Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The easiest way to cover up a hot topic is to create another hot topic.

This trick, if used in later generations, is to use hot searches to suppress hot searches.

As someone who had lived in that time and space, Yang Ye naturally understood this well.

The last time there was the "Kaiyinpa" incident, he shouted that he needed 2 million to shoot "Terminator ", successfully changing the subject.

Three hundred million is not enough this time, Yang Ye will directly increase it tenfold, I will brag about three billion!
Yang Ye boasted in public that he would invest 3 billion to create an unprecedented series of movies, which really shocked the reporters.

Hong Kong movies only make a few hundred million a year at the box office?
Not only the reporters were stunned, but even Cherie Chung next to them was stunned.

Yang Ye had only asked her to make a movie before, and she had never thought... that it would become such a big deal.

No one thought that Yang Ye was bragging or talking nonsense, because...all the boasts Yang Ye made over the years have come true.

In fact, Yang Ye didn't know whether this matter would be successful in the end. He just wanted to make a shocking statement, so he boasted first and got through the current difficulties first.

I just don’t know...if he keeps blowing this way, how many billions will he blow next time?
……

Yang Ye boasted so much that the reporters were stunned, and then he dragged the stunned Zhong Chuhong into the Hong Kong Coliseum!

After entering, Chung Chu-hung stammered, "Are you... serious?"

Yang Ye said: "Of course it's true. In my plan, this series will have to make at least ten movies. Even if we make one every two years, it will take twenty years. You... prepare to work for me for the rest of your life!"

Zhong Chuhong regained her composure, tossed her hair, and said charmingly: "That's perfect, I won't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life!"

The two chatted casually, and after greeting a group of acquaintances, they returned to their seats.

Yang Ye sat in the first row and said to Zhang Minyi next to him, "Big sister, how are you doing recently?"

It had been less than half a month since Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong, and the two had not met each other yet.

Zhang Minyi couldn't help but feel a little resentful when she saw Yang Ye, but she couldn't show it in public, so she said, "It's OK. How's your movie going?"

"We are in post-production. If you are free, please make an appointment to visit our company!"

This was an invitation for a one-night stand, and Zhang Minyi happily said, "Okay!"

While the two chatted, the audience gradually entered the venue. Suddenly, the lights in the venue dimmed, and then the host's voice rang out: "Please welcome... Girls' Generation!"

Girls' Generation is now generally divided into three small groups. The Japan and South Korea group performs in Japan and South Korea most of the time, the Taiwan group generally performs in Southeast Asia, and the Hong Kong group is stationed on the main island.

It was a rare sight to see all the cast members present at the Academy Awards ceremony, which immediately sparked cheers from the audience.

Yang Ye stroked his chin, watching the youthful and energetic performance of the nine beautiful girls on the stage, and suddenly thought that if they continued to follow the girlish style, they would probably stop here.

It seems... it's time to upgrade them and open up a larger market.

“The era of thighs”… let’s go!
After Girls' Generation finished their performance, the award ceremony officially began.

Although the Academy Awards do not restrict entries from films from Taiwan and the mainland, almost all of the films nominated this year are from Hong Kong.

In fact, both mainland China and Taiwan released good movies last year. The mainland’s was “Furong Town” directed by Xie Jin, and Taiwan’s was “The Terrorizer” directed by Edward Yang.

Both films are classics and won Best Film awards at their respective Golden Rooster Awards and Golden Horse Awards.

However, there is a rule for the Academy Awards, which is that the film must have been publicly screened in Hong Kong and have box office data.

"The Terrorizer" was not introduced to Hong Kong at all, and "Hibiscus Town" was not released in Hong Kong until 1988.

Then there's no way.

The problem in Taiwan now is that the Golden Horse Awards have been heavily infiltrated by Hong Kong films. Last year, all the winners of the Golden Horse Awards were Hong Kong films, and that was without the participation of Baiyang Film Company.

Taiwanese films simply cannot enter the Hong Kong market because even dogs won’t watch them, so naturally no company is willing to import them.

Although the Academy Awards do not restrict Taiwanese films from participating, it is still difficult for Taiwanese films to win the awards.

After all...your Taiwanese films can't even beat Hong Kong films at the Golden Horse Awards, and you still want to show off at the Hong Kong Film Awards?
nonexistent!

However, I don’t know if the Hong Kong film industry has reached a tacit understanding, but in the past two years, they have often given one or two awards to Taiwanese films.

For example, last year the Best Actress award was given to Taiwanese actress Yang Huishan, who also got the opportunity to star in Hong Kong films and starred in several Hong Kong films.

In fact, this was just Hong Kong filmmakers trying to please the Taiwanese market, just like they later used the Best Actress award to please the mainland market.

This is the drawback of the voting system, which is full of various human relationships.

However, there is no perfect system in the world, and everything has two sides.

Since we chose this voting system in the first place, we can only accept the unspoken rules that arise from it.

……

Yang Ye, who did not appear at the Academy Awards last year, was invited to the stage to announce the first award, "Best Newcomer Award."

