Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 388 Starlight Glimmering
The noise in Zhuyuan Hotel lasted for a long time. After the excitement and passion passed, everyone calmed down.

Chen Zifang invited Lin Chaoyang to stay at Zhuyuan Hotel. After completing the check-in procedures, it was getting late, so Lin Chaoyang sent Er Maitai and Luo Huifang out of the hotel.

"Chaoyang, thank you." Standing at the door of the hotel, Er Maitai held it in for a long time before he uttered these words.

Luo Huifang also thanked Lin Chaoyang repeatedly.

Lin Chaoyang said gently: "Don't be so polite, this happened today just by chance, I didn't expect it."

Luo Huifang said excitedly: "I heard that the waiters at Zhuyuan Hotel earn two to three hundred yuan a month. When our salaries are combined, we won't have to worry about buying a house."

Er Maitai was also very happy to hear this. They were still worrying about buying a house in the afternoon, but they didn't expect that Afang's job was solved in just half a day.

The two of them can earn three to four hundred yuan a month, and they don’t have to worry about getting married and buying a house in the future.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and patted Ermaitai on the shoulder. "Hurry up and get the marriage certificate. After you marry Afang, transfer your household registration here. You will be the son-in-law of Shenzhen in the future. I will come to drink your wedding wine then."

Ermaita smiled and scratched his head, then said again: "Chaoyang, thank you."

"Okay!" Lin Chaoyang patted him.

"You must come to my wedding!"

"Do not worry."

After they separated, Er Maitai and Luo Huifang each rode a bicycle, both immersed in great joy.

Er Maitai suddenly said, "Do you believe I didn't lie to you this time? Chaoyang is really my childhood friend, a great writer!"

"Even if you lied to me, what else can I do? That person...that person is yours." Luo Huifang's cheeks flushed as she said this.

Er Maitai laughed complacently and pulled her to stop.

"Afang, when you get into Zhuyuan Hotel, I'll go ask your father for marriage."

Luo Huifang looked into his eyes and nodded shyly.

Chen Zifang provided Luo Huifang with a job naturally because he wanted to establish a good relationship with Lin Chaoyang. This good relationship might not be significant at the moment, but it might be useful at some point in the future.

Anyway, he doesn't need to spend any real money, it's a cost-effective thing.

Lin Chaoyang also understood his thoughts, so he took on this favor and regarded it as an early wedding gift to the Ermaitai couple.

After staying in Shenzhen for another day, Lin Chaoyang set off for the port and passed through customs to reach Hong Kong.

He called Li Hanxiang in advance yesterday, and after passing the customs, Li Hanxiang arranged for someone to pick him up and take him to the hotel.

After a simple welcoming banquet, Lin Chaoyang returned to his room to rest.

The next day was the 3rd, and there was still one day before the award ceremony, so Lin Chaoyang went out first to buy some gifts for his family.

When he came back from shopping, someone knocked on the door as soon as he entered the room. He opened the door and saw that it was Liu Xiaoqing.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is also a happy event.

Like Lin Chaoyang, Liu Xiaoqing also came to attend the 3rd Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony. This time, she was nominated for the Best Actress award for her role in "The Last Emperor".

This was the first time that a mainland actor won an award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and Liu Xiaoqing also set a record, so Lin Chaoyang saw her looking particularly high-spirited and in high spirits.

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Xiaoqing said she had an interview in the evening, so she said goodbye and left.

On the 4th, Lin Chaoyang casually strolled downstairs of the hotel during the day. When Li Hanxiang came to pick him up in the afternoon, he found that he was still wearing the Zhongshan suit he had worn when he came. He complained, "Why are you still wearing this? At least get a suit!"

"I'm not used to wearing western clothes, but a Zhongshan suit is fine."

"If you're on TV, people will laugh at you for being old-fashioned. Come on, I'll take you to buy a set."

Li Hanxiang hurriedly pulled Lin Chaoyang out to buy a suit, but Lin Chaoyang refused.

"If I wanted to buy it, I would have bought it a long time ago. After buying a suit, do I still need a tie? After wearing a tie, do I need a pair of leather shoes? And then comb my hair into a slicked-back hairstyle and put on slicked-back powder.

Forget it, I can’t do these things. I’m a screenwriter, not an actor.”

Seeing him like this, Li Hanxiang no longer insisted. Lin Chaoyang looked at the time and said, "It's only a little after three o'clock now. Didn't the award ceremony start at 8:30? Aren't you here too early?"

"Do you think everyone goes out as rustic as you? They need to do their hair and makeup."

Li Hanxiang complained about Lin Chaoyang. He brought a makeup artist and a hairstylist to help Liu Xiaoqing with her hairstyle. After all, she was the heroine of his movie. She was nominated for the Best Actress and her first appearance on Hong Kong TV must not be shabby.

"You really don't want to put some oil on your hair?"

Before leaving, Li Hanxiang teased Lin Chaoyang.

Lin Chaoyang pointed at his slicked-back hair and said sarcastically, "Do you know why your hairline is receding? It's because you use too much hair oil!"

After a few sarcastic remarks, everyone got into the car. For the award ceremony, Li Hanxiang specially found two Mercedes-Benz cars. They are called Mercedes-Benz in the mainland and Mercedes-Benz in Hong Kong.

As soon as Lin Chaoyang got into the car, he saw Tony Leung, who was wearing a suit and had a slicked-back hair.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Hui Zai, you're going to be crowned the best actor soon, what do you think?"

