The director held the walkie-talkie in one hand and made a countdown gesture with the other.

"Three, two, one, go."

When Teresa Teng finished, the lights turned off one after another, and the whole audience was dark. When Chen Chong walked out from behind the scenes, the lights lit up one after another. When he came to the platform where three little golden men were placed, the lights in the concert hall were all turned on and bright.

"Good evening everyone."

The building of the concert hall is born with a quiet and peaceful nature, so when other guests appear, whether it is Lin Fengmian or Teresa Teng, the applause is warm and neat, and the audience is filled with an atmosphere of mutual appreciation between guests and audiences, which is gentle but not fanatical.

However, Chen Chong came out and said a word. Before he could introduce himself, the applause rang out. The sound was uneven, mixed with whistles and shouts, breaking the previous gentle atmosphere.

Thousands of people's eyes gathered, and the pressure was greater than imagined. Amid the applause, Chen Chong smiled and stood with his hands behind his back. He took the opportunity to adjust his breathing, restore his clear mood, and then said to the microphone: "Hello everyone, I am Chen Chong."

The applause rose again.

"Ms. Teresa Teng and the Hong Kong Orchestra just performed together, which is the theme song of this year's Academy Awards, "Stars". The song has the words and phrases that guide me and accompany me on the night walk, which are tributes to the predecessors who have contributed to the film. Without their struggle and dedication, there would be no colorful movie world now. Without movies, we can only lie on the roof to count the stars every night. If that were the case, how boring would life be."

Laugh and applause.

"Okay, let's get back to the point." After waiting for the quiet, Chen Chong continued: "I believe everyone already knows that I will award the first Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. The three trophies in front of me are specially prepared for the three old film seniors."

"These three old seniors are all Taishan Beidou in the Chinese film industry. They are a kind of existence that makes people admire. The Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards has been searching for people who are older and more qualified than them and have higher achievements to come out to present the award, so I dragged me out to present the award."

"It's not that I'm shameless, nor that I don't know the world is high." Chen Chong had completely gotten rid of his nervousness at this time and said freely: "In some parts of China, there is a custom that when we hold weddings and have a big banquet for guests, we must invite respected seniors to sit in the chief, suppress the scene, and then find a little kid with the lowest seniority and the youngest to accompany him, and change his elders and children, and live a life of endless life. Today, I am a little kid with accompaniment."

"The Golden Star Award is not to commend and reward the achievements and achievements of the old seniors. We do not have the qualifications." Chen Chong picked up a trophy, held it in his palm, and said, "This trophy is like a candied haws on the hands of a child. The child invites the elders to eat candied haws, which is purely filial piety. We awarded the lifelong achievement award to the seniors, which is also purely a heart of admiration."

The applause was loud and the warm but restrained rhythm returned to its brisk but very restrained rhythm.

"Before the award, I want to explain why the Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to three seniors at once." Chen Chong picked up a trophy again, turned it back carefully, and signaled to the audience to see it, explaining: "Look at it, the base of the trophy is painted in three colors: red, green and blue. Red, green and blue are the three primary colors. The colorful images on the screen are all made up of these three colors. But these three colors are not just the three primary colors. Among them, red represents business, blue represents technology, and green represents culture."

He put the trophy back and said, "Without business, movies cannot generate benefits. Without interests, no one will invest, and without investment, film workers cannot survive; from black and white to color, from silent to audio, technology has been progressing, without technology, there will be no better cameras, better films, and better screens, and movies will lose the material basis for continued development; without culture, movies are just pale pictures, unable to attract the emotional resonance of the audience, and lose artistic nutrients and cannot create spiritual wealth.

"So, each Academy Award will be awarded three lifetime achievement awards, paying tribute to three seniors who have made outstanding contributions to film in different fields."

The list of winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award was announced before the award ceremony. The envelope that Chen Chong took was just a prop. He opened it casually and took a look. He said: "Someone said that after the Revolution of 1911, the history of vernacular literature cannot be without Hu Shi; the history of new literature cannot be without Lu Xun; the history of new art cannot be without Liu Haisu; the history of new film cannot be without Xia Yan. The winner of the first Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award is Mr. Xia Yan."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights on the stage went out and the camera began to show Xia Yan's short film.

"Xia Yan, born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in 19UU, was originally named Chen Naixi and his courtesy name Duanxian, is a famous writer, literary critic and playwright. He has successively created film scripts such as "The Stream of the Spring Silkworm", "The Legend of Qiu Jin", "The Legend of the Golden Flower", "Fascist Bacteria", "Under the Eaves of Shanghai" and the reportage "The Body Worker". He adapted and created film scripts such as "Eternal Life in the Fire", "Revolutionary Family", "Blessings", and Lin Family Shop", which are very popular among the audience. In addition, Mr. Xia Yan also published monographs such as "Several Issues in Writing Film Scripts", "Xia Yan On Creation", which has made great contributions to the theory of film script creation."

