The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 640 Joke
Liang Lok Man and Luk Kim Ching won the Best Director award and gave acceptance speeches that lasted nearly three minutes.

The Best Director Award has been announced, and next is the Best Actress Award.

The award presenter Zhang Xueyou came on stage and the shortlist appeared on the big screen.

Zhou Xun's "The Great Magician" and "The Listener", Miriam Yeung's "Love in a Puff", Sammi Cheng's "High Altitude Love", and Elanne Kong's "Love High".

Zhang Xueyou joked with several actresses.

Compared to the seriousness of Hong Kong actresses, Zhou Xun seems very relaxed.

Because she knew she had no hope of winning the award.

When the camera was pointed at her, she was still mindful to wave to the audience in front of the screen.

Zhang Xueyou opened the list of winners and announced: "Best Actress of this year."

"Miriam Yeung!"

Miriam Yeung stood up amid applause.

As expected, Zhou Xun lost the award and the Best Actress award went to a Hong Kong female artist.

Three quarters of the Academy Awards ceremony has passed, and apart from "1942" winning the Best Cross-Strait Chinese Film Award, mainland actors can be said to have won nothing!
"New World", which received the highest media attention and received the most attention, did not win a single award.

Chen Jiashang noticed the gaze behind him and pursed his lips.

This year's Academy Awards ceremony was hosted by four male actors: Eric Tsang, Ronald Cheng, Gordon Lam and Michael Lam.

On stage, Ronald Cheng and Miriam Yeung acted out an awkward scene of a couple reuniting after breaking up.

After Miriam Yeung finished her tearful speech and walked off the stage with the trophy, Zeng Zhiwei said, "Next, please invite Carina Lau to present the Best Actor Award!"

The lights were flashing as Liu Jialin walked out from the backstage holding a list of winners.

"Excuse me, I'm Liu Jialin."

"Whoosh!"

"I am very happy that the conference let me present the Best Actor Award, because my guesses in the previous few times were quite accurate, so much so that many people said that I am an expert in Best Actor research."

She paused for two seconds and held up the list in her hand: "I don't know who the winner is now, but based on my experience in clinical trials over the years."

"Hahaha." Everyone at the scene laughed.

clinical?

Lu Yuan was a little confused as he listened in the audience, thinking that there was something wrong with his translator. He looked at Wen Muye suspiciously and found that he was also full of question marks.

Although the regional protection mechanism of the Academy Awards has been criticized, it is more open in terms of scale than awards in the mainland.

"What are the conditions for becoming the best actor? I think the first thing is to take care of your family!"

There was constant laughter from the audience, and Liu Jialin continued, "Don't laugh, this is true, Liang Jiahui, Zhang Jiahui, is the famous Gu Jiahui."

The love story between Liang Jiahui and his wife is much talked about in the Hong Kong circle, and the relationship between Zhang Jiahui and Guan Yonghe, the former top anchor of Tangren, is similar.

"What else?" She asked herself, her eyes lingering on a certain spot in the audience: "It has to be young, like Lu Yuan, who has both strength and looks. His personal box office has accumulated 40 billion. It's amazing. Give the seniors a chance!"

The camera focused, and Lu Yuan smiled without waiting for the translator to finish translating.

"Any other conditions?"

"Liang Chao Wei!" Someone is making trouble.

"Liang Chaowei, ah, no need to talk about him. According to my clinical experience, this person is perfect."

"Hahaha."

"It has to be like Andy Lau, a bit exotic." Carina Lau pretended not to have found anyone.

"Qingyun, where are you?"

Andy Lau raised his hands helplessly. Compared with the unknown actress next to him, his skin was dark, and he looked like a Chinese-African mixed race.

"It's a pity that Qingyun is too exotic and the Hong Kong Film Awards are not given to foreigners." Liu Jialin sighed, feeling sorry for him.

"Clap clap clap!"

