I believe that many people have never seen or even heard of the best film at the 1999 Academy Awards, and that is "Beast Detective" directed by Chen Jiashang and Lin Chaoxian.

"The Beast" tells the story of an inspector from the Flying Tigers who was sent to the Red Zone and led a group of problematic police officers to fight against social leaders.

Although this movie is a classic crime film, in Ye Fan's opinion, the scope is too small. The main reason is that this movie stars a yellow dog, and it turns out that he even won the "Best Actor" for this movie.

How can Ye Fan endure this? There are so many good movies this year, why should a crazy movie become the big winner?

Therefore, the biggest target that Ye Fan wants to snipe is "The Beast" and the Yellow Dog!

In the original history, "Beast" can win many awards such as "Best Film", which is very incredible to many people.

Even without Ye Fan's films, five films were originally shortlisted for this year's Academy Awards, namely "The Wind and Cloud", "The Beast", "City of Glass", "Who Am I" and "Last Year There Were Lots of Fireworks"

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It should be said that each of the five original films in 1998 is very important, and "The Storm" even won the box office championship in Hong Kong that year.

In comparison, "Beast Detective" is not that outstanding.

First, this movie is a police film and is not popular at the Academy Awards.

Second, this movie has no first-line stars, and is obviously not as good as "Who Am I" and "The Storm" in terms of box office and appeal.

Moreover, in the comparison and competition among literary and artistic films, Chen Guo's "Fireworks" and Zhang Wanting's "City of Glass" have even more advantages.

Chen Guo won the Academy Award in 1997 with "Made in Hong Kong", and "Fireworks" will build on last year's momentum and seek to add glory to the Academy Awards.

The most award-winning film is undoubtedly "City of Glass". It accurately grasped the context of that era. Through its transnational romance, literary and artistic qualities and nostalgic emotions, it also inspired the resonance of countless Hong Kong people and was called the best shortlisted film.

There is no such thing as a good movie.

It received 12 nominations before the lottery and became the biggest winner before the lottery, but the result was shocking.

"City of Glass", which had high hopes, only won the only minor award of "Best Original Song", and now it has been taken away by Ye Fan. It can be said that there is no harvest.

And "Beast" became the biggest winner. This year's [Academy Awards] had an unprecedented reversal.

But after Ye Fan took the time to watch this movie, he could guess some of the judges' thoughts on why Original History gave it the award.

The win for "Beast" not only reflects the continuous innovation of the Academy Awards, but also reflects the collective anxiety of Hong Kong people.

With the decline of Hong Kong movies in the late 1990s, how to get out of the tight siege has become the biggest attraction.

"The Beast" shows the social ecology of cannibalism between black and white through the inner changes of a police officer. How individuals in the cracks interpret themselves has become the core issue of the film.

Obviously, "The Beast" completely released the madness and state of Hong Kong people during this period, which is more in line with the real state of Hong Kong people under the impact of the financial crisis.

It can be said that the [18th Academy Awards] is a confusing, incredible, weird and crazy one.

But what does this have to do with Ye Fan? If he has the chance, he will definitely suppress him again and again until he crushes the sad pride of the Hong Kong film and television industry and makes them lower their heads, recognize the reality, and face themselves head-on!

So the next [Best Screenplay] is the beginning of Ye Fan's sniping at "The Beast" and Yellow Dog!

The importance of this award can be seen from the presenters. The presenters are two of the four most talented people in Hong Kong - Jin Yong and Huang Zhan!

After Huang Zhan joked about how many movies and TV series Jin Yong's works have been filmed, he joked about Ye Fan. They know what the audience likes to watch.

Huang Zhan said that he liked Ye Fan's "Heart of the Sword" very much, and asked why Ye Fan didn't perform on stage, so he had to beg for mercy to the senior Ye Fan.

Jin Yong not only praised Ye Fan's novels, but also helped him promote it. He said that the script "Shao San" written by Ye Fan was very good and helped him fill in the gaps in the novels from "Wither of the God" to "Yitian".

