bent over laughing.

"Why are you laughing? What's so funny?" Shen Dianxia put her hips on her hips in a gesture of "shy and angry".

Wang Mingquan held back his smile and said, "They are laughing at you for being so fat, how can you play Concubine Yang?"

"You guys are really uneducated," Shen Dianxia curled her lips, "Haven't you heard of an idiom called 'Huan Fei Yan Thin'? What ring fat? It's just that Yang Yuhuan is a fat girl! You can't act like this character of!"

Wang Mingquan shook his head and said, "I won't play this role, I'll leave it to you, but... your personal charm...!"

"You look down on people too much!" Shen Dianxia shook her head chicly and said, "Didn't you see my box office appeal?" She pointed down, "Didn't you see that a super handsome guy like Lian Tangzai always Are you all firing at me?!" After speaking, he still felt good about himself and cast a wink at Chen Xiaotang below.

Chen Xiaotang didn't expect that he could "get shot while lying down", so when the light hit him, he had to smile politely.

Shen Dianxia still refused to forgive and shouted at him: "Tang Zai, do you like me?"

Chen Xiaotang had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender, "I love you so much—" Then he added, "As long as Brother Qiuguan is not jealous!"

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed.

(End of this chapter)