After teasing Andy Lau and then Chapman To, Carina Lau turned around and looked at the big screen.

"Let's first take a look at the actors who have been nominated for Best Actor tonight."

Clips from the shortlisted films appeared on the big screen.

"Zhang Jiahui - The Great Chase."

"Du Wenze - Pulp Comedy."

"Liu Qingyun - The Vanishing Bullet."

"Liang Chaowei - The Listener."

"Lu Yuan - New World."

"Liang Jiahui - Cold War."

After the film excerpt was played, several nominated male actors appeared on the screen.

Even though Lu Yuan has participated in many awards, big and small, he still has some expectations.

It’s not about how valuable the Academy Awards are, but that they are too rare. Those who can’t get them will always be in turmoil.

After all, no mainland male actor has ever won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards before!

The guests at the scene also held their breath and stared at the list in Liu Jialin's hand.

In the live broadcast room of the movie website, after the translation was finished, the comment area was filled with messages like "Lu Yuan!" and "Golden Horse Award-winning actor Lu Yuan!"

Putting aside the regional protection mechanism of the Academy Awards, when the nominations were announced, in the minds of the vast majority of netizens, Lu Yuan was the popular choice for Best Actor.

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Liu Jialin opened the list with a slightly surprised expression.

"32nd Academy Awards Best Actor"

"Liang Jiahui!!"

"boom."

The moment the award was announced, exciting music sounded.

The director seemed to have made a mistake in operation and directed the shot that was originally supposed to be given to Liang Jiahui to Lu Yuan instead.

Everyone saw through the big screen that this guy was in a trance for less than a second, then he raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

Perhaps it was an illusion, or a deliberate interpretation out of guilt, but everyone felt that there seemed to be a hint of disdain in Lu Yuan's smile.

The Hong Kong film and television practitioners at the scene were busy clapping and congratulating Liang Jiahui. They looked at each other at the same time. It was obvious that they were all gloating that Lu Yuan did not win the award.

Mainlander, what’s the big deal about a 40 billion box office? If you want to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards, just dream on!
But quite a number of people at the scene were somewhat worried.

Last year, despite the risk of being reported, "New World" was only released for 20 days, but it still grossed 13 billion yuan in the mainland, becoming the most popular movie.

If "New World" really wins nothing this time, how will the Academy Awards calm down public opinion after the awards ceremony?

"New World" is not "Let the Bullets Fly". Lu Yuan's popularity is extremely terrifying, and there are many young audiences in the audience group. These people are crazy.

"Clap clap clap."

Liang Jiahui was surprised to win the award. This is his fourth time to become the Best Actor at the Academy Awards.

In recent years, Hong Kong's police and gangster themes have gradually reached a dead end. "Cold War" is a rare work with a good reputation, which has revived this type of film. It is of great significance to the Hong Kong film industry.

But at the same time, there was "New World", with the same subject matter. Whether it was word of mouth, box office, or audience discussion, "Cold War" was crushed and had no advantage at all.

To be honest, he prefers "New World" in which he starred, and once thought that this year's Academy Awards would make an exception and give the Best Actor award to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan’s voice is too loud.

It was not until Zeng Zhiwei urged him that he walked up to the podium and cleared his throat: "It's a pity, I didn't prepare a speech for the award. Let me think about it first. Thank you first."

Liang Jiahui thanked the crew of "Cold War" on stage.

Wen Muye silently turned his attention to his boss and saw Lu Yuan supporting his cheek with his left hand, stroking the tip of his nose with his index finger, with a playful expression on his face.

This is a sign of extreme unhappiness. He thinks the Academy Awards are really shameless, all of them are commercial films, all of them are police and gangster themes, and in terms of professional ability, the boss is no less than Liang Jiahui.

Liang Jiahui's performance in "Cold War" can only be considered normal, without any breakthrough, and he has already won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards three times.

