On the stage, Eric Tsang and Zeng Baoyi were still hosting, while off the stage Andy sneaked over to Zhang Hao.
Eric Tsang took a look and joked: "Hua Zai, why did you sneak up next to our young director Zhang Hao?"
The images of Andy and Zhang Hao being captured were shown on the big screen, and they pretended to be very surprised.
"Wa Tsai collaborated with director Zhang Hao on "The Embalmer" this year. Please pay more attention to it!" Zeng Baoyi recommended this movie to everyone.
"The Embalmer" caused a trend in the mainland. As a literary film, the film was well received and a hit, and naturally attracted the attention of everyone in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In fact, before the awards ceremony, many well-known and unknown Hong Kong and Taiwan movie stars and filmmakers came to say hello to Zhang Hao.
I can't help but say hello, Zhang Hao is really awesome.
The success of four consecutive films has made Zhang Hao famous not only in the mainland, but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.
After Andy Lau starred in Zhang Hao's movie, the barrier between Zhang Hao and Hong Kong and Taiwan actors was broken, causing many Hong Kong and Taiwan actors to take aim at Zhang Hao.
If you can star in Zhang Hao's project, it will also be a progress for your career.
Many Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities think so and do the same.
Those movie stars of the older generation may not be embarrassed, but those of the younger generation don't care. Peng Yuyan, Ke Zhendong, Chen Bolin, Ruan Jingtian and other Baodao actors have all come over to chat with Zhang Hao.
In comparison, the Hong Kong Island side is a bit out of touch, and they are all familiar old faces.
After some banter, the awards ceremony officially began.
It is worth mentioning that this year’s jury also includes a judge from the Mainland, Huang Bo, perhaps to demonstrate a fair, just and open selection!
However, as the awards ceremony progressed, the awards seemed to be biased towards Baodao films, which was inconsistent with the consistent purpose of the Golden Horse Awards.
It may be that after Ruan Jingtian unexpectedly won the best actor title last year, the Baodao media unanimously praised it. The Golden Horse Awards, which is rooted in Baodao, finally compromised with the trend of Baodao and gave Baodao movies a lot of award recognition.
In the Best Supporting Actor category, three of the four nominees were from Baodao films, and the final winner was Xu Yifan for "Sediq Bale".
The Best Supporting Actress award also went to Tang Qun from the Baodao movie "Six Hundred Miles to Fuyang".
The Best New Actor award was later awarded to Ke Jindong for "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".
It seems that something happened to this guy later, but now he is very happy.
Afterwards, several technical awards were awarded, but Lu Jianqiu missed out on the best director of photography and was awarded to Zhao Fei from "Let the Bullets Fly".
Lu Jianqiu applauded and said to Zhang Hao: "I am convinced that I lost to "Let the Bullets Fly". I would be a little unhappy if I lost to those Baodao movies."
Zhang Hao stopped Lu Jianqiu from continuing: "Stop saying such things, it is not conducive to unity."
"Unite? I don't see anyone trying to unite us." Lu Jianqiu muttered, but in the end he stopped complaining.
Zhang Hao also sighed. The wind direction and the current situation have changed so much. Even as a director, he can't change anything.
It’s okay now, but in a few years, the Golden Horse Awards will be a shameful way of destroying one’s own brand but also praising those people!
Later, Su Tong lost to Xi Zhongwen from "Martial Arts" for Best Art Design.
In fact, Xi Zhongwen also participated in "The Deadly Magic", of course as a consultant, and was recommended to Zhang Hao by the national master. In the end, Su Tong completed all these tasks.
Su Tong expressed her heartfelt admiration for such seniors. She said: "I am only thirty-two years old and there will be many opportunities in the future. It will definitely not be a problem for you to win awards with the director in the future."
Zhang Hao felt relieved when he could look away, and he didn't have to comfort her himself.
It is said that Zhang Hao's crew should have the youngest average age among all Chinese film crews, leaving aside Zhang Hao, a 25-year-old director.
The oldest director of photography, Lu Jianqiu, is only thirty-nine years old, and the rest are basically under thirty-five years old. While the rest of the crew is basically a group of senior workers, Zhang Hao's crew can be called a baby army.
However, it is this kind of child army that has created box office myths time and time again, which is admirable.
"The winner of the Best Visual Effects Award at the 48th Golden Horse Awards is "The Magic"." As the presenter on stage read out the list of winners, "The Magic" finally won an award.