Yang Ye calmly walked onto the stage, waved his hand and said, "Long time no see!"

There was a sudden cheer from the stands.

"I was busy last year and missed the Academy Awards. I'm so sorry. I finally made it this year and the organizing committee assigned me such an important task. I'm very honored. Without further ado, let's take a look at the shortlist!"

Clips flashed across the big screen.

"The nominees for the 2th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Newcomer are... Aaron Kwok for A Moment of Romance , Danny Lee for A Better Tomorrow, Brandon Lee for A Chinese Odyssey, Anthony Wong for Love and Ho Kai Nam for Conduct!"

This "A Moment of Romance 2" is directed by Johnnie To, but the plot is somewhat different from the original film. It is a money-making work by Baiyang Company using IP.

The people in the company cannot be idle, so they have to start filming when they have nothing to do. As long as the cost is not too high and it feels like there is hope, it will be easy to start shooting.

Yang Ye had not seen "A Moment of Romance 2" and did not know how it was filmed. He did not have the time to care about such trivial matters.

After the list of nominees was released, Yang Ye smiled and said, "When I came to present the awards two years ago, all the nominees for Best Newcomer were girls. At that time, I said that the boys should do better. Wow, this year it's all boys!"

"Hahaha!" There was a burst of laughter in the guest seats.

Yang Ye opened the envelope and read, "The winner of the Best Newcomer award is...Brandon Lee for "Dragon on the Rivers and Lakes". Congratulations!"

As he spoke, he showed the list of winners to the camera.

Brandon Lee stood up suddenly in the guest seats and excitedly hugged the director of "Dragon in the Rivers and Lakes" Yu Rentai, and the leading actors Michael Wong and Meng Hai. Then, amid warm applause, he trotted up to the stage and bowed to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye gave Bruce Lee a hug, then patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Good boy, you didn't embarrass your father!"

Brandon Lee said politely: "Thank you, uncle!"

Yang Ye took the trophy from the etiquette lady and presented it to Brandon Lee. Brandon Lee took the trophy, held it high, and said with a choked voice: "Thank you to the Academy Awards and the elders in the Hong Kong film industry for giving me this Best Newcomer Award. In the future, I will work hard to live up to the expectations of the elders and not bring shame to my father!"

"Clap, clap, clap!" There was warm applause from the stands.

Bruce Lee was the first person to bring Hong Kong films to the world, and everyone is still kind to his son.

There is nothing to do with Yang Ye next. Although the movie "God of Gamblers" he filmed last year had a huge box office, he did not get any nominations. He just had to sit in the audience and applaud.

However, Baiyang Company is still very competitive. "A Better Tomorrow" leads with ten nominations, followed by "An Autumn's Tale" with seven nominations, both of which are favorites to win awards.

As the awards were presented one by one, with only four major awards left, "An Autumn's Tale" had already won two major awards: Best Screenplay (Lo Kei-luk) and Best Cinematography (James Heyman, Roger Chung).

An interesting thing happened. This year, for the first time, a foreigner won an award.

In fact, two years ago, Japanese actor Kitaro was nominated for Best Original Score for "A Like Water Flowing Years", but it was not until this year that a foreigner won the award for the first time.

This year, Christopher Doyle was supposed to win the Best Cinematography award for "Slutty Mom", but he lost because "An Autumn's Tale" was released a year earlier.

But Du Kefeng is also a foreigner, there is no difference.

As for "A Better Tomorrow", it was a huge disappointment. It had a lot of nominations but didn't get a single one. What a tragedy!
"The nominees for the 7th Academy Awards for Best Actress are... Sylvia Chang for "Beloved", Li Yujuan for "American Heart", Cherie Chung for "An Autumn's Tale", Pan Hong for "Fire Dragon", and Sally Yeh for "Swordsman and Lady."

This nomination is interesting. There are two Taiwanese, two Hong Kongers, and one mainlander. The competition is quite fierce.

Finally the list was announced and the Best Actress winner was... Sylvia Chang!

Yang Ye turned his head and gave Zhong Chuhong a comforting look. Zhong Chuhong forced a smile. She was actually quite disappointed. Who doesn't want to win a prize?

The people from Cinema City were so happy that they all stood up and celebrated enthusiastically.

After Shi Nansheng passed away, Sylvia Chang became the housekeeper of Cinema City. No wonder they were so happy.

"The nominees for the 7th Academy Awards for Best Actor are... Ti Lung (A Better Tomorrow), Leung Ka Fai (An Autumn's Tale), Cheung Kwok Yung (A Better Tomorrow), Hui Kuan Man (Detective Chocolate), Leung Ka Fai (Fire Dragon), and Leung Cho Wai (Undercover Love)!"

Chow Yun-fat is in a miserable situation. Because he did not act in "A Better Tomorrow" and "An Autumn's Tale", he inexplicably lost two Best Actor trophies. However, he did not know about this, so he was not disappointed. He is now sitting in the audience watching the fun.

