Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Best action guide!
This award is basically the default award of Baiyang Pictures.

Because except for Liu Jialiang of Shaw Brothers and Cheng Xiaodong of Jiahe, the strongest martial arts instructors in Hong Kong are all under Yang Ye.

Liu Jialiang is from the Southern Kung Fu School. When competing for this award, he has a natural disadvantage compared to people born in theater troupes like the Seven Little Fortunes.

Because Liu Jialiang pays more attention to actual combat, while the one who comes from an opera troupe pays more attention to good-looking movements.

As for Cheng Xiaodong, before his action theory could be formed, Yang Ye ordered a movie called "The Swordsman", which made him a little confused.

However, there are many strong people within Baiyang Pictures, and the competition for this award is also very fierce.

The five shortlisted films this time are: "Five Lucky Stars", "Bo Niu", "Kowloon Walled City", "Book and Sword" and "Life and Death".

"Five Lucky Stars" is from the Hong family, "Bo Niu" is from the Yuen family, "The Secret of Life and Death" is directed by Cheng Xiaodong, and "The Book and the Sword" is directed by Yuen Kwai.

As for "Kowloon Walled City", Yang Ye actually does not have a fixed team. He has a relatively aloof status and can find whomever he wants.

In the 1980s, there was an obvious competitive relationship between several kung fu classes. For example, if you were from the Hong family class, you could not go to the Yuan family class. If you were from the Yuan family class, you could not go to the Chengjia class...

Except for Yang Ye, when filming with Yang Ye, you can learn a lot of new action concepts, and everyone is rushing to come. Yuan Heping, Hong Jingbao, Chen Long, and Yuan Biao have all served as martial arts instructors in Yang Ye's movies.

However, in the past two years, Yang Ye has also had permanent staff around him, one is Yuan Bin, the other is Qian Jiale, and they also have a Yang Family Class sign.

Yuan Bin exists as Yang Ye's deputy and an executor. Qian Jiale is Yang Ye's substitute. However, Yang Ye didn't film much, so he often went to fill in for Chen Long and the others.

"The winner for Best Action Design is...Yang Jiaban, "Kowloon Walled City"!"

"Clap clap clap clap!"

A burst of warm applause!

Yuan Bin walked up to the stage to receive the trophy and said with some embarrassment: "Thank you to the Academy Awards for giving us this honor for "Kowloon Walled City", and thank you to Mr. Yang for giving me the opportunity to show my face!
In fact, many of the actions were designed by Mr. Yang, such as Danny's air magazine change, which was very popular in the movie, and the heel loading of leather shoes.

When Mr. Yang proposed it, we all thought it was unbelievable, but he demonstrated it himself, and we were surprised to find that it could be like this! "

After Yuan Bin came down with the award, Zhong Zhentao went on stage to sing "A Love", the theme song of "Seven Days of Love".

Next are the most eye-catching four super awards: Best Actor and Actor, Best Director, and Best Film.

The best actress nominees are seen on the big screen with their brilliant performances in the film.

"The nominees for Best Actress are: Ye Tong in "Seven Days of Love", Lin Qingxia in "Shu Mountain: The New Swordsman of Shu Mountain", Liu Xiaoqing in "Behind the Curtain", Zhong Chuhong in "Man and Woman", Xu Suying in "Half the Man"!"

The five women were all very nervous. Lin Qingxia was already the Best Actress of the Golden Horse Awards, so she naturally hoped to win another victory at the Academy Awards. Not to mention a few others, who doesn’t want to be a movie queen?
Especially Xu Suying, she was originally just a fish seller, and her job was to sell fish at a fish stall.

Fang Yuping asked her to be the heroine in "Half the Man", and she was nominated for Best Newcomer and Best Actress in one fell swoop, which shows that she is extremely talented.

However, she looks too ordinary and cannot go far as an actress.

But the movie also changed her life. Because of this drama, she entered the film and television industry and joined Radio Television Hong Kong. She started as a scriptwriter and worked as a director. She filmed many episodes of "Under the Lion Rock".

So, in life, many times you just need an opportunity!
Yang Ye turned his head and cast an encouraging look at Lin Qingxia, who smiled calmly. She has been in the industry for eleven years and has experienced many battles, so naturally her emotions will not be seen.

Yang Ye glanced at Liu Xiaoqing, who was talking quietly to Liang Jiahua.

