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Chapter 77 Ceremony Five

Li Taixiang is tall, has a tough facial features, and has a thorny beard. He is the conductor of the symphony orchestra. He often walks on the table. His every move is very elegant, combining masculine and manly taste with romantic and artistic temperament. After winning the trophy, he immediately caused a wave of applause.

"This is Taiwan's chief violin player and the conductor of the Taipei City Symphony Orchestra." Chen Chong introduced to Wang Yang: "He is an indigenous Taiwanese and an Amei ethnic group. He has created many classical music works with ethnic style. "Olive Tree" is his first time to create popular music."

Wang Yang was not very concerned about Li Taixiang's award. After hearing the introduction, his expression immediately calmed down and said, "With such an opponent, Wang Ming did not win the award, it is not a loss."

"Thank you, thank you for your applause." Li Taixiang's voice was deep, his speech was slow, and he was very pleasant. He held the trophy and said, "I was lucky. I have heard of the works of several other candidates, and they all wrote very well and beautifully, and also gave me a lot of inspiration. I hope I can make better works for everyone in the future."

"This trophy is not my own credit. I want to thank Sanmao, who is one of the most talented female writers in Taiwan. The lyrics are well written and poetic. Of course, there is also Qi Yu. I want to thank her for her perfect voice and singing skills, which interprets this song so beautifully. Finally, I wish you all a happy night."

Li Taixiang's humble attitude aroused another burst of warm applause.

Wang Yang nodded slightly and praised: "This young man is good, capable, and humble, and is a talented person.

Li Taixiang is about to be forty, and he is still a young man...

Chen Chong was about to tease Wang Yang's attitude of being old, but someone gently touched his shoulder. He turned around and saw that it was a staff member in uniform.

"Old Wang, please sit down first, I'll go down the backstage."

After Chen Chong and Wang Yang explained, he followed the staff. After a while, it was his turn to go on stage to present the awards, so he had to prepare. There was a visual difference between video and reality. If you want to look natural on TV, you need to put on some makeup.

The backstage was coming and going, quite busy. Chen Chong had just walked a few steps when he saw Chen Baisheng hurriedly walking in from outside the conference hall.

"The two masters are gone?"

Chen Bosheng nodded and said, "Just got on the bus, as previously arranged, your driver drives and takes them home before coming over."

"The old man should be quiet and not disturbing. The noise here is too loud. Let's go back early so everyone can feel at ease." Chen Chong asked while walking towards the dressing room: "Is the live broadcast going smoothly? What are the ratings?"

"It went smoothly, with the highest viewership points exceeding 55, and the ratings exceeded 95," Chen Baisheng said with a smile, "The group of ghosts on Li's TV are about to cry. They were so irresistible that they refused to cooperate with us. Now no one watches their TV series at all."

The number of viewers UU refers to 55 of the Hong Kong population watching the award ceremony, while 9 ratings mean that 95 viewers are watching the award ceremony in all families with TVs on.

After a rough calculation, at this moment, nearly 3 million of Hong Kong's 5 million people are watching the award ceremony. With such a high audience, the first Academy Awards is definitely a good start.

In February, when he was stalemate with H about advertising issues, Chen Chong also considered Li's TV. Creative Director McDonald was very willing to cooperate. But Li's TV's senior executives were all British, old-fashioned and stubborn. They refused to accept advertising content review, nor did they accept joint investment and joint accounting cooperation methods, believing that they would lose the dignity and dominance of the TV station. In addition, the ratings of "The Six Tribulations of Life" were quite ideal at the time. Li's TV thought that it had a trump card in his hand and did not watch it very much at the Academy Awards ceremony. It was not sincere enough and could not reach an agreement.

"Brother Chen, thank you for your hard work." Chen Chong patted Chen Baisheng's back lightly and said, "I'll go to put on makeup first."

"Okay, go there, I'll see here, there will be no problem."

Under the leadership of the staff, Chen Chong walked into the largest powder room in the backstage, which could accommodate 0 people to put on makeup at the same time. It was a place for Hong Kong orchestra to rest and a place for guests to put on makeup temporarily.

As soon as she entered the door, Chen Chong almost shone her krypton-gold dog eyes - Teresa Teng was standing in the middle of the room and talking to Dong Lin, the music director of the Hong Kong Orchestra. Her body was covered with crystal-clad sky blue tulle evening dress, shining brightly under the lights, shining with luxurious and charming light.

"It turns out that there is really a beautiful woman in the world who can make people's city and country more beautiful." Chen Chong closed his eyes hard, and after getting used to it, he smiled and said, "Tresa, the whole city of Hong Kong will fall for you tonight."

Teresa Teng turned around and saw that it was him, and smiled a little shyly and said, "Mr. Chen is here to make fun of me again."

"I'm just telling the truth. I looked back and smiled. The six palaces were covered with pink and dark colors." Chen Chong said casually, then sat on a chair, signaling the makeup artist to take action, and then said, "You guys keep talking, don't worry about me."

"I...Mr. Dong and I have already agreed." Teresa Teng lifted her skirt in a panic and said, "Mr. Chen, I'll go out first."

