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Chapter 624 [51] Passed the Hong Kong Film Awards, a small grand slam!

boom!
When the final list of winners was announced, the originally quiet Hung Hom Stadium suddenly became abuzz.

"Oh——"

There was warm cheering and applause from the whole audience.

Good start!

In fact, Chen Yu didn't expect that he would have to go up and receive the award before he could even get comfortable.

Moreover, this award was very unexpected, he never thought he could win it.

The truth is that each of the other martial arts directors who were nominated with him is a well-known "senior master" in the world, and to be honest, Chen Yu still felt a lot of pressure to win the Best Action Choreography award among these people!

After all, Cheng Long, Baye and Zhen Zidan all have experience, and Chen Yu is very familiar with them.

The key is not to sit too far away.

Chen Yu stood up and first hugged the martial arts directors who were shortlisted together.

"Come on, Brother Yu!"

Cheng Long patted Chen Yu on the back, and Yuan Heping also smiled: "We really need to help the younger generation and pave the way for future kung fu films!"

A few people said polite words. Who doesn't like to win an award? However, for people of Cheng Long and Yuan Heping's status, it really doesn't matter whether they win or not. It would be better to do what Yuan Baye said, to help the younger generation and bring more new forces to kung fu movies.

This level of realm really made Chen Yu admire him.

Regardless of whether it was a compliment or came from the heart, at least the words were spoken with great quality.

Of course, Chen Yu also knew that his ability to win this award had little to do with his own strength, but more because he was reborn and had seen fighting scenes in movies. In other words, he was able to come up with such cool action design by building on the foundation laid by his predecessors.

The fighting scenes in "Extraction" are indeed a very fresh modern martial arts, full of the crispness and bloodiness of punches hitting the flesh.

The impact and visual experience are very strong.

“Congratulations to “Extraction”!”

"Congratulations to Brother Yu!"

Zeng Zhiwei was grinning, while Ye Weixing was extremely excited and clapping wildly.

This time, "Extraction" was nominated for 14 awards, but he didn't expect to win the first one, and it was the prestigious Best Action Design award. Of course he was excited.

"Thank you!"

Chen Yu walked onto the stage, hugged Hong Jingbao and Zheng Zeshi, and raised the Golden Horse Award trophy in his hand.

"I am unworthy of this!"

“Many of the nominees are my seniors, and there are also Eighth Master and Big Brother whom I admire very much!”

"Their movie action scenes have a huge influence on me, because I grew up watching their movies—"

"Hahaha!"

There were applause and laughter from the audience, and Cheng Long and Yuan Heping were smiling and shaking their heads.

This guy is showing his age!

"It's true, especially Mr. Ba. I've worked with him and I've learned a lot from him!"

"And Brother Hong Jingbao, Brother Xiaodong, Brother Yuan Bin..."

Chen Yu thanked the martial arts directors one by one: "Without them, I wouldn't have been nominated for the Best Action Choreography!"

"They are my guides and the direction I keep moving forward!"

"I was able to create the fighting moves in "Taken" because I stood on the shoulders of my predecessors. They taught me how to perform the moves beautifully and well!"

"at last!"

Chen Yu raised his head and said to everyone present: "Thank you for Kung Fu. I also hope that our Chinese Kung Fu and action movies will flourish and continue to lead the trend of action design, so that the whole world will know that our Chinese action movies——"

“Still number one in the world, thank you!”

Chen Yu spoke in a calm tone, but everyone present could feel the weight of his words.

The world's number one action movie!
This is the glory that China is most proud of. Without the action designers of the older generation such as Yuan Heping or even his father Yuan Xiaotian, there would not be so many action blockbusters in the world.

Before Bruce Lee, no one knew that movie fight scenes could be shot so cool?

Such a wonderful shot.

Everyone knows that the current American Hollywood action blockbusters are deeply influenced by Hong Kong action and kung fu movies, so this first place is undoubtedly.

"World number one!"

"Well said, this is the charm of Hong Kong action movies!"

"In addition to action design, action films also need good-looking costumes and props, so the next award is the best costume design!"

