Chapter 369 The Hong Kong Film Awards (Daily Update 12,000~)
April 24th, night!
Waves of cheers came from outside the auditorium of Hong Kong Baptist College. A long red carpet stretched from the entrance of the auditorium to the artificial entrance. Both sides of the red carpet were filled with reporters from hundreds of media outlets of all sizes in Hong Kong.
And the fans and fans who flocked to the movie.
In the night, you can see the flashing lights constantly flashing, especially when stars walk towards the red carpet, the flashing will become more frequent!
At this time, the Hong Kong Film Awards was completely different from the predicament when it was first established. When "Film Fortnightly" was first planning to establish the Film Awards, it almost didn't even have the venue or funds to host it.
However, with the gradual increase in the influence of the Hong Kong Film Awards and the addition of television broadcasts, the Hong Kong Film Awards have become more and more influential. Up to now, the Hong Kong Film Awards have become the most important event in the Hong Kong film industry every year.
A party that is comparable to the Golden Horse Awards in Wanwan.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are fights!
The Hong Kong Film Awards are no exception. From the moment they step on the red carpet, every actor participating in the Awards has already started secretly competing with each other.
From the dresses they wear, to the accessories they wear, and the cars they ride in, celebrities will compete with each other.
"Hey, sister, your dress is so beautiful."
"Yes, I purchased this specifically from Disheng Clothing. I originally had a dress worth more than 70,000 yuan, but unfortunately I ran out of time, so I had to use this dress, which cost more than 30,000 yuan, to make up for it."
"I really envy my sister. I can't do it anymore. I couldn't find clothes that fit well, so I had to find a Mercedes-Benz to make up for it."
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While waiting to enter, you can see and hear many such conversations.
As the only two mainland film crews selected for this year's Academy Awards, "The Last Emperor" has naturally attracted a lot of attention.
"Why haven't you seen anyone from the crew of "The Last Emperor"?" Someone looked around curiously.
"Perhaps we haven't found the place yet? What can a bunch of bumpkins know?" someone said disdainfully.
"You can't say that, this movie is invested by Fengge Entertainment, and it will premiere tomorrow!"
"How is Fengge Entertainment's investment going? Mainland movies and Mainland directors, what kind of movies can they make that are funny?"
"That's not certain. Don't forget that the director won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival!"
"Tch, who knows what kind of shitty luck they got. Just looking at the four words "Mainland Movies", I don't think their box office is high. If it weren't for Fengge Entertainment behind it, which theater chain in Hong Kong would dare to show their movies?
ah!"
"Okay, everyone, be careful, be careful of misfortune coming from your mouth. Haven't there been rumors that the boss behind Fengge Entertainment is the director? Be careful if others hear about it and ban you. Everyone has forgotten about Debao Pictures?
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Last year, Fengge Entertainment and Golden Harvest jointly blocked Debao Pictures, which directly resulted in Debao Pictures' movies being unable to be released in theaters. This year, there is no news from Debao Pictures.
It seems that Pan Desheng has completely withdrawn from the Hong Kong film industry and concentrated on running his own luxury goods business.
Chen was fidgeting in the car, looking nervously at the outfit he was wearing, "Director Wu, isn't this too exaggerated? This outfit and these jewelry are a bit too expensive."
After Chen arrived in Xiangjiang, Wu Jianye ordered someone to take Chen to the major brand stores in Xiangjiang to choose a suitable dress. This dress alone cost more than 70,000 yuan. Plus the jewelry on his body, Chen
The outfit cost more than 300,000 yuan!
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "If you don't pay attention to the key points, how can you be more beautiful than others!"
Chen Jiao laughed and said: "Director Wu is really good at talking! Thank you sister for me. If she hadn't been willing to lend these jewelry, I really wouldn't have any suitable jewelry to match this dress!"
Not only Chen, but also Wu Jianye, Zun, Zhao Fei, and Mu Deyuan all put on customized suits. Especially Zhao Fei, who was now in the Nissan Presidential RV, did not sit down at all, but bent over
Waist, support the roof of the car with your hands.
Mu Deyuan smiled and said: "What are you doing, kid? I haven't seen you sit down since I entered this car!"
Zhao Fei said plausibly: "What do you know? Lao Wu made this dress fit so well. When you sit down and fasten your seat belt, you will definitely have wrinkles all over your body when you get out of the car. I don't want to leave an indecent impression on the Xiangjiang audience."
impression."
Mu Deyuan glanced at Zhao Fei helplessly, "Forget it, no audience in Xiangjiang will want to remember you!"
Zhao Fei rolled his eyes at Mu Deyuan.
Outside the RV, someone has noticed the RV.
"Which production crew does that presidential RV belong to? Why haven't you seen it before?"
"I don't know, the people inside have never come out."
"Could he be from the crew of "The Last Emperor"?"
