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Chapter 626 [52] Conquer Hong Kong with strength!

"The winner of the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director is——"

"Johnnie To's 'Election'!"

The guests in charge of presenting the awards, Zhang Ziyi and Liang Chaowei, clapped their hands and called out the name of the director who ultimately won the award.

Chen Yu feels that among the five directors nominated for this award, Johnnie To is indeed the strongest one.

We have to admit that he is definitely one of the ceiling of Hong Kong directors today.

Johnnie To is currently at the peak of his career.

The movie "Election" brought out all the dark sides of Hong Kong, and only he dared to shoot such a subject. His subsequent movie "Exiled", which was nominated for the Berlin Palme d'Or, has a strong Du film style in it, and more or less contains the ideas he wanted to express and the director's essential content.

Although "The Extraction" was well filmed, in terms of pure directing skills, Ye Weixing is indeed far behind.

Ye Weixing did not feel much regret or loss about losing this award.

In fact, when he found out that he was nominated together with Johnnie To, Tsui Ho, Chan Ho-yan, Mak Siu-fai and Lau Wai-keung, he knew who would win the award.

It was almost impossible for him to get it.

It’s not that Hong Kong is about seniority or anything, but these directors are really much better than him at making movies.

Plus, he is a younger generation, so it is even more impossible for him to get it.

"The last prize!"

There were four trophies placed in front of Chen Yu. Just now, "Departures" won the Best Asian Film at this year's Academy Awards without any suspense. The one responsible for presenting the award was actually the "Daisy" team.

Starring Lee Sung-jae, Jun Ji-hyun, Jung Woo-sung and a translator.

At the beginning of this movie, Chen Yu received an invitation from Liu Weiqiang, but Chen Yu declined.

Jung Woo-sung and Lee Sung-jae are very famous in South Korea, but are considered second-rate in Asia; but Jun Ji-hyun is different, she is a real top-tier traffic star in Asia, and her popularity in China is also extremely high.

The drama "My Sassy Girl" made her famous all over Asia, even more popular than Korean dramas.

However, her level of popularity cannot compare with Chen Yu's appeal throughout Asia. In the past, there was no actor in Asia who could reach the level of Chen Yu today.

Even if Bruce Lee were still alive, it is not certain that Chen Yu could surpass him, because in terms of acting skills, Chen Yu crushed Bruce Lee.

……

"OK, next, we are going to present the last award of this conference - Best Film!"

Zeng Zhiwei and Mao Shunjun walked to the front of the stage and said without further ado, "This award should be thanked to some people who have made great contributions. Without these people, the film would not have been made. So please welcome the award presenters - Mr. Huang Jianxin, the director from the mainland, Director Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Brother Cheng Long!"

"welcome!"

“The two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau are one family!”

These three people symbolize the mainland, Formosa Boulevard and Hong Kong respectively.

It can be seen that this year's Academy Awards was special in that not only were the Best Actor and Best Actress awards given to mainland actors, but the Best Asian Film also had a mainland component, and even the Best Film award presenter was a mainland director.

So there are actually political factors involved in the voting... Chen Yu's winning of the award was also influenced by these factors.

Although his status no longer needs to be highlighted by the Academy Awards.

However, winning this award will undoubtedly help Chen Yu to improve his status in Hong Kong to some extent.

At least, his popularity and achievements have now reached their peak in Hong Kong, which is a recognition of him by the Hong Kong circle.

"Please invite the three of them!"

Zeng Zhiwei spoke loudly, and Huang Jianxin and the other two immediately walked to the podium.

Huang Jianxin is a famous director in mainland China. His most famous work is "Ambush", which was nominated for the Berlin Golden Bear.

Of course this happened in 97.

Compared with the title of director, the reason why he is respected by Hong Kong people is that he is a partner of China Film Corporation, a good friend of China Film Corporation Chairman Han Sanpin, and also the president of the China Film Association.

These identities are absolutely of great importance, even Cheng Long has to be respectful to him.

He was the chief director of "The Founding of a Republic" and "The Founding of a Party" in his previous life.

One can imagine his identity.

The fact that he was able to present the Academy Awards is a great honor to Hong Kong, and it also shows how much Hong Kong values ​​the mainland.

Cheng Long gestured to him to speak first, but Huang Jianxin smiled and finally gave way to Cheng Long who spoke first.

"Good night, everyone!"

"Today the three of us will present the Best Film of this year's Academy Awards!"

