Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yang Ye stepped on the spot and arrived at the Golden Melody Awards ceremony. He bowed his waist, said sorry repeatedly, walked through the row of seats, and sat down next to Teresa Teng.

Even though he didn't come, the place was still reserved for him.

Teresa Teng said: "I thought you were busy filming and wouldn't come!"

Huang Zhan in the back row said with a smile: "Will he come? All the awards this year belong to him."

When Huang Zhan said this, everyone around him suddenly became suffocated, and then they all lamented that living in the same era as Yang Ye was really sad!

Yang Ye's output last year was really strong. A copy of "Martial Arts" sold more than three million copies in Asia.

Later, he formed some kind of "Chinese Dragon Team" with Chen Long and Yuan Biao, and went to Japan to release a song called "The Dance of the Face", which sold half a million copies.

For most other singers, if they can sell platinum sales in Hong Kong, they will laugh to death. Overseas, it just depends on their luck.

Japanese market? Except for one Chen Meiling, Hong Kong people don’t even think about it. There are actually a few female singers in Taiwan who are doing well in Japan.

Yang Ye was also stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, wouldn't all the awards this year be given to me? From now on, I'll try my best to release fewer albums and find time to release a few singles.

Soon, prizes for the top ten Chinese golden songs began to be given out. When the last winner, Lin Zixiang, came on stage to accept the award and finished singing, everyone realized... Hey, there is no Yang Ye?

Not to mention everyone was confused, even Yang Ye was confused. What's going on? Is this aimed at me?

But this is impossible. The Golden Melody Awards are organized by Radio Television Hong Kong, and his sister Minyi is the station director.

Next, the Best Newcomer Award was handed out, and the winner was Cai Fenghua.

Cai Fenghua is one of the "Four Mad Kings" in the Hong Kong media in later generations. The other three are Lan Jieying, Chen Baolian and Hong Chaofeng.

Cai Fenghua was very popular in the early 1980s, and the songs he sang have won the top ten Chinese hits many times.

The tragedy of his life is simply because... he said the wrong thing.

When this guy was the host of Wireless Station's "Top Ten Best Songs", he said that Leslie Cheung "a moment of glory does not mean eternity!"

Leslie Cheung's fans were furious and called him "Crazy Choi", causing the wireless station to suspend him. Later, TV and movies were completely suspended, and there was no chance to release new songs. In the end, he was so depressed that he had to rely on social welfare funds to survive.

Many years later, with the help of Alan Tam, he returned to the stage and was able to clarify: In fact, it was a misunderstanding. He only spoke half of what he said. The female host thought something was going to happen, so she immediately stopped him and forced him to proceed. Advertising.

"I didn't say the right words at the right time. Lu Minyi stopped me when I was speaking, which made it difficult for me to reconcile. In fact, I wanted to say that a moment of glory does not mean eternity, but Leslie Cheung's glory will continue forever."

Life is so fucked up!

Yang Ye still won nothing in the next awards. The best lyrics went to Huang Zhan and the best composition went to Gu Jiahui.

When the Best Male Singer was awarded, Yang Ye finally won the award and calmly went on stage to receive the award.

Everyone understood that at the Golden Melody Awards, they didn’t want Yang Ye to be the only one to dominate, and he was just playing with the water!

Although Yang Ye's "Martial Arts" last year was too awesome, Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui's level was there. They deserved the best lyrics and music, and everyone had nothing to say.

Having said that, there are so many experts in the Hong Kong entertainment industry these days, and the competition is fierce, so you can play the trick of holding water.

Unlike after the millennium, the Hong Kong music scene has experienced a decline in talent, resulting in Eason Chan winning the Best Male Singer fifteen times and Joey Yung winning the Best Female Singer sixteen times. In fact, it’s not that the organizing committee doesn’t want to give the award to others, there is really no one.

In the final Golden Melody Award, Yang Ye won the Mandarin Golden Melody with her song "No Longer Let You Be Lonely", while the Cantonese Golden Melody Award was won by Ye Liyi with her song "Shanghai Beach".

I thought the award ceremony was over, but unexpectedly the host came on stage again and said: "Now we present the newly established grand prize of this year's Golden Melody Awards, the Best Music Album Award. The winning album is..."Martial Arts"!"

Everyone exclaimed, and then applauded enthusiastically. The Best Music Album Award, this award is very heavyweight as soon as the name sounds.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with "Martial Arts" winning the award. It is well deserved. Not only has this album received rave reviews, but its sales have exploded. If it doesn't win, who will win?

"Let us give warm applause to Mr. Jin Yong to present the award for the best music album of this year!"

Well, Jin Yong was invited, so it was really appropriate for him to present this award.

Since it was an album award, Yang Ye called the album producer Zheng Donghan and Lijun Deng, who sang with him on the album, to appear on stage.