This review is not a low one. Everyone at the scene and the audience in front of the TV were very curious, which made the popularity of "Shao San" rise again.

Ye Fan clasped his hands together and sat down to express his gratitude to Jin Yong. The old man had done him a big favor.

In the end, the two people summarized Ye Fan, which roughly means - a singer who doesn't want to be an actor is not a good screenwriter. Everyone who listened laughed.

Ye Fan was not embarrassed and just treated him as two seniors and praised him.

After finishing the program effects, the two got down to business and the big screen lit up.

The films nominated for [Best Screenplay] include "Beast", "Fireworks", "Dark Flower", "City of Glass", "In My Body" and "Suspect"!

The biggest hits are of course "City of Glass" and "Suspect". If they lose to "City of Glass", Ye Fan will admit it. Zhang Wanting's level of making literary films is still very good.

But the original award-winning movie in history was "Beast", so Ye Fan would definitely compete for it. As long as it wasn't "Beast", he would accept it even if he didn't win.

"Best Screenwriter." Jin Yong said while opening the card: ""Suspect"! Ye Fan!"

As soon as Jin Yong finished speaking, the music started and the audience burst into applause.

Ye Fan showed a happy smile, hugged Leslie Cheung, To Qifeng and other "Suspect" creators one by one, and then walked onto the podium again.

After thanking Huang Zhan and Jin Yong, Ye Fan took the trophy and faced the audience and began to thank the director, actors and all crew members.

Because no matter how good the script is, if it doesn’t produce results, it’s impossible to win an award.

Ye Fan finally said: "The role of scripts in the filming of film and television dramas is immeasurable. I can only say that it is very important and fundamental."

"The technical level of filmmaking in Hong Kong is ahead of Asia. If Hong Kong films want to continue to lead, they must pay attention to scripts and cooperation with the mainland!"

Applause rang out again, Ye Fan nodded and walked off the stage. He had already pointed out the path to the Hong Kong circle. Whether he was willing to do it or not, it was none of his business...

After [Best Screenplay], the heavyweight awards came. The nominees for [Best Supporting Actor] include Tam Yaowen, Eric Tsang, Alex Fong, Nick Cheung, Li Cansen and Ye Fan, who was nominated for "The Suspect"!

However, Ye Fan is not a big favorite. Li Cansen won the Best Newcomer last year for "Made in Hong Kong" and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Fireworks" this year. He is considered one of the big favorites.

In fact, except for Ye Fan and Tam Yaowen, the others can be said to be the favorites, but this award was an upset and was won by "The Beast" and Tam Yaowen.

Although Ye Fan regrets not winning the award and preventing "Beast" from getting this award, as long as he is not a yellow dog, he cannot completely prevent the [Asia Film Awards] from sharing the cake.

Next up was [Best Supporting Actress], and Liu Yifei was nominated again. Unfortunately, Liu Xiaoli guessed that Liu Yifei had a low chance of winning, and due to academic reasons, she didn't bring her here.

In the end, this award was won by "Hongxing Thirteen Sisters" and Shu Qi. "Thirteen Sisters" was considered a success. Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

With Wang Jing supporting her, Shu Qi's film output last year was really large. In addition to "Thirteen Sisters", Shu Qi also won the Best Supporting Actress in two movies, "Wind and Cloud" and "My Body". Her chances of winning are too high.

Big.

Not only that, Shu Qi was also shortlisted for Best Actress in "City of Glass"...

Ye Fan really doesn't understand Fatty Wang's new aesthetics, why do you praise her so much? Apart from winning awards, she can't support the box office. Could it be that her... ahem... acting skills are really that good?

As Leslie Cheung and the princess left the table and walked backstage, the [Best Actress] award was about to be announced.

Leslie Cheung grandly introduced the princess on the stage, and then teased the princess. The aloof rich woman Wang looked very shy in front of her brother.

Ye Fan glanced at the shy rich lady Wang, then looked at Xie Xiaofeng, and sure enough he saw him looking at the princess with a smile on his face and eyes shining brightly.