"Director, should I go up to receive the award?" Gong Jun couldn't believe it when he heard the list of winners.
"Nonsense, if you don't want to go, why don't you let me go?" Zhang Hao patted Gong Jun on the shoulder and pushed him out.
Gong Jun didn't know how he got to the stage. He vaguely remembered the applause and congratulations from the people around him.
When he got to the stage, Gong Jun came to his senses when he looked at the splendid hall with many celebrities and big names sitting under the stage.
‘My performance must be terrible. I will be laughed to death by Hero Qiao Xin and others when I go back.’ Gong Jun thought to himself.
In fact, everyone at Tiangong Yicai Studio in Beijing did not even go back after get off work and watched the awards ceremony in the studio.
The moment the name of "Fatal Magic" was read out, all the studio staff cheered, making the security guard of the office building think something had happened.
The guests at the scene were just guest appearances, but everyone at Tiangong Yicai Studio applauded sincerely.
Wu Yinghao applauded and said: "Now that Lao Gong has made his mark, let him treat us to KFC later."
"Where's KFC? They're planning on roasting the whole lamb and shabu-shabu mutton." Someone laughed.
"Aren't you afraid that you are going to eat poor old Gong?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Since the establishment of Tiangong Yicai, it has finally been recognized by the industry, and everyone is very happy.
While Wu Yinghao was happy, he planned to have sex with Gong Jun to see if the trophy could be kept in Tiangong Yicai Studio, which would be regarded as an honor for the studio.
Others don't know it, but as the technical director, he knows very well how much effort everyone has made for "The Magic".
Placing this trophy in the studio is a recognition for old employees and an incentive for new employees.
Gong Jun held the trophy in his hand and was a little nervous, so much so that he stuttered when he spoke: "I...I...I was a little nervous, so I didn't even give an acceptance speech."
Zhang Hao took the lead in applauding to give Gong Jun some encouragement, and then other celebrity guests followed suit and helped Gong Jun relieve his nervousness.
Although most of them applauded because they gave Zhang Hao face, they also gave Gong Jun some confidence.
"To be honest, I think this award belongs to my boss Zhang Hao. I graduated from New York University in 2009 and returned to China to start my own business. I founded the special effects studio Tiangong Yicai.
But after doing some business, I realized how difficult it is to be in the special effects industry, and I also understood the difficulties faced by our domestic special effects studios in trying to stand out.
At this difficult moment, it was our boss who came to us and not only brought us funds, but also brought us projects and confidence.
This award also belongs to my subordinates, my brothers and sisters.
I once saw that many brothers and sisters working in front-line technology, under the leadership of the technical director, my good brother Wu Yinghao, took the initiative to work overtime to overcome each technical difficulty.
And they didn't complain at all, all they wanted was a cup of Coke and a hamburger."
When talking about the emotional part, Gong Jun couldn't even hold back his tears, obviously thinking of those difficult years.
The audience applauded again, dedicating this applause to Tiangong Yicai Studio and all the staff behind the scenes. It is their work that has made one wonderful film after another.
Everyone at Tiangong Yicai Studio in Beijing couldn't help wiping tears while listening to Gong Jun's speech.
"Hey, you cried too."
"Nonsense, the light was obviously too bright and it dazzled my eyes."
"You said it's true, Brother Gong. Why is your acceptance speech so touching?" The man complained, but he couldn't help but secretly wipe his tears.
Finally, Gong Jun made a concluding speech: "Our Tiangong Yicai will continue to make progress in the future. I also hope that everyone can see the progress of our domestic special effects industry and give us a chance. Thank you all."
After a short acceptance speech, calling everyone to pay attention to the domestic special effects industry, Gong Jun took the trophy and went backstage to be interviewed by reporters.
The awards ceremony continues, this time, it’s for Best Original Music.
A Kun has been nominated for this award for two consecutive years. I don’t know if he will get what he wants this time.
Perhaps because of A Kun's outstanding performance, or perhaps because of two consecutive nominations, the Golden Horse Awards officials actually made a double-yolked egg, and A Kun and the composer of "Sediq Bale" won the award together.
After receiving his first composer award in his career, A Kun was not very excited. He seemed very confident and had the demeanor of a master.