Cheng Long greeted everyone, then smiled and said: "I know that we in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong have different views on the best films. Hong Kong currently has three 'unimportant' ones!"

It felt like Chen Long came prepared. It was rare to see him so formal: "First, whether or not we can break out internationally is not important!"

“Second, whether or not you can win an award is not important!”

“Third, the flood of bad reviews doesn’t matter!”

These three are not important, which made Chen Yu’s eyes linger.

When Cheng Long said this, it seemed that there was some special meaning. On a stage like the Academy Awards, there must be some purpose.

Many people were also confused by Cheng Long's sudden words.

Film awards and international recognition are not important?
So what is the most important thing?!
"Right now, the most important thing is the box office!"

These two words made everyone present understand.

"It is most important that our audiences can return to the cinema to watch movies!"

Although the box office in Hong Kong has broken records, in fact the total box office has been declining every year. Just look at the top ten box office records every year... If the box office was good, Zou Wenhuai would not be so anxious.

"Do you understand? Two directors!"

Cheng Long looked at Hou Xiaoxian and Huang Jianxin next to him, and they both nodded at the same time: "I understand!"

"Then I'm done... What's the situation on Formosa?"

Cheng Long threw the topic to Hou Hsiao-hsien, and finally the mainland took the lead.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien cleared his throat and then said, "There are three important things about the situation in Formosa and the current opinions on the best film!"

Hou Hsiao-hsien raised three fingers.

Cheng Long said three things that were not important, but he came with three things that were very important.

Everyone felt that this award ceremony was special...it seemed as if they were reflecting some current issues in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

“The first one is very important, and winning the prize is very important because the prize money is a lot!”

"Hahaha!"

Everyone in the audience laughed. Was this an act of opposing Cheng Long?
In fact, it’s not like that. What Chen Yu felt more was a sense of helplessness.

If a movie does well at the box office, who would covet the prize money?

Chen Yu never took the bonus seriously, because it was not much, and compared to the box office, it was a drop in the bucket.

But when making movies in Taiwan, bonuses are really important, because every movie you make will result in a loss, so it is good to have some bonus money.

It would be fine if it can be released in mainland China, but if it cannot, it may not be able to make a profit in other regions.

“Secondly, it’s important to have someone invest in you!”

"Because no one is investing in our Formosa Films now..."

"And the last one is that it is very important to get out of the treasure island!"

"We need to have our films released in Hong Kong and even in mainland China, so that... more people will invest!"

Hou Hsiao-hsien spoke very sincerely.

This is indeed the current situation of Taiwan's films, and it will be the same for South Korea in the future. They are even worse than Hong Kong films, and they almost perform all kinds of joys and sorrows in their own circle for their own entertainment.

Investing in movies requires money, but if they are only released in Taiwan, 99% of them will lose money.

Because the market is so big?

How to make money?!
So these three are very important, and they really reflect the current situation, which is also the biggest problem of Taiwan’s film industry. “It’s the exact opposite of Hong Kong!”

Cheng Long said with some sigh, then looked at Huang Jianxin and said: "Director Huang, what about the mainland?"

"Inland ..."

Huang Jianxin raised the microphone and said calmly: "The market in the mainland is constantly changing. It can almost be said that there is a change every year!"

"In the past few years, winning awards was the most important thing; then the box office was the most important thing!"

“Last year, everyone was looking forward to it. Box office and awards were equally important!”

"What about recently?"

Cheng Long acted like a supporting actor, but Huang Jianxin looked at Chen Yu carefully and said, "But, there are new changes this year!"

"Oh?"

Cheng Long also saw Huang Jianxin's gaze: "What changes?"

"Then none of that matters. In my opinion, box office and awards are not as important as cinemas!"

"We have box office success and awards!"

“We need to expand the market!”

"At present, there are still too few cinema chains in China, so there are not enough films to schedule. Our audiences are very enthusiastic about buying tickets, but the cinemas cannot meet the demand for watching movies..."

These words immediately left everyone present speechless.

But is Huang Jianxin wrong?

No!

At present, there are indeed too few cinema chains in mainland China, so the box office has not increased. Is it because no one watches movies?
of course not!

The most critical point is that there are no cinemas near many homes.

"We now hope to build more cinemas in the mainland to increase the box office, so that more people can know about our Chinese films and win more international awards!"

Huang Jianxin's words were very domineering.