"Please welcome the award presenters, Hideki Ichida and Ye Tong!"

Emi Wada was the costume designer for "House of Flying Daggers" and Chen Yu was fortunate enough to have worked with her.

Not only has she won the Oscar for Best Costume Design, she has also won the Hong Kong Film Awards three times, and has a close connection with Hong Kong filmmakers.

In the end, the award was won by Chen Kexin's "If Love" team.

Afterwards, the major awards of this year's Academy Awards were presented one after another.

"If Love" won three major awards including Best Art Direction, Best Original Film Music, and Best Original Film Song... and the Best Visual Effects and Audiovisual Effects went to "Initial D"!
Apart from Chen Yu's Best Action Design award, "Extraction" only won a pitiful Best Newcomer among the several awards it was nominated for.

Jiang Yilang did not come, and was replaced by Chen Yu.

“Many awards do lack strength!”

Chen Yu said this to Ye Weixing. Ye Weixing was certainly not sad. As all the awards went to "Escape Plan", he actually felt a lot of pressure.

This is similar to stock trading. It is not good to hold too much, and it is not good to hold too little either.

I don’t dare to buy in because the price is rising too fast, but there is no bottom to the decline.

……

"The next award to be presented is for Best Screenwriter!"

"Wow, these two award presenters are incredible, they are giants, they are Mr. Ni Kuang and Mr. Cai Lan!"

As soon as Zeng Zhiwei finished saying the names of these two people, the whole audience started shouting.

Ni Kuang and Cai Lan are two of Hong Kong's four great talents, as famous as Jin Yong and Huang Zhan.

Each of the four has his own strengths, and they are all good friends, and they are also well-versed in literature!

These four people are the symbol of an era and the epitome of Hong Kong culture: Huang Zhan who writes pop songs, Ni Kuang who writes science fiction, Cai Lan who writes gourmet food, and Jin Yong who writes martial arts novels!

"The reason why we invited two people to present this award is because both of them have worked as film screenwriters!"

"Mr. Ni Kuang wrote 2 words a day, but the script of One-Armed Swordsman only had 400 words, but this movie pioneered the martial arts film in Hong Kong!"

"..."

Following Zeng Zhiwei's introduction, the chubby Ni Kuang, who was leaning on a cane, and the refreshed Cai Lan walked to the podium hand in hand.

Cai Lan and Chen Yu had always thought that the other party was a gourmet who stayed in hotels every day, ate delicious food with beautiful girls, and published books. Unexpectedly, he was actually a well-known screenwriter, and he had written several well-known third-level film scripts.

The first one is "First Time, First Time", which doesn't sound like a serious movie.

Later, when he became rich, he became a producer himself, and "The Lamp Grass Monk" really seemed like a work that he could produce.

Romantic and erotic, worthy of Cai Lan.

“It’s really eye-opening!”

"He is the longest-lived of the Big Four in Hong Kong. He is a man who only eats, drinks and has fun. He has lived so long. His life is really worth it..."

Chen Yu listened to the amusing banter between Ni Kuang and Cai Lan on the stage, and the whole audience seemed very happy.

When these two people meet, they talk all day and all night long without any repetition.

"You said you wrote 461 movie scripts and shot 261 of them, but you never won a single Academy Award. What's the reason?"

"Of course it's a terrible writing. Not to mention winning an award, it wasn't even nominated!"

Although Ni Kuang was laughing, the Academy Award winner was slapped in the face.

Although many of Ni Kuang's scripts are indeed bad because they were written too quickly, there are still some excellent ones among them. The reason why he did not give the Academy Awards is probably because he was too outspoken in the past.

"Okay, let's see who is the lucky one today!"

Cai Lan opened the winning envelope and looked at the name list with Ni Kuang. He was very surprised and said, "Oh, this person is very famous in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia recently!"

"I've heard of it, too. It's incredible. His name and movie trailers are everywhere in Hong Kong now. He's a hotshot!"

"Oh oh oh-"

Before the two people announced the name of the winner, screams were heard from the audience.

