Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 173 Chinese Golden Melody Award

“The sun and moon make a new sky, and the religion of God shines upon all peoples.”

Ren Yingying, who was wearing Miao traditional attire, slowly turned around, revealing her exquisitely beautiful face.

"Ka, it's turning faster, let's start again!"

Yang Ye stood up from the chair, walked to the opposite side, and said, "Alian, look at my gestures!"

Chen Yulian nodded and took another shot. Yang Ye stretched out a palm and shouted: "Ready, start!"

Yang Ye's palm turned slowly, and Chen Yulian turned her face along with his rhythm.

"Fine, go on!"

"The fake groom changes his clothes!"

Members of the Sun Moon God Sect pretended to be married and took the opportunity to smuggle, demonstrating the financial resources of the sect.

The fake groom took off his clothes, and Ren Yingying sat on the main seat and said, "Take inventory of the goods shipped this time."

Next is a close-up, with boxes opened one by one, displaying various gold and silver jewelry.In fact, these are all gimmicks. The main purpose is to show the firecracker in a box.

Because the setting of the subsequent plot is: Gu Jinfu, the eunuch, is very good at martial arts and no one can beat him.

When he was going crazy, Lan Phoenix shot him.

As the saying goes, "No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can knock him down with one shot!"

According to the "Chekhov's Gun" theory in playwriting: if a gun is seen in the first act, it should be used in the third act in a story that follows the traditional three-act structure.Vice versa, the act of shooting in the third act should have been foreshadowed much earlier.

In order to prevent the ending of the plot of shooting and killing the big BOSS from being too abrupt, a scene must be designed to show the gun in the front, and the section of counting the goods is naturally the most trouble-free and has a certain degree of rationality.

After showing the gun, Ren Yingying asked: "Are there a few Han people living here?"

The elder said: "They are all from the Huashan Sect. I heard they are here to collect medicine."

Ren Yingying said: "I found that there were many people from Dongchang following us along the way. Maybe our Sun Moon God Sect's private salt business was doing too well, and they wanted a piece of the pie, so they attacked us. "

This remark was intended to add drama, cause misunderstanding, and lead to a fight.

In Kung Fu movies, the highlight is the fighting.Therefore, the plot setting is to create various opportunities for fighting.

"OK, we've finished work early today. The work time will be changed to noon tomorrow. We have to work overtime to shoot night scenes in the evening, so be prepared!"

Yang Ye was going to attend the "First Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards Ceremony" and left without saying anything.

This is the first Chinese-language music awards ceremony led by Radio Television Hong Kong. Once successful, it will have a profound impact on the future music scene.

And the director of Radio Hong Kong, Zhang Minyi, is Yang Ye, which means that the Golden Melody Awards are under Yang Ye's control.

Although, under normal circumstances, Yang Ye will not interfere with the award ceremony to avoid affecting its fairness.

But... no award ceremony in the world can be fair, better than the Academy Awards. In those years, among the Hollywood actresses who wanted to win the Best Actress, who was not allowed to lick Harvey Weinstein?
Anne Hathaway refused to lick Harvey, so she got fucked.

Why did Harvey go to jail later?Because the six major companies intervened in the Oscars, Harvey's influence on the Oscars disappeared.

So, those Hollywood actresses who had licked Harvey in the past jumped out and bit him to death.

For this reason, the "Metoo" movement was created, leaving a feather in the world.

For Yang Ye, the Golden Melody Award is just an appetizer, and the main course he values ​​most is the Academy Award.

The Hong Kong Film Awards in the original time and space were too closed. It was okay to say that the golden period of Hong Kong films was fine. Later, when Hong Kong films declined, they became dependent on defense.

Now, Yang Ye wants to borrow Zhang Minyi's hand to transform the Academy Awards.

……

Yang Ye came to Baiyang Records. Zheng Donghan, Alan Tam, Lijun Deng, and Xu Guanjie set up a table and were playing mahjong.

Xu Guanjie is a new member of Baiyang Records. In order to bring him in, Zheng Donghan lobbied for a long time.