After receiving the award, Zheng Donghan turned around and left. Yang Ye shouted from behind: "Donghan, why are you running so fast?"

Zheng Donghan spread his hands: "You two are singing love songs on stage, why should I be a light bulb?"

After Zheng Donghan finished speaking, he ran faster!

"Hahaha!"

There was a burst of laughter in the audience!

The song still had to be sung, so Yang Ye and Teresa Teng sang "Iron-Blooded Heart" live.

"I vaguely dreamed about it and it seemed like I had seen it before, and the waves in my heart appeared. I put aside the worldly affairs and put an end to our grudges, and we will accompany you to the horizon."

Together with the singing, it begins like a long memory, slowly revealing the theme of Condor Shooting.

The two people's songs are high-pitched and sweet, intertwining the heroism of chivalry with the entanglement of love. It is so sweet and mesmerizing that it makes people intoxicated!

……

After the Golden Melody Awards ended, the first Academy Awards was born one year earlier than the original time and space.

Due to Yang Ye's in-depth participation, he put forward a large number of suggestions to Zhang Minyi, and later invited major film companies and major practitioners in the film industry to participate in the discussion, making it a grand event for Hong Kong and even the entire Chinese-speaking filmmakers from its inception. .

Looking at film awards around the world, we have to admit that the American Film Awards are relatively the most fair.

Its winning works are voted by a jury composed of filmmakers, senior film critics, actors, directors, photographers... who are qualified to vote for the Oscars.

With the exception of Best Picture, the other awards are on a winner-take-all basis, with the film receiving the most votes winning.

To get the best film, the number of votes must exceed 50%. If no film receives more than 50% of the votes in the first round of voting, the film with the fewest votes will be eliminated and the vote will be re-voted until the final selection is made.

In the early years, the number of Oscar judges was small, and they were mainly old white men. It was relatively easy to publicize, so they have been criticized.

In the later period, the film academy significantly increased the number of judges and increased the proportion of women and people of color.

This makes the size of the judging panel reach up to 10,000 people, covering all kinds of people. In addition to the United States, there are many foreign judges from all over the world.

For example, many well-known Chinese filmmakers are Oscar judges.

Yu Dong (Film Executives Association), Wu Jing (Actors Association), Jiang Wen (Directors Association), Gu Changwei (Photographers Association), Yan Geling (Screenwriters Association)... there are as many as a hundred people.

As an aside: Among the Chinese judges, some never vote, such as Brother Chen Kai. Some people fly to vote every year, such as Wu Junmei.

At this time, it is not easy to do public relations, because there are too many members, they are too scattered, and they all have their own tendencies, which causes the public relations costs to rise sharply, which is not cost-effective.

Of course, if you want publicity, you can still do it. Any award has its own shady stories and tendencies, which cannot be eliminated. Under the Oscar selection mechanism, particularly good films can still convince the public and win awards.

But when the competition is tight and the quality of the films is not much different, the role of public relations will become apparent.

But compared to the three major European awards, such as the nine-member small group at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the award depends entirely on the taste of the judges, which is still much more convincing.

As for the domestic Golden Rooster Awards, the degree of hot chicken has been mentioned before, so I won’t go into details again.

Since its inception, the Academy Awards in this time and space have adopted the model of a large jury like the Oscars in later generations.

Led by the director of Radio Hong Kong, Cheung Min-yi, and assisted by Shu Qi and Chen Baisheng of "Film Fortnightly", they held frequent meetings and communicated with major film companies. Among Hong Kong film practitioners, 108 people were selected to form the initial jury.

These 108 people cover film producers, directors, actors, photographers, editors, martial artists, musicians... various categories.

Why 108 people? Just asking for a lucky break.

Anyway, the number of judges is not fixed and will increase every year. Once you become a judge, you have a lifelong tenure and permanent voting rights.

The main method of increase is: the film practitioners who are shortlisted for the Academy Awards every year will automatically become the judges of the Academy Awards.

In addition, through the recommendation of the judges, some professionals can also be invited to join the judging panel.

……

On March 1981, 3, stars were shining in front of the Taiping Theater.

After a year-long negotiation and preparation, the Academy Awards received full support from major film companies in Hong Kong.

All the shortlisted film practitioners participated, no one was absent, and Chen Long also rushed back from the United States.

Compared to the shabby appearance of the original time and space, it is more than a hundred times more awesome.

The Academy Awards in this time and space are not as closed as in the original time and space, and only local Hong Kong films are selected.

This time, Taiwanese films are also included. All Taiwanese films that were released in Hong Kong in 1980 and meet the selection criteria can participate.

In fact, Shu Qi and others did not want Taiwanese films to join in at first, and believed that the Hong Kong Film Awards should only review Hong Kong films.