Ye Fan looked funny in his heart. He and Xie Xiaofeng were both born in the 1980s. With their appearance, height, talent and other comprehensive qualities, how could he not overwhelm Xie Xiaofeng?

Uh...it's really not necessarily a matter of dressing up and cooking.

Apart from the fact that he already has a girlfriend, Ye Fan doesn't think Xie Xiaofeng has any advantages over him. If the princess only talks about relationships, Ye Fan doesn't mind having multiple rich lovers...

"Why don't you take a look at the seven nominees this year, who are the heart-thumping nominees right now?"

After Leslie Cheung finished speaking, the big screen began to play the nomination list, including Sandra Ng, Shu Qi, Liang Yiling, Qiu Shuzhen, Anita Yuen, Zhang Yushan and Lin Qingxia.

Zhang Yushan must be running with her. Besides, she is now focused on doing business and away from the entertainment industry, so she has little hope of winning awards.

As for the final winner, even if Ye Fan doesn't know the history, now that he knows about the Hong Kong and Taiwan film circles, he can guess who it is. It can't be Lin Qingxia anyway.

Sure enough, the "Best Actress" award was awarded to Sandra Ng, which was expected by Ye Fan.

Because in the competition for "Best Actress at the Golden Horse Award", Sandra Ng lost to Lin Qingxia. In Hong Kong, she must get the "Golden Horse Award" back. Lin Qingxia doesn't have Ye Fan's ability to break the ground.

protectionism.

Ye Fan glanced at Lin Qingxia and saw that she was smiling. He probably expected this situation and didn't worry about it. Sister Xia was more ambitious than him, Grand Official Ye...

The same goes for the next [Best Director]. Even if "Beast" wants to be an upset again, the results of "Suspect" are there.

In addition, Du Qifeng failed at the [Golden Horse Awards], the [Academy Awards] will definitely give him the [Best Director], otherwise it will confirm the correctness of the [Golden Horse Awards]? How could the [Academy Awards] do this?

Something?

Therefore, Ye Fan feels that sometimes local protectionism is not entirely a bad thing, and it is quite interesting to see the two awards competing openly and covertly.

This time, Du Qifeng could be said to have avenged his past humiliation. He walked up to the podium in high spirits and began to thank Ye Fan and other main creators.

Ye Fan thought that he could express his gratitude for the [Golden Horse Award] on stage, but unfortunately Du Qifeng would not dare to do so. He is not as confident as Ye Fan, and there is no one in the entertainment industry that Ye Fan does not dare to antagonize.

After awarding the "Best Director" award, both Ye Fan and Leslie Cheung sat up straight because the "Best Actor" award was about to be presented next!

The award presenters were Fa Ge and Tony Leung Ka Fai. The two best actors were guests, which shows the importance of this award.

The number of nominees for [Best Actor] is the largest, with 9 people, namely Ye Fan, Leslie Cheung, Chen Daoming, Jet Li, Liu Qingyun, Liang Chaowei, Li Ming, Chiba Shinichi, Cheng Long and Huang Gou!

Uh...it seems like something weird got mixed in...

It turned out that it was a huge upset for a yellow dog to win the award. Even though Chiba Shinichi and Cheng Long were running alongside them, there were also Liu Qingyun and Tony Leung. However, it turned out that such a thing won the Best Actor. Don't you think you're angry?

But now there are four more people. Even if Ye Fan and Li Lianjie are running with them, Leslie Cheung and Chen Daoming are very capable. If yellow dogs can still win awards, Ye Fan will not believe in this evil! He just wants to change his destiny against the will of heaven.

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The screen turned to the faces of nine people, but Ye Fan and others didn't look nervous. Ye Fan was really not nervous. He might have been nervous if he could win the prize unexpectedly.

Several other actors are all actor-level actors, and at this time, they all showed their best acting skills.

"The 18th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor...Leslie Zhang Fazhong! Congratulations to you, ten boys, hurry up and receive your award!"

Seeing Chow Yun-fat calling him by his real name on stage, Leslie Cheung smiled and shook his head, stood up and pointed at Fat Brother.
To be continued...