Chapter 391 Coward
After all award ceremonies, there will be a dinner.
The Hong Kong Film Awards is no exception.
In order to maintain their best condition, celebrities usually attend award ceremonies hungry. At most, they eat a piece of candy beforehand. After a few hours, their stomachs are already empty. Therefore, after the award ceremony, the organizers must In charge of a meal.
But it's not delicious, and it's usually in the form of a buffet.
The main goal is to socialize.
There are not many opportunities to bring together so many performers from all over Hong Kong. Everyone strives to get to know more big shots at such gatherings, or to leave a good impression on them.
In the human society, as long as we meet and talk, we can talk about many things.
Zhang Chen followed the crowd and prepared to go to the party, but was stopped by Boss Yang on the way.
"There's no need to go there so early. Those female celebrities have to change their clothes. It can't be that fast. There aren't many people there now. It's better to go later..."
Boss Yang handed over a cigarette as he spoke. Zhang Chen took a look and saw that it was actually Zhongnanhai in the Mainland.
Many people in the entertainment industry smoke this cigarette. It is said that Yehen Naraying likes to smoke this cigarette, and Shu Qi loves Marlboro.
The two of them hid in a corner and smoked, saying hello to people passing by from time to time.
After a while, Zhou Xun came over after changing his clothes. Boss Yang knew Mr. Zhou well and immediately handed him a cigarette.
Mr. Zhou glanced at it, lowered his head and nodded, and the smoking duo became a trio.
These sisters first started working in nightclubs. Smoking is of course commonplace, and it is said that they love smoking cigars the most. However, cigars are obviously not suitable for this occasion.
"Are you happy that you won the Best Actress?"
"I'm happy, of course I'm happy, but now I'm even more looking forward to the Golden Horse in November?"
"Huh? What's going on?" Boss Yang asked curiously.
"Haha, Director Zhang told me personally before that I can win at least one Best Actress in this year's Golden Statue and Golden Horse. If I'm lucky, maybe two~"
Boss Yang's eyes widened: "You really calculated it? Then you can calculate it for me when you have time and see how my luck is this year?"
Zhang Chen waved his hand: "It's nonsense, it's nonsense, it's just a joke, spreading rumors. Mainland China doesn't talk about feudal superstition~"
If he dares to say that he is the White Dragon King of the Mainland now, the relevant departments will definitely talk to him after he returns.
Mr. Zhou's eyes turned into crescent moons as he smiled: "Whether you admit it or not, I want to thank you for your kind words."
Zhang Chenzhi said proudly: "No need to thank you. We are all children of the world, and we must learn to express our gratitude~"
Pfft~
Boss Yang burst into laughter and looked at Zhang Chen with his eyes, as if to say: Good brothers, it turns out that we are all in the same camp~
Mr. Zhou showed a surprised expression: "What did you say?"
She thought she heard it wrong. When she was filming "Painted Skin" in Yinchuan, she didn't see him move for such a long time.
It stands to reason that if Zhang Chen had any thoughts about her, he should have expressed it long ago.
But no.
She always thought that the other party was not interested in her.
Why are you saying this again now?
Zhang Chen was really talkative. Mr. Zhou was not his type at all, so he hurriedly made amends: "I said that we are all descendants of the world, so don't mind these things~"
Boss Yang is even happier now, brother, your remedy is quite rhyming.
Faced with Mr. Zhou's embarrassed gaze, Zhang Chen had no choice but to put out his cigarette butts, "Okay, we should have almost arrived, let's go in too~"
After finishing speaking, he took the lead towards the entrance of the party without waiting for the two of them.
Behind him, two playful eyes followed closely.
There are quite a few performers from the Mainland coming this time. From what I can tell, many of them know each other. To be able to attend the Hong Kong Film Awards, one must at least be a household name in the Mainland.
Many people came over to say hello to Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen responded one by one.
He saw Dong Jianqiang walking among the crowd and getting to know one character after another.
Zhang Chen did not go over to look for him, but a voice sounded beside him: "Brother, so you are here~"
It's Lu Yang.
Next to him is naturally Guo Fan who is Jiao Bu Li Meng and Meng Bu Li Jiao.
The two of them are like two good generals who have been together since "Kowloon Walled City".
"It will be good for both of you to go around and get to know more people~"
Zhang Chen drove the two away. The party is for you to socialize.