The achievements listed on the big screen are only Xia Yan's contribution to film creation. In fact, his most critical contribution to Chinese films is to build a system of the mainland film industry after liberation. However, the Film Awards are folk awards. In order to avoid suspicion and focus on films, he deliberately does not talk about Xia Yan's political achievements.

Xia Yan is a political literati with strong social activities. Before liberation, he was the executive member of the "Left League" and had been engaged in united front work for a long time. After liberation, he was the Minister of Propaganda and Culture of Shanghai. He was transferred to Beijing in 1955 and served as the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Ministry of Culture for 10 years, in charge of film and foreign affairs. During these 10 years, the mainland has established many powerful film studios and produced a large number of excellent film works, and is a prosperous scene.

In 19, after Xia Yan was defeated, the mainland film industry completely stagnated. He returned overnight before liberation. He was imprisoned in prison for 8 years and returned in 1977. He is now a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisor to the Central Committee of Culture, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and chairman of the China Film Association. He is still the unquestionable leader of the mainland film industry.

With Xia Yan's contribution to Chinese films, he deserves to win the award. The problem is that with his identity and status, this kind of Hong Kong folk award that is not famous or authoritative for the first time is held. No matter how luxurious the ceremony is or how exquisite the trophy is, it is like a child playing house and is not worth mentioning.

If the award is awarded and people refuse to admit it, it will not only be embarrassing, but will also turn the Golden Horse Awards into a joke. So when Chen Chong proposed to present the award to Xia Yan, everyone in the preparatory committee unanimously opposed it, believing that he was whimsical.

But Chen Chong insisted on giving it a try, because Xia Yan also had another position - Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

In 19RU, on the eve of the return negotiations, the focus of foreign friendship was of course Hong Kong... This is a political trend, so you can borrow it.

If you don’t confess, how do you know whether the goddess loves you?

If you don’t invite, how do you know if you receive the award?

As a time travel party, Chen Chong was brave and thick-skinned. Before this year's Spring Festival, he specially asked the Preparatory Committee of the Golden Elephant Awards to prepare an invitation letter. After arriving in Beijing, he asked Chen Bo to convey it to Xia Yan and invite him to come to Hong Kong to receive the award.

After the invitation was sent, I received a reply soon - he received this prize, but he was busy with official business and could not go to Hong Kong in person, so he could only entrust others to receive the prize on his behalf.

Chen Chong wanted this result. He never expected Xia Yan to receive the award himself. You should know that when the Central Advisory Committee was established in 2019, Xia Yan was one of the 175 members. Even if he was full of titles from non-governmental organizations, he was also a very politically influential figure and his identity was too sensitive.

The person who received the award on behalf of Xia Yan was the head of the mainland delegation and the director of the Beijing Film Studio. He was Xia Yan's old subordinate and old friend. He not only collaborated on creating movies many times, but was also locked up and criticized in times of turmoil. It can be said that he was in trouble.

After Wang Yang took the trophy from Chen Chong's hand, he put it back on the table, then took out a piece of paper from his top pocket, and slowly put on reading glasses, and began to receive the award speech: "Dear guests and friends, good evening. First of all, Mr. Xia Yan asked me to apologize to everyone. Because of his physical reasons, he could not come to Hong Kong in person. He drank and talked with all the wise men present and held a grand event together, which was a pity..."

Chen Chong stood aside, listening to Wang Yang's lyrics of recitation of Xia Yan's thanks, and his heart was filled with joy.

Baba's award for Xia Yan was not deliberately flattering. On the contrary, Chen Chong was not purely admiring as he said. He had distracting thoughts and wanted to kill two birds with one stone. He used Xia Yan's identity to expand the influence and authority of the Golden Star Awards.

If you only focus on Hong Kong, as long as you hold the ceremony luxuriously enough, you can establish the authority of the Film Awards. However, if you expand to the entire Chinese film industry, luxury alone is not enough, because Confucian culture is an official and power is more important than money.

In China, whether it is organized by the official or organized by the private sector, people have always liked to define the influence of an event by attending the official rank. For example, in an event, the highest official is the county magistrate, then this is the county magistrate, the highest official is the provincial magistrate, and that is the provincial magistrate, and Xia Yan is the ministerial level. As soon as he receives the award, in the subconscious of the audience, the Golden Image Award immediately jumps from a small prize in Hong Kong's city to a national grand prize. Ministerial figures are just recipients, and the award must be national.
Chapter completed!