Haste is not achieved. Although Chen Chong is very eager to complete the video tape distribution system and TV station plan, it is late January and the Spring Festival is about to be celebrated in more than half a month. The end of the year is approaching. In the hearts of Chinese people, this is the most important festival, so whether intentionally or unintentionally, the progress of many things has begun to slow down.

It doesn’t matter if you delay anything else, but there is one thing that cannot be delayed, that is, the first Hong Kong Film Awards in 19RU…

The registration deadline for the Golden Horse Awards film is August of that year. The awards are presented at the end of the year. This arrangement is a bit strange and does not conform to the habits of ordinary audiences based on the year. Therefore, even in the era of advanced information in later generations, many people do not know the awards of the Golden Horse Awards, thus confusing the qualifications and release time of the participating films.

The Golden Horse Awards in the Shen Chong Plan are selected by year. The final date is the 31st of the year. The awards are scheduled for the second weekend of April every year - April is bright and the climate is suitable, and it coincides with the time of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Although there is a four-month buffer time, it is not easy to hold a movie award, especially the first one.

Not to mention, just confirming the qualification for a movie is a very troublesome thing. For example, if you need to register for the Academy Awards voluntarily or just be released? Should you have to be released in Hong Kong or just be released anywhere in the three places? Is there a certain threshold for the release time and scale? The Academy Awards are Chinese film awards. If it is a co-production movie, how to define the qualifications? Is it calculated based on the Chinese ratio in the lines or the nationality of the main creators of the crew?

After determining the qualifications for participating films, we must also consider the selection system. Hong Kong is not like Hollywood, and there is no perfect and independent practitioner union, so the Oscar selection model will not work. If we adopt a jury model similar to the three major Western film festivals, how many people will be required for the jury? How to define the qualifications of the jury and what are the evaluation rules?

In short, various problems are very troublesome, but they must be treated seriously. These basic rules are the core and cornerstone of a film award. Whether they can compete with the Oscars in the future depends on whether these rules are rigorous and meticulous enough and reflect the spirit of fairness, justice and openness.

So after returning to Hong Kong and dealing with some commercially necessary events, Chen Chong immediately convened the supervisor responsible for preparing for the Academy Awards to hold a meeting. He did not personally set up various systems for the Academy Awards according to his own wishes, but instead formed the Academy Awards preparatory committee early to let his subordinates discuss and create an initial rule and system, and then he made the final decision.

Since there are so many subordinates who receive wages, why do you need to think about it yourself? And if you want to guarantee the authority of the Golden Essence Award, the rules discussed by a group of people are much better in name than those who make arbitrary ones - believe it or not, many people believe in things like "democracy".

Besides, as the saying goes, a wise man will make a mistake if he thinks a lot. The experience of later generations may not be in line with the current situation. The details are a little different, and the results may be much different. Therefore, it is better to let the Hong Kong people of this era set the rules themselves. If they don’t meet the expectations, they will train them again...

"Mr. Chen, about the qualifications for the Film Awards." After the meeting began, Chen Bosheng stood in front of a white demonstration board at the end of the conference room, pointed to the text on it, and said: "We believe that three conditions need to be met. First, the Hong Kong movies that must be released in Hong Kong from January 1 to December 31 of that year must be open for tickets, and there must be no less than five shows in a week. Third, the films must be screened on 35NN film, and the time must be sixty minutes or more."

I wiped these two guys and found out the so-called "Hong Kong movie" concept.

The first one made Chen Chong secretly angry. You should know that the later generations of the Golden Star Awards were entangled by the so-called "Hong Kong movies" and eventually became a boring toy for Hong Kong filmmakers to entertain themselves...

I'm working hard, what I want is not a trash award for a Hong Kong person to play with.

I have to cut off this shit mentality of Gang Can from the root.

"I have no objection to anything else." Chen Chong knocked on the table, and asked calmly on the surface: "What does this Hong Kong movie mean? What kind of movie is considered a Hong Kong movie?"

Chen Bosheng hesitated for a moment and then said: "Our preparatory committee is still controversial. The main point now is that the director is from Hong Kong, or the production company is a film company registered in Hong Kong, even if it is a Hong Kong movie."

"This rule is not good." Chen Chong was too lazy to look at it carefully and said without any room for turning around: "Delete it and change it to all Chinese-language movies, and they are qualified to participate."

Chen Baisheng was stunned by the words of Shen Chong and a little at a loss when he stood there.

Chen Baisheng is an old acquaintance and the chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Academy Awards. He has worked hard and made great contributions. He is also one of the founders and organizers of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. He is not a person with simple ideas and narrow-minded eyes. This rule should not have been proposed by him.

Chen Chong didn't want him to lose face, so he looked around the conference room and vented his anger on all the members of the preparatory committee. He said loudly: "What is this so-called Hong Kong movie? What is the big thing about Hong Kong? Even if the TV drama director is counted, there are 100 directors, thirty or forty film companies, such a few people, and so many companies. I am so idle about having a movie award? I might as well buy a restaurant and open a seat for everyone to eat and drink overnight. Wouldn't it be more affordable than taking a broken trophy to go home?"

