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Chapter 91 Ceremony 20

"Zheng Zhengqiu, one of China's earliest film directors, directed China's first feature film "Hard and Hard to Marry"..."

"Li Beihai, one of China's earliest film directors, directed the first feature film in Hong Kong "Zhuangzi Tests Wife"..."

"Chengzi, you have had such a big scene tonight and invited so many people to come." Huang Zhan leaned forward, held the back of the chair, and looked at the stills of the famous Chinese director on the big screen, and asked in a low voice with a smile: "Actually, is it for you to hold a concert for yourself?"

"Uncle Zhan, don't judge a gentleman's ambition with a villain." Chen Chong denied it and said with a shameless face: "With my family and talent, if I want to hold a concert, I will find a bigger place. Besides, they are all filmmakers, not musicians."

"You are playing tricks." Huang Zhan laughed and said, "You play music for filmmakers and movies for musicians, please please both sides. Who doesn't say that you are talented, one is the most talented person in Hong Kong. You are the number one talented man in Hong Kong."

"Uncle Zhan, I actually want to praise you tonight." Chen Chong knew he was joking, and he also smiled: "I found hundreds of stars, played dozens of movies, and wrote three songs in person, all for your old work. After tonight, you will be the first Chinese lyricist and music master, comparable to Li Bai and Su Shi's existence.

Huang Zhan was speechless when he was attacked. After two laughs, he asked, "This couplet is as smooth as a stunning geese and as gentle as a dragon. Without decades of skills, he can't write it. It is definitely the work of a master of calligraphy. Who did you ask to write it?

"Lin Sanzhi."

"No wonder, no wonder." Huang Zhan exclaimed, saying: "The contemporary cursive saint is well-known. I used to read photos of his works in newspapers, and I admired them very much. Today, when I saw the original works, I realized the beauty of his calligraphy, which was amazing."

He praised it again and again, and then said, "Chengzai, how many days will you lend me a gift after the award ceremony ends?"

"Yes, but this couplet is worth millions." Chen Chong hit him and said, "Mortgage your house to me first."

"Well, I don't want to recruit thieves." Huang Zhan said twice, "Next time you go to the mainland, please help me ask for a few words and put them at home as a treasure for the house."

After Huang Zhan returned, Wang Yang also praised it, but not praises calligraphy, but praises people, saying, "You kid is like Monkey King Sun in Journey to the West. He is a geographical ghost. Mr. Lin lives in Nanjing. You have never been there. When did you get this character?"

"Old Wang, you have a few deputy factory directors, so I can't have a few errands?" Chen Chong said with a proud look: "After a while, I will hold a Chinese traditional culture exhibition in Hong Kong. This is just a warm-up. Movies have never been just movies, so the ceremony is never just a ceremony. This is a huge billboard, and you have to make good use of it. I am so talented, do you always think I really can't write a song to make up the numbers?"

"Hu Chuan Conch" Wang Yang couldn't stand his face and said, "Your skin can be a runaway

While speaking, the big screen played a short tribute film from the famous director. The screen dimmed and the lights turned on. Li Hanxiang and Zhang Che walked out of the backstage. These two were the absolute big shots in the film circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan, with countless disciples and officials. Therefore, as soon as they appeared, there were people who supported them and stood up to applaud. Soon the audience stood up.

"I will introduce myself first. My name is Li Hanxiang." Li Hanxiang is from the north and is famous for being good at speaking and being kind. After introducing himself, he pointed at Zhang Che and said, "This person is Zhang Che. We are both directors."

Zhang Che just nodded, didn't speak, and was very stylish.

"The Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards said that we were the leaders of Hong Kong directors and were highly respected, so we asked to come out to present the award." Li Hanxiang was used to being domineering, speaking steadily and heavy, and had a sense of weight. He said: "Actually, if you want me to say it, this is a satire. We both didn't even find a shortlisted award, so we have any face to present the award.