"No way, this car is now priced at 1.6 million, and you may not be able to buy it even if you have money."
rb Toyota Crown is just a Volkswagen in Xiangjiang. If you have watched the movie in Xiangjiang, you will find that the taxis in Xiangjiang are all Toyota Crowns, and the price is only 120,000 Hong Kong dollars.
However, Toyota Crown's Nissan Presidential Car is very popular among wealthy people in Hong Kong, because this car is the throne of Emperor RB, and only 40 units are allocated to Hong Kong every year.
This car has been sold for HK$1.6 million in Xiangjiang.
Li Chaoren's car was a Nissan presidential sedan, but later he changed it to a modified BMW after his eldest son was kidnapped.
It’s useless to just buy a car in Xiangjiang. You also have to maintain one. A license plate costs thousands to hundreds of thousands, and various taxes and fees need to be paid. If the car owner does not have a private house, he also needs to buy a parking space.
It also costs about the same as the license plate.
So when they saw this Nissan presidential sedan, many celebrities present showed envious expressions.
Nowadays, the salary of ordinary stars in Hong Kong is only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Only stars such as Cheng Long, Zhou Yunfa, Xu Guanjie and Hong Jinbao have salaries above the million level and have risen to several million.
There are even fewer female stars. In 1992, a magazine once published the salary of movie stars. Among the female movie stars, the highest salary was Michelle Yeoh, whose salary was between 10,000 and 10,000 yuan. This was because of her relationship with Debao. The other one was
Anita Mui, the salary is 1.5 million!
Not to mention it’s 1987!
So everyone knows why these female stars are willing to find rich people. They work hard for several months to make a movie, but they only get a few hundred thousand in salary. But if they follow a rich man, it is much easier, and they can easily earn hundreds of thousands.
Thousands of dollars in hand......
Soon the driver of the RV heard the sermon on the intercom that it was their turn.
The driver slowly drove the RV to the entrance, then Wu Jianye and others opened the door and walked out.
Wow!
There was a burst of cheers at the scene, but this cheer was not for the crew, nor for the male and female lead actors Zun and Chen.
As for Zhao Fei and Mu De, forget it, no one knows them at all.
This cheer is still for Wu Jianye. Although Wu Jianye has never appeared in the music scene since the 1985 Life Saving Concert, People's Names and Trees' Shadows are the world's number one rock album sales.
The record holder, Wu Jianye still has a huge number of fans.
Wu Jianye waved politely to the fans outside. As for Zhao Fei, he was not so nervous at this time. After all, he had already followed Wu Jianye through the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival.
Now he thought he had seen such a scene before.
Zun and Chen had also seen Wu Jianye's popularity in the United States, but Mu Deyuan was a little surprised to see such a popular Wu Jianye for the first time.
"Hey, you must be scared." Zhao Fei glanced at Mu Deyuan proudly, and then whispered: "Don't be nervous, this is all a small scene, a small scene!"
Mu Deyuan rolled his eyes at him and didn't say anything. He just walked a few steps quickly, avoided Zhao Fei and came to Wu Jianye's side.
The five people did not stay on the red carpet for long and walked directly to the door of the auditorium.
The Academy Awards not only have in-venue hosts, but also have off-site hosts at the door.
The off-site hosts this time were two actors, Zheng Danrui and Zhang Jianting.
The reason why I chose these two as hosts is because both of them graduated from Baptist College. In fact, in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, not only the two of them graduated from Baptist College, but there are many others, such as Wu Baige, the director of "A Better Tomorrow",
Du Qifeng, the director of "Alang's Story", both graduated from Baptist College.
When Wu Jianye and others walked to the door of the auditorium, the previous interview had not yet ended, and the crew members who were interviewed were not unknown people.
It is also a large crew, with many familiar actors and actresses behind the scenes.
Four beauties plus a handsome guy, a rather wretched director and some of the behind-the-scenes work of this movie.
Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Ye Qianwen, Shi Nansheng, Zheng Haonan, Xu et al.
And the name of their movie is "Dao Ma Dan"!
The movie "Dao Ma Dan" received a total of six nominations at this Academy Awards, namely Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art Director, and Best Action Director.
After seeing the crew of "The Last Emperor" walk down the red carpet, Zheng Danrui and Zhang Jianting ended the interview for "Dao Ma Dan".
"The next thing we want to welcome is the crew of "The Last Emperor". This is a movie that cost a huge investment of 21 million US dollars, and the director is also familiar to us. Wu Jianye, who has won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, Director Wu
......."
As for the other people, Zheng Danrui could only briefly introduce their names.
When Wu Jianye and others walked to the interview location, Zheng Danrui and Zhang Jianting naturally asked Wu Jianye their questions.
"Director Wu, we all know that this movie is jointly invested by Hollywood's Phantom Entertainment and Hong Kong's Fengge Entertainment. I wonder if you feel any pressure in the face of such a huge investment?"
Wu Jianye explained with a smile: "There is also the domestic Tangting Culture and the investment from China Film." Then he continued: "There must be pressure, but this pressure does not come from the amount of investment, but from the film.