Many people looked in Chen Yu's direction, and it was clear that the award would go to him again, as expected. This was because the words of Ni Kuang and Cai Lan had already given a clear hint.

"Okay, I won't keep you in suspense anymore!"

"The winner of the Best Screenplay Award is Chen Yu from "The Force Awakens"!"

Cai Lan looked in the direction of Chen Yu and said, "I've had the honor of watching this film. It's really great!"

As he leaned over to the microphone and spoke, the entire "Extraction" crew stood up excitedly.

Chen Yu’s fans in the back row were also screaming.

This time, there is actually only one rival nominated together with Chen Yu - "Underworld"!
The other three films, "A Tale of Two Sisters", "Precocious" and "If Love", have a low chance of winning, so the reason why Chen Yu won the Best Screenwriter award was actually because his opponents were too weak.

"I can't believe that an actor who made a movie won the Best Screenplay Award!"

"There was also the Best Action Design Award before. I want to ask Brother Yu, are you going to switch to a behind-the-scenes position?"

Looking at Chen Yu walking onto the stage, Zeng Zhiwei teased him.

After Chen Yu bowed and took the Academy Award trophy from Cai Lan and Ni Kuang, he leaned into the microphone and said, "Brother Zidan and Big Brother have also been doing action design, and Teacher Ni Kuang was also an actor before, so there is no conflict!"

"I definitely won't work behind the scenes. At most, I'll be shooting movies, writing scripts and drawing action scenes, and that's just enough to make a living!"

"Ha ha!"

Ni Kuang smiled a little, and Cai Lan next to him also clapped his hands.

Chen Yu gave his acceptance speech, which was still very brief this time.

Best Action Design, Best Screenplay, plus a few nominations that haven't been awarded yet.

This has probably never been seen in any previous Academy Awards.

There is someone who got both the role of new actor and supporting actor at the same time, such as Stephen Chow, but the fact that Chen Yu is a mainland actor and he can have such opportunities time and time again made many guests in the audience feel that Chen Yu is extraordinary.

This actor with such outstanding acting skills actually has such a unique skill?
Born for movies, isn't that what this kind of person is referring to? !

"Thank you, thank you Director Ye Weixing!"

"..."

Chen Yu was holding the trophy for Best Screenwriter in his hand, and he was really at a loss for words because he had only prepared a acceptance speech.

This is actually the case for anyone who has been on the podium a few times.

Countless people were looking at him in the audience. Unlike the previous few times when he had few nominations for the Academy Awards, Chen Yu could be said to be a big shot in Hong Kong at the moment. It was not an exaggeration to describe him as the most popular star.

90% of the people in the audience knew him, and many of them were actually a little surprised that he won the Best Screenplay award.

And also Best Action Design.

"A lot of records have been broken, right?"

Zou Wenhuai was also there applauding Chen Yu. Looking at Chen Yu, who seemed quite high-spirited after giving his acceptance speech on the stage, he smiled slightly and asked Jiang Zhiqiang who was sitting next to him.

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and clapped his hands as well: "Well, so far, we have broken two records of the Academy Awards!"

"The actor with the most awards that year!"

“The actor with the most nominations for that year!”

“However, the most impressive thing is actually the two grand slams of the three major Chinese awards!”

"Newcomer Award, Best Supporting Actor, now all I need is a Best Actor Award!"

"Grand slam?"

Zou Wenhuai smiled a little: "Okay, this grand slam is good!"

"I won the Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actor awards at the Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and Golden Image Awards!"

Zou Wenhuai also reacted somewhat. Chen Yu had indeed won the Best Newcomer Award and Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and Golden Image Awards.

Jiang Zhiqiang, who was standing next to him, leaned over to his ear and said, "There's also a mini-Grand Slam!"

"What little slam?"

I'm not quite sure about Zou Wenhuai.

"A small grand slam means winning the Best Newcomer, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor at the film festival!"

For example, Nicholas Tse will be an actor who wins the Grand Slam at the Academy Awards in the future.

"Oh, that's what I mean!"