However, Xu Guanjie was willing to join mainly because Zheng Donghan pulled Yang Ye's tiger skin and gave some promises.

Baiyang Records was established half a year ago. Counting Yang Ye, there are only four singers, but they make up half of the Chinese music scene.

In addition to the four of them in the Hong Kong music scene, the more famous ones include Lisa Teresa, Lu Yunna, Xu Xiaofeng, Wang Mingquan, Luo Wen, Guan Zhengjie, Zheng Shaoqiu and others.

But the momentum is not as strong as the four of them. Theresa Teresa and Luyuna are Filipinos and sing English songs.

Yang Ye said seriously: "Playing mahjong in the company during working hours, wouldn't the impact be too bad?"

Lijun Deng rolled her eyes at him: "Today is Saturday, okay? Whiteboard!"

Xu Guanjie said: "Bang! The boss lady asked me to beat you, don't rely on me! Make a fortune!"

Yang Ye chuckled, ran to Deng Lijun, and asked, "How much did you win?"

Deng Lijun said with a frown on her face: "I lost so much that I almost lost my pants, little chicken!"

Zheng Donghan looked like a village chief and said in a mean manner: "You don't have a chick even if you become a trouser!"

At this moment, Yang Ye felt that Zheng Zhongji did look very similar to this guy.

Deng Lijun raised her head and asked Yang Ye: "How old is the Eastern Han family's little Jiji?"

Yang Ye made a gesture: "Six!"

Deng Lijun asked again: "Six years old?"

Yang Ye said: "Six centimeters!"

"Hahaha!" Alan Tam couldn't hold back his laughter and pushed half of his cards down.

Deng Lijun quickly took a look at his cards and shouted: "What are you doing? Are you trying to cheat?"

Alan Tam held up his cards and sighed: "You have seen all the cards, and you are still shouting to catch the thief."

Yang Ye looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late. Just give it a try after one more round. We have to walk on the red carpet later."

Deng Lijun said: "You help me take revenge!"

Zheng Donghan said quickly: "No nuclear weapons are allowed!"

Xu Guanjie was puzzled: "What nuclear weapons?"

Zheng Donghan pointed at Yang Ye and said, "This man is the God of Gamblers!"

Xu Guanjie boasted that he was very good at poker, and he said unbelievingly: "Is it true? Let me see it quickly!"

……

Half an hour later, Deng Lijun took Yang Ye's arm and went downstairs with a smile on her face, followed by three men, all with sad faces.

The five people drove to Lee Stage and found that the scene was particularly lively.

Xu Guanjie said: "It's good. It feels much grander than last year's Golden Record Awards Ceremony."

In 1977, the Hong Kong branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) held the first Golden Record Awards Ceremony. Sales of 15000 copies in Hong Kong were considered gold records, and sales of 30000 copies were considered platinum records.

The Golden Disk Award organized by IFPI only recognizes records sold in Hong Kong. As a result, most English records won the award.

Only the three mainstays, Teresa Teng, Xu Xiaofeng, and Xu Guanjie, won awards for their Chinese-language albums, which can be regarded as a Chinese-language song that gained some respect.

Although platinum and gold record sales are important indicators of a Hong Kong singer’s commercial value, the Hong Kong IFPI Gold Record Award is not taken seriously by the Hong Kong music scene.

This is because there are some inherent flaws in the design of the award process.

First of all, it stipulates that record companies report to IFPI, IFPI goes to the company to calculate the figures, and finally announces them.If the company does not declare it, no matter how good the singer is, he will not have platinum album sales data.

Some of the reasons why companies don't declare are because there are conflicts between singers and record companies, and some of the reasons why companies don't declare are because of interests between record companies or between record companies and recording industry associations, etc.

For example, this year Teresa Teng's "A Touch of Love" sold out immediately, but Baiyang Records had just been established and had not yet had time to join the IFPI, so the album "A Touch of Love" could not win the award.