After she went out, Chen Chong remained motionless and said to Dong Lin: "Mr. Dong, you are a world-class conductor. Tonight, you are so aggrieved."

"Musics are not distinguished from high or low, nor from high or low." Dong Lin smiled slightly and said, "Ms. Deng is a very professional singer. It is the first time in Hong Kong that it is in Hong Kong. I believe it will bring different feelings to the audience. I am looking forward to this performance and I hope to follow this opportunity to show the level and strength of our orchestra to the audience."

After all, Chen Chong only needed to go on stage for a short while. After a little tidying up, he quickly finished the work. He stood up, shook hands with Dong Lin, and said, "Mr. Dong, I'll ask you for the performance later."

"Mr. Chen, you're welcome, this is my job."

After signing an accompaniment cooperation agreement with the Hong Kong Orchestra, Chen Chong learned that the orchestra's music director Dong Lin is a Chinese conductor with a world reputation. In the 1950s, he served as a violinist at the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, one of the top ten symphony orchestras in the world. Later, he served as a guest conductor at the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and was famous.

This kind of great man is really useless to conduct accompaniment of pop music, so no one planned to invite him out at first, but after hearing Teresa Teng and the band's rehearsal, Dong Lin took the initiative to come and conduct. Of course, Chen Chong was reluctant to seek such a good thing.

At this moment, Chen Chong heard the sound of the newspaper coming from the front: "The best original movie soundtrack at the first Hong Kong Film Awards, and the finalists were:

Luo Dayou, "Crazy Calamity"...

Wu Dajiang, "Legend of the Mountain"...

Lou Zhanghou, "The Gunshots of the Bureau of Secrets"...

Wang Jujin, "The Strange Talk of the Six Dynasties"...

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

The best original film soundtrack is the weakest award in the first Academy Awards. Art design is at least supported by the mainland, and the entire Chinese film industry does not pay attention to the soundtrack. Almost all the soundtracks and theme songs are equated. Few people design music specifically based on the plot and atmosphere.

This is why three of the five shortlisted movies are suspense films - it is difficult for suspense films to create a horrifying atmosphere based on the pictures alone, and it must be set off by the soundtrack.

Among these five candidates, Luo Dayou has achieved the highest achievement in the future and is the most famous. At present, Wu Dajiang has achieved the highest achievement. He is a Chinese traditional music genius, music director and conductor of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, a pioneer in the symphony of traditional Chinese music. He has composed or played music for hundreds of movies, including "Longmen Inn", "Havenly Girl", "Tiying", "Yingtai Crying Blood", etc., which are all very classic movies. "Legend of the Mountain" is also the final winner of the best soundtrack at last year's Golden Horse Awards.

But soon, Gu Jiahui's voice came from the front desk: "The best original movie soundtrack at the first Hong Kong Film Awards, winners, Wang Jujin, "The Strange Talk of the Six Dynasties."

Chen Chong walked out of the dressing room and happened to see Zhang Aijia standing next to the corridor. He said to He Shouxin with surprise: "It's actually Wang Jujin."

"Mr. Shen."

"Mr. He, the host is very good. I've really found the right person to find you. I hope I can continue to cooperate in the future." Chen Chong shook hands with He Shouxin with a smile, and then said to Zhang Aijia: "It's very surprising, right?"

"It's not particularly surprising." Zhang Aijia looked at his face that had been put on makeup and said, "I was just surprised by Wang Jujin's talent. Do you know that "The Strange Talk of the Six Dynasties" only used NT$3 million, equivalent to only more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars. The director, photography, screenwriter, soundtrack, dubbing, and editing were all done by him alone, and he can still win awards now. It's amazing."

"It's really amazing." Chen Chong nodded and said, "I heard from Jin Shijie that Jin Bao also participated in "The Strange Talk of the Six Dynasties". He said that among all the actors, except Hu Yinmeng and Han Jiang, all the others were amateurs. The movie had a good box office and a good reputation. Wang Jujin made an indelible contribution."

"Last year when I was a manager, someone told me to give Wang Jujin a chance, there might be another Hu Jinquan in Taiwan." Zhang Aijia pointed his chin with his finger and said annoyedly: "But he was busy filming documentaries at that time. I contacted him several times, but he couldn't find anyone, and it ended up leaving it alone. What a pity. Oh, by the way, why didn't he be shortlisted for the Best New Director? I remember when he was shooting a documentary and won the Golden Horse Award, he was all photographer."

"Because he made an experimental film of 16NN the year before." Chen Chong explained: "That movie also won the Best 16NN Drama Feature Film Award at the First Golden Spike Award in Taiwan in 1978, so it can't be considered a new director.

"So that's it." Zhang Aijia bit her lip and listened to Wang Jujin at the front desk saying his acceptance speech. After a while, she asked: "How high do you think he will achieve in the future? Will he be the next Hu Jinquan?"

"Maybe." Chen Chong said ambiguously: "It depends on his opportunity."

Wang Jujin is one of the most regrettable directors in the history of Taiwanese films. She is like a gorgeous meteor, fleeting, and Chen Chong naturally remembers him.
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