“But we don’t know anyone~”
"Didn't I get to know a lot of golden supporting actors while working on "Kowloon Walled City"? Go chat with them and you will naturally get to know other people."
Lu Yang's development trajectory is likely to become a great action film director, similar to Mainland Xu Ke.
But the resources for action movies are still the richest in Hong Kong. It won’t hurt to get to know more of our colleagues here~
The two of them said "Oh" and ran to socialize obediently.
At the gate, Mr. Zhou appeared. When he passed by Zhang Chen, he glanced sideways at him and heard a faint voice: "Coward~"
Um?
Just as he was about to make a few remarks, the person had already walked away.
What does this girl want to do? Want to have sex with me?
Even the Jiji method was used.
Zhang Chen thought to himself that he was familiar with the Three Kingdoms, how could he fall into such a simple trick.
Just at this time, Liang Jiahui came over: "Tony, congratulations again~"
"Thank you, thank you~"
After a pause: "You haven't eaten yet. There is a dining table over there. Do you want to eat something together~"
"That's great~"
He was really hungry.
He still attended few award ceremonies, and everyone knew that he had to pay attention beforehand. He had no concept of it at all. It was a little better when Chen Kexin gave him a piece of candy in the middle.
There was nothing delicious on the dining table. Zhang Chen and Liang Jiahui each brought a plate with a few pieces of cake to satisfy their hunger.
With the cake in my stomach, I finally felt relieved a lot.
After eating, Liang Jiahui said: "Let's go over there and I'll introduce some friends to you~"
Guessing that Zhang Chen had few connections in Hong Kong, Liang Jiahui took the initiative to introduce him.
Zhang Chen followed him and met Zou Zhongheng.
Zou Zhongheng is the daughter of Zou Wenhuai. Zou Wenhuai is over eighty and has stopped attending similar occasions for a long time. His daughter attends similar events on her behalf.
"Ms. Zou, I know you. You were the one who directed the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" that Golden Harvest hit Hollywood in the 1990s, right?"
Zou Zhongheng's eyes lit up. She has a master's degree in film from Stanford University in the United States. Her greatest achievement in her life is "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
But the world only knows Jiahe and his father, no one knows her.
Now I am very happy to see that the number one director in the Mainland actually knows her very well.
A few people were laughing and chatting, not paying attention to their surroundings, but they didn't know that they had already become the center of focus nearby.
Zhang Chen's divine prophecy tonight really attracted a lot of people, especially those actors who are still on the rise.
In Xiangjiang, metaphysics such as Feng Shui and fortune are very popular, especially in the entertainment industry, where everyone believes in it.
However, there are many people who want to get to know Zhang Chen, but there are no channels for them to get to know him.
Moreover, they are chatting with the big boss of Jiahe now, and they are not qualified to join in.
In the corner, a few eyes saw all this.
"Have you seen that, all those snobs are eager to pounce on you and treat them like dogs..." Zeng Zhiwei's tone was full of viciousness.
The more he saw Zhang Chen being sought after by others, the more unhappy he became.
Du Wenze next to him also echoed, already offended.
Wu Yusen, who hadn't been seen for a long time, was standing next to them. "Ma Chucheng is on the street. We and Zhang Chen have been fighting each other just to support him. But now he has become a coward, and we have become a target~"
"There is also this ghost guy Chen Kexin. He was there when we talked about advancing and retreating together. Now we have become enemies. Instead, he is talking and laughing with that mainland guy. I said Thai people are unreliable~"
Thinking of this, Zeng Zhiwei became angry.
Wu Yusen stared at the backs of several people chatting: "Liang Jiahui is also a young boy, and he openly sides with the mainland boys. Does he even know that he is a Hong Konger~"
The people chatting didn't know what was going on around them. After chatting with Zou Zhongheng for a while and exchanging contact information, Liang Jiahui introduced him to other people.
After getting to know a few more film company bosses, the two finally walked aside, and Dong Jianqiang just turned back.
"I heard that Chengtian is acquiring Jiahe~" Dong Jianqiang gossiped about the news he had heard.
"Where did you hear that?" "I just heard what Lin Jianyue said. He said that Wu Kebo had a good calculation. He didn't have money to invest in "Red Cliff", so he thought of using Jiahe's money to make "Red Cliff" after acquiring Jiahe~ ”
In the early years, Lin Jianyue wanted to acquire Golden Harvest, but failed due to various reasons, and then acquired Media Asia.