As Chen Chong said, his tone became even harder: "The mainland has a population of one billion, and Taiwan has a population of more than 20 million, which is more than 0 times more than Hong Kong. You dare to turn a blind eye. I really admire it. I admire the idiom called short-sightedness. I didn't understand it before, but now I understand it. It's a big joke to say people like you."

"What's the use of more mainlanders? They produced 50 movies last year." In the middle of the conference room, an editor blushed and argued: "We produced more than 0 movies in Hong Kong last year. Shaw Brothers alone can compare to their annual production, and the box office of Shuangnan Cinemas is not as good as Shaw Brothers's in the year."

I really don't know how to live or die, showing off my superiority everywhere...

"Yes, the mainland has only produced 50 movies last year, but their ticket price is 900 million yuan, and the Hong Kong ticket price is 100 million yuan. The combined box office of more than 0 movies last year, is it over 200 million yuan? This is the case last year. What about this year? What about next year? What about ten years later? If the economy is developed and the system is open, how many movies can be produced in a year? Have you calculated?" Chen Chong sneered and said, "Besides, we are doing movie awards, not taxes. Even if the box office is not mentioned, the 50 movies in the mainland can find at least 10 fine products. There are 5 movies in Hong Kong, and 5 movies worth mentioning, which can burn the incense."

"There is no need to discuss this issue anymore. I have the final say. In the future, as long as Chinese-language films that have been released in Greater China, including the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, can participate in the Academy Awards, regardless of whether they have been released in Hong Kong or not." Chen Chong was not interested in tangling with Hong Kong Can. He was the boss here, and he had the final say. After sitting down again, he said: "Brother Chen, you continue to talk."

"Okay." Chen Baisheng coughed twice, adjusted his thinking, and then said: "Comprehensive survey data from "Movie Age" in Hong Kong and Taiwan and the information Rover feedback from the mainland, last year, nearly 400 movies were produced and released in the entire Greater China region. If it has been released, it will automatically be qualified for the Academy Awards. The selection is very difficult. Mr. Chen, I think the active registration system should be adopted.

"At least 80% of these 400 movies are garbage and do not have the ability to win awards. There is basically no need to consider it when selecting." Chen Chong looked at the numbers on the demonstration board and said, "This year, our Academy Awards was first established and not well-known. If we adopt the registration system, many excellent movies will be missed. This situation is very unfavorable to the promotion of the Academy Awards. It is better to follow the original plan. Any movies released in Greater China last year will automatically qualify for the competition. When the Academy Awards become famous, they will be changed to the registration system. Now we will create a look that is full of rivers and make a name for ourselves."

"But there are too many 400 movies, and it is difficult to review before April." Luo Weiming, who was sitting in Shen Chong's head, vomited a cigarette and said: "Especially in the mainland, there are some movies that we only have names, and we don't even know who the director is, and we have never seen the copy before. How can we judge the award?"

"I'll solve the problem of mainland movies." Chen Chong pondered for a moment and said, "I'm going to Beijing during the Spring Festival and strive to copy the movie before March."

"But 400 movies are too many..."

"It doesn't matter, listen to me." Chen Chong raised his hand and said, "Everyone is a professional, and I know it very well. The current level of Chinese movies is not very reliable. After quickly screening these 400 movies, I think that the final stay and enter the competition unit will not exceed one tenth, and the review is not very difficult."

"How to use a quick screening method?" Luo Wei asked, "By box office?"

"That's too biased." Chen Chong shook his head and asked, "When did "Movie Age" start to use a rating feedback system?"

"In May, after "Crazy Job" was released." Luo Weiming was the editor-in-chief and was naturally very familiar. He said: "However, the rating system of "The Movie Age" collects movies released in Hong Kong, not including movies released in the Mainland and Taiwan."

"After May, any movies released in Hong Kong will be selected according to the ratings, and movies before May, combined with the film reviews at that time, and then focus on reviewing movies with good reputation." Chen Chong thought for a while, and then said: "Movies produced in Taiwan will be released in Hong Kong, and there is no big problem. As for those not released in Hong Kong, most of them are Minnan movies. The quality of Minnan movies is not as good as Cantonese fragments from the 1950s and 1960s. There are no highlights. If there are any remains, let the editor of the Taiwan Branch of "Movie Age" recommend it, it will be almost done."

“Where is the mainland?”

"The mainland is quite special, with a rigid system and a strong political atmosphere. If we don't say hello and directly evaluate the award, kindness may be like a donkey." Chen Chong curled his lips and said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "Actually, I greeted the mainland film bureau in 10 months last year. They will review it themselves first, and then send a group of movies with correct political stances, strong qualities and reflect the atmosphere of the times. We don't have to worry about it."

Luo Weiming took the last sip of cigarette, put down the cigarette butt, and said unhappily: "Mr. Chen, you are deliberately cheating people. He said that we were asking us to make rules by ourselves, but he secretly prepared a case for himself, and even contacted the mainland. Are we using our preparatory committee as a monkey?"