Will the movie be recognized by the audience?"
Zheng Danrui and Zhang Jianting were not too surprised. Who can speak in a scene?
Then they asked a few more questions about the movie, but the crew behind them obviously wanted to stay on the red carpet for a while longer, so Zheng Danrui and Zhang Jianting had no questions about the movie later.
In fact, it cannot be said that there is no, but the two of them did not do much homework. Although the film invested 21 million US dollars, it was shot in the Mainland after all, with a Mainland director and most of the actors. There is a lack of actors in Hong Kong.
It's just topical.
If the director hadn't been Wu Jianye, he probably wouldn't have been able to ask these questions.
However, they could not leave the interview blank, so they had to drag Wu Jianye to continue the interview.
"Director Wu, we all know that you are not only a director, but also a very good singer. However, after the album "Turn Out" was released, Director Wu has never released an album again, so
I would like to ask Director Wu if he has any plans to release an album recently?"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "It should be gone."
"That must be a very disappointing answer for the fans. So has Director Wu ever thought about holding a concert in Hong Kong?"
"Maybe I will disappoint the fans, but I probably won't!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
The crew at the back finally finished walking the red carpet, and Wu Jianye also led several others into the auditorium.
In the first few years of the Academy Awards, it was still the format of a crew or several crews sitting around a round table, but now it has been replaced by a theater-like format that will be seen in later generations.
The location of the crew of "The Last Emperor" is in the fourth row. It can't be said to be in the front or behind. It can only be regarded as an ordinary position.
In fact, Wu Jianye can sit in the front row. Sitting there are the bosses of several major film companies in Hong Kong and some wealthy people. Being able to invite these people here shows that the influence of the Hong Kong Film Awards has indeed
In the past, some people would not attend the exchange of shotguns for cannons.
However, Wu Jianye didn't like that kind of atmosphere, so he let Jiang Zhiqiang sit over on behalf of Fengge Entertainment. After all, he is now the general manager of Fengge Entertainment. At this time, the person sitting to the left of Jiang Zhiqiang was Zou from Jiahe.
Wenhuai, and on the right is Lei Juekun from Xinyi City. Even his father is not qualified to sit in the C position!
As for sitting next to the crew of "The Last Emperor", it happened to be the crew of "Daoma Dan" who had just finished the interview in front of them.
As a contracted artist of Fengge Entertainment, Zhong Chuhong naturally knew Wu Jianye. When he saw Wu Jianye coming over, he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Director Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time!"
"Yes, Hong Gu is still so charming!" Wu Jianye also said with a smile, but after Wu Jianye finished speaking, a glimmer of competition flashed in the eyes of the other actresses.
Then Zhong Chuhong introduced Wu Jianye to Xu and others.
Xu smiled and said: "Director Wu, I haven't thanked Fengge Entertainment for lending us Hong Gu!"
"Haha, Director Xu is too polite. If there is a good script and a good director, Fengge Entertainment will never hinder the development of the company's actors." Wu Jianye said with a smile.
When meeting Lin Qingxia, Wu Jianye smiled and asked: "Ms. Lin, I will be filming a martial arts film this year. There is a character in it that is very suitable for Miss Lin's temperament. I wonder if Miss Lin is interested?"
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Lin Qingxia showed an embarrassed smile: "I'm really sorry. I really like Director Wu's movies, but I was too busy some time ago, so I want to take a break..."
Wu Jianye was actually not surprised by Lin Qingxia's rejection. The market in Wanwan has not officially opened yet, and artists from Wanwan like Lin Qingxia would definitely have more to consider.
Now it's just a matter of chance. It seems Lin Qingxia has no chance of playing the role of Mo Yan.
Not long after, a crew came up from the other side of Wu Jianye. They were shortlisted for five awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction.
The cast of "The True Story of a Mad Man".
"The Story of a Mad Man" is also the first film of director Er Dongsheng. Er Dongsheng can be regarded as a representative of Hong Kong's early actors who acted and directed.
At the same time, in his subsequent development, he is also a famous and award-winning actor. The most commendable thing is that he can take into account the artistry of the movie while also taking into account the box office of the movie.
In fact, there are some connections between "The True Story of the Mad Man" and "Daoma Dan".
Qin Pei, also known as Temujin in the 1983 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at this Hong Kong Film Awards for both of his films.
He is also Er Dongsheng’s half-brother!
After seeing Er Dongsheng, Wu Jianye also showed a smile. Unexpectedly, he just met Lin Qingxia, the actress he wanted to use, and now he met the boyfriend of another actress he wanted to use!
The romance between Er Dongsheng and Zhang Manyu is the one that is being hotly discussed in Hong Kong recently...
However, if you want to invite Zhang Manyu to join, you will definitely not be able to discuss it with Er Dongsheng. Although the two are lovers, if you want to use Zhang Manyu, you still have to go to Jiahe to discuss the matter.