Then, before anyone could react, he suddenly said, "We welcome cinema owners from Hong Kong and Taiwan to come to our mainland to set up cinemas. We will strive to have more movies screened simultaneously in both Mainland China and Hong Kong!"

"We will push the box office of Chinese films to 10 billion, 20 billion, or even 30 billion!"

boom!
This sentence seemed to have set off the entire Academy Awards venue.

Everyone was shocked by Huang Jianxin's words.

10 billion, 20 billion?
Are there so many people watching?!

To be honest, Hong Kong people are very xenophobic. Apart from Hong Kong films, they only watch imported Hollywood blockbusters. It is rare to see mainland films that will make them pay to go to the cinema.

Mainland audiences do this very well.

They only support good movies, no matter they are from Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China or India. As long as they are good movies, they are willing to pay for them.

This is the market in mainland China, and it will also be hailed as the best film market in the world in the future!
Mainland audiences are very inclusive and have no regional discrimination.

Probably, only Chen Yu knew clearly that 10 billion, 20 billion...it would go bankrupt in less than 10 years.

And in this life, it may be even faster!

clap clap clap!
Zou Wenhuai was the first to applaud, followed by everyone in the audience.

“The mainland market is indeed yet to be developed!”

Cheng Long sighed, and then picked up the winning envelope in his hand: "Then, let's take a look at what type of film will be the best movie at the Hong Kong Film Awards tonight?"

Swish!
Five movies suddenly appeared on the big screen.

"Underworld", "Seven Swords", "If Love", "Myth", "Escape Plan"!
Everyone then began to sit up straight.

They also heard Cheng Long and the other two saying in unison: "The 25th Academy Awards Best Film—"

"'Solo Rescue'!"

When Cheng Long said the four words "lonely rescue", the entire Academy Awards ceremony suddenly started with fireworks.

At this point, all the awards for this year's Academy Awards have been presented.

"Extraction" won the final award and had the last laugh.

“We won a prize!”

"Brother Yu, we won the prize!"

Ye Weixing stood up, his eyes red, and yelled excitedly while hugging Chen Yu.

"heard it!"

Chen Yu shook his head and smiled.

He went on stage more times today than he went to the bathroom.

The fifth trip!

Action Design, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Asian Film, and now Best Film!
No more, no less, exactly five times!
The absolute winner.

"Brother Yu, congratulations!"

"Brother Yu!"

"..."

One by one, Hong Kong filmmakers came forward to congratulate Chen Yu and took the initiative to shake hands and hug him.

Chen Yu responded politely one by one, even a little humble, which made countless artists and movie stars feel a sense of familiarity. Everyone tried their best to get to know Chen Yu. The reality of the entertainment industry seemed extremely real at this time.

Ye Weixing looked at some of the stars who were walking towards them. In fact, they were all approaching him for Chen Yu's sake.

This is Chen Yu’s influence today.

The Academy Awards came to a close in such a harmonious atmosphere.

Chen Yu won five trophies and was crowned Best Actor, becoming the most eye-catching and unique focus of the night.

He is also the youngest winner of the Best Actor award in the history of the Academy Awards, breaking the previous record of Liang Jiahui. He is even the first artist in the history of the Academy Awards to win three acting trophies: Best Newcomer Award, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actor.

Winner of the Academy Award Grand Slam.

He is also the filmmaker who has won the most trophies in a single session.

Many records were broken one by one by Chen Yu that night.

Click! Click!
When Chen Yu walked out from the backstage, countless media reporters were taking pictures crazily and cheering and screaming.

The Best Actor award is nothing, the five major awards are what matters.

When "Extraction" won the Best Picture award, reporters, celebrities and other relevant people in the Chinese entertainment industry all knew it.

So they are all waiting here, wanting to interview first-hand resources.

"Oh oh oh!"

Countless people surrounded Chen Yu and came to the interview area.

"Congratulations, Yuzi, you won five trophies. Wow, I can't take them all!"

"Thank you!"

Chen Yu indeed couldn't hold all five trophies, so he asked a reporter to help hold them.

"How do you feel about winning five awards?"

"Yuzi, congratulations on winning the Youngest Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards. Do you have anything to say?"

Countless reporters were asking questions, and Chen Yu was surrounded by them and had difficulty breathing.

But, who made him the only star of the Academy Awards tonight? !
Not everyone can "enjoy" this kind of treatment!

(End of this chapter)