It is no exaggeration to say that in all aspects, "New World" is far better than "Cold War".

This is the result.

Are you going to give up your reputation for the so-called Hong Kong film protection mechanism?

He stopped paying attention to the subsequent award ceremonies and started thinking about how to criticize after the party was over.

Since the Academy Awards don’t care about face, just step on them hard!

The Best Actor award ceremony is over, and it is time for the last award of the Academy Awards, Best Picture.

"Brother Cheng Long, please come to the stage!"

Cheng Long walked towards the podium with her characteristic bow-legged steps, resting her elbows on the table, and said, "Dear Sir, the Best Picture Award is about to be announced. There is only one trophy, and only one of the five nominated works can win. This also means that the people behind the scenes of the other four films will feel regretful."

He looked down at the audience, his eyes quickly sweeping over Zhang Jiahui, Liu Qingyun and others, finally stopping on Lu Yuan.

The bias of the Academy Awards against mainland actors has long been an open secret in the industry, but the result given by the jury this time is indeed embarrassing.

"Awards are always full of variables, just like the Best Actor award was given to Liang Jiahui just now, while Lu Yuan, Zhang Jiahui, Liu Qingyun, and Chapman To were all eliminated.

It is inevitable that people will feel disappointed, but don't feel bad. Look at me. I have never won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards. I have been in the industry for 52 years. I have to continue to work hard and bring better works to participate next time. "

In a self-deprecating way, he named a few people: "Is that right, Lu Yuan, Zhang Jiahui?"

He slammed the table again, excitedly saying, "But I still have to say this, Academy Award judges, I have been making movies for 52 years, please consider me!!"

"Beep beep beep!"

Lu Yuan clapped his hands as well. It was obvious that Brother Cheng Long's self-deprecating consolation was meant for him.

But he didn't want to listen, and his situation was different from Cheng Long's. Cheng Long was an action actor, but he was not.

If this time it is competing with art films, for example, in the last session, Andy Lau won the Best Actor award for "A Simple Life".

Under the circumstances, it is understandable that he was not selected.

But as both are commercial films, why did "New World" lose?

Why did he lose?

Because of the self-deceptive regional protection.

joke!

Cheng Long said a lot, but it was unclear whether the audience listened or not. Finally, he said, "Let's take a look at the movies nominated for Best Picture this year."

“‘Pulp Comedy’.”

“The Driver.”

"Reverse War."

“Cold War.”

“The Bullet Vanished.”

“The New World.”

After the clip was over, Cheng Long opened the envelope, glanced at the list of winners, and raised his eyebrows.

The judges of the Academy Awards are sensible after all. Perhaps they are also concerned that being too biased may arouse public anger, making the situation difficult to resolve.

He turned to look at Lu Yuan and found that he was talking to Wen Muye absent-mindedly.

"The 32nd Academy Awards Best Film, New World!!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Congratulations!" Xu Fan and Zhang Guoli stood up and gave their blessings to Lu Yuan and others.

Nominated for 12 awards, it won the prestigious Best Picture award which has never been given to any film outside of Hong Kong. This is a helpless compromise of the Academy Awards. Bullshit!

The crew of "New World" came on stage.

Lu Yuan adjusted the microphone and looked at his colleagues in the audience.

Chen Jiashang looked at him and thought to himself, it is impossible to give the Best Actor award, no matter who comes, this is the bottom line of the Academy Awards, and the board of directors will not agree to it.

Given the box office and influence of "The New World", it is an unprecedented exception for the jury to give it the Best Picture award.

But thinking about the other party's age and the capital behind him, Chen Jiashang was a little worried that he would fall out on the spot.

If others choose to do this, the Academy Awards will really have no way to deal with it.

Is it possible to ban the other party?

Don't joke, the Hong Kong market is dispensable to him, he has plenty of resources.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan is a decent person. As an actor, there are many things he can complain about in his heart but cannot say out loud.