Because she was a little nervous, Liang Jiahua patted the back of her hand and comforted her: "Don't be nervous!"

Liu Xiaoqing nodded, looked up and saw Yang Ye's gaze, so...she opened her mouth in an oh shape and stuck out her tongue.

Yang Ye turned his head back and thought to himself: Damn it, are you still trying to seduce me at this time?

"The winner of this year's Academy Awards for Best Actress is...Ye Tong, for "Seven Days of Love"!"

Ye Tong was discovered by Liu Zhenwei's Century Pictures two years ago to film "Youth on Fire".

Century Pictures does not act as an artist manager, so she is still free after filming.

Zhang Guorong, who was in the same crew, discovered that she was extremely talented and a genius in acting, so he enthusiastically introduced him to Yang Ji.

Ye Tong was nominated for Best Newcomer in his first film, and was awarded Best Actress the following year.

There are people who spend their whole life filming movies and can't even get a hair out of them. This is like comparing people to death and comparing goods with others.
However, due to appearance issues, despite Ye Tong's outstanding acting skills, he has never been able to advance to the first line. He can only linger in the second line and be a capable actor.

Ye Tong happily went on stage to receive the award, while the other four girls could not hide their disappointment.

Next up is Best Actor.

The finalists are: Liang Jiahui's "Hearing Behind the Curtain", Wang Zhengfang's "Half of the Man", Wan Ziliang's "Men and Women", Sun Yue's "The Wrong Ride", and Yang Ye's "Kowloon Walled City".

Among these five people, Yang Ye has the loudest voice because he is very popular.

Wan Ziliang and Sun Yue are both acting talents. Sun Yue won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor in Taiwan last year with "The Wrong Ride", and his reputation is also very high.

Wang Zhengfang and Liang Jiahui are newcomers. Wang Zhengfang is not a professional actor, he is a true performer, and Liang Jiahui is extremely talented.

Liang Jiahui was comforting Liu Xiaoqing just now, but now it was his turn, but he was even more nervous than Liu Xiaoqing.

Because Liu Xiaoqing is from mainland China, although she really wanted to win the award, she knew that her chances of winning were not as great as those of Hong Kong's local actors, so her expectations were not very strong and she was mentally prepared for failure.

And Leung Ka-wai is a local actor in Hong Kong. Without this problem, his expectations are much stronger than Liu Xiaoqing!
Liu Xiaoqing followed suit, patted the back of her hand gently and said, "Don't be nervous!"

The Liang family sighed, forced a smile, and still stared at the stage.

The award presenters were two brothers, Hong Jingbao and Mai Jia, who were the last Best Actors.

According to the regulations of the Academy Awards, if the difference between the two votes is less than 3 votes, it will be considered a tie.

They were tied by chance, but as the number of Academy Awards members continues to expand, the probability of such double-yolk eggs appearing in the future will become smaller and smaller.

The two of them joked around for a while, and then Hung Kyung-bao opened the envelope and read: "The winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor is... Leung Ka Wai for "Behind the Curtain". Congratulations!"

Hong Jingbao's last congratulations were said reluctantly, as if they were a sigh!
Liang Jiahua shook his fist fiercely, stood up, celebrated happily with his master Li Hanxiang and the heroine Liu Xiaoqing, and went to the stage to receive the award!

"Thank you!" Liang Jiahui took the trophy from Mai Jia and began to give his acceptance speech. Because he was so excited, he was even a little incoherent.

Hong Jingbao and Mai Jia walked off the stage silently, both of them feeling a little complicated: What a good seedling, just gone!
After that woman Fang Yihua reported Li Hanxiang last year, Taiwan banned Li Hanxiang, but did not ban Liang Jiahui.

In recent years, Taiwan has actually become more relaxed. It is not like a mad dog like in the 1970s, biting anyone it caught.

After entering the 1980s, as the two sides of the Taiwan Strait began to communicate, the general situation became: as long as you don’t make excuses, then I don’t care and pretend not to know!

That's why in the past few years, Hong Kong crews have been secretly traveling to the mainland to film. Even with such a big goal as Yang Ye, he didn't force himself to come to Taiwan, used a pseudonym, didn't accept awards, and was finally released.

It’s not that Taiwan didn’t know about Li Hanxiang’s filming in the Mainland, and they weren’t blind.

At first, they acted like they couldn't see it, but Shaw Brothers was unhappy that Li Hanxiang went out to work alone, and a wave of reports came, but the nature was different.