After listening to Jiang Zhiqiang's explanation, Zou Wenhuai understood a little.

It's all media hype.

This time, Chen Yu has a hope of winning the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which represents the highest honor for an actor.

For example, winning the three acting awards of Best Newcomer, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards is called a Mini Grand Slam; the same goes for the Golden Horse and Golden Rooster Awards, which have no time limit.

The concept of a mini-Grand Slam was actually deliberately created by the media.

In the past, Hong Kong created this title specifically in order to promote Nicholas Tse.

Now, it seems that Chen Yu has benefited from it.

If Chen Yu is finally blessed with the Best Actor award, he will be the only person in the Chinese-speaking world to have won the Little Grand Slam of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

This honor will follow Chen Yu for the rest of his life.

Although Chen Yu does not take this honor very seriously after winning the Grand Slam Best Actor title at the world's three major film festivals, in the Chinese community, winning this award is still full of value.

At least, this means that Chen Yu will soon win the Hong Kong Film Awards.

So next, what Chen Yu has to look forward to is the most important award of the day - Best Actor.

Before that, awards were given out one after another, either unexpectedly or without suspense.

Best Editing - "Fork in the Road"!
Best Photography - "If Love" Bao Dexi!

Professionalism, Best New Director…Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor.

Wu Jing missed this award, and the winner was Ke Shouliang, the big brother from Taiwan who played Fujiwara Takumi's father in "Initial D"!
But the Best Actress award was a bit of a surprise.

Zhou Xun defeated Golden Horse Award winner Zhang Aijia and won the title for "If Love".

This is the third time that a mainland actress has won the Best Actress award at the Academy Awards. Last year it was Zhang Ziyi, and before that it was Siqin Gaowa... However, no mainland male actor has ever won the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Academy Awards.

Chen Yu has a good chance of getting the first place.

This can actually be seen from one aspect, that the direction of the Hong Kong Film Awards is tending to move closer to the mainland.

It is hoped that mainland filmmakers will be able to connect Hong Kong films with the mainland by winning these awards, and at the same time further increase the influence of the Hong Kong Film Awards in the mainland.

"OK, the most exciting moment has finally arrived!"

"Maomao, are you nervous?"

Zeng Zhiwei looked at Mao Shunjun beside him, and Mao Shunjun laughed and hit him: "Damn it, why should I be nervous? It's not me who was nominated, I have already won the award!"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot..."

Zeng Zhiwei laughed at her with his eyes narrowed in deathly. Mao Shunjun just won the Best Supporting Actress Award at this year's Academy Awards, which was also her first award in her 30 years of acting career, although she had been nominated for the Academy Awards nine times.

But it was not easy for her to win the award this time. Zeng Zhiwei even joked that her name was Mao Jiuci.

"Now we are going to present the Best Actor award. I don't need to explain this in detail. Everyone knows what the Best Actor award is. The award presenter alone is already very impressive..."

In the next competition, there are four most important awards.

Best Actor, Best Director, Best Asian Film and Best Film!
Each one is the focus of this conference.

Everyone knew that the award ceremony was coming to an end. Everyone sat down, and the bigwigs who had their heads down all raised their heads, because the next award to be presented was for Best Actor.

But unlike Cheng Long and Zhang Ziyi who raised their heads and listened attentively, the male actors nominated for Best Actor didn't seem to be very interested...

Because of this award, there is almost no suspense.

Chen Yu was nominated for two awards for his films "Initial D" and "The Force Awakens", but Liang Jiahui did not come, so the remaining ones were Liu Dehua and Aaron Kwok.

Andy Lau won the award for Best Actor two years ago with "Big Brother", so the chances of "A Dream of Splendor" winning this time are not high.

Aaron Kwok has been nominated several times, and the outside world still regards him as a pretty boy. He is currently in a period of transformation, so his chances of winning are not high.

Only Liang Jiahui has the ability to compete with Chen Yu.

It's a pity he's not here.

There is another person, the darling of the Academy Awards, Liang Chaowei, who was not shortlisted this time.

So Chen Yu has almost no opponent this time.

(End of this chapter)