Akun is still very young, and there will be many opportunities in the future. He may become a music master like Joe Hisaishi or Hans Zimmer.
In fact, A Kun has already revealed his plan to Zhang Hao. After completing the soundtrack work for the main station documentary "A Bite of China" this year, he will go to Hollywood to study for a period of time.
The object of study is none other than Hans Zimmer.
"Thank you, Director Zhang, for giving me this opportunity. Just like Gong Jun said, I hope everyone will give more opportunities to domestic composers.
Our score quality is no worse than that of foreign scorers from Japan and South Korea, and today’s award proves the growth of our new generation of scorers.”
The audience looked at each other in shock at A Kun's rather crazy speech, but in the end they still applauded.
Akun is not that old either, and it is normal for him to be young and energetic.
Just like what Zhang Hao posted directly on Weibo, can you call a young person if you are not angry?
Later, Zhang Hao was nominated for Best Editing for "The Magic", and last year he was also nominated for "The Genius".
But unfortunately, we still didn’t win the award for Best Editing this time. It went to Chen Xiaodong from “The Man Behind the Sea”.
In fact, many people are surprised that Zhang Hao seems to have done more work. He wrote the script by himself, shot the scenes by himself, and did all the post-production and editing by himself.
I heard that on the set, Zhang Hao often carried a heavy camera to shoot in person.
The crew members were not familiar with the IMAX photography system, so Zhang Hao was the first to master it and then taught it to the rest of the crew.
For such an all-around director, one that comes to mind is the international great director James Cameron.
But the problem is, James Cameron turned from a truck driver to a director, but he did many, many jobs on the set before he became so versatile.
How could Zhang Hao, a director who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and is a proper academic director, have the time to learn this?
Even those who have more than ten years of experience in the industry may not be able to master these things.
Could it be that he had a brain attack and learned it when he went to Hengdian to do group performances?
That's not right. How long will it take?
Therefore, everyone can only think that Zhang Hao is a film all-rounder and a genius.
Who would have known that this is the result of Zhang Hao's many years of industry accumulation in his previous life. Even a bad film director has learned a lot in his years of working in the industry.
Zhang Hao just missed out on the Best Editing award. Facing the comfort from people around him, Zhang Hao didn't care. It didn't matter if he won this award or not.
There is little hope of winning Best Director this year. Zhang Hao's goal is Best Original Screenplay.
"Let's first take a look at the nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the 48th Golden Horse Awards..." Following the words of the award presenter, the four films selected this year appeared on the big screen.
"Sister Tao" written by Chen Shuxian, "Six Hundred Miles to Fuyang" written by Yang Nanqian, Deng Yongxing, Qin Hailu, Ge Wenzhe and Xi Ran, "The Piano of Steel" written by Zhang Meng, and "The Deadly Magic" written by Zhang Hao.
Qin Hailu, who was sitting far away, saw Zhang Hao looking at her and nodded slightly in greeting.
Zhang Hao still admires Qin Hailu very much. She is a strange flower in the industry. She also participated in the drama "The Steel Piano" and was the heroine.
Halfway through the filming of the film, the crew ran out of money. When Qin Hailu heard about it, she immediately returned her salary and invested in the film with her own money, allowing the film to be completed.
After many people in the industry heard about this incident, they felt that Qin Hailu had something wrong with his brain.
But when "The Piano" was nominated for multiple film awards including the Golden Horse Awards, half of this voice immediately disappeared.
The remaining half is because the box office of "The Piano" was only 6.45 million, and people who are interested in money cannot understand what film art is.
In fact, Zhang Hao didn't understand it either. If "The Embalmer" only made 6.45 million at the box office, he would probably be tempted to jump off the building.
Perhaps it was because of the low reputation of "The Piano" that Wu Jing later invested in "The Wandering Earth" with a direct salary loss of 60 million. No one thought that there had ever been an actress who also starred in "The Wandering Earth" for a negative salary.
Of course, with Zhang Hao's intervention, Wu Jing no longer has to pay any negative fees.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Zhang Hao looked at the stage with a calm expression, listening to the guests read out the list of winners: "The winner of the 48th Golden Horse Best Original Screenplay Award is Zhang Hao from "The Magic"."
I finally got this award, so I won nothing tonight. Zhang Hao also breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and hugged Deng Chao and Huang Xiaoming next to him.
On the way, I gave Andy a high-five and shook hands with various celebrities and guests.