"A Better Tomorrow" no longer has Chow Yun-fat, but Song Zihao's character has been modified and his role has been strengthened, which led to both Cheung Kwok-yung and Ti Lung being shortlisted.

Liang Jiahui was nominated for Best Actor for both "An Autumn's Tale" and "Fire Dragon", showing his strong acting skills and is worthy of being called the god of acting.

Liang Caowei officially entered the film industry in 1985 and was nominated for Best Actor after filming four movies. He is considered to be a gifted man!

There are so many strong competitors this year that anyone could win the award.

"The winner of Best Actor is... Ti Lung for A Better Tomorrow!"

"Wow!"

The Baiyang Company was in an uproar. Since Cinema City won the Best Actress award, we won the Best Actor award. Plus, Ti Lung acted like an elder and always took good care of everyone, so everyone was happy for him.

Ti Lung stood up and celebrated with the "A Better Tomorrow" crew and his colleagues in the company before walking onto the stage and solemnly accepting the trophy.

Ti Lung stood in front of the microphone and said with a choked voice: "Three years ago, I received a resignation letter with just one sentence: Thank you for your achievements for the company over the years.

I was completely stunned at that time. I felt very confused. I had never thought about leaving, and I didn’t know where to go or what to do after leaving.
I started calling people I knew, but everyone avoided me. I finally realized that I was out of fashion and this world didn't need me anymore.

At this time, someone told me: Temporary setbacks are nothing. As long as you are willing to cheer up, I believe that within three years, you will be able to prove to those people that what you have lost can be taken back!

I want to thank him for boldly inviting me to act in a movie and for casting me as the leading actor. Now, three years later, he was right and I won the award! This Academy Award trophy is the best proof of that.

The person who encouraged me and gave me the opportunity was my boss, Mr. Yang Ye! Boss, I did it! "

As Dillon spoke, he raised the trophy suddenly, tears welling up in his eyes!

"Clap clap clap clap!"

There was warm applause from the audience, especially from the Baiyang Company camp, where their hands were clapping so hard that they were almost broken.

From a has-been star to returning to the top and winning the Best Actor trophy, this is so fucking inspiring and so fucking touching!

Dillon's acceptance speech was full of gratitude to Yang Ye.

People also admire Yang Ye's ability to recognize people and his ability to help others in times of need!

……

After Ti Lung happily walked off the stage holding the trophy, Jenny Tseng came on stage and sang "Flowers of Shanghai", the theme song of the movie "Flowers of Shanghai".

This song is a classic composed by Luo Dayou. To be honest, Yang Ye doesn’t understand why it lost to "Who Is My Favorite" by Lowell Lo.

Of course, "Who is My Favorite" is also very good.

"The nominees for the 7th Academy Awards for Best Director are... Raymond Fong for "American Heart", John Woo for "A Better Tomorrow", Li Han-hsiang for "Fire Dragon", Ann Hui for "An Autumn's Tale", Derek Yee for "Crazy Times", and Stanley Kwan for "Undercover."

"The winner of the Best Director award is... Ann Hui for "An Autumn's Tale"!"

Originally, the award went to Fang Yuping, but Ann Hui came in a year earlier with "Autumn Fairy Tale" and defeated Fang Yuping.

"An Autumn's Fairy Tale" is a top-level Hong Kong romance film, which was a box office success and received great reviews. It was not unfair for Fang Yuping to lose.

At this point, Ann Hui won the Best Director award for two consecutive years, and her momentum was unmatched.

She came up to thank her husband Luo Qirui for his support, her boss Yang Ye for his support, and the three main actors Liang Jiahui, Cherie Chung and Leon Lai for their support, and then left the stage happily.

The role played by Leon Lai is the scumbag played by Danny Chan in the original film. Since Danny Chan is not from Bai Yang Company, it is naturally impossible for him to play this role.

When John Woo saw Ann Hui winning the award, he felt a little disappointed. He had the same experience as Ti Lung.

Ti Lung is an out-of-date actor, and he is an out-of-date director.

Ti Lung was fired by Shaw Brothers, and he was fired by Golden Harvest.

They all held their breath and wanted to prove themselves.

Now, Ti Lung has won the Best Actor award and is enjoying great success, but he missed out on the Best Director award.

I can only... sigh!
"The nominees for the 7th Academy Awards Best Film are... A Better Tomorrow (Bai Yang Pictures), Fire Dragon (Xin Kunlun Pictures), Underground Love (D&B Pictures), American Heart (Silver Metro), Crazy Stories (D&B Pictures), and An Autumn's Tale (Bai Yang Pictures)!"

Yang Ye couldn't help but cheer up. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be "A Better Tomorrow" that won the award.

But "Autumn Fairy Tale" was originally the best film of the next session, and its sudden appearance at this time caused accidents.

Yang Ye really wanted to know, if the best movie collides with the best movie, which one would be better?

"The winner of the Best Film Award is... A Better Tomorrow!" (End of this chapter)