Because it would destroy unity.

He was quite respectful: "'New World' is a collaboration between mainland and Hong Kong filmmakers. Whether it wins an award or not is not what we value most. Taking part in the Hong Kong Film Awards is a way of showing support and respect to all Hong Kong colleagues involved in this film, especially producer Johnnie To and colleagues from all departments of the crew.

However, I must say that this result was really unexpected. I thought we would go home empty-handed, but I didn’t expect the jury would eventually award us the Best Film award.”

Wen Muye glanced at him and said, "Boss, you understand the sarcasm, but it's not direct enough."

Lu Yuan paused and continued: "Here, I sincerely hope that the Hong Kong Film Awards can get better and better and become a more inclusive and open film awards event!"

The results of the Academy Awards are out. "New World" received twelve nominations, but ultimately only won the Best Picture award.

Discussions online are in full swing.

#This year's Academy Awards are said to be of low quality#
#Hong Kong filmmakers are suspected of entertaining themselves#
#Lu Yuan failed in his bid for Best Actor at the Academy Awards#
#Lu Yuan wishes the Academy Awards to be better and better#
This year's Academy Awards was extremely popular, and Sina Entertainment saw this and started a topic on Weibo.

#What do you think of the results of this year's Academy Awards? #
Film critics and netizens have raised questions and opinions about the value of the award.

"The Hong Kong Film Awards don't want mainland China to join, so Lu Yuan shouldn't go."

"I'm speechless. I watched the whole thing for three hours like an idiot. If I had known that the Best Actor would not give Lu Yuan a chance, I would have watched nothing. A movie awards ceremony where the whole thing was spoken in Cantonese, just for my own amusement."

"The Academy Awards should be closed down. All the faces are the same as they have been for several years. I can't even tell which Academy Awards this is."

"I rarely watched the Hong Kong Film Awards in the past. This year, I specially watched the live broadcast for "New World" and even bought a table of braised dishes. I am disappointed with the result."

"Any award is a game for a small circle. Make a good movie that you are satisfied with and entertain the audience at the same time. That's enough. Anyway, I recognize Lu Yuan and "New World". Next time Lu Yuan's movie is released, I will continue to buy tickets. What does it matter if the judges choose the best actor? We are the ones who are supporting him with real money."

Netizens complained that the Academy Awards were self-entertaining and petty, and naturally there were people who spoke up for the Awards.

"Do you know the rules of the Academy Awards? The Best Picture and Best Actor awards must be from Hong Kong. It's an exception to give the Best Picture to 'New World'. Besides, 'New World' made money and gained reputation, so it doesn't really matter whether it wins an award or not. It's impossible for you to have everything. There's no such perfect thing in this world."

"Chen Jiashang, I know it's you, go to the toilet and talk!!"

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Netizens were extremely dissatisfied with the result and questioned the credibility of the Academy Awards. A large number of netizens flocked to the Academy Awards' Weibo comment section, sparking a storm of condemnation.

Among them are Lu Yuan’s fans and Liu Shishi’s little lion, but more are ordinary netizens.

Since the millennium, mainland actors have been bullied by Hong Kong artists.

As the Internet becomes increasingly developed, the inside stories that were covered up in the past have been revealed one by one, breaking the filter that netizens have for Hong Kong stars and accumulating dissatisfaction with the Academy Awards.

It was not until the results of the "New World" selection that the true face of the Hong Kong entertainment industry was revealed and it ushered in a complete explosion.

Faced with vicious netizens, the person in charge of the Academy Awards’ Weibo account was forced to close the comment section and become a coward.

Many mainland film and television practitioners realized that this might be a rare opportunity and were thinking about taking sides.

Maybe I can get Lu Yuan's favor and be given a small role in the next drama, and my career will take off.

But there are people faster than them.

Billionaire director Wen Muye was interviewed by reporters after the award ceremony.

Fire first!
(End of this chapter)