Lin Chaoyang started joking as soon as he got in the car, but Tony Leung couldn't laugh. There were still two hours before the award ceremony, and he was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

"Don't be so nervous, it's just one Academy Award for Best Actor. You will win more in the future."

It would have been fine if Lin Chaoyang didn't comfort him, but once he did, Tony Leung became even more nervous, and his hands were shaking when he drank water.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and stopped teasing him.

The car drove all the way to the Grand View Hotel in Kowloon, which is one of the earliest five-star hotels in Hong Kong. This year's Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony will be held in the hotel's auditorium.

This year's Academy Awards have made obvious progress compared to the previous two sessions.

"Film Biweekly" not only invited Sing Tao Newspaper to co-organize and sponsor it, but also invited Infinity TV Jade Channel to broadcast it live, and a red carpet session was specially arranged before the crew entered the venue.

The four people from the crew of "The Last Emperor" who attended the award ceremony were Li Hanxiang, Lin Chaoyang, Liu Xiaoqing and Tony Leung. Compared with the other three who were dressed up, Lin Chaoyang, who was dressed simply, was inconspicuous and only flashed in front of the camera.

After walking the red carpet, several people went to the room arranged by the hotel to rest. There was still an hour before the award ceremony started, so the guests could enter ten minutes in advance.

As soon as they arrived in the room and sat down, someone came to say hello.

The visitor is Yu Zheng, one of the gold medal emcees in Hong Kong television. Together with Lin Yanni, Bai Yunqin, Dina and Shi Nansheng, she is called "Hong Kong Talents" by the Hong Kong media.

There are so many talented men and women in Hong Kong, so just listen to this kind of stuff.

Yu Zheng started to switch from being a host to working in the film industry in 82. He is a member of the executive committee of this year's Academy Awards. Li Hanxiang's "Beyond the Palace" is one of the favorites to win this year's Academy Awards. Yu Zheng came over to say hello on behalf of the executive committee as a courtesy.

After Yu Zheng left, several people came over to say hello. Some were from the organizer and the executive committee, while others were crew members who came to attend the award ceremony.

The director of "Seven Days of Love" Zhang Jianting, the editor-in-chief of "Film Biweekly" Chen Bosheng...

There are four people in the crew of "The Last Emperor". The male lead is a newcomer, the female lead and the screenwriter are both from the mainland. Only Li Hanxiang is a famous director with a good reputation, so most of the people who come to say hello are there for him.

As the award ceremony was about to begin, Li Hanxiang was getting ready to set off for the auditorium, and the road was filled with stars.

Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Anita Mui, Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip, Anthony Wong, Wu Ma...

Lin Chaoyang was counting the stars with great interest. He noticed that Liu Xiaoqing's eyes were always looking at Lin Qingxia.

At this time, Brigitte Lin was at the peak of her beauty. When she was young, she looked pure and gorgeous in Qiong Yao's romance films, which was unforgettable.

After coming to Hong Kong, her temperament changed. She became more bright and elegant like a mature woman, while also having a heroic spirit. Such looks and temperament can be said to be popular with both men and women.

She was nominated for the Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards for her role in "Shu Shan" and was a competitor of Liu Xiaoqing, so Liu Xiaoqing couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

In addition to the two of them, other nominees for the Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards include Maggie Cheung (Seven Days of Love), Cherie Chung (Man and Woman), and Ann Hui (Half a Man).

The guests entered the hotel auditorium one after another and took their seats. The crew of "The Last Emperor" was seated in the second row of seats, very close to the stage. On the left was the crew of "Half Man", and on the right was the crew of "Seven Days of Love".

These two films are also the biggest competitors of "The Last Empress" at this year's Academy Awards, and both of them have a greater chance of winning than "The Last Empress".

This has a lot to do with the development of the Hong Kong film industry in recent years. Since the late 1970s, the Hong Kong film industry has been influenced by Japanese films and the French New Wave, and has created its own new wave.

"Film Biweekly" is the base camp of the new wave of Hong Kong films, and the Academy Awards hosted by them naturally became the main battlefield of the new wave of films.

In the previous two Academy Awards, the New Wave filmmakers won a great victory. If nothing unexpected happens, the New Wave filmmakers will still occupy an important position this time.

Li Hanxiang is an old-school filmmaker, and he suffered some losses in the competition for the Academy Awards.

The award ceremony started on time at 8:30 in the evening. The host of this year's Academy Awards was Zhong Jinghui, who is not only the host, but also a stage actor and TV producer.

The award ceremony began, and Zhong Jinghui gave an opening speech on the stage, all in Cantonese. Lin Chaoyang half listened and half guessed, but could understand the general idea.

The first award presented was for Best Newcomer, and the winner was Carol Cheng.

Then Lin Chaoyang saw the tall and handsome Chow Yun-fat go on stage and accept the award on behalf of Cheng Yuling.

Li Hanxiang whispered to him that Cheng Yuling is the new star that TVB is currently promoting. It is said that there is a lot of controversy about her nomination for Best Newcomer this time, so she did not attend today and let her rumored boyfriend Chow Yun-fat lead the way.

Li Hanxiang is a veteran of Shaw Brothers, so he is very familiar with TVB's hype tactics. He complained to Lin Chaoyang, "This is TVB's usual old trick, letting the rumored boyfriend come out to accept the award on their behalf, so they can hype it up again."

Listening to the gossip he told, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but sigh.

These are the things that were left over in Hong Kong decades ago, and even thirty or forty years later, these fans are still confused by them.

The food served to fans in mainland China is really bad!
(End of this chapter)