Zhang Chen recalled that this seemed to be the case in history.
In history, Wu Kebo first returned to China with Japanese funds to establish Chengtian Entertainment, and then generously invited Wang Jinghua to join.
Wang Jinghua brought a large number of stars to join Chengtian, which is equivalent to directly breaking a leg of Huayi Brothers.
This move also opened up the Chengtian brand.
In the entertainment industry, popularity is money.
Although Chengtian is a new company, it gave Huayi Brothers a big success as soon as it launched, and it suddenly became the first-class company in the industry.
After acquiring star resources, Chengtian acquired Jin Yingma Film and Television to complete the production process, then acquired Golden Harvest and went public via backdoor.
At this point, Chengtian has officially opened up the entire industry chain of the film industry.
There are funds, stars, production, distribution, theaters...
Just when everyone thought Chengtian was going to make a big splash, Wu Kebo packaged up and sold all of Golden Harvest's overseas theater chains.
Moreover, this guy is just playing with capital and doesn’t understand movies at all.
Not only was Wang Jinghua's artist business turned into a state, but the several movies he invested in and filmed all suffered losses.
Later, he simply shut down the production department, split up the film library and sold it, and only focused on running the theater chain.
Money must have been made. After the split and sale, all the money spent on the previous acquisition of Golden Harvest was basically earned back. However, there is not much left of Golden Harvest. The former film and television empire now only has theater chains.
The fate of Golden Harvest is somewhat similar to that of MGM. American gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian also split up MGM and sold it after acquiring it.
This seems to be the inevitable fate of all well-known film companies after they fall into the hands of capital players.
It was just that Zhang Chen persuaded Wang Jinghua to set up his own business and establish Shijiu Culture.
Chengtian has lost its star aura. It will not be easy for Wu Kebo to get investment from Japan. It is even more impossible to acquire Jin Yingma and Jiahe.
“What is Jiahe’s current market value?”
"It seems like 123 million Hong Kong dollars?"
“Only 123 million Hong Kong dollars?”
Zhang Chen couldn't believe it. He remembered that when Golden Harvest was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Zou Wenhuai alone was worth as much as 600 million Hong Kong dollars.
It’s only been a few years, and it has fallen like this?
"It's true~"
Speaking of Jiahe, everyone was a little sad.
Although Golden Harvest still has a production department, it basically no longer produces new movies and relies solely on distribution and theaters to survive.
It can only be said that the tides are changing and no company can remain prosperous forever.
On the other hand, the young actors who had been watching nearby saw that Zhang Chen was no longer chatting with the big shots, and there were only Liang Jiahui and an unknown person around him, so they boldly came over.
"Brother Jiahui~"
Without exception, everyone who came over found an excuse to say hello to Liang Jiahui.
Liang Jiahui also knows how to be a human being. Someone came over and immediately introduced him: "Who is this? He is a very good young actor~"
"This is Director Zhang Chen and Manager Dong Jianqiang from Mainland Star Entertainment. They are both very powerful people. Let's get to know each other, and there may be opportunities for cooperation in the future~"
"Hello Director Zhang, Hello Manager Dong~"
When greeting visitors in a formal manner, Zhang Chen would also say a few words of encouragement. The most he said was, 'You must practice Mandarin well. The future of Hong Kong films lies in the mainland. If you want not to fall behind, you must practice Mandarin well, at least to the level of Liang Jiahui... …'
Liang Jiahui is not opposed to introducing his juniors to Zhang Chen, and is even happy to see it happen.
When no one came back, he said: "The Hong Kong film industry has been in a very bad situation in the past two years. Famous actors have no filming, let alone newcomers.
If you have the chance, take more care of me, it won’t be easy~”
Hong Kong veteran filmmakers have a love for the film industry in their hearts.
If we can, we are willing to contribute to the Hong Kong film and television industry.
It is said that there was an agreement among Hong Kong filmmakers that if it is a work by a new Hong Kong director, Hong Kong's big-name stars will basically not refuse, and they will star in the film at a reduced salary, in order to support the production of new fresh blood in the Hong Kong film and television industry.
That’s why we can see in future generations that a few movie stars often join a Hong Kong film together. But if it is produced in the mainland, those movie kings and actresses will completely follow the market price, and their salary will not be reduced by a penny.