Zhang Che still said nothing.

"I don't know what director Zhang Che thought." Li Hanxiang picked up the trophy to be awarded, touched it, and said, "I just talked to Uncle Six in the audience just now, asking him to support me. This year, I will fight for my life and make a good show. I will grab this trophy next year. This is a good thing. I can compete with all the masters in China, and I will have a great pleasure in life."

Zhang Che was approaching the microphone at this time and said, "Li Heizi, you should go to the United States for surgery with peace of mind and take care of your health first. This award will be mine next year."

The two old horses were in the stable and their ambitions immediately triggered a burst of warm applause, and the applause of the disciples was particularly lively.

"Even if I go to the United States for surgery, this trophy is not something you can take as long as you want." Li Hanxiang laughed twice and said, "Not mentioning the experts from the mainland and Taiwan, there is just Chu Yuan sitting there on the other side, and there is also a Hu Jinquan here. They won the awards and were shortlisted tonight, much better than you and me. There are also the new generation of directors, Ann Hui, Tsui Hark, Zhang Guoming, and Tan Jiaming, all of whom are full of spirits and should not be underestimated."

The two of them have been fighting for gentlemen for more than ten years. This is a big anecdote in the Hong Kong film industry. Now they are about to present awards and are still facing each other, making laughter from the bottom.

"I, Zhang Che, never talk big, I just look at my skills." Zhang Che, with his hands behind his back, said: "Give the award first, finish the award, and go back to film."

"I have watched Li Hanxiang's "The World and the City" in Beijing. It is indeed quite good. It is not easy to shoot the grand atmosphere and sense of history of the Forbidden City on the set." Wang Yang commented: "I haven't seen Zhang Che's, but seeing that he is not weak, Li Hanxiang should also be a very powerful director."

"I will communicate with Shaw Brothers and ask them to provide some copies and take them back for internal observation." Shen Chong gave Buddha a flower and said: "Mainland movies are too orthodox, with director's thinking and shooting techniques rigid. Hong Kong movies win with novelty and cleverness, which can complement each other."

"Okay, thank you, then." Wang Yang was not polite at all and said: "If you can find a copy of Taiwan's movies, can you find them? If you can find them, you can also make a few. Know yourself and your enemy will never be defeated. This year, we will win a great victory in the mainland. We must continue to work hard next year and completely overwhelm Taiwan."

Shen Chong liked this kind of healthy competition and immediately said generously: "No problem. I bought the copyrights of hundreds of movies some time ago, some of which are from Taiwan. You can go to the film library to pick them up. If you like them, I will give them free of charge."

Li Hanxiang picked up the envelope on the table, flipped through it, and said, "Before the award presentation, let's take a look at the shortlist."

“The first Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director, the shortlisted are:

Anhua Xu, "Crazy Calamity"...

Hu Jinquan, "Empty Mountain Spiritual Rain"...

Li Xing, "Story of Small Town"...

Wang Yan, "From a Slave to a General"...

Chu Yuan, "The Peerless Two Beauties"..."

"Why didn't Xie Jin?" Wang Yang said with a dissatisfaction expression: "He should be selected no matter what, right?"

"Political balance, Mr. Wang." Chen Chong smiled bitterly and said, "If we really talk about the director's level, Xie Jin will definitely be selected, but this award is too eye-catching, and Taiwan must have a place. Director Xie Jin's film is set in the civil war. You can't tell Taiwan that we are brothers and want peaceful reunification, and at the same time, they are promoting how bad they were back then. There is no way, so I can only let him down. Look, "Little Flower" won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in a row. Didn't director Zhang Zheng not be shortlisted?"

Wang Yang shook his head and said, "This is not fair, nor is it just."

"There is no absolutely fair and just thing in the world." Chen Chong curled his lips and said, "The environment is like this. I can guarantee that most awards will not be disturbed. It is already the limit. When the mainland and Taiwan no longer have a cold war, we will make this award fair and just again."