If the best-selling album in Hong Kong can't win a Golden Disc Award, then what's the use of your Golden Disc Award?
In the original time and space, after Radio Hong Kong's "Top Ten Chinese Songs" appeared, it quickly replaced the "IFPI Golden Record Award". Later, those record companies didn't even bother to pay attention to this broken award because it cost money to apply for it.

……

Because of Yang Ye's secret intervention, the first Chinese Song Golden Melody Awards was more grand and complete than the "Top Ten Chinese Songs" of the original time and space. Not only Hong Kong singers, but also Taiwanese singers Zhen Ni, Deng Lijun, Liu Wenzheng, and Hu Huizhong were also invited.

Jenny Tseng is originally from Hong Kong, but she just developed her career in Taiwan. This year she returned to Hong Kong and published her first Cantonese album "Struggle", with total sales exceeding 80 copies.

As for Teresa Teng, I can’t tell where she is a singer. She has been in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even released records in Indonesia.She was in Hong Kong more during this time, because Yang Ye has been staying in Hong Kong.

Liu Wenzheng is a pure Taiwanese singer.Hu Huizhong is a newcomer. She was invited because the TV series "Misty Rain" is so popular, and she sang the theme song of this TV series.

Taiwanese singers were invited to participate in the Golden Melody Awards from the beginning, which illustrates the open concept of the "Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards" organized by Radio Television Hong Kong.

As soon as the four major singers appeared, the fans who came to watch immediately started screaming.

"Young Master Yang! Young Master Yang!"

"Aaron! Alan!"

"Lijun! Lijun!"

"Ajie! Ajie!"

……

Yang Ye and others waved to the fans with smiles, then posed a few more times for reporters to take photos, and then quickly entered the stage.

Yang Ye glanced at it: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this is today."

The Hong Kong music scene is almost in full force. After all, this time it is the government department that has come forward to select Chinese golden songs, and TVB will broadcast it live.Compared to last year's IFPI, where English songs were also included in the selection, it was much more powerful.

So as soon as Yang Ye and others entered, they started talking and saying hello.

Hu Huizhong saw Yang Ye and ran over to say hello to him.

Speaking of which, everything Hu Huizhong has in the entertainment industry was given by Yang Ye, and Yang Ye did not ask for anything from her.

This made her gratitude to Yang Ye as continuous as a torrential river.

Soon, everyone took their seats. In addition to the musicians, there were also many invited guests, media reporters, and a small number of ticket-buying audiences. Thousands of seats were filled to capacity.

Sitting next to Yang Ye was Huang Zhan, who said to Yang Ye with an ominous look on his face: "If I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have come."

Yang Ye was confused: "Have I offended you?"

Huang Zhan spread his hands and said, "I'm here to receive the award. You're here, why should I receive a fart?"

Yang Ye said: "Did you drink when you came here today?"

Huang Zhan said: "I heard that there will be a dinner after the award presentation today, so naturally I came with an empty stomach."

Yang Ye said: "Then you can't blame others. Have you forgotten what your advertising slogan said? Once the Remy Horse is in full swing, good things will come naturally! I don't even believe the advertising slogan I wrote."

Huang Zhan slapped his head: "Yeah, why did I forget it!"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "If you don't win the prize tonight, I will give you a dozen Remy horses!"

Huang Zhan was overjoyed: "Are you sure it's a dozen?"

"Do you think I'm as poor as you?"

Huang Zhan covered his chest as if he had been shot: "It's too cruel!"

The two were chatting, the lights suddenly dimmed, and an off-site voice shouted loudly: "The first Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards Ceremony begins now! The musicians attending tonight are... Huang Zhan, Gu Jiahui, Yang Ye , Xu Guanjie, Deng Lijun, Luo Wen, Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan..."

As he rolled the names, everyone clapped. After reading the super long list, there was a passionate opening dance.

Then, the man said again: "I'd like to invite the master of ceremonies for the conference, He Shouxin, Deborah."

Before the words were spoken, Hong Kong gold medal emcee Ho Shouxin and TVB host Deborah held hands and took the stage together.