I say this not to complain, but to say that old Hong Kong filmmakers do have perseverance.
They all experienced the glorious era of Hong Kong films, and they all hope that Hong Kong films can regain their glory.
"What did you say?"
It's Chen Kexin and Mr. Zhou.
It can be seen that Chen Kexin also took Mr. Zhou to meet many people just now.
"Director Chen is here. Director Zhang, please excuse me. A friend over there happened to be calling me~"
"Tony, go and do your work and don't worry about me."
Liang Jiahui had been accompanying him tonight, introducing people to him, so he didn't even say hello to his friends.
He won the best actor award, and there must be a bunch of people waiting to congratulate him now.
Just as Chen Kexin arrived, Zhang Chen was accompanied, and Liang Jiahui took the opportunity to leave.
"Director Chen, I haven't congratulated you yet. "If Love" became the biggest winner tonight, winning six awards alone~"
Dong Jianqiang smiled and toasted to Chen Kexin. Although the two met for the first time, they had known each other for a long time.
Zhang Chen's attention was on Mr. Zhou.
This woman was half a body behind Chen Kexin. She was silently making mouth movements while the two were chatting. Judging from the mouth movements, it was the word "coward"...
Come again~
She still can't get over this matter~
Zhang Chen rolled his eyes, but in his heart he felt that his relationship with Mr. Zhou was getting better.
Seeing Zhang Chen's appearance, Mr. Zhou smiled and returned to normal before the other two noticed.
Chen Kexin happened to speak at this time. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, and then he smiled bitterly: "To be honest with you two, I only now understand what 'The Academy Awards are the Academy Awards for Hong Kong people'."
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Seeing the curious expressions on the two people's faces, he continued: "Although "If Love" won many awards, they were all insignificant technical awards. The real winner was "Underworld". Look at Johnnie To, even if he didn't participate, he still won It’s not something I, a foreigner, can compare to. Except for the best actress, which went to Zhou Xun, the rest of the major awards, such as best director, best film, and best actor, are all for “Underworld”. They can’t be compared. They can’t be compared at all. Than..."
Chen Kexin shook her head and smiled bitterly.
The two responded with sympathy, and what he said was indeed true.
In any film festival, the four awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Film must be the highlight of the entire awards ceremony.
Although "Underworld" only won five awards, one less than "If Love", in terms of gold content, it is really not comparable to the technical awards of "If Love".
Chen Kexin is not bad, and he is also a Hong Kong son-in-law, but he is Thai and can only be considered half of our own at best.
Compared with Johnnie To, Hong Kong filmmakers definitely prefer Johnnie To.
Chen Kexin couldn't stop sighing. Tonight he finally realized what it means to say that a son-in-law is not a member of the family.
Dong Jianqiang felt the same and echoed.
He has always been upset about being shaved bald in "Taken".
Forgetting everything else, he really felt it was unfair that the best action design award was given to "Sanchakou".
"Hurricane Rescue" swept across Southeast Asia and created a new martial arts style. Such impressive results actually lost to "Sanchakou". It's surprising that he can be convinced.
Zhang Chen is very open-minded about this. He knew from the beginning that the Academy Awards were bad and had no hope that "The Rescue" could win the award.
Without hope, there is naturally no disappointment.
"If Director Chen wants to slap them in the face, the best way is to win the grand prize~"
Chen Kexin became interested: "I would like to hear the details~"
"Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" received rave reviews when it was first released in China. A lot of people thought that Ang Lee would never make a martial arts film, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a step backwards for martial arts dramas~
And then, it won an Oscar~
The wind direction suddenly changed.
Various interpretations, various licks~
I think if Director Chen's "If Love" could win an Oscar, these people would have the same reaction. ”
Zhang Chen came up with random ideas, but Chen Kexin's eyes lit up after hearing it.
Although no one uses the word 'lick' in this way yet, he could guess it based on the context.
He lowered his head and pondered, as if he was really considering the feasibility of this matter. He really wanted to slap these arrogant guys in the face of these guys in Hong Kong.
"Thank you, Director Zhang, for providing me with a new idea. I will seriously consider this matter~"
Chen Kexin clasped her hands together to express her gratitude, and Mr. Zhou next to her had bright eyes.
(End of chapter)