People don't hold officials accountable, so since they reported it, they had to make a gesture, so Li Hanxiang was banned.

Taiwan did not expand the scope of its attack and only blocked Li Hanxiang.

Liang Jiahui is the leading actor in "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain". Taiwan has not banned him.

But things are different now. Liang Jiahui actually won the Best Actor, and he went on stage to accept the award happily. This is a shameless output. If you don't take Taiwan seriously, you will definitely be banned!
As long as Liang Jiahui didn't go on stage to accept the award, or use a fake name, he would have room for maneuver, but if he was stubborn and hit him head-on, there was nothing he could do.

Therefore, after Hong Jingbao read out Liang Jiahui's name, he couldn't help but sigh.

Liang Jiahui went on stage today to receive the award. Within three days, a banning order will be issued. If he wants to lift it, he will have to write a letter of apology and go to Taiwan to plead guilty. Liang Jiahui felt that I had not made any mistakes. Is it his mother's fault to write a self-criticism?
Blocked, blocked, no one asked him to film, so he went to Causeway Bay to set up a street stall.

Fortunately, Liang Jiahui was banned for filming in the Mainland. Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po" took the initiative to ask Liang Jiahui to write a column in the newspaper "The result is achieved with a brilliant pen". He relied on this remuneration, plus the income from running a street stall. , life is going well.

It was the turn to award the Best Director Award. The organizing committee invited the great director King Hu, who had not appeared for a long time, and Shaw Brothers star Ti Lung as the award guests.

Oh, Shaw Brothers has fired Ti Lung.

Ti Lung is old and bald, and he can no longer handle the box office.

So a few months ago, he received a dismissal letter from Shaw Brothers, which contained a simple sentence: "Thank you for your achievements in the company over the years."

Ti Lung was confused. He had spent the first half of his life on the Shaw Brothers studio. He was completely out of touch with the outside film and television industry and had no connections at all.

Ti Long never thought about leaving Shaw Brothers in his life. He didn't know what to do after leaving Shaw Brothers.

Ti Long called Fang Yihua, but the secretary said she was not here. After calling several times, Ti Long understood that Fang Yihua was avoiding him.

Ti Long called He Guanchang again, and He Guanchang's secretary also said that he was not available.

Di Long called Yang Ye again. After all, the two had worked together and had a romantic relationship. However, Yang Ye's secretary said that he had gone to Japan.

Dillon understood that he was past his prime and the whole world was avoiding him.

Dillon became very anxious, very unconfident, and even doubted the value of his own existence.

He rented a house diagonally across from Shaw Brothers. Standing in front of the window at night, he could see the bright lights and bustling people on the Shaw Brothers studio.

This was his youth, and he couldn't bear to leave.

Although he was kicked out, as long as Zhang Che gave him a call, Ti Lung would rush back to make a guest appearance without charging a penny.

Because only on the set of Shaw Brothers, only when filming, did he feel that he still existed.

He was surprised to be invited to be the presenter of the Academy Awards this time, and he was very happy because it meant that there were still people who remembered him.

After Hu Jinquan finished "Sword Rain", he had no other works. Although "Sword Rain" was a blockbuster, everyone believed that it was Yang Ye's contribution, and Yang Ye just gave up the position of director.

If Hu Jinquan was allowed to do it by himself, he would probably lose money, so even though "Sword Rain" was a hit, no one asked him to film.

Hu Jinquan and Ti Lung are both frustrated people who have nothing to film now. As soon as Ti Lung came on stage, he smiled and said: "Director Hu, I once had a dream. Do you know what it is?"

Hu Jinquan said: "What is it?"

"I hope to work with you again."

Hu Jinquan smiled and said: "Actually, I also have a dream. Do you know what it is?"

"What is it?"

"I also hope to have the opportunity to work with you again!"

Di Long laughed at himself: "Then you probably have no chance."

Hu Jinquan smiled and said: "You don't have a chance either!"

The only time Ti Lung collaborated with Hu Jinquan was in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" produced by Yang Ye. That time made them famous all over the world, and the two of them will inevitably miss it!
The two of them made a fool of themselves, and Di Long sighed: "Now the world is dominated by young people."

Hu Jinquan said: "Let's take a look at the list of nominees for Best Director. Please watch the big screen!"