In 1973, there were two Miss Hong Kong champions. One was the No. 11 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant hosted by the Hong Kong Oriental Beauty Pageant. The champion selected was the unparalleled beauty Deborah.

One is the first Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant hosted by TVB. The winner was Sun Yong-en, who was criticized for being ugly.

Since that year, TVB has been hosting Miss Hong Kong.

Yang Ye has seen a lot of beauties, but seeing Nicholas Tse's mother still made him feel amazing.

This woman combines purity and beauty, and is indeed a beauty of a generation.

He Shouxin first said: "Thank you all the guests who came to attend the award ceremony, and thank you all the viewers in front of the TV. The award ceremony of the Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards will begin soon. The first Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards is hosted by Radio Television Hong Kong and composed by Hong Kong composers. This music festival is co-organized by the Writers and Lyricists Association, the Hong Kong Association of International Phonographic Association, and the Hong Kong Recording Merchants Association. It aims to encourage the development of music in Hong Kong and even the entire Chinese world."

Deborah said: "Since it is to encourage the development of Chinese music, TVB decided to support tonight's event and provide a live broadcast. Since the 70s, Hong Kong and Chinese music have developed greatly, and a large number of outstanding singers have emerged. Not only can they sing good songs, but they can also compose music and write lyrics. Their singing and writing abilities in this area have reached a very high level. Their winning of the award is the common wish of fans in Hong Kong and even the entire Chinese world. "

He Shouxin said: "Today we will not only commend outstanding singers, but also outstanding lyricists, composers, arrangers, producers, etc."

Deborah said: "Wow, they are really thoughtful in every aspect!"

He Shouxin said: "Our music careers are intertwined. The staff behind the scenes have also put in their hard work and should not be forgotten!"

Deborah said: "That's great, let's start now to announce the top ten Chinese hits of the year. Every time a song is announced, our singers will come up and perform it."

There was a burst of warm applause, and the first golden song was soon announced. The award presenter invited Huang Xingxiu, a young actress that TVB has recently promoted.

This little girl is a college student, a rare high degree in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

After she took the stage, she announced her first golden song: "'Star', Yang Ye!"

"Clap clap clap!"

There was a burst of warm applause, and there were fans whistling below.

Everyone congratulated one after another. After shaking hands with the people around him, Yang Ye walked up to the stage, took the trophy from Huang Xingxiu’s hand, and gave an acceptance speech with a smile: "The jury will give out the awards. Let’s start with this song. As we all know, this is a This is a song dedicated to my fans. I cannot be where I am today without the support of my fans, movie fans, book fans, and friends. This song "Star" is given to you."

When you see the stars in the sky, do you think of me?

Do you remember that my face used to smile more than the stars for you?
What will happen to you when you remember the past?

But you will sigh sadly, remembering the time when I shined in your heart.

I'm like the stars in the Milky Way that you loved silently
Let that soft radiance relieve your pain

When you see bright stars, please think of me
When you see the stars shining brightly
Please remember me in your heart
……

The "Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards" of this time and space are held two months earlier than the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards" of the original time and space. The original time and space did not wait until February 1979 to start the selection. Now they start directly at the end of the year.

Because of the larger selection scope and the effect brought by poplar leaves, the list of winners has also changed a lot.

Zheng Shaoqiu, who was originally selected for two songs, only selected one "Oath to Enter the Mountain of Swords". Zhang Delan's "May Your Heart Be Remembered" and Yuan Lizhang's "Crocodile Tears" were both eliminated.

Yang Ye and Alan Tam were selected for one song, and Taiwanese singer Liu Wenzheng was successfully shortlisted with his song "Shining Days". This song is Luo Dayou's early work.

The most puzzling thing is that Luo Wen's "Little Li Flying Knife" was not selected.

How popular is "Xiao Li Fei Dao"?This year, Hong Kong singers take the stage to sing. If they don't sing "Little Li Flying Knives" first, they will be kicked off the stage by the audience.

(End of this chapter)