"Lao Luo, this is not my cheating on you, it's you who cheated on me." Chen Chong sneered and said, "Do you still know my style of doing things? I run magazines, and I play with the entire Greater China circle. Not only do I publish "The Movie Age" to the mainland, but I also specially send Rover to the mainland to run joint venture magazines and set up Film Awards. Will I only focus on a corner of Hong Kong? Will I create a gadget that only Hong Kong filmmakers can entertain themselves?"

"But Mr. Chen." Lao Luo opened the cigarette box and said, "You are the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the four words "Hong Kong Film" are used as the attribution."

Chen Chong picked up the pen, wrote these four words on the document in front of him, then raised it, signaled it to everyone in the conference room, and said, "Everyone, I don't know what you think, but for me, Hong Kong movies are like Hollywood movies, a cultural concept, not a geographical word. Hollywood is the representative of American movies. Then Hong Kong movies will also become the representative of Chinese movies in the future. If you only have the so-called "Hong Kong, movies, and no concept of Chinese movies, it is better to quit your job and change careers earlier, because in that case, Hong Kong movies will sooner or later die, just like if there is no water, electricity and food supply in the mainland, Hong Kong will sooner or later be a dead city."

There was a silence in the conference room, some people lowered their heads to ponder, some people stopped talking, some people were smoking and dazed. After a while, Luo Weimingyu laughed twice and said, "Old Chen, you continue, talk about the next link, talk about the selection

"The rule we set is that the selection is divided into two rounds. The first round is the finalist movies will be selected by the Preparatory Committee of the Academy Awards." Chen Baisheng knocked on the demonstration board, activated the atmosphere, and said: "Then he invited well-known film critics and filmmakers to form a jury to select major awards from the finalist movies."

Chen Chong nodded slightly. The rule was done well. He asked: "How is the membership of the preparatory committee defined?"

"It is mainly composed of three parts, part of which is the editor and senior contributor of "Movie Age" and "First Movie Review". "Luo Weiming said: "Part one is the editor of "Chinese and Foreign Film" magazine that Luo Fu collaborated with the Zhujiang Film Studio in the Mainland, and part of which is the Taiwan Independent Film Critics Association organized by Qiu Gangjian."

"Is there a film critic association in Taiwan?"

"It is an independent film critics association, not very formal, but more like a salon organization." Chen Baisheng introduced: "Using the Taiwan Branch of "Movie Age" as a base, it organizes one or two gatherings every month, and most of the members are well-known film critics in Taiwan."

"It sounds good." Chen Chong picked up his pen, wrote a few lines of memo on the document in front of him, and then said: "We should also set up a film critic organization, the Hong Kong Film Critics Association, etc., no, the name is more generous, called the China Film Critics Association, so as to prepare for the Academy Awards, so as not to be truly demoted, saying that the Academy Awards is a boring product of our magazine's self-entertainment."

"The Critics Association, this name is very loud." Luo Weiming asked with his eyes narrowed, "What kind of attribute is it? Is it a non-profit charity?"

"It's not too late to organize this year, let's talk about it next year." Chen Chong thought about it and felt that there was something to do with it, so he said without commenting, "What is the charter formed by the jury?"

"We have this plan." Chen Bosheng also lit a cigarette, took a sip, and said: "The jury consists of twelve jurymen, six film practitioners, six professional film critics, and another jury chairman is responsible for presiding over the review work. When the number of votes for a prize is the same, the chairman has the right to decide."

"Twelve judges, one chairman." Chen Chong laughed and said, "Are you going to interrogate a murderer?"

"The jury system has been implemented in law for hundreds of years and is worth learning from in terms of ensuring fairness.

"This won't work, there are too few people." Chen Chong shook his head and rejected it, saying: "We are in the film awards, not in the court. The awards selected by the twelve people, especially those selected by professionals, are likely to be niche, which is not conducive to the authority and influence of the film awards."

Chen Chong opened his briefcase, took out a stack of documents from it, and signaled Gu Liwei, who was taking the transcript, to distribute it. Then he introduced: "This is a movie rating algorithm designed by Helena and several professors from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Hong Kong to design. I think it is very interesting and can be used as a reference for the awards of the Academy Awards."

Luo Weiming first got the document. He quickly flipped through it, and then asked in surprise: "Let the audience participate in the award evaluation?"

"Yes." Chen Chong nodded and said: "We will publish the shortlists of major awards in magazines, then collect the audience's votes, and then use this algorithm to comprehensively combine the voting and jury selection to select the final winners."

The editor just now asked a question immediately and said, "But in this way, it is difficult to ensure the fairness of the final result. Film companies can spend money to buy people to brush tickets."

"Do you think the algorithm developed by several mathematicians cannot eliminate this phenomenon?" Chen Chong pointed to the document and said: "Deciding the ownership of an award, the audience vote only accounts for 40% of the weight, and the jury account for 60%. In short, this algorithm is very complicated, but it can eliminate external disturbances to the maximum extent and ensure that the film awards are fair, fair and open. I think it is worth considering."

"Boss Shen." Luo Weiming put down the document and complained: "The whole world knows that you are amazing and beautiful, and you are a genius who is not born in the world. Why bother us with such troubles? What will you do next time, just give me instructions. Don't let us study and discuss it. We can't afford to lose this person."
Chapter completed!