After Yang Ye found out, he asked: "Since the Golden Horse Awards can select Hong Kong films, why can't the Academy Awards select Taiwanese films? You can't just take advantage of others without giving anything yourself, right?"

Yang Ye directly said: "The main market for Hong Kong films is overseas. In order to maintain its influence, overseas Chinese films should be included. Not only Taiwanese films, but also films from mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia, etc. can participate. In this way Only then can we reflect the inclusiveness of Hong Kong, an international city.”

Shu Qi asked: "Is this still the Hong Kong Film Awards?"

"Whether it is the Hong Kong Film Awards or not, it's up to you. Since the Hong Kong Film Awards awards films made by Hong Kong film companies, it should protect the interests of the film companies."

"But isn't it just to protect the interests of Hong Kong film companies by only giving awards to Hong Kong films?"

"Don't you understand yet? The market for Hong Kong films is overseas. For long-term development, we cannot entertain ourselves. We must involve filmmakers from the entire Chinese-speaking world and overseas capital to form a huge benefit. Only in this way can we maintain the long-term prosperity of Hong Kong films.

Hong Kong is just a city. If you try to 'close yourself' to the country, Hong Kong films will die sooner or later. If you insist on going your own way, then there is no need for this award. To put it bluntly, if I don’t participate, the Academy Awards will be bullshit. "

Damn it, Yang Ye said harsh words directly, which shocked everyone. If Baiyang Company did not participate, there would indeed be no need to play for the Academy Awards.

Unexpectedly, Yang Ye’s words were not shocking, and he continued: "Actually, to be honest, there are no Hong Kong movies at all, only Chinese movies. Where do Hong Kong filmmakers come from? Uncle Shao Liu is from Zhejiang, Mr. Zou is from Guangdong, and Hu Jinquan The director is from Hebei, and Ms. Xia Meng is from Shanghai. Even for the younger generation, our parents are from mainland China.

Everyone just gathered in this city from all over the world because of special historical reasons. This kind of history will never happen again. Therefore, if we are exclusive and closed-minded, then within a generation, the talent will be exhausted, and Hong Kong movies without fresh blood will die. All of you here are the sinners of history! "

Some people think, are you thinking too far ahead? But Yang Ye is very domineering in this matter. Either he should accept the Academy Awards with an open mind, or he should not do it.

He has domineering qualifications. Although the output of Poplar Pictures is not very high, it controls over 80% of the overseas market for Hong Kong films and is the face of Hong Kong films.

If he doesn't participate, there will be no need for this Academy Award.

Unexpectedly, other film companies did not express dissatisfaction with Yang Ye's domineering attitude, but expressed support!

A very simple question, if we only judge Hong Kong films internally, Baiyang Company is too powerful.

So, it would be better to involve overseas films to muddy the waters, which would prevent Poplar from dominating the awards process.

In the end, the Academy Awards became a Chinese film award that has been open and inclusive since its inception, with the purpose of promoting Chinese films.

Similar to the Golden Horse Awards from 1991 to 2018.

During that period, the Golden Horse Awards were the most watched film awards in the four regions across the Taiwan Strait, with far more influence and recognition than the Golden Rooster and the Golden Statue.

After 2018, the golden rooster is like the golden horse, and it is Santuo's defense.

As for the Academy Awards in this time and space, we can only wait and see what its ultimate influence will be.

Another point is that although Shu Qi, Chen Baisheng and others are also the initiators of the Academy Awards like the original time and space, because the Hong Kong Film Awards in this time and space adopted a large-scale jury mechanism like the later American Academy Awards, they The two did not gain many rights and benefits.

It was a ridiculous thing to have an obscure magazine organize the Academy Awards. Yang Ye wiped out the joke. Shu Qi and Chen Baisheng were just two errands. The real decision-maker was RTHK.

……

Hundreds of media outlets aimed their guns at the men and women walking on the red carpet, snapping and snapping photos.

Thanks to the increasing influence of Yang Ye, Chen Long, Xu Guanwen and others overseas in recent years, the Academy Awards has only been held for the first time, and already some overseas media have come across the sea to conduct relevant reports.

As soon as Yang Ye appeared on the red carpet with Lin Qingxia on his arm, he was immediately invited to stop and pose for photos.

"Young Master Yang, are you confident of winning the Best Actor Award at the first Academy Awards?"

"Haha, it depends on whether the judging panel gives you face or not, but I did vote for myself!"

Yang Ye bluntly said that he would vote for him, which made the reporters extremely excited. Tomorrow's news headlines are here!

"Qingxia, what about you, are you confident about winning the Best Actress Award?"

"I don't know either. Everyone is so strong. It just depends on luck."

The two chatted with the reporters for a few words. When they saw the people coming up from behind, they waved and walked into the venue. (End of chapter)