Highlights of the shortlisted films began to appear on the big screen: "The nominees for Best Director of the Fourth Academy Awards include Yang Ye's "Kowloon Walled City"... Fang Yuping's "Half Man"... Li Hanxiang's "Behind the Curtain"... Wu Ma "People Are Scary"...Teddy Robin's "I Love Tuberose"!"

Ti Long opened the envelope, took a look at it, and said, "Director, you make the announcement!"

Hu Jinquan looked at the letter and said: "The winner of the Best Director is... Fang Yuping, "Half the Man"."

No one is surprised by this result. Two months ago, "Half Man" was shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and also won two minor awards.

Although "Half Man" did not have a high box office, it is a legendary work among Hong Kong films. Its main characters are non-professional actors without any acting experience, but they acted extremely naturally in the film, which shows the director's ability to guide non-professional actors. How profound is the skill?

In several group scenes, professional actors and non-professional actors were mixed together, but there was no sense of disharmony, which shows how strong the director's scheduling ability is.

There is an interesting thing. When the film was being filmed at the Hong Kong Film Cultural Center, Wong Ka-Kui and Yip Sai Wing, who were not yet famous, accidentally entered the film and passed by in a flash!

After Fang Yuping gave his acceptance speech, Xu Guanjie took the stage to sing the theme song "Be a Friend" from "The Best Partner 3".

The guests who performed on stage today, except for the opening song Girls' Generation, the rest were all five songs shortlisted for the best movie song.

Not only does Xu Guanjie sing beautifully, but he also has an excellent typhoon, which naturally won the house's applause.

The final grand prize, Best Film, was awarded by Zhang Che and Wang Tianlin.

Since in addition to the filmmakers, there were 6,000 ticket-buying audiences present today, so when the awards were presented, the presenter introduced the rules of the Academy Awards selection to the audience at the beginning.

The previous small prizes were all selected by relevant professional practitioners.

For example, in the selection of Best Actor, only Academy Awards members who are actors by profession can vote, and directors do not have this right to vote.

Unless the director is also an actor, like Yang Ye, he can vote for many awards.

However, he did not vote a single vote this year and abstained from all votes because he just rushed back to Hong Kong last night.

When it comes to the best movie, the selection rules are different. Therefore, after Zhang Che and Wang Tianlin came on stage, it was necessary to educate the audience about the selection rules for the best movie.

Zhang Che said: "Alin, do you know? The way we award the best film at the Academy Awards is very unique, and it is different from other film awards in the world."

Wang Tianlin has not made movies for a long time and has been working as a producer and TV series for TVB. He really didn't know. He asked: "Really? How unique is it?"

Zhang Chedao: "We now have more than 500 judges for the Academy Awards, who come from all types of work in the film industry, including producers, directors, supervisors, photographers, editors, actors, musicians, film critics... etc. wait."

Wang Tianlin gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

Zhang Chedao: "When selecting the best movies, each judge is required to select the three most powerful movies in their minds, and then select the five movies with the most votes to be shortlisted for the second round of selection. If a certain movie gets more than 50%, that’s the best movie.”

Wang Tianlin said: "What if it doesn't exceed 50%?"

Zhang Che said: "Then remove the movie with the fewest votes and conduct three rounds of voting. And so on until the best movie is selected!"

Wang Tianlin said: "Isn't it difficult to choose?"

Zhang Che said: "Yes, our judges spent a week to select the best movie this time."

Wang Tianlin looked at the audience and said, "This method is really fair. What do you think?"

Warm applause immediately broke out in the stands. The audience felt that although this selection method was very special, it sounded very noble and fair.

Moreover, when everyone buys tickets to watch the Academy Awards, not only can they see celebrities and listen to music, but they can also learn about these unknown inside stories, which makes them feel that the ticket price is worth it.

In fact...it will be broadcast on the TV station a little later, and you can have sex for free just by watching TV!
But...if you spend money to see it live, you always feel a bit superior!
Wang Tianlin said: "Let's take a look at the shortlist!"

Highlights from five movies appeared on the screen. They are: "Half Man" (Yindu Organization), "Kowloon Walled City" (Poplar Pictures), "The Fighting Arena" (Binbin Pictures), and "Behind the Curtain" ( New Kunlun Pictures), "Shushan: New Shushan Swordsman" (Jiahe Pictures).

Zhang Che opened the envelope, the two of them looked at it together and said: "The winner of the 4th Academy Awards for Best Film is..."Kowloon Walled City", congratulations!" (End of Chapter)