After the shortlisted movie clip was released, Li Hanxiang took the piece of paper and asked Zhang Che: "Would you like to read it, or should I read it?"

Zhang Che waved his hand and said, "You'll read it."

"Okay." Li Hanxiang paused for a moment before announcing: "The best director of the first Hong Kong Film Awards, Ann Hui, "Crazy Job"."

Although Chen Chong had already known the result, he was still very excited. He clenched his fist with his right hand, smashed it with a moment of slamming it, then stood up, took a few steps, shook hands with Anhua Xu across the aisle, and congratulated him: "Sister An, congratulations.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Anhua Xu was also very excited. She turned around and hugged Chen Yunwen, who was sitting together, and Zhao Yazhi hugged her before walking towards the stage.

Zhang Che handed the trophy to Anh Hui and said only one sentence: "Congratulations on you and do it well."

"Congratulations, congratulations to director Xu." After congratulating, Li Hanxiang said a few more words: "When "Crazy Job" was the most popular, I went to watch it. Half of it, I knew that the director of this film was great. I don't know about it in the mainland, but in Hong Kong and Taiwan, no one has ever filmed it like this before. Several lines went hand in hand, and flashbacks were interspersed. It was mixed but not messy, which could attract the audience's curiosity and not confusing the audience. It was amazing. Later, when I read the newspaper, I realized that it was a female director, which was even more amazing. Female directors are rare in the United States, and even fewer people were selling and earning reputation. Director Xu had a bright future."

"Thank you, thank you for your encouragement from the two seniors. They are my idols and the applause here. Thank you." Ann Hui put the trophy on the stage and began to deliver a speech: "I started watching movies at a very young age. I still remember the first movie I watched was "Tutors", a Cantonese film directed by Wu Hui, and the first foreign film was "Butterfly Dream". I watched it at the Capital Theater in the North Point, which has now been demolished and converted into a commercial building."

"I started to watch movies in the theater every week, costumes, modern, martial arts, romance films, and romance films, whether in Mandarin or Cantonese, I watched them every week, and I never stopped. "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" directed by Li Hanxiang is my favorite movie when I was a child. I accompanied my aunt to the theater many times. Then when I was seventeen or eighteen years old, I went to watch the classic movie "One-armed Knife" directed by Zhang Che, and later I watched "Golden Swallow". I especially liked "Golden Swallow" and watched it many times. I liked it so much. Those academies, inns, and deserts made me very fascinated. From their movies, I learned a lot of traditional Chinese culture."

"Later, I went abroad to study and watched a lot of works by foreign directors, Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", "Stand with Heart", "Sword of Heart", and "Lawrence of Kawarab" more than ten times. I liked it very much. Later, I watched many works by Polansky, and I especially liked it. Many places in "Crazy Calamity" have drawn from his film style."

"After studying in the UK and returning to Hong Kong, I worked as an assistant director for Director Hu Jinquan for several months. Once, I did something that made him very satisfied. He told me, I will be promoted to you as an assistant director in three months. Now several years have passed, and he has not asked me to be an assistant director yet."

The audience burst into laughter, and Hu Jinquan touched his head awkwardly.

"Later, I went to H as a TV director and filmed some TV series with 16mm film... Sorry, I was so excited. I said a lot of messy things. I think no one likes to listen to a not-so-beautiful woman talking about past experiences, so I won't say anything anymore." Ann Hui picked up the trophy in a laugh and applause and said, "I want to thank Mr. Chen. He not only invested in this drama, but also gave me a lot of guidance and help. Thank you very much. Thank you Chen Yunwen, she wrote a good script, and Zhang Aijia, I am the first time I am a film director. Without her wonderful performance, I can't do it well. Zhao Yazhi, Wan Ziliang, and Zeng Jiang are all very professional and excellent actors. The staff behind the crew are also very professional. Thank them, thank them."
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