After receiving the trophy from the presenting guest, Zhang Hao looked very calm and gave his acceptance speech: "Thank you to the Golden Horse Award and the judges for recognizing me.
I also want to thank my crew and all my staff for their hard work in making this movie possible.
I also know that my family and my girlfriend Mi Mi are all watching this award ceremony at this time. You have always supported me on the road to pursue my dreams in movies and never stop.
This award belongs to you.
Speaking of screenwriting, it is the core of a movie or even a TV series. Although I am a director and write my own scripts for my own movies, I also know that people pay less attention to screenwriters.
Without a good story, you cannot make a wonderful film. Here I also call on everyone to pay more attention to the screenwriter industry and give them more voices, thank you."
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he went down to be interviewed backstage, leaving the celebrity guests looking at each other in confusion.
In the end, thanks to Andy's guidance, everyone responded and applauded.
It's not like we have never seen newcomers win awards. Zhang Hao won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Director last year. His acceptance speech was very concise and powerful, and this time it was even more so.
Zhang Hao is so calm that he doesn't react like a 25-year-old young man should. Isn't he excited to win the heavyweight award for Best Original Screenplay?
In the end, I just expressed my gratitude lightly, called for attention to the screenwriting industry, and left.
Director Xu Anhua, who was next to Andy, looked at Zhang Hao, who looked like a general, and said to Andy: "This young boy is one of the few. He speaks loudly, has a graceful demeanor, and doesn't have any stage fright.
How do you feel about working with him?"
Andy recalled: "He is a very talented director. If anyone can go outside the country and go international, it is him."
"Oh?" Director Xu Anhua understood: "The successor of the national teacher?"
"I don't think he will agree with what you said. He will only be himself and not anyone's successor." Andy said.
"Looking at it this way, Director Zhang Hao is very ambitious!" Director Xu Anhua said.
It’s better to be more ambitious. If you don’t have the ambition to climb up and go out as a director, then just change your career. Of course, many directors can just rely on it if they are not successful. Most directors in the industry are like this anyway.
Therefore, there are only a few directors who can go to the top and enjoy the scenery.
In terms of Zhang Hao's qualifications, going to the top to see the scenery is a bit exaggerated, but he is on this path and is a long way ahead of other directors on this path.
While being interviewed by reporters backstage, Zhang Hao remained calm and composed.
"Director Zhang Hao, how do you feel about winning the Best Original Screenplay award for the first time?"
"I feel good and I'm grateful to the jury for recognizing me."
"Isn't this a bit unfair to the other films that didn't win the award? Would you feel ashamed?"
As soon as this question came up, Zhang Hao knew what kind of reporter this reporter was, so he smiled slightly and replied: "No, the award is the result of the jury's selection.
The fair, just and open Golden Horse Awards selection is authoritative, and I don’t think I have anything to be ashamed of.”
The sharp answers immediately aroused the sensitive thoughts of some media in Baodao. You, a mainland director, are so rampant on our territory, and you have no shame.
As a result, more and more difficult questions were raised, and the microphone almost hit Zhang Hao's throat.
At this time, the reporter from the main station stood out from the Baodao accent and said: "Director Zhang Hao won the Best Original Screenplay Award this time. What do you think this means?"
"It means common thoughts and unity at the cultural level. We are a family and are highly close in spiritual and cultural ideas." Zhang Hao's answer was very correct.
In fact, they are treated as a family here, but they are afraid that some of them may not think so.
Later events proved that some people really didn't want to be a family and wanted to live independently.
After that, the awards ceremony was uneventful. The best actor was won by Andy Lau from "Sister Peach". Although Deng Chao and Huang Xiaoming were shortlisted, they sat there all night and served as award guests.
The Best Actress was won by Dexian Ip of "Sister Peach", and the Best Director was won by director Xu Anhua of "Sister Peach".
"Sister Peach" was a resounding success, winning almost all the heavyweight awards, only losing out to "Sediq Bale" in the Best Feature Film category.
It is worth mentioning that as the director of the powerful new film "Painted Skin 2", Wu Ershan also won the best new director for "Sword Laughter".
The awards ceremony has come to an end, but there are still many topics worthy of discussion.
And "The Prestige" received seven nominations and finally won three awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Music, which can be considered a small gain.
A new month has begun. This month’s goals will be updated every day, so come on!!!